George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Winslow Roper Hatch papers
Hatch, Winslow Roper, 1908-1980
C0099
/repositories/2/resources/169
1 Linear Feet
2 boxes
circa 1958-1979
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.
English
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Preferred Citation
Winslow Roper Hatch papers, C0099, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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.
Biographical Information
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.
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.
Related Materials
The Special Collections Research Center holds multiple collections on the history of Fairfax County and Northern Virginia.
Arrangement
Documents in this collection are arranged by subject.
Series
- Series 1: Education, circa 1958-1970 (Boxes 1-2)
- Series 2: Parkland and Roads, circa 1958-1970 (Box 2)
Fairfax County (Va.) -- History
Transportation -- United States
Education, Higher
Fairfax County (Va.) -- Politics and government
Series 1: Education /repositories/2/archival_objects/54855circa 1958-1970Scope and ContentsSeries 1 contains essays, project proposals and manuscripts relating to research and developments in higher education, authored by Winslow R. Hatch and colleagues.
"New Directions in Elementary and Secondary Education" author Norman D. Kurland/repositories/2/archival_objects/54856196511Scope and ContentsIncludes a letter from Kurland to Hatch dated February of 1967, regarding Hatch's request for a copy of the paper.
"Developments in Technical and Vocational Education" author Norman Harris /repositories/2/archival_objects/54857ca. 196711Scope and ContentsChapter 10 of Higher Education Literature Review Project.
"General Education in Liberal Arts Colleges" author Robert T. Blackburn/repositories/2/archival_objects/54858196613Scope and ContentsIncludes addendum.
"Pathways to Identity" project proposal authored by Robert Rosenthal/repositories/2/archival_objects/54859196714"A Report on Some Experiences in Teaching Performed in the English Department, 1969-1970"/repositories/2/archival_objects/54860197015Scope and ContentsIncludes a letter to Dr. Hatch from Virgil Peterson of West Virginia University regarding the "New Dimension" series, dated September 8th, 1970.
"Getting the Job Done -- Improving College Teaching and the Preparation of College Teachers" authored by Winslow R. Hatch /repositories/2/archival_objects/54861196116Scope and ContentsWorking draft.
Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, of manuscript authored by Joseph Axelrod /repositories/2/archival_objects/54862196617Scope and ContentsIncludes a letter from Axelrod to Dr. Hatch regarding sections of Axelrod's manuscript.
"An Experimental College Model" authored by Joseph Axelrod. /repositories/2/archival_objects/54863196718"Getting the Job Done" authored by Winslow R. Hatch/repositories/2/archival_objects/54864196119Scope and ContentsWorking draft with corrections.
"The Impact of Institutional Research on the Academic Program" authored by Ernest L. Boyer/repositories/2/archival_objects/548651968110Scope and ContentsIncludes a letter from Boyer to Dr. Hatch regarding edits made to Boyer's manuscript.
"The Student and Campus Climates of Learning" authored by Mervin B. Freedmen/repositories/2/archival_objects/54866ca. 1967111"Transition from School to College" authored by Norman D. Kurland /repositories/2/archival_objects/548671966112"Transition from School to College" annotated bibliography/repositories/2/archival_objects/548681966113"General Education in the Complex University" authors Sally Cassidy and Alice Haddix/repositories/2/archival_objects/54869undated 114Selected Annotated Bibliography for Chapter 10 of U.S.O.E Project, authored by Harris /repositories/2/archival_objects/548701966115"The Examined Curriculum" authored by Max Godberg and Chester L. Neudling/repositories/2/archival_objects/54871196021"Additional Proposed Experimental Colleges" authored by Robert T. Jordan/repositories/2/archival_objects/54872196323Scope and ContentsIncludes two letters from Robert T. Jordan to Dr. Hatch regarding Jordan's work and upcoming publications.
Proposal for "The Library College" /repositories/2/archival_objects/54873ca. 196214The "Library College" a Proposal/repositories/2/archival_objects/54874Undated 25Manuscript of "Quality in the College" author Winslow R. Hatch/repositories/2/archival_objects/54875196326Manuscript of "The Future Belongs to Those Who Grasp It" author Winslow R. Hatch/repositories/2/archival_objects/54876undated 27Scope and ContentsIncludes title page through page 248.
Manuscript of "The Future Belongs to Those Who Grasp It", appendix and articles authored by Winslow R. Hatch/repositories/2/archival_objects/54877ca. 1950s-1960s28Scope and ContentsIncludes pages 249 through 295, appendixes A, B, and C, and several articles published by Dr. Hatch.
Series 2: Parkland and Roads /repositories/2/archival_objects/54878circa 1958-1970Scope and ContentsSeries 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.
Letter from concerned citizens to the Fairfax Count Park Authority /repositories/2/archival_objects/548791960s29"The Critical Decision"/repositories/2/archival_objects/54880Undated 210"Trail Walks, an Adventure in Community Involvement"/repositories/2/archival_objects/54881Undated 211Letter from David Richie regarding Winslow Hatch's involvement with the Plimit Run project /repositories/2/archival_objects/548821973212Old Road Scholarship/repositories/2/archival_objects/54883Undated 213Scope and ContentsFive pages on the educational benefits of researching old roads, detailing how scholarships on old roads could help us better study history in general.
Drafts, Never Instituted, Due to Richie Transfer /repositories/2/archival_objects/548841970s214Scope and ContentsOutline for a proposed nature walks program initiated by Dr. Hatch to be conducted along old roads of historic significance.
"Discover Your Parks... Public Hearing for Preliminary Master Plan of Chesterbrook Elementary School Site"/repositories/2/archival_objects/548851979215Miscellaneous papers dealing with Dr. Hatch's planned nature walk program. /repositories/2/archival_objects/548861970s216Scope and ContentsVarious writings on Dr. Hatch's plans for the Plimit Run project and research on the history of Fairfax Country parklands.
Article "Bicentennial America Was a Nation of Participants"/repositories/2/archival_objects/54887ca. 1976217