William George Dodd papers, 1922-1963
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 6.25 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
William George Dodd Papers, Special Collections, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/MSS_2004-006
Background
- Scope and content:
This collection contains personal correspondence from 1922-1963, and research notes on Tallahassee education, the West Florida Seminary, the Florida State College for Women, and related topics. Also included are copies of a column in the Tallahassee Democrat entitled, "I remember ... in the Big Bend," and honorary awards. There are also notes on research for his book, Florida State College for Women: notes of the formative years. Additional subjects include Francis T. Dodd correspondence, Florida State University, Josephine White Dodd, Dorothy Dodd letters, William Faulkner, Tallahassee schools, and letters to Owen Rush.
- Biographical / historical:
William George Dodd was born in Waynesville, Ohio, on April 9, 1874. He received his A.B. degree from Bethany College in 1893. Harvard University awarded him an A.M. degree in 1908 and a Ph.D. in English Literature in 1911. In 1910, he was appointed a professor of English at Florida State College for Women (FSCW) in Tallahassee, Florida, teaching classes mainly in Chaucer and Shakespeare. In 1913, he was appointed Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. During World War I, when the faculty presented a special program devoted to helping students understand the war, Dr. Dodd spoke about the connection between German literature and the War.
- Acquisition information:
- Donor unknown.
- Processing information:
The MSS2004006 accession was processed in Spring 2004. One of the speeches had attached notes, and was preservation photocopied, because it was typed on deteriorating onion skin paper
- Arrangement:
Orwin Rush letter cataloged as MSS 88-3, Florida State College for Women: Notes of the Formative Years cataloged as MSS 0-359, certificate of honorary membership in Phi Beta Kappa cataloged as MSS 0-360.
The MSS 2004-006 accession of the William George Dodd Papers includes a letter from Dr. Dodd to a recent FSCW graduate (recipient unidentified), in which he replies to the student's comments about his educational experience at the College. The original letter from the student to Dodd, March 31, 1940, is in an earlier accession, MSS 1-07, Box 143, Folder 1. In addition, there are speeches and speech materials from talks Dodd gave at the Phi Beta Kappa dinner on "The Humanities and Intellectual Freedom" and a lecture he gave at the Mortar Board dinner on "Leaders and Leadership"
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.
- Terms of access:
To request permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from the archives, please contact Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. Researchers must obtain separate permission from the copyright holders of material held within University Archives collections for which the institution does not hold copyright.
- Preferred citation:
William George Dodd Papers, Special Collections, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/MSS_2004-006
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
