Lawrence A. Cremin Papers, 1932-2007, bulk 1939-1990

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Series IV: Manuscripts and Publishing, 1946-1990



Box 44 Folder 4 Cremin Bibliography, 1946-1990



Box 4 Occasional Papers by Lawrence A. Cremin, 1946-1960, 1 folders



Box 34 Publications by Lawrence Cremin, 1946-1988, 1 folders



Box 15 Journal of the History of Education, 1949-1951, 1 folders


Box 15 History of Education in American Culture publishing agreement, 1950, 1 folders



Box 34 Article drafts, circa 1950, 1 folders



Box 37 "The American Common School: An Historic Conception" preliminary statement, 1951, 1 folders


Box 37 Correspondence and book reviews, 1951-1955, 1 folders



Box 14 Recent periodical material by Lawrence A. Cremin, 1952, 1 folders



Box 33 Printed lectures, book series advertisements, reprints, and other ephemera, 1953, undated, 2 folders



Box 38 Article reprints, 1953-1959, 1964, 1973, 7 folders



Box 24 Progressive magazine correspondence, 1954, 1 folders


Box 24 "Public Schools and American Democracy" correspondence, 1954, 1 folders



Box 4 Preprints and reprints, 1955-1983, 1 folders



Box 5 Periodicals, 1955-1988, 1 folders



Box 35 Printed lectures, book series advertisements, reprints, and other ephemera, 1955, 1957-1958, undated, 5 folders



Box 29 Printed lectures, book series advertisements, reprints, and other ephemera, 1955, 1957, 1969-1978, 1982, 1989, 16 folders



Box 14 "Public and Private Schools in the American Heritage" draft, 1956, 1 folders



Box 35 "Progressive Education in America: A Critical History" first outline, 1957, 1 folders



Box 44 Folder 6 "The Free School Movement: A Perspective" in notes on education, October 1973



Box 16 Teachers College Press: Classics in Education series, 1957-1963, 1965-1969, 6 folders



Box 34 Translations of articles by Lawrence Cremin, 1957, 1968, 1 folders



Box 5 Conference publications, 1957-1975, 1 folders



Box 34 Printed lectures, book series advertisements, reprints, and other ephemera, 1957-1978, 1 folders



Box 35 Encyclopaedia Britannica drafts and correspondence, 1958, 1 folders



Box 29 "1958: A Year of Crisis in Education" draft, 1958, 1 folders


Box 29 Responses to article on the history of progressive education in the Harvard Educational Review, 1958, 1 folders



Box 5 "The American School" promotional materials, 1958, 1 folders



Box 29 Correspondence on "Dewey and the Progressive Education Movement, 1915-1952,", 1958-1959, 1 folders



Box 37 Article draft correspondence, 1958-1960, 3 folders



Box 15 Voice of America correspondence, 1959-1961, 1 folders



Box 38 Raymond H. Ostrander correspondence, 1960, 1 folders



Box 29 Book review article for "The Progressive,", 1960, 1 folders



Box 18 "The Transformation of the School" correspondence, 1960-1982, 1 folders



Box 26 Reprint permissions for "The Transformation of the School,", 1961, 1 folders



Box 42 "Columbia College Today," with article by Lawrence Cremin, 1961 Fall, 1 folders



Box 15 Alfred A. Knopf correspondence, 1961-1963, 2 folders


Box 15 World Book Year Book correspondence, 1961-1966, 3 folders



Box 4 Book reviews, 1961, 1987-1992, 1 folders



Box 5 Book reviews, 1961, 1987-1992, 1 folders



Box 16 Bancroft Prize materials, 1962, 1 folders



Box 35 Students' reviews of "The American Common School,", 1963, 1 folders



Box 33 Review of "Winnetka: The History and Significance of an Educational Experiment,", circa 1963, 2 folders



Box 15 Pearl Kibre correspondence, 1963-1964, 1 folders



Box 33 Theodore Sizer correspondence, 1964, 1 folders


Box 33 "The Transformation of the School" reviews and correspondence, 1964-1967, 1 folders



Box 15 Correspondence on Carnegie Corporation support of History of American Education trilogy, 1964-1988, 1 folders



Box 35 "The Genius of American Education," lecture draft for the University of Pittsburgh, 1965, 1 folders



Box 33 Correspondence on "The Genius of American Education,", 1965, 1 folders



Box 38 Nicholas A. Masters correspondence, 1965, 1 folders



Box 35 "The Genius of American Education," lecture draft for the University of Pittsburgh, 1965, 1 folders



Box 33 Correspondence on "The Genius of American Education,", 1965, 1 folders



Box 42 "The Genius of American Education" manuscript, circa 1965, 1 folders



Box 22 "The Genius of American Education," draft response to comments, circa 1965, 1 folders



Box 25 Isaac Leon Kandel biographical memoir, 1965-1966, 1 folders



Box 41 World Book Year Book, 1965-1984, 1 folders



Box 24 Harper and Row, 1965-1988, 1 folders



Box 22 Ted Cooper correspondence, 1966, 1 folders



Box 38 Robert L. Ebel correspondence, 1966, 1 folders


Box 38 Martha M. Eliot correspondence, 1966, 1 folders



Box 22 Harold Full correspondence, 1966, 1 folders



Box 38 Arthur I. Gates correspondence, 1966, 1 folders


Box 38 Robert L. Geddes correspondence, 1966, 1 folders


Box 38 Kalil I. Gezi correspondence, 1966, 1 folders


Box 38 Janice L. Gorn correspondence, 1966, 1 folders



Box 22 Frederick Hetzel correspondence, 1966, 1 folders


Box 22 Helen Isaacson correspondence, 1966, 1 folders



Box 38 John Mackey correspondence, 1966, 1 folders


Box 38 Thomas McGuire correspondence, 1966, 1 folders


Box 38 David S. Mesirow correspondence, 1966, 1 folders


Box 38 Sheldon Meyer correspondence, 1966, 1 folders


Box 38 George L. Moses correspondence, 1966, 1 folders


Box 38 M. A. Najmi correspondence, 1966, 1 folders


Box 38 Doyce Nunis correspondence, 1966, 1 folders


Box 38 Edward Peacock correspondence, 1966, 1 folders



Box 22 Ole Sand correspondence, 1966, 1 folders


Box 22 Maurice J. Thomas correspondence, 1966, 1 folders



Box 15 Bancroft Prizes, 1966, 1 folders



Box 38 Kathleen Mols correspondence, 1967, 1 folders



Box 24 "On the proper goal of public television" draft, 1967, 1 folders



Box 36 Printed ephemera (lectures, book series advertisements, reprints, etc.), 1967, 1969, 1974, 1979-1980, 8 folders



Box 41 Correspondence on Cremin's writings, 1967-1984, 2 folders



Box 38 Bernard J. Morson correspondence, 1968, 1 folders


Box 38 Robert S. Patterson correspondence, 1968, 1 folders



Box 15 Arno Press, 1968-1970, 1976, 1 folders



Box 36 "Five Characteristics of American Education" and "Some Crises in American Education" materials, 1969-1970, 1976, 1 folders



Box 15 Carnegie Corporation, 1969-1988, 1 folders



Box 35 "American Education: Notes Toward a New History" draft, 1970, 1 folders



Box 37 "American Education: The Colonial Experience, 1607-1783" manuscript, circa 1970, 1 folders



Box 38 "American Education: The Colonial Experience, 1607-1783" reviews and correspondence,, 1970-1973, 1 folders



Box 42 "American Education: The Colonial Experience, 1607-1783" reviews and correspondence,, 1970-1973, 2 folders



Box 38 Commentary magazine, with review of "American Education: The Colonial Experience, 1607-1783,", 1971 November, 1 folders


Box 38 Cass Canfield Jr. correspondence, 1972, 1 folders


Box 38 Cynthia Merman correspondence, 1972, 1 folders



Box 29 "American Education: Some Notes Toward a New History" draft, 1972, 1 folders


Box 29 Phi Delta Kappa article manuscript and correspondence, 1972, 1 folders



Box 37 "American Education: Some Notes Toward a New History,", 1972 February, 1 folders



Box 14 "American Education: Some Notes Toward a New History,", 1972 February, 1 folders



Box 37 "American Education: The National Experience, 1783-1876" outline, 1972 March, 1 folders



Box 29 World Book article draft, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1 folders



Box 38 Hugh Van Dusen correspondence, 1973, 1 folders



Box 32 Teachers College Press: Classics in Education series, 1974-1985, 1 folders



Box 29 Notes and Ideas, 1975-1976, 1 folders



Box 30 Public Education (book) correspondence, 1976-1979, 1 folders



Box 36 Reviews of "Traditions of American Education,", 1977-1978, 1 folders



Box 18 "Traditions of American Education" correspondence, 1977-1978, 1 folders



Box 31 "Changes in the Ecology of Education: The School and the Other Educators" draft, circa 1978, 1 folders


Box 31 Rune Axelsson correspondence, 1978, 1 folders


Box 31 Ingemar Fagerlind correspondence, 1978, 1 folders


Box 31 Torsten Husén correspondence, 1980, 1 folders


Box 31 Mihhael Kenny correspondence, 1978, 1 folders



Box 38 "American Education: The National Experience, 1783-1876" outline, circa 1980, 1 folders



Box 37 Notes to the copy editor of "American Education: The National Experience, 1783-1876,", circa 1980, 1 folders



Box 29 "American Education: The National Experience, 1783-1876" correspondence, 1980-1981, 1 folders



Box 14 "American Education: The National Experience, 1783-1876" publishing correspondence, 1980-1982, 1 folders



Box 36 "American Education: The National Experience, 1783-1876" reviews and correspondence about the Pulitzer Prize,, 1981, 1 folders



Box 31 William A. Bates correspondence, 1984, 1 folders


Box 31 Jack Frymier correspondence, 1982, 1 folders


Box 31 "The Problematics of Educations in the 1980s: Some Reflections on the Oxford Workshop,", 1982, 1 folders



Box 29 "The Problematics of Educations in the 1980s: Some Reflections on the Oxford Workshop,", 1982, 1 folders


Box 29 World Book correspondence, 1982, 1 folders



Box 38 "American Education: The National Experience, 1783-1876" review, 1986, 1 folders


Box 38 Citation queries, 1986, 1 folders



Box 29 "American Education: The Metropolitan Experience, 1876-1980" publishing permissions,, 1987, 1 folders



Box 38 "American Education: The Metropolitan Experience, 1876-1980" clippings and correspondence,, 1988, 1 folders


Box 38 Erwin Glikes correspondence, 1988, 1 folders



Box 24 History of Education Quarterly, 1988, 1 folders



Box 29 "Some Problems of American Education,", circa 1988, 2 folders



Box 38 Bruce A. Kimball correspondence, 1989, 1 folders


Box 38 Aida McDonald correspondence, 1989, 1 folders


Box 38 Peter R. Moock correspondence, 1989, 1 folders



Box 34 "Some Problems of American Education" draft, 1989 January 19, 1 folders



Box 38 "Popular Education and its Discontents" clippings and correspondence, 1989-1990, 1 folders



Box 42 "Popular Education and its Discontents" clippings and correspondence, 1989-1990, 1 folders



Box 8 First draft of chapter 1, biography of John Dewey by Lawrence Cremin, circa, 1990, 1 folders



Box 38 Preliminary bibliography on the history of Columbia University, 1990 May, 1 folders



Box 36 "Chapter 1: Some Sociological Musings About Student Allocation in Public Schools,", undated, 1 folders


Box 36 "Notes Toward a Theory of Education,", undated, 1 folders


Box 36 "The Professionalization of American Academic Life: The Ninteenth-Century Harvard Faculty as a Case Study,", undated, 1 folders



Box 35 "Piety and Intellect at Early 18th Century Harvard,", undated, 1 folders


Box 35 "The Transformation of the Rural School, 1896-1917" drafts, undated, 1 folders


Box 35 Untitled article draft, undated, 1 folders



Box 42 "American Education: Its Men, Ideas, and Institutions" publication announcements, undated, 2 folders


Box 42 "Horace Mann on Education: A Centennial Appraisal,", undated, 1 folders



Box 38 "Popular Education and Popular Culture" chapter draft, undated, 1 folders


Box 38 "The Commitment to Popular Education" chapter draft, undated, 1 folders


Box 38 "The Politics of Popular Education" chapter draft, undated, 2 folders


Box 38 Preface for Dean Sizer, undated, 1 folders



Box 37 "The Future of the American Common School,", undated, 1 folders



Box 15 "Pertinent Information Concerning A History of Education in American Culture," Lawrence A. Cremin and R. Freeman Butts,, undated, 1 folders


Box 15 "Popular Schooling in the United States,", undated, 1 folders



Box 41 "Accountability and Human Concerns,", undated, 1 folders


Box 41 "Americanization: A Perspective,", undated, 1 folders


Box 41 Untitled article draft, undated, 1 folders



Box 33 "Magazine Stereotype of the Teacher," chapters 2 and 3, undated, 1 folders


Box 33 Progressive education, undated, 1 folders



Box 34 "Some are more equal than others…,", undated, 1 folders


Box 34 "Toward a more common Common School,", undated, 1 folders



Box 29 "John Dewey and the Progressive Education Movement, 1915-1952,", undated, 1 folders


Box 29 "Some Criticisms of Recent Curriculum Theory,", undated, 1 folders



Box 8 "Popular Education and its Discontents,", undated, 2 folders


Box 8 "The American Common School" book spine printing plate, undated, 1 folders



Box 44 Folder 9 "The Problematics of Education in the 1980s: some reflections on the Oxford Workshop" in Oxford Review of Education, Volume 9, No. 1, 1983


Box 44 Folder 10 Address by Lawrence A. Cremin. New York Academy of Public Education, 4 May 1982


Box 44 Folder 11 'The Progressive Movement in American Education: A Perspective". Harvard Educational Review, Volume XXVII, No. 4


Box 44 Folder 12 "The Public School and the Public Philosophy". Teachers College Record, Volume 57, No. 6, March 1956


Box 44 Folder 14 "Popular Schooling in the United States". Tms.


Box 44 Folder 16 "The Popularization of American Education Since World War II". Tms, 1985


Box 44 Folder 17 "National Committee on Excellence in Education". Tms.


Box 44 Folder 18 "What Is A School of Education?". Tms., 30 January 1975

(The George S. Counts Lecture)