Thomas H. Greer Papers
UA.17.21

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator -
Greer, Thomas H.
Title
Thomas H. Greer papers
ID
UA.17.21
Date [inclusive]
1947-1989
Extent
3.25 Cubic feet
Language
English

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan."

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Biographical Note

Thomas Greer earned his A.B. (1935), M.A. (1936), and Ph.D. (1938) from the University of California. He came to Michigan State College (now Michigan State University) in 1947, as an assistant professor of History and Civilization (1947-1951). He became an Associate Professor of Humanities in 1951 and a full Professor of Humanities in 1956. Greer also served as chairman of the Department of Humanities from 1963-1968. He was a recipient of the Distinguished Faculty Award, 1960. He authored many books, including American Social Reform Movements: Their Pattern since 1865 and  The Development of the American Doctrine of Air Power, as well as a biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Greer retired in 1977 as Professor Emeritus of Humanities. He died in 2004.

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Scope and Contents note

The collection consists of curriculum materials such as syllabi from Humanities courses, Greer’s handwritten lecture notes and outlines, and lists of textbooks used for Humanities courses. Also included are materials related to the National Teach In and the Michigan State University Teach In on the Vietnam War with Greer’s speech and handwritten notes, and newspaper clippings. Meeting notes and minutes from many of the committees Greer served on, including the Steering Committee of the Faculty, All College Educational Research Committee, Basic College Educational Research Committee, Educational Policy Committee, and Committee on the Future of the Department of Humanities. Information files on topics and people, such as the Vietnam War, Women’s Liberation, MSU president Clifton Wharton, and Judy Taylor (the first wheelchair user at MSU), can be found in the collection.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections April 2004

Conrad Hall
888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu

Revision Description

 Revised by M. Badgley September 2011

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Legal Status note

Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • Michigan State University. Department of Humanities.
  • Michigan State University. University College.

Genre(s)

  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
  • Course materials
  • Minutes (administrative records)
  • Outlines and syllabi
  • Speeches

Personal Name(s)

  • Cafagna, Albert C.
  • Greer, Thomas H.
  • Taylor, Judy
  • Wharton, Clifton R., 1926-

Subject(s)

  • Education
  • Universities and colleges -- Curricula
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

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Collection Inventory

Department of Humanities 

Box Folder

Correspondence 1948, 1977, 1980-1989, Undated 

2907 1

Annual reports - Information requests 1970-1976 

2907 2

Meeting minutes 1972-1986 

2907 3

Faculty Opinion Questionnaire 1973 

2907 4

Textbook list 1973-1984 

2907 5

General Education courses 1981-1984, Undated 

2907 6

Enrollment statistics 1981-1989 

2907 7

Salary statistics 1981-1989 

Box
2907
Folder
8

Newsletters 1982-1988 

2907 9

Committees lists 1982-1983 

2907 10

Audio disk collection May 1984 

2907 11

Five-year projections 1986 

2907 12

Faculty reorganization Undated 

2907 13

“History of Civilization” outline, Basic 161, 162, & 163 1947 & 1950 

2907 14

“Humanities: a Syllabus” 1953, 1957 

Box
2907
Folder
15

“Humanities: a Syllabus” 1959, 1962 

2907 16

Great Issues (UC 499) syllabi 1962-1974 

2907 17

“Humanities: a Syllabus” 1963 

2907 18

“Humanities: a Syllabus” 1964-1965 

2907 19

“Humanities: a Syllabus” 1965-1967 

2907 20

“Humanities: a Syllabus” 1969, 1972 

2907 21

Great Issues: War & Peace (UC 499) 1969-1972 

2907 22

Course information 1969-1989 

2907 23

“Western Art: a Handbook” 1971 

2907 24

Course proposals 1971-1976 

2907 25

Great Issues: War & Peace (UC 499) Winter 1972 

2907 26

Humanities 202 syllabus Fall 1981 

2907 27

Basic 241 lesson outlines Undated 

2907 28

Basic 242 lesson outlines Undated 

2907 29

Basic 243 notes Undated 

2907 30

Humanities 201: The Ancient World Undated 

2907 31

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Vietnam 

Drawer Folder

Vietnam Information File 1964-1965 

LFD 2
Drawer

Vietnam. Newspaper clippings 1965-1967 

11
Box Folder

Information file 1965-1967 

2907 32

MSU Teach In April 1965 

2907 33

MSU Teach In newspaper clippings 1965 

2907 34
Drawer

Vietnam. MSU Teach In. The State News April 12, 1965 

11
Box Folder

National Teach In on the Vietnam War 1965 

2907 35

National Teach In newspaper clippings 1965 


    Box Folder
Mixed materials   2907 36
    Drawer Folder
Mixed materials   11 1

Box Folder

Vietnam newspaper clippings 1965, Undated 

2907 37

Hubert Humphrey letter and materials 1966 

2907 38

Widening War in Asia Conference May 12, 1966 

2907 39

Widening War in Asia Conference newspaper clippings 1966  

2907 40

National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (SANE) 1968 

2907 41

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Committees 

Box Folder

University International Projects Committee 1966-1971 

2907 55

University International Projects Committee 1972-1984, Undated 

2907 56

International programs newspaper clippings 

2907 57
Drawer Folder

Department of Humanities Curriculum Committee 1972 

11 4
Box Folder

Department of Humanities Curriculum Committee 1969-1972 

2908 1

Committee on the Future of the Department of Humanities 1972 

2908 2
Box

Committee on the Future Development of the Humanities. Newspaper clippings 1972 

5416
Box Folder

Teaching Methods Committee (Dept. of Humanities) 1972-1976 

2908 3

“A Report to the President of Michigan State University from the Committee on the Future of the Universities” 1959 

2908 4

Committee on General Education Criteria 1972 

2908 7

Report to the President from the Long-Range Planning Council March 1978 

2908 8

Coordinated Proposal: Recommendations to the Board of Trustee March 22, 1981 

2908 9

University Committee on General Education 1981-1982 

2908 10

Faculty Tenure Committee 1971-1972 

2908 11

Bylaws for Academic Governance. Michigan State University 1988 

2908 12

Elected Faculty Council 1970-1973 

2908 13

General Education Ad Hoc Committee 1971 

2908 14

General Education Ad Hoc Committee 1973 

2908 15-17

“General Education for the Seventies: a Faculty Statement on Philosophy & Practice” 1972 

2908 18

General Education Ad Hoc Committee, meeting minutes May 27, 1971-April 25, 1972 

2908 19
Box

General Education Ad Hoc Committee 1971-1972 

5416

Academic Council 

Box Folder

 1967-1968 

2908 20

 1969 

2908 21

 February-April 1970 

2908 22

 October 1970 

2908 23

 November-December 1970 

2908 24

“Bylaws for Academic Governance” 1971 

2908 25

 1971 

2908 26

 1972 

2908 27

 1981 

2908 28

Steering Committee of the Faculty 

Box Folder

 1968-1969 

2908 29

 1969 

2908 30

 January-February 1970 

2908 31

 March-August 1970 

2908 32

 September-October 1970 

2908 33

 November-December 1970 

2908 34

 January-March 1971 

2908 35

 April-July 1971 

2908 36

 August-December 1971 

2908 37

Secretary’s File January-February 1972 

2908 38

Secretary’s File March-May 1972 

2908 39

 Undated 

2908 40

All College Educational Research Committee (ACERC) 

Box Folder

 1949 

2909 1

 January 25, 1950-February 15, 1950 

2909 2

 February 17, 1950-December 14, 1950 

2909 3

 1951 

2909 4

Meeting minutes 1951 

2909 5

 1952 

2909 6

 1953-1954 

2909 7

 1955, Undated 

2909 8
Drawer Folder

ACERC Faculty Organization Study… Undated 

LFD 1

Basic College Educational Research Committee (BCERC) 

Box Folder

 1944-1949 

2909 9

 January-September 1950 

2909 10

 October-December 1950 

2909 11

 1951 

2909 12

 January-March 1952 

2909 13

 April-December 1952 

2909 14

 1953 

2909 15

 1954, Undated 

2909 16

Communication skills 1958-1959, Undated 

2909 17

Educational Policies Sub-Committee on Policies Dealing with Student Cheating at Michigan State University 1960 

2909 18

Educational Policy Committee (EPC) 

Box Folder

Backfile 1958-1960 

2909 19

Hand written notes 1960 

2909 20

 April-June 1960 

2909 21

 September-December 1960 

2909 22

 1961 

2909 23

 1962 

2909 24

Backfile 1962, Undated 

University College 1969-1979 

Box Folder

University College Educational Policies and Curriculum Committee 1970-1972 

2909 27

University College Advisory Council 

Box Folder

 1971-1975 

2909 28

 February-May 1976 

2909 29

 June-December 1976 

2909 30

“University College and the Decade Ahead: General Education in a Changing University” 1969 

2909 31

University College Bylaws Revisions 1970 

2909 32

University College Objectives 1944-1972 

2909 33

“Professional Self-Images & Organizational Orientations of a General Education Faculty” 1969 

2909 34

“University College Self Study: Review & Assessment of General Education and the University College” 1977 

2909 35

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Miscellaneous 

Drawer Folder

"The Individuals Response to a World in Conflict" speech by Thomas Greer 1964 

FD 1
Box Folder

“Air Arm Doctrinal Roots,” Military Affairs January 1957 

2907 42

MSU Reporter February 1961 

2907 43

Conference on General Education, East Lansing, MI November 2-5, 1961 

2907 44

Published materials about Thomas Greer 1962, 1971 

2907 45

Women’s Liberation information file 1969-1970, Undated 

2907 46

Distinguished Faculty Awards 1970-1972 

2907 47

MSU Information Services biography 1973 

2907 48

MSU Oral History Project 1979 

2907 49

College of Arts and Letters Bylaws November 1977 

2907 50

College of Arts and Letters faculty meetings 1983-1987 

2907 51

People. Taylor, Judy 1970-1972 

2907 52

People. Wharton, Clifton. Newspaper clippings 1969-1975 

2907 53

People. Wharton, Clifton 1971-1977 

2907 54

American Association of University Professors (AAUP) 1970-1975 

2908 5

AAUP collective bargaining election 1972 

2908 6

Correspondence 1965-1981 

2907 58

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