William Hugh Jansen's Elementary Composition class papers, 1937-1938
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Finding aid prepared by Amanda Ferrara
Summary Information
Repository
Indiana University Archives
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E460
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-1127
Email: archives@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives
Creator
Jansen, William Hugh, 1914-
TitleWilliam Hugh Jansen's Elementary
Composition class papers, 1937-1938
Collection No.
C583
Extent
0.2 cubic feet (1 box)
Language
Materials are in English
Abstract
William Hugh Jansen was a tutor,
lecturer, and instructor in English at Indiana University from 1937-1949. The
collection consists of composition papers from the students he tutored in the
Elementary Composition class from 1937-1938; the papers, written in response to
various predetermined topics, have extensive handwritten notes by Jansen.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Advanced notice required.
Biographical Note
William Hugh Jansen was born on March 2, 1914 in Stamford, Connecticut.
He attended Stamford High School (CT), and obtained his BA from Wesleyan University
in 1935. He studied at Trinity College (CT), and obtained a teaching certificate
from Columbia University before travelling to Indiana University (IU) to obtain his
PhD in English and Folklore. Jansen studied the American novelist Thomas Wolfe. In
1951, Jansen went to the University of Ankara, Turkey as a Fulbright Scholar, where
he taught English Literature, American History, and Folklore.
Jansen was a teacher at Williston Academy in Easthampton, Massachusetts from
1935-1937. Jansen was a tutor of English at IU from 1937-1941, an Extension Lecturer
at IU from 1941-1942, and an Instructor in English from 1942-August of 1949. He was
an outspoken advocate for the academic, foreign exchange of students, often known to
lecture to faculty members and the community about these students, and the best ways
to teach and interact with them. After IU, Jansen worked in the Field Department of
the Graver Tank and Manufacturing Company in East Chicago, Indiana during the summer
of 1942. Jansen also went on to teach as an associate professor of English and
Folklore at the University of Kentucky, 1949-1979.
Professionally, Jansen was a member of the Modern Language Association (MLA), served
as a member of the Executive Council of the American Folklore Society in 1947,
served as the President of the Hoosier Folklore Society in 1946 and 1947, and was a
member of Sigma Nu. Jansen frequently wrote reviews and critiques of books and
articles in the English, Folklore, and literature fields, respectively. He was the
editor of Hoosier Folklore from 1947-1949.
William Hugh Jansen was married to Violet E. Schraft on September 10, 1937; they had
one daughter, Mary Marjorie Jansen.
Arrangement
Collection is organized into one series: Elementary Composition papers; papers are
organized alphabetically by student's last name.
Scope and Content Note
Collection is organized into a single series of Elementary Composition Papers dating
1937-1938 and organized alphabetically by student's last name. The papers revolve
around predetermined topics such as
The Changes One Semester
Has Created in Me,
Social Life at I.U.,
Four Months of College,
Homecoming,and
The Modern
Traveler.
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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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Related Material
The
William
Hugh Jansen papers, 1931-1979
are held by the University of Kentucky
Special Collections.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Accession 5177
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Preferred Citation
[Item], William Hugh Jansen's Elementary Composition class papers, Collection C583, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Processing InformationProcessed by Amanda Ferrara.
Completed in 2015.
File List
Series:
Box 1
Elementary Composition papers, 1937-1938
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