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 Descriptive Summary Ms. 89 Buchner (Edward Franklin) 1868-1929Papers 1890-1913 Buchner, Edward Franklin, 1868-1929 Johns Hopkins University. Special Collections 7 document boxes (2.9 linear ft.) English The collection (1890-1913) consists largely of the correspondence of Edward Frank Buchner with other noted educators and philosophers of the period. Letters of James R. Angell, Noah K. Davis, John Dewey, and Arthur O. Lovejoy are included. Other material includes Buchner's student notes from his graduate studies at Yale, 1890-1893; business records of the Southern Educational Association; and a card index of references and research notes. Administrative Information Provenance

The collection was transferred from the University Archives in 1982.

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Edward Franklin Buchner Papers Ms. 89 Special CollectionsMilton S. Eisenhower LibraryThe Johns Hopkins University

 Biographical Note

Edward Franklin Buchner, Professor of Education and Philosophy, was born in Paxton, Illinois on September 3, 1868. He studied at Leander College and Yale University, and took his Ph.D. from Yale in 1893. Dr. Buchner came to Johns Hopkins University in 1908 as Professor of Education. He had occupied a similar positions for 5 years previously at the University of Alabama. He also had taught education and philosophy at other institutions of higher learning. Following his organization of the Education Department at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Buchner gave close attention to the summer classes for teachers. He did considerable writing on education subjects and served in various capacities in many societies concerned with pedagogy.

In 1925 he was instrumental in the creation of two new degrees -- master of education and doctor of education -- at Johns Hopkins University, concurrently with the establishment of a school for higher studies in the field of education. In April 1926 Dr. Buchner proposed the establishment of a $50,000 fund for research in education at Johns Hopkins University, claiming that scientific study of the principles of education at Johns Hopkins was seriously hampered by lack of money. He traveled considerably and delivered many lectures on academic problems. He was a believer in the most modern methods of education for Maryland schools, and strove to raise the State scholastic standing to the highest possible level. Dr. Buchner was granted a year's leave of absence from his work at Johns Hopkins in 1926, due to impaired health caused by overwork. After a period of rest and travel abroad he returned to work restored to health. With his wife and 2 daughters he left for a vacation in Germany early in August 1929, and in Munich on August 22 he was fatally stricken with heart disease. He was 61 years old. Dr. Buchner was survived by his wife, the former Hannah Louise Cable whom he married in 1898; two daughters, Elizabeth Sanford Buchner and Margaret Louise Buchner; and two sons, Edward F. Buchner, Jr. and Mallory Buchner.

 Description of Series/Container List Container List Container List Box Contents 1 Correspondence 1 Abel, J. J. 1 Abercrombie, John W. 1 Angell, James R. 1 Arnett, L.D. 1 Ayres, Leonard P. 1 Badger, Richard G. 1 Baird, J. W. 1 Baker, J. Henry 1 Baldwin, Bird T. 1 Bamberger, Florence E. 1 Bauer, Miriam 1 Bell, J. Carleton 1 Benedict, Mary K. 1 Bierly, H. Elmer 1 Blue, Leonard A. 1 Bolton, Frederick E. 1 Boykin, J.C. 1 Brooke, Franklin E. 1 Boykin, J.C. 1 Brooke, Franklin E. 1 Brown, Elmer E. 1 Buchholz, H.E. 1 Bucke, W. Fowler 1 Burnham, William H. 1 Cain, J.W. 1 Caldwell, Hugh W. 1 Cattell, J. McKeen 1 Clark, William Bullock 1 Claxton, P. P. 1 Corkran, Anna L. (Mrs. Benjamin W. ) 1 Craighead, Edwin B. 1 Cullen, Harold Dempster 1 Daniels, Arthur H. 1 Davies, Henry 1 Davis, Noah Knowles. 1 DeGarmo, Charles 1 Denny, Collins 1 Dewey, John 1 Dittus, C.W. 1 Doster, James J. 1 Eby, Frederick 1 Edwards, John E. 1 Ellis, A. Caswell. 1 Farrar, Clarence B. 1 Feagin, William F. 1 Field, William P. 1 Fleshman, A.C. 1 Frank, Eli 1 Franklin, Christine Ladd 1 Franz, Shepherd Ivry 1 Froelicher, Hans 1 Furry, William Davis 1 Furst, Clyde 2 Correspondence, 2 Gaither, George M. 2 Gambrill, J. Montgomery 2 Gans, Dora R. 2 Gardiner, H.N. 2 Garner, Tom 2 Ginn and Company 2 Goldsborough, Phillips Lee 2 Graham, John Y. 2 Griffin, Edward H. 2 Grimes, B.J. 2 Groszmann, Maximilian P.E. 2 Gulick, Luther H. 2 Gunnels, Harry C. 2 Hale, Thomas J. 2 Hall, Florence T. 2 Halleck, Reuben Post 2 Hanus, Paul H. 2 Harris, William T. 2 Harrison, John G. 2 Hibben, John Grier 2 Hill, David Spence 2 Hill, Howard C. 2 Hill, Walter B. 2 Holloway, William J. 2 Hough, Williston S. 2 Howard, L.O. 2 Jacobs, Henry Barton 2 Jemison, Robert 2 Jones, Elmer E. 2 Judd, Charles H. 2 Kalbach, L.A. 2 Kane, Thomas F. 2 Kendall, C.A. 2 Koch, Charles J. 2 Kolb, Charles H. 2 Kratz, H.E. 2 Lane, Wilmot B. 2 Langstroth, Maud H. 2 Lefevre, Albert 2 Lewis, T.A. 2 Linthicum, Louise 2 Lloyd, Thomas J. 2 Lord, Eleanor L. 2 Lovejoy, Arthur O. 2 Luckey, G.W.A. 2 Lucwich, Martin 3 Correspondence 3 Macmillan Company 3 MacMullan, Cornelia E. 3 Manny, Frank A. 3 Marburg, Theodore 3 McClelland, George Wm. 3 Messenger, J.F. 3 Meyer, Max 3 Mezes, S.E. 3 Moore, Thomas E. 3 Morgan, William S. 3 Murphy, H.H. 3 Mustard, Wilfred P. 3 Nims, L. Mabel 3 Noble, E.M. 3 North, Samuel M. 3 Ogden, Robert Morris 3 Orem, Nicholas 3 Otis, Isaac L. 3 Owen, Thomas M. 3 Owens, J. Herbert 3 Pace, Edward A. 3 Parrish, C.S. 3 Pearce, Haywood J. 3 Persons, Cora Eloise 3 Peterson, Harvey A. 3 Phillips, J.H. 3 Pierce, Arthur H. 3 Powers, James K. 3 Purdum, B.K. 3 Purinton, D.B. 3 Purnell, Clayton 3 Quarles, James A. 3 Quinn, Arthur H. 3 Rall, Edward E. 3 Raney, M.L. 3 Raymond, George L. 3 Remsen, Ira 3 Rice, Olin R. 3 Richardson, Charles S. 3 Richardson, Edward Elliott 3 Roark, Ruric Nevel 3 Rose, Wyckliffe 3 Rosenau, William 3 Ruediger, W.C. 3 Russell, James E. -- 1864-1945 4 Correspondence 4 Scott, W. 4 Scribner's Sons, Charles 4 Seashore, Carl E. 4 Shepard, Irwin 4 Sioussat, St. George L. 4 Small, Willard S. 4 Smith, John M. 4 Smith, Kirby Flower 4 Smith, Stevenson 4 Smith, Wilbur F. 4 Soper, Francis A. 4 Steele, W.M. 4 Sterrett, J. MacBride 4 Stephens, M. Bates 4 Stoddard, J.W. 4 Stratton, G.M. 4 Strayer, George D. 4 Swain, Joseph 4 Swift, Edgar James 4 Symons, Thomas B. 4 Tall, Lida Lee 4 Thompson, Frank E. 4 Highe, R.J. 4 Tipton, J.J. 4 Tufts, James H. 4 Upton, Clifford 4 Van Meter, John B. 4 Van Sickle, James H. 4 Wallin, J.E.W. 4 Warfield, E.A. 4 Warren, Howard C. 4 Watson, John B. 4 Webb, Edward F. 4 Weglein, David E. 4 Weir, Samuel 4 Wetzel, William A. 4 Wilson, Edward C. 4 Wilson, Louis N. 4 Wilson, Woodrow 4 Woofter, T.J. 4 Wroth, Lawrence C. 4 Yocum, A. Duncan 4 Zumbro, W.M. 5 Index cards with handwritten notes by Buchner, ca. 2,000 cards. 6 Index cards with handwritten notes by Buchner, ca. 2,000 cards. 7 Southern Educational Association miscellaneous papers, 1 folder. 7 Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology miscellaneous papers, 1 folder. 1904 miscellaneous papers, 1 folder. 1904-1910 7 5 Student Notebooks of Buchner's Yale University, 1890-93. 7 1 notebook of Buchner, "Psychological Progress," 1904. 7 1 notebook of Buchner, "Psychological Progress," 1906. 7 1 ledger "Index to Herbert's Works..." of Buchner, 1894. 7 "The Personal Relation in Industry," by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., address at Cornell, 1917.