Summary Information
- Repository
- Sarah Lawrence College Archives
- Creator
- Ward, Paul L., 1911-2005
- Title
- Paul Ward Papers
- ID
- RG 2.1.5
- Date [inclusive]
- 1958-1965
- Extent
- 1.0 linear feet 1 record carton
- Language
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Sarah Lawrence College Archives August 2003
Sarah Lawrence College Archives1 Mead Way
Bronxville, NY, 10708
914-395-2480
archives@sarahlawrence.edu
Revision Description
Finding aid entered in Archivists' Toolkit by Elijah Black June 2012
Terms of Use
The collection is open to researchers without restriction.
Acquisition note
The provenance of the collection is unknown.
Historical note
Dr. Ward graduated from Deerfield Academy and Amherst College and took both his Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard. From 1935 to 1938 he was a member of Harvard’s Society of Fellows. During World War II, Dr. Ward served with the Office of Strategic Services and the Department of State. From 1946 to 1948 he was engaged in educational work in China and served at Huachung University in Wuchang. Dr. Ward also taught at Harvard, Radcliffe, Russell Sage, and Colby. Dr. Ward came to Sarah Lawrence College in 1960 from the Carnegie Institute of Technology, where he was professor of history and head of the History Department. While there, he won recognition for the part he played in the development of the liberal education program at Carnegie Tech and for helping initiate the Advancement Placement Program in Pittsburgh high schools.
While President of Sarah Lawrence College, Dr. Ward received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Amherst College and the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from Bard College. He was a Fellow and Board Member of the Society for Religion in Higher Education and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the American Historical Association, the Mediaeval Academy of America, the Century Association, the American Association of University Professors, New York State Coordination Council on Foreign Area Studies, and the New York State Selection Committee for Fulbright Student Awards. From 1961-1965 he was a member of the Commission on International Understanding of the Association of American Colleges. He was also a trustee of the Emma Willard School, Troy, NY, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY.
He is the author of A Style of History for Beginners, published by the Service Center for Teachers of History of the American Historical Association, and co-editor of William Lambarde’s Archeion.
Dr. Ward was married to Catharine Frazee Wakefield and together they had four children.
Dr. Ward resigned his presidency at Sarah Lawrence College in January 1965 to take a position as Executive Secretary of the American Historical Association in Washington, D.C. The Board of Trustees of Sarah Lawrence College appointed Mrs. Esther Raushenbush as President of the College to succeed Dr. Ward on July 1, 1965.
Scope and Contents note
The Paul Ward Papers include forty folders arranged alphabetically by subject heading. The collection consists of papers created and collected during Paul Ward’s term as president of Sarah Lawrence College with exception of a limited number of correspondences prior to his term. Other correspondence includes communications with faculty and other members of the administration, members of the board of trustees, and the neighboring community. The papers also include press clippings, speeches, programs, and planning information about President Ward’s inauguration. Of particular note are two folders of letters and memos between President Harold Taylor, the faculty, the Committee on Academic Freedom, President Ward, and others concerning the National Defense Education Fund and the college’s stance on excepting funds under condition of a loyalty oath and disclaimer affidavit. This collections also includes texts of speeches, talks, and papers delivered prior to and during his tenure
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Sarah Lawrence College. Board of Trustees.
- Sarah Lawrence College.
Genre(s)
- Correspondence
Personal Name(s)
- Lynd, Helen Merrell, 1896-1982
- Raushenbush, Esther
- Taylor, Harold, 1914-1993
Subject(s)
- NDEA National Institute for Advanced Study in Teaching Disadvantaged Youth (U.S.)
Collection Inventory
| Title | Carton | Folder | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Academic Freedom 1961-1966 | 1 | 1 | ||
American Civil Liberties Union 1960-1964 | 1 | 2 | ||
Appointment 1960, 1962 | 1 | 3 | ||
Center for Continuing Education 1961-1962 | 1 | 4 | ||
Christmas Cards n.d., 1960-1963 | 1 | 4a | ||
Convocation 1960-1961 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Title | Carton | |||
Correspondence - Alumni 1961 | 1 | |||
| Title | Carton | Folder | ||
Correspondence - Thomas Bergin 1960-1961 | 1 | 5.5 | ||
Correspondence – Marjorie Downing 1964 RESTRICTEDContains restricted materials. | 1 | 6 | ||
| Title | Carton | |||
Correspondence - Faculty and Staff 1960, 1962-1963 | 1 | |||
| Title | Carton | Folder | ||
Correspondence – Glen Washington Road 1962 | 1 | 7 | ||
Correspondence – Helen Merrell Lynd 1961-1965 | 1 | 8 | ||
Correspondence – Lecturers on Campus 1962-1963 | 1 | 9 | ||
Correspondence - Letter to The Campus re: Parents Day ca. 1964 | 1 | 9.5 | ||
Correspondence – Miscellaneous Off-Campus Communications 1958-1964 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Title | Carton | Carton | ||
Correspondence – Miscellaneous On-Campus Communications 1961-1965 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Title | Carton | Folder | ||
Correspondence – Music 1962-1964 | 1 | 12 | ||
Correspondence – Neighbors 1961-1965 | 1 | 13 | ||
Correspondence – Richard L. Ottinger 1965 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Title | Carton | |||
Correspondence - Parents 1963 | 1 | |||
| Title | Carton | Folder | ||
Correspondence – Peace Corps 1964-1965 | 1 | 15 | ||
Correspondence – Esther Raushenbush 1960-1964 | 1 | 16 | ||
| Title | Carton | |||
Correspondence - Students 1960, 1962 | 1 | |||
| Title | Carton | Folder | ||
Correspondence – Tom Stauffer, Consulting Psychiatrist 1964 | 1 | 17 | ||
Correspondence – Trustees 1960-1964 Controlled Access HeadingsCorporate Name(s)
| 1 | 18 | ||
Danforth Foundation Workshop June 18-July 7, 1962 | 1 | 19 | ||
Educational Reviewer, Inc. Survey of Politics and Religions Attitudes 1963 | 1 | 20 | ||
Events – Sheckman (Mona Bronfman) Lecture Series 1961-1965 | 1 | 21 | ||
Finances – Entertainment 1960 | 1 | 22 | ||
| Title | Carton | |||
Finances - Report 1961 | 1 | |||
| Title | Carton | Folder | ||
Hamilton College Advisory Committee 1964 | 1 | 23 | ||
Historians and Social Scientists Meeting February 8, 1964 | 1 | 24 | ||
Inauguration – Invitations, Programs Tickets, 1961 | 1 | 25 | ||
Inauguration – Press Releases, News Clippings 1961 | 1 | 26 | ||
Inauguration – Speeches: Ward, Bixler, Swinford 1961 | 1 | 27 | ||
Inauguration – Georgian Press 1961 | 1 | 28 | ||
Inauguration – Planning Committee 1961 | 1 | 29 | ||
Miscellaneous 1960-1961 | 1 | 30 | ||
National Defense Education Act 1959-1962 | 1 | 31 | ||
National Defense Education Act 1962-1963 | 1 | 32 | ||
President’s Report 1961 | 1 | 33 | ||
President’s Report to Trustees 1962 | 1 | 34 | ||
President’s Report to Trustees 1962 | 1 | 35 | ||
President’s Report to Trustees 1963 | 1 | 36 | ||
President’s Reports 1963, 1964 | 1 | 37 | ||
Resignation 1965 | 1 | 38 | ||
Surveys for External Organizations 1960-1964 | 1 | 38a | ||
Talks, Speeches, & Papers Given 1950s | 1 | 39 | ||
Talks, Speeches, & Papers Given 1960-1962 | 1 | 40 | ||
Talks, Speeches, & Papers Given 1963-1965 | 1 | 41 | ||
Testimonial Symposium and Dinner 1965 Controlled Access HeadingsPersonal Name(s)
| 1 | 42 | ||