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James Hampton Kirkland Papers:
Boxes 11 - 19

Correspondence - Incoming

Box 11

File 1 Standard - Stewart
File 2 Stoddard - Stonestreet
File 3 Story - Strother
File 4 Struley - Swartz
File 5 Swearingen - Taft
File 6 Taliaferro - Taylor
File 7 Teague - Thomson
File 8 Thorne - Tigert
File 9 Tillett - Tobin
File 10 Todd - Trabue
File 11 Tracy - Turner (1)
File 12 Turner - Tyler
Fi;e 13 Underhill - Vanderbilt (1)
File 14 Vanderbilt (2) - Vertrees
File 15 Vesey - Walker (1)
File 16 Walker (2) - Wall
File 17 Wallace - Wardlaw
File 18 Warren - Washington
File 19 Wasson - Wayland
File 20 Wayman

Box 12

File 1 Wharton - Webb
File 2 Weber - Weerus
File 3 Weidmannsche - Wheelock
File 4 Wightman - Whitten
File 5 Wicks - Wilburn
File 6 Wilcox - Willcox
File 7 Williams
File 8 Williamson
File 9 Wills - Wilson
File 10 Windiate - Winton
File 11 Wister (1)
File 12 Wister (2)
File 13 Witherspoon - Woods
File 14 Woodward - Wright
File 15 Wriston - Yopp
File 16 Young
File 17 Zappfe - Zook
File 18 Illegible signatures
File 19 Incomplete or no signature
File 20 Fragments
File 21 unidentified

Writings - Addresses

Box 13

File 1 “Academic Freedom” 4/8/1916
File 2 “Adventurous America” undated
File 3 “Aims and Ideals of a College of Liberal Arts” 1/25/1922
File 4 [“America After the War”] 12/7/1919
File 5 “America and the War” 3/6/1918
File 6 “The American College” (1) undated
File 7 “The American College” (2) 3/15/1930
File 8 “Andrew Carnegie” 1/14/1933
File 9 “A Brief Sketch of the Origin and Work of Vanderbilt University" 4/19/1934
File 10 “By-Products of Commercial and Industrial Life” undated
File 11 “Cabbages and Kings” 4/1922 - For the Round Table
File 12 “Care of Health” undated
File 13 “Changing Worlds” 9/28/1932 - Opening Address at Vanderbilt University
File 14 “City Building” undated
File 15 “College Failure” 1/12/1927
File 16 “College Ideals” 10/16/1922 - At University of Virginia
File 17 “College Ideals, Personal and Institutional” (1) 6/2/1925 - At Texas State College for Women, Denton, Texas
File 18 “College Ideals, Personal and Institutional”(2) 6/4/1929 - At the Commencement of the University of Oklahoma
File 19 “College Lessons to be Learned” undated
File 20 “College Life” undated
File 21 “College Life in Relation to Post Academic Life” 5/13/1931
File 22 “College Raises and Settles Questions” undated
File 23 “Colleges and Newspapers in A Common Service” 2/17/1928 - At the Newspaper Institute held at Macon, Georgia
File 24 “Credits” undated
File 25 “Culture outside Classroom” undated
File 26 “Dr. S. A. Knapp’s Work” undated
File 27 “Duty and Responsibility” undated
File 28 “Education” 4/9-11, 1926
File 29 “Education and Commerce” undated
File 30 “Education and Industry” 1/8/1921 - At Tennessee Society of New York
File 31 “Education and Scholarship” 4/25/1936 - At the Fiftieth anniversary of University of Chattanooga
File 32 “Entrance Requirements” undated
File 33 “Exams -- II” undated
File 34 “Financial Obligations” undated
File 35 “First Impressions” 10/5/1914
File 36 “Freedom” undated
File 37 “George Washington” (1) 2/21/1932 - At a Celebration held in Montgomery, Alabama
File 38 “George Washington” (2) 2/22/1932
File 39 “Good Institutions vs. Conduct” undated
File 40 “Grading” undated
File 41 “Health” undated
File 42 “Higher Education and the State” 4/8/1921 - At University of Pennsylvania
File 43 “Higher Education in the South” 5/20/1929 - At the Inauguration of Dr. Bradford Knapp as President of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama
File 44 “Honor System” undated
File 45 “Ideals in College and in Life” 6/4/1929 - At University of Oklahoma
File 46 “Industry” undated
File 47 “Industry and Culture”(1) 5/26/1922 - At the American Cotton Manufacture Association
File 48 “Industry and Culture”(2) 5/22/1923 - At the Convention Dinner of the Sons of American Revolution
File 49 Introducing President Elliott (of Harvard) undated
File 50 Introducing Dr. Thorvald Madsen, at Vanderbilt University 3/10/1937
File 51 “Law and Courtesy” undated
File 52 “Lessons” undated
File 53 “The Liberal Arts College -- Ideals Changing and Development” 10/18/1929 - At the celebration of the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of Wofford College
File 54“Lower Life and Higher” undated
File 55 “Magnetawau” 8/12/1919
File 56 “Methodist Education” undated
File 57 “Mr. McKeilly” 5/13/1925
File 58 “My Interest in Education” 1/5/1900
File 59 “My Relation with Dr. Purdue” undated
File 60 “The Nature and Power of Vision” 2/8/1914 - At Y.M.C.A.
File 61 “The Need and Making of Leaders” 10/18/1932 - At the Meeting in Honor of Bishop Maxon
File 62 “The New Day and a New World” undated
File 63 “The New Year A Fiction” undated
File 64 “Notes on the Bimillennium of Horace” 10/3/1936 - A Round Table Lead
File 65 “Obligations to Our City” 10/24/1912
File 66 “Old College Curriculum” undated
File 67 “Open the Eyes of the Young Men” undated
File 68 Opening Address at Vanderbilt University 10/11/1896
File 69 Opening Address at Vanderbilt University 10/10/1897
File 70 Opening Address at Vanderbilt University 10/8/1899
File 71 Opening Address at Vanderbilt University 10/13/1901

Box 14

File 1 Opening Address at Vanderbilt University 9/29/1920
File 2 Opening Address at Vanderbilt University 9/24/1924
File 3 Opening Address at Vanderbilt University 9/1928
File 4 Opening Address at Vanderbilt University undated
File 5 Opening Address at Vanderbilt University undated
File 6 Opening Address at Vanderbilt University undated
File 7 “Our Neighbors in Nashville” 12/17/1926 - At the Inauguration of Thomas E. Jones as President of Fisk University
File 8 “Patriotism and Service” 1/8/1913
File 9 “Peace and World Order” 2/27/1917 - At the Religious Education Association
File 10 “The Permanence of Scholastic Ideals” 3/17/1931 - At University of Chicago
File 11 “The Permanence of Scholastic Ideals” 6/1/1931 - At University of Florida
File 12 “Preparation” undated
File 13 “Preparation vs. Execution” (V.U. Opening Address) 9/23/1936
File 14 “Preparedness” undated
File 15 “Prizes of Life” undated
File 16 “Progress and Problems of Religious Education in the Southern States” undated
File 17 “Progress in Higher Education Since 1787” 2/28/1912 - At University of Pittsburgh
File 18 “Purposeful Life” undated
File 19 “Radio Talk to Vanderbilt Alumni” 4/9/1926
File 20 “Recreation: Social” undated
File 21 “Religious Life in College” undated
File 22 “Religious Progress” undated
File 23 “Remarks of Chancellor James H. Kirkland, 40th Anniversary” 7/12/1933
File 24 “The Responsibility of the Faculty in the Development of Personality” 3/9/1932 - At Meeting of Faculty Forum, Vanderbilt University
File 25 “Right View of College Life” undated
File 26 “The Romance of Labrador” (A Round Table Lead) 1/5/1935
File 27 “Routine Study” undated
File 28 “Sense of Values” 1/6/1926
File 29 “Some New Year Reflections” 1/17/1919
File 30“Some Problems of Southern Colleges” undated - At Central College
File 31 “Some Recent Development Educationally” undated
File 32 “Some Special Items” undated
File 33 “The Soul of America” 1/19/1918 - At Washington and Lee University
File 34 “The South” undated
File 35 “South Campus” undated
File 36 “The South -- Progress in Education” undated
File 37 “Southern Education” undated
File 38 “Southern Education and Southern Thought” 2/27/1914 - At University of Pennsylvania
File 39 “Sowing and Reaping” 1/18/1912
File 40 “Standards of Honor in College” undated
File 41 “Statement for Dr. Robert L. Kelly” 11/8/1934
File 42 “A Statement at the Board of the Southern College Association 7/9/1936
File 43 “The Teacher and His Work” 12/29/1908
File 44 “Teacher in Constructive Statesmanship” undated
File 45 “Things Worth Doing” undated
File 46 “Tibet” undated - For the Round Table
File 47 “Trip from Stuart, Florida, to Nashville” 2/24-25/1934
File 48 “Undergraduate Requirements” 10/20/1915
File 49 “The Unknown Soldier” 11/11/1921
File 50 “The Value of College Training” 5/18/1932
File 51 “Values of Knowledge” 1/14/1925
File 52 “V. U. History” 1/16/1934
File 53 “V. U. Library” undated
File 54 “V. U. Problems” 1917 - At the Southern Colleges Association
File 55 “Vanderbilt as a College of Liberal Arts” 9/25/1929
File 56 “Vanderbilt in Retrospect” (1) 1925
File 57 “Vanderbilt in Retrospect” (2) 1925
File 58 “Vanderbilt University in Retrospect” (1) 10/15/1925 - At the Celebration of VU Fiftieth Anniversary
File 59 “Vanderbilt University in Retrospect” (2) 10/15/1925 - At the Celebration of VU Fiftieth Anniversary
File 60 “World War I” undated
File 61 “Young Man of Future and His Preparation” undated
File 62 Untitled 3/26/1937 - Address of Welcome to the Classical Association
File 63 Address of Welcome at a Convention in Nashville undated
File 64 At the Alumni Dinner of Vanderbilt University 5/27/1915
File 65 At the Alumni Dinner in Nashville 6/6/1932
File 66 At the Alumni Dinner in Nashville 6/7/1937
File 67 At the Alumni Dinner in Nashville undated
File 68 At the Alumni Dinner in Nashville undated
File 69 At the Alumni Reunion Dinner 6/8/1931
File 70 At the American Association for the 12/26/1927 - Advancement of Service
File 71 At the Annual Dinner of the Association of 1/8/1925 - American Colleges

Box 15

File 1 At the Association of American Medical Colleges 10/29/1934
File 2 At Augusta, Georgia undated
File 3 At Business School of Peace undated
File 4 At Catholic University of America undated
File 5 At the Commencement of Vanderbilt University 5/29/1913
File 6 At the Commencement in a School, Birmingham, Alabama undated
File 7 At the Demonstration School, Peabody College 2/19/1925
File 8 At the Dinner in Honor of Dr. G. Canby Robinson 1/7/1938
File 9 At the Dinner in Honor of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Mr. Julius Rosenwald, in Nashville, Tennessee 6/6/1928
File 10 At the Dinner of the Sons of American Revolution Association 2/22/1921
File 11 At the Exchange Club undated
File 12 At the First Assembly of Students and Faculty, VU 9/25/1935
File 13 At Fisk University Dinner Held in New York City 4/25/1933
File 14 At the Fortieth Anniversary as Chancellor of VU 6/12/1933
File 15 At the Inauguration of Chancellor Brown undated - Boston College
File 16 At the Inauguration of Francis P. Gaines as President of Washington and Lee University 10/25/1930
File 17 At the Inauguration of W. L. Wilson as President of Washington and Lee University undated
File 18 At an Invitation Luncheon undated
File 19 At Louisville, KY undated
File 20 At the Luncheon in Honor of Bishop E. P. Dandridge 9/20/1938
File 21At the Luncheon of Workers in the Meharry Campaign 5/24/1929
File 22 At the Meeting of the Board of Trust, Vanderbilt University 2/1/1937
File 23 At the Meeting of the Teachers’ Association undated
File 24 At the Meeting of Tennessee College Association 3/24/1937
File 25 At the Meeting Under the Auspices of Fisk University 4/13/1937
File 26 At the Memorial Service for Dr. G. B. Winton 3/23/1938
File 27 At the Memorial Service for France A. White undated
File 28 At the Memorial Service for W. F. Tillett 11/1/1936
File 29 At the Memorial Service for Senator W. R. Webb undated
File 30 At Randolph-Macon Woman’s College 3/12/1921
File 31 At Religious Education Association Convention 3/12/1912 - St. Louis, Missouri
File 32 At the School of Engineering Smoker 12/10/1935
File 33 At the Southern Athletic Conference 12/14/1928
File 34 At the Southern College Association 11/14/1912
File 35 At the Southern Sociological Congress 4/25/1913 - Atlanta, Georgia
File 36 At the Southern University Conference, Louisville, KY 12/6/1935
File 37 At the Southern University Conference 11/1/1937
File 38 At the Teachers Association, Bowling Green, KY 12/1/1916
File 39 At the Tennessee School and College Association 12/2/1897
File 40 At the Tennessee Society of New York undated
File 41 At the Tennessee Society of St. Louis 1/8/1917
File 42 At Trinity College undated
File 43 At University of Texas undated
File 44 At Vanderbilt Woman’s Club 1/19/1934
File 45 At Washington Conference 5/7/1921
File 46 At Webb School 3/28/1920
File 47 At Webb School 2/14/1927
File 48 At Webb School 3/10/1929
File 49 At West Camp Y.M.C.A. 10/3/1915
File 50 At Y.M.C.A. 2/7/1915
File 51 At Y.M.C.A. 10/14/1917
File 52 At Y.M.C.A. in Memphis, Tennessee undated
File 53 Fragments and Illegibles undated

Writings - Essays

File 54 “The Advance of Higher Education in the South” 1/11/1927 - Nashville Banner
File 55 “American After the War” undated
File 56 “The Apology of Socrates: An Appreciation” undated
File 57 “A Brief History of Vanderbilt University” undated
File 58 “Child Labor” undated
File 59 “College Life and Intellectual Skepticism” undated
File 60 “College Man As A Citizen” undated
File 61 “College Standards -- A Public Interest” undated
File 62 “Conditions of Efficient Faculty Service” undated
File 63 Definition of A College of Liberal Arts” undated

Box 16

File 1 “Evolution” 1/27/1923
File 2 “Extra-Curriculum Or Extra-Curricular?” undated
File 3 “Facts About Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Hospital” undated
File 4 “Financial Problems of Southern Colleges” undated
File 5 “Forward for Charles Barham’s Album” undated
File 6 “Freedom of Speech in the South” undated
File 7 “General Alumni Endowment Fund” undated
File 8 “Going to College” undated
File 9 “The High School and the University” undated
File 10 “Higher Education and Economic Development” undated
File 11 “Higher Education in the South” undated
File 12 “Higher Education in the South, 1875-1925” undated
File 13 “The Intellectual Tendencies of the South” undated
File 14 “Life and Teaching of Charles Darwin” 3/1928
File 15 “The National Significance of the Life and Work of Mr. undated Robert C. Ogden”
File 16 “Notes on the History of Vanderbilt University During 1/7/1925 the Last Fifty years”
File 17 “Obligations of American Life” undated
File 18 “Patriotism and Educational Service” undated
File 19 “Problems of Reconstruction” undated
File 20 “Progress in Higher Education Since 1787” undated
File 21 “The Relations of Education to Economic Development”
File 22 “Review of the Decision of the Vanderbilt Commission” undated
File 23 “The Service of Citizenship” undated
File 24 “The Service of Citizenship” (revised) undated
File 25 “Sketch of Vanderbilt University prepared for the Use of School” [1926]
File 26 “The Soul of America” undated
File 27 “The Spirit of the University” undated
File 28 “Support of Higher Education by State” undated
File 29 Untitled (1) – [on Education] undated
File 30 Untitled (2) – [on Education] undated

Writings - Lectures

File 31 “American Ideals” undated
File 32 “Andrew Jackson As Example” undated
File 33 “Assyria” undated
File 34 “Athletics” undated
File 35 “Baghdad Ry” undated
File 36 “The Book of Job” (Part 1) undated
File 37 “The Book of Job” (Part 2) undated
File 38 “The Book of Job” (Part 3) undated
File 39 “British Empire and Imperial Federation” 1/31/1914
File 40 “Burbank” undated
File 41 “College Freedom” undated
File 42 “Constantinople” undated
File 43 “Czech-Slovak” undated

Box 17

File 1 “Education” undated
File 2 “Fraternities” undated
File 3 “Germany, a World Power” 3/22/1913
File 4 “Greece - Crete - Venizelos” undated
File 5 “Holland” undated
File 6 “History of War” undated
File 7 “How Germany Is Governed” 3/2/1918
File 8 “Julius Caesar” undated
File 9 “Portugal” undated
File 10 “The Present Crisis” undated
File 11 “Rabbi Lewinthal” undated
File 12 “Reigns of the Kings of England” undated
File 13 “Ruskin” 4/21/1900
File 14 “Shelley” undated
File 15 “Shelley’s Poetry” 10/1887
File 16 “Tennyson” undated

Writings - Sermons

File 17 At Vanderbilt University Chapel 2/16/1916
File 18 “Bible” undated
File 19 “Hollowed Thy Name” undated
File 20 “Thy Kingdom Come” undated
File 21 “The Kingdom of God” undated
File 22 “Opening Chapel Address, Vanderbilt University” 9/28/1927
File 23 “Thy Will Be Done” undated

Writings - Poems

File 24 “The Great Man” undated
File 25 “The Lay of the Last Minstrel” undated
File 26 “Silver Jack” undated
File 27 “Telegraph to Theodore” undated
File 28 Untitled (1) undated
File 29 Untitled (2) undated

Writings - Reports

File 30 To the Board of Trust of Vanderbilt University 1894 Annual Meeting
File 31 To the Board of Trust of Vanderbilt University 1895 Annual Meeting
File 32 To the Board of Trust of Vanderbilt University 1896 Annual Meeting
File 33 To the Board of Trust of Vanderbilt University 1897 Annual Meeting
File 34 To the Board of Trust of Vanderbilt University 1898 Annual Meeting
File 35 To the Board of Trust of Vanderbilt University 1899 Annual Meeting
File 36 To the Board of Trust of Vanderbilt University 1902 Annual Meeting
File 37 To the Faculty and Alumni of Vanderbilt University 1937

Writings - Book Manuscripts

File 38 History of Vanderbilt University - Book I: Introduction and Chapter 1
File 39 Chapter 2
File 40 Chapter 3 and Chapter 4
File 41 Chapter 5
File 42 Chapter 6
File 43 Chapter 7
File 44 Chapter 8 and Chapter 9
File 45 Book II: Chapter 1 and Chapter 2
File 46 Chapter 3 and Chapter 4
File 47 Chapter 5 and Chapter 6
File 48 Book III: Chapter 1
File 49 Chapter 2
File 50 Chapter 3

Writings - Published Articles

File 51 “Address At the Reunion Dinner” 6/8/1931
File 52 “Address at Inauguration of President McKenzie, undated - Fisk University”
File 53 “Address at the Chapel” undated
File 54 “Address to the Alumni and Former Students of Vanderbilt University” undated
File 55 “America and the Present Crisis” 3/28/1917
File 56 “Chancellor Kirkland’s Opening Address” 10/1927 - The Vanderbilt Alumnus
File 57 “College Ideals” 10/1922 - Alumni Bulletin of the University of Virginia v15 n4
File 58 “College Standards -- A Public Interest” undated - Proceedings of the 14th Annual Meeting of the Southern Association of College Women
File 59 “The Duty of the State Toward Higher Education” 12/1899 - Delivered before the Southern Educational Association in Memphis, Tennessee

Box 18

File 1 “Extra-Curriculum or Extra-Curricular” 4/1927 - The Educational Record v8 n2
File 2 “Forget Me and Think Only of the University” 6/12/1933 - Vanderbilt Alumnus
File 3 “Forward” 2/13/1936
File 4 “German Vs. American Universities” 8/8/1887 - The Monteaglean v1 n5
File 5 “Higher Education in the South” 5/1929 - Auburn Alumnus
File 6 “Higher Education in the U.S.A.” 1913 - Vanderbilt University Quarterly
File 7 “History of Medical Education at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine” 1/1935 - Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
File 8 “Ideals in the Educational Equation” 7/1929 - The Sooner Magazine
File 9 “Inauguration Address at Vanderbilt University” 9/25/1893
File 10 “Objectives of Standardization of Higher Institutions” undated
File 11 “Obligations of American Life” 1902 - 1902 Baccalaureate Address, Published by University of the South
File 12 “Opening Address at Vanderbilt University” 1894 - Vanderbilt Observer
File 13 “An Open Letter” 3/1922
File 14 “An Open Letter to the Alumni and Former Students of V.U.” 7/18/1899
File 15 “A Passage in the Anglo-Saxon Poem: ‘The Ruin’ Critically Discussed” undated - American Journal of Philosophy
File 16 “Pay Tribute to Philanthropists” 6/1928 - Vanderbilt Alumnus
File 17 “The Permanence of Scholastic Ideals” 4/1931 - The University Record
File 18 “Personal Touch in Education” 9/1922 - The Red Book Magazine v39
File 19 “The Problem of the Future” 6/1928 - Vanderbilt Alumnus
File 20 “Progress in Religious and Moral Education” 4/1910 - Religious Education
File 21 “Recent History of Vanderbilt University” 4/1910 - Methodist Review
File 22 “Remarks of Chancellor Kirkland at the Alumni Dinner” 1/1936 - Vanderbilt Alumnus
File 23 “Remarks of Chancellor J.H. Kirkland at a Meeting Held April 13, 1937 in the War Memorial Auditorium 4/13/1937
File 24 “Report of the Committee on College Standards” 7/1922 - The Educational Record v3
File 25 “Report of the Committee on Program of Studies for Preparatory Schools” undated - Proceedings of the Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools of the Southern States

Box 19

File 1 “Report to the Board of Trust of Vanderbilt University” 1936
File 2 “Report to the Ladies’ Aid Society at Vanderbilt University” 1901
File 3 “The School as a Force Arrayed Against Child Labor” 1905
File 4 “Should Endowed College Be Taxed for Serving the Public?” Undated
File 5 “Some Errors in Harper’s Latin Dictionary”
File 6 “Statement for the Vanderbilt Commission” 1906
File 7 “A Study of the Anglo-Saxon Poem, the Harrowing of Hell” 1885
File 8 “Suggestion for Future Work” 1907
File 9 “To the Alumni of Vanderbilt University” 1926
File 10 “Vanderbilt to Sewanee” 1907
File 11 “Vanderbilt University” 1898
File 12 “Vanderbilt University and Preparatory Classes” 1896
File 13 “What It Is To Be A College President” 1909

Personal/Biographical Material

File 14 Biographical Information
File 15 Celebrating the 40th Year of Service of J.H. Kirkland (1)
File 16 Celebrating the 40th Year of Service of J.H. Kirkland (2)
File 17 Celebrating the 40th Year of Service of J.H. Kirkland (3)
File 18 Tributes to J. H. Kirkland – The 40th Anniversary, (an article)(1933)
File 19 Tributes to J. H. Kirkland – The 40th Anniversary (clippings)(1933)
File 20 Programs, The Memorial Service for J. H. Kirkland (1)
File 21 Programs, The Memorial Service for J. H. Kirkland (2)
File 22 Tributes in Memory of J. H. Kirkland (1)
File 23 Tributes in Memory of J. H. Kirkland (2)
File 24 Tributes in Memory of J. H. Kirkland (3)
File 25 Tributes in Memory of J. H. Kirkland (4)

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