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| Title: | Cate, James Lea. Papers |
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| Dates: | 1925-1980 |
| Size: | 13.5 linear feet (27 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | James Lea Cate (1899-1981) was a scholar of medieval history and historiography, and a professor at the University of Chicago from 1930 to 1969. A veteran of World War II, Cate studied aviation history, co-edited the seven-volume history Army Air Forces in World War II, and earned an award for Exceptional Civilian Service for his consultancy in the History Office of the United States Air Force. The collection includes material pertaining to Cate's research, writing, and teaching; material relevant to his administrative contributions to the University and to outside professional activities; correspondence; and personal ephemera. Materials date between 1920 and 1980, with the bulk of the material dating between 1945 and 1978. |
The collection is open for research, with the exception of material in Series VII. This series contains restricted fundraising and student materials. Fundraising records are restricted for 50 from date of record creation, and student records are restricted for 80 years from date of record creation.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: James Lea Cate. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
James Lea Cate was born on November 16, 1899 in Little Rock, Arkansas to Clifford Julian Cate and Nathalie Virginia O'Hair. He spent his formative years in Uvalde, Texas, and remained in Texas for the early part of his teaching career. Cate taught high school in Lockhart, Texas from 1923 to 1924, received his A.B. and A. M. at the University of Texas, Austin, in 1925, and worked as an instructor at Schreiner Institute in Kerrville, Texas, from 1925 to 1928. He married Frances Elizabeth Cohn in 1927, with whom he had two children: Mary Allison and James Lea, Jr.
In 1929 Cate spent a year studying medieval history in Belgium under the tutelage of historian Henri Pirenne. Upon his return to the United States he accepted a position as instructor in history at the University of Chicago. In 1935 he earned his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago, and was made an Assistant Professor in 1936. He was much loved by his students and his talent for teaching was recognized in 1940 when he received the Ernest E. Quantrell Award for excellence in teaching. That same year he was promoted to Associate Professor. In 1948 Cate was appointed Professor of Medieval History. He was made a professor of history in the humanities in 1965. Cate's primary research and teaching subjects included medieval history, historiography, and aviation history.
Cate served in the Army Air Force with the rank of major during World War II and received the Legion of Merit. From 1946 to 1956 he was a consultant in the Historian's Office of the Department of the Air Force. Drawing from these experiences, Cate co-edited a seven-volume book, Army Air Forces in World War II, with Wesley Frank Craven between 1948 and 1958.
In addition to his teaching duties, Cate served the University in many ways. Administratively, his contributions were numerous. He was Dean of Students in the Division of Humanities from 1940 to 1941. He was elected nine times by fellow faculty members to the Committee of the Council of the University of Chicago Senate. He was chosen twice by his colleagues as Spokesman of the Committee of the Council. He was a gifted fundraiser for the University, and established multiple fellowship funds in honor of colleagues in the History Department. During the last seven years of his official association with the University of Chicago, Cate served as Director of a co-operative three-year Master of Humanities program funded by the Ford Foundation. He engaged in the lighter side of campus life through his activities with the Quadrangle Club, authoring five musical comedies for the Club's annual "Revels."
Beyond the University of Chicago, Cate was an active member of multiple learned societies and a regular consultant. He served on the Nominating Committee of the American Historical Association in 1956, taught as a visiting professor at Stanford University in 1958, directed a survey of National Defense Education Act History Institutes in 1965, and was a member of the Historical Advisory Committees of the Atomic Energy Commission and NASA, to name a few. The United States Air Force awarded him a medal for exceptional civilian service in 1959 for his work as an historian.
Cate died at home in Chicago on November 1, 1981.
The James Lea Cate Papers are organized into seven series.
Series I documents Cate's study of military history, particularly as a post-World War II consultant to the Air Force Historical Division, and co-editor of the seven-volume Army Air Forces in World War II (1948-1958). The series includes correspondence, photographs, manuscripts and reviews. Particularly notable is a 1953 letter sent to Cate by ex-President Truman recounting the facts and discussions that led to his decision to authorize atomic bomb strikes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Series II contains material documenting Cate's career at the University of Chicago. It includes administrative files pertaining to the Division of the Humanities and the Department of History, as well as files related to Cate's service on University-wide committees, particularly the Committee of the Council of the University Senate. Also included are records of Cate's extensive efforts to raise funds on behalf of several University fellowships. Files on teaching and campus life contain reading lists, lecture notes, unmarked student papers, and course materials, as well as files related to Cate's participation in non-academic activities on campus, such as the annual Quadrangle Club "Revels," a theatrical parody of the University staged by faculty and friends of the University since 1904.
Series III contains Cate's professional correspondence with colleagues from the University of Chicago and in the fields of military and medieval history. A very small amount of personal correspondence is included
Series IV contains articles, essays and speeches written by Cate, along with supporting material such as notes, drafts and correspondence regarding research, publication and speaking engagements. These materials document both Cate's scholarly publications and his role as a popular speaker to professional and community groups and on college and university campuses. Materials relating to Cate's writings on military history are in Series I.
Series V contains material documenting James Lea Cate's participation as an historian in various conferences, organizations, and projects. The series is divided into four subseries. Subseries 1, Various, contains records of Cate's contribution to a variety of initiatives, including acting as an advisor for an educational film, writing an organizational history for Blue Cross, and serving as a guest lecturer or examiner for other universities. Subseries 2, Conferences, contains programs, correspondence, and meeting materials for history conferences in which Cate was involved. In the 1960s, Cate served on the Historical Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission and he led a survey of history institutes for the National Defense Education Act. These activities are represented in Subseries 3 and 4.
Series VI contains a small amount of personal ephemera and biographical information, including clippings from books and articles acknowledging Cate's work and reports he compiled regarding his professional and scholarly activities. Files in this series also document Cate's receipt of the Air Force's Exceptional Service Award in 1959.
Series VII includes files to which access is restricted. Materials related to fundraising for university fellowships are restricted for 50 years. Files containing student evaluative material, primarily in the form of letters of recommendation, are restricted for 80 years.
Gottschalk, Louis. Papers
University of Chicago. Department of History. Records
Series I: Air Force and Military History |
This series contains correspondence, book reviews, clippings, and other material related to military history, and especially the history of the US Air Force during World War II. Much of the material in the series related to the 7-volume Army Air Forces in World War II, co-edited by Cate, including many reviews of all 7 volumes, correspondence, and material related to the presentation of the final volume to the US Secretary of the Air Force. Also included is correspondence between Cate and President Harry Truman regarding the precise date of the directive to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The series also contains Air Force photographs, records of the founding of the Air Force Historical Foundation, periodicals, and typescripts of talks given by Cate. Materials date from 1943-1980, and are arranged chronologically.
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Photographs, Atomic Bomb Directive, 1943-1945 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | “History of the Twentieth Air Force: Genesis,” 1945 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Plan for the History of the AAF in WWII – Memoranda and Discussion, 1945 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Review of Aerial Warfare for the Scientific Advisory Board, 1945 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Correspondence – Truman and Atom Bomb Directive, 1945-1953 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Outline of AAF History and Manual of Style, circa 1945 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | “Final Report of Retiring AAF Historian,” 1946 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Style Manual for Military History, 1946 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Correspondence, 1947-1980 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | Cate, “Development of Air Doctrine: 1917-1941," offprint, program for Mississippi Valley Historical Association, 1947 |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | Air War College Talks – Typescripts and Correspondence, 1948 |
| Box 1 Folder 12 | The Army Air Forces in World War II – Vol. I Reviews [1 of 2], 1948-1950 |
| Box 1 Folder 13 | The Army Air Forces in World War II – Vol. I Reviews [2 of 2], 1948-1950 |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | The Army Air Forces in World War II – Correspondence, Vols. I-VI, 1948-1959 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Military Review, 1948 |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | The Army Air Forces in World War II – Vol. II Reviews, 1949 |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | Nebraska History – Review of The Army Air Forces in World War II – Vol. I, 1949 |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | Revue Historique de L’Armée 4, Review of The Army Air Forces in World War II, 1949 |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | The Army Air Forces in World War II – Vol. IV Reviews, 1950-1951 |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | “Global Command: The Double Cross Bee Cee,” Typescript, Journal, Reprint, 1951 |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | Pogue, Forrest: “High Command in War: Two Problems from the Second World War” – Reprint, 1951 |
| Box 2 Folder 9 | “Report and Recommendations of the Committee of the American Historical Association . . .,” circa 1952 |
| Box 2 Folder 10 | The Army Air Forces in World War II – Vol. III Reviews, 1952-1953 |
| Box 2 Folder 11 | USAF Historical Foundation, Correspondence and Records, 1953 |
| Box 2 Folder 12 | Air War College – Project CONTROL, 1953-1954 |
| Box 2 Folder 13 | The Army Air Forces in World War II – Vol. V Reviews, 1953-1954 |
| Box 2 Folder 14 | The Army Air Forces in World War II – Vol. VI Reviews, 1955 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | The Army Air Forces in World War II – Vol. VII Correspondence, Press Releases, Clippings, 1958 |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | The Army Air Forces in World War II – Vol. VII Reviews 1958, 1972 |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | The North Carolina Historical Review – Review of The Army Air Forces in World War II – Vol. VII, 1959 |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | G. E. Newsletter, 1960 |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | Olson, James – Review of Herbert Fers, Japan Subdued . . ., 1962 |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | Air Force Academy Military History Symposia Programs, correspondence and talks, 1967-1968 |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | Hinds, Roland D., “The Development of the Strategic Airlift for the Armed Forces of the United States: 1941-1965,” 1968 |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | Notes, undated |
| Box 3 Folder 9 | Unidentified Manuscript, Chapters I-III, Typescript, undated |
Series II: University of Chicago |
This series contains material documenting James Lea Cate's career at the University of Chicago. The series is subdivided into administrative, fundraising, and teaching materials. In Subseries 1, Administration, materials pertaining to the Humanities Division come first, followed by records related to the administration of the History Department. This is followed by records of committees on which Cate served and more general administrative material. Subseries 2, Fundraising, contains records of Cate's fundraising activities on behalf of several fellowship funds at the University. Materials are arranged alphabetically by fellowship, then chronologically. Additional fundraising material is found in the restricted series. Subseries 3, Teaching and Campus Life, contains reading lists, lecture notes, unmarked student papers, and other pertinent course materials. This subseries also includes files related to Cate's participation in non-academic activities on campus, such as the annual Quadrangle Club "Revels," a theatrical parody of the University staged by faculty and friends of the University since 1904.
Subseries 1: Administration |
| Box 3 Folder 10 | Humanities Division, 1952-1960 |
| Box 3 Folder 11 | Humanities Division - Committee on Research, 1952-1956 |
| Box 3 Folder 12 | Humanities Division - Co-operative four-year doctoral program - Campus visits, 1967-1968 |
| Box 3 Folder 13 | Humanities Division - Co-operative four-year doctoral program, 1968 |
| Box 3 Folder 14 | Humanities Division - Three-Year Master of Arts in the Humanities Program - Reports to Ford Foundation, 1963-1965 |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | Humanities Division - Three-Year Master of Arts in the Humanities Program - Fellowship lists, 1964-1968 |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | Humanities Division - Three-Year Master of Arts in the Humanities Program - Fellowship lists and correspondence, 1964-1965 |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | Humanities Division - Three-Year Master of Arts in the Humanities Program - Schedules, participating schools, forms, 1964-1967 |
| Box 4 Folder 4 | Humanities Division - Three-Year Master of Arts in the Humanities Program - Brochures, 1964-1969 |
| Box 4 Folder 5 | Humanities Division - Three-Year Master of Arts in the Humanities Program - Humanities 308, Teaching Seminar, 1965 |
| Box 4 Folder 6 | Humanities Division - Three-Year Master of Arts in the Humanities Program - Student Conference, 1965-1966 |
| Box 4 Folder 7 | Humanities Division - Three-Year Master of Arts in the Humanities Program - Class of 1965-1966 |
| Box 4 Folder 8 | Humanities Division - Three-Year Master of Arts in the Humanities Program - Reports to Ford Foundation and correspondence, 1965-1967 |
| Box 4 Folder 9 | Humanities Division - Three-Year Master of Arts in the Humanities Program - Campus visits, 1965-1967 |
| Box 4 Folder 10 | Humanities Division - Three-Year Master of Arts in the Humanities Program - Correspondence, 1965-1968 |
| Box 4 Folder 11 | Humanities Division - Three-Year Master of Arts in the Humanities Program - Student visits - Correspondence, 1965-1968 |
| Box 4 Folder 12 | Humanities Division - Three-Year Master of Arts in the Humanities Program - Central States College Association, 1966 |
| Box 4 Folder 13 | Humanities Division - Three-Year Master of Arts in the Humanities Program - Student Conference, 1966-1967 |
| Box 4 Folder 14 | Humanities Division - Three-Year Master of Arts in the Humanities Program -Class of 1966-1967 |
| Box 4 Folder 15 | History Department - Ancient History faculty search, 1952-1958 |
| Box 4 Folder 16 | History Department - Committee on Medieval Studies, 1955 |
| Box 4 Folder 17 | History Department - William T. Hutchinson, "The Department of History in Retrospect," 1956 |
| Box 4 Folder 18 | History Department - Fellowship publicity, 1959 |
| Box 4 Folder 19 | History Department, Statistics and newsletters, 1956, 1971-1972 |
| Box 4 Folder 20 | History Department - Newsletter, 1962-1964, 1978 |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | History Department - Graduate study brochures, 1963-1963 |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | History Department - Graduates, 1963-1968 |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | History Department - Retirement - Correspondence, 1962-1969 |
| Box 5 Folder 4 | History Department - Brochures, 1972-1973 |
| Box 5 Folder 5 | History Department - Members and graduates, 1972-1976 |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | History Department - Karl F. Morrison, orientation address, 1974 |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | History Department - "The Grays and the Department of History at the University of Chicago in the 1960s," undated |
| Box 5 Folder 8 | Committee on Academic Freedom, Communism, 1953 |
| Box 5 Folder 9 | William Vaughn Moody Lecture Committee, 1953 |
| Box 5 Folder 10 | Committee of the Council, 1957-1958 |
| Box 5 Folder 11 | Committee of the Council, 1956-1958 |
| Box 5 Folder 12 | Committee of the Council, 1956-1959 |
| Box 6 Folder 1 | Committee of the Council and Subcommittees, 1952-1960 |
| Box 6 Folder 2 | Committee of the Council and Subcommittees, 1959 |
| Box 6 Folder 3 | American Council of Learned Societies, Committee on Educational Trends in the Humanities - "Liberal Education and Democracy," 1940 |
| Box 6 Folder 4 | Report on Humanities Survey Course, University System of Georgia, 1941 |
| Box 6 Folder 5 | Chicago Bachelor of Arts Degree after ten years, 1952-1953 |
| Box 6 Folder 6 | Quantrell Award, 1977 |
Subseries 2: Fundraising |
| Box 6 Folder 7 | James Lea Cate Fellowship - Letter, 1964 |
| Box 6 Folder 8 | History Fellowships - Correspondence, 1960-1962 |
| Box 6 Folder 9 | Albert Kunstadter Fellowship in History - Correspondence, 1954-1964 |
| Box 6 Folder 10 | Ferdinand Schevill Fellowship in History - Correspondence - Non-University friends, 1955-1957 |
| Box 6 Folder 11 | Ferdinand Schevill Fellowship in History - Correspondence - Reach Group, 1955-1957 |
| Box 6 Folder 12 | Ferdinand Schevill Fellowship in History - Family, 1955-1959 |
| Box 6 Folder 13 | Ferdinand Schevill Fellowship in History - Correspondence, 1955-1960 |
| Box 7 Folder 1 | Ferdinand Schevill Fellowship in History - Contribution Lists and Correspondence, 1955-1961 |
| Box 7 Folder 2 | Ferdinand Schevill Fellowship in History - Correspondence - PhDs, 1955-1962 |
| Box 7 Folder 3 | Ferdinand Schevill Fellowship in History - Correspondence, 1955-1963 |
| Box 7 Folder 4 | Ferdinand Schevill Fellowship in History - Correspondence - Emeriti, 1956-1957 |
| Box 7 Folder 5 | Ferdinand Schevill Fellowship in History - Correspondence - Humanities grant, 1956-1957 |
| Box 7 Folder 6 | Ferdinand Schevill Fellowship in History - Correspondence - Solicitation rejections, 1956-1957 |
| Box 7 Folder 7 | Ferdinand Schevill Fellowship in History - Correspondence - Frank Lloyd Wright, 1956-1957 |
| Box 7 Folder 8 | Ferdinand Schevill Fellowship in History - Correspondence - Margaret (Tiffany) Blake, 1956-1963 |
| Box 7 Folder 9 | Ferdinand Schevill Fellowship in History - Correspondence - Frankfurt group, 1956-1964 |
| Box 7 Folder 10 | David Shillinglaw - Book distribution, 1972 |
| Box 7 Folder 11 | David Shillinglaw - Memorial Service, 1976 |
| Box 7 Folder 12 | Harold L. Stuart - Correspondence, 1961-1964 |
Subseries 3: Teaching and Campus Life |
| Box 8 Folder 1 | Medieval Institute, list of lectures, 1941, undated |
| Box 8 Folder 2 | James L. Cate, "Problems for History 201," 1942 |
| Box 8 Folder 3 | Seminar in Medieval Historiography - Student paper, 1951 |
| Box 8 Folder 4 | Medieval Historiography - Lecture notes and student paper, 1951 |
| Box 8 Folder 5 | Medieval Historiography - Notes and papers on Matthew Paris, circa 1950s |
| Box 8 Folder 6 | Medieval Historiography - Course outlines, reading lists, lecture notes, 1965 |
| Box 8 Folder 7 | Medieval Historiography - Course material, undated |
| Box 8 Folder 8 | Historiography and Augustine - Lecture notes, undated |
| Box 8 Folder 9 | Medieval Studies - Student papers - University histories, 1962-1963 |
| Box 8 Folder 10 | History 221, Final examination questions, 1963 |
| Box 8 Folder 11 | Medieval Studies 300 - Course outlines, correspondence, 1963-1966 |
| Box 8 Folder 12 | Medieval Studies 300 - Bibliographies, lecture notes, undated |
| Box 8 Folder 13 | Teaching - Lecture notes - "Europe in the Late Middle Ages," undated |
| Box 8 Folder 14 | Teaching - Reading list and lecture notes, undated |
| Box 8 Folder 15 | Teaching - Lecture notes, reading list, undated |
| Box 9 Folder 1 | Student paper - "The Crusade of Andrew II, 1217-1218," undated |
| Box 9 Folder 2 | Student paper - "Ibn Khaldūn as Historian," undated |
| Box 9 Folder 3 | Student paper - "Fire Arms and their Effects," undated |
| Box 9 Folder 4 | Dissertation abstract - "The Rule of the Military Order of St. James," undated |
| Box 9 Folder 5 | Odo of Devil - Typescript, undated |
| Box 9 Folder 6 | Quadrangle Club - Revels, 1948-1951 |
| Box 9 Folder 7 | Quadrangle Club - Revels, 1955-1964 |
| Box 9 Folder 8 | Quadrangle Club - Revels, undated |
| Box 9 Folder 9 | Stochastics, 1965-1969 |
| Box 9 Folder 10 | University of Chicago Memorial Services, 1975-1977 |
| Box 9 Folder 11 | University of Chicago aerial photograph, undated |
Series III: Correspondence |
Series III contains Cate's professional correspondence with colleagues from the University of Chicago and in the fields of military and medieval history. A very small amount of personal correspondence is included
| Box 10 Folder 1 | A-B, 1948-1978
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| Box 10 Folder 2 | Bark, William C., 1948-1964 |
| Box 10 Folder 3 | Beadle, George W. and Beadle, Muriel, 1961-1973 |
| Box 10 Folder 4 | Bromberg, Alfred and Bromberg, Juanita, 1967 |
| Box 10 Folder 5 | C-D, 1948-1978
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| Box 10 Folder 6 | Carpender, Sydney, 1967-1971 |
| Box 10 Folder 7 | Combs, Cecil E., 1959-1980 |
| Box 10 Folder 8 | Compart, Ida, 1977 |
| Box 10 Folder 9 | Craven, W. Frank, 1950-1971 |
| Box 10 Folder 10 | Donnelley, Gaylord, 1959-1974 |
| Box 10 Folder 11 | Dunham, William H., 1949-1962 |
| Box 10 Folder 12 | E-F, 1950-1977
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| Box 10 Folder 13 | Fagg, John E., 1950-1978 |
| Box 10 Folder 14 | Fox, Edward W., 1950 |
| Box 10 Folder 15 | Frantz, Joe B., 1962-1977 |
| Box 10 Folder 16 | G-H, 1953-1978
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| Box 10 Folder 17 | Ganshof, Jacques-Louis and Ganshof, Nell, 1930-1976 |
| Box 10 Folder 18 | Harrison, R. Wendell (Pat) and Harrison, Mary, 1959-1975 |
| Box 10 Folder 19 | Hutchins, Robert Maynard, 1955-1972 |
| Box 11 Folder 1 | J-K, 1941-1979
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| Box 11 Folder 2 | Johnson, Walter, 1954-1972 |
| Box 11 Folder 3 | Kimpton, Lawrence A., 1951-1959 |
| Box 11 Folder 4 | Kimpton, Lawrence A. and Kimpton, Mary, 1960-1977, undated |
| Box 11 Folder 5 | L-M, 1946-1978
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| Box 11 Folder 6 | Levi, Edward H., 1964-1974 |
| Box 11 Folder 7 | Maclean, Norman, 1972-1976 |
| Box 11 Folder 8 | McLaughlin, Andrew Cunningham, biographical notes and correspondence regarding, 1973, undated |
| Box 11 Folder 9 | Morris, Donald, University of Chicago Magazine, 1973-1975 |
| Box 11 Folder 10 | Morrison, Karl, 1971-1976 |
| Box 11 Folder 11 | N-P, 1948-1979
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| Box 11 Folder 12 | New York University, 1958 |
| Box 11 Folder 13 | Olson, James C., 1962-1970 |
| Box 11 Folder 14 | Paszek, Lawrence J., 1964-1965 |
| Box 11 Folder 15 | R, 1946-1977
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| Box 11 Folder 16 | Runciman, Steven, Sir, 1962-1963 |
| Box 11 Folder 17 | S, 1947-1978
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| Box 11 Folder 18 | Schenkman, Alfred S., 1961-1968 |
| Box 12 Folder 1 | Schmitt, Bernadotte E. and Schmitt, Demaris, 1960-1972 |
| Box 12 Folder 2 | Simpson, Alan, 1963-1971 |
| Box 12 Folder 3 | Simpson, Albert F., 1957 |
| Box 12 Folder 4 | Stapleton, William H., 1963-1979 |
| Box 12 Folder 5 | T-V, 1929-1975
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| Box 12 Folder 6 | Taylor, Charles, correspondence regarding, 1967-1968 |
| Box 12 Folder 7 | Taylor, James, correspondence with and regarding, 1948-1969 |
| Box 12 Folder 8 | University of Chicago Press, 1952-1972 |
| Box 12 Folder 9 | University of Chicago, campus mail, 1962-1978 |
| Box 12 Folder 10 | Upton, Robert C., 1959-1974 |
| Box 12 Folder 11 | W, 1946-1977
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| Box 12 Folder 12 | Watkins, George H., 1970-1975 |
| Box 12 Folder 13 | Webb, Walter P., correspondence with and regarding, 1948-1974 |
| Box 12 Folder 14 | Weintraub, Karl (Jock), 1954-1978 |
| Box 12 Folder 15 | Whiting, Lawrence, 1957-1958 |
| Box 12 Folder 16 | Wilson, John T., 1975 |
| Box 12 Folder 17 | Wilt, Napier, 1960-1961 |
| Box 12 Folder 18 | Unidentified correspondents, 1950-1977 |
Series IV: Writings |
Series IV contains articles, essays and speeches written by Cate, along with supporting material such as notes, drafts and correspondence regarding research, publication and speaking engagements. Materials relating to Cate's writings on military history are in Series I.
| Box 13 Folder 1 | Student or other early papers and notes by J. L. Cate, circa 1920s |
| Box 13 Folder 2 | Student or other early papers and notes by J. L. Cate, circa 1920s |
| Box 13 Folder 3 | "The Crusade of 1101," Master's thesis, University of Texas, 1925 |
| Box 13 Folder 4 | Notes on a course on medieval political institutions, taught by Jacques-Louis Ganshof, 1929-1930 |
| Box 13 Folder 5 | "The Bessarabian Question," circa 1930 |
| Box 13 Folder 6 | "An Introductory Course in the General Humanities," offprint, 1936 |
| Box 13 Folder 7 | "The English Mission of Eustace of Flay (1200-1201)," offprints, 1937 |
| Box 13 Folder 8 | "How to Know a Good College Teacher from a Hawk or Handsaw," from The Preparation and In-Service Training of College Teachers, ed W.S. Gray, typescript, 1938 |
| Box 13 Folder 9 | Writings on James Westfall Thompson, notes, drafts, reviews, correspondence, 1938-1966 |
| Box 13 Folder 10 | Writings on James Westfall Thompson, notes, drafts, reviews, correspondence, 1938-1966 |
| Box 13 Folder 11 | "Law in the Middle Ages," address to University of Chicago Law School, typescript, 1939 |
| Box 14 Folder 1 | "Medieval Culture, Ecclesiastical or Secular; from the Point of View of Economic History," typescript, circa 1940 |
| Box 14 Folder 2 | "A Decade of American Publication on Medieval Economic History," offprint, 1941 |
| Box 14 Folder 3 | "A Gay Crusader," Byzantion XVI, 1942-1943, offprints, correspondence, 1942-1948 |
| Box 14 Folder 4 | "The Middle Ages in a Modern School," paper for Conference for Teachers of the Social Sciences in Secondary Schools and Junior Colleges, notes, drafts, 1947 |
| Box 14 Folder 5 | "With Henty in Texas: A Tale of a Boy's Historian," Graduate History Club, University of Chicago (1946), text, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 6 | "With Henty in the Middle Ages: A Tale of a Boy's Historian," Caxton Club (1953), notes and drafts, circa 1953 |
| Box 14 Folder 7 | "With Henty in Texas: A Tale of a Boy's Historian," Texas State Historical Association (1964), correspondence, offprints, 1964-1975 |
| Box 14 Folder 8 | "With Henty in Texas: A Tale of a Boy's Historian," correspondence, 1951-1973 |
| Box 14 Folder 9 | "G. A. Henty as a Boy's Historian," exhibit at University of Chicago Library, correspondence and exhibit text, 1965 |
| Box 14 Folder 10 | G. A. Henty, notes and articles, 1938-1940 |
| Box 14 Folder 11 | G. A. Henty, book purchases and desiderata, 1948-1973 |
| Box 15 Folder 1 | Speech to Trustees' Dinner, text, reprint, correspondence, 1952 |
| Box 15 Folder 2 | "Presentation of Mr. George Sarton," for Honorary Doctor of Humanities, text, correspondence, 1952 |
| Box 15 Folder 3 | "Humanism and the Social Sciences: But What about John de Neushom," address for 25th anniversary of Social Science Building, published in Leonard D. White, ed., The State of the Social Sciences (1956), notes, text, correspondence, 1955-1956 |
| Box 15 Folder 4 | "The Crusade of 1101," from A History of the Crusades, ed Kenneth M. Setton (1955), typescript, correspondence, 1946-1955 |
| Box 15 Folder 5 | William ("Billy") Mitchell, for Dictionary of American Biography, typescript, correspondence, 1955-1956 |
| Box 15 Folder 6 | "Bejaunus to Doctor: Some Casual Remarks on Student Life in the Middle Ages," lecture to Caxton Club, text and correspondence, 1955 |
| Box 15 Folder 7 | "Bejaunus to Doctor: Some Casual Remarks on Student Life in the Middle Ages," lecture to University of Chicago History Club, text and flyer, 1961 |
| Box 15 Folder 8 | "The Scholars Got Bows and Arrows," address at Washington University (1956) and Southwest Texas State College (1962), drafts, offprints, correspondence, 1956-1964 |
| Box 15 Folder 9 | "Henri Pirenne: Scholar and Teacher," drafts, offprints, correspondence, 1957-1961 |
| Box 15 Folder 10 | "The Humanities in a Research University," address to the Board of Trustees (August 1959), notes, text, correspondence, 1959-1963 |
| Box 15 Folder 11 | "The Medieval Background," from a "Discussion of the Play of Daniel," for the University of Chicago Trustees' Wives, typescript, correspondence, 1960 |
| Box 15 Folder 12 | "North Against South: A Centennial Reappraisal," Norman Douglas Memorial Lecture to the Society of the Fifth Line, offprint, 1961 |
| Box 15 Folder 13 | Scott, Arthur Pearson, memorial address and correspondence regarding, 1961 |
| Box 16 Folder 1 | "PU and All That," speech to Plutonium Chemistry Symposium (February 18, 1963), offprints and correspondence, 1962-1964 |
| Box 16 Folder 2 | "PU and All That," speech to Plutonium Chemistry Symposium (February 18, 1963), photographs, 1963 |
| Box 16 Folder 3 | Address to reunion of University of Chicago class of 1938, text, correspondence, 1963 |
| Box 16 Folder 4 | "Keeping Posted," address to Center of the American College of Hospital Administrators (1963), University of Chicago Magazine (1972), drafts, undated |
| Box 16 Folder 5 | "Keeping Posted," address to Center of the American College of Hospital Administrators (1963), University of Chicago Magazine 1972), correspondence, 1963-1979 |
| Box 16 Folder 6 | "As Others See Us," address to University of Chicago Emeritus Club (1964), typescript, correspondence, 1964 |
| Box 16 Folder 7 | Henry H. Arnold, Dictionary of American Biography, typescript, notes, correspondence, 1964-1973 |
| Box 16 Folder 8 | "Orosius and World History," address at Shelby High School, typescript, 1966 |
| Box 16 Folder 9 | "The Black Death or Worse than Socialized Medicine," address to Bradford County Medical Society (1969), Stochastics, drafts, offprints, correspondence, 1969-1975 |
| Box 16 Folder 10 | "The Black Death or Worse than Socialized Medicine," address to Bradford County Medical Society (1969), Stochastics, notes, undated |
| Box 16 Folder 11 | Charles Loch Mowat, obituary, American Historical Review, drafts, correspondence, 1971-1972 |
| Box 16 Folder 12 | Orientation talks, University of Chicago, typescripts, 1973-1974 |
| Box 17 Folder 1 | Address to reunion of University of Chicago class of 1937, text, correspondence, 1977 |
| Box 17 Folder 2 | "Two Keys to Old Age," notes, drafts, undated [1/2] |
| Box 17 Folder 3 | "Two Keys to Old Age," notes, drafts, undated [2/2] |
| Box 17 Folder 4 | "That Other Boston," notes, drafts, undated |
| Box 17 Folder 5 | "Pope Urban II's Speech at Clermont: Its Background and Content," typescript, undated |
| Box 17 Folder 6 | "The Will of Edward I," typescript, undated |
| Box 17 Folder 7 | Untitled essay on medieval historiography, typescript, undated |
| Box 17 Folder 8 | "Historiography of Byzantine and Eastern Europe," typescript, undated |
| Box 17 Folder 9 | "The Making of an Historian: Edward Gibbon," typescript, undated |
| Box 17 Folder 10 | Reviews of works by others, texts, notes, correspondence, 1942-1963 |
| Box 17 Folder 11 | Lecture engagements, correspondence, 1956-1963 |
| Box 17 Folder 12 | Memorial Addresses, 1964-1974
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| Box 18 Folder 1 | Notes for proposed anthology of Cate's work |
| Box 18 Folder 2 | Notes and fragments, undated [1/3] |
| Box 18 Folder 3 | Notes and fragments, undated [2/3] |
| Box 18 Folder 4 | Notes and fragments, undated [3/3] |
Series V: Professional Activities |
This series contains material documenting James Lea Cate's participation as an historian in various conferences, organizations, and projects. The series is divided into four subseries. Subseries 1, Various, contains records of Cate's contribution to a variety of initiatives, including acting as an advisor for an educational film, writing an organizational history for Blue Cross, and serving as a guest lecturer or examiner for other universities. Subseries 2, Conferences, contains programs, correspondence, and meeting materials for history conferences in which Cate was involved. In the 1960s, Cate served on the Historical Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission and he led a survey of history institutes for the National Defense Education Act. These activities are represented in Subseries 3 and 4.
Subseries 1: Various |
| Box 18 Folder 5 | Coronet Films - "The Crusades," 1963 |
| Box 18 Folder 6 | Blue Cross history project, 1965 |
| Box 18 Folder 7 | Adams State College - Summer session lectures, 1966 |
| Box 18 Folder 8 | Denison University - Comprehensive exam in history - Visiting examiner, 1968 |
| Box 18 Folder 9 | North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools - Commission on Colleges and Universities, 1968-1969 |
Subseries 2: Conferences |
| Box 18 Folder 10 | Programs and correspondence, 1947-1970 |
| Box 18 Folder 11 | American Historical Association - Chaired sessions, 1956-1967 |
| Box 18 Folder 12 | Comments and remarks on papers, 1959-1965 |
| Box 19 Folder 1 | American Historical Association - Annual meeting, 1959, 1965 |
| Box 19 Folder 2 | American Historical Association - Toronto, 1967-1968 |
| Box 19 Folder 3 | Fourth Conference on Medieval Studies - Published papers, 1974 |
| Box 19 Folder 4 | Midwest Medieval Conference, 1964 |
| Box 19 Folder 5 | Midwest Medieval Conference, 1965-1966 |
| Box 19 Folder 6 | Organization of American Historians - Program, 1967 |
| Box 19 Folder 7 | Southern Historical Association Conference, 1963-1964 |
Subseries 3: Atomic Energy Commission, Historical Advisory Committee |
| Box 19 Folder 8 | Correspondence, meeting materials, 1961-1972 |
| Box 19 Folder 9 | Correspondence - Richard G. Hewlett and others [1/2], 1958-1960 |
| Box 19 Folder 10 | Correspondence - Richard G. Hewlett and others [2/2], 1958-1974 |
Subseries 4: National Defense Education Act |
| Box 19 Folder 11 | Follow-up Survey on History Institutes, 1965-1966 |
| Box 20 Folder 1 | Follow-up Survey on History Institutes - Interviews, 1965-1966 |
| Box 20 Folder 2 | Follow-up Survey on History Institutes - Published reports, 1966 |
| Box 20 Folder 3 | Project Impact, 1965-1968 |
Series VI: Personal and Biographical |
| Box 20 Folder 4 | Biographical Clippings, 1950s-1960s |
| Box 20 Folder 5 | Biographical information, faculty reports, 1948-1968 |
| Box 20 Folder 6 | Books, donation and sale to Wheaton College, 1970-1978 |
| Box 20 Folder 7 | Exceptional Service Award, U.S. Air Force, correspondence, 1959 |
| Box 20 Folder 8 | "Job offers," requests for writing and speaking engagements, 1951-1979 |
| Box 20 Folder 9 | Personal ephemera, undated |
| Box 20 Folder 10 | Photographs, undated |
| Box 20 Folder 11 | "Sick letters," sent and received following illness, 1969 |
| Box 20 Folder 12 | "Texas," correspondence and clippings, 1960s |
Series VII: Restricted |
Fundraising materials in boxes 21 and 22 are restricted for fifty years from date of record creation. Boxes 23-27 through contain student grades, recommendations, and other evaluative records, and are restricted for eighty years from date of record creation.
| Box 21 Folder 1 | Campaign for Chicago - Faculty Campaign Committee, 1967-1978 |
| Box 21 Folder 2 | Cate Fellowship - Correspondence and Brochures, 1965-1978 |
| Box 21 Folder 3 | Al Droste, 1968 |
| Box 21 Folder 4 | Faculty Committee on Development - Correspondence, 1965-1967 |
| Box 21 Folder 5 | Gottschalk Fund - Correspondence - Shirley A. Bill, 1970-1976 |
| Box 21 Folder 6 | Gottschalk Fund - Correspondence, 1971 |
| Box 21 Folder 7 | Gottschalk Fund - Correspondence - Development Office, 1971-1972 |
| Box 21 Folder 8 | Gottschalk Fund - Correspondence, 1971-1972 |
| Box 21 Folder 9 | Gottschalk Fund - Correspondence, 1971-1972 |
| Box 21 Folder 10 | Gottschalk Fund - Correspondence - Solicitation Rejections, 1971-1972 |
| Box 21 Folder 11 | Gottschalk Fund - Prospects, 1971-1975 |
| Box 21 Folder 12 | Gottschalk Fund - Correspondence and Lists, 1971-1975 |
| Box 21 Folder 13 | Gottschalk Fund - Correspondence - No Reply, 1971-1976 |
| Box 22 Folder 1 | Gottschalk Fund - Correspondence, 1971-1977 |
| Box 22 Folder 2 | Gottschalk Fund - Correspondence, 1972 |
| Box 22 Folder 3 | Gottschalk Fund - Correspondence, 1972-1973 |
| Box 22 Folder 4 | Gottschalk Fund - Louis Gottschalk Memorial Service, Donor List, and Letter, 1975-1976 |
| Box 22 Folder 5 | R. Wendell Harris on Scholarship Fund - Correspondence, 1975 |
| Box 22 Folder 6 | History Fellowships - Correspondence, 1967-1978 |
| Box 22 Folder 7 | Tom Hutchinson - Correspondence, 1977-1978 |
| Box 22 Folder 8 | Kunstadter Fellowship - Correspondence, 1965-1978 |
| Box 22 Folder 9 | Albert Kunstadter Family Foundation, 1977 |
| Box 22 Folder 10 | Maclean Fellowship, 1973-1975 |
| Box 22 Folder 11 | Ferdinand Schevill Fellowship Fund - Correspondence - Margaret (Tiffany) Blake, 1967-1971 |
| Box 22 Folder 12 | Ferdinand Schevill Fellowship Fund - Correspondence - Frankfurt Group, 1977 |
| Box 22 Folder 13 | David Shillinglaw, 1967-1972 |
| Box 22 Folder 14 | Harold L. Stuart - Correspondence, 1966-1968 |
| Box 23 Folder 1 | Student Classes in History Grade Records, 1931-1947 |
| Box 23 Folder 2 | Student Grades, Various Classes, 1941-1966 |
| Box 23 Folder 3 | Seminar in Medieval Historiography, Student Papers, 1956 |
| Box 23 Folder 4 | History Fellowships, 1961-1974 |
| Box 23 Folder 5 | Job Leads, 1961-1962 |
| Box 23 Folder 6 | Job Leads for 1963, 1962-1963 |
| Box 23 Folder 7 | Job Leads for 1964-1965, 1963-1964 |
| Box 23 Folder 8 | Job Leads for 1965, 1964-1965 |
| Box 23 Folder 9 | For the confidential file of James L. Cate – Raw Data complited by Subcommittee on Ph.D. in Professional Schools, 1964-1965 |
| Box 23 Folder 10 | Grades for Three-Year M.A. Fellows, 1964-1967 |
| Box 23 Folder 11 | Ford Foundation Three-Year M.A. Program Correspondence, 1965-1968 |
| Box 23 Folder 12 | Job Leads for 1966-1967, 1965-1966 |
| Box 23 Folder 13 | Ford Foundation Three-Year M.A. Program, Class of 1966-1967 Grades, 1967-1968 |
| Box 23 Folder 14 | Grades for History 141, ND |
| Box 23 Folder 15 | Gerald [last name unknown], 1968-1971 |
| Box 23 Folder 16 | Imre Bard, 1966-1973 |
| Box 23 Folder 17 | Enrico Gallego Blanco [1/2], 1963-1969 |
| Box 24 Folder 1 | Enrico Gallego Blanco [2/2], 1970-1976 |
| Box 24 Folder 2 | Vern L. Bullough [1/2], 1954 |
| Box 24 Folder 3 | Vern L. Bullough [2/2], 1959-1970 |
| Box 24 Folder 4 | Anne Carpender, 1968-1969 |
| Box 24 Folder 5 | Stephen Carpender, 1962 |
| Box 24 Folder 6 | Sister Joseph Eileen Conheady, 1965-1969 |
| Box 24 Folder 7 | Joseph Druse, 1955-1958 |
| Box 24 Folder 8 | John Eadie, 1959-1962 |
| Box 24 Folder 9 | Frank Evans, 1955-1964 |
| Box 24 Folder 10 | Marion Facinger, 1957-1966 |
| Box 24 Folder 11 | Charles W. Fornara, 1961 |
| Box 24 Folder 12 | J. W. Friend, 1957-1960 |
| Box 24 Folder 13 | Lois A. Giffen, 1960 |
| Box 24 Folder 14 | Coburn Graves, 1954-1969 |
| Box 25 Folder 1 | Ronald P. Grossman, 1959-1966 |
| Box 25 Folder 2 | James Harper [1/2], 1962-1975 |
| Box 25 Folder 3 | James Harper [2/2], 1962-1975 |
| Box 25 Folder 4 | Fredrica Harris, 1967 |
| Box 25 Folder 5 | Rosalind Conklin Hays, 1960-1966 |
| Box 25 Folder 6 | Turrentine Jackson, 1950 |
| Box 25 Folder 7 | Carter Jefferson, 1957-1966 |
| Box 25 Folder 8 | Harold Johnson, 1956-1964 |
| Box 25 Folder 9 | Howard Kaminsky, 1952-1973 |
| Box 25 Folder 10 | Thomas Kay, 1957-1971 |
| Box 25 Folder 11 | Robert Lerner, 1960-1962 |
| Box 25 Folder 12 | Lester Little, 1959-1963 |
| Box 25 Folder 13 | Emil Lucki, 1951-1966 |
| Box 25 Folder 14 | Edward C. Maher, 1956-1958 |
| Box 25 Folder 15 | Peter McKeon, 1964 |
| Box 26 Folder 1 | Elinor Journey Merideth, 1965-1974 |
| Box 26 Folder 2 | Nancy Nevitt, 1964 |
| Box 26 Folder 3 | Jim Newman, 1965-1972 |
| Box 26 Folder 4 | Firmilian Ocokoljich, 1951-1954 |
| Box 26 Folder 5 | Lawrence Okamura, 1967 |
| Box 26 Folder 6 | Stuart Oost, 1946-1961 |
| Box 26 Folder 7 | Robin S. Osgins, 1961-1978 |
| Box 26 Folder 8 | James Overfield, 1968 |
| Box 26 Folder 9 | Tom Parker, 1954-1967 |
| Box 26 Folder 10 | Walker Porges, 1946-1977 |
| Box 26 Folder 11 | Ruth Prelowski, 1961 |
| Box 26 Folder 12 | Joel Rosenthal, 1959-1974 |
| Box 26 Folder 13 | Kenneth C. Schellhase, 1964 |
| Box 26 Folder 14 | Carl Schmitt, 1954 |
| Box 26 Folder 15 | Ann Schnaubelt, 1968 |
| Box 26 Folder 16 | H. Sharabi, 1950-1953 |
| Box 26 Folder 17 | Albert F. Simpson, 1968 |
| Box 26 Folder 18 | George Sipek, 1969-1974 |
| Box 27 Folder 1 | William Sowash, 1946 |
| Box 27 Folder 2 | Briggs L. Twyman, 1962-1972 |
| Box 27 Folder 3 | Sue Sheridan Walker, 1963-1973 |
| Box 27 Folder 4 | Patrick A. Williams, 1963-1974 |
| Box 27 Folder 5 | Miscellaneous Student Files, 1946-1972 |
| Box 27 Folder 6 | Miscellaneous Student Files, 1951-1972 |
| Box 27 Folder 7 | Class of 1967-1968 Student Files, 1967-1968 |
| Box 27 Folder 8 | Ford Foundation Three-Year Master in Humanities Program - Correspondence, 1965-1967 |
| Box 27 Folder 9 | Ford Foundation Three-Year Master in Humanities Program - Barat College Students - Correspondence, 1967-1972 |
| Box 27 Folder 10 | Gottschalk Fund - Gottschalk Student Grades, 1942-1957 |
| Box 27 Folder 11 | Gottschalk Fund - Gottschalk Student Grades, 1948-1954 |