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Milton Klein Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2017

  • Staff Only

This collection houses syllabi and course materials, administrative files, scholarly papers, and correspondence documenting Dr. Milton M. Klein's teaching and research into colonial and Revolutionary America.

Dates

  • 1756-2004
  • Majority of material found within 1954 - 2004

Language

The material in this collection is in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Collections are stored offsite and must be requested in advance. See www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.

Conditions Governing Use

The UT Libraries claims only physical ownership of most material in the collections. Persons wishing to broadcast or publish this material must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants on www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.

Extent

28.5 Linear Feet

Abstract

This collection houses syllabi and course materials, administrative files, scholarly papers, and correspondence documenting Dr. Milton M. Klein's teaching and research into colonial and Revolutionary America.

Biographical/Historical Note

Milton Martin Klein was born on August 15, 1917 in New York City. He earned his BS (1937) and MS (1939) at The City College in New York and his PhD (1954) at Columbia University in New York. Before coming to the University of Tennessee, Klein was a Lecturer in History at Columbia University (1954-1957), the Chair of the Department of History at Long Island University (1958-1962), the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Long Island University (1962-1966), and the Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at the State University of New York College at Fredonia (1966-1969). Klein joined the University of Tennessee faculty as a Professor of History in 1969. He earned a great deal of respect in this position, and was honored as the Alumni Distinguished Service Professor (1977-1985) and as the Lindsay Young Professor of History (1980-1985). After Klein's official retirement in 1985, he served as the University Historian (1988-1997). Milton Klein died on June 10, 2004 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Klein wrote a number of books during his career, including Social Studies for the Academically Talented Student (1960), The Politics of Diversity: Essays in the History of Colonial New York (1974), New York in the American Revolution: A Bibliography (1974), The Twilight of British Rule in Revolutionary America (with Ronald Howard, 1983), The American Whig: William Livingston of New York (1990), and Volunteer Moments: Vignettes of the History of the University of Tennessee, 1794-1994 (1994).

Arrangement

Missing Title

  1. Series I: Teaching, 1951-1992, undated
  2. Series II: Research, 1939-1946, 1956-2004
  3. Series III: Historiography, 1756-1783, 1958-2001, undated
  4. Series IV: Correspondence, 1955-1996
  5. Series V: Office of the UTK Historian, 1794-2003, undated
  6. Series VI: Service, 1959-2004, undated

This collection consists of twenty-nine boxes divided into six series, with material in each series arranged by date:

Acquisition Note

These papers were donated to Special Collections.

Repository Details

Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository

Contact:
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville TN 37996 USA
865-974-4480