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Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0099
Title
Winslow Roper Hatch papers circa 1958-1979
Quantity
1 Linear Feet, 2 boxes
Creator
Hatch, Winslow Roper, 1908-1980
Language
English
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Abstract
The Winslow Roper Hatch collection contains essays, letters, and publications on primary, secondary, and post-secondary education,
several of which were written by Hatch. The collection also includes papers on parks and old roads in Fairfax County.
Winslow Roper Hatch was born 1908 in Lexington Massachusetts. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College
in 1930 and received his Ph.D. in 1934 from Johns Hopkins University where he was appointed a student assistant for Botany
classes. After leaving Johns Hopkins, Hatch served as professor and associate dean at the State College of Washington and
in 1955 became Dean of the College of General Education at Boston University. In the 1960s Dr. Hatch worked for the U.S Office
of Health, Education and Welfare. Dr. Hatch wrote extensively on education throughout his career publishing works such as
Approach to Independent Study, published 1965 by U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education, and
Effectiveness in teaching, published 1960 by U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education. Dr. Hatch
passed away in 1980 in Princeton Massachusetts.
The Winslow Roper Hatch papers contains several essays, letters, and publications on primary, secondary, and post-secondary
education, written by Hatch and others in his field. The collection also includes papers on parks and old roads in Fairfax
County, Virginia.
Series 1 contains education documents. The majority of the documents date from Hatch's time at the Bureau of Research in Higher
Education, and pertain to studies conducted by the bureau. The documents are in varying states of completion including project
proposals, literature surveys and working drafts. Included with many of the documents is correspondence relating to the content
of the documents, the status of the projects and discussion of previously published material.
Series 2 contains documents relating to parks and old roads in the Fairfax, Virginia, area. Documents in Series 2 include
letters relating to the preservation of parkland authored by concerned citizens and correspondence detailing Dr. Hatch's own
involvement in researching national parkland. Other documents provide information on trails in Fairfax county parkland and
information on the benefits of studying old roads. Also included are documents detailing the historic significance of the
areas of Fairfax County parklands.
Series 1 contains essays, project proposals and manuscripts relating to research and developments in higher education, authored
by Winslow R. Hatch and colleagues.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
"New Directions in Elementary and Secondary Education" author Norman D. Kurland
1965
Scope and Contents
Includes a letter from Kurland to Hatch dated February of 1967, regarding Hatch's request for a copy of the paper.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
"Developments in Technical and Vocational Education" author Norman Harris
ca. 1967
Scope and Contents
Chapter 10 of Higher Education Literature Review Project.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
"General Education in Liberal Arts Colleges" author Robert T. Blackburn
1966
Scope and Contents
Includes addendum.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
"Pathways to Identity" project proposal authored by Robert Rosenthal
1967
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
"A Report on Some Experiences in Teaching Performed in the English Department, 1969-1970"
1970
Scope and Contents
Includes a letter to Dr. Hatch from Virgil Peterson of West Virginia University regarding the "New Dimension" series, dated
September 8th, 1970.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
"Getting the Job Done -- Improving College Teaching and the Preparation of College Teachers" authored by Winslow R. Hatch
1961
Scope and Contents
Working draft.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, of manuscript authored by Joseph Axelrod
1966
Scope and Contents
Includes a letter from Axelrod to Dr. Hatch regarding sections of Axelrod's manuscript.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
"An Experimental College Model" authored by Joseph Axelrod.
1967
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
"Getting the Job Done" authored by Winslow R. Hatch
1961
Scope and Contents
Working draft with corrections.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
"The Impact of Institutional Research on the Academic Program" authored by Ernest L. Boyer
1968
Scope and Contents
Includes a letter from Boyer to Dr. Hatch regarding edits made to Boyer's manuscript.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
"The Student and Campus Climates of Learning" authored by Mervin B. Freedmen
ca. 1967
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12
"Transition from School to College" authored by Norman D. Kurland
1966
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 13
"Transition from School to College" annotated bibliography
1966
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 14
"General Education in the Complex University" authors Sally Cassidy and Alice Haddix
undated
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 15
Selected Annotated Bibliography for Chapter 10 of U.S.O.E Project, authored by Harris
1966
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 1
"The Examined Curriculum" authored by Max Godberg and Chester L. Neudling
1960
Mixed Materials box: 2 file: 3
"Additional Proposed Experimental Colleges" authored by Robert T. Jordan
1963
Scope and Contents
Includes two letters from Robert T. Jordan to Dr. Hatch regarding Jordan's work and upcoming publications.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
Proposal for "The Library College"
ca. 1962
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 5
The "Library College" a Proposal
Undated
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 6
Manuscript of "Quality in the College" author Winslow R. Hatch
1963
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 7
Manuscript of "The Future Belongs to Those Who Grasp It" author Winslow R. Hatch
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes title page through page 248.
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 8
Manuscript of "The Future Belongs to Those Who Grasp It", appendix and articles authored by Winslow R. Hatch
ca. 1950s-1960s
Scope and Contents
Includes pages 249 through 295, appendixes A, B, and C, and several articles published by Dr. Hatch.
Series 2 contains documents relating to Dr. Hatch's involvement with the National Park Service and his initiation of a research
and volunteer program focusing on the study of old roads in the parkland.
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 9
Letter from concerned citizens to the Fairfax Count Park Authority
1960s
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 10
"The Critical Decision"
Undated
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 11
"Trail Walks, an Adventure in Community Involvement"
Undated
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 12
Letter from David Richie regarding Winslow Hatch's involvement with the Plimit Run project
1973
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 13
Old Road Scholarship
Undated
Scope and Contents
Five pages on the educational benefits of researching old roads, detailing how scholarships on old roads could help us better
study history in general.
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 14
Drafts, Never Instituted, Due to Richie Transfer
1970s
Scope and Contents
Outline for a proposed nature walks program initiated by Dr. Hatch to be conducted along old roads of historic significance.
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 15
"Discover Your Parks... Public Hearing for Preliminary Master Plan of Chesterbrook Elementary School Site"
1979
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 16
Miscellaneous papers dealing with Dr. Hatch's planned nature walk program.
1970s
Scope and Contents
Various writings on Dr. Hatch's plans for the Plimit Run project and research on the history of Fairfax Country parklands.
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 17
Article "Bicentennial America Was a Nation of Participants"
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