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By Susie Rickert
Collection Overview
Abstract
This collection includes letters, documents, and newspaper clippings from the time in which Dr. Aughtum Howard served as a faculty memeber at both Kentucky Wesleyan College and Eastern Kentucky University.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Dr. Aughtum Howard kept many documents and letters from her time at both Kentucky Wesleyan College and Eastern Kentucky University. Along with some interesting pieces of her life outside of teaching, including her family’s World War II ration books, Sunday School lessons, and original poetry, the collection includes letters and documents showcasing her time as a faculty member and a member of the organizations she took part in. Information can be found on Kentucky Wesleyan College reports, Dr. Howard’s time as co-sponsor of the Eastern Kentucky University Class of 1967, and meetings of the Kentucky Association of Colleges, Secondary, and Elementary Schools. A large portion of this collection relates to the Mathematical Association of America, including information on meetings, traveling speakers, mathematical papers and speeches, and contributions to the American Mathematical Monthly. There is also a significant amount of information regarding the American Association of University Professors, specifically relating to Dr. Howard’s role in the Curriculum Study Committee. Newspaper clippings involving articles on Dr. Howard, the Kentucky Wesleyan Lyceum Committee, the AAUP Powell Committee Report, and other education related topics are included in this collection as well.
Collection Historical Note
Dr. Aughtum Howard was born in 1906 in Alma, Kentucky. After earning her B.A. from Georgetown University in 1926, as well as her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky in 1938 and 1942, Dr. Aughtum Howard was employed as an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Kentucky Wesleyan College in 1942. In September of 1958, Dr. Howard accepted a job as an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Eastern Kentucky University, where she remained teaching until her retirement in 1972. During her time at Kentucky Wesleyan and Eastern Kentucky University, she fulfilled leadership roles in numerous organizations, including the Mathematical Association of America, the American Association of University Professors, the Kentucky Association of Church-Related Colleges, and the Kentucky Association of Colleges, Secondary, and Elementary Schools.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives
Acquisition Source:
Howard, Aughtum
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- Barcode: 31234013927254
- Folder 1: University of Kentucky- Graduate and Doctorate Programs, 1938-1942
- Contains correspondence regarding Aughtum Howard's graduate and doctorate programs at the University of Kentucky. Includes letters detailing an oral examination to complete the graduate program, graduate school graduation , work as a graduate assistant, Ph.D. credits, a Ph.D. special committee, initiation into Sigma Xi, membership in the American Mathematical Society, a fellowship scholarship, an oral exam to complete the Ph.D. program, and doctorate graduation.
- Folder 2: Speeches, 1940-1958
- Contains speeches writeen by Aughtum Howard. Includes speeches given to the University of Kentucky Math club, chapel talks given at Kentucky Wesleyan, a speech given on exracurricular activities,a speech given to the Business and Professional Women's Club, a commencement speech given at North Marshall Country High School, a speech tot he Faculty Club at Kentucky Wesleyan, a speech given at the Disciple Student Fellowship's sacrificial banquet, a speech given to the Physics Club at Eastern, a speech given at a faculty meeting at Eastern, and a speech given to the Kentucky section of the Mathematical Association of America about the 1961 Curriculum Study in Mathematics.
- Folder 3: War Ration Books and Cards- WWII, 1942-1944
- Contains War Ration Books three and four from 1943 for Noel Howard, Aughtum Howard, and Robert Howard. Also contains mileage ration cards and registration certificates, and notice of classification cards for Noel Howard.
- Folder 4: Miscellaneous Kentucky Wesleyan Correspondence, 1942-1958
- Contains letters addressed to and sent by Aughtum Howard covering topics including math courses, meetings, requests for social security numbers, a visit with Jesse Stuart, Greek initiation activities, thesis results, math department student assistants, the Third District Education Association, studies, the Library Committee, and the racial policies of Kentucky Wesleyan.
- Folder 5: Red Cross College Chapter- Kentucky Wesleyan, 1944-1945
- Contains information regarding the establishment of an American Red Cross chapter at Kentucky Welsleyan. Includes the authority to organize the chapter, officer elections, and the American Red Cross college unit policies.
- Folder 6: Programs and Convention Notebook, 1946-1961
- Contains programs from the 1946 Annual Guest Night of the Poet's Club, the 1947 Annual Guest Night of the Poet's Club, and the Kentucky Education Association Twenty-Seventh Annual School Executives Luncheon. Also contains a convention notebook from the Christian Board of Publication.
- Folder 7: Kentucky Wesleyan Faculty Reports, 1948-1957
- Contains lists of roles of various Kentucky Wesleyan faculty members, including organization of faculty for home games, faculty advisors, faculty committees, college committees, and the faculty club program.
- Folder 8: Student Government- Kentucky Wesleyan, 1951
- Contains a report on student government and student leadership at Kentucky Wesleyan written by Dr. Aughtum Howard while she was chairman of the extra-curricular committee.
- Folder 9: Mathematical Association of America- Kentucky Wesleyan, 1951-1957
- Contains papers regarding the Kentucky section of the Mathematical Association of America. Papers include letters from the secretary-treasurer of the organization, letters regarding Traveling Speaker Dr. Walter Moore, letters regarding math lectures, meeting announcements for the Kentucky section, and letters inquiring about the MAA's committees.
- Folder 10: Kentucky Wesleyan Annual Reports, 1951-1958
- Contains annual reports to the Kentucky Wesleyan College president regarding which courses were taught, the credit hours of each course, the number of students in each course, the number of absences in each course, and the number of students who earned each letter grade.
- Folder 11: Poetry, 1952-1953
- Contains the May-June 1952 issue of the Christian Education Magazine with Dr. Aughtum Howard's poem, "I Am A Teacher" featured, as well as correspondence regarding the feature. Also includes other poems written by Dr. Howard, including "When Comes the Spring," "Stones and Sand," "Worry," "We Lift Our Hands," and "My Garden."
- Folder 12: Kentucky Association of Church-Related Colleges- Meeting Minutes and Correspondence, 1952-1954
- Contains papers regarding the Kentucky Association of Church-Related Colleges. Includes letters regarding Dr. Howard's stay at Centre College for the association's meeting, a letter about the association's nominating committee, a mailing list for members of the group, meeting minutes, and letters regarding new positions after elections took place.
- Folder 13: Kentucky Association of Colleges, Secondary, and Elementary Schools, 1952-1955
- Contains papers regarding the Kentucky Association of Colleges, Secondary, and Elementary Schools. Includes a letters regarding the Commission of Colleges and Universities, lists of members and committees, newsletters, research reports, conference pamphlets, letters regarding meeting speakers, meeting schedules, the constitution of the association, and a bulletin of the Bureau of School Service.
- Folder 14: Mathematical Association of America- Kentucky Section Traveling Speaker, 1945-1955
- Contains correspondence about Dr. Aughtum Howard's time as Traveling Speaker for the Kentucky section of the Mathematical Association of America. Includes letters regarding the procedure for securing Dr. Howard as a guest lecturer, and requests from various Kentucky colleges for visits.
- Folder 15: Kentucky Section of Mathematical Association of America- Correspondence with Dr. J.C. Eaves (UofK), 1955-1958
- Contains letters between Dr. Aughtum Howard and Dr. J.C. Eaves from the University of Kentucky. Contents of the letters include a request for graduate students, request for guest speaking from Dr. J.C. Eaves as the Traveling Speaker of the Kentucky section of the Mathematical Association of America, proposed dates for Dr. J.C. Eaves' visit to Kentucky Wesleyan College, and a request for Dr. Aughtum Howard to be a guest speaker at the National Science Foundation program.
- Folder 16: Engineering Program- Kentucky Wesleyan, 1957-1958
- Contains notes and letters regarding the establishment of 3-2 Engineering Program at Kentucky Wesleyan.
- Folder 17: Move from Kentucky Wesleyan to Eastern, 1958
- Contains letters regarding an open teaching position in the mathematics department at Eastern from Dr. Smith Park, head of the mathematics department at Eastern, and letters following arranging a meeting time, Dr. Aughtum Howard's acceptance of the job, Dr. Aughtum Howard's resignation letter to Kentucky Wesleyan, letters following her resignation from Kentucky Wesleyan president, Oscar Lever, and a letter from Bill Owsley from Morehead State College asking if Dr. Howard would be open to working there instead.
- Folder 18: Speeches/Papers, 1954-1976
- Contains speeches and papers written by Dr. Aughtum Howard. Includes a speech titled "We Count," a speech titled, "The New Mathematics, a speech given on Smith and Nancy Park on the occasion of their retirement from Eastern Kentucky University, a paper written about improving instruction, a speech prepared for a meeting of the Richmond Women's Club titled "The Bicentennial Christmas," a speech titled "Pints and Pounds," a paper written to solve a mathematical expansion problem, and a paper about advising mathematics majors.
- Folder 19: Contributions to American Mathematical Monthly, 1959-1970
- Contains solutions submitted by Dr. Aughtum Howard for problems proposed in American Mathematical Monthly and cards thanking her for her participation. Also contains correspondence regarding problems Dr. Howard submitted to American Mathematical Monthly, solutions to the problems, and whether or not the problems would be published.
- Folder 20: Teacher Preparation Courses and Graduates, 1960-1961
- Contains a note about an Introduction to Education course and a chart detailing the graduates in teacher preparation at various Kentucky colleges.
- Folder 21: Mathematical Association of America- Binomial Expansion Paper, 1960-1966
- Contains correspondence regarding a paper submitted for publishing in the Classroom Notes section of the American Mathematical Monthly, comments on the paper, revising of the paper, and the publishing of the paper many years later.
- Folder 22: Mathematical Association of America- Eastern, 1960-1972
- Contains papers related to the Mathematical Association of America. Contents include letters about electing a governor for the Kentucky section, letters announcing meetings of the Kentucky section and national organization, programs for meetings of the Kentucky section and national organization, letters regarding representatives for the organization from all universities and colleges, letters regarding officer elections, meeting minutes, a questionnaire for members of the organization, and bylaws of the Kentucky section. Also contains scores and summaries from Mathematics Association of America high school contests.
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