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Walter Hahn papers, 1939-1986

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Hahn, Walter, 1913-
Title
Walter Hahn papers
Dates
1939-1986 (inclusive)
Quantity
5 linear feet
Collection Number
ACCN 1136
Summary
The Walter Hahn papers (1939-1986) consist of books and article reprints on education, especially in Germany. Also included in the collection is correspondence, student papers, University of Utah correspondence, and research material on school systems in the Soviet Union. Hahn was a professor of education at the University of Utah and author.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English, German, French
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Content Description

The Walter Hahn papers consist of books and article reprints on education, especially in Germany. Also included in the collection is correspondence, student papers, University of Utah correspondence, and research material on school systems in the Soviet Union.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Donated by Margo Hahn in 1990.

Processing Note

Processed by Christie Pugh in 1990.

Separated Materials

Filmstrips and audio cassette tapes transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • I: Personal academic materials

    Boxes 1 and 2 of this collection contain notes, essays, and reports written by Walter Hahn while he was a student at USC, Mills College, and the University of Utah. Items are organized by university and course title. Although no specific dates are available for each folder, materials from the University of Utah span from 1939-1951, items from Mills College were completed during the summer of 1941, and papers from USC, the summers of 1947 and 1949.

  • II: Articles and reviews

    Boxes 3 through 5 contain articles and reviews written by Dr. Hahn, many of which are written in the German and French languages. They are arranged in chronological order.

    • Description: "Utah Savant Views Problems of Dual Teacher Certification," Utah Educational Review, vol. 44, pp. 21, 38.
      Dates: 1950 September
      Container: Box 3, Folder 1
    • Description: "The High School in Divided Germany," California Journal of Secondary Education, vol. 26, pp. 42-46.
      Dates: 1951 January
      Container: Box 3, Folder 2
    • Description: "Preparing to Teach High School in Germany," Utah Educational Review, vol. 44, pp. 20, 31.
      Dates: 1951 January
      Container: Box 3, Folder 3
    • Description: "Current Practices and Problems in Student Teaching," Journal of Teacher Education, vol. 26, pp. 118-121.
      Dates: 1951 January
      Container: Box 3, Folder 4
    • Description: "Making Foreign Languages Live," Utah Educational Review, vol. 45, p. 8.
      Dates: 1952 January
      Container: Box 3, Folder 5
    • Description: "Seven Effective Aids for Teaching Foreign Languages," Clearing House, vol. 26, pp. 357-339.
      Dates: 1952 February
      Container: Box 3, Folder 6
    • Description: "6 Pros and 5 cons of General Language," Clearing House, vol. 27, pp. 242-245.
      Dates: 1952 December
      Container: Box 3, Folder 7
    • Description: "Our Foreign Students Need Us, and We Need Them," Utah Educational Review, vol. 47, pp. 14-15.
      Dates: 1953 September
      Container: Box 3, Folder 8
    • Description: "The Role of an Administrative Committee in Assisting Failing College Students," co-author: Dr. Boyd V. Sheets. College and University, vol. 29, pp. 378-385.
      Dates: 1954 April
      Container: Box 3, Folder 9
    • Description: "Scholastic Probation as a Tool in Raising Academic Standards," co-author: Dr. Boyd V. Sheets. College and University, vol. 29, pp. 378-385.
      Dates: 1954 April
      Container: Box 3, Folder 10
    • Description: "The European High School: Is it Really Better?" Clearing House, vol. 30, pp. 464-468.
      Dates: 1956 April
      Container: Box 3, Folder 11
    • Description: "We all Fail if Mary Fails," co-author: Dr. Boyd V. Sheets. Utah Educational Review, May 1956, vol. 49, pp. 10-11, 30-32.
      Dates: 1956 May
      Container: Box 3, Folder 12
    • Description: "South African Universities at the Crossroads," Phi Delta Kappan, vol. 38, 00. 250-251.
      Dates: 1957 March
      Container: Box 3, Folder 13
    • Description: "Die Ausbildung der Philologen inden Vereinigten Staaten," Die Hohere Schule, vol. 10, pp. 220-222.
      Dates: 1957 October
      Container: Box 3, Folder 14
    • Description: "Die Schuelerberatung in amerikanischen hoeheren schulen," Die Hohere Schule, Dec. 1957, vol. 10, pp. 257-259.
      Dates: 1957 December
      Container: Box 3, Folder 15
    • Description: "Textbooks in European High Schools," Clearing House, Mar. 1959, vol. 33, pp. 396-400.
      Dates: 1959 March
      Container: Box 3, Folder 16
    • Description: "Le Professorat de L'Enseignement secondaire aux Etats-Unis," Cahiers Pedagogiques pour l'Enseignement du Second Degre, Feb. 1960, vol. 15, pp. 52-55.
      Dates: 1960 February
      Container: Box 3, Folder 17
    • Description: "The Place of the Social Sciences in the European High School Curriculum," The Social Studies, Dec. 1960, vol. 51, pp. 252-257.
      Dates: 1960 February
      Container: Box 3, Folder 18
    • Description: "Current Curricular Trends in European Secondary Education," Proceedings of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, vol. 39, pp. 126-132
      Dates: 1961-1962
      Container: Box 3, Folder 19
    • Description: "Re-admission of Former Students After Absence from the Campus: Problems and Opportunities," co-author: L. Howard Campbell. College and University, Winter
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 3, Folder 20
    • Description: "Qu'y a-t-i; de nouveau dan ;'enseignement secondaire aux Etats-Unis?" Cahiers Pedagogiques, vol. 18, pp. 44-48.
      Dates: 1963 February
      Container: Box 3, Folder 21
    • Description: "Higher Education in West Germany: Reform Movements and Trends," Comparative Education Review, vol. 7, pp. 51-60.
      Dates: 1963 June
      Container: Box 4, Folder 1
    • Description: Abstract: "Present Reform Movements in West German Higher Education: Some Significant Issues," reprint from Proceedings of Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, vol. 40.
      Dates: 1963
      Container: Box 4, Folder 2
    • Description: "Patterns and Trends in West-German Universities: Academic Self-Government Versus State Control," Journal of Higher Education, vol. 36, pp. 245-253.
      Dates: 1965 May
      Container: Box 4, Folder 3
    • Description: Fremdsprachen im Lehrplan und in der Methodik der High School," Die Hohere Schule, vol. 18, pp. 199-204.
      Dates: 1965 September
      Container: Box 4, Folder 4
    • Description: "West Germany's Secondary School Teacher Preparation," Comparative Education Review, vol. 9, pp. 346-355.
      Dates: 1965 October
      Container: Box 4, Folder 5
    • Description: "Does the Comprehensive Secondary School Have a Future in Europe?" Journal of Secondary Education, vol. 42, pp. 86-93.
      Dates: 1967 February
      Container: Box 4, Folder 6
    • Description: "Kritische Betrachtungen sur Schuelermitverwaltung in den Hoheren Schulen Amerikas," Die Hohere Schule, pp. 155-160.
      Dates: 1967 July
      Container: Box 4, Folder 7
    • Description: "Emerging Secular Forces Influencing Education Policy in West Germany," Proceedings of the Phi Delta Kappa International Relations Conference, pp. 56-71.
      Dates: 1967 October
      Container: Box 4, Folder 8
    • Description: "Das amerikanische College," Bildungskritik Bildungsreform in den USA, pp. 100-125.
      Dates: 1968
      Container: Box 4, Folder 9
    • Description: "Die Fernsehkamera in der Ausbildung amerikanischer Neuphilologen," Die Hohere Schule, Mar. 1969, vol. 22, pp. 64-67.
      Dates: 1969 March
      Container: Box 4, Folder 10
    • Description: "Changing School Patterns in West Germany," Clearing House, Jan. 1971, vol. 45, pp. 300-304.
      Dates: 1971 January
      Container: Box 4, Folder 11
    • Description: Reprint: "Education in East and West Germany: A Study of Similarities and Contrasts," Studies in Comparative Communism, vol. 5, pp. 47-116.
      Dates: 1972
      Container: Box 4, Folder 12
    • Description: "American Teacher Education Through French and German Eyes," Journal of Teacher Education, vol. 23, pp. 199-202.
      Dates: 1972
      Container: Box 4, Folder 13
    • Description: "Departures from Tradition in West-German Universities," Educational Record, vol. 53, pp. 250-255.
      Dates: 1972
      Container: Box 4, Folder 14
    • Description: Article: "Education Under the Influence of Communism: The Case of East Germany."
      Container: Box 5, Folder 1
    • Description: Abstract: "Education Under the Influence of Communism: The Case of East Germany," Journal of Abstracts in International Education, Fall/Winter.
      Dates: 1972-1973
      Container: Box 5, Folder 2
    • Description: "Teachers Under Communism: The Case of East Germany," Educational Leadership, vol. 30, pp. 331-335.
      Dates: 1973 January
      Container: Box 5, Folder 3
    • Description: "The Teaching of Grouped Idiomatic Expressions in French," French Review, vol. 47, pp. 312-320.
      Dates: 1973 December
      Container: Box 5, Folder 4
    • Description: "Extending Equal Opportunity in West German Higher Education," Educational Record, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 403-417.
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box 5, Folder 5
    • Description: "Upward Academic Mobility for the Non-Secondary School Graduate: Some Avenues Open to Young Adults in West Germany," Higher Education, vol. 9, pp. 7-20.
      Dates: 1980 January
      Container: Box 5, Folder 6
    • Description: "University Education at the Distance in West Germany: An Example of Significant Progress," Continuum, vol. 47.
      Dates: 1982 October
      Container: Box 5, Folder 7
    • Description: Review of Georg Willers "Das Bildungswesen der USA: Eine Gesamtdarstellung der Entwicklung bis zur Gegenwart," Comparative Education Review, vol. 12, pp. 98-99.
      Dates: 1968
      Container: Box 5, Folder 8
    • Description: Review of Hermann Glaser,"Team-Teaching: Konkret," International Review of Education, vol. 15, pp. 501-502.
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 5, Folder 9
    • Description: Review of Peter Doebrich, "Lehrerbesoldung im internationalen Vergleich," International Review of Education, vol. 1, pp. 165-166.
      Dates: 1971
      Container: Box 5, Folder 10
    • Description: Review of Erwim Helms, "Hochschulreform in den USA and ihre Bedeutung fuer die BRD," International Review of Education, Vol. 4, pp. 490-491.
      Dates: 1971
      Container: Box 5, Folder 11
    • Description: Review of Hermann Rohrs, "Modelle der Schule und Erziehungs forschung," International Review of Education, vol. 19, pp. 411-412.
      Dates: 1973
      Container: Box 5, Folder 12
    • Description: Review of Deutscher Bildungsrat "Kooperation von Elementarr und Primarbereich," International Review of Education, no. 1, p. 83.
      Dates: 1974
      Container: Box 5, Folder 13
    • Description: Review of Marburger "Forschungsstelle fuer Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft," International Review of Education, vol. 22, p. 118.
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box 5, Folder 14
    • Description: Review of Dennis L. Buckley, "Gymnasium im Wandel: Interna der Schulreform, an einem hessischen Gymnasium beobachtet," International Review of Education, vol. 25, pp. 104-105.
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 5, Folder 15
    • Description: Review of Hermann Rohrs, "Frieden-eine Paedagogische Aufgabe: Idee und Realitaet der Friedenspaedagogik," Comparative Education Review, vol. 29, no. 3, p. 429.
      Dates: 1985
      Container: Box 5, Folder 16
  • III: Correspondence and assignment materials

    Boxes 6 and 7 contain correspondence and other materials regarding Dr. Hahn's European assignments. Many of the items in these boxes are written in French and German.

  • IV: Professional academic teaching materials

    Box 8 contains materials regarding Dr. Hahn's career at the University of Utah.

  • V: Soviety Union school system

    Box 9 contains a collection of articles addressing the issue of education in the Soviet Union.

  • VI: Books

    Box 10 contains books that were donated with Dr. Hahn's collection. Many of the books contain articles written by Dr. Hahn.

    • Description: Helping Your Child With Reading, by Edward W. Dolch
      Container: Box 10, Volume 1
    • Description: Reading Skill Text: Uncle Ben
      Container: Box 10, Volume 2
    • Description: American Studies Conference, Die Hegge
      Dates: 1966
      Container: Box 10, Volume 3
    • Description: Methods of Teaching and Learning Languages, by Streadbeck and Hahn
      Container: Box 10, Volume 4
    • Description: Conference Proceedings of the Western Region, Comparative and International Education Society Conference
      Dates: 1975 October
      Container: Box 10, Volume 5
    • Description: Guidelines for Student Teaching in Secondary Schools, by Taylor, Frederick, and Hahn
      Container: Box 10, Volume 6
    • Description: Handbook for Student Teaching in Secondary Schools, by Hahn and Thomas
      Container: Box 10, Volume 7
    • Description: Educational Studies 151, correspondence study manual, by Walter Hahn
      Container: Box 10, Volume 8
    • Description: Education 151, correspondence study manual, by Walter Hahn
      Container: Box 10, Volume 9

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Subject Terms

  • Education--Germany
  • Education--Soviet Union
  • Schools--Germany

Personal Names

  • Hahn, Walter, 1913- --Archives

Corporate Names

  • University of Utah--Faculty

Form or Genre Terms

  • Correspondence
  • Reprints
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