Edward R. Bartlett papers, 1889-1952
DC 772-791, 940, 941, 1760

Archives of DePauw University

and Indiana United Methodism

Edward R. Bartlett Papers

1889-1952

Size: 9.00 lf

Restrictions: none

Accession: none or unknown

Provenance: donor

Processed by: unknown

Biographical Sketch

Born in Ft. Madison, Ia. in 1889, Dr. Edward R. Bartlett graduated from Iowa Wesleyan College and from the Boston University School of Theology. He received a doctor of philosophy degree from Iowa Wesleyan. A lecturer and contributor to educational and religious journals, he was chairman of the American Association of Academic Deans in 1946-47. During those same years he was also president of the Indiana Council of Churches and of the Wabash Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America. Before joining the DePauw faculty in1923 he had held several pastorates in the East and Mideast. From 1923 to 1947 he was head of the department of religious education and was named dean of the university in1941.


Collection Statement

This very large collection mainly consists of Correspondence letters arranged in chronological order. Also contained in this collection are some clippings and speeches.


DC 772

Folder 1 Address "Which Commandment Means Most Today?"

2 Clippings

3 A.A.U.P.

4 Committee - Vocational Guidance

5 Committee - Curriculum Academic Routine

6 Correspondence - Miscellaneous

7 Faculty Leave of Absence

8 Library


DC 773 1941-1942

Folder 1 Admissions

2 American Association of University Professors

3 Blanchard, Wm. M.

4 Board of Education of the Methodist Church

5 Boy Scouts

6 Calendar

7 Academic Routine Committee

8 Committee - Council, Advisory on Radio

9 Sub-Committee - Counseling and Adjustment

10 Committee - Scholarships

11 Correspondence A - E

12 Correspondence F - L

13 Correspondence Mc - P

14 Correspondence R - Z


DC 774 1941-1942

Folder 1 Faculty Leave of Absence

2 Faculty - Miscellaneous

3 Indiana Intercollegiate Conference

4 Library

5 Memorandums

6 Publicity

7 Questionnaires

8 Registrar

9 Rural Church Work

10 Scholarships and Fellowships

11 Scholarships - Rector

12 Shorthand & Typing Courses

13 Statistics

14 Summer Session

15 Wildman, President Clyde E.

16 Workshop - Greenleaf

17 YMCA

DC 775 1941-1942 War Program

Folder 1 Articles by Bartlett

2 Committee - Armed Services

3 Cooperation with National Defense

4 Correspondence - Faculty

5 Correspondence - Miscellaneous A-Z

6 Enlisted Reserve Corps - Miscellaneous

7 Faculty Advisors

8 Federal Security Agency

9 Marine Corps

10 Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board

11 Navigation, Bureau of

12 Navy Terms

13 Publicity

14 Rector, Ed. Squadron of Aviation Cadets

15 Regulations

16 Survey of Faculty for Temporary Teaching

17 Universities - Other

18 Wildman, Pres. Clyde E.


DC 776 1942-1943

Folder 1 American Association of University Professors

2 American Council on Education

3 board of Education - Methodist Church

4 Boy Scouts

5 Commencement

6 Committee - Admissions

7 Committee - Athletics

8 Committee - Curriculum, Policy, & Academic Routine

9 Committee - Educational Policy

10 Committee - Miscellaneous

11 Committee - Rector Scholarship

12 Committee - Religious Education

13 Committee - Women in War Service

14 Comptroller

DC 777 1942-1943

Folder 1 Correspondence - Miscellaneous A-D

2 Correspondence - Miscellaneous E-H

3 Correspondence - Miscellaneous I-M

4 Correspondence - Miscellaneous N-S

5 Correspondence - Miscellaneous T-Z

6 Council, Advisory on Radio

DC 778 1942-1943

Folder 1 Dean Dirks

2 Eligibility

3 Faculty Miscellaneous

4 form Letters

5 Fraternities

6 Graduate Fellowships & Scholarships

7 Health Service

8 Honorary Degrees

9 Indiana College Coaches

10 Indiana Council of Christian Education Housebill

11 Japanese-American Students

12 Library

13 Memorandums

14 National Research Council

15 North Central Association

16 Office of the Dean

17 Publicity

18 Questionnaires

19 Questionnaires Faculty Committee on Faculty

20 Real Estate

21 Registrar

22 Religious Education Association

23 Rotary Club

DC 779 1942-1943

Folder 1 Scholarships - Dad's Association

2 Scholarships - Edward Rector

3 Scholarships - Miscellaneous

4 Scholarships - President's

5 Scientific Research

6 Shorthand & Typing Courses

7 Smith, Dean R. Frances

8 Speaking Engagements

9 Statistics

10 Summer Session

11 Summer Session - Correspondence

12 Telegrams

13 Welfare

14 Wildman, Pres. Clyde E.

15 YMCA

DC 780 1942-1943 War Program

Folder 1 Articles By Bartlett

2 Board of Education - Methodist Church

3 Civilian Pilot Training

4 Committee - Admissions

5 Committee - Armed Services

6 Comptroller

7 Correspondence - Miscellaneous A-M

8 Correspondence - Miscellaneous N-Z

9 Correspondence - Other Universities

10 Dodge, Lt. E. N.

11 Enlisted Reserve Corps - Miscellaneous

12 Faculty Statistics - N.F.P.S.

13 Faculty - Miscellaneous

14 Federal Security Agency

15 Finance Training

16 Fort Knox - Visits

17 Housing

18 Instructions

19 Joint Recruiting Board Visits Campus

20 Joint Procurement Board Visits Campus

DC 781 1942-1943 War Program

Folder 1 Male Enrollment

2 Marine Corps

3 Medical Students

4 Merchant Marines

5 Naval Aviation Cadet Corps Selection Board

6 Naval Flight Preparatory School

7 Naval Flight Preparatory School Instructions

8 Naval Flight Preparatory School - Miscellaneous Correspondence

9 Navy V-5

10 Parker, George M.D.

11 Publicity

12 Questionnaires - Faculty

13 Questionnaires - Instructors Selective Service Status

14 Rector, Edward Squadron of Aviation Cadets

15 Registrar

16 Reports - Enlistments

17 Reports to Army & Navy

18 Sands, L. B.

19 Signal Corps

20 Specialized Training Army-Navy in Colleges

21 Navy V-12, A-12, V-1 and Marine Corps

22 Training Program

23 Washington Trip Nov. 16, 1942

24 Wildman, Pres. Clyde E.

25 Wilson, Ray K.

26 Women in the War Program

DC 782 1943-1944

Folder 1 American Council on Education

2 Boy Scouts

3 Bureau of Navy Personnel

4 Business Education

5 Character Education

6 Class Room Arrangement

7 Commencement

8 Commercial Program

9 Committee - Administration

10 Committee - Admissions

11 Committee - Athletics

12 Committee - Constitution

13 Committee - Cooperation - Armed Forces Institute

14 Committee - Curriculum & Academic Routine

15 Committee - Curriculum & Policy

16 Committee - Educational Policy

17 Committee - Faculty

18 Committee - Honorary Degrees

19 Committee - Post War Education

20 Committee - Scholarships - Miscellaneous

21 Committee - Rector Scholarships

22 Committee - Scholarships V-12

23 Comptroller

24 Contract - Principles of

DC 783 1943-1944

Folder 1 Correspondence - Miscellaneous A-B

2 Correspondence - Miscellaneous C-F

3 Correspondence - Miscellaneous G-H

4 Correspondence - Miscellaneous I-Mc

5 Correspondence - Miscellaneous M-R

6 Correspondence - Miscellaneous S

7 Correspondence - Miscellaneous T-Z

8 Correspondence from Universities

DC 784 1943-1944

Folder 1 Council of United Churches

2 Dean Louis H. Dirks

3 Dodge, Lt. E.N.

4 Dortsch, Lt. Commander

5 Eligibility

6 Faculty Absences from Campus

7 Faculty - Miscellaneous

8 Form Letters

9 Fraternities

10 Graduate Fellowships and Scholarships

11 Hanna, Lt. J. M.

12 Health Service

13 Instructional Loads of teachers in N.F.P.S.

14 Japanese-American Students

15 Library

16 Methodist Hospital

17 Music School

18 National Research Council

19 Naval Flight Preparatory School

20 Naval Officer Procurement

21 Naval Personnel

22 Northwest Indiana Conference

23 Nursing

24 Parker, George M.D.

25 Post War Material

26 Publicity

27 Registrar

DC 785 1943-1944

Folder 1 Scholarships - Dad's

2 Scientific Research

3 Signal Corps & Other Government Contracts

4 Radio Programs - January - June

5 Radio Programs - September - December

6 Registrar

7 Sands, L. B.

8 Schedule and Plan of Operation - V-12

9 Selective Service

10 Student Lists V-12

11 Student Notices

12 Student Union Plan

13 Summer Session

14 Teachers - Miscellaneous

15 Text Book Material

16 Tests V-12

17 War Department

18 Wildman, Pres. Clyde E.

19 Wilson, Ray K.

20 Women in the War

21 YMCA

DC 786 1944-1945

Folder 1 Boy Scouts

2 Committee - Athletics

3 Committee - Curriculum & Academic Routine

4 Committee - Educational Policy

5 Committee on Faculty

6 Committee - Post War Education

7 Comptroller

8 Conference of Indiana Board of Education

9 Correspondence - Miscellaneous A-G

10 Correspondence - Miscellaneous H-Z

11 Curriculum V-12

12 Danforth Foundation

13 Directories - Instructions V-12

14 Dirks, Dean Louis H.

15 Distribution

16 Examination Schedules

17 Faculty Notices

18 Form Letters

19 Hanna, Lt. J. M.

20 Health Service

21 Inventory

22 Japanese-American Students

23 Library

24 List of Office Personnel V-12

25 List of Students V-12

26 Methodist Hospital

27 Quota Material V-12

DC 787 1944-1945

Folder 1 Radio

2 Registrar

3 Requests for Transcripts

4 Scholarships - Colson

5 Scholarships - Granted

6 Scholarships - McMahan

7 Scholarships - Miscellaneous

8 Scholarships - President's

9 Scholarships - Pulliam

10 Scholarships - Swahlen

11 Scholarships - V-12

12 Selective Service

13 Statistics

14 Transferred

15 Veterans

16 War - Miscellaneous

DC 788 1945-1946

Folder 1 Adams, Florence

2 American Association of University Professors

3 American Council on Education

4 Board of Education of the Methodist Church

5 Bureau of Testing and Research

6 Catalogue Copy

7 Chapels

8 Chemistry Majors - Partial List

9 Church - Gobin Student Work Board

10 Committee - Administration

11 Committee - Admissions

12 Committee - Athletics

13 Committee - Curriculum & Academic Routine

DC 789 1945-1946

Folder 1 Correspondence - Miscellaneous A-B

2 Correspondence - Miscellaneous C-E

3 Correspondence - Miscellaneous F-H

4 Correspondence - Miscellaneous I-M

5 Correspondence - Miscellaneous N-S

6 Correspondence - Miscellaneous T-Z

DC 790 1945-1946

Folder 1 Danforth Foundation

2 Dean of Men

3 Dean of Women

4 Educational Guidance clinic

5 Eligibility Lists

6 Faculty Memos

7 Foreign Students

8 Fraternities

9 Grades - Distribution of Special Study

10 Grant-In-Aid

11 Indiana Association of Church Related & Independent Colleges

12 Indiana Council of Christian Education

13 Indiana Conference on Higher Education

14 International Education

15 Library

16 Methodist Church

17 Methodist Student Movement

18 Naval Program

19 Perry, Arthur

20 Publications

21 Questionnaires

22 Radio - Advisory Council

23 Registrar

24 Scholarships - Colson

25 Scholarships - Granted

26 Scholarships - Methodist

27 Scholarships - President's

28 Scholarships - Presser Foundation

29 Scholarships - Pulliam

30 Selective Service

31 State Education Department

32 Summer Session

DC 791 1946-1947

Folder 1 Address "Students Rate the Ten Commandments"

2 Advisory Council on Radio

3 American Council on Education

4 A.A.U.P

5 "A" Miscellaneous

6 Bureau of Testing & Research

7 "B"Miscellaneous

8 Chapels

9 Commencement 1947

10 Committee - Administration

                        Admissions

                        Athletics

                        Curriculum and Academic Routine

                        Discipline

                        Educational Policy

                        Honorary Degrees

                        Horton

                        Library

                        Personnel

                        Scholarships

11 Comptroller

12 Counseling Board

13 Crusade for Christ

14 "C" Miscellaneous

DC 940

Folder 1 Dean of Women - Colpitts

2 "D" Miscellaneous

3 Educational Guidance Clinic

4 "E" Miscellaneous

5 Faculty Rules - Reports

6 Form Letters

7 "F" Miscellaneous

8 Foreign Students

9 Graduate Council

10 "G" Miscellaneous

11 Higher Education

12 Honorary Degrees

13 Housemothers

14 "H" Miscellaneous

15 Institute of International Education

16 "I" Miscellaneous

17 "J" Miscellaneous

18 "K" Miscellaneous

19 "L" Miscellaneous

20 "M" Miscellaneous

21 Methodist Church

22 "N" Miscellaneous

23 "O" Miscellaneous

24 Parker, George

25 President's Reports

26 "P" Miscellaneous

27 "Q" Miscellaneous

28 Registrar

29 Requests for Retirement

30 Rural Pastors

31 "R" Miscellaneous

DC 941 S-Z and After DePauw

Scholarships - American-Scandinavian Foundation

                    Colson

                    Dad's Association

                    Gilmore

                    McMahan

                    Grace K. Maring

                     Methodist

                     Presser

                    Pulliam - Journalism

                    Pulliam - Pre-Ministerial

                    Pulliam - Radio

                    Rector

                    Rhodes

                    Shaffer / Beveridge

                    Swahlen

Summer Session

"S" Miscellaneous

"T" Miscellaneous

Veterans Administration

"V" Miscellaneous

President Wildman

"W" Miscellaneous

After DePauw

DC 1760

Folder 1 Teachers' Agencies

2 Umbreit, Willard

3 Veterans Administration

4 Veterans' Facilities

5 Wildman, Pres. Clyde E.

See Also:

Grose file clipping fro "Indianapolis Star", December 30, 1923-"Pupils Ignorant of Bible Facts" by E. R. Bartlett"

"Students Rate the Ten Commandments" c. 1947

"Which Commandment Means Most Today" c. 1937

Gobin Church Papers Correspondence



































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