Appendix A

In November, 1958, a 12-page questionnaire was mailed to 203 history faculties in colleges that were selected as better-than-average representatives of various types of institutions. None of these was offering the Ph.D. in history in 1958. It should be emphasized that many excellent four-year colleges were not included. Some institutions listed in Appendix B are academically superior to some in this sample. When the term “better colleges” has been used in the text it describes the sample as a whole in comparison with the random sample noted in Appendix B as a whole. Used in this way, the term can be convincingly defended.

Response to our questionnaire to the “better” colleges was good. Two-thirds (62% or 126) of the questionnaires were returned. They usually were completed by the departmental chairmen, though many chairmen consulted other members of the history faculty in formulating answers to our questions.

This questionnaire was designed to discover chiefly: (1) the qualifications and strength of history faculties; (2) conditions of teaching history and expected changes; and (3) degree of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with new Ph.D.s in history and suggestions for the improvement of graduate training.

Departments in the following institutions, listed by states within a region, completed this questionnaire:

East (38)

Connecticut: Connecticut College; Wesleyan University. Delaware: University of Delaware. District of Columbia: District of Columbia Teachers College; Howard University. Maine: Bowdoin College; University of Maine. Maryland: Goucher College; Maryland State Teachers College; U.S. Naval Academy; Washington College. Massachusetts: Amherst College; Mount Holyoke College; Wellesley College; Williams College. New Hampshire: Dartmouth College. New Jersey: New Jersey State Teachers College (Jersey City). New York: Brooklyn College; City College of the City of New York; Columbia University (Columbia College and School of General Studies); Hofstra College; Hunter College of the City of New York; Queens College; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; St. Bonaventure University; College for Teachers (Albany); Teachers College (New Paltz); U.S. Military Academy; Vassar College. Pennsylvania: Bucknell University; Haverford College; Lafayette College; State Teachers College (West Chester); Swarthmore College; Temple University. Rhode Island: University of Rhode Island. Vermont: University of Vermont.

South (32)

Alabama: Birmingham-Southern College; State Teachers College (Florence); Talladega College. Arkansas: Arkansas State College (State College). Florida: Rollins College; University of Miami. Georgia: Agnes Scott College; Atlanta University. Kentucky: University of Louisville. Louisiana: Dillard University; Loyola University; Southwestern Louisiana Institute. Mississippi: Millsaps College; Mississippi Southern College; University of Mississippi. North Carolina: Davidson College; East Carolina College; North Carolina College (Durham); North Carolina State College. South Carolina: Clemson Agricultural College. Tennessee: East Tennessee State College; Memphis State College; University of Chattanooga; University of the South. Texas: Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas; Baylor University; North Texas State College; Southern Methodist University; University of Houston. Virginia: College of William and Mary; Sweet Briar College; Washington and Lee University.

Midwest (34)

Illinois: Bradley University; Illinois State Normal University; Wheaton College. Indiana: Ball State Teachers College; DePauw University. Iowa: Cornell College; Grinnell College; Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Iowa State Teachers College. Kansas: Kansas State University of Agriculture and Applied Science; University of Wichita; Washburn University. Michigan: Albion College; University of Detroit. Minnesota: State Teachers College (Moorhead). Missouri: Lincoln University. Nebraska: Creighton University; Municipal University of Omaha; Nebraska State Teachers College (Wayne). Ohio: Antioch College; Baldwin-Wallace College; Case Institute of Technology; College of Wooster; Kenyon College; Miami University; Oberlin College; Ohio University; University of Akron; University of Cincinnati; University of Dayton. Wisconsin: Lawrence College; Marquette University; Wisconsin State College (Oshkosh); Wisconsin State College (Superior).

West (22)

Arizona: University of Arizona. California: Chico State College; Mills College; Occidental College; San Diego State College; San Francisco State College; San Jose State College. Colorado: Colorado College; Colorado State University; U.S. Air Force Academy; University of Denver; Western State College of Colorado. Hawaii: University of Hawaii. Montana: Montana State University. North Dakota: State Teachers College (Minot). Oregon: Lewis and Clark College; Oregon State College (Corvallis); Reed College; University of Portland. South Dakota: State University of South Dakota. Washington: Western Washington College of Education. Wyoming: University of Wyoming.

Appendix B

A seven-page questionnaire on history in the colleges was sent in November, 1958, to 562 four-year colleges. This random sample included all four-year colleges (not Junior colleges and not institutions offering the Ph.D. in history) listed in 1958 as members of the American Council on Education and not included in the sample of colleges noted in Appendix A. Two-thirds of the history faculties (67% or 376) returned usable questionnaires. The 376 questionnaires represent history programs in the following institutions:

East (133)

Connecticut: Fairfield University; Hillyer College; New Haven State Teachers College; Teachers College of Connecticut (New Britain); U.S. Coast Guard Academy; University of Bridgeport. District of Columbia: Gallaudet College; Trinity College; Washington Missionary College. Maryland: College of Notre Dame of Maryland; Hood College; Loyola College; Maryland State Teachers College (Frostburg); Mount St. Agnes College; Mount St. Mary’s College; St. Joseph College; Western Maryland College. Massachusetts: Anna Maria College; Babson Institute; College of the Holy Cross; College of Our Lady of the Elms; Eastern Nazarene College; Emmanuel College; Hebrew Teachers College; Lesley College; Merrimack College; New England Conservatory of Music; Newton College of the Sacred Heart; Regis College; Simmons College; Springfield College; Wheaton College. New Hampshire: Mount St. Mary College; Rivier College; St. Anselm’s College. New Jersey: Caldwell College; College of St. Elizabeth; Drew University; Georgian Court College; Monmouth College; Newark State College; New Jersey State Teachers College (Trenton); Newark College of Engineering, Rider College, Stevens Institute of Technology; Upsala College. New York: Alfred University; Canisius College; Clarkson College of Technology; College of Mount St. Vincent; College of New Rochelle; College of St. Rose; Cooper Union; Elmira College; Hamilton College; Iona College; Keuka College; Le Moyne College; Long Island University; Marymount College; Nazareth College of Rochester; Pace College; Mount St. Joseph Teachers College; Pratt Institute; Siena College; St. Joseph’s College for Women; St. Lawrence University; Sarah Lawrence College; Harpur College; College for Teachers (Buffalo); Teachers College (Brockport); Teachers College (Cortland); Teachers College (Fredonia); Teachers College (Oneonta); Teachers College (Plattsburgh); Teachers College (Potsdam); Union College and University; U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; Wagner Lutheran College; Wells College; Yeshiva University. Pennsylvania: Allegheny College; Beaver College; Chatham College; Chestnut Hill College; College Misericordia; Drexel Institute of Technology; Elizabethtown College; Franklin and Marshall College; Gannon College; Geneva College; Gettysburg College; Grove City College; Juniata College; King’s College; La Salle College; Lebanon Valley College; Lincoln University; Mount Mercy College; Muhlenberg College; Philadelphia Textile Institute; St. Francis College; St. Joseph’s College; St. Vincent College; Seton Hill College; State Teachers College (Bloomsburg); State Teachers College (East Stroudsburg); State Teachers College (Edinboro); State Teachers College (Indiana); State Teachers College (Kutztown); State Teachers College (Lock Haven); State Teachers College (Mansfield); State Teachers College (Millersville); State Teachers College (Shippensburg); State Teachers College (Slippery Rock); Susquehanna University; University of Scranton; Ursinus College; Washington and Jefferson College; Waynesburg College; Westminster College; Wilkes College; Wilson College. Rhode Island: Rhode Island School of Design. Vermont: Norwich University; St. Michael’s College. West Virginia: Bethany College; Concord College; Marshall College; Shepherd College; West Liberty State College; West Virginia Wesleyan College. Puerto Rico: Inter-American University of Puerto Rico.

South (85)

Alabama: Alabama Polytechnic Institute; Howard College. Arkansas: Arkansas State Teachers College (Conway); Harding College; Hendrix College; Southern State College. Florida: Bethune-Cookman College; Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University; Stetson University; University of Tampa; Jacksonville University. Georgia: Brenau College; Georgia State College for Women; Mercer University; Savannah State College. Kentucky: Berea College; Centre College of Kentucky; Kentucky State College (Frankfort); Transylvania College. Louisiana: Grambling College; Louisiana College; Louisiana Polytechnic Institute; Northeast Louisiana State College; Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College; Xavier University. Mississippi: Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College; Delta State College; Mississippi College; Mississippi State College for Women. North Carolina: Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina; Bennett College; Catawba College; Elon College; Johnson C. Smith University; Livingstone College; Meredith College; Queens College; St. Augustine’s College. Oklahoma: Central State College; Langston University; Oklahoma College for Women; Panhandle Agricultural and Mechanical College; Phillips University; Southeastern State College. South Carolina: Erskine College; South Carolina State College (Orangeburg); Winthrop College. Tennessee: Austin Peay State College; David Lipscomb College; King College; Knoxville College; Le Moyne College; Lincoln Memorial University; Maryville College; Middle Tennessee State College; Siena College; Southwestern at Memphis; Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State University; Union University; Belmont College; Tennessee Wesleyan College. Texas: Austin College; Incarnate Word College; Lamar State College of Technology; Mary Hardin-Baylor College; Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical College; St. Mary’s University of San Antonio; Southwestern University; Stephen F. Austin State College; Sul Ross State College; Texas Southern University; Texas Womens University; Texas Wesleyan College; West Texas State College; Wiley College. Virginia: Emory and Henry College; Hampden-Sydney College; Lynchburg College; Madison College; Randolph-Macon College; Randolph-Macon Woman’s College; Roanoke College; University of Richmond; Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Virginia State College.

Midwest (117)

Illinois: Augustana College; Aurora College; Barat College of the Sacred Heart; Blackburn College; Carthage College; Chicago Teachers College; College of St. Francis; De Paul University; Eastern Illinois University; Elmhurst College; Illinois Institute of Technology; Illinois Wesleyan University; Knox College; Millikin University; Monmouth College; North Central College; Northern Baptist Theological Seminary; Northern Illinois University; Principia College; Quincy College; Rockford College; Roosevelt University; Rosary College; St. Procopius College; Shimer College. Indiana: Butler University; Evansville College; Franklin College of Indiana; Indiana State Teachers College; Marian College; St. Joseph’s College; St. Mary’s College; Taylor University; Valparaiso University; Wabash College. Iowa: Central College; Clarke College; Coe College; Loras College; Luther College; University of Dubuque; Wartburg College; Westmar College. Kansas: Bethany College; Fort Hays Kansas State College; Friends University; Kansas State Teachers College; Mount St. Scholastica College; St. Benedict’s College; Southwestern College. Michigan: Calvin College; Central Michigan College; Kalamazoo College; Marygrove College; Michigan College of Mining and Technology; Northern Michigan College; Western Michigan College. Minnesota: Augsburg College and Theological Seminary; College of St. Scholastica; College of St. Teresa; College of St. Thomas; Gustavus Adolphus College; Hamline University; Macalester College; St. John’s University; St. Mary’s College; St. Olaf College; State Teachers College (Bemidji); State Teachers College (Mankato); State Teachers College (St. Cloud); State Teachers College (Winona). Missouri: Central College; Drury College; Fontbonne College; Harris Teachers College; Lindenwood College; Maryville College of the Sacred Heart; Northwest Missouri State College; Southeast Missouri State College; Webster College; Westminster College; William Jewell College. Nebraska: College of Saint Mary; Doane College; Duchesne College; Hastings College; Midland College; Nebraska State Teachers College (Kearney); Nebraska Wesleyan University; Union College. Ohio: Ashland College; Capital University; Central State College; College of Mount St. Joseph-on-the-Ohio; Denison University; Fenn College; Heidelberg College; Hiram College; Kent State University; Lake Erie College; Marietta College; Muskingum College; Ohio Northern University; Otterbein College; Western College for Women; Wilmington College; Wittenberg College; Xavier University. Wisconsin: Alverno College; Mount Mary College; Northland College; Ripon College; Stout State College; Viterbo College; Wisconsin State College (Eau Claire); Wisconsin State College (River Falls); Wisconsin State College (Whitewater).

West (41)

Arizona: Arizona State College (Flagstaff); Arizona State College (Tempe). California: California State Polytechnic College; California Western University; College of the Holy Names; College of Notre Dame; Dominican College of San Rafael; George Pepperdine College; Golden Gate College; Humboldt State College; Immaculate Heart College; Loyola University of Los Angeles; Mount St. Mary’s College; Pacific Union College; Pasadena College; Sacramento State College; San Diego College for Women; San Francisco College for Women; University of Redlands; Westmont College; Whittier College. Colorado: Colorado State College; Regis College. Idaho: Northwest Nazarene College. Montana: College of Great Falls; Eastern Montana College of Education; Montana School of Mines; Northern Montana College. New Mexico: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. North Dakota: Jamestown College; State Normal and Industrial College (Ellendale); State Teachers College (Mayville); State Teachers College (Valley City). Oregon: Linfield College; Marylhurst College; Portland State College. South Dakota: Augustana College; South Dakota State College (Brookings); South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Washington: Central Washington College of Education; Whitman College.

Appendix C

Questionnaires of the type noted in Appendixes A and B were also received from history faculties in 51 junior colleges. All the responding junior colleges are members of the American Council on Education. Institutions in all parts of the nation are represented in the sample. Listed alphabetically by name of college within a region, they are as follows:

East (16)

Bennett Junior College, Millbrook, New York; Briarcliff College, Briarcliff Manor, New York; Colby Junior College, New London, New Hampshire; Endicott Junior College, Beverley, Massachusetts; Gwynedd Mercy Junior College, Gwynedd, Pennsylvania; Hershey Junior College, Hershey, Pennsylvania; Jersey City Junior College, Jersey City, New Jersey; Keystone Junior College, La Plume, Pennsylvania; Montgomery Junior College, Takoma Park, Maryland; New York City Community College of Applied Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, New York; Parker Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, New York; Pine Manor Junior College, Wellesley, Massachusetts; Potomac State College of West Virginia University, Keyser, West Virginia; Valley Forge Military Junior College, Wayne, Pennsylvania; Wesley Junior College, Dover, Delaware; Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts.

South (11)

Amarillo College, Amarillo, Texas; Averett College, Danville, Virginia; Daniel Payne College, Birmingham, Alabama; Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas; Eastern Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, Wilburton, Oklahoma; Jones County Junior College, Ellisville, Mississippi; Lee College, Baytown, Texas; Little Rock University, Little Rock, Arkansas; Northern Oklahoma Junior College, Tonkawa, Oklahoma; South Georgia College, Douglas, Georgia; Wharton County Junior College, Wharton, Texas.

Midwest (12)

Christian College, Columbia, Missouri; Gogebic Community College, Ironwood, Michigan; Graceland College, Lamom, Iowa; Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, Michigan; Highland Park Junior College, Highland Park, Michigan; Junior College of Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri; La Salle-Peru Oglesby Junior College, La Salle, Illinois; Monticello College, Godfrey, Illinois; Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri; Vincennes University, Vincennes, Indiana; Virginia Junior College, Virginia, Minnesota; William Woods College, Fulton, Missouri.

West (12)

Colorado Woman’s College, Denver, Colorado; Compton College, Compton, California; Dixie Junior College, St. George, Utah; Mesa College, Grand Junction, Colorado; Modesto Junior College, Modesto, California; Mount San Antonio College, Pomona, California; New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, New Mexico; North Idaho Junior College, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California; Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California; San Bernardino Valley College, San Bernardino, California; Weber College, Ogden, Utah.

Appendix D

On November 2, 1959, Dexter Perkins sent a letter to presidents of 200 colleges, none of which then offered the Ph.D. in history, asking the following questions:

1. In adding historians to the faculty, how important to you is the proof or promise of teaching ability as compared with proof or promise of research scholarship?

2. How do you discover and evaluate the qualifications of candidates (and newly appointed faculty members) as teachers?

By December 18, 1959, the committee had received responses from a total of 134 presidents, academic vice-presidents, or deans. The letters came from 44 states (including the two newest ones) plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. The letters were regionally distributed as follows: East, 37; South, 32; Midwest, 36; and West, 29. Almost all the letters were thoughtful and helpful, and many of them ran to two pages of single-spaced type. Letters were received from executives of most of the colleges named in Appendix A, plus a number of others.

The institutions from which the committee received replies are listed below. It will be noted that they include public and private colleges and that among the latter are institutions that are predominantly Negro, predominantly male, female, Protestant, Jewish, or Catholic. The list purposefully included a number of teacher-training colleges, but the great majority of the institutions are primarily arts and sciences colleges. While the colleges are representative in many ways, they are—by design—unrepresentative in one sense: they include a disproportionately large number of colleges that have considerable reputations for quality among institutions of their type.

East (37)

Connecticut: Connecticut College; Danbury State Teachers College; Trinity College; The University of Connecticut; Wesleyan University. Delaware: University of Delaware. District of Columbia: District of Columbia Teachers College; Howard University. Maine: Bowdoin College; Colby College; University of Maine. Maryland: Goucher College; Morgan State College; Washington College. Massachusetts: Amherst College; Brandeis University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mount Holyoke College; University of Massachusetts; Wellesley College. New Hampshire: Dartmouth College; University of New Hampshire. New York: City College (New York); Colgate University; Hofstra College; Hunter College of the City of New York; Queens College; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Skidmore College; Teachers College (New Paltz); Vassar College. Pennsylvania: Bucknell University; Carnegie Institute of Technology; Haverford College; Temple University. Vermont: University of Vermont. Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico.

South (32)

Alabama: Alabama College; Birmingham-Southern College; State Teachers College (Florence). Arkansas: Arkansas State College; Philander Smith College. Florida: Florida Southern College; Rollins College; University of Miami. Georgia: Agnes Scott College. Kentucky: Murray State College; University of Louisville; Western Kentucky State College. Louisiana: Loyola University; Southwestern Louisiana Institute. Mississippi: Millsaps College; Mississippi Southern College. North Carolina: Davidson College;. East Carolina College; North Carolina College at Durham; North Carolina State College; Western Carolina College; Women’s College, University of North Carolina. South Carolina: Clemson College. Tennessee: East Tennessee State College; University of Chattanooga. Texas: Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas; North Texas State College; Sam Houston State Teachers College; Southern Methodist University; Trinity University. Virginia: College of William and Mary; Sweet Briar College.

Midwest (36)

Illinois: Illinois State Normal University; MacMurray College; Southern Illinois University; Wheaton College. Indiana: DePauw University; Hanover College; Purdue University. Iowa: Cornell College; Drake University; Grinnell College; Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Iowa State Teachers College. Kansas: Kansas State University of Agriculture and Applied Science; Washburn University. Michigan: Albion College; Eastern Michigan College. Minnesota: Carleton College; State College (Moorhead). Missouri: Park College. Nebraska: Creighton University; Municipal University of Omaha; Nebraska State Teachers College (Wayne). Ohio: Baldwin-Wallace College; Bowling Green State University; Case Institute of Technology; Kenyon College; Miami University; Oberlin College; Ohio University; University of Akron; University of Cincinnati; University of Toledo. Wisconsin: Beloit College; Lawrence College; Marquette University; Wisconsin State College (Oshkosh).

West (29)

Alaska: University of Alaska. Arizona: University of Arizona. California: California Institute of Technology; Chico State College; College of the Pacific; Mills College; Occidental College; San Diego State College; San Francisco State College; San Jose State College; University of Santa Clara; University of San Francisco. Colorado: Colorado State University; University of Denver; Western State College of Colorado. Hawaii: University of Hawaii. Montana: Montana State University. Nevada: University of Nevada. North Dakota: State Teachers College (Minot). Oregon: Lewis and Clark College; Oregon State College (Corvallis); Reed College; University of Portland. South Dakota: State University of South Dakota. Utah: Brigham Young University; Utah State University. Washington: Eastern Washington College of Education; Western Washington College of Education. Wyoming: University of Wyoming.

Appendix E

Twenty-eight Ph.D.-training history departments were visited by at least one member of the Committee on Graduate Education in History in 1959 or were represented by a member of the committee. Those marked by no footnote in the list below were visited by Professor Snell. On their campuses or at history conventions he interviewed more than 230 members of Ph.D.-training history faculties, taking notes during the interviews or dictating summaries of the interviews on the same day they occurred. Full summaries of these interviews were read by all members of the committee in 1959.

These interviews sought to find detailed and general answers to three fundamental questions: (1) What is wrong with doctoral training in history at your present institution? (2) What was wrong with it in the program where you took your Ph.D.? (3) What suggestions would you make for the improvement of Ph.D. training in history?

The 28 universities visited by or represented on the committee were: East (9): Columbia University, Cornell University,1 University of Delaware,¹ Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University,2 University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, University of Rochester, and Yale University.3 South (5): Duke University,¹ Florida State University, University of North Carolina,¹ University of Texas, and Tulane University. Midwest (6): University of Chicago, Indiana University, University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, University of Notre Dame, and the University of Wisconsin. West (8): University of California,¹ University of California at Los Angeles,¹ University of Colorado, Occidental College,¹ University of Oregon, University of Southern California,¹ Stanford University and the University of Washington.

Appendix F

Three types of questionnaires were completed by departments offering Ph.D. training in history. In November, 1958, a 21-page questionnaire was distributed to all history departments in the nation known to be offering doctoral training. Usable questionnaires were returned in time for tabulating by history departments in the 77 institutions listed below. One arrived later from the University of Delaware, which only inaugurated its Ph.D. program in history in 1960. From Vanderbilt University we received a carefully detailed letter that was most helpful in lieu of a questionnaire. Partially completed questionnaires were received from Fordham University, George Washington University, and the Hartford Seminary Foundation in addition to the 77 institutions noted below.

The basic questionnaire to departments with doctoral programs solicited information about: (1) scope and general character of the graduate program; (2) the discovery, encouragement, and recognition of able teachers of history; (3) the master’s program; (4) length of time required for the Ph.D.; (5) faculty objectives in doctoral training, and faculty supervision of Ph.D. candidates; (6) anticipated changes; and (7) recommendations for the improvement of graduate training for college teachers of history.

A supplementary questionnaire, distributed in November, 1959, asked for a report on the number of Ph.D.s in history awarded in 1959, and for impressions of supply-demand relationships. It also asked the Ph.D.-training departments to list separately the top 20 centers for Ph.D. training in (1) United States history and (2) modern European history. By December 14, 1959, reports had been received from 71 departments, 54 of which presented rank lists as requested. The references in Chapters 1 to 9 of this report to “top-prestige” institutions are based upon composite rank lists compiled from the reports of these 54 Ph.D.-training departments, distributed as follows: East, 17 departments; South, 15; Midwest, 16; West, 6.

On May 15, 1960, a second supplementary questionnaire was distributed to all Ph.D.-training history departments. In this one they were asked to report “how many persons are virtually certain to be awarded the Ph.D. in history at your institution in June or August, 1960,” and how many had already been awarded the degree in 1960, if any. On the basis of reports received from all but four Ph.D.-training history departments we have made our estimate of doctoral production in history for 1960 (Table 2-2).

Most of the data in the text from Ph.D. programs in history were supplied by departments in the following 77 institutions:

East (27)

American University; Boston College; Boston University; Brown UniverApril 26, 2007k University; ColuApril 26, 2007Harvard University (including Radcliffe); Johns Hopkins University; Lehigh University; University of Maryland; New York University; Pennsylvania State University; University of Pennsylvania; University of Pittsburgh; Princeton University; University ofApril 26, 2007use University; Tufts University; West Virginia University; and Yale University.

South (19)

University of Alabama; Duke University; Emory University; Florida State University; University of Florida; George Peabody College for Teachers; University of Georgia; University of Kentucky; Louisiana State University; Mississippi State University; University of North Carolina; University of Oklahoma; Rice Institute; University of South Carolina; University of Tennessee; Texas Technological College; University of Texas; Tulane University; and the University of Virginia.

Midwest (19)

University of Chicago; University of Illinois; Indiana University; State University of Iowa; University of Kansas; Loyola University (Chicago); Michigan State University; University of Michigan; University of Minnesota; University of Missouri; University of Nebraska; Northwestern University; University of Notre Dame; Ohio State University; St. Louis University; Washington University; Wayne State University; Western Reserve University; and the University of Wisconsin (including the History of Science Department).

West (12)

University of California; University of California at Los Angeles; University of Colorado; University of Idaho; University of New Mexico; University of North Dakota; University of Oregon; University of Southern California; Stanford University; University of Utah; Washington State University; and the University of Washington.

Appendix G

In a further attempt to estimate the changing relationship between supply of Ph.D.s in history and demand for them, a questionnaire was distributed in September, 1959, to the placement officers in all institutions in the nation known to offer Ph.D. training in history. They were asked to report on employment trends from 1954 through 1959.

Usable answers were returned by placement officers in the following 16 institutions: East (6): Columbia University; Cornell University; Harvard University; Lehigh University; University of Pennsylvania; and Yale University. South (4): Duke University; George Peabody College for Teachers; University of Kentucky; and University of Tennessee. Midwest (5): State University of Iowa; University of Kansas; University of Minnesota; University of Nebraska; and Washington University (Mo.). West (1): University of California (Berkeley).

Appendix H

In August, 1959, a 22-page questionnaire was distributed to 284 persons who were reported by 79 graduate schools to have been awarded the Ph.D. degree in history in 19 5 8. Of these, 182 returned usable questionnaires in time for tabulation. A total of 49 institutions (83% of those awarding Ph.D.s in history in 1958) are represented by the Ph.D.s returning questionnaires. The sample represents all major producers of Ph.D.s in history and is otherwise representative. Thus, while the seven top-prestige programs awarded 34% of all Ph.D.s in history in the nation, 1955–1959, they are represented in our sample by 36% of all 182 questionnaires; regionally, 46% of the questionnaires are from graduates of Eastern universities, 24% are from Midwestern, 17% from Southern, and 13% from Western institutions.

The questionnaire to 1958 Ph.D.s solicited information about personal and academic background, almost all aspects of graduate training, job experience since 1958, and the qualities of good and poor teachers with whom they had studied. It also solicited suggestions for changes in graduate training in history.

The 49 institutions represented by the 182 questionnaires, from Ph.D.s in history of 1958 are: East (18): Boston College; Boston University; Brown University; Catholic University of America; Columbia University; Teachers College of Columbia University; Cornell University; Fordham University; Georgetown University; Harvard University; Johns Hopkins University; New York University; University of Pennsylvania; University of Pittsburgh; Princeton University; University of Rochester; St. John’s University; and Yale University. Midwest (12): University of Chicago; University of Illinois; Indiana University; University of Michigan; University of Minnesota; University of Missouri; University of Nebraska; Northwestern University; Ohio State University; St. Louis University; Western Reserve University; University of Wisconsin. South (12): Duke University; University of Florida; George Peabody College for Teachers; University of Georgia; University of Kentucky; University of North Carolina; University of Oklahoma; Texas Technological College; University of Texas; Tulane University; Vanderbilt University; University of Virginia. West (7): University of California; University of California at Los Angeles; Claremont Graduate School; University of New Mexico; University of North Dakota; University of Southern California; and Stanford University.

Appendix I

As noted in the text, a considerable amount of questionnaire-collected and processed data on 306 graduate students in history (plus comparable data on 2,536 other graduate students) was provided this study by the National Opinion Research Center of the University of Chicago. The data on history graduate students from the South and West are not as adequate as are the data from the East and Midwest, because universities that are major producers of Ph.D.s in history were not included in the Eastern and Western samples. But as a national sample of history graduate students the NORC material was invaluable to this study.

The students questioned by the NORC were in residence in the year 1958–1959 in the following institutions: East (12): Boston College; Boston University; Brown University; Catholic University of America; Columbia University; Cornell University; Georgetown University; Harvard University; New York University; University of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania State University; and Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute. South (3): University of Oklahoma; University of South Carolina; and University of Tennessee. Midwest (8): University of Chicago; Indiana University; University of Kansas; University of Michigan; University of Minnesota; Ohio State University; University of Wisconsin; and Western Reserve University. West (2): University of California (Berkeley); and University of Oregon.

Appendix J

A special questionnaire on training for the master’s degree in history was completed by history departments in 87 colleges that in 1958–1959 did not offer the Ph.D. degree in history. Information thus received supplemented that collected on the master’s degree in history from the 77 Ph.D.-training departments (Appendix F). The following colleges are represented in our sample of institutions granting the master’s degree in history:

East (27)

Connecticut: Connecticut College; St. Joseph College. District of Columbia: Trinity College; District of Columbia Teachers College. Delaware: University of Delaware. Massachusetts: Amherst College; University of Massachusetts. New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire; New York: Canisius College of Buffalo; Brooklyn College; Colgate University; College of Saint Rose; Hunter College; Hobart College; Long Island University; Mount St. Joseph Teachers College; Nazareth College of Rochester; St. Bonaventure University; Sarah Lawrence College. Pennsylvania: Bucknell University; Haverford College; Swarthmore College; Temple University; University of Scranton. Rhode Island: University of Rhode Island. Vermont: University of Vermont. West Virginia: Marshall College.

South (23)

Alabama: Auburn University. Arkansas: Henderson State Teachers College. Florida: Stetson University; University of Miami. Georgia: Atlanta University. Kentucky: University of Louisville. Mississippi: Mississippi Southern College. North Carolina: North Carolina College at Durham. Oklahoma: Oklahoma State University. Tennessee: Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State University; Memphis State University. Texas: Baylor University; North Texas State College; Southern Methodist University; Stephen F. Austin State College; Sul Ross State College; Texas Christian University; Texas College of Arts and Industries; Texas Western College; University of Houston; West Texas State College. Virginia: College of William and Mary; University of Richmond.

Midwest (16)

Illinois: Roosevelt University. Indiana: Indiana State Teachers College. Iowa: Drake University. Kansas: Fort Hays Kansas State College; Kansas State University of Agriculture and Applied Science; Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia; University of Wichita. Michigan: University of Detroit. Missouri: Lincoln University. Nebraska: Creighton University; University of Omaha. Ohio: Kent State University; Miami University; Ohio University; Ohio Wesleyan University; University of Akron.

West (21)

Arizona: Arizona State College (Tempe); University of Arizona. California: Fresno State College; Mills College; Occidental College; Pacific Union College; Sacramento State College; San Francisco College for Women; San Jose State College; University of Santa Clara. Colorado: Colorado College; Colorado State University; University of Denver. Idaho: University of Idaho. Montana: Montana State University. Nevada: University of Nevada. New Mexico: New Mexico State University. Oregon: University of Portland. Washington: Gonzaga University. Wyoming: University of Wyoming. Hawaii: University of Hawaii.

Appendix K

In November, 1958, a questionnaire was distributed to the editors of six historical journals and the directors of eight university presses. This questionnaire solicited the impressions of training for research and writing in Ph.D. programs in history that these editors and directors may have formed from their examination of manuscripts prepared by many new Ph.D.s in history.

Editors of all six journals responded: American Historical Review, Journal of Modern History, Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Pacific Historical Review, Speculum, and the William and Mary Quarterly.

Directors of four university presses completed questionnaires: Harvard University Press, University of Kentucky Press, University of Oklahoma Press, and the Princeton University Press.

Notes

1. Visited by Dexter Perkins.

2. Visited by Boyd C. Shafer.

3. Represented by Leonard Krieger.