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Collection Overview Meiklejohn, Alexander, 1872-1964 Meiklejohn Papers 1894-1924 1912-1923 11 archives boxes (5.5 linear ft.) Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Philosopher and former president of Amherst College. Papers contain correspondence with other educators and records created during his presidency. English. Biographical Note

Alexander Meiklejohn was born in England in 1872, and brought to the United States in 1880 at the age of eight. He was educated in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and graduated from Brown University in 1893. He took his M.A. at Brown and in 1897, received his doctorate in philosophy from Cornell University. He taught philosophy and metaphysics at Brown and was dean from 1901 to 1912. He became president of Amherst College in 1912 and served until 1924. After Amherst he went to the University of Wisconsin to teach philosophy and while there, established an experimental college. He retired in 1938. Meiklejohn died in 1964 at the age of 92.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Meiklejohn Papers consist mainly of correspondence between Meiklejohn and other educators during his term as President of Amherst College, as well as records created during his presidency. The material is organized into the following nine sections, including General Correspondence, Faculty Affairs, Speeches and Writings, Student Activities, Administration Materials, Curriculum, Letters of Congratulation on Acceptance of Amherst Presidency, Miscellaneous, and Letters Concerning Meiklejohn's Resignation.

Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into nine series:

1: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 2: FACULTY AFFAIRS 3: SPEECHES AND WRITINGS 4: STUDENT ACTIVITIES 5: ADMINISTRATION MATERIALS 6: CURRICULUM 7: LETTERS OF CONGRATULATION ON ACCEPTANCE OF AMHERST COLLEGE PRESIDENCY 8: MISCELLANEOUS 9: LETTERS CONCERNING MEIKLEJOHN'S RESIGNATION Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

In general, there is no restriction on access to the Meiklejohn Papers for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes. Materials from other institutions which are found in the Meiklejohn Papers cannot be duplicated, as indicated.

Requests for permission to publish materials should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

[Identification of item], in Alexander Meiklejohn Papers [Box #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library

Search Terms Meiklejohn, Alexander, 1872-1964 Amherst College -- Presidents College presidents -- Massachusetts -- Correspondence Freedom of Speech Social Ethics Education, Higher -- United States Educational Innovations -- United States Educators -- United States -- Correspondence Morrow, Dwight W. (Dwight Whitney), 1873-1931 Agard, Walter Raymond, 1894- Andrews, Elisha Benjamin, 1844-1917 Faunce, William Herbert Perry, 1859-1930 King, Stanley, 1883-1951 Plimpton, George A. (George Arthur), 1855-1936 Additional Information Section 1: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1 1 Abbott, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth 1913 Apr 3 1 1 Adams, J.D. 1917 Apr 16 1 1 Alexander, W.H. 1917 Sep 14 1 1 Allinson, Anne C.E. (2 letters) [?] Apr 15, [?] Apr 17 1 1 Allis, F.S. (AC 1893) (5 letters) 1922-23, n.d. 1 1 Anderson, Thomas D. 1923 May 18 1 1 Andrews, I. Benjamin 1914 Jan 22 1 1 Angell, James R. (President, Carnegie Corporation) 1921 Apr 26 1 1 Appleton, John Howard 1913 Dec 23 1 1 Arter, Charles K. (AC 1898) to George D. Olds regarding Meiklejohn speech 1913 Oct 25 1 1 Atkinson, Geoffrey (AC 1913) 1920 May 28 1 2 Abbott, Alexander H. 1913-22 1 3 Agard, Walter C. (AC 1915) 1916-22 1 4 Ames, Charles B. (AC 1916) 1916-18 1 5 Andrews, Charles A. 1922 1 6 Andrews, E. Benjamin and Mrs. Andrews 1914-19 1 7 Avirett, William G. 1916-23 1 8 Ayres, Clarence E. 1919-20 1 9 B - Miscellaneous 1 10 Babbott, Frank L. (AC 1913) 1912-23 1 11 Becker, Carl 1919-20 1 12 Bennett, Albert A. 1913-19 1 13 Bell, Bernard I. 1921-22 1 14 Bigelow, William P. (AC 1889) 1919-20 1 15 Bixler, Julius Seelye (AC 1916) 1914-23 1 16 Blodgett, Frank D. (AC 1893) 1915-19 1 17 Buchanan, Scott M. (AC 1916) 1916-22 1 18 Bumpus, H.C. 1912-19 1 19 Burton, M.L. 1913-18 1 20 Butterfield, K.L. 1915-23 1 21 C - Miscellaneous 1912-23 1 22 Churchill, George B. (AC 1889) 1913-19 1 23 Clark, Henry Hunt 1919 1 24 Clark, J. Maurice (AC 1905) 1915-23 1 25 Copeland, Morris A. (AC 1917) 1917-22 1 26 Cory, Herbert E. 1915-16 1 27 Creighton, J.E. 1912-22 1 28 Cronkhite, Leonard W. 1912-19 2 1 D - Miscellaneous 1916-23 2 2 Delabarre, E.B. 1914-1920 2 3 Damon, L.T. 1914-19 2 4 Douglas, Lewis Williams (AC 1916) 1918-23 2 5 E - Miscellaneous 1913-23 2 6 Eames, Edward W. (AC 1922) 1921-23, n.d. 2 7 Eastman, Lucius R. (AC 1895) 1922 2 8 Elliott, Huger 1916-17 2 9 Erskine, John 1915-23 2 10 Ewer, Bernard C. 1913-14 2 11 Faunce, W.H.P. 1914-23 2 12 Ferry, Frederick C. 1913-23 2 13 Field, Henry P. 1920-22 2 14 Fitch, Albert Parker 1914-23, n.d. 2 15 Fosdick, Harry Emerson 1913-22, n.d. 2 16 French, John S. 1921-22 2 17 G - Miscellaneous 1913-23 2 18 Gaus, John (AC 1915) 1918-23 2 19 Garfield, H.A. 1913-22 2 20 Gettell, Raymond G. 1916-21 2 21 Gilbert, Katherine Everett 1913-19, n.d. 2 22 Gillett, Arthur L. 1913-22 2 23 Goodrich, Carter (AC 1918) 1918-23, n.d. 2 24 Gordon, George A. 1914-23 2 25 Greene, Theodore A. (AC 1913) 1915-23 2 26 Greene, Theodore M. (AC 1918) 1921 2 27 Grose, Laurence R. 1916-20 2 28 Grosvenor, Gilbert H. (AC 1897) 1913-14 3 1 H - Miscellaneous 1914-22 3 2 Hamilton, Walton H. 1914-22 3 3 Harris, George (AC 1866) 1912 3 4 Hinners, Howard E. 1919-1920 3 5 Hoernle, R.F.A. 1919-20 3 6 Hollister, Carroll M. (AC 1922) 1919-1923 3 7 Hunneman, William C. (AC 1915) 1913-1919 3 8 J - Miscellaneous 1915-23, n.d. 3 9 Jackson, Gardner (AC 1918) 1922 3 10 James, Arthur Curtiss (AC 1889) 1914-1919 3 11 Joad, Cyril E.M. n.d. 3 12 Johnson, Allen 1915-22 3 13 Johnson, Alvin S. 1914-17 3 14 Johnson, Clarence R. 1914-21 3 15 Jusserand, Jules 1921 3 16 K - Miscellaneous 1913-22, n.d. 3 17 Kane, John Francis (AC 1904) 1913-17, n.d. 3 18 Keezer, Dexter M. (AC 1918) 1917 3 19 Kelsey, Charles Edward (AC 1884) 1913-20 3 20 Kendall, Henry P. (AC 1924) 1912-20 3 21 King, Stanley (AC 1903) 1918-23, n.d. 3 22 Kirkpatrick, J.E. 1920-22, n.d. 3 23 L - Miscellaneous 1915-21 3 24 Ladd, Henry L.A. (AC 1918) 1920-23 3 25 Laski, Harold J. 1918-19, n.d. 3 26 Long, John Cuthbert (AC 1914) 1913-22 3 27 Loomis, Frederic B. (AC 1896) 1912-19 3 28 Lowell, A. Lawrence 1917-23 3 29 Lowry, Edward G. 1922, n.d. 4 1 M - Miscellaneous 1913-21, n.d. 4 2 Marshall, Charles E. 1921-23 4 3 Miller, Spencer 1921-23, n.d. 4 4 Morehouse, Andrew R. 1921 4 5 Morrow, Dwight W. (AC 1895) 1916-23 4 6 Morse, Anson D. (AC 1871) 1913-16, n.d. 4 7 Morse,(Anson D., AC 1871) Family 1913-19, n.d. 4 8 N - Miscellaneous 1913-19 4 9 Newlin, William J. (AC 1899) 1912-22 4 10 Neilson, William A. 1917 4 11 Norton, Charles D. (AC 1893) 1918, n.d. 4 12 O - Miscellaneous 1916-23 4 13 Ogilby, R.B. 1922-23 4 14 Olds, George D. (AC 1913) 1911-22, n.d. 4 15 Olds, Leland (AC 1912) 1916-18, n.d. 4 16 P - Miscellaneous 1912-19, n.d. 4 17 Parker, Lawrence 1915-21, n.d. 4 18 Patton, Cornelius H. (AC 1919) 1913-18 4 19 Payne, Philip W. (AC 1914) 1914-18, n.d. 4 20 Pierce, Jason Noble (AC 1902) 1913-22 4 21 Plimpton, George A. (AC 1876) 1912-23 4 22 Plough, Harold H. (AC 1913) 1917-22 4 23 Pope, Arthur Upham 1919, n.d. 4 24 Pound, Roscoe 1922-23 4 25 Powell, Chilton L. (AC 1907) 1914-22 4 26 Powell, Lyman 1917 4 27 Prall, David W. 1918-19 4 28 Pratt, Charles M. (AC 1879) 1913-20 4 29 Pratt, Herbert L. (AC 1895) 1922 4 30 Price, Lucien 1914-22, n.d. 4 31 R - Miscellaneous 1912-22 4 32 Rhees, Rush (AC 1883) 1914-22 4 33 Robbins, Wilford L. 1913-16, n.d. 4 34 Root, E. Merrill (AC 1917) 1917-20 4 35 Rounds, Arthur C. (AC 1887) 1920-23 4 36 Rowland, William Tingle 1922 4 37 Rugg, Arthur Prentice (AC 1883) 1917-22 5 1 S - Miscellaneous 1912-23 5 2 Saunders, Laurence J. 1916-23 5 3 Scales, Laura W.L. 1922-23 5 4 Sedgwick, Ellery 1915-23 5 5 Selden, Charles A. 1915-19, n.d. 5 6 Seth, James 1914-19, n.d. 5 7 Sharp, Frank Chapman (AC 1887) 1917-20, n.d. 5 7 Sharp, Malcolm P. (AC 1918) 5 8 Simpson, John W. (AC 1913) 1912-20, n.d. 5 9 Slocum, William F. 1914-19 5 10 Smart, E. Hodgson 1917-21, n.d. 5 11 Smith, Luther Ely (AC 1894) 1913 5 12 Smith, Payson 1919-22 5 13 Stearns, Foster W. (AC 1903) 1912-19 5 14 Stewart, Walter W. 1922-23 5 15 Stone, Harlan Fiske (AC 1894) 1920-23 5 16 Stone, John Timothy (AC 1891) 1916-22 5 17 Sullivan, Cornelius J. (AC 1887) 1917-23 5 18 T - Miscellaneous 1913-23 5 19 Tead, Ordway (AC 1912) 1918-19 5 20 Thompson, Daniel V. (AC 1889) 1915 5 20A Thompson, Frederic L. (AC 1892) 1912-19, n.d. 5 21 Toll, Charles H. 1915-21 5 22 Tolman, Richard C. 1917 5 23 Truesdale, Leon Edgar 1912-15, n.d. 5 24 Tyler, John M. (AC 1873) 1913-1919 5 25 Tufts, James H. (AC 1884) 1918-19 5 26 Van Doren, Carl 1921-22 5 27 Vernon, A.W. 1917-19 5 28 Villard, Oswald Garrison 1913-17 5 29 W - Miscellaneous 1912-20, n.d. 5 30 Walker, Williston (AC 1883) 1914-20 5 31 Warbeke, John 1915-23 5 32 Wessel, Morris J. 1913-15 5 33 Whicher, George F. (AC 1910) 1913-22 5 34 Whitcomb, Ernest M. (AC 1904) 1913-22 5 35 Willcox, Walter F. (AC 1884) 1914-16 5 36 Wild, Henry D. 1917-19 5 37 Williams, Talcott (AC 1873) 1912-23 5 38 Woodbridge, Frederick J.E. (AC 1889) 1915-23 5 39 Yeats, William Butler 1914 5 40 Zook, George F. 1921-23 Section 2: AMHERST COLLEGE FACULTY AFFAIRS 6 1 Statement of college policy in regard to War Department; Walton Hamilton on group function; tribute to Professor Kimball; railroad strike; list of 1912 Inauguration guests; correspondence from Professors Hinners and Fitch 1912-24 6 2 Miscellaneous letters 1911-24 6 3 Miscellaneous letters 1923 Jun-Jul 6 4 Correspondence re: Meiklejohn's trip to the mid-west 1923 6 5 Correspondence re: missed speaking engagement for the Associated Academic Principals on December 27, 1912 1913 6 6 Requests for letters of recommendation 1916-17 6 7 Requests for letters of recommendation 1917-19 6 8 Centennial gift and miscellaneous records 1919 6 9 Academic freedom 1916-20 6 10 Faculty search 1914-15 6 11 Faculty search 1914 6 12 Incoming and outgoing correspondence with Stark Young and R.M. Weaver 1916-22, n.d. 6 13 Faculty problems, miscellaneous 1916-23, n.d. 6 14 Letters from Professors Doughty and Loomis concerning Meiklejohn's hiring policies 1919 7 1 Recommendations for positions 1913-26 7 2 Faculty Dramatics 1902-17, n.d. 7 3 Committee reports - requested by Trustees 1922-23 7 4 Notes on Library and Philosophy courses [1921] 7 5 Latin - entrance requirements 1915, n.d. 7 6 Mount Holyoke College, Meiklejohn as Trustee 1914-23 7 7 Honorary degree citations 1913-22 7 8 Faculty appointments: 1917-21 7 8 Westhafer, Utter, and Parker, L.H. 7 9 English Department 1912-18 7 10 The National Student Forum Spring Symposium 1923, n.d. 7 11 The Modern School 1918 7 12 Miscellaneous causes 1918-23, n.d. 7 13 The "University of Democracy" Movement 1919, n.d. 7 14 Corespondence re: National Student Forum speaking engagement 1922-23 7 15 Woodrow Wilson Foundation 1921-22, n.d. 7 16 Minutes of Instruction Committee 1922-23, n.d. Section 3: SPEECHES AND WRITINGS 7 17 Miscellaneous letters about speeches and College affairs 1914-23, n.d. 7 18 Invitations 1912-23, n.d. 7 19 Engagements fulfilled and refused 1922-23, n.d. 7 20 Requests for speaking engagements 1912-23, n.d. 8 1 Inaugural address - comments on and requests to reprint excerpts; printed copies of other addresses 1913-22, n.d. 8 2 Inaugural address - requests for reprints and other correspondence 1914-19 8 3 Comments on speeches and writings 1916-23, n.d. 8 4 Comments on and requests for speeches and articles 1914-23, n.d. Section 4: STUDENT ACTIVITIES 8 5 Alumni letters regarding military training 1917 8 6 Letters from soldiers 1917-1919, n.d. 8 7 Drinking situation 1921-22, n.d. 8 8 Junior-Senior College discussion [1919] 8 9 Theta Delta Chi 1914-22, n.d. 8 10 Summer baseball 1922 Section 5: ADMINISTRATIVE MATERIALS 8 11 Budgets and salaries 1916-22, n.d. 8 12 Entrance statistics, Registrar's reports, science requirements in other colleges 1913, n.d. 8 13 Executive Committee and faculty conference n.d. 8 14 Faculty Instruction Committee 1922-23, n.d. 8 15 Faculty notes and recommendations 1917-23, n.d. 8 16 Faculty organizations 1917-20 8 17 Faculty teaching burden 1920-22 8 18 Instruction Committee records n.d. 9 1 Notes on student records 1918, n.d. 9 2 Statistical material - departmental allowance 1911-17, n.d. 9 3 Scattered notes and college records 1913-15, n.d. 9 4 Statistics re: curriculum 1914-n.d. Section 6: CURRICULUM 9 5 Amherst College and other institutions 1916-19, n.d. 9 6 New majors 1920-21 9 7 Alumni Council letters 1912-13 9 8 Alumni Council - H.T. Noyes 1912-13 9 9 Organization of Alumni Council 1912, n.d.