Skip to main content Skip to main navigation

Frederick Alonzo North Papers

Call Number

MC.9

Date

1890-1906, inclusive

Creator

North, Frederick Alonzo, d. 1906

Extent

1.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

Materials are primarily in English.

Abstract

The Frederick Alonzo North Papers contain student notebooks, student compositions, lectures, reports, records, newspaper clippings, photographs, and books generated by Frederick Alonzo North, a public school teacher and administrator, traveler and lecturer, and student at NYU between 1894 and 1906.

Biography of Frederick Alonzo North

Frederick Alonzo North was a public school teacher and administrator, traveler and lecturer, and student at NYU from 1894-1906. He taught school for twelve years in a variety of institutions, from country schools to the university level. He then served as principal of Plantsville School, Plantsville, Connecticut until 1892. From 1893-1896 he was the principal of Toms River High School in Toms River, New Jersey. North assumed the position of Superintendent of the Schools of Ocean County, New Jersey, in 1897 and served as such until 1902. He then began to travel quite extensively and to lecture on his travels under the authority of the Board of Education of Greater New York. He died while on an expedition to Peru in 1906 and is buried there.

North remained a student most of his life. He completed a regular college course and in the summers of 1891 and 1892 attended the National Summer School of Methods and Languages at Glen Falls, New York. In 1894 North enrolled in the School of Pedagogy of New York University and began working towards his Master of Pedagogy degree, which he earned in 1902. He continued at NYU to earn a Bachelor of Science in Pedagogy degree in 1904. In addition, he had secured by examination a first grade State Certificate, completed a law course, completed the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Course, and attended the Clark University Summer School.

Sources: "Representative Ocean County Educators," The Courier. Biographical sketch of F.A. North as principal of Toms River High School, Toms River, N.J., 1896.

Voorhis, Harold O., Letter with biographical sketch accompanying transfer of collection to Archives, January 4, 1961.

Arrangement

The collection is organized to correspond with North's occupations as student, lecturer, and principal and superintendent of the Ocean County Schools. Within each group, the material is arranged chronologically.

I. Student Notebooks II. Student Compositions III. Debate Notes IV. Lectures V. Notebooks VI. Ocean County Schools

Scope and Contents

The collection contains material generated by North as a student at New York University, Glen Falls National Summer School, and Clark University; as principal of Toms River High School, Toms River, New Jersey; as superintendent of the Ocean County Schools, Toms River, New Jersey; and from his career as a travel lecturer. Included are student notebooks, student compositions, lectures, reports, records, newspaper clippings, photographs, and books.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open without restrictions.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the:
New York University Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-2641
Fax: (212) 995-4225
E-mail: university-archives@nyu.edu

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form: Identification of item, date (if known); Frederick Alonzo North Papers; MC 9; box number; folder number; New York University Archives, New York University Libraries.

Provenance

His papers were presented to the University in December 1960 by a grand-niece of Mr. North, Mrs. Ralph L. Gilman of Storrs, Connecticut. The collection came to the Archives through Harold O. Voorhis, then Vice President and Secretary of the University, who wrote a short biographical sketch of North to accompany the transfer.

Collection processed by

Susan Meier, April 1983. Electronic version prepared by Catriona Schlosser.

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-20 17:48:30 -0400.
Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language: Description is written in: English, Latin script.

Repository

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