Records of the Smith Professor of the French and Spanish Languages and Literatures kept by George Ticknor, 1816-1835 and undated.

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Records of the Smith Professor of the French and Spanish Languages and Literatures kept by George Ticknor, 1816-1835 and undated.

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The letters, Corporation votes, reports, and news clippings in this collection document the activities of George Ticknor, Smith Professor of the French and Spanish Languages and Literatures at Harvard from 1816 to 1835. The records also illustrate the interaction between George Ticknor, Harvard faculty, and members of the Harvard Corporation, in their attempts to harmonize competing education reform proposals at Harvard in the early nineteenth century.

1.06 cubic feet; (1 document box, 2 flat boxes)

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Ticknor, George, 1791-1871

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George Ticknor (1791-1871), educator and author, served as the first Smith Professor of the French and Spanish Languages and Literatures at Harvard from 1817 to 1835. After his arrival at Harvard, Ticknor became disenchanted with the school curriculum, characterizing the College as a well-disciplined high school, and began an effort to reorganize the College around four main goals: the division of students in courses according to academic proficiency and merit; the division of the ...