Finding Aid to the Merritt Thompson Papers, 1896-1970 Coll2013.039

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Table of contents

Merritt Thompson papers 1896-1970

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in alphabetical order.

Box 4, Folder 4

Address labels undated

Box 1, Folder 1

American Humanist Association papers 1957-1961

Box 1, Folder 2

Bibliographies in education, compiled by Thompson undated

Box 1, Folder 3-5

Correspondence, family 1905-1914

Physical Description: [3 folders]

Box 1, Folder 6

Correspondence, professional 1940-1967

Box 1, Folder 7-10

Course material 1934-1948

Physical Description: [4 folders]

Scope and Contents note

Materials for four courses: Facism and Democracy as Social Theories, Philosophy and its Implications for Education, Philosophy of Education, and Values in Education.

Box 1, Folder 11

Inca stories, translations circa 1967

Box 2, Folder 1

Inca stories, correspondence 1967-1968

Item ARR0233-ARR0234

Interviews with Thompson 1969

Physical Description: [2 open-reel audiotapes]

Separated Materials note

Separated to the ONE audiovisual collection.

Box 2, Folder 2

Newspaper clippings 1941-1959

Box 2, Folder 3

Personal papers 1950-1970, undated

Box 4, Folder 1

Photograph of Thompson, mounted undated

Box 2, Folder 4

Photographs 1946-1953, undated

Scope and Contents note

Black-and-white photographs (17 negatives, 5 photographic prints, and 3 negative strips) of Merritt Thompson, unidentified people, and unidentified locations.

Box 2, Folder 5

Ranch records 1938-1950

Scope and Contents note

Records of a ranch deeded to Thompson in 1938.

Box 2, Folder 6-9

Research, articles 1939-1968

Physical Description: [4 folders]

Box 3, Folder 1

School and early teaching records 1896-1930

Box 4, Folder 3

Schematics and architectural drawings, with notes 1940, undated

Box 4, Folder 2

Student work and correspondence 1906-1907

Box 3, Folder 2

Syllabi, examinations, and handouts 1932-1949, undated

Box 3, Folder 3

Teaching reference material 1931-1938

Box 3, Folder 4

Travel itineraries and narratives written by Thompson 1906-1907

Box 3, Folder 5-8

Writings by Thompson, manuscripts and published papers 1936-1965, undated

Physical Description: [4 folders]

Scope and Contents note

Includes unidentified manuscripts that cannot definitively be attributed to Thompson.

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Merritt Thompson papers