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Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, March 2000.Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Patricia White.Finding aid is written in English.Guide to the Ephraim Douglass Adams Papers, 1730-1931Collection number: SC 142Department of Special Collections and University Archives Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CaliforniaLinda J. LongApril 1985

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Descriptive SummaryEphraim Douglass Adams Papers, 1730-1931Stanford University Archives SC 142Adams, Ephraim Douglass, 1865-19307.25 linear ftStanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.Administrative InformationAccess Restrictions

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Provenance

Gift of James D. Adams, 1975, 1981.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item], Ephraim Douglass Adams Papers, SC 142, Stanford University Archives, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical Note

Ephraim Douglass Adams was born in Decorah, Iowa, on December 18, 1865. Adams attended Grinnell College and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1887, receiving a doctorate in 1890. He became principal of the high school in McGregor, Iowa, in 1887-88, and after his graduate work he served in Washington on the staff of the Eleventh Census, 1890-91. He then joined the history department of the University of Kansas, and eventually became professor of European History, resigning to accept an appointment at Stanford in 1902.

Professor Adams taught European history for his first six years at Stanford, but in 1908, with the reorganization of the department, he took over recent American history, and especially British-American relations. Adams also became head of the department in 1908 and served in that capacity until 1922.

Adams' published works include “The Control of the Purse in the United States Government” (1894), “The Influence of Grenville on Pitt's Foreign Policy” (1904), “British Interests and Activities in Texas” (1910), “The Power of Ideals in American History” (1913), “Great Britain and the American Civil War” (1925).

Adams was collaborating with Charles Francis Adams, Jr. on the Life of Charles Adams, Sr., at the time of Charles Francis Adams, Jr.'s death in 1915. When E.D. Adams used some of the research materials gathered for this biography in his work Great Britain and the American Civil War it led to a major controversy (here called the “Ford Controvery”) with Worthington C. Ford, President of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

When Herbert Hoover assumed the direction of the wide-reaching operation of Belgian relief, Adams called to his attention the importance of preserving all the significant records of his administration. From this correspondence arose the project a War Library. Professor Adams directed the acquisition of materials throughout Europe after the war; these papers formed the original collections in the new Hoover War Library (later renamed the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace).

Adams died of pneumonia on September 1, 1930.

(Taken in part from Payson Treat's “A Tribute to Friend and Scholar,” Stanford Illustrated Review, 10/30)

Scope and Content Note

The E.D. Adams Papers, dating from 1730 to 1931 (1900-1931 bulk), include correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of some of Adams' writings, research materials, and a small amount of Stanford administrative records. The correspondence is arranged chronologically, but the letters for the years 1929 and 1930 are arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

The Adams papers contain a substantial amount of correspondence concerning the Stanford History Department and the Hoover War Library. Adams' correspondence with Hoover touches on other university matters also, such as the tenure system and the Stanford Union.

The Adams papers also include correspondence pertaining to the establishment of the National Archives (J. Franklin Jameson).

E.D. Adams was collaborating with Charles Francis Adams, Jr., on The Life of Charles Francis Adams, Sr. at the time of C.F. Adams, Jr. 's death in 1915. When E.D. Adams used some of the research materials gathered for this biography in his work Great Britain and the American Civil War it led to a major controversy (here called the “Ford Controversy”) with Worthington C. Ford, President of the Massachusetts Historical Society. E.D. Adam's documentation of this dispute has been separated into its own series, the “Ford Controversy.”

Major correspondents include the following: Charles Francis Adams, Jr.Nina AlmondAmerican Historical AssociationMax FarrandWorthington C. FordHerbert C. HooverLou Henry HooverJ. Franklin JamesonH. Barrett LearnedSir charles LucasRalph LutzEdgar E. RobinsonLady Agatha RussellRay Lyman WilburFrederick Jackson Turner

Outline of Arrangement

Correspondence Boxes 1 - 2

Publications Boxes 3 - 7

Ford Controversy Boxes7 - 8

Miscellaneous Box 8

Administrative Records Box 9

Container ListCorrespondence, 1900-1930111900-1907121908131909-191014191115Jan.-Oct. 191216Nov.-Dec. 191217191318Jan.-Sept. 191419Oct.-Dec. 1914110Jan.-June 1915111July-Dec. 1915112191611319171141918-1920211921-1922221923231924241925251926261927-1928271929A-H281929J-P291929R-W2101930A-B2111930C-G2121930H2131930H-J2141930M-R2151930S-W216UndatedPublicationsOur United States of America 31Outline of story,manuscript and typescript32Chapter 1,ms. and typescript33Chapter 2,ms. and typescript34Chapter 3,typescript35Chapter 4,ms. and typescript36Chapter 5,ms. and typescript37Chapter 6,ms. and typescript38Chapter 7,ms. and typescript39Chapter 8,ms. and typescript310Chapter 9,ms. and typescript311Chapter 10,ms. and typescript312Chapter 11,ms. and typescript313Chapter 12,ms. and typescript41Chapter 13,ms. and typescript42Chapter 14,ms. and typescript43Chapter 15,ms. and typescript44Chapter 16,ms. and typescript45Chapter 17,ms. and typescript46Chapter 18,ms. and typescript47Chapter 19,ms. and typescript48Chapter 20,ms. and typescript49Chapter 21,ms. and typescript410Chapter 22,ms. and typescript411Chapter 23,ms. and typescript412Chapter 24,ms. and typescript413Chapter 25,ms. and typescript414Chapter 26,ms. and typescript415Chapter 27,ms. and typescript51Chapter 28,ms. and typescript52Chapter 29,ms. and typescript53Chapter 30,ms.54Chapter 31,ms. and typescript55Teacher's Manual56Teacher's Manual57Teacher's Manual58Notes, manual of illustrations59Notes, manual of illustrationsGreat Britain and the American Civil War 510Vol. I, galley511Vol. II, galley512Notes513Illustrations514Reviews6vol. 1Part I,typescript [bound]6vol. 2Part II,typescript [bound]6vol. 3Part III,typescript [bound]Life of Charles Francis Adams 71Vol. I, editing notes72Vol. II, chapters 1, 373Vol. II, chapters 7, 16, 1774Vol. II, chapters 18, 1975Vol. II, chapter 2076Vol. II, chapter 2177Vol. II, chapter 2278Vol. II, chapter 23, 2479Correspondence with Charles Francis Adams, Jan.-Mar. 1914710Correspondence with Charles Francis Adams, Apr.-Jun. 1914711Correspondence with Charles Francis Adams, Jul.-Dec. 1914712Why We Are at War With Germany, c. 1917Ford Controversy713Correspondence with Learned and Jameson, 1925714Material sent to Learned and Jameson from Adams715Correspondence re the question of “collaboration” and “pledge” to Charles Francis Adams, c. 1913-1915716Analysis of correspondence with Charles Francis Adams and Worthington C. Ford on The Life of Charles Francis Adams 81Research materials used for The Life of Charles Francis Adams held by E.D. Adams82“Lange's Biographical Notes” used by Adams for The Life of Charles Francis Adams Miscellaneous83Bibliography of Adams' writings84A Collection of Letters of Ephraim and Elisabeth Douglass Adams. Section 3. Edited by James Douglass Adams. Iowa Historical Society, 1979.85A Collection of Letters of Ephraim and Elisabeth Douglass Adams. Section 4. Edited by James Douglass Adams. Iowa Historical Society, 1979.86Hoover, Herbert. Recollections of Herbert Hoover by E.D. Adams87Hoover, Herbert. Clippings88Lewis, Mrs. John. Diary, 1730-1775[Adams' typescript transcription]89Lecture on the Monroe Doctrine810Patrick, M.R. Diary, 15 Oct. 1846 - 26 March 1848 [Adams' typescript transciption]811Patrick, M.R. Diary, Jan. - 31 May 1862812Patrick, M.R. Diary, June - 15 Sept. 1862813Patrick, M.R. Diary, 15 Sept. - 25 Dec. 1862814Patrick, M.R. Diary, 26 Dec. 1862 - 5 May 1863815“A Personal Reaction to the Great War”, n.d.816Notes, miscellaneous817Notes, miscellaneous818Reviews: - Autobiography of Charles Francis Adams, Jr. Reviews - Rivalry of the United States and Great Britain over Latin America by J.F. Rippy819Will, 1907Administrative Records91Faculty and Council Rules, Admissions requirements [also includes Adams' book list]92“Suggested Plan of Policy for the Reorganization and Development of Stanford University,” 1909