William Heard Kilpatrick papers 1875, 1889-1969.

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William Heard Kilpatrick papers 1875, 1889-1969.

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The collection consists of papers of William Heard Kilpatrick from 1875, 1889-1969. The papers include clippings, correspondence, class notes, lectures, printed material, sermon notes, speeches, radio scripts, and Kilpatrick's writings on progressive education. The correspondence (1875, 1890-1965) includes personal and business letters relating to Kilpatrick's publications and teaching careers at Mercer University and Columbia University, as well as his views on progressive education. Most of the business correspondence is from students and his colleagues, including John Dewey and J.R. Mosley. The collection also contains Robin Trot letters (1951-1969), a round robin letter of Mercer alumni.

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Mercer University

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Columbia University

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The Columbia University community and administration mobilized to the fullest extent in answer to the entry of the United States into World War I. Summed up by President Nicholas Murray Butler in the 1918 Annual Report, the effects of the war on the University were far-reaching: "Students by the hundred and prospective students by the thousand entered the military, naval, or civil service of the United States; teachers and administrative officers to the number of nearly four hundred...

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Kilpatrick, William Heard, 1871-1965

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Dewey, John, 1859-1952

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Mosley, J. R.

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