Charles Elmer Gehlke papers, 1908-1963

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Series I: Charles Elmer Gehlke papers, 1908-1963



Box 1 Giddings, Franklin H., 1917 September 12


Box 1 Giddings, Franklin H., 1918 August 25

Includes a letter of recommendation or character reference address to F.P. Kepple. Since Gehlke cannot serve ("has been rejected for military service"), Giddings writes about Gehlke's skills (statistitian) and character (loyal).


Box 1 Correspondence concerning Emile Durkheim and Franklin H. Giddings, 1913-1926

Note attached says: "Two letters from my husband to his parents since one indicates he had an appointment to see M. Durkheim and the other verifies the fact that the appointment was kept."


Box 1 Reviews of Gehlke's thesis on Durkheim, 1915-1917


Box 1 Printed materials by and about Franklin H. Giddings, 1910-1931

Journal offprints and hardcover volume of Pagan Poems


Box 1 Photographs of Franklin H. Giddings, undated


Box 1 Photograph of the FHG Club, circa 1911

Note on back states: "I believe that this is a photograph of the FHG Club. Mr. Gehlke is in the back row, fourth from the left. Helen H. Gehlke, 9/17/1969" The FHG Club met regularly at Franklin H. Gidding's home.


Box 1 Manuscripts and typescripts, circa 1935

Includes a review of George Simpson's translation of Emile Durkheim's On the Division of Labor in Society, sent to the Columbia Law Review in 1935.


Box 1 Printed materials, 1908-1963

Includes "Expose des Titres de Emile Durkheim" with Durkheim's annotations. Note says "Revised by Professor Durkheim Sept. 1913 and sent to C.E. Gehlke at that time." There are also Columbia materials: Gelhke's Faculty of Political Science Registration Book, with his courses completed and the signatures of the instructors, 1908-1911; Gymnasium Manual and a form with the "Average Measurements of 790 Columbia students, 17, 18 and 19 Years Old" and Gehlke's measurements filled in, 1908; brochure of scholarships awarded in 1908-1909; annual commencement program, 1914; and a questionnaire sent out to Sociology students as part of a dissertation research (completed but not mailed in), 1963.