%eadnotat; ]> 5121ppea An Inventory of the Paul M. Pearson Papers, 1890-2011 (bulk 1890-1938) Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1973 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, December 2000. ENG Paul M. Pearson Papers, 1890-2011 (bulk 1890-1938) FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1973 Descriptive Summary Papers, 1890-2011 (bulk 1890-1938) RG 5/121 Paul M. Pearson (Paul Martin), 1871-1938 22 boxes; 11 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.
For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog Paul M. Pearson (1871-1938) was a noted Quaker educator, editor, and speaker, a professor of Public Speaking at Swarthmore College, the first civilian governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, an assistant director of the U.S. Housing Authority, and a leading founder and executive in the Chautauqua movement. The collection contains biographical and genealogical materials, personal correspondence (1894-1938), writings (published and manuscript), extensive material on the Swarthmore Chautauqua as well as papers relating to his work with the National Community Foundation, the Virgin Islands, and U.S. Housing Authority. There are also a small number of papers concerning Drew Pearson (1897-1969), his son and a syndicated national columnist.

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399

Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728

 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL

Paul M. Pearson (1871-1938) was a noted Quaker educator and speaker, governor of the Virgin Islands, assistant director of the U.S. Housing Authority, and a leading founder and executive of the Chautauqua movement.

1871-1912 Paul M. Pearson was born on a farm in Illinois on Oct. 22, 1871, raised a Methodist, and graduated from Baker University in 1891. While in college, Pearson developed his skill in "platform work" - lectures and recitals. He first traveled on the Methodist ministry circuit and then as a lyceum speaker. He also studied at Harvard University and Northwestern. In 1896, he married Edna Wolfe, and the couple had four children: Andrew, Leon, Barbara, and Ellen. The eldest was the well-known columnist Drew Pearson. Beginning in 1902, Paul Pearson taught public speaking at Swarthmore College. In 1904 he became the proprietor and editor of the magazine Talent, a magazine of the lyceum movement. In 1905, he established The Speaker, a magazine on successful public reading. In 1906, he and his family became members of Swarthmore Monthly Meeting. 1912-1930 In 1912, Pearson founded Swarthmore Chautauqua Association, a non-profit enterprise financially backed by private investors, many of whom were Quakers. The Association at its peak operated about 2,000 Chautauqua in the smaller towns along the eastern seaboard. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Chautauqua movement provided popular education along with entertainment in the form of concerts, lectures, and the like, generally travelling on a circuit to small towns to provide cultural and educational enrichment. Pearson resigned his position as head of the Public Speaking Department at Swarthmore College to devote full time to Chautauqua. He also was active in the Chautauqua at the national level and served as President of the International Lyceum and Chautauqua Association. In 1930, due to economic pressures and the changing life styles of Americans, the Swarthmore Chautauqua ceased operation, and Pearson, who had loaned money to the Association, was forced to declare personal bankruptcy. 1931-1935, 1935-1938 In 1931, Paul M. Pearson was appointed by President Herbert Hoover to serve as the first civilian governor of the Virgin Islands. The U.S. had purchased the Islands in 1917 from Denmark in order to establish a navy base in the Caribbean. Pearson was considered a non-partisan appointment, but soon became embroiled in Island and Washington politics which lead to charges of mismanagement. In 1935 President Franklin Roosevelt appointed him to the post of Assistant U. S. Housing Director in charge of public housing, then a very new government program. He died on March 26, 1938, while on a business trip to California to urge passage of a law to permit public housing in that State SCOPE AND CONTENT

The collection contains the papers of Paul M. Pearson, noted Quaker lecturer, editor, and civic leader. Included are biographical and genealogical materials, personal and business correspondence, writings, extensive material on the Swarthmore Chautauqua, as well as papers relating to his work with the National Community Foundation, the Virgin Islands, and U.S. Housing Authority. There are also a small number of papers concerning Drew Pearson (1897-1969), his son and a syndicated national columnist.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into seven series:

Biographical and genealogical Personal correspondence, arranged chronologically Writings, manuscript and printed Swarthmore Chautauqua National Community Foundation and Oglebay Park and Institute Virgin Islands Miscellaneous, including Pearson's work as Assistant Director of Housing and memorabilia. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Donor: Barbara Pearson Lange and Ellen Pearson Fogg, daughters of Paul Pearson, 1972-1978

Donor: Additional Chautauqua pictures, gift of Alice S. Jenkins, 1978

Donor: Additional essays and photo albums, gift of Julie Hall, 2004

Donor: Barbara and David Grove, 2011

 Access

Collection is open for research.

 Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

 Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], Paul M. Pearson Papers, RG 5/121, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

 Processing information

Processed by FHL staff in 1973. Chautauqua photographs given to FHL in 1978 by Alice S. Jenkins were added to this collection.

With the gift of transcripts of the Virgin Island letters in 2011, FHL staff determined to correct the storage of earlier processing and additions. In 2012, the collection was rehoused in acid-free folders and a more detailed inventory created. Photographs were consolidated and transferred to FHL Picture Collections.

Pearson's correspondence while Assistant Director for Housing was integrated into Ser. 1: Personal Correspondence because it overlaps with correspondence previously filed in that series. Ser. 7: Miscellaneous combines memorabilia, reference material collected by Pearson for his lectures, and papers concerning his son, Drew Pearson, compiled by the donors.

Transcriptions of the Virgin Island family letters have been bound and catalogued with FHL books.

Pictures were transferred to FHL Pictures, Pearson Family

The following material, originally part of the collection, has been removed and recatalogued with FHL books:

Morally We Roll Along, Gay Mac Laren, Boston, Little Brown and Co., 1938. Culture Under Canvas: The Story of Tent Chautauqua, by Harry P. Harrison as told to Karl Detzer, Hastings House, Publishers, New York, 1958. Swarthmore Chautauqua: An Adult Education Enterprise, by George J. Dillavou, Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. of Education, University of Chicago, March 1970. Related Material

See also:

RG 5 Charles F. Jenkins Papers, Ser.1, Box 1, folder: Paul Pearson (includes excerpts from a history of the Danish West Indies) See Also: RG4, Friends Historical Library, Tolles Papers, Ser.8. See also Edith Williams Way, Chautauqua notebook and daily program, 1914, RG 6, Swarthmore College Archives SELECTED SEARCH TERMS Materials catalogued separately

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings: Researchers are advised to search by subject and author, when applicable.

Pearson, Paul M. (Paul Martin), 1871-1938 Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969 Chautauqua Swarthmore Chautauqua Association (Swarthmore, Pa.) Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County Virgin Islands of the United States - Administrative and political U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Quakers - Pennsylvania - Swarthmore Quakers --Civic leaders Quakers --Education Civic leaders--Quakers Swarthmore (Pa.) --Quakers Speeches Pearson family Swarthmore College DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

 Ser. 1. Biographical and genealogical material Chronology of the family, written 1934 (carbon typescript and acid-free copy) and manuscript. Memoirs. 1934 1 folder 1 Obituaries 1938 1 folder 1 Condolence letters to Edna Wolfe Pearson, folder 1 1938 1 folder 1 Condolence letters to Edna Wolfe Pearson , folder 2 1938 1 folder 1 Condolence letters to Drew Pearson, folder 1 1938 1 folder 1 Condolence letters Drew Pearson, folder 2, and his appreciative responses 1938 1 folder 1 Estate and memorial papers 1938-1940 1 folder 1 Biographical and genealogical 1 folder 1 Ser. 2. Personal correspondence

Arranged chronologically, and undated. Some are photocopies. Extracts of the early correspondence, 1894-1930, are published in Man of Chautauqua and his Caravans of Culture by Barbara Pearson Lange Godfrey (2001). The typed family correspondence (fragile carbons) March 1931- August 1935 in the form of a diary of Pearson's term of Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands were transcribed in 2011. A bound copy is available in the FHL book collection.

Paul M. Pearson was appointed Assistant U. S. Housing Director by Franklin D. Roosevelt in July 1935. By the fall of 1935, he was traveling extensively on the job, and he died of a stroke in March 1938 in California while working to allow public housing in the State.

Personal correspondence 1894-1899 1 folder 2

Pearson was named Pearl Martin Pearson and was known as Pearl until he took a job with Swarthmore College in 1902. After graduating from Baker University in Kansas in 1891, he taught school for two years and also traveled as a minister in the Methodist church circuit. He also began to develop lecture recitals and went to graduate school at Northwestern University in 1893-1894 where he got a job as an instructor. In June 1896 in married Edna Wolfe, also a Baker graduate. A t son, Andrew Pearson was born Dec. 1897 and a second son Leon in 1899

 Personal correspondence 1900 1 folder 2

Pearson expanded his lecture circuit and introduced drama to the platform

 Personal correspondence 1901-1902, 6 mo 1 folder 2

In 1901, Pearson took a leave of absence to study at Harvard.

Personal correspondence 1902, 7-8 mo 1 folder 2

Letters, most during speaking circuit,

Personal correspondence 1902, 9--12 mo 1 folder 2

Sept 1902 Person began to work for Swarthmore College, teaching Public Speaking. With the move to Swarthmore, he changed his name to Paul. Letters contain interesting descriptions of the College and faculty of that period

 Personal correspondence 1903, 1-6 mo 1 folder 2

Most written during Chautauqua circuit; while teaching at Swarthmore, Pearson travelled on the circuit December-January as well as during the summer months

 Personal correspondence 1903, 7-12 mo 1 folder 2

Letters, most during Chautauqua circuit. Pearson became the editor of the trade magazine Talent in an effort to increase his income

 Personal correspondence 1904 1 folder 2

Letters, most during Chautauqua circuit

 Personal correspondence 1905 1 folder 3

Letters, most during Chautauqua circuit

 Personal correspondence 1906-1907 1 folder 3

Letters, most during Chautauqua circuit

 Personal correspondence 1908 1 folder 3

Family based in Evanston for summer circuit

 Personal correspondence 1909 1 folder 3

Letters, most during Chautauqua circuit; correspondence on Talent, Pearson Bros., letterhead

 Personal correspondence 1910, 1-6 mo 1 folder 3

Letters, most during Chautauqua circuit

 Personal correspondence 1910, 7 mo 3-24 1 folder 3

Barbara Pearson was born July 5, and a few days later, Paul Pearson left for Chautauqua in Mid-West

 Personal correspondence 1910, 7 mo-8/9 1 folder 3

Chautauqua circuit

 Personal correspondence 1910, 8 mo 10- 28 1 folder 3

In a letter to Edna, Paul explains how important his work is to him, even as it keeps him away from home

 Personal correspondence 1911, 7 mo 1 folder 4

Traveling in July, returned to Swarthmore to organize Swarthmore Chautauqua

Personal correspondence 1911, 12 mo - 1912, 1 mo 1 folder 4

Travel in Dec.- Jan. The Swarthmore Chautauqua had its first circuit in the summer of 1912

 Personal correspondence 1914 1 folder 4

In July 1913, a second daughter, Ellen, was born, and the family moved from the Benjamin West House on the campus to 516 Walnut Lane. The family was active in the Chautauqua - letters from Paul and sons to Edna

 Personal correspondence 1905-1907? 1 folder 4

Undated

 Personal correspondence 1908-1909? 1 folder 4

Undated

Personal correspondence n.d. 1 folder 4

Edna's letter concerning miscarriage. She suffered multiple miscarriages between 1901 and 1910.

 Personal correspondence 1908-1913 1 folder 4

Correspondence with Josephine Bruer. She was a spiritualist from Kansas

 Personal correspondence 1900-1910 1 folder 4

Undated, folder 1

 Personal correspondence 1900-1910 1 folder 4

Undated, folder 2

 Personal correspondence 1900-1910 1 folder 5

Undated, folder 3

 Personal correspondence 1900-1910 1 folder 5

Undated, folder 4

 Personal correspondence 1900-1910 1 folder 5

Undated, folder 4

 Personal correspondence 1900-1910 1 folder 5

Undated, folder 6

 Personal correspondence 1918-1929 1 folder 5

Family correspondence, many received by Drew Pearson

Personal correspondence 1919-1920 1 folder 5

Letters received by Leon Pearson, from his father, brother, and others

 50th birthday celebration 1921, 10 mo 22. 1 folder 5

Cards and poem

 Personal correspondence 1930 1 folder 5

Family correspondence, most to Drew Pearson. In April 3 letter, his father tells him about the closing the Swarthmore Chautauqua and that he was looking for a job. In early 1931 he was appointed the first civilian governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands by President Hoover. The President was a friend of Paul's older brother, Andrew C. Pearson.

 Personal correspondence 1931 1 folder 6

Family correspondence, largely typed carbons by Paul Pearson, updates from the Virgin Island, Lacking March 10-16. See transcript for complete sequence.

 Edna Pearson letters to Grace Mader, Swarthmore 1931-1937, n.d. 1 folder 6

ALsS and typed carbons of "round robin" letters describe her life in the Virgin Islands. Grace was a good friend of Edna, and she gave the letters to Barbara Pearson Lange in 1973.

 Personal correspondence 1932 1 folder 6

Family correspondence, largely typed carbons by Paul Pearson, updates from the Virgin Island. See transcript for complete sequence.

 Personal correspondence 1933 1 folder 6

Family correspondence, largely typed carbons by Paul Pearson, updates from the Virgin Island. See transcript for complete sequence.

 Personal correspondence 1934 1 folder 6

Family correspondence, largely typed carbons by Paul Pearson, updates from the Virgin Island. See transcript for complete sequence.

 Personal correspondence 1935 1 folder 6

Family correspondence, largely typed carbons by Paul Pearson. See transcript for complete sequence through May, concerning Virgin Islands and subsequent inquiry. In the summer of 1935 he was appointed assistant director of the U. S. Housing by President Roosevelt.

 Assistant Director of Housing correspondence 1935 1 folder 6

Mostly personal correspondence including follow-up for his governorship and settling into his new position in Washington, D.C.

 Personal correspondence 1936 1 folder 6

Family and other correspondence

 Assistant Director of Housing correspondence 1936 1 folder 6

Mostly personal correspondence including follow-up for his governorship and requests of help in finding employment

 Personal correspondence 1937 1 folder 6

Family and other correspondence including classmates from Baker. Pearson was working for U.S. Housing Authority and traveling extensively.

 Correspondence 1937 1 folder 6

Small amount of correspondence. Carbon copy of a letter he sent describing his duties as Assistant to the Director of Housing.

Personal correspondence 1938 1 folder 6

Family and other correspondence. Pearson suffered a stroke in March while in California, pushing for passage of a bill to permit public housing, and he died there on March 26.

 Drew Pearson correspondence 1918-1965, n.d. 1 folder 6

Personal correspondence between Drew Pearson and family friends. Includes ALS from his mother from the Virgin Islands

 Ser. 3. Writings

Includes articles, speeches, sermons, a short diary and copies of the publications Paul Pearson produced. Note that Family Correspondence 1931-1935 during Pearson's term as Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands is in the form of a diary.

Pearson became interested in "platform work" - recitations and speeches - while still in College. This series includes essays on a variety of topics that he used in his presentations and often edited for publication.

 Diary of trip to Europe 1 folder 7

Trip to contact prospects for Chautauqua lecturers

 Speeches and sermons 1 folder 7

Various topics, religious, general, housing

 Speeches and sermons 1 folder 7

Various topics, religious, general, Chautauqua and Lyceum

 Speeches and sermons 1 folder 7

Various topics

 Writings: Humor 1 folder 7

Published and manuscript

 Dickens 1 folder 7

Ms

 Paul Laurence Dunbar 1 folder 7

Reprint from Talent and ms notes for article on Dunbar (1872-1906), African-American poet

 Emerson 1 folder 7

Ms and typed copies

 Eugene Field 1 folder 7

Ms and typed essays on Field (1850-1895), American writer

 Joel Harris, Ruth Stuart 1 folder 7

Ms and typed essays

 Kipling 1 folder 7

Ms. and clippings

 Longfellow 1 folder 7

Ms

 Tennyson 1 folder 8

Ms. and typed

 Twain 1 folder 8

Ms and a typed reading of Twain's work

 Hymns 1 folder 8

Ms essays

 Lyceum/Chautauqua movement 1 folder 8

Typed ms

 Swarthmore Monthly Meeting sermon 1 folder 8

Typed ms

 Teaching reading 1 folder 8

Ms

 Recitation and Vocabulary 1 folder 8

Ms

 Lectures on teaching 1 folder 8

Ms

 Notes of teaching 1 folder 8

Ms

 Essays on Whittier and Bryant 1 folder 8

Ms

 Aristotle 1 folder 8

Ms

 Speech at Commencement (?) 1 folder 8

Ms

 What is the greatest art in the world? 1 folder 8

Typed ms

 Notes on Othello 1 folder 8

Ms

 Edgar Allen Poe 1 folder 8

Ms essay and annotated book of short stories

 Charles Brocken Brown 1 folder 8

Ms essay on Brown, Quaker novelist

 Essays on poets 1 folder 8

Ms

 Essays on humorist 1 folder 8

Ms

 James Whitcomb Riley 1 folder 8

Ms

 Immortality 1 folder 8

Ms

 Walt Whitman 1 folder 8

Ms

 James Russell Lowell 1 folder 8

Ms and typed essays, annotated book of poetry

 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1 folder 9

Ms

 Women and humor, "new woman," etc. 1 folder 9

Ms

 Published essays 1 folder 9

Epworth Herald, Ideals

 Talent, Vol 1-4 1 folder 9

Bound volumes

 Talent, Vols. 5-7 1 folder 9

Bound volumes

Talent 1 folder 10

Bound volumes

 Talent 1 folder 11

Bound volumes

 Talent; Speaker 1 folder 12

Bound volumes: Talent, 1907-1908; Speaker, 1905

 Lyceum Magazine 1 folder 13

Bound volumes

 Speaker 1 folder 13

Bound volumes

 Intercollegiate Debates, 1 folder 13

Bound volumes

 Ser. 4. Swarthmore Chautauqua Charter of the Swarthmore Chautauqua Association. 1 folder ++

Stored in chart case

 Correspondence 1 folder 14

Award given to Pearson by the Chautauqua Association of Pennsylvania

 Correspondence 1 folder 14

Concerning speakers and letters of recommendation for Pearson

Correspondence 1 folder 14

European trip to arrange for speakers

 Correspondence during European trips to arrange for lecturers 1 folder 14

Interesting typed letter with his impression of post-War Germany

 Correspondence. 1 folder 14

Pearson's 50th birthday; letters of introduction for Charles Jenkins

 Remarks on economics of the Chautauqua 1 folder 14

Expenses and advantages

 Correspondence 1 folder 14

Miscellaneous and increasing financial problems. Pearson loaned money to the Association. Form letter notifying of assignment to creditors

 Memorials to Chautauqua workers 1 folder 14

Ralph Bingham, Robert Giles

 Correspondence. 1 folder 14

Mid-West Chautauqua circuit failure, inquiry concerning a book on Chautauqua

 End of the circulating Chautauqua’s 1 folder 14

Correspondence and memos

 Essays on Chautauqua 1 folder 14

Typed carbons, "Chautauqua’s Challenge" (likely ca. 1929) and "Chautauqua as I See It" by Walter J. Millard

 Memos, including Fall Festival Talent 1 folder 14

"Some things we have learned," (1922), talent at Fall Festivals, 1913-1921

 Reports. guidelines 1 folder 14

Includes list of performers, 1914-1921, superintendent's report, bulletins on various issues

 Organizer's Handbook 1 folder 14

Structure, administration, etc.

 Programs and brochures 1 folder 14

Chautauqua Joy Night (1913), 10th Anniversary (1921) and 1924 programs; brochures and announcements

 Schedules 1 folder 14

Swarthmore Chautauqua itineraries'

Chautauqua notebook 1 folder 14

Small loose-leaf notebook kept by Pearson on festivals and other details

 Swarthmore Chautauqua Atlas 1 folder 14

Bound atlas of the northeast/near Midwest, used for planning circuits

 Banquet in honor of Paul Pearson 1 folder 15

For his contribution to Chautauqua. Speeches and program

 Banquet in honor of Paul Pearson 1 folder 15

For his contribution to Chautauqua. Regrets and congratulations

 "Paul M. Pearson: A Character Sketch" 1 folder 15

Published pamphlet by Gurdon Blodgett Jones, in appreciation of Pearson's skill at recital and his work with Chautauqua

 Paul Pearson miscellaneous 1 folder 15

Poster advertising his lecture/recitals, Talent magazine

 Articles, press releases 1 folder 15

Articles specific to Swarthmore Chautauqua and Chautauqua general. Includes issues of Chautauqua Courier, published in Swarthmore (1912, 1922)

 Clippings 1 folder 15

Chautauqua news and reports on programs, people. Swarthmorean article reports the liquidation sale, July 1931.

 "This Quaker Professor Entertains Millions of People" 1 folder 15

Article by John T. Flynn in The American Magazine

 General clippings 1 folder 15

On Chautauquas and related subjects (Fosdick essay)

 Notes for book 1 folder 15

Notes for proposed book on Chautauqua

 Finances: New Jersey Guarantors 1 folder 15

Lists of guarantors for specific locations

 Finances: New York Guarantors 1 folder 15

Lists of guarantors for specific locations

 Finances: Virginia Guarantors 1 folder 15

Lists of guarantors for specific locations

 Finances: Swarthmore Endowment fund 1 folder 16

Lists of subscribers, Pearson's assignment of life insurance, special meeting voting to liquidate assets

 Finances, Guarantors 1 folder 16

Agreements, lists

 Finances, Guarantors 1 folder 16

Agreements, lists

 Finances, Guarantors 1 folder 16

Agreements, lists

 Finances, Guarantors 1 folder 16

Agreements, lists

 Finances, Guarantors 1 folder 16

Agreements, lists

 Finances, Guarantors 1 folder 16

Agreements, lists

 Finances, Guarantors 1 folder 16

Agreements, lists

 Finances, Guarantors 1 folder 16

Agreements, lists

 Finances, Guarantors 1 folder 16

Agreements, lists

 Finances, Guarantors 1 folder 16

Agreements, lists

 Finances, Guarantors 1 folder 16

Agreements, lists

 Finances, Guarantors 1 folder 16

Agreements, lists

 Finances, Guarantors 1 folder 16

Agreements, lists

 Finances, Guarantors 1 folder 16

Agreements, lists

 Finances, Guarantors 1 folder 16

Agreements, lists

 Barbara Pearson Lange's draft of chapter on Chautauqua for publications Gates to Swarthmore 1 folder 16

Rough typed draft with editing

 Who's Who in the Lyceum 1 folder 16

Book edited by A. Augustus Wright, published by the Pearson brothers.

 Pictures. 1 folder

Removed to PA

 Ser. 5. National Community Foundation and Oglebay Park and Institute

The National Community Foundation was founded in 1927 to preserve the mission of the lyceum and Chautauqua through an endowment fund to promote popular education and cultural enrichment. It was discontinued in 1930.

Paul Pearson became involved with the Oglebay Park and Institute in 1930 on the request of Crispin Oglebay to review the educational/recreation plan for the Park. Located outside Wheeling, West Virginia, the Park is a self supporting municipal park located on a property bequeathed by Earl W. Oglebay to the city of Wheeling for public recreation.

 National Community Foundation Proposed Plan 1 folder 17

Details of plan to purchase and consolidate lyceum and Chautauqua organizations to operate as a single organization in order to promote adult education. Includes map of lyceum and Chautauqua towns, letters of support, and goals

 "The Republic of Tomorrow" and committees 1 folder 17

Statement issued by the National Community Foundation

 National Community Foundation Publicity, memos and notes 1 folder 17

Publicity to announce revitalization of Chautauqua into a national model, plans for programs, notes

 National Community Foundation Planning memos 1 folder 17

Proposed areas of study

 National Community Foundation Planning memos 1 folder 17

Proposed programs

 Correspondence 1 folder 17

TLS to son Drew concerning failure of the Foundation; letters to creditors

 National Community Foundation Worker's Manual 1 folder 17

Manual of activities, removed from rusted loose-leaf binder labeled Louise B. Fisher. Section 2, NY, NY

 Oglebay Park Report 1 folder 17

Report presented by Paul M. Pearson and supporting correspondence and material

 Photographs 1 folder

Photographs with captions removed to PA

 Ser. 6. Virgin Islands material

Correspondence is largely carbon copies of letters send by Paul Pearson as Governor.

 Virgin Islands legal 1931-1934, n.d. 1 folder 18

Carbons and prints copies of Executive Order of Herbert Hoover placing the government of the Virgin Islands under the Department of the Interior. Subsequent reports, memos, etc.

 Correspondence 1931 1 folder 18

Personnel and other official correspondence. Reflects the controversies that Pearson faced upon arriving in March 1931, including issues with Herbert D. Brown and Office of Efficiency.

 Correspondence 1932 1 folder 18

Economic issues and lack of support from Quakers in the States who had endorsed him for the position

 Correspondence 1933 1 folder 18

Economic issues and political controversies

 Correspondence 1934 1mo-7 mo 1 folder 18

Pearson's status becomes more controversial as he declares personal bankruptcy due to Swarthmore Chautauqua debt and endorses the manufacture of rum in the Virgin Island to save the economy. His assistant, Paul C. Yates, makes claims to the press about Pearson and mismanagement

 Excerpts from family letters (photocopies) 1931-1934 1 folder 18

Photocopies of excerpts of family letters, created as a diary. Original carbons copies stored in Series. 2 Family Correspondence. Transcript of complete set catalogued in FHL books

 Correspondence 1934 8 mo-12 1 folder 18

Pearson accused by Yates of mismanagement and being a Republican reactionary; calls for his resignation

 Correspondence 1935 1 mo - 7 mo 1 folder 18

Senate hearings on corruption in U.S Virgin Islands, claims and counter-claims.

 Roosevelt, Franklin D. to Pearson, Paul M. 1935 7 mo 23 1 folder 18

TLS, confirming that no charges against Pearson have held, but offers him to transfer to another area of service, that being Assistant Director of Housing in charge of public welfare

 Correspondence 1935 7 mo - 12 mo 1 folder 18

Pearson returned to the U.S., and Lawrence William Cramer, formerly Lieutenant Governor, replaced him as Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands

 Job applications 1931 1 folder 18

Resumes of applicants for employment.

 Pearson, Drew to Pearson, Paul 1934 1 folder 18

Carbons of TLs from Drew to his father and others. Updates on press, contacts in D.C. and encouragement

 Pearson, Drew to Pearson, Paul 1935 1 folder 18

Carbons of TLs from Drew to his father and others. Updates on press, contacts in D.C. and words of encouragement

 Speeches, as Governor 1931-1932 1 folder 18

Speeches and addresses given in, or about, the Virgin Islands.

 Speeches, as Governor 1933-1934, n.d. 1 folder 18

Speeches and addresses given in, or about, the Virgin Islands.

 Summer Institute of Progressive Education 1933 1 folder 18

Correspondence concerning proposed summer program sponsored by the Progressive Education Association

 Virgin Islands financial 1931-1936 1 folder 18

Reports and receipts, personal and general

 Personal bankruptcy 1930-1932. 1 folder 18

Correspondence and financial reports related to Pearson's debts due to the failure of the Swarthmore Chautauqua Associations

 Personal bankruptcy, insurance 1933-1935 1 folder 18

Correspondence and financial reports, insurance policies

 Press releases 1931-1935 1 folder 19

Press reports, editorials reflecting the hyperbole of the Senate investigation, and President Roosevelt's intervention

 Clippings 1931 1 folder 19

Clipping organized and mounted: Appointment; Hoover's visit, and miscellaneous.

 Clippings 1931 1 folder 19

Loose clippings

 Senate hearing 1935 1 folder 20

Reports describing persons involved, testimonies, etc. , including a 1938 copy of telegram sent by Senator Tydings in 1935

 McIntosh case 1934-1935 1 folder 20

The McIntosh case involving Leonard W. McIntosh, accused of theft, and the handling of the case by T. Webber Wilson.

 Morris Davis 1934-1935 1 folder 20

Davis was one of the leaders in the opposition waged against Pearson and a friend of Judge T. Webber Wilson. Includes copies of his speeches calling for ouster of Pearson

 Eli Baer, Paul Yates 1934-1935 1 folder 20

Baer had been appointed attorney general for the Virgin Islands in 1932, but was soon dismissed, as was Yates who had been appointed administrative assistant to the Governor. The charges that Yates made led to the Congressional investigation. Includes copies of statements and Baer's request to be re-instated.

 Annual reports 1928-1934 1 folder 20

Published: 1928, 1932, fiscal years 1932, 1933, 1934, and summary 1934.

 Reports 1931-1935 1 folder 20

Reports on a variety of subjects including President Hoover's visit, education, and report to Advisory Council

 Reports n.d. 1 folder 20

Undated reports on various subjects including health care, education, hurricane damage

 "Four Years in the Virgin Islands" 1935, 5 mo 1 1 folder 20

Report, under the administration of the Department of the Interior, carbon copy

 Miscellaneous papers 1930-1935, n.d. 1 folder 20

Editorials, tourism, historical research, etc.

Articles 1934-1935, 1952 1 folder 20

Published articles on the Virgin Islands

 "Paul M. Pearson: Governor U.S. Virgin Islands" 2011 1 folder 20

Power point presentation by Barbara Grove (granddaughter of Paul M. Pearson) and her husband, David Grove. St. John

 Grove CDs, supporting papers 1 folder 20

Clippings, cds containing the Groves' lecture in St. John, 2011, and transcribed letters. A hard copy of the Virgin Island Family letters is bound and cataloged in FHL books

 Excerpts from family letters 1931-1934 1 folder 20

Photocopies of excerpts

 Collected clippings, articles 1930-1931 1 folder 21

Collected clippings in chronological order

 Collected clippings, articles 1932 1 folder 21

Collected clippings in chronological order. Includes Pearson's radio address on June 20 and July 4th address

 Collected clippings, articles 1933 1 folder 21

Collected clippings in chronological order, including published addresses

 Collected clippings, articles 1934 1 folder 21

Collected clippings in chronological order, including published addresses

 Collected clippings, articles 1935 1 folder 21

Collected clippings in chronological order, including published addresses

 Collected clippings, articles 1936-1952, n.d. 1 folder 21

Collected clippings in chronological order, including published addresses

 Ser. 7. Miscellaneous

Note: Integrates memorabilia, reference material collected by Pearson for his lectures, papers concerning his son, Drew Pearson, which were compiled by the donors.

 Passport and other memorabilia 1 folder 22

1910 Swarthmore College commencement program, etc.

 Paul M. Pearson Autograph album 1930 1 folder 22

Collected for Chautauqua colleagues

 Leon Pearson memorabilia 1910- 1 folder 22

Draft of one act play, "The Open Road;" lecture announcement, school report cards, miscellaneous

Drew Pearson writings 1919, n.d. 1 folder 22

Includes his Commencement speech (1919) and early essays

 Drew Pearson memorabilia 1919-1946 1 folder 22

Includes articles by and about him, flyer for is illustrated lecture on Southern Europe, College honors

 Drew Pearson article 1956 1 folder 22

"Confessions of An S.O.B." in the Saturday Evening Post

 Drew Pearson obituaries 1969 1 folder 22

Eulogies and announcements

 Goose Creek Monthly Meeting parody 1922 1 folder 22

Parody on a travelling minister's journal of his visits by William W. Speakman (witty references to Charles F. Jenkins, William I. Hull, Jesse Holmes, J. Russell Hayes, Paul Pearson, William C. Sproul, and their wives)

Memorial read at funeral of Mrs. Richards, Indiana, 1872 1872 1 folder 22

Unknown author, Indiana Methodist

 Atlanta School of Social Work souvenir book 1936 1 folder 22

Souvenir book compiled for Pearson as Commencement speaker

 Collected stories, etc. 1 folder 22

Collection of stories, poems, and quotations used in lecture work, or as a collection of personal favorites.

 Sample of stationary 1 folder 22

Letterheads used by organizations

 Library Extension 1920-1928 1 folder 22

Materials concerning work with program

 Article by Barbara Pearson Lange 1966 1 folder 22

"Keep Your Suspenders Up," in Swarthmore College Bulletin, Alumni Issue, March 1966, based on letters from Paul Pearson to his wife, Edna, from Sept. and Oct. of 1902, when he first came to teach at Swarthmore. Barbara, Paul and Edna's daughter, was in the Swarthmore College Class of 1931. Barbara Pearson Lange Godfrey taught drama and public speaking at Swarthmore and also served as dean of women in the 1960s.

 Drew Pearson autograph album 1948 1 folder 22

Autograph album on occasion of testimonial dinner given for Drew Pearson in Swarthmore, Pa., 4-16-1948