MTGMss492.xml Guide to the Joseph Harding Underwood Collection 1888-1976 Underwood (Joseph Harding) Collection Finding aid prepared by Jodi Allison-Bunnell and Jack Rowan Funding for creating this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana--Missoula © 2004
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Mss 492 Underwood, Joseph Harding, 1874-1926 Joseph Harding Underwood Collection 1888-1976 6.5 linear feet Joseph Harding Underwood was an early professor of history, sociology, politics, economics, and business at the University of Montana--Missoula. The collection is predominantly Underwood's non-academic writing projects, including essays, novels, and poetry. Materials are in English Biographical Note

Joseph Harding Underwood was born in Singers Glen, Rockingham County, Virginia in 1874. His father was a minister in the United Brethren Church, and his mother won recognition as a writer of hymns. He received his B.A. from Western College and 1902, his M.A. from the State University of Iowa in 1904, and his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1907. He was also a student at Shenandoah Institute in Virginia; at Central College in Kansas; at Western College in Iowa; at Mt. Morris College in Illinois; at Beloit College in Wisconsin; and a graduate scholar in economics at the State University in Iowa from 1903 to 1904. He had a University Fellowship in sociology at Columbia University from 1904 to 1905 and was a student at the Chicago School of Philanthropy in 1906. He supported his educational efforts by working as a printer, editor, teacher, and preacher.

He was an instructor in English and History at Nora Springs Iowa Seminary in 1905 and 1906, and a Professor of History and Social Science at Leander Clark College in Iowa from 1906-1907.

He came to the University of Montana as a Professor of History and Economics in 1907. He was a strong proponent of faculty participation in the administration of the University. He taught classes in history, sociology, politics, economics, and business, and conducted research in inheritance taxation in the Northwest. In 1921 he became the first chairman of the Budget and Policy Committee at the University. He published The Distribution of Ownership, a book on wealth and property, in 1907. He was also a member, with Washington Jay McCormick and Jeannette Rankin, of the Political Equality Club of Missoula. Underwood enjoyed outdoor recreation, including mountain climbing.

He died in 1926 in Washington, DC, after a serious illness. In memorials to him, admirers compared him to George Bernard Shaw and Joseph Conrad and spoke of his private literary output.

This collection contains biographical records, correspondence files, writing drafts, clippings, and printed materials generated and collected by Joseph Harding Underwood. The collection is predominantly Underwood's writing projects, including essays, novels, and poetry. Underwood's diaries are mostly those written prior to his career at the University of Montana and detail many of his other aspirations. His correspondence focuses mostly on his time at the University, with particularly detailed information on administrative matters at the University, including the dismissal of President Craighead. Correspondence written by others after his death details the many attempts to place this collection at an appropriate and accessible location for research use. His writings include his non-fiction academic works, but mostly consist of fiction. Topics of his non-fiction material include analyses of American and European history and proposals for promoting and reforming social justice, property ownership, tax regulations, and education policies. Additionally, the series contains several creative non-fiction projects such as Underwood's editorial reflections on religious topics, life as an academic, the relationship between individuality and social responsibility, the role of literature in personal development, perceived parallels between Montana landscapes and proper acculturation, and a biography of and tribute to his mother.

The collection is arranged in six series:

Series I: Biographical, 0.75 linear feet, 1888-1961

Series II: Correspondence, 3 folders, 1892-1976

Series III: Writings, 5.5 linear feet, 1902-1926

Series IV: Clippings, 2 folders, 1890-1926

Series V: Printed Material, 4 folders, 1902-1916

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana--Missoula.

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright not transferred to The University of Montana.

[Name of document or photograph number], Joseph Harding Underwood Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana—Missoula.

In 1928, after Dr. Underwood's death, his mother and father, Irvine and Elizabeth Underwood, transferred responsibility for his papers to Helen Gleason and Alvan R. Underwood, with University of Montana professors H.G. Merriam and Paul C. Philips as councilors. The collection appears to have been in their, and possibly several other, hands until donation to the Archives.

Gift of Edmund Freeman, 1976.

The collection was originally processed as two separate collections, UM 2 and UM 10. In 2004, the collections were merged and extensively re-described.

Administrative materials in the Archives list a collection of 102 glass lantern slides of people, buildings, ruins, and landscapes in the Middle East, mostly Palestine and Turkey. Underwood took these photographs and used them in his University of Montana classes. Their present location is unknown.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Craighead, Edwin Boone, 1861-1920 Underwood, Joseph Harding, b. 1874--Diaries University of Montana--Missoula--Administration University of Montana--Missoula--Faculty University of Montana--Missoula--Presidents Europe--History United States--History Acculturation Education Individualism Landscape--Montana Literature Religion Rights of property Social justice Taxation Diaries Essays Fiction Novels Poems Montana Diaries Colleges and Universities Government and Politics International Relations Literature College teachers--Montana--Missoula Series I Biographical 1888-1961 0.75 linear feet

This series contains some of Joseph Underwood's diaries, school records, certificates, personal notes, and public records. Additionally, the series includes notes written by researchers who examined Underwood's manuscripts prior to the collection's donation to the K. Ross Toole Archives. Many of Underwood's diaries were transcribed at some point in the past. Those transcriptions are included in this series, along with the originals. Materials in this series provide insights into Underwood's life and ambitions, particularly from the years preceding his teaching career at the University of Montana.

 1/1 Biographical 1894-1926 and undated 1/2 Diary 1889 1/3 Diary Transcription 1889 1/4 Diaries 1890-1891 1/5 Diary Transcriptions 189-1891 1/6 Diary 1891-1893 1/7 Diary Transcriptions 1892-1893 1/8 Diaries 1893-1896 1/9 Diary Transcriptions 1893-1895 1/10 Diaries, Loose Entries undated 1/11 Personal Notes circa 1889-1906 1/12 School records 1888-1909 2/1 School Scrapbooks 1893 2/2 School Scrapbooks undated 2/3 Notes on Joseph Underwood's Papers 1938-1961 Series II Correspondence 1892-1976 3 folders

This series contains Joseph Underwood's incoming correspondence and an extensive file of correspondence documenting efforts to preserve Underwood's manuscripts. Most of the correspondence in this series is focused upon Underwood's teaching career and developments at the University of Montana (particularly the dismissal of President Craighead). Correspondence regarding Underwood's manuscripts document multiple relocations and various efforts to secure public access to his work--both through posthumous publication and archival preservation.

 2/4 General Correspondence 1892-1923 and undated 2/5 Dismissal of University of Montana President Craighead 1915-1917 and undated 2/6 Joseph Underwood's Manuscripts 1926-1976 Series III Writings 1902-1926 5.5 linear feet

This series contains an extensive collection of Joseph Underwood's writings. Materials are predominantly writing notes, rough drafts, and typescript copies; however, the series also contain a few published copies. Underwood's writing projects often mixed fiction and non-fiction, poetry and prose. Fiction materials in this series include extensive sequences of poetry (some loosely grouped and others within cohesive projects), numerous short stories, and mixed-medium novels. Topics of his non-fiction material include analyses of American and European history and proposals for promoting and reforming social justice, property ownership, tax regulations, and education policies. Additionally, the series contains several creative non-fiction projects such as Underwood's editorial reflections on religious topics, life as an academic, the relationship between individuality and social responsibility, the role of literature in personal development, perceived parallels between Montana landscapes and proper acculturation, and a biography of and tribute to his mother, Elizabeth Harding Underwood. The manuscript project titled Sin, one of two major projects Underwood was developing at the time of his death, appears to be a re-working of an earlier project titled The Canyon - Love.

 2/7 Articles, Intermountian Educator 1917 and 1921 2/8 Articles, Religious Telescope 1904-1914 2/9 Articles, The Watchword 1902-1908 2/10 "Mike O'Donnell, of Sing Sing"

Authorship uncertain

 undated 3/1 "Exemptions as a Principle of Social Justice" undated 3/2 "Exemptions as a Principle of Social Justice" The American Journal of Sociology 1916 3/3 "Homesteads and Exemptions" undated 3/4 Institute of Economics Series: "Instinct and Social Habit" undated 3/5 Institute of Economics Series: "The Social Feelings" undated 3/6 Institute of Economics Series: "The Thinkings of Society" undated 3/7 Institute of Economics Series: "The Physical Environment" undated 3/8 Institute of Economics Series: "The Problems of Social Well-being" undated 3/9 Institute of Economics Series: "Competition and Cooperation" undated 4/1 Institute of Economics Series: "Effects of Maladjustment" undated 4/2 Institute of Economics Series: "Inequalities of Property Income" undated 4/3 Institute of Economics Series: "Contrasts of Condition" undated 4/4 "Society" manuscript and notes undated 4/5 "Society" manuscript and notes undated 4/6 "Society" manuscript and notes undated 4/7 "Sociability" undated 4/8 "Movements to Improve the Physical Basis of Social Life" undated 4/9 Unattached writing notes undated 4/10 "Conservation" undated 4/11 "Instincts in the Industry of Education" undated 4/12 "Dissertation on Eu-Kako-Phonic Prose" undated 4/13 "Barbarians Among the New Poets" undated 4/14 Untitled essay on poetry undated 4/15 Poems undated 5/1 Poems undated 5/2 "Ante-Bellum Berlin" undated 5/3 "A Bachelor Professor Pities the Poor Professor's Wife" undated 5/4 "Beauty" undated 5/5 "Beauty" undated 5/6 "Beauty Once Passed in Manhattan" undated 5/7 "Beauty Once Passed in Manhattan" undated 5/8 "A Boulevard Meditation" undated 5/9 The Canyon - Love , handwritten notes undated 5/10 The Canyon - Love , handwritten notes undated 6/1 The Canyon - Love , handwritten notes undated 6/2 The Canyon - Love , typescript undated 6/3 The Canyon - Love , typescript undated 6/4 "Culver's Love of Children" undated 6/5 "Gethsemane" undated 6/6 "Her Price" undated 6/7 Immortality, first copy undated 6/8 Immortality, second copy 1926 6/9 Immortality, second copy 1926 6/10 Immortality, third copy, handwritten notes and mark-ups 1926 7/1 Immortality, third copy, handwritten notes and mark-ups 1926 7/2 Immortality, fourth copy 1926 7/3 A Man Who Was Loved by Youth, "I, Beauty" undated 7/4 A Man Who Was Loved by Youth, "II, Art" undated 7/5 A Man Who Was Loved by Youth, "III, Sorrow" udnated 7/6 A Man Who Was Loved by Youth, "IV, Work" undated 7/7 A Man Who Was Loved by Youth, "IV, Work" handwritten notes and mark-ups undated 7/8 A Man Who Was Loved by Youth, "V, Rebellion" undated 7/9 A Man Who Was Loved by Youth, "VI, Freedom" undated 7/10 A Man Who Was Loved by Youth, "VII, Love" undated 7/11 A Man Who Was Loved by Youth, "VIII, Trust" undated 7/12 "The Mount of Olives" undated 7/13 Mother, Elizabeth Harding Underwood, handwritten notes and draft copy undated 7/14 Mother, Elizabeth Harding Underwood, handwritten notes and draft copy undated 8/1 Mother, Elizabeth Harding Underwood, partial draft copy, pages 99-214 undated 8/2 Mother, Elizabeth Harding Underwood, partial draft copy, pages, 197-400 undated 8/3 Mother, Elizabeth Harding Underwood, partial draft copy, pages, 151-385 undated 8/4 Mother, Elizabeth Harding Underwood, poetry drafts undated 8/5 Mother, Elizabeth Harding Underwood, typescript, pages 1-210 undated 8/6 Mother, Elizabeth Harding Underwood, typescript, pages 211-400 undated 8/7 "Natura Naturans" undated 8/8 "New Year Night in New York" undated 8/9 "One Generation Passeth Away, Another Cometh" undated 8/10 "One Who Is To Come" undated 9/1 "One Who Went Down to Sea" undated 9/2 "The Philosopher and the Feminist" undated 9/3 Pilgrimage undated 9/4 Pilgrimage, partial manuscript undated 9/5 "The Professor Pauses Midway" undated 9/6 "Rabbit Like Professor" undated 9/7 "Research Magnificent in New York" undated 9/8 Short writings undated 9/9 Sin, first draft, notes and mark-ups 1926 9/10 Sin, first draft, notes and mark-ups 1926 9/11 Sin, first draft, notes and mark-ups 1926 9/12 Sin, first draft, notes and mark-ups 1926 10/1 Sin, first draft, notes and mark-ups 1926 10/2 Sin, first draft, notes and mark-ups 1926 10/3 Sin, typescript, pages 1-187 1926 10/4 Sin, typescript, pages 200-254 and 300-338 1926 10/5 Sin, typescript, pages 1-250 1926 10/6 Sin, typescript, pages 251-342 1926 10/7 "Social Art" undated 10/8 "A Stranger in the Strand" undated 10/9 "Turkey" undated 10/10 "Unter Den Linden, Then; The Great Divide, Now" undated 11/1 Untitled project undated 11/2 Untitled project undated 11/3 "Which Man Wins/Janet, or Woman?" undated 11/4 "The Woman at the Well" undated 11/5 "Work" undated 11/6 Writing fragments undated 12/1 Handwritten essays, general undated 12/2 Short essays undated 12/3 Essays on Tax Law 1907-1912 12/4 Essays on Justice 1904 12/5 "The British Campaign Against Tuberculosis" 1926 and undated 12/6 "Municipal Government in Montana" undated 12/7 "Socialism" undated 12/8 "The Distribution of Ownership" 1907 12/9 Ownership, notes and mark-ups undated 12/10 Ownership, notes and mark-ups undated 12/11 Ownership, notes and mark-ups undated 12/12 Class lecture notes undated 12/13 Class lecture notes undated Series IV Clippings 1890-1926 2 folders

This series contains newspaper and magazine clippings collected by Joseph Underwood as well as a small sequence of material regarding his death collected by another. Topics range across a spectrum of personal and professional interests, including University of Montana events.

 13/1 General Topics 1890-1926 and undated 13/2 Regarding dismissal of University of Montana President Craighead 1917 Series V Printed Material 1902-1916 4 folders

This series contains printed materials collected by Joseph Underwood during his professional career. Materials in this series are primarily invitations to and programs for University of Montana events. Also included are some pamphlets regarding topics of personal interest to Underwood and a picture postcard capturing a well-dressed group gathered in a park.

 13/3 University Programs 1907-1914 13/4 Univeristy Programs and Invitations 1902-1912 and undated 13/5 Pamphlets 1904-1916 13/6 Postcards undated