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Machine-readable finding aid derived from Re:discovery database program and converted into xml; Code template by Archives and Information Associates (http://archivesandinformation.com), Alexandria, Virginia . 2007 Finding aid written in English Guide to the English Department records , 1895-2006 RG0070 Special Collections Research Center, The Gelman Library, The George Washington University

Washington, D.C.

Processed by Christopher Walker and Special Collections Staff, 2008 Encoded by Jennifer King, 2008

Descriptive Summary English Department English Department records , 1895-2006 RG0070 5.25 Linear feet This collection contains committee and departmental meetings, Tupper lectures, Ph.D. field exams, class mid-term exams, course descriptions, correspondence, photographs of past faculty (1895-1976) and other materials pertaining to the English Department and the Jenny McKean Moore Fund for Writers. The collection is organized into three series, two containing department files and the third containing the records of the Jenny McKean Moore Fund for Writers. The George Washington University, The Gelman Library, Special Collections Research Center

2130 H. St. NW Washington, D.C. 20052 Phone: 202-994-7549 Email:

English Information for Users Preferred citation

English Department records , Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University.

Restrictions on Access

Some records may be restricted.

Acquisition Information

Materials acquired through transfers from the Engliish Department. The material related to the Jenny McKean Moore Fund were donated by Faye Moskowitz and Susan Willens in two separate accessions.

Restrictions on Use

Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.

Historical or Biographical Note

The English Department of The George Washington University is responsible for undergraduates english grammer requirements as well as offering english degrees in minors, bachelors, masters, and doctorates of Philosophy .

English and Literature have always been a part of the curriculum from Columbian College's founding in 1821 to the present. Requisites for admission in 1822 included an acquaintance with English grammar and arithmetic, a thorough knowledge of geography, and the ability to read and write Latin. The prospective student had to be able to translate, with a high degree of competence, Caesar's Commentaries, and the works of Virgil, Sallust, select orations of Cicero, and the New Testament in Greek. A candidate for advanced standing from another college had to pass examinations in all subjects previously taken and had to show that he left the other institution in good standing. No one was admitted without satisfactory credentials of good moral character.

Jenny Mckean Moore (1923-1973) was a writer and social activist in Washington, D.C. After her passing in 1973, the Jenny Mckean Moore Fund was established at the George Washington University. Formed in 1976 with an endowment left by Jenny Mckean Moore, the purpose of the fund is to choose a candidate to teach four semester long creative writing workshops at George Washington University as the Jenny McKean Moore Writer-In Washington.

Collection Scope and Content

This collection contains committee and departmental meetings, Tupper lectures, Ph.D. field exams, class mid-term exams, course descriptions, photographs of past faculty (1895-1976). The collection covers 1895 to 2000. The collection was transfered to the University Archives by the Chair of the English Department in 1995.

The third series of this collection contains administration files, financial files, correspondence, clippings and other material pertaining to the Jenny McKean Moore Fund for Writers.

Collection Organization

Organized in three series: department files, department files, and Jenny McKean Moore Fund for Writers records

Indexing Terms Corporate Entities George Washington University Topics English Department records Examinations Lectures and lecturing Committees Geographic Locations Washington (D.C.) Detailed Description of the Records RG0070 Series 1 Departmental files, 1895-1987 2 Linear feet

This series is a collection of committee and departmental meetings, Tupper lectures, Ph.D. field exams, class mid-term exams, course descriptions, and photographs of past faculty (1895-1976). The materials range in date from 1964 to1987.

1 1 Tupper Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1980 1 2 Tupper Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1979 1 3 Tupper Fund--Computer printouts of account, undated 1 4 Graduate Committee Report, 1967 1 5 Committee Report: Undergraduate Programs in literature, undated 1 6 Committee Report: graduate renovation committee, undated 1 7 Tupper--Anne R. Barton Lecture Manuscript, 1974 1 8 Sample MA and Ph.D. exams, undated 1 9 MA and Ph.D. reading lists, undated 1 10 Curriculum committee (Prof. Ganz, chairman), undated 1 11 Committee--graduate programs, undated 1 12 Committee--Appointments, undated 1 13 Advisory Council, undated 1 14 Advising, undated 1 15 McCandlish Fellowship, undated 1 16 Shepard Memorial Fund, undated 1 17 Bequests, undated 1 18 Tupper Fund--Correspondence, undated 1 19 Language Examinations, undated 1 20 Graduate programs--English Department, undated 1 21 President's Commission, undated 1 22 Washington and Writing, Spring conference, 1985 1 23 Structure of the Department, undated 1 24 Curriculum Committee: Department of English, undated 1 25 Undergraduate Major Programs--English Department, undated 1 26 Advisor's Handbook, Department of English, undated 1 27 Course Descriptions, undated 1 28 Curriculum Committee, 1985-1986 1 29 Fall 1985-Spring 1986, 1985-1986 1 30 Graduate Program review--Report and Actions, undated 1 31 Graduate faculty correspondence, 1985-1986 1 32 English 11 with Palmer Graham, undated 1 33 Departmental meeting, April 1, undated 1 34 Budget, 1986-1987 1 35 Graduate Faculty, 05/01/1986 1 36 English Department, 1982-1983 1 37 Departmental meeting, 04/04/1986 1 38 Development Office, J. Anderson, undated 1 39 Departmental meeting, November 20, undated 1 40 Meeting with Dean Lovitt, 1986 1 41 Departmental meeting November 11, undated 1 42 Departmental meeting October 20, undated 1 43 Departmental meeting October 3, undated 1 44 Composition of the Department of English, meeting, September 13, undated 1 45 Departmental meeting, September 5, undated 1 46 Departmental meeting, 04/21/1986 1 47 Ad Hoc Committee: Composition and Part time faculty, undated 1 48 Tupper--Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1964-1971 2 1 "The Potomac" Literary Magazine, 1960-1968 2 2 Ph.D. Field Exam--American Poetry, undated 2 3 Ph.D. Field Exam--American Romanticism, undated 2 4 Faculty Personnel--grants, undated 2 5 English Majors, undated 2 6 Departmental Meetings, undated 2 7 Independent Study, undated 2 8 Lectures, undated 2 9 Literary Society, undated 2 10 Personnel (New Plan), undated 2 11 Ph.D. Reading Guide: Old English, History, Middle English, Chaucer, undated 2 12 Prizes, undated 2 13 Undergraduate Programs, undated 2 14 Undergraduate Advisees, undated 2 15 Graduate Program, Graduate School, undated 2 16 English Tutorial, undated 2 17 Composition, undated 2 18 Course Descriptions, undated 2 19 Curriculum Review Committee (Ganz), undated 2 20 Departmental Memoranda, undated 2 21 English for International Students, undated 2 22 American CIV (Department), undated 2 23 Agenda: tenure meeting, undated 2 24 Columbian College, undated 2 25 Tupper--Hallett Smith manuscript, 1976 2 26 Tupper Memorial Shakespeare Lecture, Robert B. Heilman, 03/1977 2 27 Waith, Eugene, 1978 2 28 Tupper--Harry Levine Lecture manuscript, 1975 2 29 Tupper--Essays and correspondence, undated 2 30 Departmental meeting, 05/08/1988 2 31 Departmental meeting, 04/07/1988 2 32 Departmental meeting, 05/03/1988 2 33 Departmental meeting, 02/02/1988 2 34 Departmental meeting, 01/14/1988 2 35 Departmental meeting, 11/05/1987 2 36 Professors meeting, 10/22/1987-11/05/1987 2 37 Professor Meeting, annual review (copies), 09/29/1987 2 38 Departmental meeting, 09/03/1987 2 39 Faculty meeting, March 24, undated 2 40 Professor Meeting, 03/10/1987 2 41 Meeting with professors, 03/03/1987-03/12/1987 2 42 Departmental meeting January 20, undated 2 43 Departmental meeting, 01/05/1987 2 44 Tupper Fund--donors and mailing list information, undated 2 45 Tupper--David Bevington Lecture manuscript, 1973 2 46 Ben DeMott, undated 2 47 Tupper--Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1972-1975 2 48 Lecture--preparations, undated 2 49 Donors, undated 2 50 Tupper--publications (and royalty records), undated 3 1 Framed Photographs: English Department, 1940

Bement, Stone, Cole, Tupper, Shepard, Baker, Adams, Cooper, Bolwell, Smith

3 2 Framed Photographs: Anna Pearl Cooper, 1927-1940 3 3 Framed Photographs: William Lewis Turner, 1941-1976 3 4 Framed Photographs: Milton Crane, 1964-1975 3 5 Framed Photographs: Charles William Cole, 1939-1974 3 6 Framed Photographs: Robert Whitney Bolwell, 1920-1957 3 7 Framed Photographs: Edward Ronald Weismiller, 1968-1980 3 8 Framed Photographs: Robert Hamilton Moore, 1949-1978 3 9 Framed Photographs: Averett Howard, 1941-1958 3 10 Framed Photographs: James Harold Coberly, 1945-1974 3 11 Framed Photographs: Ernest Sewall Shepard, 1926-1966 3 12 Framed Photographs: DeWitt Clinton Croissant, 1905-1941 3 13 Framed Photographs: Courtland Darke Baker, 1924-1944 3 14 Framed Photographs: William Allen Wilbur, 1895-1935 3 15 Framed Photographs: Elizabeth Truman Wright, 1956-1972 3 16 Framed Photographs: Joseph Quincy Adams, 1934-1946 3 17 Framed Photographs: Frederick Salisbury Tupper, 1936-1963 3 18 Negatives of photos in Lisner Hall 404; Faculty pictures fall 1978 (unframed), 1978 4 1 Departmental meeting, 11/14/1985 4 2 Departmental meeting, 10/17/1985 4 3 Departmental meeting, 08/28/1985 4 4 Professor meeting, 09/26/1985 4 5 Professor meeting, 05/15/1985 4 6 Composition, Fall 1984 and Spring 1985, 1984-1985 4 7 Departmental meeting, 03/20/1986 4 8 Departmental meeting February 7, undated 4 9 Departmental meeting, 01/17/1986 4 10 Tenure Staff Meetings, 1972-1973 4 11 Tenure Staff Meetings, 1973-1974 4 12 Tenure Staff Meetings, 1974-1975 4 13 Tenure Staff Meetings, 1975-1976 4 14 Tenure Staff Meetings, 1976-1977 4 15 Tenure Staff Meetings, 1977-1978 4 16 Tenure Staff Meetings, 1978-1979 4 17 Statements of departmental policies regarding full-time teaching appointments, undated 4 18 Program of Course, 1970-1971 4 19 Comm. On programs, English Department, undated 4 20 90 Hour Program, undated 4 21 Composition Program, undated 4 22 Surveys--English, American, European, undated 4 23 English Department Students correspondence, undated 4 24 Program of Courses, 1971-1972 4 25 Summer Academic Program, 1974 4 26 Academic Program, 1974-1977 4 27 Department Constitution, undated 4 28 Ph.D. Field Exam: American Realism, undated 4 29 Ph.D. Field Exam: American Drama, undated 4 30 English 9, midterm exams, undated 4 31 English 11, midterm exams, undated 4 32 English 91, midterm exams, undated 4 33 English 92, midterm exams, undated 4 34 English 101, midterm exams, undated 4 35 English 102, midterm exams, undated 4 36 English 103, midterm exams, undated 4 37 English 105-106, midterm exams, undated 4 38 English 107, midterm exams, undated 4 39 English 108, midterm exams, undated 4 40 English 111, midterm exams, undated 4 41 English 112, midterm exams, undated 4 42 English 115, midterm exams, undated 4 43 English 116, midterm exams, undated 4 44 English 117, midterm exams, undated 4 45 English 118, midterm exams, undated 4 46 English 120, midterm exams, undated 4 47 English 121, midterm exams, undated 4 48 English 122, midterm exams, undated 4 49 English 123, midterm exams, undated 4 50 English 125, midterm exams, undated 4 51 English 126, midterm exams, undated 4 52 English 127, midterm exams, undated 4 53 English 128, midterm exams, undated 4 54 English 129, midterm exams, undated 4 55 English 130, midterm exams, undated 4 56 English 131, midterm exams, undated 4 57 English 132, midterm exams, undated 4 58 English 133, midterm exams, undated 4 59 English 134, midterm exams, undated 4 60 English 135, midterm exams, undated 4 61 English 136, midterm exams, undated 4 62 English 137, midterm exams, undated 4 63 English 138, midterm exams, undated 4 64 English 145, midterm exams, undated 4 65 English 151, midterm exams, undated 4 66 English 153, midterm exams, undated 4 67 English 154, midterm exams, undated 4 68 English 155, midterm exams, undated 4 69 English 156, midterm exams, undated 4 70 English 157, midterm exams, undated 4 71 English 158, midterm exams, undated 4 72 English 161, midterm exams, undated 4 73 English 162, midterm exams, undated 4 74 English 163, midterm exams, undated 4 75 English 164, midterm exams, undated 4 76 English 165, midterm exams, undated 4 77 English 166, midterm exams, undated 4 78 English 167, midterm exams, undated 4 79 English 168, midterm exams, undated 4 80 English 170, midterm exams, undated 4 81 English 171, midterm exams, undated 4 82 English 172, midterm exams, undated 4 83 English 173, midterm exams, undated 4 84 English 174, midterm exams, undated 4 85 English 175, midterm exams, undated 4 86 English 176, midterm exams, undated 4 87 English 177, midterm exams, undated 4 88 English 178, midterm exams, undated 4 89 English 181, midterm exams, undated 4 90 English 194, midterm exams, undated 4 91 English 219, midterm exams, undated 4 92 English/French 271, midterm exams, undated RG0070 Series 2 Departmental files, 1895-2000 0.25 Linear feet

This series contains newsletters, correspondence, programs, lectures, syllabi, award winning student essays, and special projects. They range in date from 1933 to 2000.

5 1 Awards and Prizes De Witt Clinton Croissant Prize Essay, 1951-1970 5 2 English Department, 1973-1984 5 3 English Departments - Class Projects, 1975 5 4 English Department - Kaleidoscope (Award Winning Student Essays), 2000 5 5 English Department - Special Events, 1977-1992 5 6 English Department - Syllabus and Readings, 1930's, 1933 5 7 English Department - Tupper Lectures, 1963-1973 5 8 English as a Foreign Language Department, 1997-1998 RG0070 Series 3 Jenny McKean Moore Fund for Writers records, 1978-2006 3 Linear feet

Jenny McKean Moore (1923-1973), a writer and social activist in Washingtons, D.C. Wife of Paul Moore, the 13th bishop of New York(1972-1989) and mother of nine children including poet Honor Moore. In 1968 she published a book, The People on Second Street , a memoir of her life with small children and an Episcopal priest husband in an urban parish in downtown Jersey City during the 1950's. Also in 1968, she served as the advance woman for Abigail McCarthy in the McCarthy campaign . She had also joined a feminist consciousness raising group in Cleveland Park. By 1972 she had published several feature articles in the Washington Post, was working on a play, and taking playwriting classes at George Washington University. After her passing in 1973 from liver cancer, the Jenny Mckean Moore Fund was established at George Washington University. The records found in boxes 10 through 12 were donated by Susan Willens on behalf of the family of James Heller. Mr. Heller served both as secretary and as the attorney for the Board of Directors of the Fund.

The Jenny Mckean Moore Fund for Writers was formed in 1976 with an endowment left by Jenny Mckean Moore. The purpose of the fund is to choose a candidate to teach four semester long creative writing workshops at George Washington University as the Jenny McKean Moore Writer-In Washington.

6 1 Board of directors, 1985 6 2 By Laws, 04/04/1987 6 3 Trust Fund drafts, proposals, 1975-1976 6 4 Budgets, 1975-1984 6 5 Budets for advertising, 1982-1983 6 6 Endowment gift information, 1999 6 7 Annual reports, 1978-1986 6 8 Report and questionnaire for workshop participants, 05/1981 6 9 Report Tix for Kids, 04/10/1994 6 10 Reports, miscellaneous, undated 6 11 Meeting minutes, agendas, 1979-1999 6 12 Contracts, agreements, undated 6 13 List of candidates, 1977-2004 6 14 Lists of Poets, undated 6 15 Job lists, undated 6 16 Lists Literary Newspapers, undated 6 17 Literature Live proposals, 2003-2004 6 18 Announcements of fund, 1977-2004 6 19 Press releases, 1976-2003 6 20 Memoranda: creation of fund, 02/06/1975-02/22/1976 6 21 Memoranda, 1975-1979 6 22 Memoranda, 1981-1995 6 23 Memoranda, undated 7 1 Correspondence: to Faye Moskowitz, 1974-2000 7 2 Correspondence: Eda Kriseova, 1983-1985 7 3 Correspondence, 1975-1979 7 4 Correspondence, 1980-1985 7 5 Correspondence, 1986-1989 7 6 Correspondence, 1990-1996 7 7 Correspondence, 1996-1999 7 8 Correspondence, 2000-2006 7 9 Correspondence: contracts, undated 7 10 Correspondence: contracts, undated 7 11 Recommendations of Writers in Residence, undated 7 12 Recommendations for Julia Alvarez, undated 7 13 Resumes of writers, undated 7 14 Work of Julia Alvarez, undated 7 15 Work of Lucille Clifton, undated 7 16 Work of Peter Meinke, undated 7 17 Work of LeRa Jones, undated 7 18 Works of Gloria Naylor, undated 7 19 Works of writers: miscellaneous, undated 7 20 Applications forms, undated 7 21 Application procedures, undated 8 1 Workshop materials: collected poems, 1993 8 2 Workshop materials, undated 8 3 Readings programs, undated 8 4 Programs, brochures, undated 8 5 Programs: miscellaneous, undated 8 6 Flyers: Reading series, 1989-2003 8 7 Flyers: workshop, 1998-2004 8 8 Flyers, posters, undated 8 9 Flyers, posters, undated 8 10 Clippings, undated 8 11 Clippings, undated 8 12 Clippings, undated 8 13 Clippings, undated 8 14 Clippings, undated 8 15 Clippings, undated 8 16 Clippings, undated 8 17 Memoir: Jenny Moore, undated 8 18 Play: The Job, Jenny McKeen Moore, undated 8 19 Mariam Shapiro, undated 9 1 Posters: oversize, 1977-1986 9 2 Agreement forms, undated 9 3 Works of Jenny McKeen Moore, oversize, undated 10 1 JMMF - GW Endowment, 1998-1999 10 2 Jenny Moore Fund, 1998-1999 10 3 Kampelman, undated 10 4 Nations Bank Bank Statements, 1997 10 5 Nations Bank Bank Statements, 1998 10 6 JMMF By laws , 1987 10 7 Jenny Moore - Board List, 1993-1998 10 8 Jenny Moore Fund for Writers, 1999-2000 10 9 Jenny Moore Fund - Asst Treasurer, 1998-1999 10 10 JMMFW - DC Franchise Tax Exemption, 1998-1999 10 11 Income Tax Returns - Jenny McKean Moore Fund, 1997-1998 10 12 Income Tax Returns - JKMMF, 2000 10 13 Income Tax Returns - JKMMF, 1999 10 14 Income Tax Returns - JKMMF, 1998-1999 10 15 Jenny Moore Fund - Takes, 1999-2000 11 1 Jenny Moore Fund Bank Account, 1998-1999 11 2 JMMF, 1997-1998 11 3 Jenny Moore Fund, 1996-1997 11 4 Jenny Moore Fund, 1995-1996 11 5 Jenny Moore Fund, 1994-1995 11 6 Young Peoples Workshop - Sample poems, 1994-1996 11 7 Iona Senior Services, 1993-1996 11 8 "East of the River" DC Humanities Council, 1997 12 1 JMMF - National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1998-1999 12 2 JMMF - T/X Progress, 1999-2000 12 3 JMMF Cave Canem, 1998-2000 12 4 JMMF African American Writers Guild, 1994-1997 12 5 Jenny Moore Fund, 1994 12 6 Jenny Moore Fund - GWU English Dept, 1994-1998 12 7 JMMF - Turkey Thicket, 1998 12 8 JMMF - Joy Jones/Turkey Thicket Ref Center, 1997-1998 12 9 Writers Corps, 1998-2000 12 10 Checks Stubs, 1998-2000 12 11 Resolution No. 1, 1998-1999 12 12 Resolution No. 2, 1998