Barnes, Earl, 1861-1935

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Professor of Education at Stanford (1891-1897). Born 15 July 1861 in New York, married to Mary Sheldon Barnes, who also taught at Stanford. Free-lance lecturer and writer. Died 29 May 1935.

From the description of Earl Barnes papers, 1882-1912. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122541057

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Earl Barnes was born in Martville, New York, on July 15, 1861. He married Mary Sheldon (b. 1850) in either 1884 or 1885 while he was still in school. Barnes received an A.B. from Indiana University in 1889 and an M.S. from Cornell in 1891. He held a position as Professor of History at Indiana University in 1889. When David Starr Jordan was appointed President of Stanford University in 1891, he took Earl Barnes with him as Professor of Education. Barnes and his wife Mary Sheldon Barnes taught at Stanford until 1897, when Barnes was asked by Jordan to resign. Jordan had discovered that Barnes had been involved in an extramarital love affair, conduct which the President of Stanford University could not tolerate in one of his faculty members. Barnes and wife went to Europe, where Mary Sheldon Barnes died in 1898. In 1900 Barnes remarried; his second wife was Anna Kohler, by whom he had four children --Joseph, Howard, Bernard, and Mary. After leaving Stanford Barnes never again held a position in an American university. He was appointed staff lecturer, London Society for Extension of University Teaching for the year 1900-01, but after that supported himself as a free-lance lecturer and writer. During his later years he resided in New Hartford, Connecticut, where he died on May 29, 1935.

His major publications are: Studies in Education, 2v. 1897 Where Knowledge Fails, 1907 Women in Modern Society, 1912 Psychology of Childhood and Youth, 1914.

From the guide to the Earl Barnes Papers, 1882-1912, (Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.)

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referencedIn David Starr Jordan papers, 1861-1964 Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Earl Barnes Papers, 1882-1912 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Burt, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1850-1918. Letter,April 20,1902, New York City, New York. [to] Mr Edwin Markham, New York, N.Y. / Mary Elizabeth Burt. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
referencedIn Hill, Andrew Putnam, 1853-1922. Andrew Putnam Hill Photograph collection, 1890-1895. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Fels, Joseph, 1884-1914. Joseph and Mary Fels papers, 1840-1956 (inclusive), 1905-1944 (bulk). Historical Society of Pennsylvania
creatorOf Barnes, Earl, 1861-1935. Earl Barnes papers, 1882-1912. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Stanford University, Registrar's Office, records, 1891-1955, 1891-1928 Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Stanford University, School of Education, records, 1891-1894 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Mary Sheldon Barnes Papers MS 217., 1857-1948, 1880-1898 Sophia Smith Collection
creatorOf Barnes, Earl, 1861-1935. [Physical training pamphlets / compiled by Earl Barnes]. Stanford university libraries
creatorOf Barnes, Earl, 1861-1935. [Training of teachers pamphlets / compiled by Earl Barnes]. Stanford university libraries
referencedIn Barnes, Mary Downing Sheldon, 1850-1898. Mary Downing Barnes papers, 1890-1898. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Barnes, Mary Sheldon, 1850-1898. Papers, 1857-1948 (bulk 1880-1898). Smith College, Neilson Library
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associatedWith Hill, Andrew Putnam, 1853-1922. person
associatedWith Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 person
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