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Leonidas Dodson Papers

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Call Number:
UPT 50 D647
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center
Extent:
5.25 cubic feet
Language:
English
Date:
1935-1969 (inclusive)
Creator:
Dodson, Leonidas and University of Pennsylvania. University Archives and Records Center
Abstract:

Born in 1900 in Belle River, Prince Edward Island, Canada, he attended Queens College, Taunton, England and Riverside (CA) High School before entering Whittier College in 1918. He was graduated from Whittier in 1923 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, received the degree of Master of Arts from the University of Wisconsin in 1924, and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Iowa State University in 1927.

While in graduate school, he worked as an college history instructor and high school teacher. After receiving his Ph.D., he was appointed as Assistant Professor of History at the University of South Dakota in 1927, but he left the Midwest for the East Coast, working at Princeton University and then the University of Pennsylvania as an Instructor in History. He also taught during the summers at Iowa State and the University of Oregon. In 1937, he was appointed Assistant Professor of History in 1937. He was given the additional appointment of University Archivist in 1945. He was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of History in 1971. He retired from the University later in that year.

Dodson's primary research interest besides the history of the University of Pennsylvania was the colonial history of Pennsylvania and Virginia, upon which he wrote several articles and edited and wrote a few books. He died in 1977.

Penn in World War II Series contains files and correspondence compiled by Dodson during and after the war in order to write a history of the University's participation. These files were originally part of UPA 10. Additional files relating to Penn's World War II activities can be found in UPA 7.1M and UPA 3

This is an unprocessed collection. A rough inventory is available in the Archives.

Gift of Leonidas Dodson, 1976.

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A, Correspondence.
Box 1
Am, Correspondence.
Box 1
American Academy of Political and Social Science.
Box 1
American Civilization - Colonial History Award.
Box 1
American Council of Learned Societies.
Box 1
American Historical Association.
Box 1
American Historical Association Newsletter.
Box 1
American Philosophical Society.
Box 1
Archives - University - Idiosyncrasies.
Box 1
Archives - University - Orientation by Dr. Nichols.
Box 1
Archives - University - The Archivist.
Box 1
B - Correspondence.
Box 1
Bartlett, R. J.
Box 1
Be - Correspondence.
Box 1
Br - Accessions.
Box 1
Brage Books - Leonidas Dodson.
Box 1
Brand, Robert.
Box 1
Brookings Institution.
Box 1
C, Correspondence.
Box 1
Ch, Correspondence.
Box 1
Cl, Correspondence.
Box 1
Co, Correspondence.
Box 1
Cu, Correspondence.
Box 1
Curriculum.
Box 1
D, Correspondence.
Box 1
Dhliwayo, Selby A.K.
Box 1
Di, - Correspondence.
Box 1
Dissertations - Supervision.
Box 1
Do - Correspondence.
Box 1
Dodson, Vital Statistics.
Box 1
Dow, Marion E.
Box 1
E - Correspondence.
Box 1
East Carolina University.
Box 1
Educational Survey - Study of the Social Sciences.
Box 1
Eldridge, Laurence H,, Esq.
Box 1
Evaluation Questionnaire Blanks.
Box 1
F - Correspondence.
Box 1
Faculty Activities Report.
Box 1
Faculty Club Board of Governors.
Box 1
Foreign Policy Association.
Box 1
Free Library of Philadelphia.
Box 1
Free Speech and Lawful Assembly.
Box 1
Furber, Holden.
Box 1
G Correspondence.
Box 1
Go Correspondence.
Box 1
Graduate School - Report of Committee on Policy.
Box 1
Graduate School Committee on Instruction.
Box 1
Graduate School Humanities Division.
Box 1
Graduate School International Relations.
Box 1
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Box 1
H - Correspondence.
Box 1
Hires, William L.
Box 1
Historical Societies of Pennsylvania.
Box 1
History American.
Box 1
History Canadian.
Box 1
History Department - Committee on the Archives.
Box 1
I - Correspondence.
Box 1
International Relations.
Box 1
J - Correspondence.
Box 1
Johnston, Charles.
Box 1
K - Correspondence.
Box 1
Kleber, Brook E.
Box 1
L - Correspondence.
Box 1
Lenape Club.
Box 1
Leys, Major J. F.
Box 1
Li Correspondence.
Box 1
M Correspondence.
Box 1
Mamuya, Matthew S.
Box 1
Mariboe, William H.
Box 1
Me - Correspondence.
Box 1
Mississippi Valley Historical Review.
Box 1
Mo - Correspondence.
Box 1
Morrow.
Box 1
Mother Mary Malachy.
Box 1
Mu - Correspondence.
Box 1
Mystic Seaport.
Box 1
Nayhouse, Jesse Correspondence.
Box 1
Nettles, Curtis.
Box 1
Newcomb, Ben K.
Box 1
News Bureau.
Box 1
Nichols.
Box 1
Nicholson, Francis.
Box 1
Oaths of Allegiance.
Box 2
P - Correspondence.
Box 2
Parsons, William T.
Box 2
Pennsylvania Historical Association.
Box 2
Pennsylvania History.
Box 2
Pennsylvania State Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation.
Box 2
Pennsylvania Statutes at Large, Vol. I.
Box 2
Personal.
Box 2
Po - Correspondence.
Box 2
Poltock - Thesis.
Box 2
Press - University - Case French Public Opinion.
Box 2
Press - University - Dr. Pickham.
Box 2
Press - University - History of the Crusades.
Box 2
Press - University - Mr. Soule.
Box 2
Press - University - Mr. Yoseloff.
Box 2
Press - University Committee Minutes.
Box 2
Preston, Malcomb G.
Box 2
Preston, Ralph C.
Box 2
Provost - Bibliography of Faculty Publication.
Box 2
Publications.
Box 2
R - Correspondence.
Box 2
Recommendations - Students 1962.
Box 2
Registrar.
Box 2
Research - Committee on Publication.
Box 2
Research Committee.
Box 2
Reviews - Books.
Box 2
Richards, A.N. - Memorabilia Committee.
Box 2
Ro - Correspondence.
Box 2
Royal Society.
Box 2
S - Correspondence.
Box 2
Schell, Herbert Dr.
Box 2
Se - Correspondence.
Box 2
Sh - Correspondence.
Box 2
Sm - Correspondence.
Box 2
Society of American Archivists.
Box 2
South Dakota State University.
Box 2
St - Correspondence.
Box 2
Stassen, Harold F.
Box 2
Statistics.
Box 2
Stone, Mark K. - Dissertation Supervision.
Box 2
Subversion.
Box 2
Sugimoto, Howard H.
Box 2
T - Correspondence.
Box 2
T.I.A.A.-C.R.E.F.
Box 2
Talks.
Box 2
Teaching.
Box 2
Text Books.
Box 2
Text Books - Desk Copies.
Box 2
Thomas, Ralph B.
Box 2
Thompson, Glenn E.
Box 2
U - Correspondence.
Box 2
University of Pa. - United Givers Fund.
Box 2
V - Correspondence.
Box 2
W - Correspondence.
Box 2
War History - Medical.
Box 2
War History at the University.
Box 2
Weiss, Elizabeth M.
Box 2
Wi - Correspondence.
Box 2
Winterthur Museum.
Box 2
Y - Correspondence.
Box 2
Yale University.
Box 2

1940-41.
Box 2
1941-42.
Box 2
1938-39.
Box 2
1939-40.
Box 2
1937-38.
Box 2
1936-37.
Box 2
1933-36.
Box 2
1942-43.
Box 2
1937-38.
Box 2
1938-39.
Box 2
1939-40.
Box 2
1940-41.
Box 2
1941-42.
Box 2
Statistical Profile of the Class Entering in Sept. 1965.
Box 2
Summary of Conferences of the Medical Division of the University April 1961.
Box 2

Cards relating to research on University history (boxes 3 to 10).
Box 3

Bicentennial Committee Printed Material, ca. 1940.
Box 11 Folder 1
Brief Statement of the Wartime Contributions of the University of Pennsylvania for Dr. Cornell M. Dorwlin, 1949 July 11.
Box 11 Folder 2
Department of Psychology, 1941-1945.
Box 11 Folder 3
Economics Publications, 1943-1945.
Box 11 Folder 4
Executive Committee Minutes, 1946.
Box 11 Folder 5
Gordon, William Richard, 1947.
Box 11 Folder 6
Japanese Student Admissions, 1942-1948.
Box 11 Folder 7
Karabasz, Victor S., "A Brief History of the Production Management Division of Engineering, Science and Management Defense Training at the University of War Bond DrivesPennsylvania 1940 - 1945, 1947.
Box 11 Folder 8
Law School, 1945-1947.
Box 11 Folder 9
Development of a Method for Testing the Resistance of Plastics to Fungus Attack OSRD Contract OEMsr-205, 1945 October 31.
Box 11 Folder 11
Fungus Fouling of Photographic Film OSRD Contract OEMsr205, 1945 October 31.
Box 11 Folder 12
Report on Methods of Testing Biological Deterioration of Service Materials OSRD Report No. 6056, 1945 October 15.
Box 11 Folder 13
Report on the Fungus Fouling of Optical Instruments OSRD Contract OEMsr-205, 1944 September 30.
Box 11 Folder 14
Seitz, F. and S. Pasternack, "The Principles of Crystal Rectifiers" OSRD Contract OERMsr-388, 1942 June 10.
Box 11 Folder 15
Studies on Methods of Testing Coating Materials for Resistance to Fungus Attack OSRD Contract OEMsr-205, 1945 October 31.
Box 11 Folder 16
Studies on Methods of Testing Hook-Up Wires for Resistance to Fungus Attack OSRD Contract OEMsr-205, 1945 October 31.
Box 11 Folder 17
Studies on Pure Culture Methods of Testing Fungus Deterioration of Textiles OSRD Contract OEMsr-205, 1945 October 31.
Box 11 Folder 18
Tropical Deterioration Testing Station at Barro Colorado Island OSRD Contract OEMsr-205, 1945 October 31.
Box 11 Folder 19
Minutes of Conference on Research Conducted in the Canal Zone on the Fouling of Optical Instruments OSRD No. 1833, 1943 July 27.
Box 11 Folder 21
Summary Report - Subcommittee on Photographic Equipment and Supplies, 1945 October.
Box 11 Folder 22
Naval Aircraft Factory Report: Witmer, Enos E., "Use of the Earth's Electric and Magnetic Fields for the Determination of the Drift and Groundspeed of Aircraft", 1946 April 9.
Box 11 Folder 23
Naval Training Unit, 1945-1946.
Box 11 Folder 24
Office of Strategic Services, 1945-1947.
Box 11 Folder 25
Palmer, Gladys, 1942-1945.
Box 11 Folder 26
Pennsylvania Colleges at War, 1943-1944.
Box 11 Folder 27
Physical Education, 1944-1946.
Box 11 Folder 28
Prewar Activities, 1945.
Box 11 Folder 29
Printed Materials - General, 1943-1946.
Box 11 Folder 30
Printed Materials - University, 1928-1945.
Box 11 Folder 31
Professor Involvement Correspondence, 1946-1947.
Box 11 Folder 32
Senn, Alfred Correspondence, 1942-1945.
Box 11 Folder 33
Special Bulletin for Members of the Armed Forces, 1945-1946.
Box 11 Folder 34
Springer, Otto, 1945-1946.
Box 11 Folder 35
Towne Scientific School, 1946-1948.
Box 11 Folder 36
Towne Scientific School Brief Report for Harrisburg, 1946.
Box 11 Folder 37
Towne Scientific School Faculty, 1945.
Box 11 Folder 38
Treasurer, 1943.
Box 11 Folder 39
Trustees, 1943.
Box 11 Folder 40
University of Pennsylvania Press, 1943.
Box 11 Folder 41
War Bond Drives, 1942-1945.
Box 11 Folder 42
War History - Various, 1946, 1967.
Box 11 Folder 43
1943-1946.
Box 11 Folder 44
Accounting - Faculty Activities, 1946.
Box 11 Folder 45
Activities Miscellaneous, ca. 1946.
Box 11 Folder 46
Business - Faculty Activities, 1946.
Box 11 Folder 47
Economic and Social Statistics - Faculty Activities, 1946.
Box 11 Folder 48
Economics - Faculty Activities, 1945-1946.
Box 11 Folder 49
Finance - Faculty Activities, 1945-1947.
Box 11 Folder 50
Follow Up, 1947.
Box 11 Folder 51
Geography and Industry - Faculty Activities, 1945-1947.
Box 11 Folder 52
Industrial Research Unit - Faculty Activities, 1945-1947.
Box 11 Folder 53
Industrial Research Unit - Who's Who, 1947.
Box 11 Folder 54
Instructional Staff, 1946.
Box 11 Folder 55
Insurance - Faculty Activities, 1944-1946.
Box 11 Folder 56
Marketing and Finance - Faculty Activities, 1945-1947.
Box 11 Folder 57
Political Science - Faculty Activities, 1944-1947.
Box 11 Folder 58
S. S. Huebner Foundation, 1941-1946.
Box 11 Folder 59
Sociology - Faculty Activities, 1946.
Box 11 Folder 60
Transportation and Public Utilities - Faculty Activities, 1946.
Box 11 Folder 61

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