Curiosity Cabinets: Portraying Faculty: Eclectic Views

Intro

Fitting for the Curiosity Cabinets this Spring is a selection of publications by and about leading members of the Teachers College faculty who are featured in the Offit Gallery black and white photographic exhibition, Faculty Portraits: An Historic View. Due to the breadth of their individual and institutional impact, we can only offer a limited example of their scholarship. In so doing, we hope to shed light on our institutional history and spark curiosity into areas that demonstrate innovative research and thinking in their represented fields: history, philosophy, and religion; educational administration; international and comparative education; anthropology; economics and sociology; adult education; and psychology. 

Portraying Faculty: Eclectic Views takes us as far back as Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Teachers College, 1889-1891, then President of Columbia University, 1902-1944, and as far ahead as the noted historian LawrenceCremin, who earned his doctorate from Columbia University; began teaching at Teachers College shortly thereafter; served as President from 1974-1984; and taught until his death in 1990. Twenty-three faculty members, including the eminent philosopher of education John Dewey, are showcased, with insight and inspiration for continuing research and maintaining the record of scholarly achievement to help safeguard freedom of inquiry, in teaching, and of thought.

Short Reflection

Interestingly, tenure, or the right to indefinitely hold a position of office, was introduced into American universities in the early 1900s – partly to limit the dismissal of faculty members who held unpopular views. Tenure is historically linked to defending the principle of academic freedom which benefits education and society over time, provided academics are free to hold and express a variety of views. Tenure typically mandates faculty to publish, and becoming published requires fresh ways of thinking through learning at high levels.

Acknowledgements

Portraying Faculty: Eclectic Views is made possible through the generous support of the Myers Foundations and the creative contributions of Soeun Bae, Library Associate for Art and Design in collaboration with Jennifer Govan, Library Director and Senior Librarian; Conrad Lochner, Special and Digital Collections Librarian; and Victoria Santamorena. Processing Archivist. It builds upon the Offit Gallery Exhibit, Faculty Portraits: An Historic View. 

Inventory of Items Displayed

1.

The College with a Million Classrooms, [1974]; from the Lawrence Cremin Faculty File. Adapted from an eponymous piece by economist and historian Robert Heilbroner, this pamphlet is about the history and direction of Teachers College, Columbia University, with a concluding quote by President John Fischer. 

2.

Cremin, Lawrence and Merle L. Borrowman. Public Schools in Our Democracy. New York : Macmillan, 1956. Book Cover from the Lawrence Cremin Faculty File.

3.

Cremin, Lawrence. The Sciences and Arts of Education. New York: Teachers College, Columbia University, [1974]. Inaugural lecture as President of Teachers College, Columbia University, September 12, 1974.

4.

a)  Sneddon, David S. What's Wrong with American Education? Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1927. Closed Stacks Research ; LA216 .S6 1927.

b)  Dutton, Samuel Train and David Sneddon. The Administration of Public Education in the United States. New York : MacMillan, 1908. Closed Stacks Research ; LB2805 .D9 1908.

5.

Butler, Nicholas Murray. Across the Busy Years; Recollections and Reflections. New York : C. Scribner's, 1939-1940. 2 vols.  Closed Stacks Research ; LD1245.1902 .A3 1939. 

6.

Butler, Nicholas Murrary. Scholarship and Service: The Policies and Ideals of a National University in a Modern Democracy. New York : C. Scribner, 1921. Closed Stacks Research ; LB2321 .B95.

7.

Phonograph Records of Nicholas Murray Butler. Series I.  Records 1-2, Introducing Series of “Educational Talks”, “Aspects of the Depression”. II, Records 2-4. Dr. Biggart, Dr. Boglart, Dr. Angell. Milton Cross - Announcer; Lowell Thomas. 1931.  Dedication of the New Columbia Library (Butler Library). 11/30/34.

8. 

a)  Watson, Goodwin. Action for Unity: What America Is Doing to Push Back Racial and Religious Barriers. New York; London : Harper & Brothers, 1947. TCANA ; E184.A1 W3 1947.

b)  Watson, Goodwin. Youth After Conflict. New York : Association Press, 1947. Closed Stacks Research ; HQ796 .W3 1947.

9.

Watson, Goodwin. A Line a Day, 1916 - 1920. Diary, 1915.

10.

Hallenbeck, Wilbur Chapman. Adult Education. Boston, Mass. : Bellman, 1941. Closed Stacks Research ; HF5381 .V53 no.29.

11.

Kimball, Solon T. and Marion Pearsall. The Talladega Story: A Study in Community Process. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1954. Closed Stacks Research ; RA448 .T3K5 1954.

12.

Counts, George. Chapter IV (Longhand): The General Education of the Younger Generation. 1932. Manuscript.

13.

Novie Programi (New Programs of the Unified Labor School: Elementary School: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th School Years). Moskva : Rabotnik Provesh Chemira, 1924. In Russian.

14.

Kimball, Solon T. Selected Excerpts from “Societal and  Peer Group Influence Upon Student Behavior", NYS Deans and Guidance Counselors Conference, November 4, 1963. Manuscript, with quotes and notes on John Dewey and others.

15.

Newspaper Clippings about USAID Projects in Africa, TEAA, and Photo of David Scanlon with African Map in the Background. From the David Scanlon Faculty File.

16.

a)  Bryson, Lyman. The New Prometheus. New York : The Macmillan Company, 1941. Closed Stacks Research ; Q175 .B82 1941.

b)  Bryson, Lyman. The Textbook of the Future. New York : Printed by the H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Co., 1936. Closed Stacks Research ; LT15 .B8.

17.

The John Dewey Society. The Social Frontier, Announcing Professor Kilpatrick's Page. October 1937.

18.

Brunner, Edmund DeS. Village Communities. New York : George H. Doran Company, [c1928];  Closed Stacks Research ; HT431 .B73 1928.

19.

Clark, Harold and Benjamin R. Andrews, eds. Education and Economics. Third Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education. New York City : Bureau of Publications,Teachers College, Columbia University, 1931. Closed Stacks Research ; LB41 .C625 1931. 

20.

Tewksbury, Donald S. Source Book on Far Eastern Political Ideologies: Modern Period: China, Japan. New York : Publisher Unknown, 1949.  Closed Stacks Research — Oversize ; DS775 .T442 1949.

21.

Tewksbury, Donald S. The Founding of American Colleges and Universities Before the Civil War: With Particular Reference to the Religious Influences Bearing Upon the College Movement. Teachers College Contributions to Education. Thesis (Ph. D.) – Columbia University. TCANA ; LB5 .C5 no. 543.

22.

Dean, Vera Micheles. The United States and Russia. Cambridge. Mass. : Harvard University Press, c1947, 1948. The American Foreign Policy Library.  Closed Stacks Research E 183.8. R9 D282 c.2. 

Influential to the work of Teachers College faculty, Vera Micheles Dean was a notable Russian American political scientist who led research for the Foreign Policy Association, a leading think tank of the 1940s and 1950s. 

23.

Counts, George. The Challenge of Soviet Education. New York : McGraw Hill, 1957. Stacks 831.82.C6 1957 c.2.

24.

Counts, George. Some Comments on the Country of the Blind. Date? The rest of the file contains typed research notes regarding the general structure of and national directives regarding the Soviet education system.

25.

a)  Childs, John L. Education and the Philosophy of Experimentalism. New York; London : Century Co., 193). TCANA ; LB875 .C48 1931.

b)  Childs, John L. and George Counts. America, Russia, and the Communist Party in the Postwar World. New York : John Jay, 1943.  Closed Stacks Research ; E183.8.R9 C5.

26.

Cremin, Lawrence,  David A. Shannon and Mary Evelyn. Townsend. A History of Teachers College, Columbia University. New York : Columbia University Press, 1954. TCANA ; LB2193. C62 C7 1954. Note: 2 copies.

27.

Photograph of Children in an Arts and Crafts Classroom. Place Unknown. Circa 1900.

28.

Dewey, John. Art as Experience. New York : Minton, Balch & Co., 1934. Closed Stacks Research ; N66 .D4 1934.

29.

Raup, R. Bruce.  Problems in Philosophy of Education. New York City : Teachers College, Columbia University, 1927. Closed Stacks Research ; LB875 .R37 1927.

30.

Reisner, Edward Hartman. Nationalism and Education Since 1789: A Social and Political History of Modern Education. New York : MacMillan, 1922. Closed Stacks Research ; LA13 .R4 1922.

31.

a)  Goodsell, Willystine. A History of the Family as a Social and Educational Institution. New York : The Macmillan Company, 1924. Closed Stacks Research ; HQ503 .G66 1924.

b)  Goodsell, Willystine. The Conflict of Naturalism and Humanism. New York : Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1910. TCANA ; LB5 .C5 no. 33.

32.

Johnson, Frederick Ernest. The Social Gospel Re-Examined. New York, London : Harper & Brothers, 1940. Closed Stacks Research ; BR115.S6 J615.

33.

Kilpatrick, William Heard. Diary, January 1, 1942. Manuscript.

34.

Photos of the Dewey Lab School Demonstrating Art Activities. From John Dewey’s Photographic Album, circa early 1900s.

35.

Wash Drawings, Age 11. Designs from Hickory Bud, Age, 13. Illustrations in the Dewey Lab School Scrapbook.

36.

Comparative Juvenile Law: Outline of Research. George Z.F. Bereday Collection.

37.

Final Exam, 1981. 20 Copies Plus Original. Division of Philosophy and Social Sciences. George Z.F. Bereday Collection.

38.

Placard. Juvenile Law. George Z. F.  Bereday. Teachers College, Columbia University.

39.

Photographic Record of the Seventh World Education Conference, Tokyo, August 1937. Photographic Album of Education Exhibition, Tokyo, 1937. From the Paul Monroe Collection.

40.

Paul Monroe's Bible, bought for $9.00 in Lafayette, Indiana, 1882, with a photo of a Monroe child, possibly Reverend Monroe, Paul’s father, as a child. Place Unknown.

41.

I.L. Kandel – International Scholar and Educator, by William F. Buckman, reprinted from The Educational Forum, May 1951.

42.

​​Kandel, I.L. The Impact of the War Upon American Education. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1948. Closed Stacks Research ; D810.E3 K3 1948.

43.

Kandel, I.L. Education in South America...Argentine, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. Closed Stacks Research — Oversize ; SA379 .33 K13.

44.

Monroe, Paul. A Syllabus of the Course of Study in the History of Education. New York : MacMillan Co, 1912. TCANA LA14.M62.  Signed by Paul Monroe.

Where: Third Floor Reading Room

When: Spring Semester