The Papers of Kirtley F. Mather, 1918-1924 | Denison University Archives

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Title: The Papers of Kirtley F. Mather, 1918-1924

ID: Arch/PP/02/Mather, K

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The papers of Kirtley F. Mather who taught Geology at Denison University from 1918-1924. Biographical and genealogical materials.

Administrative Information

Repository: Denison University Archives

Alternate Extent Statement: 35 boxes

Preferred Citation: The Papers of Kirtley F. Mather, Denison University Archives. Granville, Ohio.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Documents and Papers],
[Series 2: Realia (61)],
[Series 3: Photographs (90)],
[Series 4: Audiotapes (95)],
[Series 5: Films and Slides (97)],
[Series 6],
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Series 1: Documents and Papers

Box 1

Folder 1: Biographical Information
Folder 2: Letter of Resignation from Denison University
Folder 3: Geologist at Large Book I
Folder 4: KFM's Travelog, South America, 1919-1920
Folder 5: Geologist at Large Draft Chapters
Folder 6: Biographical Material, 1977-1978
Folder 7: "Evolution of a Renaissance Man" by Ken Bork, 1981
Item 1: Kirtley's Daily Planner / Diary, 1908
Item 2: Kirtley's Daily Planner / Diary, 1909
Item 3: Audiotape: Lecture given by Kirtley F. Mather to the Geological Society (Albuquerque, New Mexico), May 6, 1975

Box 1A

Folder 1: Obituaries, Tributes, and memorable services. KFM's address file

Box 1B

Folder 1: Bound Volume: KFM's journals 1922-1978, address book, family budget, and misc. notes

Box 2

Folder 1: Articles by KFM, 1909-1922
Folder 2: Articles by KFM, 1923-1950
Folder 3: Articles by KFM, 1951-1977

Box 2A

Folder 1: Reviews by KFM

Box 2B

Folder 1: Reviews by KFM in Scientific Book Club

Box 2C

Folder 1: Reviews by KFM in American Scientist

Box 3

Folder 1: Articles about KFM
Folder 2: Bibliography
Folder 3: "The Council" Correspondence 1910-1930 mostly 1910-20
Folder 4: "Letters to or from KFM and Marie Porter Mather: 61 letters from Either MPM, KFM, or both, the "The Council" 14 letters from KFM of Clinton Neyman: 12 letters to Clinton Neyman;27 letters to family; 10 letters to KFM and MPM, 2 news
Folder 5: *Letters from Asher K. Mather and Ruth Delzell Mather: article regarding Asher's illness; note regarding Asher from J.T. Delzell; 5 letters from Clinton Neyman; 12 letters to Clinton Neyman; 27 letters to family; 10 letters to KFM and MPM; 2 news
Folder 6: *Letters to Baptist Foreign Society; 40 letters to "The Council"
Folder 7: Letters from Charles A.Carman and Elizabeth Ford Carman: 36 letters to "The Council"; 10 letters to Clinton Neyman; 3 letters from Clinton Neyman; letters to KFM; letter 2 Asher; 3 bulletins of the first Baptist Church of Shenandoah. Iowa
Folder 8: Letters from Archibald G. Adams and Olive Adams; 21 "Council" letters; 5 letters to Clinton Neyman; 2 letters from CN; letter to KFM; "Missionary Episodes"; China Letters; 19 "council" letters, 7 letters to CN, Letters from CN
Folder 9: *Letters from Leslie B. Moss and Marion Ven Moss: 54 "council" letters; 20 letters to CN; 4 letters from CN; 4 letters from CN; 10 letters to KFM; 2 letters from MPM; watercolor from China; mini autobiographies; open letters about their travels (2) notice of their death.
Folder 10: *Letters from Clinton A. Neyman and Lula Pound Neyman: 49 letters to "The council"; 9 letters to KFM; letter to Ascher; letters to Charles Carmen; mini autobiographies.
Folder 11: General Council autobiographies
Folder 12: Letter attesting to the presence of those undersigned at a reunion in a Chicago restaurant

Box 3A

Folder 1: "The Council" Logbooks, Scrapbooks, Programs Poem, "The Magical Isle"
Folder 2: 2 logbooks, March 14- June 13, 1908) (Sept. 16, 1908- Jan. 31, 1909)
Folder 3: Council Scrapbooks( Containing Letters)
Folder 4: The Scroll (Record of meetings and record of each member's family in back).
Folder 5: Unidentified Photograph
Folder 6: KFM's logbook
Folder 7: Clinton Neyman's logbook
Folder 8: Programs, articles, wedding, and birth announcement, Christmas cards.

Box 4

Folder 1: Family Correspondence- by KFM and MPM, 1893-
Folder 2: H.S commencement address by MPM,, 6/15/1903
Folder 3: Albert G. & Esther Mather, 1937-1974
Folder 4: Alice and Walter Fields, 1974-1978
Folder 5: Harriet Mather, 1939-1976
Folder 6: Juliette Mather, 1936-1958
Folder 7: 1959-1972
Folder 8: 1973-1975
Folder 9: 1976-1981
Folder 10: King Mather and Family; 1942-1973

Box 5

Folder 1: Allen, Ruth E., Asher and Others 1919-1974
Folder 2: Florence Mather Wengerd
Folder 3: Oscar L. Mather, 1920-1944
Folder 4: William and Bertha Mather, 1920-1978
Folder 5: William G. Mather, III, 1974-1977
Folder 6: Alumni and Trustee Correspondence to and from KFM 1925-1978
Folder 7: Folder 1: Frank B. Amos (about 45 letters); Bernard D. Adams; Edward E. Alward; HArry W. Amos; E.F. Ashcroft
Folder 8: Folder 2: John L. Bjelke, ('90); W. Porter Beck; Claude A. Blake; Millard Breslford; Samuel B. Brierly; Louis L. Bruce; Lorena Woodrow Burke; H.B Canby; Charity C. Carman; Edward H. Castle, William E. Castle, Wallace H. Cathcart; Paul F. Clark, Mary McKibben Colby, Rachel H. Colwell; Clyde G. Conley; Thomas A. Cook; D.S Cowles; Laura T. Craytor; James D. Crombie; Esther J. Crooks; John Cross; Harry Curtin; L.R. Dean; C.W Deeds, Col. Edward A. Deeds, C. Henry Dickerman; Mary Elizabeth Downey; J. Scott Ebersole; John T. Edgerly; A.L. Endicott; Karl H. Eschman; Frank C. Ewart; V. Ernest Field ('26), George F. Finnie; Earl H. Foote ('17); Clarence L. Fox; Wilson W. Galloway; Bessie A. Hagmeier; Ralph L. Hazlett; Margaret Heinrichs; Waldo H. Heinrichs; Osman C. Hooper; Ruth Hovey; Almonte C. Howell; William P. Huffman; Mildred Hunt; Fredrick L. Hutson
Folder 9: Folder 3: George D.B Hutson; Howard B. Jefferson; William H. Johnson; Clyde E. Keller; A.B. Kelloge; Clarence W. Kemper; Platt R. Lawton; Georgia-nna F. Leonard; R.S. Leonard;Clara W. Lloyd; Frank A. Logan; Paul S McKibben; Wayland C. MArlow; Joseph C. Masse; Sue Neptune; Max B. Norpell; Earl H. Noyes; Helen Olney; Frank J. Olney; D. Paul Orcutt; David E. Owen; Jenness Ruhl Peckham; E.F. Pfanner; Harold Cooke Phillips; Ruth V. Pope; Ira M. Price; Jessica Price; Milo B. Price; Alonzo U. Quinn; Mary Mead Penwick; Mrs. Dorman E. Richard-son; J.L. Sagebiel; Avery Albert Shaw; Alvah Shuma-ker; Robert A Slayter; G.F. Smith; Lewis W. Smith; Elizabeth Thorton Stahl; E.M. Steadman, Charles J. Stilwell; Harry F. Sweet; James B. Taylor; Evan Thomas; Alfred A. Thresher; John W. Vandervilt; Charles B. White; T. Rees Williams; Frank J. Wright; Edith J Weyman
Folder 10: General Correspondence file maintained by KFM., 1924-1978

Box 6

Folder 1: Correspondence, A-P
Folder 2: Scrapbooks: "Kirtley F. Mather's Newspaper Clippings"
Folder 3: 20 scrapbooks; arranged chronologically, 1924-1977
Folder 4: Subject scrapbooks for: Book Reviews 1928-1931; Enough to spare 1944: Teachers Oath

Box 7

Folder 1: Correspondence, general, covers period, 1924-1978
Folder 2: Barnes, Mrs. Broda O.
Folder 3: Harvard Department of Geology
Folder 4: Hambleton, Marion
Folder 5: Harvard University
Folder 6: Miller, Maynard M.
Folder 7: Mason, Shirley
Folder 8: McFarlane, Pernell
Folder 9: McGraw-Hill
Folder 10: Newton Centre Baptist Church
Folder 11: Shapley, Harlow
Folder 12: Washburn, Brad
Folder 13: White, Langdon C.

Box 8

Folder 1: Academic Freedom
Folder 2: "Administration of the Universe"
Folder 3: American Association for the advancement of Science
Folder 4: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Big. data
Folder 5: Boston Center for Adult Education
Folder 6: Brickcats & Bouquets ( 4 folders)
Folder 7: Cambridge League
Folder 8: Center for Intergrative Education

Box 9

Folder 1: Civil Liberties
Folder 2: Council for the Study of Mankind
Folder 3: Counterattack, Fulton Lewis, etc
Folder 4: Curry College
Folder 5: Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Folder 6: The Earth Beneath Us
Folder 7: Fifth Amendment
Folder 8: Geologic & Other Humor
Folder 9: "Guilt Association"
Folder 10: International Geologic Congress, Summer 1952
Folder 11: Jenner Committee, 3/26/1953

Box 10

Folder 1: Key Reporter, OBK
Folder 2: KFM retirement letters, 1954
Folder 3: Kornhauser
Folder 4: Lecture Outlines
Folder 5: Letters from famous people
Folder 6: Life Smear, others
Folder 7: Mather Class
Folder 8: McCarran Act (MAss. Comm to abolish HUAC)
Folder 9: "The Moon, Then, and Now"
Folder 10: Munitions Board (Industrial Employment Board)

Box 11

Folder 1: National Council of Church
Folder 2: Oliver Wendell Holmes Association
Folder 3: Organizational Data
Folder 4: " Parables from Paleontology"
Folder 5: Herbert Philbrick
Folder 6: Promoting Enduring Peace
Folder 7: Religion in a Nutshell
Folder 8: Round the World, 1964

Box 12

Folder 1: "Science & Mankind", Nov 28-29, 1959
Folder 2: Scienece and Religion
Folder 3: Scopes Trial, 1925 & immediate response, 1925-1926
Folder 4: Scopes Trial, later response
Folder 5: Scopes Trial, D-Days at Dayton
Folder 6: Scrambled Science
Folder 7: Harlow Shapeley
Folder 8: Society for the investigation of the unexplained
Folder 9: Ivan T. Sanderson
Folder 10: Syracuse Incident
Folder 11: Teacher's Oath
Folder 12: Twentieth Century Association
Folder 13: Ven Leer Foundation For Advancement of Human Culture
Folder 14: Polly Van Leer "Reflection Upon Her Thoughts"

Box 13

Folder 1: W1XAL
Folder 2: World Union-Equals One
Folder 3: YMCA ( 3 folders), 1940-1953

Box 14

Folder 1: YMCA ( 4 folders), 1954-1970
Folder 2: Zygon, joint publications of Iras and Casiras

Box 15

Folder 1: K.F.M Archives
Folder 2: Biographical Notes
Folder 3: Biographical Articles, Program
Folder 4: K.F.M.'s data for Biographical Notes re friends and associates
Folder 5: Speeches and Address
Folder 6: Correspondence A-Z
Folder 7: Bixler, Seelye
Folder 8: Bok, Bart
Folder 9: Clinchy, E.R.
Folder 10: Croneis, CArey
Folder 11: Hambleton, Marion
Folder 12: Lee, Alfred

Box 16

Folder 1: K.F.M Archives
Folder 2: MAther (Family)
Folder 3: Meyerhoff, Howard
Folder 4: Moore, John N.
Folder 5: Pratt,Wallace
Folder 6: Washburn, H. Bradford
Folder 7: White, C.L.
Folder 8: Yound, Ezra Porter
Folder 9: K.F.M ; Struik, Dirk
Folder 10: MWM Mather Class
Folder 11: Selected Letters of Condolence (mostly) directed to Muriel Mather, 1978
Folder 12: Un-American Activities, Reports
Folder 13: YMCA

Box 17

Folder 1: Bound Volume: Kirtley F. Matehr, Geologist & Educator... by Kennard B. Bork, April 1988

Box 18

Folder 1: K.F.M.: K.B. Bork Biography
Folder 2: Adult Education
Folder 3: American Academy of Arts and Sciences/ Daedalus
Folder 4: American Association for the advancement of Science
Folder 5: Biographical Notes by KFM
Folder 6: Book Reviews
Folder 7: Center for Intergrative Education
Folder 8: Denison University
Folder 9: Drafts and Notes by K.B. Bork
Folder 10: "Enough to Spare"/ Atomic Age
Folder 11: Geology and Pure Science
Folder 12: Institute for Propaganda analysis
Folder 13: Issues in Science and Religion, 1921-1951
Folder 14: Issues in Science and Religion, 1952-1985, ND

Box 19

Folder 1: K.F.M: K.B. Bork Biography
Folder 2: Biographical Notes by KFM
Folder 3: K.F.M Family Correspondence
Folder 4: Life Magizine "Smear", 1949 April 4th
Folder 5: Miscellaneous
Folder 6: National Science Foundation
Folder 7: Philbrick/Syracuse Incident
Folder 8: Political Activism
Folder 9: Promotion Enduring Peace
Folder 10: Retirement
Folder 11: Sack, Dan E. Social Gospel, 1993
Folder 12: Scopes, John T. / Scopes Trial
Folder 13: Social Concerns
Folder 14: Society of the Alumni

Box 20

Folder 1: K.F.M: K.B. Bork Biography
Folder 2: Spanish Civil War
Folder 3: Teachers' Oath
Folder 4: Teaching and Administration @ Harvard
Folder 5: TIto Interview, 1949
Folder 6: YMCA/IRAS/ Star Island

Box 21

Folder 1: K.F.M.: Mather Scrapbooks; Kirtley F. and Marie Porter Mather, 1912

Box 22

Folder 1: K.F.M.: Mather Scrapbooks: Kirtley F. Mather

Box 23

Folder 1: Murial Mather's transcripts of taped interviews about KFM, biographical information about those interviewd, MWM's correspondence about KFM after his death
Folder 2: Murial's Project: Correspondence

Box 24

Folder 1: KFM's Diplomas, Honrary Degrees, Citations, Certificates, Medals, Pennant

Box 25

Folder 1: Biographical Material
Folder 2: Lord Family Album
Folder 3: W.G. Mather & Julia S. King - Wedding Day
Folder 4: Mather Family Album, 1965-1980

Box 26

Folder 1: "Our Heritage" Section 1 A
Folder 2: "Our Heritage" Section 1 C
Folder 3: "Our Heritage" Section 1 D
Folder 4: "Our Heritage" Section 1 E

Box 27

Folder 1: W.G. Mather Family Book 1
Folder 2: W.G. Mather Family Book 2
Folder 3: W.G. Mather Family Book 3

Box 28

Folder 1: William G. Mather Writings, 1929-1950
Folder 2: William G. Mather Writings, 1950-1961
Folder 3: William G. Mather Writings, 1962-1983

Box 29

Folder 1: Albums: King Family ALbum

Box 30: Scrapbooks

Contains clippings of articles and reviews by and about Mather.

Item 1: 1924
Item 2: 1930-1933
Item 3: 1933-1935
Item 4: 1928-1931
Item 5: Enough and to Spare, 1944
Item 6: 1935-1936
Item 7: Teacher's Oath
Item 8: Teacher's Oath

Series 2: Realia (61)

Folder 1: K.J.M. Plaster Relief Medalion 16"
Folder 2: K.F.M.: 90th Birthday

Series 3: Photographs (90)

Folder 1: Kirtley Mather and Family
Folder 2: Mather Family, 1967
Folder 3: Kirtley Mather
Folder 4: Mather photos as child and student
Folder 5: Mather at Illinois Mine
Folder 6: Mather at U of Chicago
Folder 7: Marie Porter Mather
Folder 8: Mather at Denison
Folder 9: The Council
Folder 10: Mather-Travels
Folder 11: Kirtley and Marie Mather
Folder 12: Kirtler Mather Portrait
Folder 13: Mather and Collegues, 1940's-1950's
Folder 14: Dinner in Honor of Mather, 1949
Folder 15: Mather, 1950's
Folder 16: Kirtley and Marie aboard Calypso
Folder 17: Mather at Rensselaerville, NY
Folder 18: Mather, 1965
Folder 19: Mather invocation at Alumni Dinner
Folder 20: Mather, 1925-1976
Folder 21: Mather, 1978 January.
Folder 22: Mather Hoffman Lounge, Cambridge, 1976 September 8th
Folder 23: Mather
Folder 24: Mather, 1978 February.
Folder 25: Mather and Muriel Mather
Folder 26: K.F.M. and Muriel Mather
Folder 27: Kirtley and Muriel
Folder 28: The Thiesmeyers
Folder 29: J Edward Sproul and Others
Folder 30: Photographs for Plates used in Cracking Rocks and Defending Democracy
Folder 31: Line Drawings used in Cracking Rocks and Defending Democracy
Folder 32: Illustrations not used in Cracking Rocks and Defending Democracy

Series 4: Audiotapes (95)

Folder 1: Muriel Mather's Interviews with Friends and Associates of Kirtley F. Mather: Lascomb Florence (1 of 2), 1979 March 9th
Folder 2: Lascomb Florence (2 of 2), 1979 March 9th
Folder 3: Pattison, Helen; Nichols, Robert and Frances, 1979 April 9th
Folder 4: Nussbaum, Dr. Hans, 1979 May 1st
Folder 5: Burhoe, Ralph; Adams, James Luther, 1979 July 30th
Folder 6: Robinault, Isabel; Harrington, DOnald; WInter, Ruth; Houk, Nancy, 1979 July 30th - 1979 July 31st
Folder 7: Burrows, George, 1979 August 24th
Folder 8: Hewitt, Dorothy, 1979 September 29th- 1979 September 30th
Folder 9: Hambleton, Marion, 1979 August 30th
Folder 10: Macnair, Luther, 1979 October 9th
Folder 11: Brunger, Harry (Fist Tape), 1979 October 18th
Folder 12: Brunger, Harry (Second Tape), 1979 October 18th
Folder 13: Harriet, Juliette, Bertha, Ruth; Mather Family, 1979 November 22nd
Folder 14: Bishop, Russell; Mather, K.F.; Gordon, Dr. Leland, 1979 November 25th
Folder 15: Billings, Professor Marland, 1979 December 19th
Folder 16: Rugoff, Milton; Espy, Dr. RH Edwin, 1980 January 17th
Folder 17: Alfred, William; Levin, Harry, 1980 May 8th
Folder 18: Bok, Bart J.; Kramer, Reverand Leonard J., 1980 June 20th
Folder 19: Young, Reverand Ezra, 1980 June 28th
Folder 20: Goncharoff, Doctor Nicholas, 1980 July 23rd
Folder 21: Sproul, J. Edward; Mather, Albert, 1980 October 3rd
Folder 22: Thompson, Eleanora, 1980 November 19th
Folder 23: Adams, Reverand James Luther; Hoagland, Dr. Hudson, 1981 February 9th and 1981 February 13th
Folder 24: Fletcher, Reverand Joseph, 1981 May 15th
Folder 25: Margenau, Henry (Tape A), 1981 June 19th
Folder 26: Margenau, Henry (Tape B), 1981 June 29th
Folder 27: Washburn, H. Bradford, 1981 July 13th
Folder 28: Skehan, Reverand James W., 1981 November 9th
Folder 29: Overstreet, Bonaro W., 1982 January 10th
Folder 30: Parsons, E. Spencer, 1982 March 22nd
Folder 31: Clinchy, Everett R., 1981 May 28th
Folder 32: Stokes, John W., 1982 July 16th
Folder 33: Scopes Trial Lecture by Kirtley F. Mather At University of New Mexico (MASTER), 1976 November 3rd
Folder 34: Scopes Trial Lecture by Kirtley F. Mather At University of New Mexico (2nd Copy), 1976 November 3rd
Folder 35: Interview with Ruth and Harriet Mather, RE: K.F.M

Series 5: Films and Slides (97)

Subject/Index Terms:: Slides - 97

Folder 1: 8 Slides of Katmai Peninsula near Mr. Denison, Taken by K.F.M.'s Daughter Florence Mather Wengerd, 1982 August.
Folder 2: 1 Slide of K.F.M. and Muriel Mather
Box 31: Travel Slides: Ten containers of slides taken at various locations around Europe, South America and the United States.; Acquisition Information: Came to the DU Archives via Richard Mahard materials.

Series 6

Folder 1: Christmas Family Vacation(8mm), 1946-1949
Folder 2: Christmas Family Vacation(8mm), 1953
Folder 3: Julia Mather Seibel's Chronicles Reel 1, 1931-1939
Folder 4: Judy's Chronicles Reel 2, 1941-1947
Folder 5: Judy's Chronicles Reel 3, 1947-1953
Folder 6: Judy's Chronicles Reel 4, 1955-1957
Folder 7: (KFM 1st film) Norway, Oslo & Surlandet (KFM # 9) Yugoslavia, 1947, 1948, and 1950- 1949
Folder 8: (KFM #11) Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Nyborgstran, 1950
Folder 9: (KFM #12) India, 1956
Folder 10: (KFM #13) Mediterranean Lands, 1952
Folder 11: (KFM #14) The Holy Land (Mediterranean Land #2), 1952
Folder 12: (KFM #16) Europe (Helsinki, Netherlands, Belgium), 1955
Folder 13: (KFM #10) Edinburgh, Nottinghamshire, Dundee, 1947
Folder 14: (KFM #15) Europe (Zermatt, Les Eyzies, Istanbul), 1953
Folder 15: India (Taj Mahal, Ajanta, Agra), Europe, 1956 and 1954

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