Fred Eugene Leonard Papers, 1821-1922 | Oberlin College Archives

By Brian A. Williams and Jeanel Beard

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Collection Overview

Title: Fred Eugene Leonard Papers, 1821-1922

Predominant Dates:1893-1920

ID: RG 30/047

Primary Creator: Leonard, Fred Eugene (1866-1922)

Extent: 18.4 Linear Feet

Arrangement:

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Series 1. Correspondence, 1874-1923 (1.2 linear feet)

Primarily consists of the incoming correspondence received by Fred E. Leonard, both personal and professional. Correspondence includes courtship letters and subsequent letters written by Leonard to his wife Bertha M. Hopkins between 1907 and 1921, and Bertha's letters to Fred from 1912 to 1920. Family correspondence from Leonard's grandfather, parents, and siblings dating from 1878 to 1903 is located here along with general correspondence. Leonard's professional correspondence illustrates his important role as a pioneer and historian of the physical education movement. Notable correspondents include Luther Halsey Gulick (1865-1918, Academy 1880-86), Frank Fanning Jewett (1844-1906), Nils Posse (1862-1905), R.A. Millikan (1868-1953, A.B. 1891, A.M. 1893), and Thomas D. Wood (1865-1951, A.B. 1888).

Series 2. Diaries and Chronology, 1866-1922 (0.8 l.f.)

Leonard was an inveterate diarist as evidenced in over thirty journals and diaries. The entries are detailed, reporting on weather, work completed, meals, and recreation. Symbols are often used to represent words in his abbreviated style, such as "\" to represent "the." A chronology written on index cards provides an exhaustive summary of where he was each year, including visits and trips. The material is arranged chronologically.

Series 3. Education and Training Records, 1882-93 (1.0 l.f.)

Contains lecture notes, student compositions, and printed programs illustrating Leonard's education. Included is material from his preparatory work at the Salt Lake Academy in Utah, and documentation of his experience as a teacher at Park City, Utah and Oxford, Idaho. Lecture notes from his medical school courses offer insight into the nature of medical training in the 1890s. The Nils Posse lecture notes indicate the influence of Posse on Leonard's thinking. Arranged chronologically.

Series 4. Instructional and Teaching Material, 1882-1922 (4.4 l.f.)

Consists of account books, administrative files, lecture notes, and lantern slides with index cards. The majority of the documentation pertains to his work as professor of hygiene and physical education, and is comprised of files of background articles, notes, some lecture outlines, and lantern slides which accompanied his presentations. Interest in physical education at peer institutions is evidenced in the large number of catalogs and bulletins from other schools. Arranged in four alphabetical subseries: 1. Account and Attendance Books; 2. Administrative Files, 3. Lecture Notes, and 4. Lantern Slides and Index Cards.

Series 5. Professional Associations, 1886-1922 (1.2 l.f.)

Consists of records and minutes of the numerous professional associations to which Leonard belonged. Primarily physical education societies, the files serve to underscore his importance to the field of Physical education. Included are records of the Ohio Physical Education Association which he helped organize in 1895. Arranged alphabetically by name of association.

Series 6. Writings and Research Material, 1821-1932, 1947 (7.9 l.f.)

The materials in this series, which comprise the bulk of Leonard's research are arranged on the basis of his major works, Pioneers of Modern Physical Training, and Guide to the History of Physical Education. The documentation consists of magazine articles collected by Leonard, his handwritten notes, bibliographic notes, and original items such as an 1822 catalog from Alden Partridge's (1785-1854) military academy, and correspondence and signatures from early pioneers, including an 1821 letter from Partridge, and an undated item from Dio Lewis (1823-1886). (These files have been greatly disorganized since their creation, so the researcher is advised that files on a particular subject or person may be found in more than one location in the files. To the extent possible, this has been minimized.)

Series 7. Miscellany and Ephemera, 1880-1920 (1.4 l.f.)

Contains various and sundry items collected or created by Leonard. Included are diplomas and certificates, geological survey maps of Ohio and Yellowstone Park, The Prohibition Songster, 1886, childhood drawings and humor, receipts, passport documents from European travel as well as miscellaneous European concert programs.

Series 8. Photographs, 1889-1920 (0.4 linear feet)

Consists of Bertha Hopkins Leonard's college photo album c.1902, miscellaneous portraits of Fred Leonard, and photographs from camping trips to North Dakota (c.1913) and Yellowstone Park (1906). These items may have come from his brother Arthur Gray Leonard, as they contain notes in his hand on the reverse side. Miscellaneous and unidentified photographs round out the collection.

Date Acquired: 07/13/1970. More info below under Accruals.

Forms of Material: certificates, diaries, diplomas, drawings (visual works), instructional materials, lecture notes, letters (correspondence), manuscripts, maps, music, photographs - lantern slides, photographs - photographic prints, poems, programs (documents), publications, records (documents), research (document genres), scrapbooks

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consisting of both the personal and professional papers generated and gathered in the course of his life, the Fred Eugene collection documents the life of a man raised in the American West with a strong appreciation for natural history and biology. He subsequently traded in these interests for a career in physical education. The papers reflect his education in the West, at Oberlin College, and at The College of Physicians and Surgeons. Leonard used his education, particularly his medical degree to provide legitimacy for the burgeoning physical education movement in American colleges and universities. The voluminous research files--compiled while working on the history of physical education--chronicle the development of physical education and ultimately foretell Leonard's role as an innovator and renown expert on the history and theory of physical education. The collection is organized around eight record series: 1. Correspondence; 2. Diaries and Chronology; 3. Education and Training Records; 4. Instructional and Teaching Material; 5. Professional Associations; 6. Writings and Research Material; 7. Miscellany and Ephemera; and 8. Photographs.

Both personal and professional correspondence is included in Series 1. The bulk of the correspondence is incoming, although Leonard's correspondence with his wife consists of outgoing letters. Other members of his family are represented including his maternal grandfather, both parents, and his siblings. His professional correspondence is interspersed with the names of giants in the field of physical education, including Dudley Allen Sargent (1849-1924), Thomas D. Wood (1865-1951, A.B. 1888), Luther Halsey Gulick (1868-1918, Academy 1880-86, and brother of Mrs. Frank Fanning Jewett), and Nils Posse (1862-1905). A portion of his professional correspondence consists of replies to biographical queries sent to these men.

A rich picture of the man appears through his numerous diaries and journals in which are meticulously recorded all dates and events in his life. A chronological index describes where he was during any given year. The chronology is fleshed out by his diary entries which chronicle his training, travel and study. Some genealogical information regarding his parentage is included within his chronology. The thirty diaries span from his days in Utah up to his death in 1922.

A portrait of Leonard's education and career preparation emerges through his student compositions and lecture notes. His early years are outlined in records of the Agassiz Association he helped form, and records of his preparatory work at the Salt Lake Academy in Utah, and his early teaching positions in Park City, Utah, and Oxford, Idaho. His student compositions belie his interests in history and botany, and demonstrate his sharp intellect, evident at an early age. The richest records are his lecture notes, taken at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. These notes, complete with his illustrations, offer tremendous insight into the nature of medical science in 1890. Lecture notes from work taken under Nils Posse suggests the influence that this work had on his later career.

Instructional and teaching records document his pedagogical methodology at Oberlin College, where he began instruction while still a student in the late 1880s. Included are account books and attendance records, which record all the names of his pupils as well as indicating what exercises were completed and attempted. Anthropometric study guides and records underscore the predominant mindset of the time toward physical education and fitness. An extensive collection of catalogs and bulletins from other colleges serves to illustrate the pioneering role taken by Oberlin College in regard to peer institutions. Leonard's lecture notes contain a mixture of historic material, including magazine articles and booklets, as well as his handwritten notes and occasional outlines. Lecture topics include such subjects as "air," "nutrition," "hygiene," and "communicable diseases." Lantern slides of gymnasiums, equipments, and pioneers in the field used to accompany his lectures and presentations are also included among his teaching files.

Related to his teaching files are his records from professional associations. The majority of the professional associations pertain to physical education, although associations such as the National Education Association can be found here as well. The most interesting records are found in the files of the Ohio Physical Education Association, a body which he help to create in 1895.

Quantity-wise, the bulk of the collection is comprised of his research files used to produce his frequent articles and publications. The research files are centered around his two major publications, Pioneers of Modern Physical Education (1915), and Guide to the History of Physical Education (1923). Approximating the table of contents of each work, these files document the thorough method in which Leonard conducted research. His voluminous handwritten notes attest to wide exposure to physical education literature in multiple languages. Included among his notes are many original source materials such as early catalogs and articles from medical journals and popular periodicals of the day. Several of his published articles as well as a proof of his Guide precede his research files. Also included are some of the illustrations used in his publications.

The remainder of the collection consists of photographs and miscellany which documents Leonard's numerous interests. Included are photographs and records of his camping trips (his diary for the corresponding period should be cross referenced), maps, and drawings which indicate a fair degree of artistic ability.

Collection Historical Note

Fred Eugene Leonard (1866-1922) was the son of Congregational minister Delavan L. Leonard (1834-1917) and Mary Louise Raymond (1838-1902). His father's occupation took the family to Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, Utah and Ohio. Fred gained a love of the outdoors and natural science while on camping trips with his father and brother (Arthur Gray Leonard 1865-1932, A.B. 1889). In 1882 he organized a chapter of the Agassiz Association, the purpose of which was to "collect, preserve, and study natural objects." He prepared for college at the Salt Lake Academy in Utah, and graduated as the class valedictorian. After teaching in Park City, Utah and Oxford, Idaho, he came to Oberlin with his brother Arthur in 1885. There he was formally exposed to physical education, serving as director of the men's gymnasium under the direction of Dr. Delphine Hanna (1854-1941). He graduated from Oberlin College Phi Beta Kappa in 1889, and earned the M.D. degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in 1892. Upon completion of his medical course he returned to Oberlin as professor of physiology (later hygiene and physical education) and director of the men's gymnasium, a position he held for thirty years. (He also served as the registrar from 1893-1900.) Leonard was instrumental in making physical education a legitimate part of the educational experience, and succeeded in having academic credit granted for physical education on the same basis as laboratory courses. He also helped to design Warner Gymnasium, built in 1900.

Leonard was a student of gymnasiums and gymnastic systems throughout the world. He studied abroad in 1900-01 and again in 1913, touring European gymnasiums. His travels exposed him to the developing systems of German and Swedish gymnastics, and allowed him to work with and study under many of the pioneers in the emerging field of physical training, including Baron Nils Posse (1862-1895), Luther Halsey Gulick (1865-1918), and Dudley Allen Sargent (1849-1924). Leonard also attended and taught at numerous physical education summer schools. He was a Chautauqua lecturer, and a special lecturer in the Harvard and Columbia University summer sessions. He was widely known as a contributor to educational journals, and was active in professional societies, helping to found the Ohio Physical Education Society in 1895. He was the author of Pioneers of Modern Physical Training, (1915) and Guide to the History of Physical Education, (1923). He was generally regarded by his peers as the first authority in this country on the history of physical education.

Leonard was also an active member of the Oberlin community. He was president of the Oberlin Hospital Association, a member of the Board of Education, chairman of the Oberlin Community Chest, and an advocate of temperance. In 1908 he married Bertha M. Hopkins (1879-1944, A.M. 1904), who taught women's physical education at Oberlin from 1925 to 1937, and supervised physical education for girls at Oberlin High School. The couple had three children: Robert Hopkins (b. 1911), Margaret Hopkins (b. 1914) and Barbara Hopkins Leonard (1916-2004).

Administrative Information

Repository: Oberlin College Archives

Accruals: Accession Nos: 112, 216, 235, 1978/10, 1978/22, 1979/12, 1991/42, 1991/49, 1993/103.

Access Restrictions: Unrestricted.

Acquisition Method:

The Fred E. Leonard papers were received by the Oberlin College Archives in several installments, from both the physical education department and his daughter Margaret Leonard. At one point custody for the bulk of the collection was taken by professor Daniel Kinsey to prevent its loss or dispersion, and for his use in compiling an athletic history. The records acquired by Kinsey were given to the archives in three segments by his widow. Owing to these factors, the collection no longer retained much of its original integrity. To the extent possible, the arrangement of this collection attempts to recreate some of that order, while making the collection accessible to research. The nucleus of the collection has been organized around the chapters of his most prominent work, Guide to the History of Physical Education. This represents the focus of his effort, and the corpus of the collection.

Several Leonard family pieces were added to the collection over the years, and merely inserted in the existing Fred E. Leonard collection. During the rearrangement of the records in June 1991, separate collections in record group 30 were made for the diaries and compositions of Kate Bowne Leonard (30/224), the scrapbooks and writings of Delavan Levant Leonard (30/223), and the World War I ambulance corps records of Walter L. Hopkins (30/220).

Related Materials:

For related materials containing correspondence from Fred E. Leonard the researcher is advised to consult the following collections: James Harris Fairchild (2/3); Henry Churchill King (2/6); and George Frederick Wright (30/21). For material related to his professional career see the Office of the Secretary (5); and the Department of Physical Education (9). Biographical material can be located in record group (28), former students, faculty, staff and trustees. A 1959 Ohio State University M.A. thesis on the life and times of Fred E. Leonard is housed in the collection of Oberlin professor and coach Frederick D. Shults (30/195).

Artifacts associated with Leonard can be found in Museum Items (35). Included are two of his Indian clubs and a straight edge razor.

Finding Aid Revision History: Processed by Brian A. Williams, assisted by Jeanel Beard, June 1991. Updated 3 March 1992, 28 June 1996.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series I: Correspondence],
[Series II: Diaries and Chronology, 1866-1922],
[Series III: Education and Training Records, 1892-1893, undated],
[Series IV: Instructional and Teaching Material, 1888-1922],
[Series V: Professional Associations, 1886-1922],
[Series VI: Writings and Research Material, 1821-1932],
[Series VII: Miscellany and Ephemera, 1880-1920],
[Series VIII: Photographs, 1889-1920],
[All]

Series I: Correspondence

Box 1

Subseries 1: Courtship Correspondence, 1907-1921

Folder 1: Fred E. Leonard to Bertha M. Hopkins, 1907-1921
Folder 2: Fred E. Leonard to Bertha M. Hopkins, 1907-1921
Folder 3: Fred E. Leonard to Bertha M. Hopkins, 1907-1921
Folder 4: Fred E. Leonard to Bertha M. Hopkins, 1907-1921
Folder 5: Fred E. Leonard to Bertha M. Hopkins, 1907-1921
Folder 6: Fred E. Leonard to Bertha M. Hopkins, 1907-1921
Folder 7: Fred E. Leonard to Bertha M. Hopkins, 1907-1921
Folder 8: Fred E. Leonard to Bertha M. Hopkins, 1907-1921
Folder 9: Fred E. Leonard to Bertha M. Hopkins, 1907-1921
Folder 10: Fred E. Leonard to Bertha M. Hopkins, 1907-1921
Folder 11: Fred E. Leonard to Bertha M. Hopkins, 1907-1921
Folder 12: Fred E. Leonard to Bertha M. Hopkins, 1907-1921
Folder 13: Bertha M. Hopkins to Fred E. Leonard, 1912-1920
Folder 14: Bertha M. Hopkins to Fred E. Leonard, 1912-1920

Box 2

Subseries 2: Family Correspondence, 1878-1928

Folder 1: S.W. Raymond to Fred E. and Arthur Leonard, 1878-1882
Folder 2: Delavan and Mary Raymond Leonard to Fred E. Leonard, 1882-1898
Folder 3: Fred and Arthur Leonard to Mary Raymond Leonard, 1879-1880
Folder 4: Arthur Leonard to Fred E. Leonard, 1884-1903
Folder 5: Arthur Leonard to Fred E. Leonard, 1884-1903
Folder 6: Arthur Leonard to Fred E. Leonard, 1884-1903
Series 7: Ella Leonard to Fred E. Leonard, 1893-1903
Folder 8: Kate Leonard to Fred E. Leonard, 1885-1903
Folder 9: Letters Received by Bertha Hopkins Leonard, 1906-1928

Box 3

Subseries 3: General Correspondence, 1874-1921

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1874-1921
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1874-1921
Folder 3: China Correspondence, 1911-1922

Subseries 4: Professional Correspondence, 1890-1923

Folder 1: Jakob Bolin, 1896-1914
Folder 2: Hans Bollin, 1895-1896
Folder 3: Edward M. Hartwell, 1903-1923
Folder 4: Luther Halsey Gulick, 1907-1910
Folder 5: Frank Fanning Jewett, 1890-1891
Folder 6: R. Tait McKenzie, 1918-1922
Folder 7: R.A. and A.F. Millikan, 1889-1894
Folder 8: Hartvig Nissen, 1906-1920
Folder 9: Nils and Rose Posse, 1893-1912
Folder 10: Dudley Allen Sargent, 1909-1922
Folder 11: William A. Stecher, 1904-1919
Folder 12: John Thorsson, 1915-1916: Swedish Delegation
Folder 13: Thomas G. Wood, 1906-1907
Folder 14: Carl Zapp, 1896-1900
Folder 15: Carl Ziegler, 1895-1912

Series II: Diaries and Chronology, 1866-1922

Box 1

Folder 1: Chronological Record of Fred E. Leonard, 1866-1915, Copy, undated
Item 1: Diaries and Journals, 1875-1896
Item 2: Diaries and Journals, 1875-1896
Item 3: Diaries and Journals, 1875-1896
Item 4: Diaries and Journals, 1875-1896
Item 5: Diaries and Journals, 1875-1896
Item 6: Diaries and Journals, 1875-1896
Item 7: Diaries and Journals, 1875-1896
Item 8: Diaries and Journals, 1875-1896
Item 9: Diaries and Journals, 1875-1896
Item 10: Diaries and Journals, 1875-1896
Item 11: Diaries and Journals, 1875-1896
Item 12: Diaries and Journals, 1875-1896
Item 13: Diaries and Journals, 1875-1896
Item 14: Diaries and Journals, 1875-1896
Item 15: Diaries and Journals, 1875-1896
Item 16: Diaries and Journals, 1875-1896

Box 2

Item 1: Diaries and Journals, 1898-1922
Item 2: Diaries and Journals, 1898-1922
Item 3: Diaries and Journals, 1898-1922
Item 4: Diaries and Journals, 1898-1922
Item 5: Diaries and Journals, 1898-1922
Item 6: Diaries and Journals, 1898-1922
Item 7: Diaries and Journals, 1898-1922
Item 8: Diaries and Journals, 1898-1922
Item 9: Diaries and Journals, 1898-1922
Item 10: Diaries and Journals, 1898-1922
Item 11: Diaries and Journals, 1898-1922
Item 12: Diaries and Journals, 1898-1922
Item 13: Diaries and Journals, 1898-1922
Item 14: Diaries and Journals, 1898-1922
Item 15: Diaries and Journals, 1898-1922
Item 16: Diaries and Journals, 1898-1922
Item 17: Diaries and Journals, 1898-1922
Item 18: Diaries and Journals, 1898-1922

Series III: Education and Training Records, 1892-1893, undated

Box 1

Folder 1: Agassiz Association, 1882-1885: Includes minutes.
Folder 2: Agassiz Association, 1882-1885: Includes minutes.
Folder 3: Agassiz Association, 1882-1885: Includes minutes.
Folder 4: Agassiz Association, 1882-1885: Includes minutes.
Folder 5: Agassiz Association, 1882-1885: Includes minutes.

Box 2

Folder 1: Salt Lake Academy, 1882-1895
Folder 2: Park City, Utah, 1884-1885: Trained as a teacher.
Folder 3: Oxford, Idaho, 1885: Trained as a teacher.
Folder 4: Oberlin College, 1885-1889
Folder 5: Compositions and Writings, 1883-1889, undated
Folder 6: Compositions and Writings, 1883-1889, undated

Box 3

Folder 1: Miscellaneous Notes, 1884-1890
Folder 2: Gymnasium Work in Springfield, MA, 1888: R.J. Roberts
Folder 3: Mr. Moody's Summer School for Bible Study for College Students, Northfield, MA, 1888
Folder 4: College of Physicians and Surgeons Notes, Anatomy Notebook, ca. 1890-1891
Folder 5: College of Physicians and Surgeons Notes, Medical Chemistry Notebook, ca. 1890
Folder 6: College of Physicians and Surgeons Notes, Physiology Notebook, ca. 1890
Folder 7: Nils Posse Lecture Notes, 1893

Series IV: Instructional and Teaching Material, 1888-1922

Box 1

Subseries 1: Account and Attendance Books

Folder 1: Grade Books, 1915-1922: Restricted.
Folder 2: Grade Books, 1915-1922: Restricted.
Folder 3: Grade Books, 1915-1922: Restricted.
Folder 4: Grade Books, 1915-1922: Restricted.
Folder 5: Grade Books, 1915-1922: Restricted.
Folder 6: Grade Books, 1915-1922: Restricted.
Folder 7: Grade Books, 1915-1922: Restricted.
Folder 8: Grade Books, 1915-1922: Restricted.
Folder 9: Grade Books, 1915-1922: Restricted.
Folder 10: Grade Books, 1915-1922: Restricted.
Folder 11: Grade Books, 1915-1922: Restricted.
Folder 12: Grade Books, 1915-1922: Restricted.
Folder 13: Grade Books, 1915-1922: Restricted.
Folder 14: Grade Books, 1915-1922: Restricted.
Item 15: Gymnasium Account and Attendance Books, 1900-1914
Item 16: Gymnasium Account and Attendance Books, 1900-1914
Item 17: Gymnasium Record Books, 1888-1914
Item 18: Gymnasium Record Books, 1888-1914
Item 19: Gymnasium Record Books, 1888-1914
Item 20: Gymnasium Record Books, 1888-1914
Item 21: Gymnasium Record Books, 1888-1914
Item 22: Gymnasium Record Books, 1888-1914
Item 23: Gymnasium Roll Books, 1892-1899
Item 24: Gymnasium Roll Books, 1892-1899
Item 25: Gymnasium Roll Books, 1892-1899
Item 26: Gymnasium Roll Books, 1892-1899
Item 27: Gymnasium Roll Books, 1892-1899

Box 2

Subseries 2: Administrative Files

Folder 1: Anthropometric Studies, 1890-1916
Folder 2: Anthropometric Studies, 1890-1916
Folder 3: Anthropometric Studies, 1890-1916
Folder 4: Anthropometric Studies, 1890-1916
Folder 5: Anthropometric Studies, 1890-1916
Folder 6: Anthropometric Studies, 1890-1916
Folder 7: Anthropometric Studies, 1890-1916
Folder 8: Anthropometric Studies, 1890-1916
Folder 9: Anthropometric Studies, 1890-1916
Folder 10: Anthropometric Studies, 1890-1916
Folder 11: Chautauqua, 1891-1896
Folder 12: Harvard Summer School of Physical Training, 1889-1913

Box 3

Subseries 2: Administrative Files

Folder 1: Alpha Zeta, 1902
Folder 2: Department of Hygiene and Physical Education, 1915-1922
Folder 3: New Gymnasium, 1919-1921
Folder 4: Oberlin College Physical Trianing, 1887-1908
Folder 5: Oberlin College Physical Trianing, 1887-1908
Folder 6: Oberlin Community Chest, 1920-1921
Folder 7: Oberlin Public Health Officer, 1917-1919
Folder 8: Phi Beta Kappa, 1920
Folder 9: University of Michigan, 1912
Folder 10: Warner Gymnasium, 1902-1912

Box 4

Subseries 2: Administrative Files

Item 1: Catalogs, Physical Training at Other Colleges, 1890-1922

Box 5

Subseries 2: Administrative Files

Item 1: Articles, Physical Training at Other Colleges, 1892-1920

Box 6

Subseries 3: Lecture Notes

Folder 1: Aims and Scope of Physical Education, 1887-1919: Includes outline and draft of article of the same title.
Folder 2: Air, undated
Folder 3: Baths, undated
Folder 4: Botulism, 1920
Folder 5: Calisthenics, undated
Folder 6: Causes of Diseases, 1918
Folder 7: Clothing, 1882-1901
Folder 8: Clothing, 1882-1901
Folder 9: Communicable Diseases, 1917-1920
Folder 10: Encephalitis, 1919
Folder 11: Fatigue, 1910, undated
Folder 12: Fencing, undated
Folder 13: Food, 1910-1922
Folder 14: French Fever, 1918-1919
Folder 15: Hygiene, 1898-1921
Folder 16: Hygiene, 1898-1921
Folder 17: Hygiene, 1898-1921
Folder 18: Hygiene, 1898-1921

Box 7

Subseries 3: Lecture Notes

Folder 1: Hygiene, 1886-1919: Includes student papers.
Folder 2: Hygiene, 1886-1919: Includes student papers.
Folder 3: Hygiene, 1886-1919: Includes student papers.
Folder 4: Industrial Hygiene, 1910-1919
Folder 5: Influenza, 1918-1919
Folder 6: Malaria, 1916-1919
Folder 7: Military Training, 1902-1918
Folder 8: Muscle and Nerve, undated
Folder 9: Nutrition, undated
Folder 10: Physical Education and General Education, 1893-1909, undated
Folder 11: Physiology of General Exercise, undated
Folder 12: Plague, ca. 1920
Folder 13: Principals of Physical Education, ca. 1919-1922

Box 8

Subseries 3: Lecture Notes

Folder 1: Public Health Agencies, 1918-1919
Folder 2: Public Health Hygiene, 1896-1920
Folder 3: Public Health Campaign, 1915-1918
Folder 4: Respiration and Circulation, undated
Folder 5: Respiration Calorimeter, undated
Folder 6: Rural Hygiene, 1919
Folder 7: Smallpox, undated
Folder 8: Stimulants and Narcotics, 1904-1918
Folder 9: Student Army Training Corps (SATC) Health, 1918
Folder 10: Typhoid Fever, 1919-1920
Folder 11: Venereal Diseases, 1918-1920
Folder 12: Vital Statistics, 1918-1919
Folder 13: Water and Air, 1895-1918
Folder 14: Water Supplies, undated
Folder 15: Work and Rest, 1887-1919
Folder 16: Work and Rest, 1887-1919
Folder 17: Yellow Fever, 1917-1920

Box 9

Subseries 4: Lantern Slides and Index Cards

Item 1: Latern Slides, Gymnasiums and Pioneers, ca. 1918

Box 10

Subseries 4: Lantern Slides and Index Cards

Item 1: Lantern Slides, Gymnasiums and Pioneers, ca. 1918

Box 11

Subseries 4: Lantern Slides and Index Cards

Item 1: Lantern Slides, Water Diseases and Warner Gym, ca. 1918

Box 12

Subseries 4: Lantern Slides and Index Cards

Folder 1: Partial Index to Lantern Slides, ca. 1918

Series V: Professional Associations, 1886-1922

Box 1

Folder 1: Academy of Physical Education, 1906-1910
Folder 2: American Physical Education Association, 1886-1921
Folder 3: American Student Health Association, 1920-1922
Folder 4: Association of Directors of Physical Education for Women, 1919-1921
Folder 5: Intercollegiate Athletic Association, 1905-1921
Folder 6: Intercollegiate Athletic Association, 1905-1921
Folder 7: National Education Association, 1891-1913
Folder 8: North American Gymnastic Union, 1892-1921
Folder 9: Northeast Ohio Physical Education Society, 1917-1920
Folder 10: Ohio Physical Education Association, 1895-1920
Folder 11: Ohio Physical Education Association, 1895-1920
Folder 12: Ohio Physical Education Association, 1895-1920
Folder 13: Ohio Physical Education Association, 1895-1920
Folder 14: Ohio Physical Education Organizations, 1896-1910
Folder 15: Other Physical Education Societies/Organizations, 1891-1921
Folder 16: Society for Research in Physical Education, 1903-1907
Folder 17: Society of Directors of Physical Education in Colleges, 1898-1921
Folder 18: Society of Directors of Physical Education in Colleges, 1898-1921
Folder 19: Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), 1892-1920
Folder 20: Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), 1892-1920
Folder 21: Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), 1892-1920
Folder 22: YMCA Athletic League, 1896-1905
Folder 23: YMCA Athletic League, 1896-1905
Folder 24: YMCA Athletic League, 1896-1905
Folder 25: YMCA Athletic Research Society, 1922

Series VI: Writings and Research Material, 1821-1932

Box 1

Subseries 1: Writings of Fred E. Leonard

Folder 1: Writings, 1889-1947, undated: Originals and off-prints.
Folder 2: Writings, 1889-1947, undated: Originals and off-prints.
Folder 3: Writings, 1889-1947, undated: Originals and off-prints.
Folder 4: Writings, 1889-1947, undated: Originals and off-prints.
Folder 5: Writings, 1889-1947, undated: Originals and off-prints.

Box 2

Subseries 2: Pioneers of Modern Physical Education Training Research Files

Folder 1: Original Correspondence from Physical Education Pioneers, 1821-1856, undated: Includes Charles Beck (1856); Catherine Beecher (1854); Alden Partridge (1821); and Dio Lewis (undated).

Box 3

Subseries 2: Pioneers of Modern Physical Education Training Research Files

Folder 1: Johann Cristoph Friedrich GutsMuths, undated
Folder 2: Franz Nachtegall, undated: See subseries 3, box 9.
Folder 3: Pehr Henrik Ling, undated: See subseries 3, box 7
Folder 4: Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, undated: See subseries 3, box 6.
Folder 5: Francisco Amoros, 1843-1913, undated
Folder 6: Phokion Heinrich Clias, undated
Folder 7: Adolf Speiss, undated: See subseries 3, box 6.
Folder 8: Hjalmar Ling, undated: See subseries 3, box 8.
Folder 9: Charles Follen, 1909: See subseries 3, box 10.
Folder 10: Charles Beck, 1909: See subseries 3, box 10.
Folder 11: Francis Lieber, 1909: See subseries 3, box 10.
Folder 12: Dio Lewis, undated: See subseries 3, box 10.
Folder 13: Dr. Edward Hitchcock, undated: See subseries 3, box 11.
Folder 14: Dr. Dudley Allen Sargent, undated: See subseries 3, box 12.
Folder 15: George Brosius, 1911
Folder 16: Carl Betz, 1903-1914
Folder 17: Robert J. Roberts, undated: See subseries 3, box 14.
Folder 18: Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick, undated: See subseries 3, box 14.
Folder 19: Baron Nils Posse, undated: See also subseries 3, box 15.
Folder 20: Dr. Edward Mussey Hartwell, 1887-1892: See also subseries 3, box 15.

Box 4