Scope and Contents
The collection contains scrapbooks of correspondence, clippings, photographs and other material from Wagner's time as superintendent in New Mexico schools and as chief of the Alaska Division, U. S. Department of Education, 1917-1933.
Scrapbooks include correspondence, broadsheets, clippings, and mementos of Wagner's career. A photograph album contains snapshots of scenes in and near Metlahkatla, Alaska, 1926-1927.
Dates
- 1917-1933
Creator
- Wagner, Jonathan, 1873- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Jonathan Wagner (1873- ?) was born in Columbia City, Indiana and educated at Manchester College and Indiana State Normal School. He was admitted to the Indiana Bar in 1902.
Between 1917 and 1921 he was superintendent of schools at Las Cruces and Santa Fe, New Mexico and was elected New Mexico superintendent of public instruction. From 1922-1923 he was president of New Mexico Normal School, and from 1923 to 1930 he served as chief of the Alaska Division of the U. S. Department of Education.
Extent
1.5 linear feet (1 container) : 1 record storage box
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Jonathan Wagner (1873- ?) became superintendent of schools at Las Cruces and Santa Fe, New Mexico, was then elected New Mexico superintendent of public instruction, then elected president of New Mexico Normal University, and from 1923 to 1930, served as chief of the Alaska Division of the U. S. Department of Education. The collection contains scrapbooks of correspondence, clippings, photographs and other material from Wagner's career in education, 1917-1933.
Arrangement
Material within this collection may have little to no intellectual or physical arrangement. Any arrangement may have derived from the records' creators or custodians. It may be necessary to look in multiple places for the same types of materials.
Other Finding Aids
Paper finding aid with additional information is available in Special Collections & University Archives.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff, 1967.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal to no organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
- Alaska Subject Source: Local sources
- Clippings Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Colleges and Universities Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Education -- Alaska -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Education -- New Mexico -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Education -- United States -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Education, Higher -- New Mexico -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Educators -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Metlakatla (Alaska) -- Photographs Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Photograph albums Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- School superintendents -- Alaska Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- School superintendents -- New Mexico Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- United States. Department of Education
- Wagner, Jonathan, 1873-
- Wagner, Jonathan, 1873-
- Title
- Guide to the Jonathan Wagner Papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet.
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
