Guide to the Cliff W. Stone Papers 1918-1947
Cage 31

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Creator
Stone, Cliff W.
Title
Cliff W. Stone Papers
ID
Cage 31
Date [inclusive]
1918-1947
Extent
5 containers., 2.5 linear feet of shelf space., 2800 items.
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Correspondence, raw research data, statistics, and reports for the 1927-1929 Washington Education Association comparative study of rural schools. Also recommendations for students, and research notes, drafts of articles and publications in part concerned with the development of educational tests measuring arithmetical reasoning in children.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 31, Cliff W. Stone Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

Cliff Winfield Stone was born in Wisconsin in 1874. After graduation from the State Normal School at Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1899 he later attended Columbia University where he took the B.S. in 1904 and the Ph.D. in 1908. He served as a teacher, school principal, and director of teaching in such diverse places as Indiana, New York City, Virginia, and Iowa. During World War I Dr. Stone was a member of the American Expeditionary Force University at Beaune, France. Directly following his service in France he came to Washington State University as Professor of Education. He served in this capacity from 1920 to 1946 when he retired as Professor Emeritus of Education.

An early pioneer in testing children's arithmetical abilities, Dr. Stone published a work on this subject in 1908 which he followed several years later with a series of reasoning tests in arithmetic. The New Stone Reasoning Tests in Arithmetic (1927) was published by Columbia University's Teachers' College. His knowledge in this field served him well when he chaired the Washington Education Association's school survey of the graded school and the one-room "little red schoolhouse" which was typical in rural areas of Washington State. The study was to survey and then compare progress made by pupils of one-room schools with progress made by pupils of equal ability from graded schools. Dr. Stone completed such a study, albeit on a limited basis, in 1927 (cf.  Journal of Educational Research, November, 1927). The state-wide survey he and his associates made was published as "  The Subject Progress of Pupils in Different Types of Schools" in the  Washington Education Journal, April 1930.

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Scope and Content

The papers of Cliff W. Stone consist of approximately 2,800 items of correspondence and research materials pertaining to his various activities while at WSU.

This collection of papers presents a researcher with raw data, statistical analysis, and reports written for a state-wide educational project completed during an era of social and economic change in the state of Washington.

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Arrangement

Series 1 reflects Dr. Stone's work as a college teacher, researcher into arithmetical reasoning in school children, and friend to hundreds of WSU students seeking teaching positions. Series 2 contains the specific work Dr. Stone undertook for the Washington Education Association in the late 1920s. He and several associates attempted a state-wide educational analysis of students in graded school houses as opposed to those students who were still attending the one-room school made famous as the "little red schoolhouse."

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2012

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research use.

Acquisition Information

The Washington State University Library acquired the papers of Cliff W. Stone, professor of education at Washington State University, as part of a deposit of College of Education Records during the Summer of 1974.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Washington Education Association.
  • Washington State University. College of Education, donor. WaPS

Personal Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Stone, Cliff Winfield, 1874- --Archives

Subject(s)

  • Educational tests and measurements--Research
  • Educators--Washington (State)--Correspondence
  • Rural schools--Washington (State)
  • Colleges and Universities
  • Washington (State)

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Bibliography

His obituary was published in the Oct. 30, 1958 Pullman Herald.

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Detailed Description of Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series 1: Personal and Professional Papers 

Correspondence. This sub-series contains personal and professional correspondence relating to Stone's activities. 1918-1938  500

box folder

 1918-1929 

1 1

 1930-1931 

1 2

 1932-1934 

1 3

 1935-1938 

1 4

Student Recommendations: Copies of recommendations written by Stone for his students while at WSU. They are in alphabetical order. 1929-1947  500

box folder

A-E 

1 5

F-L 

2 6

M-R 

2 7

S-Z 

2 8
box folder

Publications: Copies of published articles and of articles for publication.  9

2 9

Research Materials: Tests, test summaries, and graphs of test results pertaining to Stone's educational research.  470

2-3 10-12

Students' Research Projects: Examples of student research projects directed by Stone.  21

2-3 13

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Series 2:. Washington Education Association Project Papers 1927-1929 

box folder

Raw Data Sheets: School survey raw data (e.g. I.Q. test results, attendance, educational costs, performances on various subject tests.)  1000

3-5 14-21

Summaries, Reports, and Tables: Reports supporting summaries of statistical data plus graphs and tables of raw data used in compiling the final report.  250

3-5 22-23

Financial Statements, Vouchers, and Bills  63

3-5 24

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