Guide to the Isaac James Quillen Papers SC0488

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Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Isaac James Quillen papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0488
Physical Description: 25.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1931-1967
Summary: The papers document Quillen's graduate work at Yale, his teaching career at Stanford University, his writings and publications, and his research interests. Included are his papers while at Yale; syllabi, exams, and other course materials; drafts of his books; correspondence files with his publisher Scott, Foresman; files from his work with UNESCO; speeches, lectures, and articles; and research and lecture notecards. The papers also contain personal correspondence, including some of his wife Viola Quillen; financial records, including some for the Gazos Creek Tree Farm, a joint project with Prof. Paul Hanna; and photographs, including several of the Quillens' home designed by Ernest Born.
Physical Location: Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
Language of Material: English .

Information about Access

This collection is open for research.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Gift of the estate of Mrs. I. James Quillen, 1995.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

I. James Quillen joined the Stanford faculty of the School of Education in 1936. He was appointed full professor of education in 1946 and served as Dean of the School of Education from 1953 to 1966, when he was appointed Professor Emeritus. Before joining the Stanford faculty, he taught in the public schools of Delaware and at Colorado State College of Education. In 1944, he was president of the National Council for the Social Studies. He was an official of the UNESCO secretariat in Paris in 1948-49, serving as acting head of the UNESCO Department of Education during part of that time. He died in 1967.

Cite As

Isaac James Quillen Papers (SC0488). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Description of the Collection

The papers document Quillen's graduate work at Yale, his teaching career at Stanford University, his writings and publications, and his research interests. Included are his papers while at Yale; syllabi, exams, and other course materials; drafts of his books; correspondence files with his publisher Scott, Foresman; files from his work with UNESCO; speeches, lectures, and articles; and research and lecture notecards. The papers also contain personal correspondence, including some of his wife Viola Quillen; financial records, including some for the Gazos Creek Tree Farm, a joint project with Prof. Paul Hanna; and photographs, including several of the Quillens' home designed by Ernest Born.

Ownership & Copyright

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Education, Secondary -- Study and teaching.
Education, Secondary -- Curricula.
Social sciences -- Study and teaching (Secondary).
Syllabi.
Examinations.
Photoprints.

 

Papers

Box 1, folder 1

Stanford Class 1938

Box 1, folder 2

Menlo Junior College 1938

Box 1, folder 3

Yale University re degree 1941-42

Box 1, folder 4

Yale University re: Degree conferral 1931, 1941

Box 1, folder 5

Yale Degree Conferral 1942-43

Box 1, folder 6

U of Chigago: Re Employment Offer 1945-46

Box 1, folder 7

Stanford School of Education 1949-54

Box 1, folder 8

University of Delaware re: Commencement 1957-58

Box 1, folder 9

Harvard School of Ed + Georgetown 1962-64

Box 1, folder 10

Stanford U, 1966

Box 2, folder 1

Publication of Contemporary Problems 1952-55

Box 2, folder 2

Publication of Contemporary Problems ( cont.)

Box 2, folder 3

Publication of Education for Social Competence 1951, 1957, 1960

Box 2, folder 4

Education for Social Competence Chapters 1-5 (revised)

Box 2, folder 5

Encyclopedia Britanica Junior

Box 2, folder 6

Govt. Book 1951

Box 2, folder 7

Govt. Book (cont) 1952-53

Box 2, folder 8

Textbook Improvement and Intl. Understanding

Box 3, folder 1

Proposed Text on Educational Sociology 1941

Box 3, folder 2

Article for Journal of Childhood Education 1947

Box 3, folder 3

Workbook for living in our America(40A) 1950-60

Box 3, folder 4

Living in Our Communities (40c) 1958-62

Box 3, folder 5

Living World History 1955-62

Box 3, folder 6

Scott Fonsman

Box 3, folder 7

Making the Goods We Need

Box 4, folder 1

Geography + History Text

Box 4, folder 2

Textbook Revisions

Box 4, folder 3

Further Revisions 1945-60

Box 4, folder 4

Further Revisions Cont.

Box 5, folder 1

Revision of Textbooks

Box 5, folder 2

Publishing 1950-62

Box 5, folder 3

Publishing 1951-53

Box 5, folder 4

Revisions and Publishing 1958-62

Box 6, folder 1

Selbyville History

Box 6, folder 2

McGraw Hill Co.

Box 6, folder 3

Coronet Instructional Films 1950-57

Box 6, folder 4

Letter & Paper from Keppel

Box 6, folder 5

A.J Nystriom & Co. 1957-62 ( folder 1)

Box 6, folder 6

A.J Nystriom & Co. 1957-62 ( folder 2)

Box 6, folder 7

Corishel Instructional Films 1958-60

Box 6, folder 8

Faculty Record 1959

Box 6, folder 9

Project on the Instructional Program

Box 6, folder 10

Equational Newsletters, Papers

Box 7, folder 1

Study in Gary

Box 7, folder 2

National Journal for the Social Studies

Box 7, folder 3

Liason Committee for Intontl Ed.

Box 7, folder 4

Intercultural Ed. Workshop

Box 7, folder 5

UNESCO 1947

Box 7, folder 6

UNESCO Nov, 1947

Box 7, folder 7

UNESCO 1948-49

Box 7, folder 8

Newsletters/ Papers Syllabi

Box 7, folder 9

Newsletters/ Reports/ Speeches

Box 7, folder 10

Conferences, Trips

Box 8, folder 1

Activities 1948-51

Box 8, folder 2

Activities 1949-50 ( Folder 1)

Box 8, folder 3

Activities 1949-50 ( Folder 2)

Box 8, folder 4

Activities 1949-51 ( Folder 1 of 4)

Box 8, folder 5

Activities 1949-51 ( Folder 2 of 4)

Box 8, folder 6

Activities 1949-51 ( Folder 3 of 4)

Box 8, folder 7

Activities 1949-51 ( Folder 4 of 4)

Box 8, folder 8

G.N Kefawor

Box 8, folder 9

Sabbatical Trips

Box 8, folder 10

Cowley to Quillen 1/4/54

Box 8, folder 11

John Saunders

Box 9

General correspondence 1937-1974, notecards

Box 10

Class syllabi, exams, notecards, and other course materials, arranged chronologically

Box 11

Class syllabi, exams, notecards, and other course materials, arranged chronologically, continued

Box 12

Personal Papers, Letters to Mrs. I. J. Quillen, Family Photographs, Investment Information, Legal Documents Insurance, Death Certificate, etc.

Box 13

Slides, mostly from travels

Box 14 os

Certificates and photographs

Box 15

Class notes from Yale

Box 16

Educational conferences

Box 17

Educational conferences, continued

Box 18

Quillen's projects away from Stanford

Box 19

Newsletters of educational organizations

Box 20

Papers on curriculum and education issues

Box 21

Newspaper clippings collected by Quillen, 1957-66

Box 22

Papers by colleagues not at Stanford

Box 23

Papers and speeches by Stanford colleagues

Box 24

Various materials specific to Stanford

Box 25

Various materials specific to Stanford, continued

Box 26

Miscellaneous professional papers and drafts of two books (1 of 4)

Box 27

Miscellaneous professional papers and drafts of two books (2 of 4)

Box 29

Miscellaneous professional papers and drafts of two books (3 of 4)

Box 28

Miscellaneous professional papers and drafts of two books (4 of 4)

Box 30

Calendars, publications, photographs, and personal papers (1 of 6)

Box 33

Calendars, publications, photographs, and personal papers (4 of 6)

Box 34

Calendars, publications, photographs, and personal papers (5 of 6)

Box 35

Calendars, publications, photographs, and personal papers (6 of 6)

Box 36

Correspondence and notebooks of Viola Quillen

Box 37

Quillen's notecards (1 of 8)

Box 38

Quillen's notecards (2 of 8)

Box 39

Quillen's notecards (3 of 8)

Box 40

Quillen's notecards (4 of 8)

Box 41

Quillen's notecards (5 of 8)

Box 42

Quillen's notecards (6 of 8)

Box 44

Quillen's notecards (8 of 8)

Box 45

Oversize memorabilia

 

Addenda, 2023-507 ARCH-2023-507

Box 31, Folder 1

Publications: Conferences, Pamphlets undated

Box 31, Folder 2

Operative Technique in the Teaching of History; A Problem in Supervision undated

Box 31, Folder 3

Industrial City: A History of Gary, Indiana to 1929 1986

Box 31, Folder 5

A History of the Five Points to 1890: The Evolution of a Slum (Essay) 1932

Box 31, Folder 7

The Social Studies Program of the Denver Public Schools: Kindergarten through Grade Twelve (2 of 2) 1954

Box 31, Folder 6

The Social Studies Program of the Denver Public Schools: Kindergarten through Grade Twelve (1 of 2) 1954

Box 31, Folder 4

Industrial City: A History of Gary, Indiana to 1929 (Dissertation) 1942

Box 31, Folder 8

Research Needs for Development Assistance Programs, 1 of 2 22494

Box 31, Folder 9

Research Needs for Development Assistance Programs, 2 of 2 22494

Box 32, Folder 1

Cambodia undated

Box 32, Folder 2

Cambodia 1956

Box 32, Folder 3

Vietnam and Cambodia undated

Box 32, Folder 4

Cambodia and Thailand undated

Box 32, Folder 5

Phnom Phen, Cambodia undated

Box 32, Folder 6

Cambodia (some with labels) undated

Box 32, Folder 7

Middle East undated

Box 32, Folder 8

Iraq 1956

Box 32, Folder 9

Iran, Iraq 1956

Box 32, Folder 10

Iraq (?) 1956

Box 32, Folder 11

International Travel undated

Box 32, Folder 12

Frankfurt, Hamburg, Bremen undated

Box 32, Folder 13

Munich, Baden-Baden, Heidelberg undated

Box 32, Folder 14

Wiesbaden, Germany; The Netherlands; England; France undated

Box 32, Folder 15

England undated

Box 32, Folder 16

Italy undated

Box 32, Folder 17

Greece, Yugoslavia, Austria 1956

Box 32, Folder 18

Spain (cockfight), Portugal 1956

Box 32, Folder 19

Paris Place, Concord undated

Box 32, Folder 20

Greece, Delphi, etc. 1956

Box 32, Folder 21

Crete, Athens, Trip to Greece 1956

Box 32, Folder 22

Paris, France undated

Box 32, Folder 23

Crete, Greece 1956

Box 32, Folder 24

Monaco, France, Switzerland, Spain undated

Box 32, Folder 25

France, Surplage, etc. undated

Box 32, Folder 26

France: Versailles, Montmorency, etc. undated

Box 32, Folder 27

Andorra, France undated

Box 32, Folder 28

Belgium, Brussels, etc. undated

Box 32, Folder 29

Chateau de la Loire undated

Box 32, Folder 30

Holland undated

Box 32, Folder 31

Brittany undated

Box 32, Folder 32

Unknown location, Central America 21947

Box 32, Folder 33

Mexico, Christmas 1949 18233

Box 32, Folder 34

Teotihuacan and Oaxaca 1953

Box 32, Folder 35

Mexico City 1953

Box 32, Folder 36

Monte Alban, Oaxaca undated

Box 32, Folder 37

Mexico undated

Box 32, Folder 38

Mexico (discards), 1 of 2 1953

Box 32, Folder 39

Mexico (discards), 2 of 2 1953

Box 32, Folder 40

Yucatan undated

Box 32, Folder 41

Yucatan (discards) undated

Box 32, Folder 42

Canada undated

Box 32, Folder 43

Christmas 1949, Spring-Summer 1950 1949-1950

Box 32, Folder 44

Amritsar, India; Japan 1956

Box 32, Folder 45

Jordan and Egypt 1956

Box 32, Folder 46

Egypt (and one of Crete) undated

Box 32, Folder 47

Egypt 1956

Box 32, Folder 48

Egypt 1956

Box 32, Folder 49

Rangoon, Burma and Calcutta, India 1956

Box 32, Folder 50

India 1956

Box 32, Folder 51

India 1956

Box 32, Folder 52

India, Pakistan undated

Box 32, Folder 53

India, Thailand, trip to Kalasin undated

Box 32, Folder 54

Bombay 1956

Box 32, Folder 55

Thailand and Burma undated

Box 32, Folder 56

Baguio, Philippines 1953

Box 32, Folder 57

Philippine Islands (some flawed photos) 1953

Box 32, Folder 58

Philippines 1953

Box 32, Folder 59

Philippines 1953

Box 32, Folder 60

Philippines (discards) undated

Box 32, Folder 61

Hawai'i undated

Box 32, Folder 62

Hawai'i undated

Box 32, Folder 63

Hawai'i 1961 August-September

Box 32, Folder 64

Hawai'i undated

Box 32, Folder 65

Hawai'i undated

Box 32, Folder 66

Hawai'i and Yosemite undated

Box 32, Folder 67

California 1959?

Box 32, Folder 68

New York 21583

Box 32, Folder 69

Rose Bowl 1955

Box 32, Folder 70

Seattle, etc. (Possibly Victoria) 1952

Box 32, Folder 71

Mt. Vernon, various locations 1949 May (Mt. Vernon)

Box 32, Folder 72

(Illegible), New York 1959

Box 32, Folder 73

Alaska; Dan and Rhodes' house undated

Box 32, Folder 74

Ensenada; Hearst Castle undated

Box 32, Folder 75

Alaska and Stanford 20351

Box 32, Folder 76

Queen Mary undated

Box 32, Folder 77

Cuba 18994

Box 32, Folder 78

Japan 1953

Box 32, Folder 79

Japan undated

Box 32, Folder 80

Hong Kong 1953

Box 32, Folder 81

Hong Kong undated

Box 32, Folder 82

Japan 1953

Box 32, Folder 83

Japan undated

Box 32, Folder 84

(Illegible, see folder) undated

Box 32, Folder 85

Florence and Howard Wilson undated

Box 32, Folder 86

Personal film (JV and house) 1955

Box 32, Folder 87

Miscellaneous Discards undated

Box 32, Folder 88

Unknown locations undated

Box 32, Folder 89

Picnic 21763

Box 32, Folder 90

Unlabelled, some personal photos undated

Box 32, Folder 91

Artifacts, with notes, 1 of 2 undated

Box 32, Folder 92

Artifacts, with notes, 2 of 2 1954

Box 32, Folder 93

Negatives (from a "Kodak Finishing" envelope) undated

Box 32, Folder 94

Negatives (from a Kodak envelope) 1952

Box 32, Folder 95

Photos 1952-1954

Box 32, Folder 96

Notes on Slides undated

Box 32, Folder 97

Photo Manuals c. 1950's

Box 43, Folder 1

Clippings undated

Box 43, Folder 2

Typed and handwritten notes undated

Box 43, Folder 3

Typed and handwritten notes undated

Box 43, Folder 4

Typed and handwritten notes undated

Box 43, Folder 5

Typed and handwritten notes undated

Box 43, Folder 6

Typed and handwritten notes undated

Box 43, Folder 7

Typed and handwritten notes, miscellaneous materials undated