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Records of the Office of Assistant Executive Vice-President, Frederick H. Jackson

Call Number

RG.6.8.1

Dates

1962-1968, inclusive
; 1964-1967, bulk

Creator

Jackson, Frederick H. (Frederick Herbert), 1919-2015

Extent

5.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Abstract

Frederick Herbert Jackson served as the Assistant Executive Vice President at NYU beginning in 1964. In this position, Jackson supervised instruction in the humanities and the social sciences. He held this position until he was appointed Vice President for Humanities and Social Sciences in 1966.

Biography

Frederick Herbert Jackson became the Assistant Executive Vice President at NYU in 1964 and held this position until he was appointed Vice President for Humanities and Social Sciences in 1966. While Assistant Executive Vice President, Jackson supervised instruction in the humanities and the social sciences.

Frederick H. Jackson was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on May 16, 1919. He received his AB in English literature from Brown University in 1941. At Brown Jackson was a John Hay scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 1948 and 1950, he received his AM and Ph.D., respectively, from the University of Pennsylvania. There Jackson was a Harrison Fellow in American Civilization from 1947-1948. Jackson's areas of academic interests included American intellectual history and the history of American higher education.

Jackson taught at Marietta College (1948-1950) and later at the University of Illinois (1950-1955) in the Division of General Studies as an instructor and Assistant Professor of History. He was also the Executive Assistant (1955-1957) and the Executive Associate (1957-1964) of the Carnegie Corporation of New York before coming to NYU.

Jackson's other achievements and accomplishments include studying at Harvard (1941-1942) as a University Fellow in American Civilization and serving in the Air Force during World War II. He was an instructor in bombsight and automatic flight control from 1943-1944 and a statistical control officer from 1944-1946.

He married Eleanor S. Whittemore in 1942.

His numerous articles and reviews have been published in journals such as the American Historical Review, The Progressive, and The Historian, and his book, Simeon Eben Baldwin: Lawyer, Scholar, Statesman, was published by Columbia University Press in 1955. Jackson received a Bicentennial Medallion from Brown in 1965 for his academic achievements.

He left his post at NYU in 1967 to become the fourth president of Clark University.

Arrangement

Folders are arranged alphabetically by subject.

The files are grouped into one series:

Missing Title

  1. Administrative records

Scope and Content Note

This collection houses correspondence, memoranda, reports, and proposals generated and received by Frederick H. Jackson during his time as Assistant Executive Vice President. Documents date from 1962 to 1968, though the bulk of the records date from the 1964-1967 period. The folders in the collection are arranged alphabetically.

Access Restrictions

Administrative records and unpublished reports of New York University are closed for a period of 20 years from the date of their creation. Access to files spanning multiple years will be opened to researchers based on the date of the most recent materials. Board of Trustees records are closed for 35 years from the date of creation. Materials related to personnel, grievances, job and fellowship searches and applications, and all files that fall under the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) are permanently restricted. Additional restrictions may apply to other materials in this collection. For questions regarding specific restrictions, please contact the University Archives.

Use Restrictions

Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by the creator are maintained by New York University. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from New York University Archives, (212) 998-2646, university-archives@nyu.edu.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:Identification of item, date (if known); The Records of the Office of Assistant Executive Vice-President Frederick H. Jackson; RG 6.8.1; box number; folder number; New York University Archives

Collection processed by

New York University Archives staff.

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-20 17:55:22 -0400.
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Language: Description is in English.

Processing Information

This collection was previously incorrectly associated with RG 6.5.1, the call number for the Office of Public Resources Administration. In 2019, the call number associated with this collection was changed to RG 6.8.1.

Repository

New York University Archives
New York University Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012