AHJ_ah400035 Inventory of the Ottis H. Rechard papers, 1932-1980 Rechard (Ottis H.) papers Processed by Kayci Kruhmin University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
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2013,2021

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Ann Mulfort April 2013 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Rechard, Ottis H. Ottis H. Rechard papers 1932-1980 400035 0.45 cubic feet (1 box) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Ottis H. Rechard was a faculty member and administrator at the University of Wyoming. Collection contains manuscripts, correspondence, and newspaper clippings regarding Dr. Rechard's career in higher education and peripatetic philosophy. Biography of Ottis H. Rechard

Ottis H. Rechard was a faculty member and administrator at the University of Wyoming during the twentieth century. Rechard was born on January 7, 1896 and earned his Ph.D from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1930. During World War II, he served as head of the University of Wyoming's Department of Mathematics and the university's War Projects Administrator. From 1945 to 1961, he was dean of the University of Wyoming's College of Arts and Sciences. Ottis H. Rechard passed away on February 7, 1980.

 Scope and Content

Collection mainly concerns Rechard's interest in higher education and Peripatetic philosophy. It consists mainly of unpublished manuscripts which document his views on peripatetic philosophy and the growth of higher education in the United States, particularly after World War II. There are also some unpublished manuscripts of Rechard's musings about World War II and the post-war baby boom. Collection also contains a small amount of material regarding Rechard's life and career at the University of Wyoming, which includes correspondence and a manuscript of the program for his memorial service in 1980. There are a small number of miscellaneous clippings and periodicals in the collection as well.

 Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

 Copyright Information

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 Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Ottis H. Rechard at the date of processing.

 Acquisition Information

The material was received from Dr. Charles Stebner in January 1983.

 Processing Information

Processed by Kayci Kruhmin in November 2021.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms University of Wyoming. Peripatetics. Education, Higher -- United States. World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Education Colleges and Universities Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Science, Technology and Health Politics, Government, and Law Wyoming Personal 1 Lions Club Daily Boomerang Award Committee Nomination 1965 January 22 1 Memorial Service, Otis H. Rechard 1980 February 16 1 Various Notebook Entries 1976 November 11 Education Writings 1 "Ivan Goes to School," Draft, and Sources 1956-1957 1 Paper on Higher Education Trends Circa 1935-1935 1 "The Picture and the Prospect" 1951 December 20 1 Presentation on Higher Education 1955-1956 1 Speech on Secondary Education undated 1 "Teaching Machines" 1960-1961 1 "What is Man?" 1944 May 29 Lecture Notes 1 Mathematic Principles and History 1944-1945 1 "The Problem of Values" and Sources 1960 February 4 Miscellaneous Writings 1 "Man and His Universe" 1932-1933 1 Paper on Alcholism undated 1 Paper on Education, Government, Communism, and Suicide 1961-1962 1 Paper on Epicureanism 1963-1964 1 Short Address and List of "Journalists, Editors, and Publishers" 1953-1954 1 "Too Many People" 1954-1955 Peripatetic Writings 1 "Bring on the Students" 1952-1953 1 "Communists and Academic Freedom" 1948-1949 1 Membership Sheet for the Peripatetic Club 1965 November 20 1 Message to "Gentlemen and Other Peripatetics" undated 1 "Morality" 1962-1963 1 Paper on Higher Education 1948 April 1 Paper on Student Life and Christianity 1937-1938 1 "A Peripatetic Reports on His Wanderings" 1945-1946 1 "I Went A-Fishing!" 1954-1955 Religious Writings 1 "A Layman Challenges the Church" and "What America Owes the Church" 1946 November 4 1 "Ottis' Prayer" undated 1 Paper on Religion and Silence 1958 May 28 1 Paper on Religion as a Way of Life and the Nature of Man 1943 May 27 1 "Tax the Churches" 1940-1941 1 "Why I Persist in Encumbering the Church with My Membership" undated War Writings 1 "Mr.Roosevelt, Count Packer; Mr. Justice Black; and The Consultation" Circa 1938-1939 1 Paper on War Policy undated 1 "A Western Mathematics Teacher Looks at the War" 1939-1940