Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
RS 13/1/17
Harold V. Gaskill (1905-1975)
Papers, 1928-1983, undated
creator: | Gaskill, Harold V. (1905-1975) |
title: | Papers |
dates: | 1928-1983, undated |
extent: | 2.6 linear feet (2 record cartons) |
collection number: | RS 13/1/17 |
repository: | University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
access: | Open for research |
publication rights: | Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
preferred citation: | Harold V. Gaskill Papers, RS 13/1/17, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Harold V. Gaskill was born in Fayette County, Ohio, on February 3, 1905. He joined the faculty at Iowa State College (University) as an assistant professor of psychology in 1930 and served as Dean of the Division of Science and Director of Industrial Science Research from 1938-1955. Gaskill also served as a scientist in the U.S. Army, achieving the rank of Brigadier General in the U.S Army Reserve. The collection contains administrative files related to his work as Dean and as liaison to the Cooperative Study in General Education, an American Council on Education group, as well as a small amount of biographical information and published articles. |
Harold V. Gaskill was born in Fayette County, Ohio, on February 3, 1905. He received his B.A. in chemistry and anatomy (1926), M.A. in psychology (1927), and Ph.D. in psychology (1930) from Ohio State University. Gaskill joined Iowa State's staff as an assistant professor of psychology (1930-1931), later achieving the ranks of associate professor (1931) and professor (1934). He served as Dean of the Division of Science and Director of Industrial Science Research at Iowa State University from 1938-1955. His textbook, Personality, was published in 1936. Along with Dean of Personnel M.D. Helser, Gaskill served as Iowa State's liaison to the Cooperative Study in General Education, a group within the American Council on Education. Iowa State granted Gaskill an administrative leave in 1951 to serve for nearly two years in Washington, D.C., as Chief Scientist in the U.S. Army and deputy for Research and Development in the Army's Office of the Chief of Staff. In 1954 he achieved the rank of Brigadier General in the Army Reserve. Gaskill returned to Ames in 1954 before retiring in 1955 to become Vice President of Planning for the Collins Radio Company. Gaskill and his wife Pauline were married in Columbus, Ohio, in 1930 and together had three children: Harold V., Jr., Jane, and Charles. Gaskill died on April 19, 1975, in West Germany. |
The collection (1928-1983, undated) contains administrative files related to his work as Dean and as liaison to the Cooperative Study in General Education, a group within the American Council on Education, as well as a small amount of biographical information and published articles. Material types include architectural drawings, articles and publications, correspondence, memorandums, newsletters, pamphlets, photographs, reports, and speeches. The collection has been minimally processed andf items remain in their original folders. |
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This collection is arranged alphabetically. |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
2 |
28 |
Activity preference results |
1941 |
2 |
7 |
Air Reserve Officer Training Corps: Colonel Alexander G. Evanoff materials |
1952-1953 |
1 |
18 |
Bacteriology department correspondence |
1945-1952 |
1 |
1 |
Biographical information |
1928-1983, undated |
1 |
19 |
Botany department correspondence |
1946-1952 |
1 |
35 |
Chemistry department correspondence (2 b/w photographs) |
1947-1952 |
2 |
16 |
Cooperative Study in General Education: central staff materials |
1943-1944 |
2 |
17 |
Cooperative Study in General Education: correspondence |
1945-1946 |
2 |
25 |
Cooperative Study in General Education: correspondence and related materials |
1939-1940 |
1 |
11 |
Cooperative Study in General Education: correspondence, project overviews, and related materials |
1941-1942 |
1 |
10 |
Cooperative Study in General Education: department studies correspondence, reports, and pamphlets |
1942-1943 |
1 |
13 |
Cooperative Study in General Education: department studies materials |
1941-1942 |
2 |
22 |
Cooperative Study in General Education: general correspondence |
1942-1943 |
1 |
15 |
Cooperative Study in General Education: general correspondence |
1943-1944 |
2 |
23-24 |
Cooperative Study in General Education: Iowa State materials |
1940-1941 |
1 |
4 |
Cooperative Study in General Education: Iowa State materials |
1940-1944 |
2 |
19 |
Cooperative Study in General Education: Iowa State project materials |
1943-1944 |
1 |
5-6 |
Cooperative Study in General Education: newsletters and other materials |
1943 |
2 |
20-21 |
Cooperative Study in General Education: newsletters, digests, and conference reports |
1939-1940 |
1 |
14 |
Cooperative Study in General Education: other institutions materials |
1941-1942 |
2 |
18 |
Cooperative Study in General Education: other institutions materials |
1943-1944 |
1 |
7-8 |
Cooperative Study in General Education: progress reports and other materials |
1941-1942 |
1 |
12 |
Cooperative Study in General Education: project reports |
1941-1944 circa |
1 |
9 |
Cooperative Study in General Education: student pamphlets and policy examples |
1941-1942 |
2 |
26 |
Cooperative Study in General Education: summer workshop |
1939-1941 |
1 |
23 |
Division of Engineering materials |
1950 |
1 |
20 |
Economics materials |
1940-1946 circa |
1 |
24 |
English and Speech materials |
1939-1944 |
2 |
29 |
Freshman student extracurricular activities report |
1941 |
1 |
26 |
Geology materials |
1946-1950 |
1 |
25 |
Guatemala Tropical Research Center materials |
1945-1948 |
1 |
22 |
Industrial Economics materials |
1940-1948 |
1 |
17 |
Institute for Atomic Research and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission materials |
1943-1948 |
1 |
27 |
Library materials |
1948 |
1 |
28 |
Mathematics materials |
1947-1952 |
1 |
29 |
Metallurgy materials |
1949-1951 |
1 |
30 |
Military Science materials |
1941-1949 |
1 |
31 |
Modern Languages materials |
1950 |
1 |
32 |
Music materials |
1949 |
1 |
33 |
Naval Science materials |
1949-1950 |
1 |
34 |
Patent Committee materials |
1949-1951 |
2 |
1 |
Physical Education materials |
1949-1950 |
2 |
2 |
Physics materials |
1947-1950 |
2 |
3-4 |
President general materials |
1936-1951 |
2 |
5 |
Psychology materials |
1946-1949 |
1 |
3 |
Publications: journal articles |
1932-1941 |
2 |
6 |
Religious Education materials |
1946-1949 |
2 |
8-10 |
Science building materials |
1937-1950 |
2 |
27 |
Science Division Curriculum Committee memorandums |
1941 |
1 |
16 |
Semester versus quarter plan administrative board materials |
1947 |
1 |
21 |
Sociology materials |
1949 circa |
1 |
2 |
Speech: Dean's address to the staff |
1941 |
2 |
11 |
Statistics materials |
1945-1950 circa |
2 |
12 |
Survey of the Institutions of Higher Learning report |
1950-1951 |
2 |
13-14 |
U.S. Veterans Administration contracts |
1948-1950 |
2 |
15 |
Zoology and Entomology materials |
1946-1948 |