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CARL R. WOODWARD PAPERS
1928-1974

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SERIES VII	WRITINGS	DATES
.' ( 35 Boxes)		1800-1973

This series is divided into three subseries: Speeches, Articles and Reports, and Books.

Speeches (1927-1973)
This subseries is composed of drafts, copies, and reprints of the addresses given by Carl Woodward,   Speeches consist mostly of commencement, baccalaureate and convocation addresses; radio addresses and speeches given at various civic ad professional organizations.

Following the speeches are "speeches by others", "preliminary ideas for speeches" and "speeches recorded".  The recorded speeches are those of most importance during his years as President.  For a complete list of and an historical outline to these speeches, see folder "Speeches Recorded".  Also included in this section are four bound volumes of the speeches.

Articles and Reports (1921-1973)
This subseries contains articles and reports written by Woodward.  These are both published and unpublished.  Included as research, drafts, copies, reprints and some correspondence.  this section is arranged alphabetically by title.

The content of these articles is generally agricultural, educational and historical.  Miscellaneous articles that are grouped together are listed on the face of the folder.  Included in this section are bound volumes titled; Reprints and Miscellaneous Papers 1920-1957; Addresses, Articles and Reports 1942-1957; and a volume of miscellaneous articles, 1925-1950, mostly unpublished.  There is also a small section of articles and reports by other authors.

All materials, including correspondence, for articles and reports are grouped together by title.

Books (1880-1973)
This subseries is divided into two sections: Plantation in Yankeeland 1971, Pequot Press, and Boy With a Hoe, unpublished.                       

Plantation in Yankeeland (1967-1973)
This section contains all research, references, drafts, illustrations, edited manuscripts, galley sheets, proof copies, dust jackets, an unbound copy, and a bound dummy copy; also, all correspondence, pre- and post-publication and with the Pequot Press.  In this section, also, are reviews, promotional materials, newspaper ads, a display of the book and excerpts printed in the Rhode Islander magazine section of the Providence Sunday Journal.

Boy With a Hoe (1880-1972)
This section contains all research, references, drafts and illustrations for the unpublished memoirs of Woodward's boyhood on a New Jersey farm.  Contained in the research and references section are almanacs, correspondence, biographical notes and agricultural history.

The purpose of this book was not only autobiographical, but was meant as a reflection of rural life in New Jersey around the turn of the century.

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