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Series IV. Pratt Family, 1820-1997
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Scope and Content Notes: This series contains the Pratt Family material including Karl Pratt professional or personal papers as well as the Pratt Family Photographs.
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Subseries 1. Karl Pratt Professional, 1920-1989
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Scope and Content Notes: Subseries 1. contains materials representing Karl Pratt's professional career. Karl Pratt was born November 20, 1899 in Huntington, Ohio. After graduating from high school in Wellington, OH, he went to Ohio State University, earning a B.A. (1923), M.A. (1924), and a Ph.D. (1927) in psychology. After earning his Ph.D. he was awarded an NRC fellowship at New York University, Karl finished his Ph.D. at Ohio State in 1927, and accepted a position at Central Michigan Teacher's College, now Central Michigan University, in Mt. Pleasant, MI. He taught psychology and eventually became the head of the department until his retirement in 1968. Some of his theories focused on early childhood (neonate) and progressive education.
Materials include bibliography, resumes, articles, manuscripts, reprints, and article/book reviews. The bulk of this series contains correspondence. The correspondence is organized separately by subject and by individual (arranged alphabetically) and includes correspondence concerning publications and reviews. This series also includes correspondence from students, colleagues, and mentors.
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Bibliography and Professional History, no date
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Awards, 1927-1989
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Salary Letters, 1932-1967
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6-9 |
Writings, Manuscripts, and Notes, and 1925-1946 no date
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Unfinished Articles, no date
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Notes on Articles about Infants, no date
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Box 46
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1-3 |
Notes from Lectures, no date
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4-5 |
Reprints of Published Articles by Karl Pratt, 1925-1946
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Reprints of Published Articles by Karl Pratt and Others, 1931-1954
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Reprints of Published Articles by Others, 1935-1944
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Article Reviews by Karl Pratt, 1936-1951
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Dissertation, 1930
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Manuscript -
The Neonate
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11 |
Journals Containing Articles by Karl Pratt, 1932-1938
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Box 47
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Journals Containing Articles by Karl Pratt, 1939-1940
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Manuscript -
The 1936 Freshman -- 1940 Senior Class: An Analysis of the Effects of Selection and of Educational Gains and Losses, 1941
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3-4 |
Editorials by Karl Pratt, 1942-1962
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5-9 |
Correspondence Regarding Employment, 1923-1958
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10-12 |
Correspondence Regarding Professional Development, 1923-1980
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Programs - American Psychological Meetings, 1931-1935
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Box 48
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Superior State Teachers College, Wisconsin, 1950-1953
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Correspondence - Publishers, Students 1927-1988
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Box 49
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Correspondence - Colleagues (A-S), 1920-1959
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Box 50
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1-6 |
Correspondence - Colleagues (S-W) 1932-1938
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Retirement Announcement and Correspondence, 1967-1968
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8 |
Tributes to Rowe, Herrig, and Poole, 1958-1967
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Subseries 2. Karl and Gertrude Pratt Personal, 1911-1997
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Scope and Content Notes: While teaching at NYU, Karl met Gertrude, one of his students and ten years his junior (b. January 8, 1910). Their courtship and eventual marriage was opposed by both sets of parents on religious grounds. He was forced to return to Ohio State, after Gertrude's father met with the Dean at NYU - he was not fired, but his contract was not renewed. Gertrude completed her last year of college at Ohio State and Karl finished his Ph.D. in 1927 and accepted a position at Central Michigan Teacher's College, now Central Michigan University, in Mt. Pleasant, MI. In 1933, when Gertrude became pregnant with Richard she returned to live with her family in New York because Karl was not making enough money at Central Michigan to take care of her. She finally returned to Michigan when Richard was four. Gertrude worked as a bookkeeper, reference librarian for the college, recorder for the college, and as a reference librarian for Mount Pleasant Public Library. In 1968, Karl and Gertrude retired to the Camden, Maine area, where they stayed until Karl's death in 1993. In 1997 Gertrude moved to Pittsburgh to be closer to Richard but died within six months.
Subseries 2. is organized into three sections. The first section contains general materials, 1911-1989, which includes elementary and high school diaries, manuscripts, account books, journals, and correspondence. These materials are arranged chronologically. The second section contains family correspondence, 1919-1997, and is organized chronologically by sender/recipient. The third section contains personal correspondence, 1919-1997, has been kept in original order. The first part of correspondence is arranged alphabetically by sender and each sender has a separate folder. The second part of correspondence is arranged alphabetically by sender but is grouped together by last name. The third section is arranged chronologically. The fourth and final section contains Christmas Letters, 1977-1987.
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Section: General Materials, 1911-1989
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Elementary and High School Writings and Manuscripts, 1911-1921
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Box 51
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High School Journals, 1916-1920
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Diary - "Musings and Meditations", 1916-1920
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Account Books, 1919-1935
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Writings - "University Themes", 1921
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Box 52
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2-3 |
Letters to the Editor, 1922-1923
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Writings - "Miscellaneous Literary Attempts", 1925
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Hitchhiking Journal, 1925
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Manuscript and Publisher Correspondence - "Pale Shadow", 1931-1933
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Essay, "Exploration of the Long Trail", 1944
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Gertrude Pratt - Education and Employment, 1930-1980
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9-10 |
Gertrude Pratt - Book Reviews, 1930-1972
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Karl Pratt - Class Reunions, 1967-1982
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12 |
Karl Pratt - 90th Birthday, 1989
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Section: Family Correspondence, 1919-1997
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Karl to/from Gertrude Pratt, June 1929 - October 1933
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Box 53
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1-14 |
Correspondence, November 1933 - November 1937
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Box 54
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1-9 |
Correspondence, December 1937 - 1966
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Correspondence, no date
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11-16 |
Karl Pratt to/from Mary Luella and Mildred Pratt, 1919-1928
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17-18 |
Karl Pratt to/from Mary Luella and B.H. Pratt, 1929-1963
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Box 55
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Karl Pratt to/from Mary Luella and B.H. Pratt, 1950-1963
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Karl Pratt to/from Mary Luella and B.H. Pratt, no date
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Karl Pratt to/from Grandma Chapman and Houghton, 1919-1924
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Maud Chapman, 1951-1960
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Gennis Family, 1966-1972
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Box 56
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Joe and Sylvia Gennis, 1931-1989
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Bob and Christine Gennis, 1983-1984
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Bob and Mildred Gennis, 1952-1964
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Alvin and Bess Gennis, 1931-1951
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Sid and Sylvia Gennis. 1972-1973
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Kathryn Glass, 1962-1966
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Jonathan Pratt, 1965-1997
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Kathy Pratt, 1969-1979
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Box 57
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Kathy Pratt, 1980-2001
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Caroline Pratt, 1968-1997
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Box 58
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Paul Pratt, 1975-1990
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Letters to Karl Pratt while at OSU, 1920-1928
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Section: Personal Correspondence, 1919-1997
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"Troublesome Days at NYU", 1929
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5-17 |
Bakes - Menzes, 1919-1927
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Box 59
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Myers - Yarbush, 1919-1928
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Miscellaneous, 1922-1928
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Correspondence, A - E
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Box 60
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1-7 |
Correspondence, F - Harrigan
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Box 61
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Correspondence, Haw - Miller, Evangelene
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Box 62
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Correspondence, Miller, Evangelene - R
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Box 63
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1-7 |
Correspondence, S - Z
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Box 64
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Correspondence, 1930-1975
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Box 65
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Correspondence, 1976-1991
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Box 66
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Correspondence, 1951-1990
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Christmas Letters, 1977-1987
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Subseries 3. Pratt Extended Family, 1820-1960
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Scope and Content Notes: Subseries 3. contains materials, mostly correspondence, from other members of Pratt's extended family. Family members include Burton and Mary Luella Pratt, Richard's Grandparents; Benjamin and Alta Pratt, Burton's Brother, and various other Pratt, Gennis, and other family members. Some of this material dates back to the 1820s and 1850s and includes correspondence, notebooks, account books, invitations, manuscripts, and other materials, 1820-1960.
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Transcribed Family Correspondence, 1861-1916
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Benjamin Pratt - Account/Expense Book, 1820
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Benjamin and Alta Pratt, Notebooks, 1840s
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Benjamin and Alta Pratt, Account and Day Books, 1850-1873
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Benjamin and Alta Pratt, Receipts, 1859-1865
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Benjamin and Alta Pratt, Correspondence, 1855-1888
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Valletti to Alta Pratt, Correspondence, 1870-1891
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Luella Pratt to Alta Pratt, Correspondence, 1859-1864
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Miscellaneous, Correspondence, 1854-1900
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Box 67
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Invitations, Correspondence, 1883-1921
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Jerome Pratt to Benjamin and Alta Pratt, Correspondence, 1874
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Obituary, Benjamin Pratt, May 4, 1887
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Burton and Luella Pratt, Correspondence, 1874-1951
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Otis (O.C.) Pratt to Burton Pratt, 1918
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Jerome (J.B.) Pratt to Burton Pratt, 1907-1934
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Invitations, Burton and Luella Pratt, 1872-1937
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Burton and Luella Pratt, Manuscript - "Grumblers", no date
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Jerome (J.B.) Pratt to H.J. Pratt, 1929
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Otis Pratt, Correspondence and Tombstone Inscription, 1908
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Orange (O.S.) Chapman, Correspondence, 1921-1922
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Hannah Chapman, Correspondence, 1920-1922
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Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1855-1877
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Newspaper Clippings, 1891-1960
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Obituary, John Houghton, 1924
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Penmanship Book, no date
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Subseries 4. Pratt Family Photographs, 1860s-1965
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Scope and Content Notes: Subseries 4. contains photographs of Richard, Ann, Karl, Gertrude, and various Pratt and Gennis family members, 1860s-1960s. Inventories are available if noted at the folder level.
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Richard Pratt, ca. 1934-1960
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Karl, Mildred, and Gertrude Pratt ca. 1900-1965
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70 |
Pratt Extended Family, ca. 1862-1965
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Chapman, Houghton, Eaton, Needles, Pratt Families, ca. 1880s-1965
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72 |
Gennis Family, ca. 1920s-1965
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73 |
Photo Albums (with inventory), ca. 1934-1955
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Miscellaneous Photos, ca. 1880s-1965
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