Horace G. Rahskopf papers, 1913-1984
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Rahskopf, Horace G., 1898-1984
- Title
- Horace G. Rahskopf papers
- Dates
- 1913-1984 (inclusive)19131984
- Quantity
- 3.21 cubic feet (8 boxes including 8 reel-to-reel sound recordings, 3 sound cassettes, and 1 flash drive)
- Collection Number
- 6347
- Summary
- Correspondence, speeches and writings, student and professional records, research materials and notes, sound recordings of presentations and speeches, photographs, annuals, scrapbooks, and funeral service recording of a professor of Speech
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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No restrictions on access. Analog and digital media is closed until evaluated.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Horace Greeley Rahskopf (1898-1984) was born in Olivia, Minnesota. He attended Willamette University and graduated with an A.B. in 1920. He was then was a student of Samuel Silas Curry, renown American professor of elocution and vocal expression, at the Curry School of Expression where he received a Diploma in 1921. He graduated from State University of Iowa with a Master’s degree in 1927 and PhD in 1935.
Professor Rahskopf began his teaching career as an Instructor in English Composition, Speech and Debate at State Normal School, Bellingham, WA (now Western Washington University) 1921-1924. He was a professor of Speech at Willamette University from 1924-1926; Professor of Speech, Illinois Wesleyan University 1925-1927; and began his long professional career at the University of Washington in 1928. Rahskopf served as chairman of the University of Washington Speech Department 1947-1962 and retired as professor emeritus in 1968. Over the course of many years he was consultant to the Bureau of Community Development and the In-service Teacher Education program at the University of Washington, and held a number of other notable representative consultantships with the United States Navy, The Boeing Company, Seattle Public Schools and Seattle City Light until his retirement. Among his professional activities, Rahskopf served as president of the Western Speech Association 1944-1945 and as president of the Speech Association of America in 1950.
Rahskopf was the author of numerous articles on speech and wrote several books, including: Basic Speech Improvement and Instructor’s Manual (Harper & Row 1965); “John Quincy Adams’ Theory and Practice of Public Speaking” (Torch Press 1936); and “The Oratory of James Wilson of Pennsylvania 1742-1798” (1938). He was also known for his reading of the Charles Dickens’ novel “The Christmas Carol.”
Content Description
Materials include correspondence, speeches and writings, student and professional records, research materials and notes, sound recordings of presentations and speeches, photographs, annuals, scrapbooks, and funeral service recording on sound cassette and flash drive documenting the life of Horace Greeley Rahskopf.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
Organized into 4 accessions.
- Accession No. 6347-001, Horace G. Rahskopf papers, 1913-1982
- Accession No. 6347-002, Horace G. Rahskopf papers, 1915-1994
- Accession No. 6347-003, Horace G. Rahskopf papers, 1917-1983
- Accession No. 6347-004, Horace G. Rahskopf papers, 1919-1984
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Accession No. 6347-001: Horace G. Rahskopf papers, 1913-1982
1.55 cubic feet (5 boxes including 8 reel-to-reel sound recordings and 2 sound cassettes)Scope and Content: Correspondence, speeches and writings, student and professional records, research materials and notes, sound recordings of presentations and speeches.
Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access. Analog and digital media is closed until evaluated.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
Acquisition Info: Melinda Bronsdon (daughter) via Gerry Philipsen (professor emeritus, Communication)
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Description: Behavior - WoolbertDates: 1967-1971Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Accession 6347-001
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Description: CommunicationDates: 1952-1967Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Accession 6347-001
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Description: Correspondence (Personal)Dates: 1942-1980; 1942-1950Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Accession 6347-001
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Description: Curry School of Expression
Scope and Content: Lectures, Publications by Dr Curry
Dates: 1920-1943Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Accession 6347-001 -
Description: Cybernetics - InformationDates: 1952-1962Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Accession 6347-001
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Description: Debate SpeechesDates: 1921-1927Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Accession 6347-001
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Description: Correspondence (Professional)Dates: 1939-1946Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Accession 6347-001
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Description: DiscussionDates: 1931-1939Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Accession 6347-001
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Description: Education
Scope and Content: Records of Rahskopf as a student
Dates: 1913-1935Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Accession 6347-001 -
Description: Elocution
Scope and Content: References and articles on Elocution
Dates: 1951-1959Container: Box/Folder 2/1, Accession 6347-001 -
Description: Field of StudyDates: 1954Container: Box/Folder 2/2, Accession 6347-001
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Description: Historical
Scope and Content: Newspaper/Magazine clippings
Dates: 1962-1980Container: Box/Folder 2/3, Accession 6347-001 -
Description: LanguageDates: 1940-1961Container: Box/Folder 2/4, Accession 6347-001
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Description: Lectures and SpeechesDates: 1935-1962Container: Box/Folder 2/5, Accession 6347-001
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Description: Manuscripts
Scope and Content: Drafts
Dates: 1926-1973Container: Box/Folder 2/6, Accession 6347-001 -
Description: Miscellaneous
Scope and Content: Photograph (Rahskopf), magazine articles, 1980 timeline of events
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/7, Accession 6347-001 -
Description: Professional Records
Scope and Content: CV, Publications, Appointments
Dates: 1921-1976Container: Box/Folder 2/8, Accession 6347-001 -
Description: Public ServiceDates: 1945-1969Container: Box/Folder 2/9, Accession 6347-001
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Description: Readings (1 of 2)Dates: 1963-1974Container: Box/Folder 2/10, Accession 6347-001
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Description: Readings (2 of 2)
Scope and Content: Notes on Readings
Dates: 1963-1981Container: Box/Folder 3/1, Accession 6347-001 -
Description: Religion
Scope and Content: University Christian Church
Dates: 1969-1982Container: Box/Folder 3/2, Accession 6347-001 -
Description: Rhetoric-ContemporaryDates: 1964-1967Container: Box/Folder 3/3, Accession 6347-001
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Description: RetirementDates: 1962-1969Container: Box/Folder 3/4, Accession 6347-001
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Description: Semantics-MeaningDates: 1954-1956Container: Box/Folder 3/5, Accession 6347-001
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Description: Speech as Behavior
Scope and Content: Publications, Notes
Dates: 1962Container: Box/Folder 3/6, Accession 6347-001 -
Description: Speech - DeptDates: 1962-1980Container: Box/Folder 3/7, Accession 6347-001
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Description: Theory of SpeechDates: 1949-1960Container: Box/Folder 3/8, Accession 6347-001
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Description: Tradition-ExpressionDates: 1968-Container: Box/Folder 3/9, Accession 6347-001
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Description: University of Maryland-EuropeDates: 1957-1958Container: Box/Folder 3/10, Accession 6347-001
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Description: University of WashingtonDates: 1935-1974Container: Box/Folder 3/11, Accession 6347-001
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Description: Vigotsky-Thought and Speech
Scope and Content: Pages 29-52 from Psychiatry Volume II
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 4/1, Accession 6347-001 -
Description: Writings
Scope and Content: Publications
Dates: 1937-1981Container: Box/Folder 4/2, Accession 6347-001 -
Description: Some Perspectives on the History of Speech #11 sound cassetteDates: 1980Container: Box/Folder 4/3, Accession 6347-001
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Description: Some Perspectives on the History of Speech #21 sound cassetteDates: 1980Container: Box/Folder 4/4, Accession 6347-001
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Description: University of Washington Dept of Speech Annual Banquet1 reel-to-reel sound recording
Scope and Content: Reel to Reel
Dates: 1963Container: Box/Folder 4/5, Accession 6347-001 -
Description: Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol" Read by Horace Rahskopf1 reel-to-reel sound recording
Scope and Content: Reel to Reel
Dates: 1979Container: Box/Folder 5/1, Accession 6347-001 -
Description: WSSA-UTS/HGR-Memoirs1 reel-to-reel sound recording
Scope and Content: Reel to Reel
Dates: 1969Container: Box/Folder 5/2, Accession 6347-001 -
Description: WSSA History/Conversation on the early organization of the WSSA1 reel-to-reel sound recording
Scope and Content: Reel to Reel
Dates: 1970Container: Box/Folder 5/3, Accession 6347-001 -
Description: Some Perspectives on the History of Speech (1 of 2)1 reel-to-reel sound recording
Scope and Content: Reel to Reel
General Notes: At the University of Washington, Speech Communication Department
Dates: 1980Container: Box/Folder 5/4, Accession 6347-001 -
Description: Some Perspectives on the History of Speech (2 of 2)1 reel-to-reel sound recording
Scope and Content: Reel to Reel
General Notes: At the University of Washington, Speech Communication Department
Dates: 1980Container: Box/Folder 5/5, Accession 6347-001 -
Description: Discourse on Samuel Silas Curry1 reel-to-reel sound recording
Scope and Content: Reel to Reel
General Notes: Given to the Graduate Seminar of the Department of Speech at the University of Washington
Dates: 1967Container: Box/Folder 5/6, Accession 6347-001 -
Description: A Christmas Carol1 reel-to-reel sound recording
Scope and Content: Reel to Reel
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 5/7, Accession 6347-001
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Accession No. 6347-002: Horace G. Rahskopf papers, 1915-1994
1.28 cubic feet (1 box including 1 sound cassette and 1 flash drive)Scope and Content: Photographs, commencement programs, church programs, conference documents, publication contracts, university course materials, a performance manuscript, high school annuals, a funeral service recorded on sound cassette and flash drive, and other materials relating to the education, career, and life of Rahskopf.
Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access. Analog and digital media is closed until evaluated.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
Acquisition Info: Melinda Rahskopf Bronsdon, 2022-09-08.
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Description: Portrait Photographs
Scope and Content: Photographs include one from Salem, Oregon between 1915-1920; one from Boston between 1920-1921; one unknown from around 1927; and one with his wife, Frances Jordan Rahskopf, from the 1930s.
Dates: approximately 1915-1935Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Accession 6347-002 -
Description: Commencement Programs
Scope and Content: From Willamette University, 1920; and from Coquille High School, 1915.
Dates: 1915-1920Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Accession 6347-002 -
Description: University Christian Church Program
Scope and Content: Letter and program insert from service for dedication of gifts honoring deceased members. Rahskopf and his wife's names are included.
Dates: 1996Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Accession 6347-002 -
Description: Seabeck Conference Diary
Scope and Content: Original pages in an envelope addressed by Rahskopf. Also included is a transcription by his daughter, Melinda Rahskopf Bronsdon. Provides insight into his consideration of the Methodist missionary ministry vs. education and early comments about the public speaking of conference speakers.
Dates: 1919Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Accession 6347-002 -
Description: Harper Collins Contract and Renewal
Scope and Content: Regarding the publication of textbook manuscript Basic Speech Improvement.
General Notes: Physical copy of his textbook available at University of Washington Libraries .
Dates: 1953, 1993Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Accession 6347-002 -
Description: University of Washington Course Materials
Scope and Content: Course outlines, review questions, reading lists and other materials for courses Rahskopf taught.
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/6, Accession 6347-002 -
Description: The Chapa Letter
Scope and Content: Four copies of the letter.
Dates: 1968-1970Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Accession 6347-002 -
Description: Correspondence
Scope and Content: Correspondence with colleagues and friends from the University of Washington and other universities and colleges around the United States and Territories; letters of praise; personal documents; and newspaper clippings.
Dates: 1931-1977Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Accession 6347-002 -
Description: "A Christmas Carol" Performance Manuscript
Scope and Content: Paper copies of the manuscript used in performances.
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/9, Accession 6347-002 -
Description: PhD Diploma
Scope and Content: Diploma from the State University of Iowa.
General Notes: Digital copy of his 1935 thesis John Quincy Adams' Theory and Practice of Public Speaking available through ProQuest.
Dates: 1936Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Accession 6347-002 -
Description: The Purple and Gold
Scope and Content: Six copies of a high school literary magazine from Marshfield High School which Rahskopf attended for 3 years.
Dates: 1913-1915Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Accession 6347-002 -
Description: The Virginia Quarterly ReviewDates: 1939Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Accession 6347-002
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Description: Laurel
Scope and Content: Annuals of the senior class publication from Coquille, Oregon, high school where Rahskopf spent his senior year. There are two copies, one of which is autographed.
Dates: 1915Container: Box/Folder 1/13, Accession 6347-002 -
Description: Kloshewawa
Scope and Content: Debate published by the senior class of Marshfield High School. This book references The Purple and Gold.
Dates: 1915Container: Box/Folder 1/14, Accession 6347-002 -
Description: KlipsunDates: 1922-1924Container: Box/Folder 1/15, Accession 6347-002
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Description: Funeral Tape1 flash drive, 1 sound cassette
Scope and Content: Funeral service for Rahskopf at University Christian Church, Reverend James Stockdale presiding. Only the first part of service was recorded.
General Notes: Organist was Christian Schneider, PhD. Speakers were Stockdale, Barnet Baskerville, PhD, Laura Crowell, PhD, and Lawrence Zillman, PhD, all professors at University of Washington Departments of Speech or English.
Dates: 1984Container: Box/Folder 1/16, Accession 6347-002 -
Description: The Wallulah
Scope and Content: Annuals from Willamette University attended by Rahskopf. Contain photos of him as student and information about his participation in campus activities, including debate.
Dates: 1917-1926Container: Box 1, Accession 6347-002
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Accession No. 6347-003: Horace G. Rahskopf papers, 1917-1983
0.19 cubic feet (1 box)Scope and Content: A copy of Hellas and Hellenism; education, teaching, and religious materials; photographs; and materials from World War I related to Rahskopf.
Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
Acquisition Info: Melinda Rahskopf Bronsdon, 2022-12-19.
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Description: Hellas and Hellenism
Scope and Content: Copy of Nicholas P. Vlachos' book with marginalia.
Dates: 1936Container: Box 1, Accession 6347-003 -
Description: Miscellaneous Documents
Scope and Content: Includes Rahskopf's final examination for his PhD, graduation program for his Bachelor of Arts, articles he wrote, his business card, his desk plaque, his copyright registration certificate for a syllabus for Speech 201, newspaper clippings about him, and communion prayers he gave.
Dates: 1921-1982Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Accession 6347-003 -
Description: Photographs and Diploma Case
Scope and Content: Two photographs of Rahskopf from the Pan-American Photo Service in New York City and an empty diploma case for the State University of Iowa.
Dates: 1983Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Accession 6347-003 -
Description: World War I Materials
Scope and Content: Includes registration certificate, a letter from the Department of Education in Salem regarding the Students' Army Training Corps, related correspondence, a description of duties of Acting First Sergeant, and a postcard.
Dates: 1917-1918Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Accession 6347-003
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Description: Accession No. 6347-004: Horace G. Rahskopf papers, 1919-19840.19 cubic feet (1 box)
Scope and Content: Materials include a scrapbook with recital programs, newspaper clippings, images, and diploma from Rahskopf's time at Bellingham State Normal School and Willamette University; a copy of his book Basic Speech Improvement with a teacher's guide and promotional flyer; and text of homily from his memorial service.
Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
Acquisition Info: Donated by Melinda Bronsdon, 2024-06-10
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