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French Play School – Summers 1949, 1950, for children ages 4-10 Summary of the project by Mrs. Clapp (1 p.) Lists of words and phrases (3 typed pages, 13 handwritten blue-book pages) Song sheet (2 pages) Scripts of 3 puppet shows by Mrs. Clapp (11 p.) Summary notes by HLC (2 pgs. Transcribed by Mrs. Clapp) “A Punch and Judy Theater” – manuscript of unpublished article by HLC based on French Play School experience (3 pgs. Text, 5 pgs. Diagrams of stage construction, scenery, puppets, 1 pg. of 5 photographs) [No complete outlines of curriculum or daily lesson plans were preserved.] [See also Clapp, Harold L. “Second Fiddle to a Puppet.” French Review 37 (May 1954): 453-59]

Correspondence, obituaries, and letters of condolence 1928-1961. Arranged chronologically. Correspondence, 1928-61. 3 undated. 23 items. Obituary notices and letters of condolence, 1961. 13 items. Includes 2 notes from BADM H.G. Rickover. Letters about Prof. O. H. Hauptmann.

Talks Includes radio shows, chapel talks, talks to PA, professional groups in modern language and education, church groups, college students, etc. Arranged chronologically. Talks for council for Basic Education filed with CBE materials (series 2). Radio programs: Chautauqua County YMCA – Vocational Guidance Series, Nov. 1938. 7 p. What’s in a Name Quiz, ca 1950. 1 p. Rob and Bay ca. 1950, 10 p. French Colloquium, 1952. 1-pg. summary Jules Romains. No date. 13 p. As Others See Us. Jan. 1945. ( for Poweshiek Club) 12 p. Memorial Service Address (F. D. Roosevelt), April 1945. 2 p. [Talk on language study] (for Classical Conference in Mount Vernon) Spring 1946. 2 p. Rumbo A Mexico. (Chapel Talk) March 1946. 8 p. Talk to Dubuque language teacher’s meeting. Sept. 1946. 4 p. Meditations on a Placement Program, or When Should a Foreign Language Be Studies? (Classical Conference, Mount Vernon. Published in Modern Language Journal, 1947) Spring 1947. 7 p. Talk to Kansas Foreign Language Conference, Hayes, Kan.] ca. late 1940s. 65p. Review of Wave of the Future by Anne M. Lindbergh. (Chapel talk) 1949. 6p. [Talk on counseling] 1950. 2p. Here I Stand. (Chapel Talk) Spring 1952. 10 p. [Talk to Toledo PTA] April 1952. 4 p. How Scholarly Can We Get (Phi Beta Kappa Chapel) Oct. 1952. 11p. [Talk to Grinnell rotary Club] ca. Apr. 1953. 3 p. What’s Funny? (Kiwanis Club) April. 1953. 3 p. [Talk to Advanced Communications class] ca. 1953-54. 8 p. [Sermon at Congregational Church] Early 1950s. 7p. [Sermon] ca. 1953. 5 p. The Church in Our Time (First congregational Church) Oct. 1954. 4p. [Lecture to Advanced Communication class] Feb. 1955. 14 p. Words for a College Freshman. (Revision of Lecture to Advanced Communication class) ca. 1956. 7 p. [Draft of Chapel address] ca. 1955. 3 p. Education – Protestant problem-Child. (Chapel talk) Mar, 1955. 4 p. Ethics in Advertising. (Chapel Talk) Nov. 1955. 10 p. [Preparation of teachers for our public schools] (Audience unknown) Late 1950s. 6 p. (incomplete) [Outline of remarks proposed for Brookville PTA] April 1957. 1 p. [Talk on education to Sphinx Club, Washington, D.C.] 1957. 9 p. [Second talk on education to Sphinx Club Washington, D.C.] 1957. 3 p. The American Scholar and Public Education – Chapter II (Univ. of Kentucky Foreign Language Conference) April 1957. 9 p. [Introduction to talk on education] ca. 1957. 1 p. (transcribed by Mrs. Clapp) The Public and the Public Schools. (Annual meeting of Girls’ Latin School Alumnae Association, Boston) June 1957. 4 p. The Role of the Liberal Arts College in Teacher Education. (26th Annual Conference of Academic Deans of the Southern States, Richmond, VA.) Dec. 1957. 11 p. [Talk to Grinnell Congregational Church on merger of Congregational Christian and Evangelical and Reformed Churches] Spring 1958. 6 p. Schools Need More Than Money. (Wichita Rotary Club) June 1958. 9 p. Proceedings of the Editor and Educator conference on “The purpose of Education in the American Democracy” and HLC’s prepared notes. (Arden House, New York) Nov. 1958. Elements in the Teacher Education Program – Subject Matter preparation. (State Conference sponsored by Iowa Commission on Teacher Education and Professional Standards, Ames, Iowa) Nov. 1958. 12 p. Also press release, 1 p. How Far Is It to Ideal Teachers College? Ca. 1958. 10 p. Education for the Extremes. (Debate with Harold Hand at Milwaukee meeting of Department of Secondary Education of university of Wisconsin at Milwaukee) April 1959. 19 p. The Education of Teachers –If I Had My Way. (Kansas Conference, Lawrence, Kan.) June 1959. 4 p. [Talk on education to Grinnell Rotary Club] Aug. 1959. 10 p. Story of the Y building (Rededication of Y Building as Steiner Hall) Oct. 1959. 2 p. Discussion of three aspects of J. B. Conant’s The American High School Today. *(Iowa Association of School Administrators) Nov. 1959. 11 p. [Notes for Phi Beta Kappa panel discussion] May 1960. 5 sheets. Who’s on First in Teacher Education? Ca. 1961. 20 p. What Are the Essential Ingredients in a Sound Education for Teachers? Ca. 1961. 6 p.

Verse by Harold L. Clapp ca. 1926-1959. 23 poems [Most poems re-copied by Mrs. Clapp, in some cases both the original and Mrs. Clapp’s copy are included]

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings about HLC, programs of meeting, letters, etc. ca. 1937-72, most material 1955-1960. Arranged chronologically. Items pasted to or Xeroxed on 24 sheets.

Laura Clapp’s miscellaneous papers. Reminiscences. 1979. Holograph. 49 leaves.