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William Bennett Bizzell Collection

Bizzell, William Bennett (1876–1944). Papers, 1910–1945. 11.25 feet. University president. Personal and business correspondence (1910–1945), including correspondence from Bizzell’s tenure as president of Texas A&M College, his association with Drury College in Springfield, Missouri, and letters of condolence to his family upon his death; official correspondence (1925–1941) from Bizzell’s tenure as president of the University of Oklahoma; University of Oklahoma sociology department lecture notes and class materials (1941–1943); correspondence, circulars, and reports (1941–1944) from Bizzell’s tenure as a director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka, Kansas; reprints (n.d.); manuscripts of articles and speeches (n.d.) by Bizzell; correspondence (1940–1944) concerning Bizzell’s publications; a genealogy of the Bizzell family; and class notes (ca. 1920) taken by Bizzell while attending Baylor and Columbia universities. ___________________ Biography: William Bennett Bizzell, the fifth President of The University of Oklahoma, was born October 14, 1876 in Independence, Texas. He was a well-known educator, author, lecturer, and book collector. Bizzell's primary and secondary education, directed by a private tutor, was followed by a distinguished university career. He attended Baylor University (B.S., 1898; Ph.D., 1900; LL.D., 1919), Illinois College of Law (LL.M, 1911; D.C.L., 1912), the University of Chicago (M.A., 1913), and Columbia University (Ph.D., 1921). In 1941, Dr. Bizzell received Columbia University's Medal for Excellence. In 1910, Bizzell was appointed President of the College of Industrial Arts in Texas, after teaching in various Texas schools. He became President of Texas A&M in 1914 and President of the University of Oklahoma in 1924. He retired in 1941, and was President Emeritus and Chairman of the Sociology Department until his death on May 13, 1944 in Norman, Oklahoma. During his tenure as the University of Oklahoma president, the first doctorates were granted, the size of the student body doubled, the University Press was established and many new buildings, including the library, were constructed. Bizzell's impressive collection of rare Bibles is now found in the University Library, which was named the William Bennett Bizzell Memorial Library in his honor, December 14, 1949. Collection Description: This collection contains correspondence, other manuscripts and publications, most of which dates from the late 1930's and 1940's. The correspondence is divided by decade, the bulk of which is from the years 1940-1945. Consequently, those years of correspondence have been divided into five categories.

1. Personal - includes correspondence relating to Bizzell's business and personal interests, Drury College board of Trustees, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka, New York University Hall of Fame, Bizzell's publications, Bizzell's recommendations of others, and his retirement and later death, etc.

2. Invitations 3. Official - includes correspondence dealing with his honor classes, the Department of

Sociology, etc. 4. Organizations - including churches, political parties, Greek letter societies, etc. 5. Personalities - prominent businessmen, politicians, university presidents, and military men. The other manuscripts are divided into five sections. 1. Personal - including material from the Federal Home Loan Bank System. 2. Articles, speeches, and lectures - notes and typed manuscripts of over two hundred of Dr.

Bizzell's articles, speeches and lectures, as well as book reviews and the manuscript of his book, The Changing Intellectual Climate.

3. Class notes - taken by Dr. Bizzell as a college student. 4. Official - relating to The University of Oklahoma. 5. Sociology Department materials The publications section consists of many pamphlets and a few small books, as well as printed copies of some of Dr. Bizzell's articles. The outsized boxes contain a few maps, newspapers and hundreds of clippings about Bizzell, the University of Oklahoma, including many on the State Senate's investigation of the university, as well as other subjects representative of Bizzell's wide range of interests. Manuscripts Box 1. Correspondence - 1910-1919, 1920-1929, 1930-1939 2. Correspondence - 1940-1945, Personal A-Fe 3. Correspondence - 1940-1945, Personal Fe-J 4. Correspondence - 1940-1945, Personal M-Pub

5. Correspondence - 1940-1945, Personal Pub-Records 6. Correspondence - 1940-1945, Personal Records 7. Correspondence - 1940-1945, Personal U-Z, Invitations A-Z 8. Correspondence - 1940-1945, Official A-M 9. Correspondence - 1940-1945, Official M-Z 10. Correspondence - 1940-1945, Organizations A-M 11. Correspondence - 1940-1945, Organizations M-Z 12. Correspondence - 1940-1945, Personalities A-Z 13. Personal A-Fed 14. Personal Fed 15. Personal Fed-P 16. Personal P-Z 17. Articles, Speeches, and Lectures A-De 18. Articles, Speeches, and Lectures Di-G 19. Articles, Speeches, and Lectures H-O 20. Articles, Speeches, and Lectures P-Sp 21. Articles, Speeches, and Lectures Sp-Z, Miscellaneous 22. Articles, Speeches, and Lectures, Book Reviews, Book Manuscripts 23. Class Notes 24. Class Notes 25. Class Notes 26. Official A-T 27. Official T-Z, Sociology Department

28. Sociology Department Publications 29. Argentina – Economics 30. Federal Home Loan Bank – Oklahoma 31. Periodicals – Spain 32. United States Government – Universities 33. Universities - World War II Oversized 1. Clippings - University of Oklahoma 2. Clippings - W.B. Bizzell and Related Topics 3. Newspapers 4. Newspapers 5. Miscellaneous Box 1 Correspondence - 1910-1919, 1920-1929, 1930-1939 Folder: Correspondence 1910-1919 1. Columbia University 2. Texas A&M College Correspondence 1920-1929 Official 3. Board of Regents 4. Buchanan, Dr. J.S. 5. Congratulations 6. Employment Requests 7. Extension Division 8. Graduate School Dean Vacancy

9. Invitations 10. Miscellaneous 11. Phelan, Dr. W.W. Correspondence 1920-1929 Personal 12. Bizzell, Elaine 13. Bizzell, W.S. 14. European Trip 15. Miscellaneous 16. Publications Correspondence 1930-1939 Official 17. Alumni Association - T.M. Beaird 18. Alumni Association - Frank S. Cleckler 19. Athletic Council 20. Federal Government 21. Logan, Lenard 22. Owen, Ben G. 23. Union Building 24. Miscellaneous Correspondence 1930-1939 Personal 25. Ashburn, Ike 26. Biography 27. Bizzell Family 28. Book Sellers 29. Business

30. Business - Investments 31. Business - Real Estate 32. Christmas Greetings 33. College Presidents 34. Congratulations 35. Congress on Education for Democracy 36. Dale, E.E. 37. Death 38. Federal Home Loan Bank 39. Fulbright, J.W. 40. Miscellaneous 41. Publications 42. Publications - The Changing Intellectual Climate 43. Taxes 44. Travel Box 2 Correspondence - 1940-1945, Personal Folder: 1. Automobile 2. Baylor University 3. Biography - W.B. Bizzell 4. Bizzell Family 5. Business 6. Business - Investments

7. Business - Real Estate 8. Christmas Greetings 9. Cleveland County Health Department 10. College of Industrial Arts 11. Columbia University 12. Congratulations 13. Death 14. Death - W.B. Bizzell 15. Donations 16. Drury College - Board of Trustees 17. Education 18. Federal Home Loan Bank - 1940 19. Federal Home Loan Bank - 1941 20. Federal Home Loan Bank - 1942 Box 3 Correspondence - 1940-1945, Personal Folder: 1. Federal Home Loan Bank - 1943 2. Federal Home Loan Bank - 1943 3. Federal Home Loan Bank - 1944 4. Football 5. Frankoma Potteries 6. Hall of Fame

7. Hall of Fame 8. Illness and Injury 9. Illness and Injury - Carrie Bizzell 10. Illness and Injury - W.B. Bizzell 11. Insurance 12. International Relations 13. Introductions 14. Job Assistance 15. Memorials - W.B. Bizzell Box 4 Correspondence - 1940-1945, Personal Folder: 1. Miscellaneous A-L 2. Miscellaneous M-Z 3. Naval Academy Board of Visitors 4. North Texas State Teacher's College 5. Oklahoma Baptist University 6. Political Campaigns 7. Political Caucuses 8. Publications - Articles, Booklets 9. Publications - Articles - W.B. Bizzell 10. Publications - Articles - W.B.B. - Intellectual and Moral Preparedness 11. Publications - Bibles 12. Publications - Biographical Publications

13. Publications - Book Dealers 14. Publications - Book Reviews 15. Publications - Book Reviews - W.B. Bizzell 16. Publications - Books 17. Publications - Books - W.B. Bizzell 18. Publications - Books - W.B.B. - Study of Economics 19. Publications - Books - W.B.B. - The Relations of Learning 20. Publications - Books - Rare Box 5 Correspondence - 1940-1945, Personal Folder: 1. Publications - Books - Sociology 2. Publications - Miscellaneous 3. Publications - Periodicals 4. Purchases 5. Recommendations A-B 6. Recommendations C 7. Recommendations D-E 8. Recommendations F-G 9. Recommendations H-I 10. Recommendations J-K 11. Recommendations L-M 12. Recommendations N-R

13. Recommendations S Box 6 Correspondence - 1940-1945, Personal Records-T Folder: 1. Recommendations T-V 2. Recommendations W-Z 3. Retirement - Congratulations 4. Retirement - Congratulations 5. Retirement - Dinner 6. Retirement - Regents 7. Savings and Loan League 8. Speeches 9. Student Assistance 10. Subscriptions 11. Taxes 12. Texas A&M College 13. Texas - Forestry 14. Texas Technological College 15. Travel Box 7 Correspondence - 1940-1945 Folder: Personal U-Z 1. University of Chicago 2. World War II

3. World War II - Conscientious Objectors 4. World War II - Servicemen Invitations A-Z 5. Athletic Events 6. Banquets 7. Commencements - Colleges and Universities 8. Commencements - Secondary Schools 9. Concerts 10. Conferences 11. Conventions 12. Dinners 13. Inaugurations 14. Lectures 15. Memberships 16. Open Houses 17. Radio Broadcasts 18. Speaking Engagements 19. Stanford University 20. University of Pennsylvania 21. Weddings 22. Miscellaneous Box 8 Correspondence - 1940-1945, Official Folder:

1. Alumni Association 2. Band 3. Business, College of 4. Carnegie Corporation 5. Commencements 6. Dad's Association 7. Departmental Chairman Memos 8. Education, College of 9. Employment 10. English Department 11. Extension Division. 12. Faculty Club 13. Federal Government 14. Finances 15. Football 16. Foreign Students 17. Foundation, University of Oklahoma 18. Fraternities 19. Honor Classes - Keys 20. Honor Classes - Members A-L 21. Honor Classes - Members M-Z 22. Honor Classes - Miscellaneous 23. Journalism, School of

24. Law, School of 25. Lectures on Campus 26. Medicine, School of 27. Memos 28. Miscellaneous 29. Naval Air Technical Training Center Box 9 Correspondence - 1940-1945, Official Folder: 1. Nelson Trust, William Rockhill 2. Office Arrangements 3. Oklahoma Bill of Rights for Children 4. Oklahoma Geological Survey 5. Oklahoma Memorial Union Building 6. Personnel 7. Politics in Education 8. Public Health 9. Regents, State 10. Religion, School of 11. Research Institute 12. R.O.T.C. 13. Scholarships 14. Semi centennial Celebration 15. Senate, University

16. Sociology Department - Awards 17. Sociology Department - Courses 18. Sociology Department - Graduate Work 19. Sociology Department - Library 20. Sociology Department - Miscellaneous 21. Sociology Department - Personnel 22. Sociology Department - Personnel 23. Sociology Department - Radio Show 24. Sociology Department - Reports 25. Sociology Department - Research 26. Sociology Department - Sociology Meetings 27. Sociology Department - Students 28. Sociology Department - Substitutions 29. Sociology Department - Summer School 30. Sociology Department - Survey 31. Student Health Service 32. Summer School 33. Undergraduate College 34. Walcutt - Shockley Case 35. Westheimer Flying Field, Max 36. World War II Box 10 Correspondence - 1940-1945, Organization

Folder: 1. Acacia 2. Academy of Political Science 3. Air Youth of America 4. Alpha Phi Omega 5. Alumni Organizations 6. American Arbitration Association 7. AAUP 8. American Legion 9. American Library Association 10. American Sociological Society 11. Arabia Temple 12. Baptist Church 13. Beta Gamma Sigma 14. Boy Scouts of America 15. Chamber of Commerce 16. Chamber of Commerce - Norman 17. Chamber of Commerce - Oklahoma City 18. Church of Christ 19. Churches - Miscellaneous 20. Clubs 21. Clubs - Women's 22. Cosmos Club

23. Daughters of the American Revolution 24. Democratic Party 25. Demolay 26. En Avant Club 27. Girl Scouts 28. Kansas State Teachers Association 29. Kappa Delta Pi 30. Kiwanis Clubs 31. Lion's Clubs 32. Men's Dinner Club 33. Memorial Associations Box 11 Correspondence - 1940-1945, Organizations Folder: 1. Methodist Church 2. National Association of State Universities 3. National Association of State University Presidents 4. National Conference of Christmas and Jews 5. Near East Foundation 6. Oklahoma Academy of Science 7. Oklahoma Club 8. Oklahoma Council of Churches 9. Oklahoma Education Association 10. Oklahoma Memorial Association

11. Oklahoma Savings and Loan League 12. Oklahoma State Symphony Society 13. Parent-Teacher Associations 14. Phi Beta Kappa 15. Phi Delta Kappa 16. Phi Sigma 17. Phi Theta 18. Philosophical Society of Texas 19. Presbyterian Church 20. Republican Party 21. Rotary Club 22. Salvation Army 23. Sigma Nu 24. Sigma Xi 25. Sociological Societies 26. Southwestern Social Science Association 27. Texas Agricultural Workers Association 28. Texas Cottonseed Crushers Association 29. Theta Sigma Phi 30. Unitarian Church 31. United States Savings and Loan League 32. YMCA/YWCA

Box 12 Correspondence - 1940-1945, Personalities Folder: 1. Bennett, Henry G. - President, Oklahoma A&M 2. Braken, A.K. - President, Bethany Peniel 3. Brandt, Joseph A. - President, The University of Oklahoma 4. Crane, A.G. - President, University of Hawaii 5. Crawford, D.L. - President, University of Oklahoma 6. Cross, G.L. - President, The University of Oklahoma 7. Davis, J. Thomas - Dean, John Tarelton Agricultural College 8. Dodge, Homer and Norton 9. Draper, Stanley - Oklahoma City Businessman 10. Durant, Will - Author 11. Evans, C.E. - President, Southwest Texas State 12. Friley, Charles E. - President, Iowa State 13. Fulbright, J.W. - President, University of Arkansas 14. Graham, Frank P. - President, University of North Carolina 15. Hu Shih - Ambassador, Republic of China 16. Hubbard, L.H. - President, Texas Woman's 17. Johnson, Jacob - President, Connors State 18. Johnson, Jed - Member of Congress 19. Jones, Clifford B. - President, Texas Tech 20. Kelly, Francis C. - Bishop of Oklahoma City 21. Kerr, Robert S. - Governor of Oklahoma, U.S. Senate

22. Key, Wm. S. - Major General, U.S. Army 23. Lee, Josh - U.S. Senate 24. Lottinville, Savoie - O.U. Press 25. Looney, Joe - Board of Regents 26. Malott, Deane W. - Chancellor, University of Kansas 27. Middlebush, F.A. - President, University of Missouri 28. Monroney, A.S. "Mike" - U.S. Senate 29. Montgomery, T.T. - President, Southeast State College 30. Moseley, John - President, University of Tennessee 31. Muldrow, H.L. - Norman Businessman 32. Nash, M.A. - President, Oklahoma Women's 33. Neustadt, Walter - Ardmore Businessman 34. Noble, Lloyd - Ardmore Businessman 35. Patterson, Robert U. - General, U.S. Army 36. Phillips, Frank - Bartlesville Businessman 37. Rader, J.L. - O.U. Library 38. Raley, John W. - President, Oklahoma Baptist University 39. Robinson, R.R. - President, Central State College 40. Thomas, Elmer - U.S. Senate 41. Walton, T.L. - President, Texas A&M 42. Wentz, L.H. - Ponca City Businessman 43. Zimmerman, J.F. - President, University of New Mexico 44. Correspondence - No Date - Miscellaneous

Box 13 Personal Folder: 1. Address Lists 2. Bibliographic Cards 3. Bibliographies 4. Certificates 5. Clubs and Organizations 6. Collections 7. College Education 8. College Education 9. College Education - Sociology 27 10. College Education - Sociology 30 11. College Education - Sociology 73 12. College Education - Papers and Tests. See also Boxes 23-25, Class Notes 13. Chamber of Commerce Resolution 14. Columbia University 15. Drury College 16. Family History 17. Federal Home Loan Bank - Director's Meeting - August 10, 1940 18. Federal Home Loan Bank - Director's Meeting - September 14, 1940 19. Federal Home Loan Bank - Director's Meeting- October 12, 1940 20. Federal Home Loan Bank - Director's Meeting- December 14, 1940 21. Federal Home Loan Bank - Director's Meeting- January 19, 1941

22. Federal Home Loan Bank - Director's Meeting- March 8, 1941 Box 14 Personal Folder: 1. Federal Home Loan Bank - Director's Meeting - April 12, 1941 2. Federal Home Loan Bank - Director's Meeting - May 10, 1941 3. Federal Home Loan Bank - Director's Meeting - June 14, 1941 4. Federal Home Loan Bank - Director's Meeting - July 12, 1941 5. Federal Home Loan Bank - Director's Meeting - January 8, 1944 6. Federal Home Loan Bank 7. Federal Home Loan Bank Bulletins - 1940 8. Federal Home Loan Bank Bulletins - 1940 9. Federal Home Loan Bank Bulletins - January-June, 1941 Box 15 Personal Folder: 1. Federal Home Loan Bank Bulletins - July-October, 1941 2. Federal Home Loan Bank Bulletins - November and December, 1941 3. Federal Home Loan Bank Bulletins - 1942 4. Federal Home Loan Bank Bulletins - 1943 5. Frankoma Potteries 6. Greek Letter Organizations 7. Hall of Fame 8. Legislation - Education

9. Miscellaneous 10. Nameplates 11. Organizations 12. Paintings 13. Passport 14. Phillips Petroleum Company 15. Poems Box 16 Personal Folder: 1. Postcards 2. Publications - Book Advertisement 3. Publications - Textbook Briefs 4. Receipts 5. Receipts - Gas and Oil 6. Receipts - Insurance 7. Receipts - Subscriptions 8. Receipts - Utilities and Phone 9. Resume 10. Royal Economic Society 11. Taxes 12. Taxes - W.B. Bizzell 13. Travel - Guides

14. Travel - Itineraries 15. Travel - Journals 16. Travel - Miscellaneous 17. Travel - Souvenirs 18. University of Pennsylvania 19. Wills Box 17 Articles, Speeches, and Lectures Folder: 1. Administrative Problems and Policies 2. Agriculture 3. America 4. American Cultural Heritage 5. Amos' Doctrine of National Values 6. An Appraisal of Teacher Training Institutions; An Appreciation of W.B. Bizzell 7. Aspirations of Man 8. The Background of Oklahoma Literature 9. Banking and the New Deal 10. Benefactors and Immortal Glory 11. Bible 12. Biographical Writings as Literature 13. Book Collecting 14. A Book Pilgrimage to Europe 15. Book Review for Faculty Forum

16. Bookmaking Before the Invention of Printing 17. Capitalism in a Changing World 18. Challenge of the Depression to Education 19. Challenge of Humanism to Science, The 20. Intellectual Climate, The; Changing Attitudes Toward Learning 21. Changing Objectives of Education, The 22. Character Tests of Manhood 23. Christian Way of Living, The 24. Church and Democracy, The 25. City Government and Community Welfare 26. A College Education on Twenty-Four Hours a Day 27. College Graduate Faces the Future, The 28. Comparative Biographical Writing 29. Composition of the Rural Community 30. Comradeship of Learning, The 31. Conflict of Ideas, The 32. A Continuing Education for Citizenship 33. Credit Needs of Farmers 34. Crisis in Education, The 35. Declining Population in Oklahoma 36. Dedication Address, Tulsa Stadium 37. Democracy 38. Democracy in Education

39. Destiny of Democracy, The 40. Destiny of Youth, The Box 18 Articles, Speeches, and Lectures Folder: 1. Discovery and Learning 2. Divided Loyalties 3. Doctor in Literature, The 4. Dualism in Learning, The 5. Early Languages 6. Economic Aspects of Public Welfare 7. Economics of War 8. Education and Democracy 9. Education and the New Deal; Education and the Useful Life 10. Education and Religion 11. Education and Religious Faith 12. Education 13. Education for Efficient Administration 14. Education for Individual Security 15. Education for Citizenship 16. Education in the Post War World 17. Education in Russia 18. Education on the Offensive

19. Educational Adaptation for the Future 20. Educational Economics 21. Educational Objectives of the Land Grant College 22. Educational Obligations of a State University 23. Educational Recovery 24. Educational Value of the Radio 25. Efficient Layman, The 26. English Bible, The; Enrichment of Life Through Knowledge 27. Essential Elements of Christian Character 28. Ethical Problems of Higher Education 29. Facing Facts in the New Year 30. Facing the Realities in our Educational Situation 31. Facts Relating to the Curriculum 32. Faith and Loyalty 33. Father and Son 34. Federal Aid to Higher Education 35. Feminism and Modern Education 36. Folklore and Literary Tradition 37. Forces of National Integrity 38. Fruits of the Pioneer Spirit 39. Future of Education, The 40. Future of Small Nations, The 41. Future of The University of Oklahoma, The

42. Garden of the Resurrection, The; George Washington 43. Golden Age of Business Enterprise 44. Good Neighbor Policy and Power Politics, The Box 19 Articles, Speeches, and Lectures Folder: 1. Higher Education 2. Higher Education in the Southwest 3. Higher Education in Oklahoma 4. Higher Education and the National Defense 5. Higher Levels of Learning, The 6. Higher Levels of Living, The 7. Hitler Cannot Win 8. Home Needs this Team, The 9. Humane Movement and the Social Order 10. Illusions of the Disillusioned, The 11. India's Man of the Hour 12. Installment Aggression 13. Intangible Riches 14. Intellectual and Moral Preparedness 15. Intellectual Uncertainty in a Scientific Age 16. Interdependence of Democracy and Public Education 17. International Aspects of Economic Welfare 18. A Journey Into a Far Country

19. Letters in Literature 20. Sinclair Lewis 21. Liberalism and the Life of Today 22. Liberalism in Education 23. Literary Light that Faileth 24. Living at One's Best 25. Living Between Two Worlds 26. Living Today for Tomorrow 27. Looking Forward to the New Year 28. Maintaining Wholesome Traditions in University Life 29. Making an Interpretation of Current History 30. Man and His Generation, A 31. Masonry and Life's Ideals 32. Mass Production in Graduate Work 33. Material Development and Cultural Progress 34. Military Education in Land Grant Colleges and Universities 35. Moral Obligation to be Intelligent, The 36. Moral and Religious Challenge of Our Times 37. A New American Pastime 38. New College and Its Objectives, The 39. New Frontiers 40. New Frontiers of Youth 41. New Sources in Current History

42. A New Theme for the Fiction Writer 43. Objectives of Agricultural Education, The 44. Oklahoma 45. Our Changing Intellectual Climate 46. Our International Ideals in 1941 47. Our Neighbor, Mexico 48. Our Reaction to War Psychology 49. Our Religious Heritage 50. Our Spiritual Resources 51. Outlook for Public Education in Oklahoma, The 52. Outlook for The University, The; Outline of the Problems and Projects of University

Administration. Box 20 Articles, Speeches, and Lectures Folder: 1. Palestine Old and New 2. Pathology of Progress 3. Patriotism and National Integrity 4. Patterns of Living 5. Paul's Ministry of Corinth 6. A Philosophy that Satisfies 7. Philosophy of the Scouting Movement 8. Place of the Library in the Modern World 9. Policies of The University Administration

10. A Prayer 11. Priorities in Education 12. Private Presses 13. Problem of Farm Tenancy, The 14. Problem and Price of Civilization, The 15. Profession of Research, The 16. A Proposed Program for the Coordination of Higher Education in Oklahoma 17. Public Education in a Changing World 18. Public Health and Human Welfare 19. Qualitative Basis of Education 20. Qualitative Objective of Education 21. Quality of Learning 22. Quality of Our Thinking, The 23. Quest of the Best, The 24. Quo Vadis 25. Rational Living 26. Recent Trends in American Foreign Policy 27. Religion Culture as it Relates to Historical Museums in the Southwest 28. Regulation of Student Activities 29. Relation of Education and Religion 30. Relation of the State University to Democracy 31. Relationship of Agricultural Colleges to Railroad Development 32. Religion

33. Religion and the Social Conscious 34. Religion in a Changing World 35. Responsibility for Intellectual Achievement 36. Responsibility of Education for Democracy 37. Responsibility of State Universities for Adult Education 38. Rural Social Institutions 39. Science and Human Welfare 40. Scientific Basis of Education 41. Selection of a College 42. Service Aim of Education 43. Shelley's Last Days in Italy 44. A Significant Date in History 45. Social Aspects of the Good Neighbor Policy 46. Social Inadequacy of Education 47. Social Teachings of Jesus 48. Sociological Studies Under the Purcell Bill 49. Some Consequences of the New Deal 50. Some Expressions of the Acquisitive Instinct 51. Some Observations on the Present Agricultural Situation 52. Some Social/Economic Factors in Rural Community Betterment 53. Some Recent Biographies of Jesus 54. Spirit of Adventure in American Life 55. Spirit of Adventure in Learning

56. Spirit of Adventure in Research Box 21 Articles, Speeches, and Lectures Folder: 1. Spirit of Christmas in Literature; Spirit of Learning in a Motor Age 2. Standardization of Community Life 3. Statistical Data with Reference to Texas 4. Students Attitude Toward His Educational Task 5. Student Problems in The University 6. Survival Values in a Post-War World 7. Sweden 8. Synopsis of the Reports at the Economic Conference in Washington 9. Task of the Church in the New Day 10. Temper of Our Times 11. Texas 12. Training for Citizenship 13. Training for Safety 14. Transmitting Our Literary Heritage 15. Universities and World Peace 16. University, Biology and the State, The 17. University of Oklahoma - Its Place in Our System of Higher Education 18. Unsolved Problems in Agricultural Enterprise 19. Visual Education and the Theoretical Photoplays

20. War on Western Culture 21. Warfare on Ideals 22. What History Reveals for the Youth of Tomorrow 23. What is Right With Our Schools 24. White Russia 25. Whither Europe - Right or Left? 26. Women's Opportunity in the World Today 27. Woodrow Wilson in Perspective 28. Your University and Its Future 29. Youth in the Modern World 30. Miscellaneous 31. Miscellaneous - Cards 32. Miscellaneous - One Pagers Miscellaneous - Other Authors 33. Capen, S.P. 34. Dale, E.E. 35. Davis, Dan R. 36. Dowd, Jerome 37. Fischer, Irving 38. Gaskill, Harold V. 39. Grew, Joseph C. 40. Johnson, Jed 41. Kurkendall, Lester A. 42. McCune, Wesley

43. Pipes, James 44. Quarterman and Tomilson 45. Rodell, Fred 46. Sheldon, Charles M. 47. Sinai, Nathan 48. Stein, Leo 49. Miscellaneous - Radio Shows 50. Miscellaneous - Untitled 51. Miscellaneous - Quotations Box 22 Articles, Speeches and Lectures – Oversized Book Reviews, Book Manuscripts Folder: Articles, Speeches, and Lectures 1. Fundamental Laws 2. Public School System of Oklahoma 3. Variability in Social Organization 4. Miscellaneous - Other Authors - Col. George Chase Lewis Book Reviews 5. A-L 6. M-Z Book Manuscripts 7. Chapter IV - Higher Education 8. Chapter 1 and 3 - The Changing Intellectual Climate 9. The Changing Intellectual Climate, Chapters 1-17, plus Dedication, Contents, Preface and

Introduction

Box 23 Class Notes Folder: 1. Texas 2. Sociology 68 3. Economics 110, Sociology 30 4. Public Justice in American Society Box 24 Class Notes Folder: 1. Political Science 2. Untitled 3. The Family Box 25 Class Notes Folder: 1. Rural Sociology, Sociology 5158 2. Primitive Social Control 3. Sociology 125, 102, Economics 110 4. Untitled Box 26 Official Folder: 1. Activities 2. Army Specialized Training Program 3. Classes

4. Faculty Club 5. Faculty Senate 6. Faculty Petitions 7. Federal Agencies 8. Grades 9. Graduate College 10. Grants 11. "Meet Your University" 12. Miscellaneous 13. President's Class-Junior Honor Class 14. President's Residence 15. President's Report to the Regents 16. Red Cross War Fund Campaign 17. Research Institute 18. Retirement 19. Sociology Department 20. Student Health Service 21. Student Lists 22. Summer School 23. Texas A&M Box 27 Official, Sociology Department Folder: Official

1. Trusts - William Rockhill Nelson 2. University College 3. War Effort Sociology Department 4. Lecture Notes 5. Lists of Majors and Students, 1941-1943 6. Miscellaneous Materials 7. Student Transcripts, 1940-1943 8. Receipts, Invoices and Accounts, 1941-1943 9. Grade Books Box 28 Sociology Department Folder: 1. Class Schedules 2. Class Materials - Sociology 111, Rural Sociology 3. Class Materials - Sociology 111, Rural Sociology 4. Class Materials - Sociology 112, Urban Sociology 5. Class Materials - Sociology 161, Ethical Foundations 6. Class Materials - Sociology 162, Religion 7. Class Materials - Sociology 186, Democracy 8. Class Materials - Sociology 201, Social Thought 9. Class Materials - Sociology 382, History of Sociology Box 29 Publications

Folder: 1. Argentina 2. Biographical 3. Biographical 4. W.B. Bizzell - Cultural Relations with Latin America 5. W.B. Bizzell - Education and the Useful Life, The Educational Obligations of a State

University, Intellectual and Moral Preparedness 6. W.B. Bizzell - Higher Education in the Southwest 7. W.B. Bizzell - Learning and Leisure, An Outline of the Problems and Projects of University

Administration 8. W.B. Bizzell - The Pathology of Progress, Religion in Higher Education, The Social

Inadequacy of Education 9. Cities 10. Clubs 11. Dale, E.E. 12. Democracy, Freedom 13. Democratic Party 14. Education 15. Economics Box 30 Publications Folder: 1. Federal Home Loan Bank 2. Federal Home Loan Bank - Annual Reports 3. Federal Home Loan Bank - Annual Reports

4. Federal Home Loan Bank - Reports 5. Hall of Fame 6. India, Italy 7. Immigration 8. Labor 9. Literature 10. Mexico 11. Miscellaneous 12. Miscellaneous 13. Oklahoma Box 31 Publications Folder: Periodicals 1. Among US 2. Antioch Notes 3. Baylor Century 4. Bios 5. Faculty Club News 6. Federal Home Loan Bank Review 7. Federal Probation 8. Federalist Papers 9. Guardians of America 10. Harlows Weekly 11. Interfaith Leader

12. Mexico News 13. News from Czecho-Slovakia 14. Oklahoma Sunday School Worker 15. Rotary Spokes 16. School and Society 17. Sooner Alumnus 18. Tower Topics 19. University of Chicago Magazine 20. Voice of Austria 21. World Alliance Newsletter 22. Your Local News; Other Publications 23. Religion 24. Sociology 25. Spain Box 32 Publications Folder: 1. U.S. Government 2. U.S. Government - Agriculture, Department of 3. U.S. Government - Commerce, Department of 4. U.S. Government - Congress 5. U.S. Government - Education, Bureau of 6. U.S. Government - Marine Corps

7. U.S. Government - State, Department of 8. Universities - Baylor 9. Universities - Chetham College 10. Universities - Colgate 11. Universities - Columbia 12. Universities - Drury 13. Universities - Franklin and Marshall College 14. Universities - Indiana 15. Universities - Iowa State 16. Universities - Louisiana State 17. Universities - Oklahoma A&M 18. Universities - Oklahoma Baptist 19. Universities - Oklahoma City 20. Universities - Rice Institute 21. Universities - Southwestern Institute of Technology 22. Universities - Kansas 23. Universities - Maryland 24. Universities - Missouri Box 33 Publications, Clippings Folder: 1. Universities - New Mexico 2. Universities - Texas 3. University of Oklahoma - W.B. Bizzell

4. University of Oklahoma - Bulletins 5. University of Oklahoma - Conferences and Courses 6. University of Oklahoma - Dinners, Directories, Education 7. University of Oklahoma - Gazette 8. University of Oklahoma - Lectures 9. University of Oklahoma - Matriculation Convocation 10. University of Oklahoma - Press 11. World War II 12. World War II Clippings 13. Congressional Record - Economy 14. Congressional Record - World War II Box 34 Periodicals, Correspondence Folder: 1. "Japan-China Pictorial Primers" and "Contemporary China" 1936-1943 2. Correspondence "B" 1942-43 3. Correspondence "B" 1940-43 4. Correspondence "B" 1943-44 5. Correspondence 1939-40 6. Correspondence "W" 1942-43 7. Correspondence "W" 1943-44 8. Correspondence "W" 1940-41 Box 35

1. Outlines for addresses by W.B. Bizzell. a. “Beginner’s School History of the American People” b. “Statistical Data with Reference to Texas” c. “Unsolved Problems in Agricultural Enterprise” d. “The Service Aim of Education.” e. “The Educational Objectives of the Land Grant Colleges.” f. “Selection for Service.” g. Outline for a book titled, “Essentials of Agriculture.” h. “Training for Safety,” i. “The Problem and the Price of Civilization.” j. “Ethical Problems of Higher Education.” k. “The Philosophy of Masonry” l. “Progress in Religion to the Christian Era” m. “Social Origins” (two copies) n. “Training for Citizenship” o. “Recent Developments in International Relations”

2. Typescript addresses and articles by W.B. Bizzell.

a. “The Objectives of the Negro Land Grant Colleges” Includes “Classification of Negro Population of the Southern States.”

b. “The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas” c. “Sanitary Engineering as a Career” d. “Agricultural Resources of Texas” e. “The Possibilities of the Commission on Inter-Racial Cooperation” f. “Address to the Legislature” regarding the status of higher education. g. “Legislative Appropriations and the Future of the College” for The Aggie, 1925. h. Untitled article regarding problems confronting the United States. Attached is an outline

titled, “Epistle to the Romans.” i. “Report on Segregated Budget, Civil Service Regulations and State Purchasing Agent”

1924. Two copies. j. “Education as an Instrument of War: Education on the Offensive” (incomplete)

3. Typescript addresses and articles by W.B. Bizzell

a. “The Adjustment of the Financial Resources to Public Needs” b. “Per Capita Cost of Instruction in the Agricultural and Mechanical College” c. “Objectives of Agricultural Education” d. “Public Expenditures for Education in Texas.” Two copies. e. “Higher Education and Good Roads,” 1922. f. “A Critique of the Kenyon-McFadden Bill: In the Light of Rural Credit and Needs.” g. “Agriculture as a Vocation” h. “A Survey of Agricultural Conditions in Western Europe” i. “Greetings to the Students” from the faculty edition of The Battalion. Attached is “The

Agricultural and Mechanical College and Its Branches Propose Changes in the Constitution and Statutes Relating to Education for the Improvement of this Group of Institutions.”

j. “Greetings to the Senior Class,” by W. B. Bizzell from The Longhorn, 1925.

4. Typescript addresses and articles by W.B. Bizzell. a. “Problems and Policies of Agricultural Economics in Western Europe.” b. “College Contacts with the Public.” c. “The Place of Relative Importance of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas

Among the Land Grant Colleges of the United States.” d. “The Program of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas” e. “Address of Welcome,” to the Good Roads Association. f. “The Social Responsibility of the Horticulturist.” g. “The A&M College of Texas: Its Place and Function in the Educational System of Texas,”

1922-23. h. “A Program of Practical Education,” 1922-23. i. “A School Survey for Texas,” 1922-23. j. “The Educational Objectives of the Land Grant College,” 1922-23. k. An untitled brief report regarding the current status of A&M College and its administration

and programs, 1922-23. l. “Balancing the Factors of Production” m. “A Parting Message,” on Bizzell’s departure from A&M College.

5. Articles about addresses by W.B. Bizzell.

a. “Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College Exonerated from Blame in Connection with Examination Frauds.”

b. “A&M College Appropriations Inadequate” c. “A Comprehensive Conservation Program Advocated” d. An untitled article on an address by President Bizzell regarding agricultural enterprise. e. “President Bizzell of A.& M. College Praises Schools and Citizenship of Sulphur Springs” f. “Agriculture as a Force in Civilization,” 1924. g. “Governmental Encroachment on Administrative Functions,” 1924. h. “Inter-Relation of Business Enterprise and Agriculture.” A copy of the address is attached. i. “The Problems and Possibilities of American Education.” j. The Place and Function of the A&M College in the Educational System of Texas,” 1922-

23. k. “The Possibilities of the Education Survey in Texas.” l. Two copies of an article regarding an address by W. B. Bizzell to a group of Bible students. m. Untitled article about an address on the vocation of agriculture. n. Untitled article about an address on the education of children at public expense, 1922.

6. Miscellaneous typescripts and reports.

a. “Auditor’s Report of A&M College” b. “Distinguished Educator to Visit A&M College,” regarding Dean C. E. Seashore of

the University of Iowa. c. “Resolution Concerning the Independent Status of the A&M College and an

Equitable Division of the Permanent University Endowment Fund” d. “Cotton Pests of the British Empire” e. “Problems and Appropriate Functions of the Land Grant College,” A Statement

Formulated by the Land Grant College Executive Officers of the Southwestern States… 1922-23.

f. A quote by John Milton and explanatory text for an address, “The Educational Objective of the Land Grant College”

g. “Stretching the Mind to Take in All of God” 7. Letters of introduction for W.B. Bizzell for his trip abroad to study agricultural education in

Europe, 1924. 8. Business correspondence to and from W.B. Bizzell, 1931-1940. 9. Personal correspondence and telegrams to Dr. and Mrs. Bizzell and family, 1934-1949.

Includes a letter from Lloyd Noble regarding President Bizzell’s accomplishments; a poem titled “My Grandfather” by Lee B. Thompson; and a Ship’s Laundry Service slip for Col. Lee B. Thompson.

10. Correspondence and related materials regarding W.B. Bizzell’s membership in clubs,

societies, and professional organizations, 1925-1939. 11. Correspondence and related materials regarding W.B. Bizzell’s membership in clubs,

societies, and professional organizations, 1940-1941. 12. Correspondence from E. E. Dale to W.B. Bizzell and Mrs. Bizzell regarding speeches Dale

delivered, 1941. Copies of the speeches are attached. 13. A scrapbook of correspondence and telegrams regarding a dinner given in honor of

President and Mrs. William Bennett Bizzell by the faculty and staff of the University of Oklahoma, 1941.

14. Correspondence and telegrams expressing condolences to Mrs. Bizzell upon the death of

W.B. Bizzell, 1944. Also includes a resolution by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education expressing sympathy to Mrs. Bizzell and the family; a handwritten poem by Jewell Wurtzbaugh titled “Hibiscus,” as a tribute to W.B. Bizzell; and a 1949 letter regarding the dedication of the Bizzell Memorial Library.

Box 36 Folder: 1. Typescript copies from the funeral services for W.B. Bizzell, including the prayer by John

Wesley Raley, and a memorial by A. Norman Evans, May 16, 1944. Five copies. Also includes a laminated article from the Oklahoma City Times regarding Bizzell’s life and accomplishments; and three copies of the McFarlin Memorial Methodist Church Bulletin for May 21, 1944 after the passing of Dr. Bizzell.

2. Correspondence regarding Bizzell’s collection of Bibles and inquiries about buying and

selling Bibles, 1933-1934. 3. Correspondence regarding Bizzell’s collection of Bibles and inquiries about buying and

selling Bibles, 1934. 4. Correspondence regarding Bizzell’s collection of Bibles and inquiries about buying and

selling Bibles, 1934, 1938, 1949. Also includes several newspaper articles regarding Bizzell’s collection of Bibles, a printed brochure for the William Bennett Bizzell Bible Collection at the University of Oklahoma Libraries, and a typed inventory of the collection.

5. Manuscript draft of lyrics and musical score to “O Soonerland!” by W.B. Bizzell, n.d. 6. Reprints of addresses, articles, and reports by W.B. Bizzell, 1925-1940:

a. “The Student’s Attitude Toward His Educational Task” 1925 b. “Sanitary Engineering as a Career” 1925 c. “The Higher Levels of Learning” 1930 (2 copies) d. “Cultural Relations with Latin America” 1940 (2 copies) e. “The Social Inadequacy of Education” 1937 f. “The Pathology of Progress” 1926 g. “Address Before the Oklahoma Utilities Association” 1926

7. Printed materials by and about W.B. Bizzell:

a. “William Bennett Bizzell: Bibliophile and Builder,” by Morris L. Wardell, 1952. b. “Dedication of the William Bennett Bizzell Memorial Library,” 1949 (two copies) c. “OU Has a New President,” from The Oklahoma Teacher, 1925. d. University of Oklahoma Magazine, featuring “What Does a University President

Do?” by Grace E. Ray, Autumn 1925. e. University of Oklahoma Magazine, featuring “President’s Page,” Summer 1927. f. University of Oklahoma Magazine, featuring “President’s Page,” Autumn 1927. g. University of Oklahoma Magazine, featuring “President’s Page,” and “President

Bizzell’s Hobby,” Winter 1928. 8. Magazine articles about W.B. Bizzell:

a. “Library Dedicated to Dr. Bizzell,” in The University of Oklahoma News of the Month, January 1950.

b. “Orchids to an Educator,” in Sooner Magazine, July 1940. c. Three copies of Sooner Magazine June 1944 which feature untitled articles on

Bizzell’s life and his passing. 9. Printed materials:

a. Program for The Junior Burlesque, 1923, University of Oklahoma. b. Special Committee Report and Preliminary Proposals for the Coordinating of the

Greater University of Oklahoma. Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 1933. c. A Resume of Fourteen Years: A Letter to the Regents of the University of Oklahoma,

by Lloyd Noble, 1949. d. Stratford-upon-Avon from a Student’s Standpoint, by William Jaggard. This

pamphlet is inscribed by Jaggard and includes an initialed, hand-written note about Jaggard by W.B. Bizzell, circa 1924.

e. A reprint of “The Road Away from Revolution,” by Woodrow Wilson. Reprinted

for the Woodrow Wilson Foundation from the Atlantic Monthly, August 1923. f. A Little Te Deum of the Commonplace, by John Oxenham.

10. Printed program: Eleventh Annual Banquet of the University of Oklahoma Bands and

Kappa Kappa Psi Fraternity. Honoring band mothers and the official band mother: Grandmother Bizzell, 1940.

Printed program: Inauguration of William Bennett Bizzell, Ph.D., LL.D. as President of the

University of Oklahoma, 1926. 11. Printed brochure for sight-seeing tours in Florence, Italy, 1924. Printed brochure for a tour of Europe, 1924. Menus for the Waitemata Royal Hotel in Auckland, New Zealand, circa 1940s; a printed

brochure about travel on the Wanganui River in New Zealand; and a brochure about tourist activities in Rotorua, New Zealand, 1944.

12. Miscellaneous printed and typescript material:

a. Postcard of the S.S. Leviathan, 1924. b. National Council for Prevention of War Bulletin, July 25, 1925. c. A newsletter summarizing military events during World War II, April 19, 1944. d. The Kiplinger Washington Letter, March 4, 1944. e. Printed letter from a mother to a son regarding church services in the Army Air

Forces, n.d. f. Typescript poem, “The Modern College Stude,” by I. Hochberg, n.d.

13. Typescripts of articles from the Navasota Examiner (Texas), regarding the wedding of W.B.

Bizzell and Carrie Sangster, July 19, 1900. Box 37 Folder: 1. Photocopied newspaper clippings regarding the death of W. B. Bizzell, 1944. 2. Original newspaper clippings regarding the death of W.B. Bizzell, 1944. Same as above. 3. Photocopied newspaper clippings regarding W.B. Bizzell and various events at OU,

including information on poor relations between OU and the state administration over the financial situation at the university, 1933-1951.

4. Original newspaper clippings regarding W.B. Bizzell and various events at OU, including

information on poor relations between OU and the state administration over the financial situation at the university, 1933-1951. Same as above.

5. Two lengthy photocopied newspaper articles regarding progress at OU under the leadership

of W.B. Bizzell, 1935-1936.

6. Original newspaper articles regarding progress at OU under the leadership of W.B. Bizzell,

1935-1936. 7. Original and photocopied newspaper articles regarding the memorial statue of W.B. Bizzell

by Joe Taylor, 1949, 1952. 8. One newspaper article regarding the ground breaking ceremony for the Bizzell Memorial

Library project, 1980. 9. Original and photocopied newspaper articles regarding universities and colleges in general,

n.d. 10. Original and photocopied newspaper articles regarding religion and the Bible, 1930 and n.d. 11. Original and photocopied newspaper articles regarding science, 1931-1932. 12. Original and photocopied newspaper articles on miscellaneous topics, including Anne

Boleyn, German Parliament, Quanah Parker, and the Depression, 1924-1941. Box 38 1. A scrapbook with newspaper clippings about the resignation of W.B. Bizzell as president of

the University of Oklahoma, 1940. 2. A scrapbook with correspondence to W.B. Bizzell, circa 1920-1940. Some correspondents

and/or signatures include: • Arnold Bennett, English novelist • William Cullen Bryant, American poet and journalist (signed quotation by) • Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University • Henry S. Canby, American editor and critic • Mrs. Joseph Conrad (Jessie); Joseph was a Polish-born British novelist • John Dewey, educator, pragmatist, philosopher • Will Durant, Historian • John Finley, editor of the New York Times • Rosita Forbes, British writer • Belle da Costa Greene, librarian and bibliographer • E. M. House, American diplomat • W. R. Inge, English prelate and theologian • John L. Lowes, Harvard University • Thomas Mann, German novelist, essayist and cultural critic • Edwin Markham, American poet • O.O. McIntyre, journalist • Christopher Morley, American author and journalist • Llewelyn Powys, British writer • Lawrence Richey, Secretary to President Herbert Hoover

• Bertrand Russell, British philosopher, logician, essayist, and peace advocate • Count Carlos Sforza, Italian statesman • J.S. Strachey, labor leader and author • Henry Osborn Taylor, American historian and legal scholar • Joseph Tumulty, secretary to President Woodrow Wilson

3. A wooden-bound scrapbook titled, “President’s Honor Class, Homecoming Reunion,

November 16, 1940.” Features inscriptions to W.B. Bizzell by various class members, including Oliver Benson and Kent Ruth.

Certificates and Diplomas Collection Box 1 Location 08370 William Bennett Bizzell 1. Certificate of W.B. Bizzell as member of the National Advisory Committee for Oklahoma,

1939. 2. Certificate of Mrs. W.B. Bizzell as member of the National Advisory Committee on

Women’s Participation for the State of Oklahoma, 1939. 3. Certificate of W.B. Bizzell to the National Geographic Society. 4. An “Acknowledgment of Achievement” presented to W.B. Bizzell in the 10th year of his

presidency at the University of Oklahoma by the Oklahoma Chapter of Sigma Delta Chi on the occasion of its Five-Star Final Dinner, April 3, 1935.

5. Certificate of introduction and commendation for W.B. Bizzell by the U.S. Department of

Agriculture, for Bizzell’s trip to Europe to study agricultural education methods, 1924. Oversized Location 08333: Newspaper clippings from a scrapbook regarding Dr. W. B. Bizzell. Oversized Location 08446-08448: The academic cap and gown of William Bennett Bizzell. See also: Sound Recordings Guide; Photographic Archives; Film and Video List.