Richard Heathcote Heindel papers, 1789-1988 (bulk 1964-1977).

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Richard Heathcote Heindel papers, 1789-1988 (bulk 1964-1977).

The collection mainly covers Richard Heindel's tenure as dean of the Penn State Capitol Campus in Harrisburg. Collection materials consist primarily of notes, papers, correspondence, and reports of activities at the Capitol Campus. Records of Heindel's activities as dean include planning documents, project reports from the 1950s, self-evaluation studies, accreditation files, records of visits to Penn State by different scholars, his dean's office files, and other records of faculty matters. Teaching notes for international relations and plans for developing other courses are included. Personal notes contain Heindel's correspondence with Penn State President John W. Oswald, social sciences program head Irwin Richman, Kenneth W. Masters, and others. The program files on continuing education contain information about these programs Heindel instituted at the Capitol Campus.

39 cubic feet.

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Heindel, Richard Heathcote, 1912-

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Dr. Richard Heindel, first Dean of Faculty at Penn State's Capitol Campus (1967-1973), served as professor of International Relations from 1967 to 1977. After graduating from high school in Hanover, New York, he attended Gettysburg College in Michigan. He later transferred to Harvard, receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1933, and started his graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1934, he received his Master of Arts degree and continued on for his doctorate. As a graduate st...

Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg

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Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg. Dean of Faculty.

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Pennsylvania state university

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The Pennsylvania Humanities Council designated the year 1985 as "The Year of the Pennsylvania Writer." The PHC funded projects in eight locations throughout the Commonwealth to gain appreciation, understanding, and recognition for past and present Pennsylvania writers. The State College/University Park location held a two-stage conference and related events by five Centre County regional organizations. From the description of The Year of the Pennsylvania writer collection, 1984-1986....

Oswald, John W. (John Wieland), 1917-1995

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John W. Oswald was president of The Pennsylvania State University, 1970-1982. From the description of John W. Oswald papers, 1938-1994 (bulk 1963-1983) (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 35291153 ...

Masters, Kenneth W.

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Richman, Irwin

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Irwin Richman, born in 1937, was raised in Brooklyn, New York, the grandchild of Jewish immigrants who spent summers in the Catskill Mountains. He earned a bachelor's degree in history from George Washington University (1957) and a master's and doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania (1965), where he studied the history of medicine. Before finishing his doctorate, Richman began work as a historian with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was appo...