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uaprescrowell Inventory of the John Franklin Crowell Records and Papers, 1883 - 1932 and undated Processed by: Linda Daniel; machine-readable finding aid created by: Linda Daniel University ArchivesDuke University

Durham, N.C., U.S.A.

Aleph Number: 003309398

Machine-readable finding aid derived from automated markup system. Date of source: November, 2003 Processed by Linda Daniel November, 2003; Finding Aid encoded by Linda Daniel, University Archives, Duke University, November, 2003 Description is in English. 05-01-2006 PUBLIC "-//University Archives//TEXT (US::NDD::::John Franklin Crowell Records and Papers)//EN" "uaprescrowell.xml converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).Also, the top level of the finding aid (above the dsc) was changed to conform to the NC EAD Best Practice Guidelines. Within the dsc, dates for series were normalized. Inventory of the John Franklin Crowell Records and Papers, 1883 - 1932 and undated University Archives Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0202 USA

Descriptive Summary John Franklin Crowell Records and Papers, 1883 - 1932 and undated. Crowell, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1857-1931. 9.5 Linear Feet, 9500 Items University Archives, Duke University For current information on the location of these materials, please consult University Archives, Duke University. John Franklin Crowell was an educator, economist, and journalist. He served as President of Trinity College (Randolph County, and Durham, N.C.) from 1887-1894. The John Franklin Crowell Records and Papers primarily consist of materials concerning Crowell's research interests and publications; his presidency of Trinity College; and his activities after leaving Trinity. The collection includes correspondence, reprints, manuscripts, memoranda, scrapbooks, photographs, printed matter, account books, cash books, and grade books. Materials range in date from 1883 to 1932. English. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], John Franklin Crowell Records and Papers, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

The John Franklin Crowell Records and Papers was received by the University Archives as a gift in 1938 (A38-1733) and ca. 1941.

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Processed by Linda Daniel

Completed November 2003

Encoded by Linda Daniel, November 2003

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Biographical Note

John Franklin Crowell was born in York, Pennsylvania in 1857, and received his A.B. from Yale University in 1883. After serving as principal of Schuylkill Seminary in Pennsylvania, Crowell returned to Yale to study for one year in the Divinity School and for one year in the Graduate School.

At the age of 29, Crowell became President of Trinity College. He served as President, in Randolph County and in Durham, from 1887-1894. Crowell was instrumental in moving Trinity College to Durham and gaining the support of the Duke family. His vision was for Trinity to become a great university and he traveled across the state to publicize its programs. Crowell gradually upgraded the faculty and improved the educational facilities of the college. He was responsible for modernizing Trinity's curriculum, turning it away from recitation and towards research. Crowell was also interested in athletics and introduced intercollegiate football to the South.

After leaving Trinity, Crowell became head of the Department of Economics and Sociology at Smith College. Crowell received his Ph.D. in economics and sociology from Columbia in 1897. Two areas of interest to him were the plight of the poor in N.Y. tenement houses and the development of the cotton markets. Crowell was an economist and statistician for several years in New York and Washington. From 1906 to 1915, he was an associate editor of the Wall Street Journal, and later became director of the World Market Institute in New York. Crowell retired in 1925, and died in East Orange, New Jersey in 1931.

Collection Overview

The collection includes correspondence, reprints, manuscripts, memoranda, scrapbooks, photographs, printed matter, account books, cash books, and grade books. The correspondence includes letters about the relocation of Trinity from Randolph County to Durham and Crowell's vision for Trinity College. Research and writings include research notes, reprints, manuscripts, photographs, and memorandum books. The memorandum books include notes on a variety of subjects including NY tenements, economic and financial subjects, and personal notes. Scrapbooks include printed matter concerning Trinity College, newspaper clippings on commodity markets, and shipping reports. The printed matter consists of clippings, flyers, newspapers, announcements, and other material pertaining to Crowell's interests. The account books, cash books, and grade books are part of the Trinity College Records, and give details about college life. Major subjects of the collection include Crowell's presidency of Trinity College (Randolph County, and Durham, N. C.); his research interests and publications; and activities after leaving Trinity.

Subject Headings

These and related materials may be accessed under the following subject headings in the Duke University Libraries online catalog.

Crowell, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1857-1931. Duke University--History. Duke University. President. Trinity College (Durham, N.C.)--History. Trinity College (Randolph County, N.C.)--History. Cotton--Marketing. Cotton trade--United States. Tenement houses--New York (State)--New York. Universities and colleges--Administration. Account books. Photographs. Scrapbooks. Contents of Collection Correspondence, 1883-1923 and undated

The correspondence includes letters about the relocation of Trinity from Randolph County to Durham, the building program, means for publicizing the College, increasing the endowment, and related subjects.

1 1 1883-1887 2 Jan.-May, 1888 3 June-Aug., 1888 4 Sept.-Nov., 1888 5 Dec. 1888-Jan.1889 6 Feb.-March, 1889 2 7 April-May, 1889 8 June-July, 1889 9 Aug.-Oct., 1889 10 Nov. 1889-Jan. 1890 11 Feb.-March, 1890 12 April 1890 3 13 May 1890 14 June 1890 15 July 1890 16 Aug. 1890 17 Sept. 1890 18 Oct. 1890 19 Nov.-Dec., 1890 1890 20 Jan.-Dec., 1891 4 21 Jan.-June, 1892 22 July-Dec., 1892 23 Jan.-May, 1893 24 June-Dec., 1893 25 1894 26 1894 Letter press book.

This book is extremely fragile. Please consult staff before using.

5 27 1895-1921 28 1922-1923 and undated Writings and Research, 1887-1923 and undated

Crowell's writings and research materials include manuscripts of Personal Recollections of Trinity College (1929), Stray Notes of a Traveller (1898), and The Process of Social Development: Theoretical Foundations of Educational Policy from the Standpoint of Sociology (1898). Scrapbooks, 1887-1910, include printed matter concerning Trinity College, when it was located in Randolph County and in Durham; newspaper clippings on commodity markets; shipping reports; and other matter. Memorandum books, 1890-1926 and undated, include an enumeration book and clippings from an 1894 tenement house inquiry made by the New York State Tenement Committee, of which Crowell was a member; notebooks on economic and financial subjects; plus small miscellaneous personal notebooks. The printed matter consists of clippings, flyers, newspapers, announcements, and other material pertaining to Crowell's interests, along with some personal records, including certificates of membership and honoraries.

Writings, 1888-1921 and undated 29 Reprints of Addresses and Outlines of Lectures, 1888-1899 and undated 30 Manuscript, Stray Notes of a Traveller, 1898.

Pages 19-28 are missing from Section II.

31 Manuscript, The Process of Social Development: A Theoretical Foundation of Educational Policy from the Standpoint of Sociology, 1898 32 Manuscript, Cotton in the World's Market, 1912 33 Lecture Notes, 1912-1921 and undated

Includes poem by Crowell, The Little Mountain Rose, 1920

6 34-37 Manuscript, Personal Recollections of Trinity College, North Carolina, 1887-1894, 1929 7 38-40 Lectures, Manuscripts, and Notes, undated

Includes notes and copies of lectures, divided into three folders, on a wide variety of topics. Titles include The Scientic Problem, The Instruments and Documents of Commerce, Slavery, The Economic Solution to the Social Question, and others.

41 Photographs, 1919-1920 and undated

Eleven black and white photographs showing several U.S. ports, wharves, and terminals, as well as cargoes of coffee, lumber, and hemp.

Memorandum Books, 1890-1926 and undated

Includes an enumeration book and clippings from an 1894 tenement house inquiry made by the New York State Tenement Committee, of which Crowell was a member, small miscellaneous personal accounts, and notebooks on econocmic and financial subjects.

42 1890-1891 43 [1892] 8 44 Notes and Clippings on N.Y. Tenements, 1894 45 2 Books, Economic Subjects, 1898 46 1910-1926 47 1914-1917 48 1915-1917 49 1916 50 1920 51 Financial Subjects, undated Scrapbooks, 1887-1910

The scrapbooks contain materials collected by Crowell on a wide variety of topics. The scrapbooks from 1887-1894, 1890, and 1891-1910 deal with Trinity College, when it was located in Randolph County and in Durham. These scrapbooks contain printed matter produced by or for the college, such as application forms, commencement programs, letterhead, sample forms, notices, and advertising, along with clippings, newspaper articles by Crowell, and other material. The two scrapbooks from 1906-1908 deal, almost exclusively, with the development of agricultural markets within the United States.

These scrapbooks are fragile. Please consult staff before using.

52 1887-1894

Scrapbook removed to Oversize Box 15.

53 1890

Scrapbook removed to Oversize Box 16.

54 1891-1910

Scrapbook removed to Oversize Box 16.

9 55 1906-1907 10 56 1907-1908 Printed Materials, 1888-1932 and undated

Includes printed materials collected by Crowell to aid his writings and research, and for personal use.

57 Clippings, bulletins, and souvenirs, 1888-1932 58 Clippings, 1889-1923 and undated 59 Clippings, 1893-1894 60 Charts, 1894 and undated 61 Biographical Information, 1901-1905 and undated

Includes biographical sketch and certificates of membership.

Trinity College Records, 1886-1923 and undated Administrative Records, [1888]-1894

Includes petitions from students for holidays and breaks, departmental reports, notes on operating expenses, rules for awarding scholarships, the duty of monitors, room rates, student conduct, and groundskeeping activities, library reports, and athletic reports.

62 Petitions, [1888]-[1890?] 63 Proposals, [1889]-[1891]

Includes proposals for the creation of a preparatory school (Trinity Park School?), plans for Trinity Law School and a plan for the inauguration of a hospital and medical college at Trinity.

11 64 Copy of The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,edited by W. P. Harrison, 1890

Inscribed with the notation, Presented by T.J. Gattis & Son for insertion in the cornerstone of Trinity College, N.C., Nov. 11, 1890.

65 Library Reports, 1890-1894 66 Athletics, [1890?]-1892 67 History of Trinity College, [1890?]-[1893]

Includes manuscript by W.M. Robbins, Trinity College: Its Antecedents, Its Early Day, Its Founders.

68 Committee Reports, [1890?]-1894

Includes reports from the buildings committee, groundskeeping, a discipline committee appointed by the faculty, and others.

69 Departmental Reports, 1891-1893

Includes reports from mechanical, school of technology, biology, history, and mathematics.

70 Correspondence, 1891-1894 Financial Records, 1887-1923

Trinity College financial records consist of volumes and papers. They include bills and receipts, many for the Trinity College Book Room, and five account books, 1886-1890, one of which includes memoranda and minutes of faculty meetings, 1889-1890; the remaining volumes are bookstore cash and day books, 1889-1892.

71 1887-1888 72 1888-1889 73 1889 12 74 1890 75 1890-1891 76 1891 77 1891-1892 13 78 1892-1923 Account Books, 1886-1890

Includes list of receipts and expenditures.

79 1886 80 1887 81 1888 82 1889-1890 83 1889-1890

Includes receipts for fees and tuition; expenditures for salaries, repair, equipment, and operating expenses; and minutes of faculty meetings.

Cash Books for Trinity Bookstore, 1888-1891 and undated

Includes four cash books with receipts for purchases made at the bookstore.

84 Sept. 1888-June 1889 Nov. 1889-June 1890 Sept. 1891-July 1892 undated Academic Records, 1887-1894

The academic records include a volume of prepared examinations for various courses offered between 1889 and 1894; a record of courses (1893); scholarships offered and awarded (1893-1894); roll books for 1891-1894 with lists of matriculants, class and course records; grade books and grade book stubs from 1887-1893; and what may be Trinity College's oldest thesis, Compulsory Education: Why and How? by Gustavus T. Adams (1889). .

14 85 Degree Applications, 1889 86 Thesis by Gustavus O. Adams, Compulsory Education: Why and How, 1889 87 Examination Papers Scrapbook, 1889-1894

Includes questions from a wide variety of disciplines, such as physical geography, english history, and algebra.

Examination papers scrapbook removed to Oversize Box 17.

88 Roll Book, 1892 89 Absence Record, 1892 90 Matriculates, Record of Courses, and Scholarships Sept. 1893-June 1894 Student Grades, 1887-1893 Grade Books 1887-1891

Each book is made up of the stubs from the grade books.

91 Freshman Class, 1887 Fall, 1889 [Spring], 1890 Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior Classes, Fall, 1890 Freshman Class, Spring, 1891 Sophomore Class, Spring, 1891 Junior and Senior Classes, Spring, 1891 92 Grades, 1888-1891

Includes weekly and semester grades.

93 Grade Book, [B.B. Nicholson], 1893 Oversize Materials 15 Scrapbook that was removed from Box 8, Folder 52. 16 Scrapbook that was removed from Box 8, Folder 53. Scrapbook that was removed from Box 8, Folder 54. 17 Examination Papers Scrapbook that was removed from Box 14, Folder 87. Related Material Herbert Baxter Adams Papers, 1891-1913 (bulk 1891-1902). David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Board of Trustees Records. University Archives, Duke University. [Forms part of:] Duke University President Records. University Archives, Duke University. Trinity College (Randolph County, N.C.) Collection, 1836-1990. University Archives, Duke University.