Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections

Table of Contents

Summary Information

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents note

Administrative Information

Controlled Access Headings

Collection Inventory

Department of Humanities

Vietnam

Committees

Miscellaneous

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

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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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