Indiana University Division of University Extension Associate Dean's records, 1939-1959, bulk 1950-1959
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Repository
Indiana University Archives
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Creator
Indiana University. Division of University
Extension.
TitleIndiana University Division of University
Extension Associate Dean's records,1939-1959, bulk 1950-1959
Collection No.
C13
Extent
2 cubic feet (2 boxes)
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
The Indiana University Extension Division
was established in 1912. In 1946, it became part of the Division of Adult Education and
Public Services and in 1957, it became the Division of University Extension. Collection
consists of correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, and memoranda.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Advance notice is required.
Administrative History
Talk of an extension division at IU first began in the 1890s after IU history professor
Dr. Albert J. Woodburn attended an 1890 a meeting of educators in Philadelphia and
returned convinced that Hoosiers would profit from a university extension program in
their state. An Extension Division was established in 1912, and funding came the
following year with an increased mill tax levy for higher education. In 1914, IU
president William Lowe Bryan appointed Professor John J. Pettijohn the first director of
the Extension Division.
The first center was organized in Indianapolis in 1916, followed by centers in Fort
Wayne (1917), Gary (1922), Calumet (1932), South Bend Mishawaka (1933), Southeastern
(1941), and Kokomo (1945). Partnerships with Earlham College in Richmond and Vincennes
University were set up in 1946 and 1950 respectively.
In 1939, Donald F. Carmony became the first full time faculty member at the Fort Wayne
Center, and in 1944 he was appointed director of the South Bend Extension Center where
he served until 1950. During the six years of his tenure at South Bend, he emphasized
expansion of the full time teaching faculty and development of a library. He also
oversaw a large increase in enrollment with the Center going from merely 562 students in
1944 to 1,370 by 1950.
In 1950, Prof. Carmony was called back to Bloomington to head up the Extension Division
as Associate Dean working with Assistant Dean H.W. Norman. Upon his departure in
February of 1959, Dr. Smith Higgins then director of the Kokomo Center took over the
duties of associate dean.
During Prof. Carmony's nine years as Associate Dean of the University Extension Division
he again presided over a large increase in student enrollment, from 8,146 in the fall of
1950 to 14,996 by the time he left. Carmony also lead the Division's successful push to
become nationally recognized, and by 1960 it was ranked one of the top four such
programs in the country.
The Division of University Extension was renamed the Division of Regional Campuses in
1962 to more clearly associate the centers with IU. Three years later President Elvis J.
Stahr announced plans to institute four-year degree programs at the South Bend and
Northwest campuses, and in 1967 the first regional campus graduations were held at South
Bend and Southeast. Masters degree programs were announced in 1968, and in 1969 the
division was renamed once again, becoming Regional Campus Administration.
Arrangement
Records organized into five series: Correspondence; Administrative files; Fifteen year
study; Subject files; and South Bend files; Series are arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
These documents were separated from Carmony’s personal papers, Collection C4. Some
correspondence dating from Carmony’s years as director of the South Bend Center are
located in the South Bend files series of this collection. For more correspondence from
this time period, please see Collection C4.
Correspondence is the largest series, spanning the years 1947 to 1958, and is arranged
alphabetically by correspondent's last name. The correspondence dates primarily from
Carmony’s tenure as Associate Dean of the Extension Division. Prominent among the
correspondents are President Herman B Wells and Deans John W. Ashton, Herman T. Briscoe,
Ralph L. Collins, and Hugh W. Norman. Some correspondence with Dean Briscoe dates from
Carmony’s tenure at South Bend.
Administrative files is the second series and spans the years 1948 to 1959. It is
arranged alphabetically and consists primarily of annual reports, meeting minutes and
interdepartmental communications in the form of memoranda. The memoranda are accompanied
by chronological indexes spanning the years from 1950 1954 and 1958.
The third series consists of a fifteen year study concerning enrollment and class
offerings at all extension centers from the years 1939 to 1955. It is arranged
alphabetically by the center’s name, except for the first folder in the series. The
first folder, Memoranda re., contains memoranda discussing the method and scope of the
study.
Series four, Subject files, consists of files dating from 1950 to 1959 and is arranged
alphabetically by folder name. Among the subjects are administrative questionnaires, the
audio visual center (including much correspondence with the center's founder and then
director, L.C. Larson), and Carmony's departure from the Extension Division.
The fifth and last series is South Bend files and consists of just a few items,
primarily some correspondence annual reports, dating from Carmony's six years as
director of the South Bend Mishawaka Center.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries' online
catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the
catalog using these terms.
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Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Accession 0539
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Preferred Citation
[Item], Indiana University Division of University Extension Associate Dean's records, Collection C13, Indiana University Archives,
Bloomington.
Processing InformationProcessed by Andrea Bean.
Reprocessed by Elizabeth Rytting and Elia Van Lith
Completed in 2004.
Series:
Correspondence, 1947-1958,
undated
Box 1
Allen, Frank E., 1950
Angellillo, Paul, 1952
Appleton, Eileen S., 1955-1958
Ashton, John W., 1950-1958
Barnhart, Dr. John, 1951-1953
Beckes, Dr. Isaac K., 1950-1951
Braden, Samuel E., 1954-1958
Briscoe, Herman T., 1947-1956
Browne, Robert B., 1952-1958
Broyles, Dr. Ralph E., 1950-1959
Bryan, William Lowe, 1953
Buhner, John C., 1953-1960
Byrnes, Dr. Robert F., 1957-1959
B General file,
Babcock, Glenn D., 1951
Baillie, Charles Tupper, 1950
Baumgartel, Howard J., 1954
Barker, Dr. Charles A., 1955
Beck, Frank O., 1956
Beckes, Dr. Glen H., 1950
Bergstedt, Linda, 1951
Berry, Miss Erick, 1954
Blair, Mr. and Mrs. George W., 1953
Blue, Merle, 1955
Bolling, Landrum R., 1957
Breneman, Dr. William, 1952
Buley, Dr. R.C., 1951
Carmony, Edwin, 1956-1957
Cleland, Ralph E., 1951-1958
Collins, Ralph L., 1950-1959
Crump, Ross G., 1953
C General file,
Carmichael, Oliver C., 1949
Carmony, Larry, 1958
Cavanaugh, Rev. John J., 1956
Clifford, Austin V., 1952
Crawford, T. James, 1953
Crum, James E., 1957
Deen, Leonard, 1951
Detzler, Jack J., 1950-1957
Doenges, Byron, 1956-1958
Edmundson, Dr. Frank K., 1952-1953
Eldridge, James A., 1951-1955
Ellson, Dr. D.G., 1953,
1957
Ferguson, Hannah M. (Mrs. Russell J.), 1955
Fertsch, Albert, 1950-1952
Fraenkel, Peter, 1950-1957
Graves, Brookes, 1955
Grimm, Harold J., 1953-1958
Gucker, Frank T., Jr., 1951-1958
G General file,
Gustafson, Ben G., 1956
Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Ford P., 1950-1952
Hammersmith, Jeanne, 1950
Hawkins, Hubert H., 1955,
1958
Hogue, Arthur R., 1952-1958
Hunt, Virgil, 1955,
1959
H General file,
Harrell, Charles E., 1953
Heller, Herbert, 1957
Higgins, Dr. Smith, Jr.,1959
Hill, Herbert R., 1957
How, Louis E. and Beatrice, 1955
Howard, J. Gordon, 1951
Johnston, Eric, 1950
Kent, Dr. Neil and Louise, 1958
Kohlmeier, Dr., 1953,
1956
Levy, Nathan, 1950,
1953
Lowell, Mildred Hawksworth, 1954
L General file,
Laves, Walter H.C., 1954
Lobley, Mrs. Alan H. (Kathleen Nolan), 1957
Logan, Dr. Rayford W., 1952
Lynch, William, 1952
McCulloch, Dr. Robert W., 1954
Miner, Wallace B., 1954-1957
Mooney, Dr. Chase C., 1954-1958
Morton, J.R. (Jack),1957
Mull, John C.,1957
M General file,
MacCloud, Rotarion (Mac), 1951
Mayhill, Roger, 1958
McAvoy, Thomas T., 1951
McFarland, Mary Alice, 1950
Mee, John F., 1958
Metzger, Rev. Charles H., 1957
Miller, Fred A., 1951
Muschel, Herbert, 1950
Neff, Floyd R., 1950-1951
Norman, Hugh W., 1950-1958
Norton, Rev. James E., 1950-1952
Noyes, Russell, 1951
Patty, Dr. Willard W., 1952-1957
Peckham, Howard H., 1951-1953
Perkins, John A., 1956
Pratt, Dr. Norman T., Jr. (Jim), 1952-1956
Price, Dr. Charles, 1958
Quirk, Dr. Robert E., Jr.,undated
Roberts, Eunice C., 1952-1955
Rudholm, Melvin P., 1952
R General file,
Ramble, Fred, 1958
Ratti, Dr. Gino A., 1951
Reed, F.T., 1955
Richards, S.D., 1950
Richardson, Willis, 1956
Ricke, Joe, 1958
Ritchie, Forrest C., 1952
Sikes, Dr. P.S., 1953
Snyder, Dr. John W., 1958
Sudermann, Jacob, 1951-1962
S General file,
Sauvain, H.C., 1954
Scheets, Mari Belle, 1955
Schiller, Betty, 1958
Schwertman, Janet, 1956
Shibler, Dr. H.L., 1957
Simons, Dick, 1954
Snethen, William P., 1956
Solomon, Esther, 1956
Sparks, Frank H., 1955
Stevens, Warren D., 1951
Stuart, James A., 1953
Sylvester, Rowland, 1951
Torrey, Dr. Theodore W., 1951-1954
Waggoner, Bob, 1955-1958
Waggoner, George R., 1950-1955
Waters, L.L., 1952,
1953
Wells, Herman B, 1950-1958
Willbern, York, 1958
Williams, Lucille, 1950-1951
Wright, Wendell, 1951,
1955
W General file,
Williams, Wendel, 1953
Wiltz, John Edward, 1959
Winter, Mary Louise, 1950
Y General file,
York, Scott B., 1952
Young, Dr. John J., 1952
Unknown, 1953,
undated
Recommendations, 1950-1959
Restricted, located at end of Box 2
Bergstedt, Linda, 1951
Constantine, Dr., 1953
Gilman, Alan, 1952-1953
Laird, Byron F., 1954
Lawlis, Chelsea, 1955
Raines, Richard C., 1950
Tannenbaum, Earl, 1952-1953
Tredway, Gilbert, 1959
Winter, Mary Louise, 1952
Series:
Administrative files, 1948-1959
Box 1
Annual reports, 1950-1958
Deans' Meetings meeting minutes, 1953-1954
Enrollment study, 1953-1959
Faculty index, 1955
Box 2
Memoranda
Index, 1950-1954,
1958
1953-1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
Purdue University adult education, 1950-1957
Richmond Center, 1948-1958
Vincennes Center, 1954-1955
Series:
Fifteen year study, 1939-1955
Box 2
Memoranda re., 1955
Calumet Center, 1939-1955
Fort Wayne Center, 1939-1955
Gary Center, 1939-1955
Indianapolis Center, 1939-1955
Kokomo Center, 1949-1955
Richmond Center, 1949-1954
South Bend Center, 1939-1955
Southeastern Center, 1944-1955
Series:
Subject files, 1950-1959,
undated
Administrative questionnaires
Box 2
1950-1954
1954-1958,
undated
Audio Visual Center correspondence with Director L.C.
Larson,
Audubon screen tours, 1950-1957,
undated
Certificate programs, 1950-1958
Chemistry courses for nurses, 1953-1956
Departure from Extension Division, 1958-1959
High School history achievement contests, 1956-1958,
undated
Indiana University Libraries, 1950-1953
Norman chairship, 1953-1956
U.S. Steel, 1952-1957
Series:
South Bend files, 1944-1950
Box 2
Annual reports, 1944-1950
Correspondence, 1944-1950
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