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Descriptive Summary Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University Herge, Henry C. Henry Curtis Herge Papers, 1942 - 1946, 1988 1000-124 Material in English 2.5 5 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Special Collections & Archives staff. Henry Curtis Herge (1907-2003) was the Commanding Officer of the Navy College Training Program at Wesleyan University, known as the V-12. Materials include items specifically related to Wesleyan's V-12 program as well as writings, research, and published works related to naval wartime training, the Navy V-12 program, naval curricula information, and higher education during wartime in general. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Copyright for Official University records is held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Henry Curtis Herge Papers, Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.

Acquisitions Information

Given by Henry Curtis Herge in 1988, 1990, and 1995.

Processing Information

Processed by Valerie Gillispie, July 2006

Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, July 2006

Biographical Note

The following is an obituary note submitted to Wesleyan University following Herge's death in 2003.

Henry Curtis Herge, 97, who served as Dean of the Rutgers University Graduate School of Education in New Brunswick, New Jersey from 1953 to 1964, died March 8, 2003 of pneumonia. He lived in Fleet Landing, a retirement community in Atlantic Beach, Florida, but he had a home in Middletown, Connecticut from 1943 to 1945.

Dr. Herge began his long career in domestic and international education in 1928 as an English instructor, school principal, and school supervisor in public school systems on Long Island, New York. During World War II, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and, subsequently, became the Commanding Officer of the Navy College Training Program at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, which graduated 6,000 Navy and Marine Corps officers between 1943 and 1945. Just after V-J Day, he became Associate Director of the American Council on Education in Washington, D.C.; and in 1946, he became State Director of Higher Education and Teacher Certification in the Connecticut State Department of Education in Hartford, Connecticut.

In 1953, Dr. Herge accepted the invitation of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, to become Dean and professor of the Graduate School of Education, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Among his other achievements, Dean Herge spearheaded the funding, design and construction of the building which today houses the Graduate School of Education. He left Rutgers in 1964 for a series of appointments with the Agency for International Development and the Organization of American States in Paraguay, Jamaica, Zambia, Malawi, and Italy, where he assisted in developing teacher training and school management curricula and programs. He returned to Rutgers as a professor in the Graduate School of Education and as the Associate Director of the Rutgers Center for International Studies. He retired in 1975.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Herge was the recipient of three degrees at New York University, a Ph.D. at Yale University, and an honorary degree at Wesleyan University. He was the author of Wartime College Training Programs of the Armed Services (1948); The College Teacher (1966); and A Taut and Salty Ship, The V-12 at Wesleyan (1991); and was the author of numerous articles in professional journals. He also served as an adjunct professor of education at Hartford University and Fairfield University, in Connecticut, and at the University of Southern California.

Survivors include his wife of twenty-six years, Alice Wolfgram Herge, of Atlantic Beach, Florida; two sons, J. Curtis Herge, of Potomac Falls, Virginia, and H. Curtis Herge, Jr., of Pittsford, New York; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Dr. Herge's first wife, Josephine Breen Herge, died in 1975.

Collection Overview

Materials include items specifically related to Wesleyan's V-12 program as well as writings, research, and published works related to naval wartime training and higher education during wartime in general. The first series, Wesleyan Navy V-12 Program, includes correspondence belonging to Herge and other Wesleyan figures regarding V-12 at Wesleyan; student publications and other student guides and programs; articles about Wesleyan's V-12 program published in campus publications; a report assessing Wesleyan's program; and a list of people involved in the V-12 at Wesleyan. The second series, Research and Writings, includes writings by Herge as well as research reports and other data used in his writings. Most of the writings are undated but seem to date from the mid- to late-1940s and are mostly in a draft, typescript format. Topics of the writing and research are higher education during wartime and wartime training. The third series, Other Publications, consists of journals, pamphlets, and other published materials that belonged to Herge. The subjects include wartime naval training, the Navy V-12 program, naval curricula information, and higher education in general.

Collection Arrangement

Series 1: Wesleyan Navy V-12 Program

Series 2: Research and Writings

Series 3: Other Publications

Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Herge, Henry C. United States. Navy Dept. V-12 Program--History. United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945. Naval education--United States. Soldiers--Education, Non-military--United States. Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Administration. Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Students. Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--History. Related Material

Navy V-5 and V-12 Training Unit Records, Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University

Detailed Description of the Collection Series 1: Wesleyan Navy V-12 Program

Materials include correspondence belonging to Herge and other Wesleyan figures regarding V-12 at Wesleyan; student publications and other student guides and programs; articles about Wesleyan's V-12 program published in campus publications; a report assessing Wesleyan's program; and a list of people involved in the V-12 at Wesleyan.

Materials are arranged in alphabetical order.

11 Air Scoop, 1943-1944 2 Articles, 1943-1945 3 Campus Directory, 1944 4 Correspondence, 1942-1945, 1988 5 Handbook, 1944 6 Matriculation and Commencement Programs, 1943-1945 7 Personnel, Members, Rosters, 1943-1945 8 Photograph of Herge 9 Photographs

These photographs are all related to Wesleyan. For other photographs of navy training programs, please see the photographs in the second series, Research and Writings.

10 Report of Inspection, 1945 11 Variety Show Program, 1944 12 WesNavNews, 1944 Series 2: Research and Writings, 1942-1946

Includes writings by Herge as well as research reports and other data used in his writings. Most of the writings are undated but seem to date from the mid- to late-1940s. The writings are mostly in a draft, typescript format. Topics of the writing and research are higher education during wartime and wartime training.

The collection is arranged with writings listed first, in alphabetical order. Research materials then appear in alphabetical order following the writings.

13 Educational Gains from Wartime Training, Part Five 14 Financial Aspects of the College Training Programs 15 History of the Standards and Curriculum Division: The Curriculum Unit 16 History of the Standards and Curriculum Division: The Educational Services Program 17 History of the Standards and Curriculum Division: The Enlisted Billet Analysis Section 18 History of the Standards and Curriculum Division: The Instructor Training Section 19 History of the Standards and Curriculum Division: The Training Courses Section 20 How Higher Education Went to War. Part I: Problems Created by World War II 21 Implications of the Armed Forces College Training Programs 21-2 The Inception of the Programs 3 Part Two: Wesleyan Makes Its Contribution, Chapters V and VI 4 Part Two: Wesleyan Makes Its Contribution, Chapters VII and VIII 5 Psychological Testing and Research in the Bureau of Naval Personnel 6 Some Implications of Armed Services College Training Programs, 1946 7-8 The War and Higher Education. Tenth Copy 9 The War and Higher Education: Implications of the Armed Services College Training Programs 10 The War and Higher Education: Part II, War Training Programs Described 31 The War and Higher Education: Part III, Selected Features of Armed Services College Training 2 The War and Higher Education: Part IV, The Outstanding Lessons of Wartime Training in Higher Educational Institutions 3 Wartime College Training Programs 4 Untitled writings 5 AGO Test Data 6 Armed Services Educational Programs 7 Carnegie Institute of Technology items 8 Curriculum Revision/Instructor Training, 1945, undated 9 Dartmouth College items 10 Evaluation of Programs 11 Evaluation regarding armed services training 12 Implications study 13 New York Times Survey of Colleges, 1945 14 Photographs

These photographs are from navy training programs across the country. For photographs of the Wesleyan program, please see the photographs in the first series, Wesleyan Navy V-12 Program.

41 Questionnaire on armed services training programs, circa 1946 2 Research notes and articles, circa 1942-1945 3 Statistics, circa 1945-1946 Series 3: Other Publications, 1942-1946

Materials include journals, pamphlets, and other published materials that belonged to Herge. The subjects include wartime naval training, the Navy V-12 program, naval curricula information, and higher education in general.

Materials are arranged in alphabetical order.

4 The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science: Higher Education and the War, January 1944 5 Army Specialized Training Bulletin, 1943-1944 6 Articles and clippings 7 Bureau of Naval Personnel Training Bulletin, 15 October 1944 8 Education in the Armed Services, 1944 9 The Educational Record, July 1943 10 Essential Facts About the Army Specialized Training Program, 1943 11 Fifty Questions and Answers on Army Specialized Training Program, 1943 12 Fog, Aerology Series, No. 3, undated 13 Higher Education Under War Conditions, edited by Russell, 1943 14 Ice Formation on Aircraft, Aerology Series, No. 1, undated 15 The Journal of Educational Sociology: Our Changing Armed Forces, May 1943 16 The Journal of Higher Education, March 1945 51 Navy V-12 Bulletins, 1943-1945 2 Navy V-12 Curricula Schedule and Course Descriptions, 1 June 1943 3 Opinions on Gains for American Education from Wartime Armed Services Training, Chambers, 1946 4 Training in the Armed Forces, 1946 5 The United States in the Second World War, Harris, 1946 6 War Department Press Releases, 1942-1945