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Finding aid created by: Kyle C. Wilson
Date: 2007
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Summary |
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Creator: | Ganders, Harry Stanley. |
Title: | Harry S. Ganders Papers |
Dates: | 1926-1972 |
Size: | 5 boxes (4.25 linear feet) |
Abstract: | The Harry S. Ganders Papers contain course-related materials, speeches, publications, personal correspondence, and newspaper clippings related to the field of education and Ganders' professional experiences. |
Language: | English |
Repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Research Center Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 |
Harry Stanley Ganders (1894-1978) first entered the field of education upon receiving bachelors and masters degrees in education from the University of Washington (1920 and 1922 respectively) and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia University (1926). While still completing his own higher education, Ganders began what would become a long career of teaching others about education in 1924. After two years as a Professor of Education at Colorado State Teachers College, Ganders took a similar position at the University of Cincinnati from 1926 to 1930. In 1930, Syracuse University offered Ganders the dean position at the University’s Teachers College. Ganders would hold this position for 22 years, during which time he would work to transform the Teachers College into the "all-University" School of Education. This evolution of the college, developed around an integrated undergraduate program and dual professorship, helped bring the school national attention. In 1943, Ganders also became the acting dean of the Graduate School, and he would similarly lead efforts for progressive development in that position.
While Ganders advanced his vision for the School of Education at the administrative level, he also taught numerous classes on education at Syracuse University. His classes would cover topics that he would speak about throughout his career, ranging from practical matters of school administration and assessment to theoretical approaches to the philosophy of education and the role of education in a democracy.
Ganders’ teaching efforts during this time were not limited to Syracuse University. He also often acted as a visiting professor, guest lecturer, or committee leader at other universities and organizations, such as the University of British Columbia, the University of California, Berkeley, and Cazenovia Junior College. Most notably, in 1948 Ganders was a visiting professor at the University of London, which would be the first of many engagements with British universities.
In 1952, Ganders stepped down from his administrative positions at Syracuse University, in part due to health-related concerns, which allowed him to teach at Syracuse full-time. In his correspondence, Ganders expressed excitement about the opportunity to focus entirely on teaching and further developing his own knowledge on the philosophy and history of education, and he would spend several years doing that while teaching as the Hammond Professor of the Philosophy of Education. In 1960, after 30 years of teaching and administrative leadership, Ganders decided to end his time at Syracuse University. He would continue his career in education in the next few years in new positions, such as acting as a Fulbright Senior Lecturer in the United Kingdom, taking the dean position at Alaska Methodist University, and continuing to accept invitations to guest lecture at various universities—including a return to Syracuse University in 1963 to lecture once more.
The Harry S. Ganders Papers include course-related materials, speeches, publications, notes, personal correspondence, bulletins, and newspaper clippings from 1916 to 1972. The collection includes four series: Course-Related Materials, Speeches and Lectures, Subject Files, and Writings.
The Course-Related Materials series includes annotated syllabi, notes, proposals for designing new courses, and other papers related to courses Ganders taught or helped organize. The Speeches and Lectures series contains notes and full texts used for Ganders' speeches, as well as publications of the Street Lectures series, a project Ganders helped lead. The Subject Files series contains extensive correspondence, notes, newspaper clippings, official documents, and other materials Ganders kept throughout his professional career. The Writings series contains subseries of Bound and Unbound works. Bound Writings include published books written (or co-written) by Ganders, as well as a bound, multi-volume collection of his writings titled Miscellaneous Papers. The Unbound Writings include published articles, manuscripts, and some notes and correspondence on his work.
Access Restrictions:
Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.
Pieces of correspondence that contain confidential information have been placed into a restricted-access folder.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries and all relevant rights holders
before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this
collection.
Two Bulletins from the School of Education that were not annotated by Ganders were placed with the Syracuse University Archives' existing collection of School of Education Bulletins.
Names
Ganders, Harry Stanley.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.
Syracuse University. -- School of
Education.
Subjects
College faculty.
Comparative education.
Education.
School management and organization.
College teachers.
Higher education.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Harry S. Ganders Papers,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Correspondence from an administrative file indicates that Ganders worked with the Syracuse University Archives to provide the University with this collection. This cooperation seemingly first began in 1971, with the last documented addition to the collection being acquired in 1977.
Processing Information
All materials in this collection were transferred from deteriorating folders into acid-free folders and boxes. The original organization of the materials was kept when possible, though loose materials, illegible folder titles, etc., required some re-organization. Paper clips, rubber bands, and other materials damaging to the collection were removed and replaced with safe holding materials. The many newspaper clippings in this collection were photocopied for preservation (the acidic originals were discarded).
Several pieces of professional and personal correspondences were pulled from their original folders to be made restricted materials because they contain confidential information.
Folders are arranged alphabetically within each series.
Course-Related Materials
Speeches and Lectures
Subject Files
Writings
Course-Related Materials | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Administration - Basic Course ca. 1928 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Administration Basic - Maxwell School 1937-1941 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Administration Unit for Principals of Cincinnati 1927 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Adult and Higher Education 1937 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Child Accounting ca. 1928 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Communism - Syllabus 1963 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Comparative Education 1959-1962 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Elementary Education - Administration - Syracuse University ca. 1930s | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Finance - University of California, Berkeley ca. 1937 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | History and Philosophy of Education - Education and American Ideals 1953-1956 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | History of Education 1953-1960 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Philosophy of Education - Syllabi 1937-1947 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Philosophy of Education - Syllabi 1952-1954 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Philosophy of Education - Syllabi 1956-1959 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Philosophy of Education - Syllabi 1959-1964 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Principles of Education - Classroom Management 1953 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Problems in Education - Interdisciplinary Seminar 1963-1964 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Problems in Schoolhousing 1928, 1937 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Public Relations - Cincinnati ca. 1928 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Sociology of Education - SU 1953-1962 |
Speeches and Lectures | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Administration 1930-1962 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Alaska 1962-1965 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | American Ideals of Education 1960-1961 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Art and Aviation 1936 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Boards of Education - "Responsibilities" 1935 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Buildings and Dedications 1957 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Citizenship 1940 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Comenius 1942 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Commencement - "Youth Problems" 1936-1961 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Communism and Education 1953-1963 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Community Schools - "Top or Shallow Root Teachers" 1940-1959 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Curriculum for Opportunity 1962 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Democracy, Spirit of 1946-1961 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | English Education 1933-1961 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | General Speeches on Education 1941-1961 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Higher Education - Learning, Lecturing, Instruction 1956-1963 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Industrial Arts ca. 1930s | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Music as a Fundamental 1941 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Nursing - Training or Education 1934-1949 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Progressive Education - Criticisms of 1932 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | The Road Ahead - Commencement 1943-1944 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Speeches - Reactions and Correspondence 1937-1964 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Speeches - Topics undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Stories and Quotations undated (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Teacher Education - General 1960-1963 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Teachers of Personality and Power 1934 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Vocational Education 1945-1946 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | War and Education 1942-1944 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Street Lectures 1941-1947 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Street Lectures 1948-1955 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Street Lectures 1956-1957 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Street Lectures 1962-1966 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Street Lectures - Correspondence and Notes 1941-1942, 1967 |
Subject Files | |||||||||||
Box 2 | Alaska 1962-1963, 1965 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Alaska Methodist University Bulletin 1963-1964 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Associations - Organizations 1922-1960 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Aviation 1954-1960 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Biographical Materials 1935-1960 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | British Columbia, University of 1958-1962 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | California 1937 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Cazenovia 1949-1953 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Chancellor Flint 1929-1961 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Cincinnati, University of 1928 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | College Faculty Workshops 1941 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Colorado 1924-1926 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Columbia University, NYC 1922-1924, 1950-1954 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Conserving Values in School 1929, 1934, 1943 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Correspondence and Clippings - Friends 1934-1955 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Correspondence - California, 1960s 1963-1968 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Correspondence - Chancellor Graham 1936-1941 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Correspondence - Chancellor Tolley 1942-1961 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Correspondence - Delaware, University of 1963, 1965 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Correspondence - General - 1920s-1940s 1926-1949 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Correspondence - General - 1950-1955 1950-1955 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Correspondence - General - 1956-1959 1956-1959 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Correspondence - General - 1960s 1960-1969 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Correspondence - General - Undated undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Correspondence - Restricted undated | ||||||||||
RESTRICTED: Pieces of correspondence that contain confidential information have been placed in this restricted-access folder. | |||||||||||
Box 2 | Correspondence - Retirement 1952-1960 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Eulogy for Raymond G. Kuhlen 1967 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Five-Year Program - Teacher Education 1940, 1942 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Fulbright, Senior Lecturer, UK 1948, 1960-1966 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Georgia, University of 1957-1960 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Graduate School (Syracuse University) 1943-1952 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | "Graduate Work at Syracuse University" - A Report by Ganders 1943 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Hammond Professorship 1954-1960 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | International Seminar 1949 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Kellogg Foundation 1940-1942 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | London, University of 1948-1949, 1952, 1955, 1969 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Manlius School 1943-1946 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Manlius School - Education Policy and Administration 1944-1946 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Newspaper Clippings and Publicity undated (4 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Normal School 1916-1971 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Notes for Speeches and Writings - England and Comparative Education undated (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Notes for Speeches and Writings - General undated (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Ohio State University - Deanship 1946 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Photos of Syracuse University 1943, 1956, undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Press Releases and Records of Speeches 1928-1962 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Recommendations - Selected 1918-1961 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Record of Addresses and Publications by Ganders 1972 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Research and Masters of Education - Cincinnati Univ. 1927 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Russell Sage College 1961-1963 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | School of Education 1931-1970 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Statewide Conference on School District Reorganization - Syracuse University 1939 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Students 1927-1962 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Superintendent by Selection - Syracuse City 1944-1945 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Survey - Cincinnati ca. 1928 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Syracuse University - 1963-1964 1961, 1963-1964 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Syracuse University - Assorted Bulletins and Announcements 1951-1964 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Teacher and Principal undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Teachers College and School of Education Bulletins 1930-1935 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Teacher Education 1932, 1936, 1942 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Texas March 1950 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Universities in Britain 1960-1961 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | War Labor Board 1944-1945 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Washington, University of 1921-1934 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Wisconsin 1954 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | World War I - War Record 1917-1919 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | World War II 1942-1945 |
Writings | |||||||||||
Bound Writings | |||||||||||
Box 4 | Aviation in the Modern World 1946 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | A Functional Program of Teacher Education 1941 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Horse Heaven Hills 1977 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Miscellaneous Papers - Volume 1 undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Miscellaneous Papers - Volume 2 undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Miscellaneous Papers - Volume 3 undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Miscellaneous Papers - Volume 5 undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Pioneering Ganders 1974 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Program Notes on the C.I.E.R. International Seminar 1949 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | School Building Management - The Operation and Care of School Plants 1928 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | A System of School Records and Reports for Smaller Cities 1926 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Theory and Practice in the Administration of Extra-Curricular Activities in Public Secondary Schools 1922 | ||||||||||
Unbound Writings | |||||||||||
Box 4 | Articles 1 - General Administration 1927-1928, 1954-1955 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Articles 2 - School Administration 1937 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Articles 3 - Surveys 1932-1959 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Articles 4 - Higher Education - General Articles 1926-1945 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Articles 6 - American and Foreign Education 1934-1962 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Articles 7 - Philosophy of Education 1916-1940 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Articles 8 - Book Reviews by Ganders 1926-1953 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Articles 9 - Aviation 1944 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Articles - Alaska: Dean of Alaska 1962-1963 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Articles - Various Education Articles 1933, 1936, 1945 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Manuscripts, Typescripts, etc. 1921-1962 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Philosophizing in Education 1960 |