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1 IHLC MS 181 Theodore Calvin Pease Papers, Manuscript Collection Inventory Illinois History and Lincoln Collections University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Note: Unless otherwise specified, documents and other materials listed on the following pages are available for research at the Illinois Historical and Lincoln Collections, located in the Main Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Additional background information about the manuscript collection inventoried is recorded in the Manuscript Collections Database ( under the collection title; search by the name listed at the top of the inventory to locate the corresponding collection record in the database. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Illinois History and Lincoln Collections phone: (217)

2 2 Pease, Theodore Calvin. Papers. Series Topic page Box 1. Biography Education 6 3. Military Service 7 4. Teaching and Research University of Illinois: 10 Department and Campus 6. University of Illinois: 11 Individuals [some items restricted, see series note] Books Articles Unpublished Papers Book Reviews Illinois State Historical Library and 22 the Illinois State Historical Society 12. Other Organizations and Correspondents 13. Miscellaneous Books and legal-size items Research notecards

3 Series Descriptions 3 Series 1. Biography Series 1 consists of documents and photographs that contain biographical information about Theodore Pease. Included among these items are clippings and magazine articles, University of Illinois administrative reports, documents related to honor societies, and memorials and retrospective articles written after his death. Series 2. Education Series 2 includes materials related to Pease's time as a student at the Lewis Institute and the University of Chicago. Items include class registers, diplomas, certificates, programs, academic awards, and letters and photographs from Pease recorded and taken while researching for his dissertation in England. Series 3. Military Service Series 3 consists of correspondence, documents, and memorabilia related to Pease's military service during World War I. Documents include letters to family members and colleagues; notebooks and programs from Fort Sheridan; officer's commissions; orders and reports; diaries and individual recollection sheets; histories of the units that included Pease; maps of Europe; scrapbooks; and photographs. Memorabilia in this series include shoulder patches, propaganda, wartime pins, and commemorative medals. Series 4. Teaching and Research Series 4 contains records related to teaching and research conducted by Pease during his time at Pennsylvania State College, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois. The records include letters of recommendation, appointment, and position offers; other correspondence with faculty and students; letters and papers related to a research sabbatical; and other research papers. Series 5. University of Illinois: Department and Campus Series 5 contains papers about the History Department and main campus of the University of Illinois. These include faculty information and photographs for the Department of History; departmental course listings and subjects; papers for departmental committees focused on instruction; organization, research, and department chairperson searches; papers related to graduate school instruction and research topics; correspondence of the Senate Library Committee; and correspondence with other departments at the University of Illinois and other campuses.

4 Series 6. University of Illinois: Individuals 4 Series 6 includes correspondence with individuals who were affiliated with the University of Illinois. The series contains two sections, with the first section containing letters with or about department colleagues, graduate students, and others on campus and the second section containing correspondence with and about undergraduate students. *Some items in this series are letters of recommendation which are restricted for 80 years from the date of their creation. Series 7. Books Series 7 contains materials related to books published by Pease including The Leveller Movement, The County Archives of the State of Illinois, The Frontier State, The Story of Illinois, The United States, and other publications. These include advance pages and pamphlets, full copies of the books, book reviews, correspondence and comments about the publications, correspondence with publishers, and early drafts and outlines. Series 8. Articles Series 8 contains copies of encyclopedia and journal articles published by Pease along with related materials. The series includes printed and published copies of the articles, typescript copies and drafts, notes, and correspondence related to specific articles. Series 9. Unpublished Papers Series 9 contains unpublished papers related to lectures presented by Pease. This series includes typescript copies of the lectures, programs, and correspondence about individual lectures. Series 10. Book Reviews Series 10 consists of book reviews written by Pease for the American Archivist, American Historical Review, Mississippi Valley Historical Review, and other journals. Materials included in this series are a list of reviews written by Pease, printed and typed copies of reviews, and correspondence related to the reviews. Series 11. Illinois State Historical Library and the Illinois State Historical Society Series 11 contains records related to the Illinois State Historical Library and Illinois State Historical Society. Included among these items are biennial reports by the editor of the society s journal, letters regarding staff appointments, research trips, copies of reviews from the journal, correspondence with others, and circular letters from the Historical Society.

5 Series 12. Other Organizations and Correspondents 5 Series 12 contains records related to other organizations and correspondents. This series includes reports, questionnaires, programs and correspondence of the American Historical Association; programs, correspondence, membership cards and acknowledgements for the Chicago Historical Society; letters and memorandums from the Clements Library at the University of Michigan; correspondence with the Social Science Research Council, Society of American Archivists, and Society of American Historians; and correspondence with other individuals. Series 13. Miscellaneous Series 13 contains other records and memorabilia. This series includes correspondence with genealogists, gift acknowledgements from the University of Chicago, travel notes, announcements and programs from a dedication ceremony, theatre and concert programs, Charles Dickens and other memorabilia, World War II ration books, and records related to gardening. Series 14. Research Notecards Series 14 contains research notecards for courses taught or taken and publications written by Pease. Notes for Western History , History of the West to 1818, courses at the University of Chicago, The Leveller Movement, The County Archives of the State of Illinois, The Frontier State, Illinois Election Returns, and Illinois on the Eve of the Seven Years War are included in this series.

6 PEASE, THEODORE CALVIN. PAPERS. 6 Box 1 1. Biographical Information Folder 1. Miscellaneous Entry in Who's Who in American Education, ed. Appointment in Illinois Historical Survey, 1914 announcement Copies of two items elsewhere in the collection which contain biographical data. (For additional details, as of , see correspondence with the Guggenheim Foundation and the Social Science Research Council, in Series 12.) 2. Reports to University of Illinois administrators regarding research and publications, Additional data in a Mar report 3. Clippings, Honorary societies (12 items) 5. Memorials, retrospective articles, and related correspondence (13) 6. Photographs (7) 2. Education 7. Lewis Institute Register, (3); Bulletin, (3) Song book, musical programs (2), cast picture 8. Certificates, 1902, 1904; diploma, 1905; commencement programs (2), Lewis Union items (3). (See also letters of George Noble Carman and Charles W. Mann, in Series 12.) 9. University of Chicago Matriculation card, 1906; Ph.D. candidacy card, 1910 Scholarship and fellowship awards (5); letters regarding this support, 1938 (2) Snell Hall Cooler, (2); untitled comic poem for Class of 1907 Fencing team, : photograph, comic poem, program (2). Announcement of Amateur Fencers League of America, Phi Beta Kappa membership; list in Daily Maroon Convocation announcements, programs, 1907, 1914 (8)

7 7 10. Letters of Theodore Calvin Pease [TCP] to his mother, brother, and sister, during his dissertation research in England, Apr.-Aug., 1911 (41). Filed chronologically. 11. Letter of introduction from University of Chicago officials for TCP's research in England Photographs: New York harbor, English cathedrals, and other scenes (31 negatives); postcard reproductions (3) 3. Military Service [Folders and contain notes on particular letters] 12. Letters to Caroline Phipps Pease, TCP's mother (19) 1917 Dec Jan. 6, 10, Feb. 2, Mar. 24, Apr. May 12, June 6, 16, 24, July Aug. 14, Sept. 8, 14, Oct. 23, Nov. 19 and 24, Dec. 9, 23 4, 13. Letters to Albert A. Pease, TCP's brother (52) [* = telegram] 1917 Dec. 30, 31 ( 2) 1918 Jan. 1, 4, 5, 7,? I 26*, 28, Feb. 10, 28*, Mar. 6,? I 28, Apr.? I 28, May June 11 ( 2), 28, July 10, 18, 22, 26 Aug. 7 or 8, 18, Sept. Oct. 28 Nov. 12, Dec. 20, 20, Jan. 14, 27, 28, Mar. 17, 26, Apr. 6, 12, May 23, 25* 5, 17, 19, 13, 13, 3, 23, 27, 13, 15, 9, 23, 27, 14. Letters to Lydia "Dolly" Pease, TCP's sister (18) 1918 Jan. 4,?, Jan. or Feb., Mar. 6, Apr. 22, May 3, 19, June 1, July 2, 7, Aug. 11, Sept. 5, Sept. or Oct., Dec. 24, Feb. 18, Mar. 23, Letters from Gustavus Stuart, TCP's uncle (6) 1915 Dec , Mar. 18, June 21, July 31, Sept. 24, Dec Graham Aldis, regarding his history of TCP's unit at Fort Sheridan (see folder 29), Letters sent (2), letters received (5), and related items (2) 17. John A. Dent, formerly at Illinois, to Clarence W. Alvord (1) and "Pazelli" [TCP] (4),

8 8 18. Other letters received, S. Graveson, military hospital, Liverpool A. A. Howe, captain (3), with photograph H. G. Moulton, Department of Political Economy, University of Chicago (3) Mrs. Otto Fred Schmidt, Lansing, Mich. 19. Registration and examination cards (6), Officers' Training Camp, Fort Sheridan, undated Notebook I, II, and III, and a spiral notebook Box 4 Course examinations (4), a map of the fort, instructions, and circulars Box 1 (cont.) 21. Fort Sheridan, Company 23 roster and final programs (2) Manual, semaphore card, and other printed items (2), Commissions as second and first lieutenant, related correspondence, and war risk insurance papers (19), Identity cards with photographs (2) and a group photograph Military equipment list and miscellaneous small items (9), undated Orders, reports, and papers 24. Nov Aug Sept Apr Diary, Manuscript recollections Loose pages (5 sheets) Booklet (74 sheets) 28. Veteran organizations and other papers, , 1938 Membership cards for the Fort Sheridan Association, 126th Infantry Association, Thirty Second Division Veteran Association, the American Legion, and the Army and Navy Club of Chicago; Fort Sheridan Association items (2); World War II card 29. History of the Twenty-Third Company, Second Fort Sheridan Training Camp (four-panel, fold-out photograph and 46 mimeographed pages) The Thirty Second Division, American Expeditionary Forces, (pamphlet, 16 pages) Box 4 (cont.) Copy of The History and Achievements of the Fort Sheridan Officers' Training Camps (1920)] Box 1 (cont.) 30. Maps: wall map of France, Belgium, and bordering areas, Philips' pocket map of France, and an Argonne map

9 9 31. United States Signal Corps photographs: prints (11) and reproductions (32) of scenes at the front 32. Scrapbook and clippings, mainly from the Chicago press, Box 4 (cont.) scrapbook and collection of American and European newspapers] Box 1 (cont.) Memorabilia 33. Shoulder patches with divisional and other insignia (41) 34. Wartime propaganda: German postcards, including cartoons in color (14) and a booklet of cards (8), and reproductions relating to the U.S. homefront (55), undated 35. Red Cross, Liberty Loan, and other pins (49), paper lapel tags (10), and miscellaneous pieces (6) 36. Illinois commemorative medals from Champaign, Ogle (3), and Tazewell counties, and from Batavia (2), Glencoe [in a separate box], Lostant, Matherville, and Nokomis Box 2 4. Teaching and Research 37. Pennsylvania State College, Andrew C. McLaughlin, History Department, University of Chicago, recommending TCP for a teaching position Telegrams on accepting Penn State, letter of appointment, and class schedule 38. Dictionary of American Biography Correspondence with Allen Johnson, editor, offering TCP the position of assistant editor, (5), and a related letter to U. of I. President David Kinley 39. University of Chicago, 1929 William E. Dodd, History Department, to TCP, arranging his appointment to teach during the Summer Quarter (2) Correspondence with Godfrey Davies at Chicago (3) Student letters and memos: Mary V. Henderson (5), George Y. Hull (1), and Alice Huei Te Ying (2) Class lists

10 Sabbatical leave of absence, Spring Semester, 1933 Letters on approval of TCP's sabbatical, (3) Itinerary, letters of introduction (2) and papers relating to research in Paris and London (4) Anglo-American Historical Conference (2); other items (3) (See also letters of Laurence M. Larson, in Series 6) 41. Research plans, 1934: correspondence with Scribner's Letter of introduction for research abroad in Summer 1937 Research at the Clements Library, University of Michigan: travel expenses, Summer University of Illinois: Department and Campus 42. Department of History, , booklet including biographical sketches of the faculty Photograph of the faculty standing before Lincoln Hall, 1936, and a memo listing members of the department at that time, with the birth date and present age of most of them Notes by Frederick C. Dietz and William S. Robertson comparing the departments at the Universities of Illinois, Cincinnati, and Washington, n.d. TCP's notes and draft report for a department committee to consider course revisions, n.d. 43. Course materials: reading lists and exam questions, n.d., scheduling memos, , and exam seating lists, Subject bibliography, "Illinois and Western History," for a Library School course, (3) Thesis subjects in U.S. history, Committee of Five on graduate instruction in history: committee roster, letters (5), and report, with comments or annotations on two drafts by TCP, Marcus L. Hansen, James G. Randall, and Fred S. Rodkey, 1931 Committee of Seven on departmental organization, 1931 (2) 45. Committee of Nine: correspondence with history departments at Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, and Wisconsin regarding graduate assistants' work and pay, Committee of Nine: experiment stations and research agencies Letters (9), statistical data and related information (9), statements from bureaus on campus, including the Illinois Historical Survey (6),

11 Statements on assistants and instructors (3), letters on the registration system (2), and papers of the committee on appointment, promotion, and tenure (3), Committee on the History Department headship, : On-campus correspondence (9), list of persons contacted for advise, and replies from twenty historians 49. Departmental response to the question of graduate school work during the summer session, 1935 (6) Tabulation of masters with and without theses, in all departments, in 1930 and Social Science Divisional Committee papers, Senate Library Committee letters, 1939 (2) University Senate mimeographed material, , n.d. (7) Correspondence with Lawrence W. Murphy regarding the School of Journalism curriculum, and related items, (9) Miscellaneous correspondence with others on campus, (14) 52. Letters on TCP's appointment to the History Department administrative committee and headship, and to the Executive Faculty of the campus, (4) Correspondence with Charles M. Kneier on a proposed sociology course relating to Chinese history, 1941 (4) Correspondence with other history departments, publishers, and the Illinois State Library, (16) 6. University of Illinois: Individuals Correspondence with or about department colleagues, others on campus, and students, in graduate school and later, as well as some thesis abstracts, clippings, and other items. [An asterisk is added to the dates of letters which are addressed to Marguerite J. Pease as well as TCP.] 53. Adler, Selig, (6) Babcock, Kendrick C., (3) Belting, Natalia M., (4) Bone, Robert G., * (11), clippings (3) Butterfield, Marvin Ellis, abstract, 1936

12 Caldwell, Norman Ward, (5), abstract, 1936 (2) Chiprin, William W., (4), Japanese currency (3), photographs in the Pacific during World War II (3) Cleary, Thomas Francis, final examination, 1931 Craven, Avery 0., 1942 (2), clipping, 1961 Cremeans, Charles and Virginia, * (5) Cross, Jasper W., 1942 (3) 55. Daniels, Arthur H., 1933 de Roever, Raymond, 1942 Dietz, Frederick C., , n.d.* (10) Erickson, Edgar L., , n.d. (3) Fischer, Le Roy M., 1942 Flaningam, M. L., (4) Fletcher, Harris F., (5) Fornoff, Charles W., (4) 56. Hall, Earnest M., (9) Hansen, Marcus L., 1935, clippings (3); Hansen, C. Frederick, 1954* Harbison, Winfred A (5) Hopkins, Leora, 1937 (2) Hunter, M. H., 1942 (2) Idle, Dunning H., (4) 57. James, Edmund J., (5) Jenison, Ernestine, regarding TCP's appointment as History Department head, 1941 Judah, Charles B., (10) Kasiske, Florence, 1942 (4) King, Ameda Ruth, 1931 (2) Kinley, David, (2) Krenkel, John H., 1937 (2) 58. Lange, Louise A., 1938 Larson, Alfred Taft, abstract, 1936 (2) Larson, Georgine E., (6) Larson, Laurence M., (35), clippings (3) Lemma, Catherine Gregory, 1942 (4) 59. Morris, John Louis, (5) Noble, Margaret, (22) Nowell, Charles (14) and Fay (17), , n.d.* and clippings (2) 60. Odegaard, Charles E., * (6) and clippings (2) Paape, Charles W., 1938 (8) Patton, Clifford W., (7) Paullin, Marjorie, (6)

13 Randall, James G., (3) Ray, Perley Orman, 1917 (2) Robertson, William S., (9) Ronalds, Francis S., 1942 (2) Roske, Ralph Joseph, abstract, Sage, Leland L., (6), exam and abstract, 1932 Sandmeyer, Elmer c., (6) Seymour, Glen H., 1929 Shaw, Warren C., abstract, 1938 Sorenson, Lloyd, 1942 (2) Stanfield, Tom, 1943 Starr, Chester (7) and Gretchen (3), * and other items (2) Stevens, Neil E., 1942 Stoddard, George D., 1948 Sutton, Robert M., abstract, Walker, Ruth, 1938 (7) Windsor, P. L., regarding the Champaign Public Library's Edward G. Mason collection, 1931 (4) Young, Dallas M., (8), abstract, 1940 Young, James Harvey, (3) Correspondence with or about students, mainly undergraduates, including letters of recommendation, inquiries, replies, memos on grades, and other items. Alphabetical. [RESTRICTED: Access to some items in folders are restricted for 80 years from the date of creation of the record.] 64. Lists, circulars, and items involving more than one person, A-B, C, D-G, H-I, J-L, M-N, Q, R-S, T-V, w-z,

14 14 7. Books 75. The County Archives of the State of Illinois (1915) Advance Pages, a pamphlet containing the Introduction (2) Clarence W. Alvord, letter accompanying a review copy, 1915 Letters commenting on the book, 1915 (6) Review in the Mississippi Valley Historical Review [MVHR] Correspondence in 1934 with George N. Fuller, Michigan Historical Commission, regarding the survey of Illinois county records in (2) Box 4 (cont.) 76. The Leveller Movement: A Study in the History and Political Theory of the English Great Civil War (1916) Printed Copy, 1916 Box 2 (cont.) Printing of the dissertation by the University of Chicago, (7) Arrangements for bound copies (9) American Historical Association's Herbert Baxter Prize in European History, 1915: Correspondence with Waldo G. Leland and H. Barrett Learned, (8) Letters to verify quotations and obtain pamphlets of the English Civil War, 1915 (3) List and calendar of 45 pamphlets, , donated by Marguerite J. Pease to the U. of I. Library, Letters commenting on The Leveller Movement from TCP's mother, Wallace Notestein, and Conyers Read Reviews in the Times Literary Supplement [TLS], Boston Transcript, and MVHR Box 4 (cont.) Copies A and B of the manuscript bibliography that accompanied TCP's dissertation Box 2 (cont.) Correspondence with George Watson Cole of the Huntington Library, (6), regarding its use of the manuscript bibliography to prepare the typescript in the following folder 78. Bound carbon copy of the "Pamphlet Bibliography of the Leveller Movement" (typescript, ii, 113) 79. Correspondence regarding The Leveller Movement W. A. Wassutinsky, Moscow, 1928 (4) Ch. Mercier, Paris, 1929 (2) William Haller, 1934 (3) Henry Thornton Moore, (29) J. N. David, Wattala, Ceylon, 1954* (2)

15 The Frontier State, (1918) Contracts with the Illinois Centennial Commission (2), 1916 TCP letter, wanting more time to complete the manuscript before reporting for service in World War I, 1917 Correspondence between Clarence W. Alvord and Albert A. Pease, TCP 1 s brother, relating to the manuscript of the book, (50), and photograph of Albert A. Pease, whose letters contain information about TCP in France Reviews in Oak Leaves (Oak Park, Ill.) and MVHR 81. Illinois Election Returns, (1923) Reviews in the Alton Daily Times (W. T. Norton, "Was Edward Coles an 1 Aristocrat'?") and MVHR. 82. The Story of Illinois (1925) Letters to Clarence W. Alvord from publishers seeking a one-volume history of Illinois, (3) Joseph E. Bray (A. c. Mcclurg & Co.) to Alvord, 1912 (7) Correspondence of Bray and TCP, (33) Contracts with McClurg's (2) 83. Correspondence regarding The Story of Illinois between McClurg 1 s, notably Ernest Cunningham, and TCP, (51) Notes (2) and royalty statements (2) Review in the Chicago Daily News 84. Correspondence with McClurg's and the University of Chicago Press regarding the second edition (1949) of The Story of Illinois, (30) Box 4 (cont.) Box 2 (cont.) (Part of this correspondence involves James G. Randall, president, and Jay Monaghan, secretary-treasurer, of the Illinois State Historical Society, which sponsored the second edition. See also the Monaghan files in Series 11.) Galley Proof of The Story of Illinois, 1949 edition Copy of partial galley proof 85. The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning... ( ) Reviews in MVHR and the American Historical Review [AHR], 1927 Announcement and clipping about TCP 1 s lecture on the Browning diary at the Chicago Historical Society, 1923

16 16 Box 4 (cont.) Box 2 (cont.) The United States (1927) Printed copy, 1927 Correspondence with Harcourt, Brace and Company: Reviews in TLS [additional copy in Box 4], Manchester Guardian Weekly, Sunday Express (London), and the American Mercury Letters about the book: Avery O. Craven, 1927 Claude H. Van Tyne, 1927 Paul Weiss, 1929 (2) A. Macbeth Elliot, London, 1929 (2) J. D. Lane, Victoria, Australia, (6) H. G. Vaughan-Phillips, London, , n.d. (15) Box 4 (cont.) Selected Readings in American History (1928) Coedited with A. Sellew Roberts Copy of the Enlarged Edition, 1940 Box 2 (cont.) 90. Correspondence with Harcourt, Brace, Plans for the book: Proposal (2 pp.) Tentative outlines (4 pp., 40 pp.) Drafts of Preface and headnotes for seven selections 92. Correspondence with A. Sellew Roberts, Letter of recommendation before his appointment at Kent State Normal College, Correspondence relating to the Enlarged Edition, Contracts and royalty statements for the Harcourt books 95. George Rogers Clark and the Revolution in Illinois: : A Sesquicentennial Memoir (1929) Co-authored with Marguerite Jenison Pease Copy of book and MVHR review, The French Foundations, (1934) Co-edited with Raymond C. Werner Reviews in AHR, MVHR, and Canadian Historical Review,

17 17 Anglo-French Boundary Disputes in the West, (1936) Box 4 (cont.) 97. Manuscript of the Introduction Draft of text and notes Clean copy, with headings (Pages 1-59 match the Introduction as printed; subsequent pages include additional material) Box 2 (cont.) Reviews in eleven journals, in alphabetical order, Letters to Paul M. Angle regarding two reviews, 1937 (2) (See also correspondence with Max Savelle, in Series 12) Correspondence with R. A. Humphreys, regarding his note on the book in the English Historical Review, 1938 (2) 98. Illinois on the Eve of the Seven Years' War, (1940) Co-edited with Ernestine Jenison Typescript memorandum and 11-page introduction, undated Reviews in AHR and Minnesota History, 1941 Related correspondence:. Williams. Robertson, (2) and Norma Cuthbert, Huntington Library, 1940 (2) Box 3 8. Articles 99. "The Archives of the State of Illinois," Annual Report of the American Historical Association for 1909 Co-authored with Clarence w. Alvord Offprint and a related letter from Francis G. Blair, "The Problem of Archive Centralization with Reference to Local Conditions in a Middle Western State," Annual Report of the American Historical Association for 1916 Offprint 101. "A Caution Regarding Military Documents," American Historical Review, 26 (Jan. 1921) Offprint (2) 102. "Historical Materials in the Depositories of the Middle West," Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Conference of Historical Societies (1922), from the American Historical Association meeting in St. Louis, 1921 Offprint (2) and related correspondence (10)

18 Evaluation of Houghton Mifflin's "American Commonwealth" series, for the American Historical Association's Writings on American History Correspondence with Houghton Mifflin, 1922 (3) Typescript list of the series and comments (2) 104. "Illinois" for the Encyclopedia Britannica Correspondence regarding the article for the New Volumes of the set, (13) Typescript for the revised entry, in the 1938 Britannica Book of the Year (8 pp.) 105. "The Illinois Historical Collections," Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1922 Typescript (5 pp.) 106. The Diary of Orville H. Browning: A New Sourcs for Lincoln's Presidency; A Lecture Delivered before the Chicago Historical Society, March 19, 1923 Correspondence with University of Chicago Press, 1923 (4), and copy of the published booklet 107. "The Underground Railroad in Illinois," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, 18 (Oct. 1925) Typescript prepared for Otto L. Schmidt 108. "The Mississippi Valley in 1816 through an Englishman's Diary," Mississippi Valley Historical Review, 14 (Sept. 1927) Typescript prepared for Otto L. Schmidt 109. "Clarence Walworth Alvord, ," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, 20 (Jan. 1928) Typescript (6 pp.) Dictionary of American Biography Material for sketches of fourteen figures in early nineteenth-century Illinois history: William J. Allen, Isaac Newton Arnold, Jehu Baker, Orville Hickman Browning, Ninian Wirt Edwards, John F. Farnsworth, Charles B. Farwell, Thomas Ford, John J. Hardin, William H. Herndon, Robert R. Hitt, Stephen A. Hurlbut, John Mason Peck, and Green B. Raum 110. Typescripts. All but one is a carbon copy. A few pages contain changes in pencil Correspondence with the DAB editors, (15), and miscellaneous forms and notes (5)

19 19 Dictionary of American Biography 112. Additional notes by assistants for sketches of Hardin, Hitt, Hurlbut, Peck, and Raum. (Those for Peck and Raum, and the draft for the Raum entry, are by Marguerite J. Pease. The last folder contains a letter regarding Raum from 116. Georgia L. Osbourne, Illinois State Historical Library.) 117. "Stephen Alfred Forbes, ," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, 23 (Oct. 1930) Typescript (7 pp.) 118. "History," Illinois: Resources, Development, Possibilities (Illinois Chamber of Commerce, 1930) Draft (8 pp.), typescript (9 pp.), and photocopy Correspondence with J. Paul Clayton of the Chamber's Industrial Development Department, 1929 (13) 119. "1780: The Revolution at Crisis in the West," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, 23 (Jan. 1931) Typescript (20 pp.) and offprints (2) Correspondence, mainly with John H. Hauberg regarding TCP's Rock Island sesquicentennial address, the basis for this publication, (6) 120. "Illinois," American Educator Encyclopedia (1934) Typescript for the revised entry (5 pp.) Related correspondence with Karl H. Goodwin of United Educators, Inc., Chicago, 1934 (7) 121. "The Mississippi Boundary of 1763: A Reappraisal of Responsibility," American Historical Review, 40 (Jan. 1935) Two typescripts, a copy, and two separates Related correspondence, mostly with Henry E. Bourne, AHR managing editor, (17) 122. "Indiana in Contention between France and England," in "Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Indiana History Conference," Indiana History Bulletin, 12 (Feb. 1935) Manuscript (14 pp.) and two typescripts of the paper as presented in Dec. 1934, and a copy of the Bulletin 123. "The French Regime in Illinois: A Challenge to Historical Scholarship," Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1936 Typescripts of the paper as delivered in Peoria and as revised for publication Program for the Peoria meeting, May 1936

20 "Otto Leopold Schmidt, ," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, 29 (Jan. 1936) Typescript (16 pp.) and letters from Emma S. Schmidt and Alma s. Petersen relating to it, (6) Box 4 (cont.) Box 3 (cont.) Copy of the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, 29, January 1936 Copy of the bound volume containing both TCP's article and Laurence M. Larson's "Otto Leopold Schmidt: An Appreciation," which appeared in the same issue "The Ordinance of 1787," Mississippi Valley Historical Review, 25 (Sept. 1938) Typescripts (2) and summary (2 pp.) of the paper as presented in Philadelphia, Dec Separates (2) Related correspondence with Roy M. Robbins, (6) 126. "Laurence Marcellus Larson, ," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, 31 (Sept. 1938) Two typescripts Box 4 (cont.) 127. "Historical Statement" in the program for the convocation to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the University of Illinois, TCP was chairman of the Anniversary Committee. A copy of the program is filed in Box "The State of Illinois," Think, 12 (Nov. 1946) Box 3 (cont.) 129. "Evarts Boutell Greene, ," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, 41 (Mar. 1948) Offprint (2) and letter from Mary Greene Griffin, Unpublished Papers 130. "The English Contemporaries of Washington," one of a series of seven lectures sponsored by the History Department of the University of Illinois to mark the Washington bicentennial, delivered at University Hall, Mar Manuscript and typescript, the latter including extracts from The Correspondence of King George the Third (1927) Letters to the other six lecturers and miscellaneous items regarding the series, (13) 131. List of 26 important events in Illinois history, , supplied to the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, the basis for "A Pictorial History of Illinois," a series of drawings Typescript (4 pp.); cartoon panels for 1673 and 1679 Correspondence with Joseph T. Meek of the Chamber, 1932 (7)

21 "Historical Aspects of Illinois," one of five talks in a series on radio station WILL, May 1934 Typescript (8 pp.) and related correspondence, 1934 (2) 133. "History of Settlement," in "A Report of Certain Physical, Economic, and Social Aspects of the Valley of the Kaskaskia River in the State of Illinois," Part I of a report for the Illinois State Planning Commission (mimeographed, 1937) Two typescripts and a related letter Remarks at the sesquicentennial of Ohio University, Oct Program and typescript (3 pp.) Related correspondence, 1937 (3) 135. Paper on the archives of Illinois, read before the Society of American Archivists at the American Historical Association meeting of Dec Typescript (11 pp.) 136. "The American Revolution," a paper for a lecture series during the University of Illinois summer session, July 1942 Typescript (15 pp.) 137. Lecture at a conference on the training of archivists, possibly in 1943 Typescript (6 pp.) 138. "An Episode of Colonial Illinois," regarding George Morgan in particular, a paper read at a meeting in Chicago of the Society of Colonial Wars in Illinois, Dec Two typescripts and a related letter 139. "The Yorke-Camden Opinion of 1773," a paper read at the Mississippi Valley Historical Association meeting, Apr Typescript (10 pp.) and summary Copy of the document with footnotes (2 pp.) Related correspondence with Arthur C. Cole, 1931 (2) 140. Comment at a session on early American history at the American Historical Association meeting of Dec Carl Bridenbaugh, "The First Half of American History," (typescript, 15 pp.) and TCP's comment (6 pp.) 141. Lecture on the presidential election of 1840 Manuscript (21 pp., numbered as found, in the upper left corner of each page), no date, but TCP's note on the back of the last page may be addressed to Clarence W. Alvord, who left the University of Illinois in 1920

22 Unidentified typescripts and manuscripts Papers on Illinois history as a whole (4 pp.), Illinois in the mid-eighteenth century (6 pp.), and the British army in America in 1763 (8 pp.) Manuscript regarding the early French period, on eight notecards; fragments on two cards; and a half page on Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., The Age of Jackson 10. Book Reviews 143. List of TCP's book reviews, compiled by Marguerite J. Pease Correspondence relating to single reviews appearing in the Journal of Political Economy, Minnesota History, and the Sewanee Review; typed copies of the first two reviews and of three additional reviews for which the place of publication is not indicated, Reviews in the American Archivist and related correspondence, Printed and typed copies of reviews in the American Historical Review and related correspondence, Book slips and correspondence regarding reviews in the Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Typed copies of reviews in the Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Illinois State Historical Library and Society 148. Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library Evarts B. Greene letters, 1920 (2), and memorandum on the appointment of TCP as editor Biennial reports of the editor to the president of the Board of Trustees of the Library, printed for and typewritten for Letters regarding staff appointments, (4) Letters about research trips to Canada, 1931, and to Paris and London, 1933; Greene's reply in 1933 Ernestine Jenison, letters regarding the printing of the Collections, 1933 (2) Miscellaneous items, , n.d. (4) Reviews of three volumes of the Collections

23 23 Correspondence 149. Clarence W. Alvord, (11) Correspondence with Marion Dargon about Alvord, 1936 (3) and four checks from TCP to Alvord, Paul M. Angle, (31), partly about the second edition of The Story of Illinois 151. Albert Britt, , partly regarding TCP's lectures at the dedication of Seymour Library, Knox College 152. Irving Dilliard, (2) Ernest E. East, (14) Mildred Eversole, 1930 (4) 153. Evarts B. Greene, (33), photograph, and related letters, to Albert A. Pease and others (7) 154. Oscar C. Heyward, (54) Jay Monaghan (40) (93) 157. Otto L. Schmidt, (22), related items (4), and photograph 158. Wayne C. Townley, (7) Royal B. Way, noting TCP's research on Nauvoo, 1917 Jessie Palmer Weber, including a reference to TCP's work on public land policy and Illinois politics, (4) 159. Paul M. Angle, Historical Society circular letters, minutes, and reports, Jay Monaghan, Historical Society circular letters, Miscellaneous, Letters of Carl E. Black and Evarts B. Greene regarding John F. Snyder's understanding of the history of the Illinois State Historical Society Letters of Oscar C. Heyward, mainly to Mary Ashby Creek, Rockford Colege, and to Jay Monaghan (12) Other Historical Society correspondence (17)

24 Other Organizations and Correspondents 162. American Historical Association Report of the Historical Manuscripts Commission, 1928 Questionnaire on research projects and on suggestions for AHA publications, 1931 (4) Correspondence with R. L. Schuyler, managing editor, American Historical Review, regarding Max Savelle's manuscript, "Preliminaries of the Seven Years 1 War in America," 1938 (4) Letters regarding the AHA's 1942 program (3) Printed AHA programs for 1920, 1921, and Chicago Historical Society Program for six lectures by TCP, 1928 (3) Correspondence with Caroline M. Mcilvaine and Alice Daly O'Connor, (4), the latter regarding Stanley Faye Membership cards (2) and acknowledgments (2) 164. Clements Library, University of Michigan Letters of Edna Vosper and Howard Peckham, (4) Facsimile Text Society, 1929 (3) Guggenheim Foundation application, 1931 Mississippi Valley Historical Association: University of Illinois administrative memorandum against moving its editorial offices to the campus, Social Science Research Council, , including a grant-in-aid to TCP, Society of American Archivists, (2) Society of American Historians, Abbott, W. C., 1942 Beveridge, Albert J., 1925 Bowers, Claude G., regarding the Browning diary, 1932 (3) Branch, E. Douglas, 1938 (2) Carman, George Noble, Lewis Institute, 1935 (3) Dodd, William E., 1942 (2) Doysi, Abel, * (6) Insights into post-world War II Paris 167. Ford, Guy Stanton, (4) Ford, Worthington C., (2) Harper, Charles A., 1942 Jameson, J. Franklin, 1937, n.d. (3) Knappen, M. M., 1942 (2) 168. McLaughlin, Andrew C., (24)

25 Mann, Charles W., Lewis Institute, (5) Moulton, Harold G., Brookings Institution, 1935 (2) Nasatir, Abraham P., (2) Pierce, Bessie Louise, (6) Pierson, G. w., on the "Turner thesis," (4) 170. Savelle, Max, (8) Summer, Jessie, Member of Congress, by her secretary, 1942 Stevenson, Fred J., LaSalle-Peru Township High School and Junior College, regarding two lectures by TCP on early French Illinois, 1932 (9) Wildhagen, A. R., Illini Railroad Club, 1944 (3) 13. Miscellaneous 171. Correspondence with three genealogists regarding the Pease family, (4); papers regarding TCP's correct date of birth, 1932, n.d. (12); and TCP's passport 172. Acknowledgments of gifts to the University of Chicago, etc., Travel notes: Italy, North Africa, Iberian Peninsula, 1933 American West and Northwest, and Canadian West, 1941 Northern New England and Upper New York State, n.d Letters, announcements, and programs relating to the dedication of the University of London's new buildings in Bloomsbury, at which TCP represented the University of Illinois, 1933 Box 4 (cont.) Invitation and announcement related to University of London dedication, 1933 Box 3 (cont.) 175. Theatre and concert programs and other items, most of which date from TCP's trip to England in Dickensiana, including Dickens stamps and postcards 177. Four small elephants on a chain, a political souvenir, packaged in an envelope of the Woman's Lowden League of Illinois 178. World War II, Office of Price Administration, ration books 179. Papers relating to gardening, and entry cards and ribbons from flower shows

26 26 Box 4 Legal-size items and books, as already noted in this inventory 14. Boxes of Notecards Research notes relating to TCP's courses and books, 27 boxes. These boxes are of two sizes, 3.5" x 5" (A) and 4" x 6" (B), and are shelved in order as numbered in the initial collection: Number Size B B A Notes on Western History arranged chronologically, Notes on the History of the West to 1818 Notes from courses at the University of Chicago A B B B B Notes for The Leveller Movement Notes for The County Archives of the State of Illinois Notes for The Frontier State Notes for Illinois Election Returns Notes and name index for Illinois on the Eve of the Seven Years' War