Thomas F. Holgate Papers, 1892-1972.

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Holgate, Thomas F. (Thomas Franklin), 1859-1945. Thomas F. Holgate Papers, 1892-1972.

Thomas F. Holgate Papers, 1892-1972.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122276827

The papers include biographical material, addresses and writings, correspondence, material relating to Holgate Library and Holgate Science Speaking Competition, and material concerning mathematics. The addresses and writings include some reprints of mathematical articles by Holgate and typescripts of his two unpublished historical essays, "A History of the Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University, 1855-1905," and "Northwestern in the Great War, 1917-1919." The general correspondence is primarily administrative and relates to his two terms as acting president (1904-1906, 1916-1919) and to his service as dean of the College of Liberal Arts (1902-1916). Among the letters from Holgate's first term as acting president are many bitter ones concerning the marketing and text of Arthur H. Wilde's "Northwestern University - A History, 1855-1905" (1906). There are smaller amounts of correspondence with officials of the Norwegian-Danish Theological Seminary (1904) and the Swedish Theological Seminary (1904-1905). The correspondence with various individuals may be described briefly as follows: William Deering (1903-1912), financial and administrative matters, Board of Trustees business; Ulysses S. Grant (1906-1920) - Holgate's closest friend - some administrative material pertaining to the College of Liberal Arts (of which Professor Grant was acting dean, 1907-1908) and some personal items; Ludwig Muller (1937-1939), personal letters growing out of the year (1928-1929) Muller was Visiting Professor of German at Northwestern and the Mullers lived in the Holgates' home; Walter Dill Scott (1917-1944), administrative and curricular matters, as well as some personal items dealing with Holgate's working and retirement salaries; Henry Seely White (1897-1944) - Holgate's colleague in the department of Mathematics (to 1905) and later at Vassar - related to technical subjects in mathematics, as well as some obituaries of White and some personal letters from his survivors; and Abram van Epps Young (1918-1922) - Chairman of the Department of Chemistry - letters regarding Young's leave of absence and retirement, and the 7-page text (May 10, 1918) of Young's comments to Holgate at a dinner at the University Club of Evanston while inducting the latter into membership in the "ancient order of the X.X.V.'s."

1.3 cu. ft. (4 boxes).

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