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Title: William W. Brickman papers
Date (inclusive): 1928-1986
Collection Number: 83069
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
139 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes
(58.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The William W. Brickman papers document the career of a pioneer in the field of comparative education in the United States.
Consisting largely of Brickman's writings, research materials and correspondence, the collection reflects the wide range of
Brickman's scholarly interests. A prolific author, Brickman wrote on topics as diverse as the history of Jewish education,
the educational system in the Soviet Union, and the lives of educated women in medieval and Renaissance Europe. He also played
a leading role in the founding of the Comparative Education Society, edited several publications, and participated in many
academic conferences on education.
Creator:
Brickman, William W.
Creator:
Bagley, William C. (William Chandler), 1874-1946
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1983.
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[Identification of item], William W. Brickman papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
1913 |
Born, New York City |
1938 |
Doctorate, New York University |
1940-1962 |
Professor of education, New York University |
1962-1981 |
Professor of education, University of Pennsylvania |
1982 |
Author,
Educational Historiography: Tradition, Theory and Technique
|
1986 |
Died |
Scope and Content of Collection
The William W. Brickman papers document the career of a pioneer in the field of comparative education in the United States.
Consisting largely of Brickman's writings, research materials and correspondence, the collection reflects the wide range of
Brickman's scholarly interests. A prolific author, Brickman wrote on topics as diverse as the history of Jewish education,
the educational system in the Soviet Union, and the lives of educated women in medieval and Renaissance Europe. He also played
a leading role in the founding of the Comparative Education Society, edited several publications, and participated in many
academic conferences on education.
In addition to numerous articles and reviews written for scholarly journals, the papers contain Brickman's doctoral thesis
on the nineteenth century German educator Hermann Lietz, and drafts of an important unpublished study he wrote on the history
of the Jewish religious school, the yeshivah. In addition, there are Brickman's substantial writings on the lives of Ana Maria
van Schurman and Bengt Skytte, leading cultural figures in seventeenth century Europe. There are also extensive materials
relating to Brickman's teaching career, including course materials for his university classes. Brickman traveled extensively
for his research, and the papers contain a number of textbooks collected in South Africa and the Soviet Union.
The papers include some correspondence and writings relating to William C. Bagley, a prominent educational theorist, as well
as writings pertaining to the educators George S. Counts, I. L. Kandel, and Thomas Woody. There are also writings by the biblical
scholar C. E. Stowe.
The bulk of the papers consists of materials that were generated during Brickman's lifetime. The earlier dates in the survey
refer to the original texts from which photocopies were made.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Jews -- History
Comparative education
Education -- History
Education -- Philosophy
Jews -- Education