Woody (Thomas) papers

Speeches and Writings 1923-1951, undated

Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, typescripts, notes, and research material. Includes typescripts for encyclopedia entries. Arranged chronologically.

See also Academic Career File for additional lectures.

box 1, folder 1

"Present English Education," lecture undated

Unidentified manuscript undated

box 1, folder 2-3

Chapter 12, "Religious Revolt and Reaction"

box 1, folder 4

Chapter 13, "The Scientific Revolution"

box 1, folder 5

Chapter 14, "Towards a Science of Education"

Typescripts related to French education circa 1923-1924

Scope and Contents

Most likely by Woody

box 1, folder 6

"Development of Educational Thought in France"

box 1, folder 7

"The French Normal Schools"

box 1, folder 8

"Primary Education in France"

box 1, folder 9

"Reform Movement in French Education"

box 1, folder 10

"Secondary Education in France"

box 2, folder 1

"Secondary Education for Girls"

box 2, folder 2

"The Studies of the Boys' Secondary Schools"

box 2, folder 3

"Training of Secondary School Teachers in the French Republic"

Encyclopedia entries circa 1927-1928

box 2, folder 4

Alison, Francis

box 2, folder 5

Allen, George

box 2, folder 6

Allen, William Henry

box 2, folder 7

Bishop, Nathan

box 2, folder 8

Burton, Warren

box 2, folder 9

Calhoun, William Barron

box 2, folder 10

Camp, David Nelson

box 2, folder 11

Carter, James Gordon

box 2, folder 12

Cheever, Ezekiel

box 2, folder 13

Cobb, Lyman

box 2, folder 14

Colburn, Dana Pond

box 2, folder 15

Cooley, Edwin Gilbert

box 2, folder 16

Cooper, William John

box 2, folder 17

Dock, Christopher

box 2, folder 18

Downey, John

box 2, folder 19

"Old World Education and the New," lecture 1928

box 2, folder 20

"Early Physical Life" 1940

box 3, folder 1

"World Integration and Education" 1945

box 3, folder 2-4

"National Cultures and the Soviet Union" 1946

Scope and Contents

Includes notes and research materials

box 3, folder 5

"Neither a Bridge Nor an Iron Curtain" 1947-1948

box 3, folder 6

"Sokols: 1948" 1947

box 3, folder 7

"Adult Education in Czechoslovakia" circa 1948

box 3, folder 8

"Czech Changes," speech 1948

box 3, folder 9

"Politics and Education in Czechoslovakia" 1948

box 3, folder 10

"Some Factors of Change in Czechoslovakia" circa 1948

box 3, folder 11

"Anecdota, or Secret History of the University of Cobbs Creek, Now First Made Public by Order of the Factotum" 1951

box 3, folder 12

"Why Raise an Oath-Umbrella?" 1951

Writings by Others circa 1958, undated

Scope and Contents

Includes an annotated typescript of History of Higher Education in Pennsylvania by Saul Sack. In the preface, Sack acknowledges Woody for his guidance as well as his "critical and constructive reading of the manuscript."

box 3, folder 13

"Reforms in English Education" by Fred J. Gould, manuscript undated

box 3, folder 14-15

History of Higher Education in Pennsylvania by Saul Sack, annotated typescript circa 1958

box 4, folder 1-17

History of Higher Education in Pennsylvania (continued)

box 5, folder 1-12

History of Higher Education in Pennsylvania (continued)

Academic Career File 1921-1959, undated

Scope and Contents

Includes lectures, course materials, and notes documenting Woody's professorial work.

Woody was a professor of education at the University of Pennsylvania for much of his career. He also taught at the University of California and University of Illinois during summers in the 1920s and 1930s. In addition, he was a lecturer at Swarthmore College and John Hopkins University during the 1930s.

Courses

box 5, folder 13

Comparative Education 1927

box 5, folder 14

Changes in American Education (Education 8) circa 1930s

Scope and Contents

Taught at John Hopkins University

box 5, folder 15

Dictatorship Versus Democracy 1934-1935

Scope and Contents

Taught at John Hopkins University

box 5, folder 16

Educational Theory circa 1935-1936

box 5, folder 17

Education H521(a) 1957-1959

box 6, folder 1

Education 200 1957-1960

box 6, folder 2

Education H550 1958-1959, undated

box 6, folder 3

Letter from John Daugman 1952

box 6, folder 4-5

Miscellaneous 1921, 1950, undated

Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, typescripts, notes, correspondence, reading lists, and clippings

box 6, folder 6

Notes on lectures at the University of California 1933

box 6, folder 7

Slide lecture on vocational education undated

Subject File 1910s-1950s

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, notes, and printed matter related to education. Of note is the file titled "Reminiscences," which documents the use of German in public schools in Pennsylvania in the late 1800s.

box 6, folder 8

Adult education in the United States

box 6, folder 9

Ambassadors, American Russian Institute

box 6, folder 10

Czechoslovakia

box 6, folder 11

Czechoslovak education

box 6, folder 12

Education as discipline 1917

box 7, folder 1-2

"Illustrative materials"

Scope and Contents

Includes material related to Czechoslovakia

box 7, folder 3

India

box 7, folder 4-5

Italy

box 7, folder 6

Italy, Greece, Lithuania

box 7, folder 7

Mexican affairs

box 7, folder 8-9

Miscellaneous

box 7, folder 10

Our educational tradition

box 8, folder 1

[Philanthropy]

box 8, folder 2

"Red China"

box 8, folder 3-4

Reminiscences (1888-1893) and D. S. Domer

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence and notes related to a project to research use of German in public schools in various counties in Pennsylvania, such as Lancaster, Lehigh, and Berks, during the late 1800s. Includes the memoir of D. S. Domer, who was a student and later a teacher in Pennsylvania, which documents public schools in Lancaster county.

box 8, folder 5-6

Russia

box 8, folder 7

Russia in our schools

box 8, folder 8

Russia, notes on talks

box 9, folder 1-2

Russian items

box 9, folder 3

Russian strength, sources of

box 9, folder 4

Russian war relief

box 9, folder 5

South Pacific

box 9, folder 6-7

Soviet life and education today 1946

box 9, folder 8

Spanish fascism

box 10, folder 1-2

United States and USSR cultural relations

Research notes undated

Scope and Contents

Contains notes on monographs and other research materials, arranged alphabetically by author of source. Woody often used scrap paper when typing up his notes. The backs of these pages often have fragments of course materials, such as exam sheets or course ratings.

box 10, folder 3

Arnobius of Sicca

box 10, folder 4

Ascham, Roger

box 10, folder 5

Augustine

box 10, folder 6

Barnes, Arthur S.

box 10, folder 7

Burns, C. Delisle

box 11, folder 1-4

Burns, C. Delisle (continued)

box 11, folder 5

Castiglione, Baldassare

box 11, folder 6

Cleland, James

box 11, folder 7

Cogan, Thomans

box 11, folder 8

Dill, Samuel

box 11, folder 9

Durant, Will

box 12, folder 1

Eylot, Thomas

box 12, folder 2-3

Erasmus

box 12, folder 4

Froebel, Friedrich

box 12, folder 5-6

Glover, T. R.

box 12, folder 7

Gilbert, Humphrey

box 12, folder 8-9

Hauser, Arnold

box 12, folder 10

Herbart, Johann

box 13, folder 1-3

Hyde, Walter Woodburn

box 13, folder 4-5

Kautsky, Karl

box 13, folder 6

Kirkland, Edward

box 13, folder 7

Laistner, M. L. W.

box 13, folder 8

Lecky, W. E. H.

box 14, folder 1

Lecky, W. E. H. (continued)

box 14, folder 2-6

Latourette, Kenneth

box 15, folder 1

Latourette, Kenneth (continued)

box 15, folder 2

Lucian of Samosata

box 15, folder 3

Malraux, Andre

box 15, folder 4-6

Miscellaneous

box 15, folder 7-8

Mulcaster, Richard

box 15, folder 9-10

Muller, Herbert

box 16, folder 1

Orosius, Paulus

box 16, folder 2

Pestalozzi, Johann

box 16, folder 3

Renan, Ernest

box 16, folder 4

Russell, Bertrand

box 16, folder 5-6

Rylands, L. Gordon

box 16, folder 7

Sabine, George H.

box 17, folder 1-4

Sabine, George H. (continued)

box 17, folder 5

Schaff, Philip

box 17, folder 6

[Schweizer]

box 17, folder 7

Sidonius

box 18, folder 1-2

Spengler, Oswald

box 18, folder 3

Toynbee, Arnold

box 18, folder 4

Wild, John

box 18, folder 5

Whittaker, Thomas

Artwork and Postcards 1938-1944, undated

Scope and Contents

Includes watercolor paintings, pencil drawings, inked drawings, and other artwork by Burianova, M. Cepek, K. Cerny, V. Guthovr, J. Kott, Krchov, Lukes, M Marounkova, Melicharova, Nolcova, K. Pavelka, Pecanek, O. Pickova, J. Salamoun, V. L. Simane, Z. Sterba, Svobodova, B. Tetourova, A. Vorderwinkler and others.

Includes photographs of carving and plates by Professor F. Kment and photograph of carving by Professor J. Krechler.

Note on envelope denotes that these materials were sent by Dr. [Melicar], principal of a gymnasium. Artwork includes labels in Czech.

box 19, folder 1-2

Artwork 1938-1944, undated

box 19, folder 3

Envelope

box 19, folder 4-5

Postcards

Scope and Contents

Includes postcards related to Russia and Poland

Clippings 1919-1940

Scope and Contents

Contains clippings related to education, sorted by geographic location. Includes articles from The New York Times. Original folder titles retained. All folder titles were copied from original folders.

box 20, folder 1

Index undated

box 20, folder 2

Argentina 1931-1938

box 20, folder 3

Austria 1936-1938

box 20, folder 4

Baltic states 1934-1938

box 20, folder 5

Bulgaria 1934-1935

box 20, folder 6

Czechoslovakia 1938

box 20, folder 7

Egypt 1934-1937

box 20, folder 8

Europe 1934-1937

box 20, folder 9

Finland 1934-1940

box 20, folder 10

France 1932-1938

box 20, folder 11

Germany 1931-1940

box 20, folder 12

Great Britain 1931-1938

box 20, folder 13

Greece 1936-1937

box 20, folder 14

Holland 1934-1936

box 20, folder 15

Hungary 1937

box 20, folder 16

Ireland 1934-1936

Italy

box 20, folder 17

Culture 1934-1938

box 20, folder 18

Education 1934-1938

box 20, folder 19

Estimates 1935-1938

box 20, folder 20

Freedom 1934-1938

box 20, folder 21-22

Government 1929-1935

box 21, folder 1-4

Government 1936-1938

box 21, folder 5

History 1935-1938

box 21, folder 6

Life and living 1934-1937

box 21, folder 7-8

Minorities 1934-1938

Scope and Contents

Includes files on communists, Dodecanese islanders, Ethiopians, foreigners, Jewish people, Libyans, and Tyroleans

box 22, folder 1-5

Minorities (continued)

box 22, folder 6

Miscellaneous 1934-1936

box 22, folder 7

Women 1934-1937

box 22, folder 8

Latin America 1933-1938

box 22, folder 9

Norway 1935

box 22, folder 10

Orient 1931-1937

box 22, folder 11-14

Physical education 1935-1938

box 23, folder 1-4

Physical education (continued)

box 23, folder 5

Poland 1932-1937

box 23, folder 6

Rumania 1937

Russia

box 23, folder 7

British Engineers' Trial 1933

box 23, folder 8

Church 1931-1938

box 23, folder 9

Communism, United States 1931-1938

box 24, folder 1

Culture 1937-1939

box 24, folder 2

Education 1932-1939

box 24, folder 3-4

Estimates 1931-1938

box 24, folder 5

Foreign policy 1931

box 24, folder 6

Freedom 1932-1938

box 24, folder 7-9

Government 1932-1933

box 25, folder 1-6

Government 1933-1936

box 26, folder 1-4

Government 1936-1940

box 26, folder 5

History 1931-1934

box 26, folder 6-7

Life and living 1931-1935

box 27, folder 1

Life and living 1936

box 27, folder 2-6

Minorities 1931-1938

Scope and Contents

Includes files on counter-revolutionaries, foreigners, and Jewish people

box 27, folder 7

Miscellaneous 1919

Scope and Contents

Includes article by Woody

box 27, folder 8

Science and technology 1931-1935

box 28, folder 1

Science and technology 1936-1938

box 28, folder 2-3

Trotsky 1931-1938

box 28, folder 4

Women 1931-1938

box 28, folder 5

Spain 1932-1939

box 28, folder 6

Switzerland 1932-1938

box 28, folder 7

Turkey 1935-1939

United States

box 28, folder 8

Aims in education 1931-1936

box 29, folder 1

Aims in education 1937-1940

box 29, folder 2

Child labor 1934-1938

box 29, folder 3

Culture and education 1932-1940

box 29, folder 4

Curriculum 1932-1940

box 29, folder 5

Enrollment in the schools 1932-1939

box 29, folder 6

Finance and education 1932-1938

box 29, folder 7

Freedom and education 1932-1935

box 30, folder 1-3

Freedom and education 1936-1940

box 30, folder 4

Government and education 1934-1938

box 30, folder 5

History of education 1932-1939

box 30, folder 6

Measurements and education 1933-1939

box 30, folder 7

Methods in education 1932-1940

box 31, folder 1-9

Minorities 1931-1938

Scope and Contents

Includes files on Amish people, blind people, Catholics, communists, foreigners, illiterate people, indigenous people of the United States, Jewish people, mountaineers, people of color, and unemployed people. Titles that appear on folders are copied from original folders.

box 31, folder 10

Miscellaneous 1931-1939

box 31, folder 11

Organization of places and learning 1933-1940

box 31, folder 12

Professionalism and education 1933-1938

box 31, folder 13

Psychology and education 1932-1938

Women

box 31, folder 14

Contributions 1934-1940

box 31, folder 15

Economics 1934-1938

box 31, folder 16

Education 1932-1936

box 32, folder 1

Education 1937-1940

box 32, folder 2

Estimates 1934-1940

box 32, folder 3-4

Freedom 1934-1940

box 32, folder 5

History

box 32, folder 6

Mental status 1934-1938

box 32, folder 7

Occupations (other than professional) 1934-1938

box 32, folder 8

Physical status 1934-1938

box 32, folder 9

Professionalism 1934-1939

box 32, folder 10

Yugoslavia 1937-1938

Printed Matter 1920-1955, undated

Scope and Contents

Includes pamphlets, booklets, monographs, magazines, theater programs, travel guides, and other printed matter related to topics such as education, Czechoslovakia, Russia, and relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.

General

box 32, folder 11-12

Undated

box 33, folder 1-3

1940s

box 33, folder 4-5

1950s

box 33, folder 6

Catalogues

box 33, folder 7

Clippings

box 33, folder 8

International Review of Education 1920

box 33, folder 9

Leningrad Stalingrad undated

Scope and Contents

Special supplement to the Information Bulletin, Embassy of the Union of Soviet Social Republics in Washington, D.C.

box 34, folder 1

Life Magazine 1955

box 34, folder 2

National Council of American-Soviet Friendship publications 1953, undated

box 34, folder 3

Soviet Literature 1946, 1948

box 34, folder 4

Statistical Bulletin of Czechoslovakia 1946-1948

box 34, folder 5

Učební osnovy pro základní odborné školy (vocational schools) 1947

box 34, folder 6-7

USSR Society for Cultural relations publications 1945-1946