Finding Aid for the Jesse Fonda Millspaugh Papers, ca. 1879-1937, bulk 1879-1919
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Finding Aid for the Jesse Fonda Millspaugh Papers, ca. 1879-1937, bulk 1879-1919
Collection number: 174
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Jesse Fonda Millspaugh Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1879-1937, bulk 1879-1919
Collection number: 174
Creator: Millspaugh, Jesse Fonda, 1855-1919
Extent: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Jesse Fonda Millspaugh (1855-1919) was an educator in Salt Lake City, Utah and Winona, Minnesota before relocating to California
where he was president (1904-17) and president emeritus (1917-19) of the Los Angeles State Normal School, dean of the Southern
Branch of University of California (1919), and a member of the California State Board of Education (1904-12). The collection
consists correspondence, drafts of speeches, articles, and programs relating to Millspaugh's career as an educator in Salt
Lake City, Utah, Winona, Minnesota, and Los Angeles, California.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mary C. and Winnefred Millspaugh, 1953 and 1962.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Jesse Fonda Millspaugh Papers (Collection 174). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Millspaugh was born June 18, 1855 in Battle Creek, Michigan; BA, University of Michigan, 1879; MD, University of Pennsylvania,
1883; principal, Frankfort (Indiana) High School (1879-81) and Salt Lake Collegiate Institute (1883-90); superintendent of
public schools, Salt Lake City, 1890-99; member, Utah State Board of Education, 1895-99; president, Winona (Minnesota) State
Normal school (1899-1904); president, Los Angeles State Normal School (1904-17) and president emeritus (1917-19); dean, Southern
Branch of University of California, 1919; member, California State Board of Education, 1904-12; died December 12, 1919 in
Los Angeles.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of Millspaugh's personal correspondence as well as correspondence to his family and Elizabeth Evangeline
Keppie after his death. Also includes drafts of speeches, articles, and programs relating to Millspaugh's career as an educator
in Salt Lake City, Utah, Winona, Minnesota, and Los Angeles, California. Includes material and memorabilia from the Vermont
Ave. campus of Los Angeles State Normal School and the beginnings of the University of California Southern Branch campus (now
UCLA).
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Millspaugh family correspondence (ca. 1879-1937).
- Articles, speeches, and notes.
- Memorabilia and Los Angeles State Normal School.
- Photographs of Vermont Ave. campus and publication: In appreciation, Jesse F. Millspaugh's life.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Millspaugh, Jesse Fonda, 1855-1919--Archives.
Keppie, Elizabeth E. (Elizabeth Evangeline), b. 1878--Correspondence.
University of California, Los Angeles--Faculty--Archival resources.
State Normal School, Los Angeles (Calif.)--Faculty--Archival resources.
School administrators--United States--Archival resources.
College presidents--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Related Material
State Normal School, Los Angeles (California). President's Office. Administrative files of Jesse F. Millspaugh, 1906-1919.
Available at University Archives, UCLA.
Correspondence.
ca. 1879-1937
Physical Description: (10 folders)
Box 1, Folder 1
Jesse F. Millspaugh--correspondence. 1879-1898.
Scope and Content Note
Letters of recommendation on Jesse F. Millspaugh's behalf for the position of President, Winona State Normal School, Winona,
Minnesota.
Box 1, Folder 2
Jesse F. Millspaugh--correspondence. 1898-1899.
Scope and Content Note
Re: his resignation from Salt Lake Schools and appointment as President, Winona State Normal School.
Box 1, Folder 3
Jesse F. Millspaugh--correspondence. 1901-1916.
Scope and Content Note
Re: Sinona State & Los Angeles State Normal Schools. Also: personal correspondence with friends.
Box 1, Folder 4
Jesse F. Millspaugh--correspondence. 1917-1918.
Scope and Content Note
Re: his retirement and appointment as President Emeritus, Los Angeles State Normal School.
Box 1, Folder 5
Jesse F. Millspaugh--correspondence. 1898-1919.
Scope and Content Note
Outgoing correspondence, drafts and copies.
Box 1, Folder 6
Jesse F. Millspaugh.
Scope and Content Note
Letters to the Millspaugh family upon the death of Jesse F. Millspaugh.
Box 1, Folder 7
Jesse F. Millspaugh.
Scope and Content Note
Letters to the Millspaugh family upon the death of Jesse F. Millspaugh.
Box 1, Folder 8
Jesse F. Millspaugh.
Scope and Content Note
Memorials and resolutions following Jesse F. Millspaugh's death, including Ernest Carroll Moore's speech.
Box 1, Folder 9
Jesse F. Millspaugh.
Scope and Content Note
Letters to Mary C. Millspaugh. 1900-1937.
Box 1, Folder 10
Jesse F. Millspaugh
Scope and Content Note
Elizabeth E. Keppie, correspondence. 1918-1931.
Articles, Speeches, and Notes by Jesse F. Millspaugh--Arranged by Title
Physical Description: (28 folders)
Box 2, Folder 2
Coöperation Between Home and School in the Education of the Child.
Box 2, Folder 3
Four lectures at State Normal School [Winona]. June 1899.
Box 2, Folder 4
The Educational Value of Music.
Box 2, Folder 5
Eulogy for Miss Jacobs [physical education teacher].
Box 2, Folder 7
Some Extra-Professional Qualifications of Teachers.
Box 2, Folder 8
General Truths Connected with Teaching.
Box 2, Folder 9
Giving Reality to Teaching.
Box 2, Folder 10
History of Education, Ethical Value of History.
Box 2, Folder 11
The Industrial Movement in Education.
Box 2, Folder 12
Is There Still a Place for Mathematics in Secondary School?
Box 2, Folder 14
The Meaning of Freedom (earlier version of folder 15).
Box 2, Folder 15
The Meaning of Freedom: A Commencement Sermon.
Box 2, Folder 18
Modern Concepts of Patriotism.
Box 2, Folder 19
The Most Important Thing in Teaching.
Box 2, Folder 21
The Need for More Men for Our Public Schools.
Box 2, Folder 22
Need of a School for Truants.
Box 2, Folder 23
Need of Convictions and Emotions.
Box 2, Folder 24
New Ideals of Patriotism.
Box 2, Folder 26
Notes on Intellectual Treasures Inherited from the Past.
Articles, Speeches, and Notes by Jesse F. Millspaugh--Arranged by Title
Physical Description: (21 folders)
Box 3, Folders 1-3
Papers written by Jesse F. Millspaugh while he was a student.
Box 3, Folder 4
The passing of former President Pierce.
Box 3, Folder 5
The Personal Touch in Teaching.
Box 3, Folder 6
Preparation of Teachers from the Standpoint of the Normal School.
Box 3, Folder 7
Professional Training of Teachers.
Box 3, Folder 8
The Public Schools and Training for Citizenship.
Box 3, Folder 10
Relations Between Citizenship and Education.
Box 3, Folder 11
Religious Instruction in Public Schools.
Box 3, Folder 12
Remarks on Return After Illness.
Box 3, Folder 15
Selfhood Through Service: a Baccalaureate Address.
Box 3, Folder 17
Sociology's Demand Upon the Schools (earlier version of folder 18).
Box 3, Folder 18
Sociology's Demand Upon the Schools.
Box 3, Folder 19
Some Remarks on the Achievement of this Normal School (Los Angeles).
Box 3, Folder 20
Some Raw Material for the Building of a Faculty Creed.
Box 3, Folder 21
Some Things Fundamental in Kindergarten Practice.
Articles, Speeches, and Notes by Jesse F. Millspaugh; Articles and Newspaper Clippings About Jesse F. Millspaugh
Physical Description: (17 folders)
Box 4, Folder 1
The Teacher's Attitude Toward Child Study.
Box 4, Folder 2
Teaching Little Children to Read.
Box 4, Folder 3
The Teaching of Science in Elementary Schools.
Box 4, Folder 4
Tendencies of Modern Education.
Box 4, Folder 5
Textbook and Oral Instruction.
Box 4, Folder 7
The Trend of Modern Educational Thought.
Box 4, Folder 8
True Education Dependent Upon Presence of Both Men and Women in Teaching Corps.
Box 4, Folder 9
Utilitarian View of Education.
Box 4, Folder 10
What Ought One's Education to Mean?
Box 4, Folder 13
Untitled material and miscellaneous notes.
Box 4, Folder 14
Jesse F. Millspaugh--vitae and picture.
Box 4, Folder 15
Jesse F. Millspaugh Bill: A teacher's college for California.
Box 4, Folder 16
Two articles on Jesse F. Millspaugh's life and career by D.H. Christensen.
Box 4, Folder 17
Obiturary notices, memorials, retrospective articles.
Memorabilia and Los Angeles State Normal School
Physical Description: (7 folders)
Box 5, Folder 1
Newspaper clippings: the Salt Lake years (1890-1900) and the Winona years (1900-1904).
Box 5, Folder 2
Newspaper clippings: the Los Angeles years (1904-1919).
Box 5, Folder 3
Los Angeles Normal School memorabilia
ca. 1902-1920.
Box 5, Folder 4
Expression of appreciation from Los Angeles Normal School teachers for Jesse F. Millspaugh.
Box 5, Folder 5
Scrapbook presented to Jesse F. Millspaugh by Los Angeles Normal School students. 1915.
Box 5, Folder 6
UCLA dedication of Westwood campus.
Oversize Box 6
In Appreciation, Jesse F. Millspaugh's Life. With photographs of Los Angeles State Normal School, Vermont Avenue Campus.