IHLC MS 181 

Theodore Calvin Pease 

Papers, 1903‐1948 

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Pease, Theodore Calvin. Papers.

Series Topic ·page Box

1. Biography 6 1

2. Education 6

3. Military Service 7

4. Teaching and Research 9 2

5. University of Illinois: 10 Department and Campus

6. University of Illinois: 11Individuals [some items restricted,

see series note]

7. Books 14

8. Articles 17 3

9. Unpublished Papers 20

10. Book Reviews 22

11. Illinois State Historical Library and 22 the Illinois State Historical Society

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25

26 4

12. Other Organizations and Correspondents

13. Miscellaneous

Books and legal-size items

14. Research notecards 26 3-29

Series Descriptions

Series 1. Biography

Series 1 consists of documents and photographs that contain biographical information about Theodore Pease. Included among these items are clippings and magazine articles, University of Illinois administrative reports, documents related to honor societies, and memorials and retrospective articles written after his death.

Series 2. Education

Series 2 includes materials related to Pease's time as a student at the Lewis Institute and the University of Chicago. Items include class registers, diplomas, certificates, programs, academic awards, and letters and photographs from Pease recorded and taken while researching for his dissertation in England.

Series 3. Military Service

Series 3 consists of correspondence, documents, and memorabilia related to Pease's military service during World War I. Documents include letters to family members and colleagues; notebooks and programs from Fort Sheridan; officer's commissions; orders and reports; diaries and individual recollection sheets; histories of the units that included Pease; maps of Europe; scrapbooks; and photographs. Memorabilia in this series include shoulder patches, propaganda, wartime pins, and commemorative medals.

Series 4. Teaching and Research

Series 4 contains records related to teaching and research conducted by Pease during his time at Pennsylvania State College, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois. The records include letters of recommendation, appointment, and position offers; other correspondence with faculty and students; letters and papers related to a research sabbatical; and other research papers.

Series 5. University of Illinois: Department and Campus

Series 5 contains papers about the History Department and main campus of the University of Illinois. These include faculty information and photographs for the Department of History; departmental course listings and subjects; papers for departmental committees focused on instruction; organization, research, and department chairperson searches; papers related to graduate school instruction and research topics; correspondence of the Senate Library Committee; and correspondence with other departments at the University of Illinois and other campuses.

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Series 6. University of Illinois: Individuals

Series 6 includes correspondence with individuals who were affiliated with the University of Illinois. The series contains two sections, with the first section containing letters with or about department colleagues, graduate students, and others on campus and the second section containing correspondence with and about undergraduate students. *Some items in this series are letters of recommendation which are restricted for 80 years from the date of their creation.

Series 7. Books

Series 7 contains materials related to books published by Pease including The Leveller Movement, The County Archives of the State of Illinois, The Frontier State, The Story of Illinois, The United States, and other publications. These include advance pages and pamphlets, full copies of the books, book reviews, correspondence and comments about the publications, correspondence with publishers, and early drafts and outlines.

Series 8. Articles

Series 8 contains copies of encyclopedia and journal articles published by Pease along with related materials. The series includes printed and published copies of the articles, typescript copies and drafts, notes, and correspondence related to specific articles.

Series 9. Unpublished Papers

Series 9 contains unpublished papers related to lectures presented by Pease. This series includes typescript copies of the lectures, programs, and correspondence about individual lectures.

Series 10. Book Reviews

Series 10 consists of book reviews written by Pease for the American Archivist, American Historical Review, Mississippi Valley Historical Review, and other journals. Materials included in this series are a list of reviews written by Pease, printed and typed copies of reviews, and correspondence related to the reviews.

Series 11. Illinois State Historical Library and the Illinois State Historical Society

Series 11 contains records related to the Illinois State Historical Library and Illinois State Historical Society. Included among these items are

biennial reports by the editor of the society’s journal, letters regardingstaff appointments, research trips, copies of reviews from the journal, correspondence with others, and circular letters from the Historical Society.

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Series 12. Other Organizations and Correspondents

Series 12 contains records related to other organizations and correspondents. This series includes reports, questionnaires, programs and correspondence of the American Historical Association; programs, correspondence, membership cards and acknowledgements for the Chicago Historical Society; letters and memorandums from the Clements Library at the University of Michigan; correspondence with the Social Science Research Council, Society of American Archivists, and Society of American Historians; and correspondence with other individuals.

Series 13. Miscellaneous

Series 13 contains other records and memorabilia. This series includes correspondence with genealogists, gift acknowledgements from the University of Chicago, travel notes, announcements and programs from a dedication ceremony, theatre and concert programs, Charles Dickens and other memorabilia, World War II ration books, and records related to gardening.

Series 14. Research Notecards

Series 14 contains research notecards for courses taught or taken and publications written by Pease. Notes for Western History 1664-1807, History of the West to 1818, courses at the University of Chicago, The Leveller Movement, The County Archives of the State of Illinois, The Frontier State, Illinois Election Returns, and Illinois on the Eve of the Seven Years’ War areincluded in this series.

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PEASE, THEODORE CALVIN. PAPERS.

Box 1

1. Biographical Information

Folder

1. Miscellaneous

Entry in Who's Who in American Education, 1932-33 ed.Appointment in Illinois Historical Survey, 1914 announcementCopies of two items elsewhere in the collection which contain

biographical data. (For additional details, as of 1931-32, see correspondence with the Guggenheim Foundation and the Social Science Research Council, in Series 12.)

2. Reports to University of Illinois administrators regardingresearch and publications, 1922-40

Additional data in a Mar. ·1935 report

3. Clippings, 1916-48

4. Honorary societies (12 items)

5. Memorials, retrospective articles, andrelated correspondence (13)

6. Photographs (7)

2. Education

7. Lewis Institute

Register, 1901-4 (3); Bulletin, 1903-9 (3) Song book, musical programs (2), cast picture

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8. Certificates, 1902, 1904; diploma, 1905; commencement programs (2), Lewis Union items (3). (See also letters of George Noble Carman and Charles W. Mann, in Series 12.)

9. University of Chicago

Matriculation card, 1906; Ph.D. candidacy card, 1910 Scholarship and fellowship awards (5); letters regarding

this support, 1938 (2) Snell Hall Cooler, 1907-8 (2); untitled comic poem for

Class of 1907 Fencing team, 1910-11: photograph, comic poem, program (2).

Announcement of Amateur Fencers League of America, 1917. Phi Beta Kappa membership; list in Daily Maroon Convocation announcements, programs, 1907, 1914 (8)

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10. Letters of Theodore Calvin Pease [TCP] to his mother, brother,and sister, during his dissertation research in England, Apr.-Aug., 1911 (41). Filed chronologically.

11. Letter of introduction from University of Chicago officialsfor TCP's research in England

Photographs: New York harbor, English cathedrals, and other scenes (31 negatives); postcard reproductions (3)

3. Military Service

[Folders 12-14 and 17-18 contain notes on particular letters]

12. Letters to Caroline Phipps Pease, TCP's mother (19)1917 Dec. 30 1918 Jan. 6, 10, Feb. 2, 19, Mar. 24, Apr. 13, May 12,

June 6, 16, 24, July 4, Aug. 14, Sept. 8, 14, Oct. 23, Nov. 19 and 24, Dec. 9, 23

13. Letters to Albert A. Pease, TCP's brother (52) [* = telegram]1917 Dec. 30, 31 ( 2)1918 Jan. 1, 4, 5, 7, ? 26*, 28, Feb. 10, 15, 28*,

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Mar. 6, ? • I 17, 28, Apr. 13, ?

• I 28, May 27, June 11 ( 2) , 28, July 10, 13, 18, 22, 26 Aug. 7 or 8, 18, Sept. 3, 23, Oct. 9, 23, 27, 28 Nov. 12, Dec. 20, 20, 26

1919 Jan. 14, 27, 28, Mar. 17, 26, Apr. 6, 12, May 5, 23, 25*

14. Letters to Lydia "Dolly" Pease, TCP's sister (18)1918 Jan. 4, ?, Jan. or Feb., Mar. 6, Apr. 22,

May 3, 19, June 1, July 2, 7, Aug. 11, Sept. 5, Sept. or Oct., Dec. 24, 30

1919 Feb. 18, Mar. 23, 30

15. Letters from Gustavus Stuart, TCP's uncle (6)1915 Dec. 5 1917, Mar. 18, June 21, July 31, Sept. 24, Dec. 3

16. Graham Aldis, regarding his history of TCP's unit at

Fort Sheridan (see folder 29), 1919-24. Letters sent (2), letters received (5), and related items (2)

17. John A. Dent, formerly at Illinois, to Clarence W.

Alvord (1) and "Pazelli" [TCP] (4), 1917-19

18. Other letters received, 1918-1920S. Graveson, military hospital, LiverpoolA. A. Howe, captain (3), with photographH. G. Moulton, Department of Political Economy,

University of Chicago (3) Mrs. Otto Fred Schmidt, Lansing, Mich.

19. Registration and examination cards (6), 1917-1918

20. Officers' Training Camp, Fort Sheridan, undatedNotebook I, II, and III, and a spiral notebook

Course examinations (4), a map of the fort, instructions, and circulars

21. Fort Sheridan, Company 23 roster and final programs (2) Manual,semaphore card, and other printed items (2), 1914-1917

22. Commissions as second and first lieutenant, relatedcorrespondence, and war risk insurance papers (19), 1917-1920

23. Identity cards with photographs (2) and a group photographMilitary equipment list and miscellaneous small items (9), undated

Orders, reports, and papers

24. Nov. 1917-Aug. 1918

25. Sept. 1918-Apr. 1919

26. Diary, 1918

27. Manuscript recollectionsLoose pages (5 sheets) Booklet (74 sheets)

28. Veteran organizations and other papers, 1917-1920, 1938

Membership cards for the Fort Sheridan Association, 126th Infantry Association, Thirty Second Division Veteran Association, the American Legion, and the Army and Navy Club of Chicago; Fort Sheridan Association items (2); World War II card

29. History of the Twenty-Third Company, Second FortSheridan Training Camp (four-panel, fold-out photograph and 46 mimeographed pages)

The Thirty Second Division, American Expeditionary

Forces, 1917-1919 (pamphlet, 16 pages)

Copy of The History and Achievements of the Fort Sheridan Officers' Training Camps (1920)]

30. Maps: wall map of France, Belgium, and bordering areas,

Philips' pocket map of France, and an Argonne map

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Box 4 (cont.)

Box 1 (cont.)

Box 1 (cont.)

Box 4

31. United States Signal Corps photographs: prints (11) and reproductions (32) of scenes at the front

32. Scrapbook and clippings, mainly from the Chicago press, 1917-1923

scrapbook and collection of American and European newspapers]

Memorabilia

34. Wartime propaganda: German postcards, including cartoons

in color (14) and a booklet of cards (8), and repro­ductions relating to the U.S. homefront (55), undated

35. Red Cross, Liberty Loan, and other pins (49), paper lapel

tags (10), and miscellaneous pieces (6)

36. Illinois commemorative medals from Champaign, Ogle (3), and

Box 2

Tazewell counties, and from Batavia (2), Glencoe [in a separate box], Lostant, Matherville, and Nokomis

4. Teaching and Research

37. Pennsylvania State College, 1911-12Andrew C. McLaughlin, History Department, University of

Chicago, recommending TCP for a teaching position Telegrams on accepting Penn State, letter of appointment,

and class schedule

38. Dictionary of American BiographyCorrespondence with Allen Johnson, editor, offering TCP

the position of assistant editor, 1925-26 (5), and a related letter to U. of I. President David Kinley

39. University of Chicago, 1929William E. Dodd, History Department, to TCP, arranging

his appointment to teach during the Summer Quarter (2) Correspondence with Godfrey Davies at Chicago (3) Student letters and memos: Mary V. Henderson (5),

George Y. Hull (1), and Alice Huei Te Ying (2) Class lists

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33. Shoulder patches with divisional and other insignia (41)

Box 4 (cont.)

Box 1 (cont.)

40. Sabbatical leave of absence, Spring Semester, 1933Letters on approval of TCP's sabbatical, 1931-32 (3) Itinerary, letters of introduction (2) and papers relating

to research in Paris and London (4) Anglo-American Historical Conference (2); other items (3) (See also letters of Laurence M. Larson, in Series 6)

41. Research plans, 1934: correspondence with Scribner's Letter of introduction for research abroad in Summer 1937 Research at the Clements Library, University of Michigan:

travel expenses, Summer 1941

5. University of Illinois: Department and Campus

42. Department of History, 1894-1954, booklet includingbiographical sketches of the faculty

Photograph of the faculty standing before Lincoln Hall, 1936, and a memo listing members of the department at that time, with the birth date and present age of most of them

Notes by Frederick C. Dietz and William S. Robertson comparing the departments at the Universities of Illinois, Cincinnati, and Washington, n.d.

TCP's notes and draft report for a department committee to consider course revisions, n.d.

43. Course materials: reading lists and exam questions, n.d., scheduling memos, 1930-39, and exam seating lists, 1937-39

Subject bibliography, "Illinois and Western History," for a Library School course, 1923-24 (3)

Thesis subjects in U.S. history, 1923

44. Committee of Five on graduate instruction in history:committee roster, letters (5), and report, with comments or annotations on two drafts by TCP, Marcus L. Hansen, James G. Randall, and Fred S. Rodkey, 1931

Committee of Seven on departmental organization, 1931 (2)

45. Committee of Nine: correspondence with history departments at Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, and Wisconsin regarding graduate assistants' work and pay, 1931

46. Committee of Nine: experiment stations and research agencies Letters (9), statistical data and related information (9), statements from bureaus on campus, including the Illinois Historical Survey (6), 1931-32

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47. Statements on assistants and instructors (3), letters on theregistration system (2), and papers of the committee on appointment, promotion, and tenure (3), 1931

48. Committee on the History Department headship, 1936-37:On-campus correspondence (9), list of persons contacted for advise, and replies from twenty historians

49. Departmental response to the question of graduate schoolwork during the summer session, 1935 (6)

Tabulation of masters with and without theses, in all departments, in 1930 and 1940

50. Social Science Divisional Committee papers, 1935-40

51. Senate Library Committee letters, 1939 (2)University Senate mimeographed material, 1932-36, n.d. (7)Correspondence with Lawrence W. Murphy regarding the School

of Journalism curriculum, and related items, 1934-37 (9) Miscellaneous correspondence with others on campus,

1923-44 (14)

52. Letters on TCP's appointment to the History Departmentadministrative committee and headship, and to the Executive Faculty of the campus, 1941-42 (4)

Correspondence with Charles M. Kneier on a proposed sociology course relating to Chinese history, 1941 (4)

Correspondence with other history departments, publishers, and the Illinois State Library, 1941-43 (16)

6. University of Illinois: Individuals

Correspondence with or about department colleagues, others on campus, and students, in graduate school and later, as well as some thesis abstracts, clippings, and other items.

[An asterisk is added to the dates of letters which are addressed to Marguerite J. Pease as well as TCP.]

53. Adler, Selig, 1932-44 (6)Babcock, Kendrick C., 1917-21 (3)Belting, Natalia M., 1937-40 (4)Bone, Robert G., 1942-57* (11), clippings (3)Butterfield, Marvin Ellis, abstract, 1936

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54. Caldwell, Norman Ward, 1936-39 (5), abstract, 1936 (2)Chiprin, William W., 1943-44 (4), Japanese currency (3),

photographs in the Pacific during World War II (3) Cleary, Thomas Francis, final examination, 1931 Craven, Avery 0., 1942 (2), clipping, 1961 Cremeans, Charles and Virginia, 1943-45* (5) Cross, Jasper W., 1942 (3)

55. Daniels, Arthur H., 1933de Roever, Raymond, 1942Dietz, Frederick C., 1937-87, n.d.* (10)Erickson, Edgar L., 1942-44, n.d. (3)Fischer, Le Roy M., 1942Flaningam, M. L., 1942-46 (4)Fletcher, Harris F., 1935-79 (5)Fornoff, Charles W., 1929-32 (4)

56.· Hall, Earnest M., 1937-43 (9)Hansen, Marcus L., 1935, clippings (3);

Hansen, C. Frederick, 1954* Harbison, Winfred A. 1929-30 (5) Hopkins, Leora, 1937 (2) Hunter, M. H., 1942 (2) Idle, Dunning H., 1931-35 (4)

57. James, Edmund J., 1916-17 (5)Jenison, Ernestine, regarding TCP's appointment

as History Department head, 1941 Judah, Charles B., 1929-31 (10) Kasiske, Florence, 1942 (4) King, Ameda Ruth, 1931 (2) Kinley, David, 1917-21 (2) Krenkel, John H., 1937 (2)

58. Lange, Louise A., 1938Larson, Alfred Taft, abstract, 1936 (2)Larson, Georgine E., 1936-38 (6)Larson, Laurence M., 1917-37 (35), clippings (3)Lemma, Catherine Gregory, 1942 (4)

59. Morris, John Louis, 1926-42 (5)Noble, Margaret, 1936-37 (22)Nowell, Charles (14) and Fay (17), 1942-47, n.d.*

and clippings (2)

60. Odegaard, Charles E., 1942-45* (6) and clippings (2)Paape, Charles W., 1938 (8)Patton, Clifford W., 1931-34 (7)Paullin, Marjorie, 1939-42 (6)

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61. Randall, James G., 1940-41 (3)Ray, Perley Orman, 1917 (2)Robertson, William S., 1941-42 (9)Ronalds, Francis S., 1942 (2)Roske, Ralph Joseph, abstract, 1949

62. Sage, Leland L., 1932-42 (6), exam and abstract, 1932Sandmeyer, Elmer c., 1930-39 (6)Seymour, Glen H., 1929Shaw, Warren C., abstract, 1938Sorenson, Lloyd, 1942 (2)Stanfield, Tom, 1943Starr, Chester (7) and Gretchen (3), 1941-44*

and other items (2)Stevens, Neil E., 1942Stoddard, George D., 1948Sutton, Robert M., abstract, 1948

63. Walker, Ruth, 1938 (7)Windsor, P. L., regarding the Champaign Public

Library's Edward G. Mason collection, 1931 (4) Young, Dallas M., 1937-42 (8), abstract, 1940 Young, James Harvey, 1940-42 (3)

Correspondence with or about students, mainly undergraduates, including letters of recommendation, inquiries, replies, memos on grades, and other items. Alphabetical.

[RESTRICTED: Access to some items in folders 65-74 are restricted for 80 years from the date of creation of the record.]

64. Lists, circulars, and items involving more than one person,

1929-1940

65. A-B, 1926-1941

66. C, 1930-1942

67. D-G, 1929-1944

68. H-I, 1926-1941

69. J-L, 1921-1941

70. M-N, 1930-1942

71. 0-Q, 1927-1942

72. R-S, 1929-1939

73. T-V, 1929-1941

74. w-z, 1930-1942

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7. Books

75. The County Archives of the State of Illinois (1915)

Advance Pages, a pamphlet containing the Introduction (2)Clarence W. Alvord, letter accompanying a review copy, 1915Letters commenting on the book, 1915 (6)Review in the Mississippi Valley Historical Review [MVHR]Correspondence in 1934 with George N. Fuller, Michigan

Historical Commission, regarding the survey of Illinois county records in 1911-14 (2)

76. The Leveller Movement: A Study in the History andPolitical Theory of the English Great Civil War (1916)Printed Copy, 1916

Printing of the dissertation by the University of Chicago, 1914-17 (7)

Arrangements for bound copies (9) American Historical Association's Herbert Baxter Prize in

European History, 1915: Correspondence with Waldo G. Leland and H. Barrett Learned, 1916-21 (8)

Letters to verify quotations and obtain pamphlets of the English Civil War, 1915 (3)

List and calendar of 45 pamphlets, 1624-1719, donated

by Marguerite J. Pease to the U. of I. Library, 1986

77. Letters commenting on The Leveller Movement from TCP'smother, Wallace Notestein, and Conyers Read

Reviews in the Times Literary Supplement [TLS],Boston Transcript, and MVHR

Copies A and B of the manuscript bibliography thataccompanied TCP's dissertation

Correspondence with George Watson Cole of the Huntington Library, 1921-22 (6), regarding its use of the manuscript bibliography to prepare the typescript in the following folder

78. Bound carbon copy of the "Pamphlet Bibliography ofthe Leveller Movement" (typescript, ii, 113)

79. Correspondence regarding The Leveller MovementW. A. Wassutinsky, Moscow, 1928 (4) Ch. Mercier, Paris, 1929 (2) William Haller, 1934 (3) Henry Thornton Moore, 1936-39 (29) J. N. David, Wattala, Ceylon, 1954* (2)

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Box 2 (cont.)

Box 4 (cont.)

Box 4 (cont.)

Box 2 (cont.)

80. The Frontier State, 1818-1848 (1918)Contracts with the Illinois Centennial Commission (2), 1916 TCP letter, wanting more time to complete the manuscript

before reporting for service in World War I, 1917 Correspondence between Clarence W. Alvord and Albert A.

Pease, TCP 1 s brother, relating to the manuscript of

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the book, 1917-19 (50), and photograph of Albert A. Pease, whose letters contain information about TCP in France

Reviews in Oak Leaves (Oak Park, Ill.) and MVHR

81. Illinois Election Returns, 1818-1848 (1923)Reviews in the Alton Daily Times (W. T. Norton,

"Was Edward Coles an 1 Aristocrat'?") and MVHR.

82. The Story of Illinois (1925)

Letters to Clarence W. Alvord from publishers seekinga one-volume history of Illinois, 1907-9 (3)

Joseph E. Bray (A. c. Mcclurg & Co.) to Alvord, 1912 (7)Correspondence of Bray and TCP, 1922-24 (33)Contracts with McClurg's (2)

83. Correspondence regarding The Story of Illinois betweenMcClurg 1 s, notably Ernest Cunningham, and TCP, 1924-27 (51)

Notes (2) and royalty statements (2) Review in the Chicago Daily News

84. Correspondence with McClurg's and the University of ChicagoPress regarding the second edition (1949) of The Story of Illinois, 1945-47 (30)

(Part of this correspondence involves James G. Randall, president, and Jay Monaghan, secretary-treasurer, of the Illinois State Historical Society, which sponsored the second edition. See also the Monaghan files in Series 11.)

85. The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning ... (1925-27)Reviews in MVHR and the American Historical Review [AHR], 1927 Announcement and clipping about TCP 1 s lecture on the�­

Browning diary at the Chicago Historical Society, 1923

Box 2 (cont.)

Box 4 (cont.)

Galley Proof of The Story of Illinois, 1949 editionCopy of partial galley proof

The United States (1927)

Printed copy, 1927

Correspondence with Harcourt, Brace and Company:

86. 1924-26

87. 1927

88. 1928-39

89. Reviews in TLS [additional copy in Box 4], ManchesterGuardian Weekly, Sunday Express (London), and the American Mercury

Letters about the book: Avery O. Craven, 1927 Claude H. Van Tyne, 1927 Paul Weiss, 1929 (2) A. Macbeth Elliot, London, 1929 (2)J. D. Lane, Victoria, Australia, 1929-30 (6)H. G. Vaughan-Phillips, London, 1931-40, n.d. (15)

Selected Readings in American History (1928) Co-edited with A. Sellew Roberts Copy of the Enlarged Edition, 1940

90. Correspondence with Harcourt, Brace, 1927-35

91. Plans for the book:Proposal (2 pp.) Tentative outlines (4 pp., 40 pp.) Drafts of Preface and headnotes for seven selections

92. Correspondence with A. Sellew Roberts, 1927-28Letter of recommendation before his appointment at

Kent State Normal College, 1927

93. Correspondence relating to the Enlarged Edition, 1939-41

94. Contracts and royalty statements for the Harcourt books

95. George Rogers Clark and the Revolution in Illinois:1763-1787: A Sesquicentennial Memoir (1929)Co-authored with Marguerite Jenison Pease

Copy of book and MVHR review, 1930

96. The French Foundations, 1680-1693 (1934)Co-edited with Raymond C. Werner

Reviews in AHR, MVHR, and Canadian Historical Review, 1934-1936

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Box 2 (cont.)

Box 4 (cont.)

Box 4 (cont.)

Box 2 (cont.)

Anglo-French Boundary Disputes in the West, 1749-1763 (1936)

97. Manuscript of the Introduction

Draft of text and notes Clean copy, with headings

(Pages 1-59 match the Introduction as printed; subsequent pages include additional material)

Reviews in eleven journals, in alphabetical order, 1937-1938 Letters to Paul M. Angle regarding two reviews, 1937 (2)

(See also correspondence with Max Savelle, in Series 12) Correspondence with R. A. Humphreys, regarding his note

on the book in the English Historical Review, 1938 (2)

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98. Illinois on the Eve of the Seven Years' War, 1747-1755 (1940)

Box 3

Co-edited with Ernestine Jenison Typescript memorandum and 11-page introduction, undated Reviews in AHR and Minnesota History , 1941Related correspondence:. Williams. Robertson, 1938-40 (2)

and Norma Cuthbert, Huntington Library, 1940 (2)

8. Articles

99. "The Archives of the State of Illinois," Annual Report ofthe American Historical Association for 1909Co-authored with Clarence w. Alvord

Offprint and a related letter from Francis G. Blair, 1912

100. "The Problem of Archive Centralization with Referenceto Local Conditions in a Middle Western State," AnnualReport of the American Historical Association for 1916

Offprint

101. "A Caution Regarding Military Documents," AmericanHistorical Review, 26 (Jan. 1921)

Offprint (2)

102. "Historical Materials in the Depositories of the MiddleWest," Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Conferenceof Historical Societies (1922), from the AmericanHistorical Association meeting in St. Louis, 1921

Offprint (2) and related correspondence (10)

Box 4 (cont.)

Box 2 (cont.)

103. Evaluation of Houghton Mifflin's "American Commonwealth"series, for the American Historical Association'sWritings on American History

Correspondence with Houghton Mifflin, 1922 (3) Typescript list of the series and comments (2)

104. "Illinois" for the Encyclopedia BritannicaCorrespondence regarding the article for the New

Volumes of the set, 1920-22 (13) Typescript for the revised entry, in the 1938

Britannica Book of the Year (8 pp.)

105. "The Illinois Historical Collections," Transactionsof the Illinois State Historical Society for theYear 1922

Typescript (5 pp.)

106. The Diary of Orville H. Browning: A New Sourcs for Lincoln's Presidency; A Lecture Delivered before the Chicago Historical Society, March 19, 1923

Correspondence with University of Chicago Press, 1923 (4), and copy of the published booklet

107. "The Underground Railroad in Illinois," Journal of theIllinois State Historical Society, 18 (Oct. 1925)

Typescript prepared for Otto L. Schmidt

108. "The Mississippi Valley in 1816 through an Englishman'sDiary," Mississippi Valley Historical Review,14 (Sept. 1927)

Typescript prepared for Otto L. Schmidt

109. "Clarence Walworth Alvord, 1868-1928," Journal of theIllinois State Historical Society, 20 (Jan. 1928)

Typescript (6 pp.)

Dictionary of American Biography Material for sketches of fourteen figures in early nineteenth-century Illinois history:

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William J. Allen, Isaac Newton Arnold, Jehu Baker, Orville Hickman Browning, Ninian Wirt Edwards, John F. Farnsworth, Charles B. Farwell, Thomas Ford, John J. Hardin, William H. Herndon, Robert R. Hitt, Stephen A. Hurlbut, John Mason Peck, and Green B. Raum

110. Typescripts. All but one is a carbon copy. A fewpages contain changes in pencil. 1925-1931

111. Correspondence with the DAB editors, 1928-34 (15),and miscellaneous forms and notes (5)

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Dictionary of American Biography

112. Additional notes by assistants for sketches of Hardin, Hitt,Hurlbut, Peck, and Raum. (Those for Peck and Raum, and the draft for the Raum entry, are by Marguerite J. Pease. The last folder contains a letter regarding Raum from

116. Georgia L. Osbourne, Illinois State Historical Library.)

117. "Stephen Alfred Forbes, 1844-1930," Journal of the IllinoisState Historical Society, 23 (Oct. 1930)

Typescript (7 pp.)

118. "History," Illinois: Resources, Development, Possibilities(Illinois Chamber of Commerce, 1930)

Draft (8 pp.), typescript (9 pp.), and photocopy Correspondence with J. Paul Clayton of the Chamber's

Industrial Development Department, 1929 (13)

119. "1780: The Revolution at Crisis in the West," Journal of theIllinois State Historical Society, 23 (Jan. 1931)

Typescript (20 pp.) and offprints (2) Correspondence, mainly with John H. Hauberg regarding TCP's

Rock Island sesquicentennial address, the basis for this publication, 1930-46 (6)

120. "Illinois," American Educator Encyclopedia (1934)Typescript for the revised entry (5 pp.) Related correspondence with Karl H. Goodwin of United

Educators, Inc., Chicago, 1934 (7)

121. "The Mississippi Boundary of 1763: A Reappraisal of Responsibility," American Historical Review, 40 (Jan. 1935)

Two typescripts, a copy, and two separates Related correspondence, mostly with Henry E. Bourne,

AHR managing editor, 1934-35 (17)

122. "Indiana in Contention between France and England," in"Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Indiana HistoryConference," Indiana History Bulletin, 12 (Feb. 1935)

Manuscript (14 pp.) and two typescripts of the paper as presented in Dec. 1934, and a copy of the Bulletin

123. "The French Regime in Illinois: A Challenge to Histor­ical Scholarship," Transactions of the Illinois StateHistorical Society for the Year 1936

Typescripts of the paper as delivered in Peoria and as revised for publication

Program for the Peoria meeting, May 1936

124. "Otto Leopold Schmidt, 1863-1935," Journal of the IllinoisState Historical Society, 29 (Jan. 1936)

Typescript (16 pp.) and letters from Emma S. Schmidt and Alma s. Petersen relating to it, 1935-37 (6)

Copy of the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, 29, January 1936

Copy of the bound volume containing both TCP's article and Laurence M. Larson's "Otto Leopold Schmidt: An Appreciation," which appeared in the same issue.

125. "The Ordinance of 1787," Mississippi Valley HistoricalReview, 25 (Sept. 1938)

Typescripts (2) and summary (2 pp.) of the paper as presented in Philadelphia, Dec. 1937

Separates (2) Related correspondence with Roy M. Robbins, 1937-38 (6)

126. "Laurence Marcellus Larson, 1868-1938," Journal of theIllinois State Historical Society, 31 (Sept. 1938)

Two typescripts

127. "Historical Statement" in the program for the convocationto mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the University ofIllinois, 1943.

TCP was chairman of the Anniversary Committee. A copy of the program is filed in Box 4.

128. "The State of Illinois," Think, 12 (Nov. 1946)

129. "Evarts Boutell Greene, 1870-1947," Journal of the IllinoisState Historical Society, 41 (Mar. 1948)

Offprint (2) and letter from Mary Greene Griffin, 1947

9. Unpublished Papers

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130. "The English Contemporaries of Washington," one of a seriesof seven lectures sponsored by the History Department of theUniversity of Illinois to mark the Washington bicentennial,delivered at University Hall, Mar. 1932

Manuscript and typescript, the latter including extracts from The Correspondence of King George the Third (1927)

Letters to the other six lecturers and miscellaneous items regarding the series, 1931-32 (13)

131. List of 26 important events in Illinois history, 1673-1932,supplied to the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, the basis for"A Pictorial History of Illinois," a series of drawings

Typescript (4 pp.); cartoon panels for 1673 and 1679 Correspondence with Joseph T. Meek of the Chamber, 1932 (7)

Box 3 (cont.)

Box 4 (cont.)

Box 3 (cont.)

Box 4 (cont.)

132. "Historical Aspects of Illinois," one of five talks in aseries on radio station WILL, May 1934

Typescript (8 pp.) and related correspondence, 1934 (2)

133. "History of Settlement," in "A Report of Certain Physical,Economic, and Social Aspects of the Valley of the KaskaskiaRiver in the State of Illinois," Part I of a report for theIllinois State Planning Commission (mimeographed, 1937)

Two typescripts and a related letter.

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134. Remarks at the sesquicentennial of Ohio University, Oct. 1937Program and typescript (3 pp.) Related correspondence, 1937 (3)

135. Paper on the archives of Illinois, read before the Society ofAmerican Archivists at the American Historical Associationmeeting of Dec. 1938

Typescript (11 pp.)

136. "The American Revolution," a paper for a lecture seriesduring the University of Illinois summer session, July 1942

Typescript (15 pp.)

137. Lecture at a conference on the training of archivists,possibly in 1943

Typescript (6 pp.)

138. "An Episode of Colonial Illinois," regarding George Morganin particular, a paper read at a meeting in Chicago of theSociety of Colonial Wars in Illinois, Dec. 1945

Two typescripts and a related letter

139. "The Yorke-Camden Opinion of 1773," a paper read at theMississippi Valley Historical Association meeting, Apr. 1946

Typescript (10 pp.) and summary Copy of the document with footnotes (2 pp.) Related correspondence with Arthur C. Cole, 1931 (2)

140. Comment at a session on early American history at theAmerican Historical Association meeting of Dec. 1947

Carl Bridenbaugh, "The First Half of American History," (typescript, 15 pp.) and TCP's comment (6 pp.)

141. Lecture on the presidential election of 1840Manuscript (21 pp., numbered as found, in the upper left corner of each page), no date, but TCP's note on the back of the last page may be addressed to Clarence W. Alvord, who left the University of Illinois in 1920

142. Unidentified typescripts and manuscriptsPapers on Illinois history as a whole (4 pp.), Illinois

in the mid-eighteenth century (6 pp.), and the British army in America in 1763 (8 pp.)

Manuscript regarding the early French period, on eight notecards; fragments on two cards; and a half page on Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., The Age of Jackson

10. Book Reviews

143. List of TCP's book reviews, compiled by Marguerite J. PeaseCorrespondence relating to single reviews appearing in the

Journal of Political Economy, Minnesota History, and the Sewanee Review; typed copies of the first two reviews and of three additional reviews for which the place of publication is not indicated, 1921-1940

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144. Reviews in the American Archivist and related

correspondence, 1938-1942

145. Printed and typed copies of reviews in the AmericanHistorical Review and related correspondence, 1921-1945

146. Book slips and correspondence regarding reviews in theMississippi Valley Historical Review, 1922-1941

147. Typed copies of reviews in the Mississippi Valley HistoricalReview, 1914-1940

11. Illinois State Historical Library and Society

148. Collections of the Illinois State Historical LibraryEvarts B. Greene letters, 1920 (2), and memorandum

on the appointment of TCP as editor Biennial reports of the editor to the president of

the Board of Trustees of the Library, printed for 1924-26 and typewritten for 1926-36

Letters regarding staff appointments, 1927-31 (4)

Letters about research trips to Canada, 1931, and to Paris and London, 1933; Greene's reply in 1933

Ernestine Jenison, letters regarding the printing of the Collections, 1933 (2)

Miscellaneous items, 1931-42, n.d. (4) Reviews of three volumes of the Collections

Correspondence

149. Clarence W. Alvord, 1914-20 (11)Correspondence with Marion Dargon about Alvord, 1936 (3)

and four checks from TCP to Alvord, 1914-16

150. Paul M. Angle, 1941-45 (31), partly about the secondedition of The Story of Illinois

151. Albert Britt, 1928-33, partly regarding TCP's lecturesat the dedication of Seymour Library, Knox College

152. Irving Dilliard, 1940-48 (2)Ernest E. East, 1942-47 (14)Mildred Eversole, 1930 (4)

153. Evarts B. Greene, 1913-43 (33), photograph, and relatedletters, to Albert A. Pease and others (7)

154. Oscar C. Heyward, 1945-47 (54)

Jay Monaghan

155. 1940-46 (40)

156. 1947-48 (93)

157. Otto L. Schmidt, 1925-34 (22), related items (4),and photograph

158. Wayne C. Townley, 1944-47 (7)Royal B. Way, noting TCP's research on Nauvoo, 1917Jessie Palmer Weber, including a reference to TCP's work

on public land policy and Illinois politics, 1917-22 (4)

159. Paul M. Angle, Historical Society circular letters,minutes, and reports, 1942-45

160. Jay Monaghan, Historical Society circular letters, 1945-48

161. Miscellaneous, 1944-1947Letters of Carl E. Black and Evarts B. Greene regarding

John F. Snyder's understanding of the history of the Illinois State Historical Society

Letters of Oscar C. Heyward, mainly to Mary Ashby Creek, Rockford Colege, and to Jay Monaghan (12)

Other Historical Society correspondence (17)

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12. Other Organizations and Correspondents

162. American Historical AssociationReport of the Historical Manuscripts Commission, 1928 Questionnaire on research projects and on

suggestions for AHA publications, 1931 (4) Correspondence with R. L. Schuyler, managing editor,

American Historical Review, regarding Max Savelle's manuscript, "Preliminaries of the Seven Years 1 War in America," 1938 (4)

Letters regarding the AHA's 1942 program (3) Printed AHA programs for 1920, 1921, and 1933

163. Chicago Historical SocietyProgram for six lectures by TCP, 1928 (3) Correspondence with Caroline M. Mcilvaine and Alice

Daly O'Connor, 1932-35 (4), the latter regarding Stanley Faye

Membership cards (2) and acknowledgments (2)

164. Clements Library, University of MichiganLetters of Edna Vosper and Howard Peckham, 1935-43 (4)

Facsimile Text Society, 1929 (3)Guggenheim Foundation application, 1931Mississippi Valley Historical Association: University of

Illinois administrative memorandum against moving its editorial offices to the campus, 1940

165. Social Science Research Council, 1930-37, including agrant-in-aid to TCP, 1931-32

Society of American Archivists, 1939-45 (2)Society of American Historians, 1944

166. Abbott, W. C., 1942Beveridge, Albert J., 1925Bowers, Claude G., regarding the Browning diary, 1932 (3)Branch, E. Douglas, 1938 (2)Carman, George Noble, Lewis Institute, 1935 (3)Dodd, William E., 1942 (2)Doysi�, Abel, 1945-49* (6)

Insights into post-World War II Paris

167. Ford, Guy Stanton, 1938-42 (4)Ford, Worthington C., 1932-33 (2)Harper, Charles A., 1942Jameson, J. Franklin, 1937, n.d. (3)Knappen, M. M., 1942 (2)

168. McLaughlin, Andrew C., 1913-37 (24)

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169. Mann, Charles W., Lewis Institute, 1907-8 (5)Moulton, Harold G., Brookings Institution, 1935 (2)Nasatir, Abraham P., 1924-25 (2)Pierce, Bessie Louise, 1935-42 (6)Pierson, G. w. , on the "Turner thesis," 1941-42 (4)

170. Savelle, Max, 1934-37 (8)Summer, Jessie, Member of Congress, by her secretary, 1942Stevenson, Fred J., LaSalle-Peru Township High School

and Junior College, regarding two lectures by TCP on early French Illinois, 1932 (9)

Wildhagen, A. R., Illini Railroad Club, 1944 (3)

13. Miscellaneous

171. Correspondence with three genealogists regarding the Peasefamily, 1925-38 (4); papers regarding TCP's correct date of birth, 1932, n.d. (12); and TCP's passport

172. Acknowledgments of gifts to the University of Chicago, etc.,

1925-1929

173. Travel notes: Italy, North Africa, Iberian Peninsula, 1933 American West and Northwest, and Canadian West, 1941 Northern New England and Upper New York State, n.d.

174. Letters, announcements, and programs relating to thededication of the University of London's new buildings in Bloomsbury, at which TCP represented the University of Illinois, 1933

175. Theatre and concert programs and other items, most ofwhich date from TCP's trip to England in 1911

176. Dickensiana, including Dickens stamps and postcards

177. Four small elephants on a chain, a political souvenir,packaged in an envelope of the Woman's Lowden League of Illinois

178. World War II, Office of Price Administration, ration books

179. Papers relating to gardening, and entry cards and ribbonsfrom flower shows

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Box 4 (cont.)

Invitation and announcement related to University of London

dedication, 1933

Box 3 (cont.)

Box 4

Legal-size items and books, as already noted in this inventory

14. Boxes of Notecards

Research notes relating to TCP's courses and books, 27 boxes.

These boxes are of two sizes, 3.5" x 5" (A) and 4" x 6" (B), and are shelved in order as numbered in the initial collection:

Number Size

3-9

9-10

11

12-15

16

16-23

24-25

26-29

B

B

A

A

B

B

B

B

Notes on Western History arranged chronologically, 1664-1807

Notes on the History of the West to 1818

Notes from courses at the University of Chicago

Notes for The Leveller Movement

Notes for The County Archives of the State of Illinois

Notes for The Frontier State

Notes for Illinois Election Returns

Notes and name index for Illinois on the Eve of the Seven Years' War

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