Frederick George Marcham papers, 1925-1993.
Collection Number: 14-17-603

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Frederick George Marcham papers, 1925-1993.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
14-17-603
Abstract:
Papers related to Marcham's work as Professor of English History at Cornell University.
Creator:
Marcham, Frederick George, 1898-1992.
Quanitities:
9.4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of English history, Cornell University.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Largely correspondence containing recommendations for former students and requests for such. Other letters deal with university affairs, publication of Marcham's books by MacMillan and Harper's, requests by publishing houses and scholarly journals for reader reports, and reports from students on their research progress. Includes some minutes of history department meetings, manuscripts of speeches and reports by Marcham and others, articles by Marcham on athletics, course outlines and notebooks, papers relating to history workshops offered at Cornell, items pertaining to the British Businessmen's Course (1948). Includes files pertaining to a program financed by the General Education Board intended to improve the level of teaching history in high schools, ca. 1943-1944, and files relating to a History Dept. program concerning teaching critical thinking, ca. 1940-1944. Also, drafts and working papers of his projected history of Cornell; "Essays on Oliver Cromwell" prepared by John Marcham; a tape recording of Marcham's memorial service. Also, passports, a diploma, account books, and legal papers.

RELATED MATERIALS

Includes collection 14-17-1489
Other online content: http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/handle/1813/3569

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Frederick George Marcham papers, #14-17-603. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Access Restrictions:

Access to Boxes 7-11, and 18 restricted to the permission of donor.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
Cornell University -- : Students.
Cornell University -- : History.
Harper & Row, Publishers
Macmillan & Company
University of Iowa. College of Education
Subjects:
College teachers.
Education, Secondary.
College students.
Form and Genre Terms:
Speeches.
Notebooks.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1-3
World War II newsletters and correspondence
Correspondence, etc.
1930-1975
Box 2 Folder 1
1930
Box 2 Folder 2
1944
Box 2 Folder 3
Case of D.B. Johnstone-Wallace
1935-1949
Box 2 Folder 4
1947-1948
Box 2 Folder 5
Faculty Committee
1948
Box 2 Folder 6
"Proposed Faculty Bill of Rights"
Box 2 Folder 7
1949
Box 2 Folder 8
1950-1952
Box 2 Folder 9
1953
Box 2 Folder 10
1954
Box 2 Folder 11
1955
Box 2 Folder 12-13
1956
Box 2 Folder 14
Jan.-May 1957
Box 2 Folder 15
June-Dec. 1957
Box 2 Folder 16
Jan.-May 1958
Box 2 Folder 17
June-Dec. 1958
Box 2 Folder 18
Jan.-June 1959
Box 2 Folder 19
July-Dec. 1959
Box 2 Folder 20
Jan.-June 1960
Box 2 Folder 21
July-Sept. 1960
Box 2 Folder 22
Oct.-Dec. 1960
Box 2 Folder 23
Jan.-Feb. 1961
Box 2 Folder 24
Mar.-June 1961
Box 2 Folder 25
July-Dec. 1961
Box 2 Folder 26
Jan.-Apr. 1962
Box 2 Folder 27
May-Dec. 1962
Box 2 Folder 28
Jan.-Apr. 1963
Box 2 Folder 29
May-Sept. 1963
Box 2 Folder 30
Oct.-Dec. 1963
Box 2 Folder 31
Jan.-Apr. 1964
Box 2 Folder 32
May-Aug. 1964
Box 2 Folder 33
Sept.-Dec. 1964, undated
Box 2 Folder 34
Jan.-Apr. 1965
Box 2 Folder 35
May-Oct. 1965
Box 2 Folder 36
Nov.-Dec. 1965
Box 2 Folder 37
Keast Report
1965
Box 3 Folder 1
Jan.-Mar. 1966
Box 3 Folder 2
Apr.-June 1966
Box 3 Folder 3
July-Aug. 1966
Box 3 Folder 4
Sept.-Oct. 1966
Box 3 Folder 5
Nov.-Dec. 1966
Box 3 Folder 6
Jan.-Apr. 1967
Box 3 Folder 7
May-Aug. 1967
Box 3 Folder 8
Sept.-Dec. 1967
Box 3 Folder 9
Western Civilization
1967
Box 3 Folder 10
Jan.-Feb. 1968
Box 3 Folder 11
Mar.-June 1968
Box 3 Folder 12
July-Oct. 1968
Box 3 Folder 13
Nov.-Dec. 1968
Box 3 Folder 14
Jan.-Apr. 1969
Box 3 Folder 15
May-Aug. 1969
Box 3 Folder 16
Ad Hoc Judiciary Committee
Aug. 1969
Box 3 Folder 17
Sept.-Oct. 1969
Box 3 Folder 18
Nov.-Dec. 1969
Box 3 Folder 19
Jan.-Apr. 1970
Box 3 Folder 20
May-Aug. 1970
Box 3 Folder 21
Sept.-Dec. 1970
Box 3 Folder 22
Jan.-June 1971
Box 3 Folder 23
July-Dec. 1971
Box 3 Folder 24
Jan.-June 1972
Box 3 Folder 25
July-Dec. 1972
Box 3 Folder 26
Jan.-June 1973
Box 3 Folder 27
July-Dec. 1973
Box 3 Folder 28
History Dept.
Sept.-Oct. 1973
Box 3 Folder 29
Jan.-June 1974
Box 3 Folder 30
July-Dec. 1974
Box 3 Folder 31
Alumni University
1974
Box 3 Folder 32
1975
Box 3 Folder 33
Letters from Charles S. Stonocle (?)
Box 3 Folder 34
undated
Box 3 Folder 35
undated and fragments
Projects, etc.
1941-1971
Critical Thinking Project
1941-1947
Box 4 Folder 1
Critical Thinking Project
Box 4 Folder 2
Negotiations
Box 4 Folder 3
Ithaca Correspondence
Box 4 Folder 4
Supervision Schedules
Box 4 Folder 5
1941-1942
Box 4 Folder 6
Expense Accounts
Box 4 Folder 7
School Correspondence
Box 4 Folder 8
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Box 4 Folder 9
Environmental Set-up
Box 4 Folder 10-11
Teaching Critical Thinking
Box 4 Folder 12
Report 1940-1941 Dunn
1940-1941
Box 4 Folder 13
Test Data
Box 4 Folder 14-16
Grade 7
Box 4 Folder 17
Grade 8
Box 4 Folder 18
Grade 9
Box 4 Folder 19-20
Grade 10
Box 4 Folder 21
Grade 11
Box 4 Folder 22
Typescripts of Documents
Workshop on Latin America, the Far East and the British Commonwealth
1942-1946
Box 4 Folder 23
Workshop on Latin America, the Far East and the British Commonwealth of Nations
1942-1946
Box 4 Folder 24
Workshop Financial Statements
Box 4 Folder 25
Workshop (correspondence)
1944-1945
Box 4 Folder 26
1945 Workshop (inquiries and orders)
1945
Box 4 Folder 28
British Commonwealth
Box 4 Folder 29
Latin America
Box 4 Folder 30
The Far East
Box 4 Folder 31
Cornell University Curriculum Series in World History
1945
British Businessmen's Course
1948
Box 4 Folder 32-33
British Businessmen's Course
1948
Box 4 Folder 34
Drafts
Box 4 Folder 35
Course Outlines
Writings
Box 1 Folder 4
"Essays on Oliver Cromwell" prepared by John Marcham
n.d.
Box 1 Folder 5
"Letters of an English Physician in the early Seventeenth Century", by F. G. Marcham
1931
Box 1 Folder 6
"Six short essays presenting my thoughts on myself as a member of my community" by F. G. Marcham
1960, 1969, 1975, 1984, 1986, 1991
Box 4 Folder 36-37
Reports
n.d.
Box 4 Folder 38
Reports, speeches, etc.
n.d.
Box 4 Folder 39
Speech for Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Eaton re: Goldwin Smith
1971
Photographs
Box 4 Folder 40
Photographs
Mapcase Folder 1
Oversize photograph of Prof. Marcham with group of British businessmen
1948
Articles
Box 4 Folder 41
Athletics Articles
Box 4 Folder 42
Toward an Ivy Group Handbook for Intercollegiate Athletics
1967
Clippings
Box 4 Folder 43
Miscellaneous clippings
History Course Notebooks
Box 5
History Course Notebooks
Box 6
History Course Notebooks
Notebooks and Related Papers
Box 7
Notebooks and Related Papers
Restricted
Box 8
Notebooks and Related Papers
Restricted
Box 9
Notebooks and Related Papers
Restricted
Box 10
Notebooks and Related Papers
Restricted
Box 11
Notebooks and Related Papers
Restricted
Unprocessed Material
Box 12
Unprocessed Material
Box 13
Unprocessed Material
Box 14
Unprocessed Material
Box 15
Unprocessed Material
Box 16
Unprocessed Material
Box 17
Unprocessed Material
Box 18
Unprocessed Material
Restricted
Box 19
Unprocessed Material