Central Washington University Archives
Guide to the Samuel R. Mohler Papers: First Seventy-Five Years
RG 013, Acc. #04-16
Processed and Listed by: Riva Dean
Date: January 2005
Date Span: ca. 1950s-1960s. Size: 4 cubic feet Number of Boxes: 3 letter sized document boxes and 6 boxes at 6x12x5 inches. Type of material: Handwritten research notes, handwritten manuscript and typewritten manuscript. Physical condition: Good. Arrangement: Organized into four series: I. Handwritten Draft - Alphabetical notes; II. First Handwritten Draft - Numbered Chapters; III. Typewritten Draft; IV. Research Note cards. Historical or Biographical Sketch: Samuel R. Mohler (1900-1988), professor of history, spent his teaching career at Central Washington University. Professor Mohler, the son of Alice Roop Mohler and Jesse D. Mohler, was born in Missouri. He received his B.A. degree from Manchester College, Indiana in 1928. He attended Divinity School at Yale University and obtained his B. D. in 1931. After graduating, he came west and served as Director of Congregational Student Activities at the University of Washington. While working at the University of Washington, he obtained his M.A. degree in history and married Mary Bollinger in 1934. In 1937, they went to the University of Chicago and Sam received his Ph.D. in History in 1940. In 1941, Sam and Mary returned to the Northwest and Sam took a position as acting associate professor of Sociology and History at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. In 1943, Mohler began teaching at Central as one of the college's two history professors. During his twenty-seven years at Central, he organized and offered twenty-four different courses, with particular attention to Latin American, Early American, and Pacific Northwest History. Mohler wrote The First Seventy-Five Years: A History of Central Washington State College. He also wrote several articles and book reviews relating to Pacific Northwest History. He was active with the local historical society, the local chapter of the Association of University Professors and the Ellensburg City Library. He was the first recipient of ASCWU's (Associated Students of Central Washington University) Prominent Figure Award in 1985. He died at his home in Ellensburg in 1988. Scope and Content Note: This collection contains the research notes and draft manuscripts for Samuel R. Mohler's The First Seventy-Five Years: a History of Central Washington State College. Included are research and drafts that did not make it into the final manuscript. The handwritten manuscript and typewritten manuscript pages are organized into the chapters that later appeared in the book. Chapters include names of faculty members, presidents, legislation affecting the college, and some chapters which were summaries of a particular time period (such as the Depression or World War II). The mostly handwritten research cards are organized into subjects, many of which did not appear in the book. This includes cards on the history of Ellensburg, which may have been used for his local history research. The cards generally give a citation such as —faculty minutes— or legislation, student publications, etc. Some cards just give the information without the citation. The research cards were not in any order when they came into the archives. It appears that they had been rearranged at some point, so original order had to be recreated. Mohler appears to have assigned most of the category headings as well as the headings on each —folder.— The final box contains cards that did not fit into an overall category, but they have been maintained with Mohler's original headings in an alphabetical arrangement.
Container List:
Box 1 Series 1: Handwritten Draft - Alphabetical Notes 1. A.A.T.C. Approval 2. Bonds 3. The Bookstore 4. Buildings of 1930s 5. Buildings of 1940s 6. 1930-1931 7. Change of name (1934) 8. Clubs 9. Community Concert 10. Depression 11. Edison School to C.E.S. 12. Fine and Industrial Arts 13. Harold Quigley 14. Homecoming 15. Library 16. Little Arts Theatre 17. Loren Darius Sparks 18. McConnell Administration 19. Model School 20. Nursing School 21. [People] 22. The President 23. The Registrar 24. Ski Carnival 25. Social Deans 26. Social Sciences 27. Sororities 28. Student Life Between Two World Wars 29. Student Stunts 30. Student Union 31. Summer School to 1916 32. Traditions 33. Trustees 34. —What Makes the College Go?— 35. World War I 36. World War II 37. C.P.T. Civilian Pilot Training 38. Army Air Corps 39. CWCE: Students at War 40. Veterans 41. Visual Education Box 2 Series 2: First Handwritten Draft - Numbered Chapters 1. Correspondence, 1951-1958 2. Chapter 1 3. Chapter 2 4. Chapter 3 5. Chapter 4 6. Chapter 5 7. Chapter 6 8. Chapter 7 9. Chapter 8 10. Chapter 9 11. Chapter 10 12. Chapter 11 13. Chapter 12 14. Miscellaneous Notes Box 3 Series 3: Typewritten Manuscript 1. Chapter 1: Background and Origins 2. Chapter 2: The First Three Years 3. Chapter 3: The Pride of Central Washington 4. Chapter 4: Mr. Getz and the Normal School Rumpus 5. Chapter 5: Years of Peace and Slow Progress 6. Chapter 6: The Educational Pattern, 1898-1916 7. Chapter 7: Departments and Personnel 8. Chapter 8: The Training School and the Kindergarten, 1898-1916 9. Chapter 9: Student Life in the First Quarter Century 10. Chapter 10: 1916 11. Chapter 11: New Departures after 1916 12. Chapter 12: World War I 13. Chapter 12: Physical Expansion, 1916-1929 14. Summer School to 1916 15. Physical Expansion, 1931-1951 16. Student Life Between 2 World Wars 17. Depression Problems and a New President 18. The Normal School Becomes a College 19. Edison School and College Elementary School 20. War and the —G.I.— Invasion 21. Student Union 22. Home Economics 23. The Social Sciences 24. Air Force R.O.T.C. 25. Fine and Industrial Arts 26. Health and Physical Education 27. Science and Mathematics 28. Library 29. Education, Psychology and Philosophy 30. Language and Literature 31. Faculty 32. Faculty: John Henry Morgan 33. Faculty: Clara Meisner 34. Faculty: John P. Munson 35. Faculty: Harold Quigley 36. Faculty: William T. Stephens 37. Faculty: Miss Mabel Anderson 38. Faculty: George F. Beck 39. Faculty: Nicholas Hinch 40. Faculty: Glenn Hogue 41. Faculty: Henry James Whitney 42. Faculty: Selden Smyser 43. Faculty: Loren Darius Sparks 44. Faculty: Amanda Hebeler 45. Office of Public Service 46. Director of Instruction 47. Office of Student Personnel and Placement 48. The Business Manager 49. —What Makes the College Go? - The Trustees— 50. The President 51. Registrar 52. [Censure] 53. Nursery School 54. A.A.T.C. Approval 55. Social Deans 56. Visual Education 57. The Bookstore 58. Student Stunts 59. Community Concert 60. Traditions - Campus Day 61. Little Art Theatre Box 4 Series 4: Research Note Cards Administration: Administrational Changes, 1916-1947 Barge - Ideas as seen in Catalog, 1892-93 Barge as president Barge - Career subsequent to 1894 Black - Changes in Faculty, 1916 Black - General and Personal Black - Educational Philosophy, 1916-1930 Black - Innovations, 1916-1926 Wilson - 1916 and after Wilson - Educational Philosophy Wilson - General and personal The Social Deans Alumni: Graduates, 1892-1911 Alumni Organizations to 1916 Alumni, 1916 Alumni in 1920s and 30s Homecoming celebrations Homecoming in 1940s Appropriations: Ellensburg Normal - Appropriations, 1891 Appropriations, 1893 Appropriations - General or Summaries Appropriations, 1897 Appropriations, 1899 Appropriations, 1901 Training School? Appropriations, 1903 Appropriations, 1905 Appropriations, 1907 Appropriations, 1909 Appropriations, 1911 Appropriations, 1913 Appropriations, 1917 Appropriations, 1919 Appropriations, 1921 Appropriations, 1923 Appropriations, 1925 Appropriations, 1927 Appropriations, 1929 Appropriations, 1931 Appropriations, 1933 Appropriations, 1935 Appropriations, 1937 Appropriations, 1939 Training School Bldg. Appropriations, 1939 & CES Appropriations, 1941 Appropriations, 1943 Appropriations in 1940s, General Athletics: Athletics, General - to World War I Athletics, General - 1919- Athletics, Individuals, 1935-1950 Baseball and Tennis to 1916 Basketball (Men's), to World War I Basketball, 1917-1948 Coaches, 1907-1916 Coaches, 1921-1949 Football to World War I Football, 1922-1949 Girl's Basketball, 1895-1914 Intercollegiate Associations Box 5 Buildings: WSNS 1893- Building Plans, architects. WSNS 1893-94 Building progress WSNS Press on Building appropriation WSNS 1893-94 Building - Men and materials WSNS 1893-94 Building Contracts and contractors & Trustees Ellensburg Normal - Buildings 1901 - General WSNS Building Program, 1894-1916 WSNS Main Building, 1897-1917 WSNS Building Alterations, 1897 Training School Building (See also Appropriations 1901, 1903, 1905, 1907) Buildings and Projects, 1930-1939 Arts and Science Building & Auditorium, 1935-1937 Building Plans of 1941-1950 Business Office CES Building, 1937-1939 Classroom Building, 1928-1929 Dormitories - General Dormitory Building, 1918-1946 Temporary Dormitories, 1946-1947 WSNS Dormitories - Kamola 1911 WSNS 1915 —New— Dormitory Affiliated Dormitories Dormitory Built 1919-1920 Gym Addition, 1937 Heating Plants Kennedy Hall Elwood, 1948 Manual Training Building, 1913 Munson Hall Building Munson Addition, 1946-1947 New Gym - Pres. House, 1946-1948 Normal Hall, Alterations Science Hall and Heating Plant, 1941-1948 Student Assn. Building, 1928 Student Union Building, 1944-1950 Departments: Art Department and Program, 1901-1947 Bible Courses Dance & Drama, 1926-1928 WSNS to 1916 - Domestic Economy Home Economies, 1917-1939 Music to 1916 Physical Education to 1916 Physical Education, 1916-1932 The Sciences, to 1916 The Sciences, 1918-1940 Social Sciences, 1917-1948 Ellensburg History: Ellensburg Boom - Iron Mining and Mfg. Ellensburg - Street Car Line Ellensburg Fire and Rebuilding Ellensburg - Gold Mining and Other Materials Ellensburg Boom - General Ellensburg - Fire Brick Prospects Ellensburg Improvement Co. Ellensburg Iron Prospects to 1891 Ellensburg Boom - Real Estate Before Fire Ellensburg Boom - Real Estate After Fire Ellensburg Boom - Railroad Projects Early Ellensburg - Social Aspects Ellensburg, Water Power Box 6 Faculty Faculty Lists, 1891-1895 Incidental notes on Faculty, 1892-1908 Faculty - Appointment and Lists, 1896-1901 Faculty - Appointments and lists, 1902-1905 Faculty - Appointments and lists, 1906-1910 Faculty - Appointments and lists, 1911-1916 Faculty - Appointments and lists, 1917-1920 Faculty - Appointments and lists, 1921-1925 Faculty - Appointments and lists, 1926-1930 Notes on Faculty to 1916 (incidental) Incidental Notes on Faculty, 1914-1932 Faculty, 1928-1939 Faculty, 1930s-1940s, General Faculty in 1940s, Incidental Faculty in 1940s, Incidental references Faculty 1930s-1940s, Leaves policies Faculty changes, 1920-1940 Faculty changes, 1941-1949 Faculty Meetings, General, 1893-1913 Faculty - Retirement Plans, 1938-1947 Faculty - Salaries, 1930s & 40s Faculty - War Activities, 1942-1945 Faculty-Student —rapport— Faculty Welfare - Faculty Council, 1915-1947 Faculty - Individuals - Elwood, Elvira Marquis Faculty - Individuals - Fisk, Herbert, 1920-1934 Faculty - Individuals - Grupe, Mary & Psychology Faculty - Individuals - Hogue Faculty - Individuals - Meisner, Clara, 1906-1938 Faculty - Individuals - Morgan, J. H., 1897-1934 Faculty - Individuals - Munson, 1899-1928 Faculty - Individuals - Stephens, 1914-1929 Finance Amortization Bond Plan and Corporation Dormitory Bonds and Difficulties, 1930-1936 State Prop. - Dorm Bonds, 1939 Financial Difficulties 1930 - Trustees Land Grounds - Land Purchased - to 1916 Grounds - Land Purchased, 1916-1931 Land Purchase - 1926- Hartley Land Purchases - 1940s Library Library and Librarians to 1898 Library and Librarians, 1898-1916 Library and Librarians, 1916-1924 Library and Librarians, 1925-1928 Library and Librarians, 1930-1940 New Library Building Box 7 Normal Schools Normals Before 1890 - Private, etc. Teacher Training before State Normals Ellensburg Normal - Act Establishing Normal Schools - Management and Control Act, 1893 Normals - Question of how many, 1894, Bean Cheney Normal - Establishment of Normals Schools Act, 1895 Normals 1896 - Bean's plea for Normals - Act of 1897 Cheney - 1897-99 Rogers Veto Normals - Act 1899 Normals - Course of Study, 1897 Normal School Fund. Legal Aspects of Normals - Uniform Courses Normal Schools - Bellingham (or Whatcom) Normals - Centralia 1919 Normals - Cheney - Appropriations 1893 McGraw's Veto Local reaction to McGraw veto of Cheney, 1893 Board of Higher Ed. And Normal Curricula, 1906 Joint Board of Higher Curricula Normals Schools - Board of Control, 1907 Higher Education - Normals - Ellensburg 1893 - Report of Special Committee Higher Education - Normals established City Normals Normals - educational status WSNS Ellensburg's interest in Normal to 1893 Ellensburg Normal - Entrance requirements, 1916 Ellensburg Normal - Course of Study, 1900-1901 WSNS - Curriculum 1893 - Catalog WSNS - Catalog of Courses - 1896-97-98 WSNS - 1893-94 - Catalog of Courses with 1894-95 Model School to 1894 Ellensburg Normal - Founding Secondary WSNS Special Dept. - Kindergarten, Early to 1901 Training School to 1898 Training School, 1898-1907 Ellensburg Normal - Trustees, Lists of, to 1901 WSNS Visiting Senate Committees, 1895 Relations between Town and Normal, 1898-1916 WSNS and Politics from 1894-1898 WSNS 1894 furnishings Ellensburg Dawn vs. Getz WSNS Commencements, 1892-1893 Ellensburg Normal - Specific Courses Innovations, 1896-1925 WSNS - Site and controversy regarding it Question of Closing in 1890s WSNS - Trustees in First Year Getz - Educational philosophy, Also Trustees threat, 1896 Ellensburg Normal. Bibliography. Public Documents Ellensburg Normal. Bibliography. Secondary. Books. WSNS - P. A. Getz - General And Personal WSNS - 1897 —Facts About the Normal— Report - Special Committee, 1897 Miscellaneous Recreation Faculty Student Relations Assemblies to 1916 Assemblies after 1916 Entertainment - Concerts - Drama & 1930s WSNS Instruction Equipment, 1893-1896 WSNS - Lectures - Entertainments, etc. WSNS - Enrollment, 1902- WSNS - Religion - Morals WSNS 1891-94 - Rooming And Boarding Plans WSNS In City School Building WSNS General Economic WSNS School Code 1908-1909 The Normal in 1910 Courses WSNS - Courses - General to 1916 WSNS Special Departments - Music to 1916 WSNS Report of Commissions, 1916 WSNS Summer School to 1916 Summer School 1916- WSNS Teachers Certificates to 1916 WSNS Literary Societies Proposals and Changes Crisis of 1917 - Black - Cooperation of Town Danger of Closing Normal, 1917 New Campus Plans, 1917 Proposals for Central Board Hartley Wants one Board Proposals to Close or Merge, 1910-1912 1925 Proposal to Make Custodial School Proposals to Close 1930s MA and BA Passed Change of Name, 1934-1941 Box 8 Rural Emphasis Rural Ed. Plans, 1913-1915 Ellensburg Normal - Rural Training Centers WSNS Rural Training Courses 1917- Ellensburg Normal - Extension Courses Scholarships Scholarship Funds Scholarships - Funds - Awards Scholarships Students Associated Student Body, September 1910-1916 Associated Students Org., 1916-1940 Associated Students - Projects, 1918-1941 Attendance Problems, 1930s-40s Campus Day Class Color and Class Yell Class Yells Club House - Boys —Club House— Girls Clubs Clubs, 1917-1949 Club Activities, 1931-1949 Clubs, etc. except —Literary— to 1916 College —Life— to 1901 College —Life,— 1902- College Life after 1916 College —Life— - Class Rivalry - —Sneak Day— Colonial Ball Commencement in 1940s Questions of Dancing Debate and Oratory Debate in 1920s Discipline Cases Discipline Problems, 1920s and 30s —Dormitory— Nash Block Dramatics Expenses and Fees, not Dormitory Graduation, 1893-1945 Graduation, 1930-1941 Hazing Mass Meetings - Student Body - First 2 Years Music Organizations Placement, 1930s Placement, 1940s Recreation 1920s-30s Recruiting Plans and Methods Rules of Conduct, 1891 Senior Class Day Sneak Day Social Life, 1940s Sorority Issue, 1941-1947 —Student Day— SGA Budgets SGA Cultural Projects, 1943-1951 SGA - Organization, 1935-1950 SGA Projects Students in 1940s - Conduct and Attitudes Student Lounge, 1939-1946 Student Publications - Campus Crier, 1932-1947 Student Publications - Kooltuo Student Publications - The Outlook Student Publications - Student Opinions, 1916-1947 Students - Quality and Character, to 1916 Study Room - Study period of Traditions of 1930s and 40s Veteran Students Teacher Training Training School, 1908-1916 Training School, 1916-1930 CES (not building) Junior High Apprenticeship Plan Kindergarten, 1912- Kindergarten, 1917-1933 Manual Training Before 1916 Manual Training, 1916-1937 Nursery School Observation and Teaching Practice Practice Teaching, 1928-1937 Box 9 Trustees Trustees, 1902-1916 Trustees, 1916-1945 Hartley and the Trustees, 1925-1926 World War I Influenza Epidemic, 1918 Normal in World War I - General, 1917-1919 Normal in World War I - Courses, 1918-1919 Normal in World War I - Students, 1917-1918 Depression Government Aid to Students in Depression Enrollment, 1930s Students in Depression World War II Airport Housing, 1945-1946 Army Air Corps, 1938-1944 Army and Navy Reserves Programs Civilian Pilot Training, 1940-1943 College Training Detachment - Estill - Notes Crier in World War II, 1940-1948 Students in Armed Services WWII Students in World War II Vetville [housing], 1945-1949 World War II —Defense of Campus,— 1942 Postwar Housing - General, 1945-1947 Postwar Students - Athletics, 1941-1947 Postwar Students - Expenses, 1946-1948 Postwar Students - Organizations, 1940-1951 Individual folders - Alphabetical Bookstore C of C outing, 1930s C.E.S. Projects (pupils), 1928-1937 Certificates, 1921-1947 Certificates, 1928-1936 4 Year Course and degree proposals, 1915-1939 Community Concert Cooperation with Town, 1916- Curriculum Changes, 1925-1946 Department of Efficiency, Report and Criticism, 1930 Enrollment - 1891-1901 - Ellensburg Normal Enrollment - 1916 Enrollment in 1940s Federal Government Loans and Grants (See also Buildings) Fire of 1915 Freshman Orientations? Health Programs of 1920s —Home Life— Plan, 1929 Honor Council, 1918-1944 Hyokem, 1929-1947 In Service, 1943-1947 Innovations, 1920-1942 Institutes Later Visitations Legislation 1930s - Taxes & Legislation and College, 1940s Little Art Theatre Lyceum Course Museum, 1893-94, 1913, 1941 Music Activities, 1922-1947 Non-Faculty Staff, 1918-1947 National Reputation of Normal Standing Nationally - Accreditation Public Relations - Conferences, Extension of, 1930-1948 Quarterly Bulletin and Faculty Publications, 1907-1916 Registrars State Bureau of Inspection Report 1915 YWCA WSNS Quarter Century Celebration, 1916 50th Anniversary, 1941 Strayer Report Trainor Case, 1939-1948 Miscellaneous Miscellaneous 1930sReturn to Central Washington University Archives Homepage
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