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James Albert Woodburn, 1856-1943, was born in Bloomington, Indiana, and received his A.B. from Indiana University in 1876, his A.M. in 1885, and his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1890. He taught in the public schools of Grayville, Illinois, and in the Preparatory Department of Indiana University before becoming Professor of American History at Indiana University in 1890, a position which he held until his retirement in 1924. Outside of his career as a historian, he worked to further efforts of the League of Nations by promoting their world peace programs.
James Gelston Woodburn, 1894-1980, was born in Bloomington, Indiana to James Albert Woodburn and Caroline Louise Gelston. He received college degrees from Indiana University and Purdue University before earning his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1929. Over the course of his career as a civil engineer, he held faculty positions at Wisconsin State College and the University of Wisconsin before serving as the chair of his department from 1949-1958.
The collection is organized into the following series: I. Correspondence; II. Ephemera; III. Legal Documents; IV. Personal; V. Professional; VI. Photographs; VII. Print Materials and VIII. Realia.
Biographical and genealogical information on members of the Woodburn family may be
found in James Albert
Woodburn mss.; also located at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Acquired: 2012
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Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly Library.
[Item], Woodburn mss. II, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Processed by Casey Blackmore and Susan Bogner.
Completed in
(includes correspondence from President Bryan)
(Includes additional correspondence)
(Includes additional correspondence)
(Includes additional correspondence)
(Various correspondents in one letter)
(actual letters moved to Correspondence series)