Guide to the Sidney L. Gulick Papers
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Guide to the Sidney L. Gulick Papers
1921/1989
Special Collections & University Archives
Overview of the Collection
Collection Title: Sidney L. Gulick Papers
Dates: 1921-1989
Identification: MS-0485
Creator:
Gulick, Sidney, 1902-1988
Physical Description: 5.00 linear ft
Language of Materials:
English
Repository:
Special Collections & University Archives
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA, 92182-8050
URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua
Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu
Phone: 619-594-6791
Biographical Information:
Dr. Sidney L. Gulick, Jr., was born August 17, 1902, in Kobe, Japan, where his father, Sidney L. Gulick Sr., was a missionary.
He earned his bachelors degree in English at Oberlin in 1923, and returned to Japan thereafter to teach English and piano
at Doshisha University in Kyoto. He returned to the United States in 1924, subsequently earning his master's and doctorate
degrees at Oberlin and Yale, respectively. His research focused on the fourth Earl of Chesterfield, Lord Stanhope.
Dr. Gulick joined the SDSU faculty in 1945. He later was named chairman of the English Department, and in 1959 became the
first Dean of Arts and Sciences. Gulick was frequently quoted in the national media during the 1950s when, as a member of
the National Council of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), he spoke out against the accusations of
Communist leanings that became common with the rise of Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Among his many accomplishments, perhaps the most
enduring was the preamble to the college's Academic Master Plan, which Gulick authored in 1962 and is still regarded as a
classic in its field.
Dr. Gulick passed away February 5, 1988.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Corporate Name:
San Diego State College -- Faculty -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Administrative Information
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Conditions Governing Access:
This collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation:
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Sidney L. Gulick Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Library
and Information Access, San Diego State University.
Related Materials:
Listen to Dr. Gulick's oral history here: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua/raising-our-voices/sdsu-history/faculty/sidney-gulick
Arrangement of Materials:
I. Research and Publications
II. San Diego State University
1. Administrative
2. Course Files
III. Mills College Administrative
IV. Professional Organizations
v. Personal Files
Scope and Contents
The Sidney L. Gulick Papers document Gulick's academic research and career. The collection contains instructional and administrative
files from Mills College and San Diego State University, as well as class lecture notes from Oberlin College. Also included
are his research materials, concentrating primarily on the fourth Earl of Chesterfield, Lord Stanhope. Other professional
organization files and personal files are also included. The collection is divided into five series:
Research and Publications,
San Diego State University,
Mills College Administrative Files,
Professional Organizations, and
Personal Files.
Research and Publications
Box 1, Folder 1
Placement Test papers / materials; samples from other states / schools
1929-1939
Box 1, Folder 2
Gulick Vocabulary Survey materials
1954, 1957
Box 1, Folder 3
Easly Jones
Practical English Composition notes
1940
Box 1, Folder 4
Easly Jones
Practical English Composition Correspondence
1940-1942
Box 1, Folder 5
Projects / papers never published
Box 1, Folder 6
"Old English" Manucripts, notes, copies for: Grammatical introduction, Commentary,
The 7 Days of Creation,
The Lords Prayer,
King Edwin's Conversion,
The Story of Cadmon, Alfred's Preface to his translation of
Boethius,
The Wanderer,
Box 1, Folder 7
"Old English" Publisher's Correspondence. American Bool Co.; Heath & Co.; Harper & Bros., 1946-1953
Box 1, Folder 8
"Old English" text proposal manuscript, c.1947
Box 1, Folder 9
"Beowulf Vocabulary" Orginal Manuscript, n.d.
Box 1, Folder 10
"Beowulf Vocabulary" notes / partial manuscripts
Box 1, Folder 11
Manuscripts for "Ophelia's Virtue"
1959
Box 1, Folder 12
Manuscript for "How Guilty was Gertrude?"
1959
Box 1, Folder 13
"Boswell on Johnson and Chesterfield"
1937, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1949
Box 1, Folder 14
"English Lieterature in the Eighteenth Century List" Columbia University
1949, 1952, 1954
Box 1, Folder 15
Photocopy of
Natural Reflexions on the Present...
1944
Box 1, Folder 16
Chesterfield Correspondence
c.1932-1983
Box 1, Folder 17
Chesterfield Correspondence
c. 1932-1983
Box 1, Folder 19
Some unpublished letters, royalties, reviews, etc...
Box 1, Folder 20
Photocopy of
Principles of Politeness, ...
Box 1, Folder 21
Sabin's Dictionary: "Starhope"
Box 1, Folder 24
Complete copy to Supplement
Box 1, Folder 25
Miscellaneous portions of manuscript
Box 1, Folder 26
Copies of Title Pages of "Letters"-notes-where acquired
Box 1, Folder 27
Miscellaneous handwritten notes / manuscripts Chapters I & II
Box 1, Folder 28
Miscellaneous notes / copies / changes to bibliography
Box 1, Folder 29
Photographic copies of cartoon spoof of Chesterfield's
Principles of Politeness
Box 2, Folder 1
Manuscripts for:
The Reception /
A Monsieur D'Ayverdun /
Zunkin /
Rosenbach
Box 2, Folder 2
Manuscripts for: An Eighteenth Century Best Seller; Early Translation; manuscript of Bibliography
Box 2, Folder 3
Notes / Copies / Copy inquiries
Box 2, Folder 4
Book Sellers' Offerings / Correspondence
San Diego State University
Box 2, Folder 5
English Department miscellaneous
c. 1949-1960
Box 2, Folder 6
English Department miscellaneous
c. 1949-1960
Box 2, Folder 7
English Department - Class Formulas
c. 1950-1954
Box 2, Folder 8
Literacy Needs: Reports, Orders
c. 1952-1960
Box 2, Folder 9
Forms: Official Program for the Master of Arts degree
c. 1951-1965
Box 2, Folder 10
Recommendations / Correspondence as Dean of Arts & Sciences (A-G)
c. 1948-1969
Box 2, Folder 11
Recommendations / Correspondence as Dean of Arts & Sciences (H-P)
c. 1948-1969
Box 2, Folder 12
Recommendations / Correspondence as Dean of Arts & Sciences (R-Z)
c. 1948-1969
Box 2, Folder 13
Mexico Summer School: Financial, applications, correspondence
1966
Box 2, Folder 14
Mexico City Summer School: General correspondence
1966
Box 2, Folder 15
Notes Towards the Preparation of an administrative Handbook
July 1970
Box 2, Folder 16
Miscellaneous English ditos
c. 1945-1958
Box 2, Folder 17
English I: Freshman composition
c. 1945-1965
Box 2, Folder 18
English 138: Comparative Literature
c. 1952-1954
Box 2, Folder 19
English 2,3: Freshman Literature
c. 1954-1958
Box 2, Folder 20
English 200B: Seminar, 18th Century
c. 1958-1959
Box 2, Folder 21
English 290: Bibliography
c. 1950-1960
Box 3, Folder 1
English 115: Bible as Literature (Final exams)
c. 1947-1958
Box 3, Folder 2
English 115: Bible as Literature
c. 1947-1958
Box 3, Folder 3
English 115: Bible as Literature
c. 1947-1958
Box 3, Folder 4
English 116A: Age of Elizabeth, c. 1945-1959
Box 3, Folder 5
English 116B: Age of Elizabeth, c. 1945-1959
Box 3, Folder 6
Shakespeare Seminar
c. 1950-1957
Box 3, Folder 7
English 117A: Shakespeare
c. 1951-1958
Box 3, Folder 8
English 117A: Shakespeare
c. 1951-1958
Box 3, Folder 9
English 117B: Shakespeare
c. 1951-1958
Box 3, Folder 10
English 117B: Shakespeare
c. 1951-1958
Box 3, Folder 11
Speeches / talks / miscellaneous papers / poetry
c. 1936-1987
Box 3, Folder 12
Class Record Books
1945-1953
Box 3, Folder 13
Class Record Books
1953-1961
Mills College Administrative
Box 3, Folder 14
Mills Miscellaneous
1933-1947
Box 3, Folder 15
Mills College-English Final Exams, 1937-1943
Box 3, Folder 16
English 11A-B
c. 1940-1942
Box 3, Folder 17
Romantic Poets
c. 1935-1941
Box 3, Folder 18
Victorian Poetry
c. 1935-1942
Box 3, Folder 20
World Literature
Scope and Contents
c. 1938
Box 3, Folder 21
Master's Oral Exam Questions
c. 1938-1940
Box 3, Folder 22
Public Speaking Student Roll
1927-1930
Professional Organizations
Box 4, Folder 1
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
c. 1949-1956
Box 4, Folder 2
American Association of University Professors (AAUP) General Correspondence
c. 1949-1955
Box 4, Folder 3
American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Council
c. 1955-1956
Box 4, Folder 4
California Writer's Club
c. 1931-1984
Box 4, Folder 5
Palestine Institute
c. 1948-1957
Box 4, Folder 7
Honors Reading - Wager
n.d.
Box 4, Folder 8
Victorian Prose - Wager
1922-1923
Box 4, Folder 9
Wordsworth - Mack
1924-1925
Box 4, Folder 10
Victorian Poetry - Jelliffe
1922-1923
Box 4, Folder 11
Shakespeare Tragedy - Mack
Summer 1923
Box 4, Folder 12
Victorian Prose - Wager
1924-1925
Box 4, Folder 14
Classes in Translation - Wager
1921-1922
Box 4, Folder 15
Spenser - Tucker Brooke
1925-1926
Box 4, Folder 16
Chaucer 1 - Young
1925-1926
Box 4, Folder 17
Chaucer 2 - Young, 1925-1926
Box 4, Folder 18
Old French - Menner
1925-1926
Box 4, Folder 19
Senior Bible - King
Fall 1922
Box 4, Folder 20
Old English - Wager
Fall 1922, Spring 1925
Box 4, Folder 21
Age of Johnson - Jinker
1926-1927
Box 4, Folder 22
Prose Fiction - Cross
1925-1926
Box 4, Folder 23
Shakespeare - Tucker Brooke
1926-1927
Box 4, Folder 25
Yale English doctorate orals, early 1920's
Box 4, Folder 26
Teaching Applications
1933-1935
Box 4, Folder 27
University Club
c. 1947-1950
Box 4, Folder 28
Who's Who Certificate
1980-1981
Box 4, Folder 29
Doshisha University
c. 1924
Box 4, Folder 30
San Diego Institute for Creativity
c. 1963-1970
Box 4, Folder 31
San Diego Institute for Creativity
c. 1963-1970
Box 4, Folder 32
San Diego Yokohama Sister City Society: Miscellanenous papers / correspondence, certificates
c. 1962-1982
Box 4, Folder 33
San Diego Yokohama Publications
1978-1989
Box 4, Folder 34
San Diego - Yokohama: S. Gulick appreciation plaque
1982
Box 4, Folder 35
Personal: MIscellaneous, letters / papers / Christmas cards / Oberlin alumni booklet
c. 1937-1985
Box 4, Folder 36
Gulick Family and Japan
1988