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Overview of the Collection

Creator: Stone, Cliff W.
Title: Cliff W. Stone Papers
Dates: 1918-1947 (inclusive)
19181947
Quantity: 5 containers., (2.5 linear feet of shelf space.), (2800 items.)
Collection Number: Cage 31
Summary: Correspondence, raw research data, statistics, and reports for the 1927-1929 Washington Education Association comparative study of rural schools. Also recommendations for students, and research notes, drafts of articles and publications in part concerned with the development of educational tests measuring arithmetical reasoning in children.
Repository: Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research use.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical Note

Cliff Winfield Stone was born in Wisconsin in 1874. After graduation from the State Normal School at Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1899 he later attended Columbia University where he took the B.S. in 1904 and the Ph.D. in 1908. He served as a teacher, school principal, and director of teaching in such diverse places as Indiana, New York City, Virginia, and Iowa. During World War I Dr. Stone was a member of the American Expeditionary Force University at Beaune, France. Directly following his service in France he came to Washington State University as Professor of Education. He served in this capacity from 1920 to 1946 when he retired as Professor Emeritus of Education.

An early pioneer in testing children's arithmetical abilities, Dr. Stone published a work on this subject in 1908 which he followed several years later with a series of reasoning tests in arithmetic. The New Stone Reasoning Tests in Arithmetic (1927) was published by Columbia University's Teachers' College. His knowledge in this field served him well when he chaired the Washington Education Association's school survey of the graded school and the one-room "little red schoolhouse" which was typical in rural areas of Washington State. The study was to survey and then compare progress made by pupils of one-room schools with progress made by pupils of equal ability from graded schools. Dr. Stone completed such a study, albeit on a limited basis, in 1927 (cf. Journal of Educational Research, November, 1927). The state-wide survey he and his associates made was published as " The Subject Progress of Pupils in Different Types of Schools" in the Washington Education Journal, April 1930.

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Content Description

The papers of Cliff W. Stone consist of approximately 2,800 items of correspondence and research materials pertaining to his various activities while at WSU.

This collection of papers presents a researcher with raw data, statistical analysis, and reports written for a state-wide educational project completed during an era of social and economic change in the state of Washington.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 31, Cliff W. Stone Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Series 1 reflects Dr. Stone's work as a college teacher, researcher into arithmetical reasoning in school children, and friend to hundreds of WSU students seeking teaching positions. Series 2 contains the specific work Dr. Stone undertook for the Washington Education Association in the late 1920s. He and several associates attempted a state-wide educational analysis of students in graded school houses as opposed to those students who were still attending the one-room school made famous as the "little red schoolhouse."

Acquisition Information

The Washington State University Library acquired the papers of Cliff W. Stone, professor of education at Washington State University, as part of a deposit of College of Education Records during the Summer of 1974.

Bibliography

His obituary was published in the Oct. 30, 1958 Pullman Herald.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series 1: Personal and Professional Papers
- Correspondence. This sub-series contains personal and professional correspondence relating to Stone's activities., 1918-1938
  
  500
  - Dates: 1918-1929
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
    
    Location: Series 1: Personal and Professional Papers / Correspondence. This sub-series contains personal and professional correspondence relating to Stone's activities., 1918-1938
  - Dates: 1930-1931
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    
    Location: Series 1: Personal and Professional Papers / Correspondence. This sub-series contains personal and professional correspondence relating to Stone's activities., 1918-1938
  - Dates: 1932-1934
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
    
    Location: Series 1: Personal and Professional Papers / Correspondence. This sub-series contains personal and professional correspondence relating to Stone's activities., 1918-1938
  - Dates: 1935-1938
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
    
    Location: Series 1: Personal and Professional Papers / Correspondence. This sub-series contains personal and professional correspondence relating to Stone's activities., 1918-1938
- Student Recommendations: Copies of recommendations written by Stone for his students while at WSU. They are in alphabetical order., 1929-1947
  
  500
  - Description: A-E
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 5
    
    Location: Series 1: Personal and Professional Papers / Student Recommendations: Copies of recommendations written by Stone for his students while at WSU. They are in alphabetical order., 1929-1947
  - Description: F-L
    
    Container: Box 2, Folder 6
    
    Location: Series 1: Personal and Professional Papers / Student Recommendations: Copies of recommendations written by Stone for his students while at WSU. They are in alphabetical order., 1929-1947
  - Description: M-R
    
    Container: Box 2, Folder 7
    
    Location: Series 1: Personal and Professional Papers / Student Recommendations: Copies of recommendations written by Stone for his students while at WSU. They are in alphabetical order., 1929-1947
  - Description: S-Z
    
    Container: Box 2, Folder 8
    
    Location: Series 1: Personal and Professional Papers / Student Recommendations: Copies of recommendations written by Stone for his students while at WSU. They are in alphabetical order., 1929-1947
- Description: Publications: Copies of published articles and of articles for publication.
  9
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 9
  
  Location: Series 1: Personal and Professional Papers
- Description: Research Materials: Tests, test summaries, and graphs of test results pertaining to Stone's educational research.
  470
  
  Container: Box 2-3, Folder 10-12
  
  Location: Series 1: Personal and Professional Papers
- Description: Students' Research Projects: Examples of student research projects directed by Stone.
  21
  
  Container: Box 2-3, Folder 13
  
  Location: Series 1: Personal and Professional Papers
Series 2:. Washington Education Association Project Papers, 1927-1929
- Description: Raw Data Sheets: School survey raw data (e.g. I.Q. test results, attendance, educational costs, performances on various subject tests.)
  1000
  
  Container: Box 3-5, Folder 14-21
  
  Location: Series 2:. Washington Education Association Project Papers, 1927-1929
- Description: Summaries, Reports, and Tables: Reports supporting summaries of statistical data plus graphs and tables of raw data used in compiling the final report.
  250
  
  Container: Box 3-5, Folder 22-23
  
  Location: Series 2:. Washington Education Association Project Papers, 1927-1929
- Description: Financial Statements, Vouchers, and Bills
  63
  
  Container: Box 3-5, Folder 24
  
  Location: Series 2:. Washington Education Association Project Papers, 1927-1929

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Subject Terms

Educational tests and measurements--Research
Educators--Washington (State)--Correspondence
Rural schools--Washington (State)

Personal Names

Stone, Cliff Winfield, 1874- --Archives (creator)

Corporate Names

Washington State University. College of Education, donor. WaPS
Washington Education Association.

Cliff W. Stone Papers, 1918-1947

Table of Contents

Overview of the Collection

Biographical Note

Content Description

Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Administrative Information

Arrangement

Acquisition Information

Bibliography

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series 1: Personal and Professional Papers

Correspondence. This sub-series contains personal and professional correspondence relating to Stone's activities., 1918-1938

Student Recommendations: Copies of recommendations written by Stone for his students while at WSU. They are in alphabetical order., 1929-1947

Series 2:. Washington Education Association Project Papers, 1927-1929

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Subject Terms

Personal Names

Corporate Names