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M. L. Cushman Papers, 1911-1980
Collection Overview
Title: M. L. Cushman Papers, 1911-1980
ID: OGLMC488
Primary Creator: Cushman, Martelle L. (1908-1982)
Extent: 9.75 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 07/00/1978. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Education, University of North Dakota - Faculty
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The M.L. Cushman Papers have been divided into five series:
Series 1: Associations of School Administrators
Series 2: North Dakota Educational Organizations
Series 3: Teacher Educational Organizations
Series 4: Professional Organizations
Series 5: Assorted Materials
Collection Historical Note
Martelle L. Cushman was born March 9, 1908, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In 1928, Cushman graduated from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo with a Life Teaching Certificate. He served as principal of Ellsworth High School in Ellsworth, Michigan from 1928 to 1931. He re-entered Western Michigan in 1931, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1932. He was employed as a teacher and coach at Kellogg School in Augusta, Michigan, from 1932 to 1935.
He married Florence Haas on June 20, 1933 in Kalamazoo. The couple had four children: Clifton, Cedric, Marnita, and Marlene. In 1935, he was hired as superintendent of schools in Cedarville, Michigan. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1937 with a Master of Arts. His master's thesis was titled "Natural Community School Survey of Mackinac County, Michigan." From 1938 to 1941, he was superintendent of schools in Richmond, Michigan.
He left Michigan in 1941 to attend Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1943. His doctoral dissertation was titled "An Evaluation of Rural School District Reorganization in Michigan." He served in the U.S. Army Air Force as an instructor on the B-24 bomber from August 1943 to March 1945.
He joined the faculty of Iowa State College in Ames in 1945. Directing work in rural education, he specialized in the areas of school administration, finance, and school district reorganization. He also directed the 1950 Iowa Study on School Finance in cooperation with the Iowa Department of Public Instruction. After rising to the rank of professor, he left Iowa State in 1954 to become dean of the College of Education at the University of North Dakota.
Under his leadership, the College of Education underwent a steady growth in enrollment. This growth was assisted by the reinstatement of the elementary education program in 1958. The foundation of a program in special education was undertaken in 1967, and the Northern Plains Indian Teacher Corps Program was established in 1969. Cushman also led the college through the process of receiving its first national accreditation.
Following the completion of a large-scale, statewide study on the issue of education in 1967, significant changes were made to the structure of the College of Education. An experimental college in teacher education, the New School, was established outside of the College of Education. This occurred despite reluctance from Dean Cushman and other members of the College of Education. Cushman went so far as to personally lobby the State Board of Higher Education to reject the restructuring of the College. Dr. Cushman took leave from UND in July 1972 to pursue research and writing. He formally retired the following year.
Cushman was a prodigious scholar who authored numerous articles. He was an active member of Phi Delta Kappa, an honorary education fraternity. He served as president of Phi Delta Kappa International from 1955 to 1957. He was also active in the National Educational Association, the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, and the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges.
He died November 28, 1982, in Port Charlotte, Florida.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Accruals: Additional materials were donated in 2001 (2001-2495).
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: Martelle Cushman
Acquisition Method: Donation; 78-519
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). M.L. Cushman Papers. OGLMC 488, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in June 2015.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Associations of School Administrators],
[Series 2: North Dakota Educational Organizations],
[Series 3: Teacher Educational Organizations],
[Series 4: Professional Organizations],
[Series 5: Assorted Materials],
[All]
- Series 3: Teacher Educational Organizations
- Correspondence and literature dealing with teacher educational organizations outside of North Dakota. This series includes organizational patterns, publications, and Special Committee on Teacher Education 1970-1972.
- Box 4
- Folder 11: Arizona State University
- Folder 12: Advisory Committee, Education Plans, 1972-73
- Folder 13: Teacher Education, 1972-75, Correspondence
- Folder 14: College of Education, Documents on Teacher Education, UND
- Folder 15: ERIC Clearing House on T.E.D
- Folder 16: Farmer's Union
- Folder 17: Financing Study by P.D.K. (Phi Delta Kappa)
- Folder 18: Finance of Study, Correspondence; John King, Southern Illinois University
- Folder 19: Finance, Spencer Foundation and Stone Foundation
- Folder 20: Foundations
- Folder 21: Higher Education, General
- Folder 22: Hyde, Harold, Survey of Effects of Centralized Controls on ASCU Members." 1965.
- Folder 23: Research Notes, Planning Statements, Miscellaneous
- Folder 24: Montana Structure - Proposed
- Folder 25: Miscellaneous Data, Governance of Teacher Education
- Folder 26: NASULGC - Newsletter for Teacher Educators
- Folder 27: NEA and AFT Correspondence
- Folder 28: Organizational Patterns, March 1956; Frederick, O. I.
- Folder 29: Organizational Patterns, Charlesworth Study, 1956.
- Folder 30: Organizational Patterns in Teacher Education, 1956.
- Folder 31: Organizational Patterns, N.C.A., 1957.
- Folder 32: Organizational Patterns, Roberts, Louisiana State University
- Folder 33: Organizational Patterns, Martelle Cushman, Omaha Meeting, 1957,
- Folder 34: Organizational Patterns, Sub-Committee, November 12-15, 1958, Washington, D.C.
- Folder 35: Organizational Patterns, Spencer, 1958.
- Folder 36: Organizational Patterns, Sub-Committee, 1959
- Folder 37: Organizational Patterns, Charlesworth
- Folder 38: Organizational Patterns, Sub-Committee, Correspondence
- Folder 39: Organizational Patterns, 1959-1960, Report for Chicago Meeting, February, 1960.
- Folder 40: Subcommittee on Organizational Patterns for Teacher Education, November 10- 11, 1960, Washington, D.C.
- Folder 41: Organizational Patterns, 1960 -1961
- Folder 42: Organizational Patterns, AACTE - 1961.
- Folder 43: Organizational Patterns4 1961-1964
- Folder 44: Studies Committee, AACTE; Organizational Patterns, 1957-61.
- Folder 45: Outline, Governance of Teacher Education
- Box 5
- Folder 1: Performance-Based Teacher Education
- Folder 2: Procedures, National Institute of Education
- Folder 3: Preliminary Report, A Study of American Professional Schools
- Folder 4: Publication, Allyn and Bacon
- Folder 5: Publication of M.S. plus Reviews
- Folder 6: Publication, Vantage Press
- Folder 7: Phi Delta Kappa Article, Governance of Teacher Education.
- Folder 8: Publication, Jossey-Bass, Phi Delta Kappa, ATE, AACTE
- Folder 9: Publication, Lilly Endowment, Inc.
- Folder 10: Publication, Indiana University Press
- Folder 11: Publication, Southern Illinois University Press
- Folder 12: Publication, ATE
- Folder 13: Publication by Phi Delta Kappa
- Folder 14: Report to Dean Clifford (New school controversy)
- Folder 15: Revisions Suggested, NEA, NCATE, AACTE.
- Folder 16: Revisions to Report, Second Draft
- Folder 17: Statistics, Governance of Teacher Education
- Folder 18: Study Committee, U.E.E.T., Nebraska
- Folder 19: Summaries
- Folder 20: Special Committee on Teacher Education, 1971-1972
- Folder 21: Special Committee on Teacher Education, 1970-1971
- Folder 22: UND Organizational Pattern, 1954-1960.
- Folder 23: Vermont Structure
- Folder 24: Washington, University of. Washington
- Folder 25: Wisconsin Report, Organizational Patterns, NCATE
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[Series 1: Associations of School Administrators],
[Series 2: North Dakota Educational Organizations],
[Series 3: Teacher Educational Organizations],
[Series 4: Professional Organizations],
[Series 5: Assorted Materials],
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