Guide to the Frederick Elisha Shapleigh Papers,
1908-1920

Collection Number: 2454

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Frederick Elisha Shapleigh papers, 1908-1920.
Collection Number:
2454
Creator:
Frederick Elisha Shapleigh, 1884-1968.
Quantity:
3 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Papers, correspondence, reports, sociological surveys, manuscripts.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Papers of Frederick Elisha Shapleigh concerning his work in rural sociology and education.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Papers of Frederick Elisha Shapleigh concerning his work in rural sociology and education (1908-1914), including correspondence, reports, sociological surveys, and several of his manuscripts on the subjects; also papers relating to his work for the Public Education Association in Buffalo (1914-1920), including correspondence, statistical studies, a complete file of "School and Community" which he edited, and clippings.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Shapleigh, Frederick Elisha,1884-1968.
Public Education Association.

Subjects:
Education--New York (State)--Buffalo.
Sociology, Rural.
Education, Rural.
Educators.
Sociologists.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Frederick Elisha Shapleigh papers, #2454. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Oct. 15, 1908-Nov. 22, 1912
Correspondence
 Box 1
Dec. 5, 1913-Apr. 8, 1915
Correspondence
 Box 1
1911
Preliminary Survey of Montgomery County, Maryland
 Box 1
May 23, 1912-May 23, 1913
Millbrook Survey; Letters, Survey Blanks, Methods of Use, Milk and Water Tests
 Box 1
Jan. 3, 1913-Mar. 10, 1914
Correspondence and Original Survey Blanks for the Morris County Survey; Inc. corres. Henry Israel, Albert E. Roberts, YMCA (see also Box 4)
Box 1
1912-1913
Miscellaneous Articles and Projected Monographs on Rural Surveys
 Box 1
1913
Plans for Rural Betterment of Cattaraugus County and Letters of Endorsement for the Plan (see also Box 3)
 Box 1
July 9, 1913-Feb. 5, 1914
Correspondence Dealing with Cattaraugus County and Erie County Surveys (see also Box 3)
 Box 1
1914
Five Articles on "The Social Survey," Published in the Epworth Herald, Chicago
Box 1
Rural Social Survey Bibliographies - incl. FES's, George F. Wells', etc.
 Box 1
Clippings and Publicity for Talbot County, Maryland - broadsides, pamphlets, etc.
 Box 1
1911
Talbot County, Maryland. Final survey with intro., 61 pp., maps, charts
 Box 2
1911
Preliminary Write-up of Survey of Talbot County, Maryland, 31 pcs. unbound
 Box 2
1909
Hardback bound text: American Rural Communities, 196 pp. typescript
Box 2
1913
Hardback bound text: The Millbrook Survey, 239 pp. typescript, carbon; illus., charts, maps. "Undertaken with the Cooperation of the County Works Departments of the Dutchess County and New York State Committees of the YMCA"
Box 2
Sept. 1913
A Preliminary Statement concerning the Survey of Cattaraugus County, ts.cc. Presented to the Buffalo Presbytery
 Box 3
1913
Community Surveys in Cattaraugus County; Folder #1, ts. carbon. Illus.
 Box 3
1913
Community Surveys in Cattaraugus County; Folder #2, ts. carbon. Illus.
 Box 3
Nov. 1913
The Social Survey in Cattaraugus County, A Brief Statement Concerning Its Findings. Presented to the Olean Ministers' Association. 26 pp. ts. carbon
Box 3
Dec. 1913
A Rural Survey in Cattaraugus County, 77 pp. ts. carbon; charts, illus.; also MSS. draft
 Box 3
1913
Community Surveys in Erie County. Akron, Glenwood, Griffins Mills. ts. cc. illus.
 Box 3
Mar. 5, 1914-Oct. 29, 1917
Correspondence, Buffalo Public Schools (see Boxes 5-8)
 Box 3
Nov. 23, 1917-Jan. 30, 1919
Correspondence, Buffalo Public Schools (see Boxes 5-8)
 Box 3
Feb. 5, 1919-Oct. 25, 1920
Correspondence, Buffalo Public Schools (see Boxes 5-8)
 Box 3
1913
Original Handwritten Manuscript of A Reconnaisance Social Survey of Morris County, New Jersy, 111 pp.
 Box 4
1913
A Reconnaissance Social Survey, Morris County, New Jersey, 1913. ts. carbon
Box 4
1913
Dissertation for Cornell University, The Rural Social Survey: Its Purposes and Its Methods. 362 pp. typescript with illus., charts. (bound with string)
Box 4
1914-1920
Beginnings, Plans, Membership Lists, and Trustees Meetings of the Public Education Association
 Box 5
1914-1918
Publicity Plans of Public Education Association
 Box 5
1914-1920
Financial Reports of the Public Education Association; Plans of the Public Education Association
 Box 5
1914-1920
Activities of the Research Bureau of the Public Education Association of Buffalo
 Box 5
Feb. 1919
Citizen Cooperation in Educational Research
 Box 5
1919
The Intellectual Ability of Public School Children Intelligence Tests
 Box 5
Sept. 1919
Material for a Directory of Organizations of Buffalo
 Box 5
Public Education Association Office Organization
 Box 5
Organizations Cooperating with the Public Education Association of Buffalo
 Box 5
Miscellaneous Updated Manuscripts, Folder #1
 Box 5
Miscellaneous Undated Manuscripts, Folder #2
 Box 5
Undated Miscellaneous Material
 Box 5
Printed Matter - Editorials from School and Community and Miscellaneous Material Dealing with the Public Education Association
Box 5
June 1915
School Janitors: Appointment, Title, Liscense, Assistants, Responsibilities, Relationships
 Box 6
1915
The Organization and Function of a Board of Education
 Box 6
1915
Quotations from letters regarding charts on Public School Administration
 Box 6
1915
Relation of the State to the City School Systems
 Box 6
1915
The Relation of the State to the City School System - partial text
 Box 6
Mar. 1916
Chart on Administration
 Box 6
June 1916
Outline for Study of Salaries
 Box 6
Aug. 1916
Legal Foundation of the Buffalo Public Schools
 Box 6
Aug. 1916
Methods of Establishing Boards of Education in 57 School Districts
 Box 6
Dec. 1916
Methods of Selecting and Standardizing High School Texts
 Box 6
Dec. 1916
Analysis of Age and Progress Statistics in Grade 7B
 Box 6
Dec. 1916
Appointment of Teachers in Selected Cities
 Box 6
1916
Status of Superintendent of Education
 Box 6
Jan. 1917
Heating and Ventilation in Buffalo Schools
 Box 6
Feb. 1917
Employment and Compensation of Superintendents, Teachers and Other Employees of Appointed Boards of Education
 Box 6
Mar. 1917
Salaries of Administrative Heads of School Systems, Clerks, Secretaries, Stenographers, Assistants, etc.
 Box 6
Apr. 1917
Age-Grade Progress Chart for 5A and 7B in the Buffalo Schools
 Box 6
Sept. 1917
Schools vs. War-time Efficiency
 Box 6
1917
Brief Reports on School Centers
 Box 6
"The Citizen and His Job"
Expenditures, Per Capita, for Schools
Expenditures by the U.S. Government for Various Purposes, 1914-1917
Suggested Requirement for New School Buildings
1917
Educational Code of New York
 Box 6
Feb. 1918
Ages and Progress of Children in the Public Schools of Buffalo
 Box 6
Apr. 1918
War-time Industrial Training in the Public Schools of Large Cities
 Box 6
Oct. 1918
Vocational Courses Offered in Buffalo High School and Vocational High Schools
 Box 6
May 1918
A Bibliography of Educational Research
 Box 6
1918
Two Bulletins of the National Association of Directors of Educational Research
 Box 6
July 1918
Educational Opportunities for Dull Boys and Girls
 Box 6
Dec. 1918
The National Emergency in Education
 Box 6
1918
Junior Red Cross Membership and Activities during World War I
 Box 6
1918
Conference Committee on Education
 Box 6
1918
Miscellaneous
 Box 6
1919
Minutes of Meetings for School and Community Establishment. Early Drafts, Dummies, First Copies of Publication
Box 7
1919
The Teaching Learning Process in Symbols by Frederick P. Woellner
 Box 7
1919-1920
Handwritten Editorials for School and Community
Box 7
Dec. 4, 1919-Aug. 20, 1920
School and Community, Complete File
Box 7
1914-1920
Newspaper Clippings
 Box 7
Miscellaneous
 Box 7
1915-1919
Articles clipped from The School Board Journal
Box 8
Home Rule and the State Regulation of City School Systems, Aug. 1915
Commission Government and the Administration of City School Systems, Nov. 1915
School Administration in Non-Commission Government Cities, Dec. 1915
The Legal Foundation of the Buffalo School System, Aug. 1916
The Compensation of School Janitors, Dec. 1916
Examinations, Eligible Lists and Appointemnts of Teachers, Mar. 1917
New York's Revised Educational Code, June 1917
Educational Research Versus War-time Efficiency, July 1917
College, Experience and Character Versus the Selection of Teachers, Oct. 1917
Citizen Co-operation in Educational Research, June 1919
Sept. 1916
A softback copy of a publication by the Research Bureau, Public Education Association of Buffalo, concerning A Study of the Salary Schedules of City School Systems
Box 8