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Harris, William Torrey, 1835-1909

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Found in 96 Collections and/or Records:

Letter regarding Greenwood's Elementary School History of the United States, 1887 March 12.

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Papers, speeches, and publications written by William Torrey Harris on the topics of education and philosophy, as well as correspondence to Harris from educator James Mickelborough Greenwood; Joseph Baldwin, whom he was influential in getting to come to Kirksville to set up the teachers college; Ira Divoll, former state superintendent of schools and city superintendent of schools in St. Louis; and O.P. Davis.

Dates: 1887 March 12.

Letter regarding Greenwood's paper "Teaching Arithmetic in 1790 and in 1890", 1890 April 11.

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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers, speeches, and publications written by William Torrey Harris on the topics of education and philosophy, as well as correspondence to Harris from educator James Mickelborough Greenwood; Joseph Baldwin, whom he was influential in getting to come to Kirksville to set up the teachers college; Ira Divoll, former state superintendent of schools and city superintendent of schools in St. Louis; and O.P. Davis.

Dates: 1890 April 11.

Letter regarding Harris' "Manual Learning" and "Introduction to the Study of Philosophy", 1892 October 18.

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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers, speeches, and publications written by William Torrey Harris on the topics of education and philosophy, as well as correspondence to Harris from educator James Mickelborough Greenwood; Joseph Baldwin, whom he was influential in getting to come to Kirksville to set up the teachers college; Ira Divoll, former state superintendent of schools and city superintendent of schools in St. Louis; and O.P. Davis.

Dates: 1892 October 18.

Letter regarding Harris reading Baldwin's work, 1886 November 20.

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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers, speeches, and publications written by William Torrey Harris on the topics of education and philosophy, as well as correspondence to Harris from educator James Mickelborough Greenwood; Joseph Baldwin, whom he was influential in getting to come to Kirksville to set up the teachers college; Ira Divoll, former state superintendent of schools and city superintendent of schools in St. Louis; and O.P. Davis.

Dates: 1886 November 20.

Letter regarding kinds of statistics with most value for school reports, 1888 November 1.

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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers, speeches, and publications written by William Torrey Harris on the topics of education and philosophy, as well as correspondence to Harris from educator James Mickelborough Greenwood; Joseph Baldwin, whom he was influential in getting to come to Kirksville to set up the teachers college; Ira Divoll, former state superintendent of schools and city superintendent of schools in St. Louis; and O.P. Davis.

Dates: 1888 November 1.

Letter regarding new building at Kirksville, 1871 January 5.

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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers, speeches, and publications written by William Torrey Harris on the topics of education and philosophy, as well as correspondence to Harris from educator James Mickelborough Greenwood; Joseph Baldwin, whom he was influential in getting to come to Kirksville to set up the teachers college; Ira Divoll, former state superintendent of schools and city superintendent of schools in St. Louis; and O.P. Davis.

Dates: 1871 January 5.

Letter regarding page proofs, 1896 October 27.

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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers, speeches, and publications written by William Torrey Harris on the topics of education and philosophy, as well as correspondence to Harris from educator James Mickelborough Greenwood; Joseph Baldwin, whom he was influential in getting to come to Kirksville to set up the teachers college; Ira Divoll, former state superintendent of schools and city superintendent of schools in St. Louis; and O.P. Davis.

Dates: 1896 October 27.

Letter regarding phantasm vs. fancy with enclosure of notes of return letter to Baldwin (mostly in shorthand), 1891 August 11.

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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers, speeches, and publications written by William Torrey Harris on the topics of education and philosophy, as well as correspondence to Harris from educator James Mickelborough Greenwood; Joseph Baldwin, whom he was influential in getting to come to Kirksville to set up the teachers college; Ira Divoll, former state superintendent of schools and city superintendent of schools in St. Louis; and O.P. Davis.

Dates: 1891 August 11.

Letter regarding philosophy, 1873 February 3.

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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers, speeches, and publications written by William Torrey Harris on the topics of education and philosophy, as well as correspondence to Harris from educator James Mickelborough Greenwood; Joseph Baldwin, whom he was influential in getting to come to Kirksville to set up the teachers college; Ira Divoll, former state superintendent of schools and city superintendent of schools in St. Louis; and O.P. Davis.

Dates: 1873 February 3.

Letter regarding reading Psychological Foundations of Education and bringing Elementary Psychology and Education up to standard, 1898 June 27.

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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers, speeches, and publications written by William Torrey Harris on the topics of education and philosophy, as well as correspondence to Harris from educator James Mickelborough Greenwood; Joseph Baldwin, whom he was influential in getting to come to Kirksville to set up the teachers college; Ira Divoll, former state superintendent of schools and city superintendent of schools in St. Louis; and O.P. Davis.

Dates: 1898 June 27.

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