Paul M. Hodgson papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 1008

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Dr. Paul M. Hodgson worked as an Associate Professor of Agricultural Education at the University of Delaware from 1947-1959. He served as Delaware Assistant State Superintendent for Instructional Services in 1968, and then as Special Assistant to the Superintendent of Public Instruction until his retirement in 1972. Throughout his career, he advocated for vocational-technical high schools throughout the state of Delaware. Paul M. Hodgson Vocational-Technical High School is named in his honor. This collection consists of information on vocational-technical high schools throughout Delaware, correspondence, booklets and pamphlets, academic journals on education, personal paper ephemera such as holiday cards and RSVPs, school handbooks, school newsletters, reports, studies, educational directories, and a Memory Book from 1972 celebrating Hodgson's retirement.

Dates

Creation: 1926-1929, 1946-1991

Creator

Hodgson, Paul M., 1905-1992 (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials entirely in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library, https://library.udel.edu/static/purl.php?askspec

Extent

1.5 linear foot (4 boxes)

Metadata Rights Declarations

License: This record is made available under an Attribution 4.0 International Creative Commons license.

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Paul M. Hodgson, January 1991.

Permalink

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Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed, which means material has not been organized or housed archivally, and is still in the order and condition in which it was received. This preliminary collection description was created by Jessica Thelen, based on a survey conducted in June 2022.