MSS 42

Doctor, Powrie Vaux,  

Papers of Powrie Vaux Doctor,

Gallaudet University Archives.

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Gallaudet University Archives
Call No.: MSS 42
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Title: Papers of Powrie Vaux Doctor,
Quantity: 58.5 Linear Feet (117 document boxes)
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Note: This document last updated 2005 December 1.

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Conditions on Use and Access: This collection is open to the public with no restrictions. Photocopies may be made for scholarly research.

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Films

·         Beyond silence [motion picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Film 2-8, 35-6

·         The Science report [motion picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Film 195-4

·         Amos Kendall [motion picture]. ]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Film 122-4, 424-4

·         Psychology, educational psychology [motion picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Film 135-4

·         Activities of 1931-1932 at Gallaudet College [motion picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Film 75-4

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Manuscripts

·         Collection / Associations for Education of the Deaf, 1937-1987. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: MSS 158

·         Collection, Dr. Edward C. Merrill, Jr., 1928-1995. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: MSS 84

·         Collection, International Congress on Education of the Deaf, 1960-1965. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: MSS 79

Photographs

·         Powrie V. Doctor. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Portraits.

·         Photograph album of John V. Wurdemann [picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Photograph Album AL 52

·         Photograph album of Powrie V. Doctor [picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Photograph Album AL 35

Small Manuscripts

·         Papers, Margaret Elizabeth Daniels, 1964-1979. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: SMSS

·         Papers, Adele Gertrude Jensen Krug, 1961-1971. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: SMSS

·         Papers, Alice May Teegarden, 1958-1967. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: SMSS

·         Papers, Powrie Vaux Doctor 1956. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: SMSS

·         Papers, Olive Aida Whildin, 1953-1955. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: SMSS

·         Papers, Edward L. Scouten, 1950-1971. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: SMSS

·         Papers, Gallaudet family, 1824-1962. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: SMSS

·         Papers, Powrie Doctor, 1924. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: SMSS

Biographical Sketch

1903 Born on August 7th in Belleville, Kansas. 1922 Graduated from the High School in Olathe,  Kansas. 1927-1928 Assistant Instructor of English at the  University of Kansas. 1928 Received a B.A. degree in English from the  University of Kansas. 1928-1934 Became a faculty member of Gallaudet  College and taught English and history. 1930 Received a M.A. degree in Political Science  from The George Washington University. 1931 Received a M.A. degree from Gallaudet  College. 1934-1940 Promoted to Assistant Professor of English  and history. 1940 Received a Ph.D. degree in Political  Science.

1940-1947 Assistant Editor of the American Annals of  the Deaf.

1940-1953 Promoted to Professor of English and history  at Gallaudet College. 1941-1971 Held workshops for teachers of the deaf  in approximately 100 schools and  universities in the United of States. 1948-1968 Editor of the American Annals of the Deaf. 1953-1967 Professor of history and political science. 1959 Project Director for "Guide Lines for the  Establishment of Rehabilitation Facilities  for the Deaf." 1959 Received a special Merit Key Award from the  Kappa Gamma Fraternity.

1960 Project Director for "Workshop on  Identification of Researchable Vocational  Rehabilitation Problems of the Deaf." 1960-1965 Member of the Board of Directors of "dsh  Abstracts" published by Deafness Speech and  Hearing Publications, Inc. 1961 Coordinator for "Workshops for Catholic  Personnel for the Deaf." 1961 Coordinator for "Workshop for Episcopal  Workers for the Deaf.11 1961 Received Edward Allen Fay Award at the  Conference of Executives of American Schools  for the Deaf. 1962 Received a degree of Doctor of Humane  Letters from Gallaudet College. 1963 Project Director for "Workshop for Lutherans  on Deafness and Rehabilitation." 1963 Executive Secretary of the "International  Congress on Education of the Deaf" held in  Washington, D.C., 1963 Received "The Man of the Year" Award from  the Alpha Sigma Pi Fraternity. 1964 Received the Kappa Gamma Alumni Centennial  Award. 1967 Attended the Fifth World Congress of the  "World Federation of the Deaf" held in  Warsaw, Poland. 1967-1971 Professor of government at Gallaudet  College. 1970 Attended the "International Congress on  Education of the Deaf" held in Stockholm,  Sweden. 1970-1971 Acting Dean of the Graduate School,  Gallaudet College. 1971 Attended the Sixth World Congress of the  "World Federation of the Deaf" held in  Paris, France. 1971 Died on July 31, in Paris, France while  attending the WFD Congress.

Scope and Content

The Powrie Vaux Doctor Collection consists of materials related to his work at Gallaudet College as an instructor and professor, editor of the American Annals of the Deaf, and as a member of the Nevil Trust. The collection also contains his personal papers.

The collection consists approximately 99,450 items dating from 1909 to 1979, but the collection contains photocopies of letters received from Amos Kendall from 1830 to 1852. The majority of the papers date from the 1940's to 1971.

The bulk of the collection includes various addresses, correspondence, essays, grade books and scrapbooks. The collection is organized in the following series: American Annals of the Deaf (AAD), AAD Correspondence, State File, Foreign File, Essays, Conferences-Workshops, Gallaudet College, Nevil Trust, the World Federation of the Deaf, Colleges and Universities, Scrapbooks and Personal.

In the AAD series are addresses by Powrie V. Doctor, material related to the Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf, General Correspondence, and International Congress on the Education of the Deaf. The AAD Correspondence, the State File and the Foreign File are arranged alphabetically. In those series one can find letters most relating to the American Annals of the Deaf.

There are also written essays by Powrie Vaux Doctor completed during his early years, some of which were published in the American Annals of the Deaf.

The collection includes information about conferences and workshops including the International Conference on oral Education of the Deaf, the Workshop on Interpreting for the Deaf, some religious workshops for Lutherans, Episcopalians and Catholics, Workshop on the Identification of Researchable Vocational Rehabilitation Problems of the Deaf and a workshop to Develop Guidelines for the Establishment of Rehabilitation Facilities for the Deaf.

The Gallaudet College series includes correspondence from various Presidents of Gallaudet College and members of the Student Body Government, reports of the Board of Directors of Gallaudet College and papers related to the Crotched Mountain Foundation. Also one can find some information about the Gallaudet Centennial Anniversary and Negro admissions to Kendall School.

The Gallaudet College series has 10 boxes which include Powrie V. Doctor's work as an instructor and professor under the Departments of English and History and Political Science (presently Government), and the Graduate School. (The "Grade Books" are closed to the public. See reference staff for restrictions.)

The Nevil Trust series has only two boxes which are mostly photocopies of papers showing Powrie V. Doctor's involvement as a member of the Girard Bank's Advisory Committee. The papers of the World Federation of the Deaf include mostly papers related to the Fifth World Congress held in Warsaw, Poland in 1967. One can find abstracts of papers, general correspondence, and programs. Also there are the papers of the Sixth World Congress which was held in Paris, France in 1971.

The Colleges and Universities series includes papers related to the University of Kansas where Powrie V. Doctor graduated. In those folders are clippings, commencement programs, written essays and yearbooks. Powrie V. Doctor wrote his Masters thesis on "A Comparison of College Entrance Tests" which is included in the folder for Gallaudet College. In one of the folders of The George Washington University, where Powrie V. Doctor studied history and political science, is his Masters thesis entitled "French Public Opinion Regarding the American Senate". The Georgetown University folders included correspondence, minutes, notebooks, and research papers relating to Amos Kendall's political life which resulted in Powrie V. Doctor's dissertation entitled "Propagandist of Jacksonian Democracy".

Finally, in the Personal series one can find Christmas cards, convention pins, general correspondence, itineraries, postcards, and papers related to the Cosmos Club, fraternities of Delta Sigma Lambda, Kappa Gamma, Theta Chi and Theta Nu Tau, and items related to his European and world trips.

The Powrie V. Doctor is an excellent source for researchers doing biographical research or for researchers looking for information on important individuals.. The arrangement of the collection allows for easy access by last name within several series.

The register includes an index by box number and an index by folder heading.

Series Descriptions and Folder Lists