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| Title: | Ward, F. Champion. Papers |
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| Dates: | 1947-1993 |
| Size: | .5 linear ft. (1 box) |
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Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | F. Champion Ward, educator, consultant, author. The F. Champion Ward Papers consist of essays and speeches by Ward about the University of Chicago under the presidency of Robert Maynard Hutchins, as well as clippings, memos and correspondence about the Filbey controversy of 1953. The collection also includes correspondence between Ward and Hutchins, L.A. Klimpton, and William McNeil. |
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F. Champion Ward was born in 1910. He attended Oberlin College, graduating in 1932. Ward taught first at Denison University, and then at the University of Chicago, where he also served as dean of the College. In the 1950s, Ward left Chicago to become educational consultant to the governments of India, Turkey, Jordan and Burma. He also held several positions at the Ford Foundation, including: director of the Overseas Development Program for the Middle East and Africa, deputy vice president for international programs, and vice president for education and research. In 1968, Ward was named chairman of the White House Task Force on the Education of Gifted Persons.
Ward published, The Idea of a World University (1986). He also edited the volumes, Education and Development Reconsidered: the Bellagio Conference Papers (1974), and The Idea and Practice of General Education: An Account of the College of the University of Chicago (1950).
The F. Champion Ward Papers consist of essays and speeches by Ward about the college under the presidency of Robert Maynard Hutchins, as well as clippings, memos and correspondence about the Filbey controversy of 1953. The collection also includes correspondence between Ward and Hutchins, L.A. Klimpton, and William McNeil.
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Description of Collection by F. Champion Ward, 1992 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Writings and Talks about the College, 1947-1953 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Writings and Talks about the College, 1953-1973 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Student Performance Statistics, 1947-1953 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Correspondence with R. M. Hutchins and L. A. Kimpton, 1952-1953 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Comic Relief, Memorandum, circa 1953 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Ghost-written Speech for L. A. Kimpton, 1952 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Other talks and Papers, 1947-1978 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Post-1953 College, Miscellaneous |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | Clippings and Student Posters, 1953 |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | Filbey Committee, Reports and Memos, 1953 |
| Box 1 Folder 12 | Articles, Clippings, Press Releases, 1953-1992 |
| Box 1 Folder 13 | Correspondence, Off-prints, and Essays, 1953-1992 |
| Box 1 Folder 14 | Robert M. Hutchins Correspondence, 1947-1994 |