Winslow Roper Hatch papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
George Mason University
2400 Fenwick Library
Special Collections Research Center
Fenwick Library MS2FL
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Mieko Palazzo
Phone: (703) 993-2220
Fax: (703) 993-2669
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There are no access restrictions.

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Preferred citation:

Winslow Roper Hatch papers, C0099, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
1 Linear Feet 2 boxes
Creator:
Hatch, Winslow Roper, 1908-1980
Abstract:
The Winslow Roper Hatch collection contains essays, letters, and publications on primary, secondary, and post-secondary education, several of which were written by Hatch. The collection also includes papers on parks and old roads in Fairfax County.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Winslow Roper Hatch papers, C0099, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The Winslow Roper Hatch papers contains several essays, letters, and publications on primary, secondary, and post-secondary education, written by Hatch and others in his field. The collection also includes papers on parks and old roads in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Series 1 contains education documents. The majority of the documents date from Hatch's time at the Bureau of Research in Higher Education, and pertain to studies conducted by the bureau. The documents are in varying states of completion including project proposals, literature surveys and working drafts. Included with many of the documents is correspondence relating to the content of the documents, the status of the projects and discussion of previously published material.

Series 2 contains documents relating to parks and old roads in the Fairfax, Virginia, area. Documents in Series 2 include letters relating to the preservation of parkland authored by concerned citizens and correspondence detailing Dr. Hatch's own involvement in researching national parkland. Other documents provide information on trails in Fairfax county parkland and information on the benefits of studying old roads. Also included are documents detailing the historic significance of the areas of Fairfax County parklands.

Series 1 contains essays, project proposals and manuscripts relating to research and developments in higher education, authored by Winslow R. Hatch and colleagues.

Includes a letter from Kurland to Hatch dated February of 1967, regarding Hatch's request for a copy of the paper.

Chapter 10 of Higher Education Literature Review Project.

Includes addendum.

Includes a letter to Dr. Hatch from Virgil Peterson of West Virginia University regarding the "New Dimension" series, dated September 8th, 1970.

Working draft.

Includes a letter from Axelrod to Dr. Hatch regarding sections of Axelrod's manuscript.

Working draft with corrections.

Includes a letter from Boyer to Dr. Hatch regarding edits made to Boyer's manuscript.

Includes two letters from Robert T. Jordan to Dr. Hatch regarding Jordan's work and upcoming publications.

Includes title page through page 248.

Includes pages 249 through 295, appendixes A, B, and C, and several articles published by Dr. Hatch.

Series 2 contains documents relating to Dr. Hatch's involvement with the National Park Service and his initiation of a research and volunteer program focusing on the study of old roads in the parkland.

Five pages on the educational benefits of researching old roads, detailing how scholarships on old roads could help us better study history in general.

Outline for a proposed nature walks program initiated by Dr. Hatch to be conducted along old roads of historic significance.

Various writings on Dr. Hatch's plans for the Plimit Run project and research on the history of Fairfax Country parklands.

Biographical / historical:

Winslow Roper Hatch was born 1908 in Lexington Massachusetts. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in 1930 and received his Ph.D. in 1934 from Johns Hopkins University where he was appointed a student assistant for Botany classes. After leaving Johns Hopkins, Hatch served as professor and associate dean at the State College of Washington and in 1955 became Dean of the College of General Education at Boston University. In the 1960s Dr. Hatch worked for the U.S Office of Health, Education and Welfare. Dr. Hatch wrote extensively on education throughout his career publishing works such as Approach to Independent Study, published 1965 by U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education, and Effectiveness in teaching, published 1960 by U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education. Dr. Hatch passed away in 1980 in Princeton Massachusetts.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Dita Keith Hatch, wife of Winslow Roper Hatch, in 1981.
Processing information:

Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. Finding aid updated by Amanda Menjivar in March 2024.

Arrangement:

Documents in this collection are arranged by subject.

Series
  1. Series 1: Education, circa 1958-1970 (Boxes 1-2)
  2. Series 2: Parkland and Roads, circa 1958-1970 (Box 2)
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard