Hale, Richard W. Jr. 1909-1976 Original SAME 111115 (11/19/1) ARCHIVAL COPY fd BH HISTORIAN MIS FORIAN dill Continued from Page 1 ard Walden Hale and Mary New- bold Hale, was born in Boston in 1909, He graduated from Milton na cum laude in 1930, Cambridge University in 1932 At Harvard he was Plri Deta Kappa, at Cam- bridge he held, like Canon Hub- bard, the Fiske Scholarship from Roxbury Latin School, the oldest original private school in America. He is SAN n the author (I Democratic France, h the Third Republic from Sedan to Vichy," and of the "Tercentenary 2 History of the Roxbury Latin School, 1645-1945," as well as an unpublished doctoral dissertation on the English Civil Service, the "Foundation of the Permanent 1 Poor Law Commission, 1830- RICHARD W. HALE, JRt 1836." Before going to the Rox- Richard Walden Hale, Jr., the bury School the taught at Prince- Town of Bar Harbor historian, is ton University and was on the Re- engaged in writing the definitive search Staff of the Newberry Li- history of Bar HarborX that is to brary at Chicago. appear in the winter of 1948-49. Beginning with a general descrip- tive article published this week, he will publish a series of articles in the TIMES, entitled "Informa- tion, Please" and dealing with moot questions in the history of T the town. These articles have a double purpose-both to tell the W town what is going on, and to en- W Note: R.W.H. Jr. was an Executor list help in gathering information. Mr. Hale, son of the late Rich- Historian of the Will of G. B.DORR (see Continued on Page 12 appropriate files)and author of The Story of Bor Harbor (N.Y.: L. Washburn, 1949). 22 American Antiquarian Society 86 (April Americana in general and the French regime in Canada and Jesuit Relations in particular. When retirement and ill health prompted a move to a smaller residence, Dechert discon- tinued collecting and gave his fine collection to the library of the University of Pennsylvania. Dechert's bookish interests made him a prime candidate for membership in the American Antiquarian Society. He was duly elected at the annual meeting in October 1962. He at- tended two meetings within five years, but world travels, business commitments, and, eventually, the infirmities of age prevented him from getting to any others, much to his morti- fication. He served on the membership committee for a time in the 1960s and gave advice during the Philadelphia phase of the Society's development program in the early 1970s. He was, in addition a former chairman of the Associates of the John Carter Brown Library. Robert Dechert died in Philadelphia on November 8, 1975. He had married Helen Hope Wilson in 1922. She died in 1950. Dechert is survived by the two sons and two daughters of that marriage as well as by his second wife, the former Helen Branson, whom he married in 1951. John B. Hench RICHARD WALDEN HALE, JR. Richard Walden Hale, Jr., archivist and historian, was born in Boston, August 5, 1909, the son of Richard Walden and Mary Newbold (Patterson) Hale. His father was a founder. and partner in the important Boston law firm Hale & Dorr. The family's roots went deep into Massachusetts history; two of Hale's ancestors, Edward Winslow and Susannah White, came over on the Mayflower and were among the first Pilgrims to marry in the New World. Hale prepared for col- lege at Milton Academy. He graduated from Harvard in 1930 Obituaries 23 with an A.B. degree magna cum laude and a Phi Beta Kappa key. He took another baccalaureate (as a Fiske Scholar) at Trinity College, Cambridge University, in 1932. He later received a Harvard PH.D. in history in 1937 and a Cambridge M.A. in 1940. Hale spent most of the first half of his adult life in the pro- fession of teaching, which, in his Harvard twenty-fifth anni- versary sketch, he called 'the most important profession in America today, since it is doing the most sorely needed job.' But between and after teaching assignments at Antioch, Princeton, Roxbury Latin, Wellesley, and Boston University Junior College, he occupied positions in the reference depart- ment of the Newberry Library and as curator of Canadian history and literature in the Harvard College Library. In 1957 Hale became editor of a project sponsored by The Committee on Documentary Reproduction of the American Historical Association that resulted in the publication in 1961 of his Guide to Photocopied Historical Material in the United States and Canada. This AHA committee was the same organ- ization that served as a. sponsor of the AAS-Readex Micro- print Corporation Early American Imprints series, which Clifford K. Shipton began to edit in 1955. Thus both Shipton and Hale were comparatively early enthusiasts and promoters of the photographic technologies that have changed the meth- ods of historical research SO greatly in the last decades. Hale was also one of the founders (along with Robert B. Eckles, Vernon Tate, W. Kaye Lamb, Ray Billington, Edgar Erick- son, and August Suelflow) of the American Microfilm Aca- demy, housed at Purdue University, which was intended to be a 'scholar-controlled group to increase the use of microfilm and other microforms.' Shipton was a key figure in Hale's 1961 appointment by Massachusetts Secretary of State Kevin H. White as the first archivist of the commonwealth. Readers may refer to Ernst Posner's American State Archives (1964) for a description of 24 American Antiquarian Society the sorry history of governmental archives and records man- agement in the Bay State. Upon taking office, Secretary of State White asked Shipton to form a group to find an archivist and propose reforms. The result was a reorganization of the archival establishment, within the office of the secretary of state, in which a 'qualified archivist' was to replace the po- litically appointed chief of the archives division as the head man. The Shipton group recommended Hale to White, whose short delay in making the appointment was the product of his taking seriously the maxim that it is hard for Democrats to get rid of Democrats. Hale took great interest in matters of archival administra- tion. Although the new post of archivist was not a patronage job, he was a political man who thrived on the maneuverings of state government. In addition, he was the founder of the Massachusetts Historical Commission, a president of the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, a founder of New England Archivists, and an early champion of the National Historical Publications Commission. More recently, he was instrumental in securing for the latter com- mission an enlarged responsibility signified by the addition of the words ' and Records : to its title. Joining organizations was 'an occupational hazard' for teachers and archivists, he claimed, and his numerous mem- berships included the Society of American Archivists (as a Fellow), Bay State Historical League, Massachusetts His- torical Society, Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Sons of Colonial Wars, New England Historic Genealogical Society, and the Old South Meeting House Association, which had been founded by his father. He was elected to the American Antiquarian Society in April 1961, shortly after assuming his post as the commonwealth's archivist. Election left him 'flat- tered and grateful' and he was a frequent attendant at the Society's meetings. Extracurricularly, a passion for racial justice led him to become a president of the Urban League of Obituaries 25 Greater Boston and a longtime member of the board of trust- ees of Howard University in Washington, D.C. In addition to the Guide to Photocopied Historical Materials, Hale published Democratic France 1941), The Tercentenary History of the Roxbury Latin School (1946), Milton Academy, 1798-1948 (1948), The Story of Bar Harbor (1948), and Britain, Her Peoples and the Commonwealth (with Robert Eckles, 1954). On February 24, 1976, Hale told Secretary of State Paul Guzzi of his intention to retire as archivist of the common- wealth, having served fifteen years. The next day, February 25, he suffered a stroke at home and died at Massachusetts General Hospital. He left his wife of thirty-five years, Elisa- beth (Fairbanks) Hale, two sons, two daughters, and four grandchildren. John B. Hench PENROSE ROBINSON HOOPES Penrose Robinson Hoopes was born on March 17, 1892, at St. David's, Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia Mainline suburb, the son of David Julian Hoopes and Margaret C (Campbell) Hoopes. He was graduated from Radnor High School in 1911 and entered Pennsylvania State College with the Class of 1915. He left at the end of the first semester of his junior year, for one reason, because he felt that on-the-job training in engineering was more valuable than taking courses in boilermaking. When Clarence Brigham in later years asked what degree he had received Hoopes replied that 'my name will have to stand in the records naked and unadorned.' This lack of degree also gave rise to somebody's later saying that Hoopes's career was a perfect example of the uselessness of a college degree. Hoopes worked from 1915 to 1917 in the engineering of- Maine State Library Maine State Documents Maine Writers Correspondence Special Collections September 2015 Richard Walden Hale Jr. Correspondence Richard Walden Hale, Jr., 1909-1976 Hilda Mc Leod Jacob Maine State Library Follow this and additional works at:http://digitalmaine.com/maine_writers_correspondence Recommended Citation Hale, Jr.,, Richard Walden 1909-1976 and Jacob, Hilda Mc Leod, "Richard Walden Hale Jr. Correspondence" (2015). Maine Writers Correspondence. Paper 263. http://digitalmaine.com/maine_writers_correspondence/263 This Document is brought to you for free and open access by the Special Collections at Maine State Documents. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine Writers Correspondence by an authorized administrator of Maine State Documents. For more information, please contact statedocs@maine.gov. June 29, 1949 Municipal Offices Bar Harbor Maine Gentlemen: It is with appreciation of your generous thought of the State Library that we acknowledge the gift of Richard Walden Hale, Jr.'s THE STORY OF BAR HARBOR. A region so rich in history and varied in appeal deserves the excellent treatment which it has received in this book. We anticipate popular demand, and a long reference life in libraries. You are to be congratulated upon the fine work, and a most attractive presentation of Bar Harbor's history. Please accept our thanks. Very truly yours MAINE STATE LIBRARY BY hm j SECRETARY December 22, 1971 Mrs. Robert Hale 2722 N St. Northwest Washington, D. C. 20007 Dear Mrs. Hale: We are grateful to you for sending us a copy of CUSHING'S ISLAND by you and your husband. We shall add this to our Maine Author Collection, a permanent collection housed in our new Maine Room. Sincerely, (Miss) Shirley Thayer Head of Reference Services. ST:bae MRS. ROBERT HALE 2722 N ST. NORTHWEST WASHINGTON D. C. 20007 Robert & Agnes Hale 2722 N St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20007 Io Maine State Library- 1 copy of book CUSHING'S ISLAND : TWO MEMOIRS by Robert and Agnes Hale. as per order No 72 0076 We are sending a copy to the Maine State Library as a gift. Robert &Agnes Hale. December 7,1971 Kinsoltale 5 T PERCENTENAR Y HIST O R Y OF THE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL 1645 - 1945 BY Richard Walden Hale jr. [Present history master at RLS] CAMBRIDGE PRINTED AT THE RIVERSIDE PRESS 1946 NEHGR - The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1847-1994 - New En. Page 2 of 3 148 Proceedings of the N.E.H.G. Society [April PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Prepared by JOHN W. FARQUHARSON, Recording Secretary STATED MEETING, 2 January 1963 A stated meeting of the Society was held in Wilder Hall, 9 Ashburton Place, Boston, on Wednesday, 2 January, at 2:30 P.M., Vice President Montgomery pre- siding and Miss McCormack, the Assistant Secretary, acting as Secretary pro tempore. The reading of the minutes of 5 December and the reports of the Council. Recording Secretary and Acting Librarian was waived, but are presented herewith. The Council reports that since the meeting of 5 December twenty-eight An- nual Members were elected and that three Annual Members have transferred to Life Membership. The Recording Secretary reports that since the December meeting notice of the following deaths had been received: Colonial Member George Nathaniel Jeppson of Worcester, Mass., 16 December 1962. Life Member John Emerson Marble of South Pasadena, Calif., 22 September 1962. Annual Members Mrs. Allan Alexander MacLean (Inez Buck) of Los Angeles, Calif., 17 March 1962. Mrs. Elizabeth Moore Tracy of Long Beach, Calif., 2 May 1962. James Terry White of New York, N. Y., 11 May 1962. Mrs. Frank Annis Belden (Hazel Haring) of Aurora, III., 19 July 1962. George Otis Bordwell of Sonoma, Calif., 20 October 1962. The Acting Librarian reports that since the last meeting ninety-seven volumes, seventeen pamphlets and twenty-two miscellaneous articles have been added to the Library and Cabinet of the Society. The Chair presented Richard W. Hale, Jr., Ph.D., Archivist of the Common wealth, who spoke on The Apostle Eliot, At 3:20 P.M. the meeting was declared dissolved and the usual social hour followed. ANNUAL MEETING, 6 February 1963 The Annual Meeting of the Society was held in Wilder Hall, 9 Ashburton Place, Boston, on Wednesday, 6 February 1963, at 2:30 P.M., President Storey presiding and a quorum being present. The minutes of the meeting of 2 January were read and approved. The Council reported that since the January meeting one Colonial and twenty-four Annual Members had been elected. The Council reported also that one person had succeeded to Colonial Member- ship and that one Annual Member had transferred to Life Member- ship. The Recording Secretary reported that since the last meeting notice of the following deaths had been received: Colonial Member Mrs. Edward Codman Parish (Maria B. Perkins) of New York, N. Y., 11 September 1962. Life Members Charles Brown Voorhis of Pasadena, Calif., 16 September 1961. Martha Hale Shackford of Wellesley, Mass., 11 January 1965. Back to Last Master Search Results page Back to Search Results page http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/database/register/default.asp?vol=117&pg=... 12/2/2005 NEHGR - The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1847-1994 - New En Page 2 of 3 1962] Proceedings of the N. E. H. G. Society 145 Recording Secretary JOHN WILLIAM FARQUHARSON Stoneham, Mass. Corresponding Secretary ROBERT CHURCHILL VOSE, JR. Boston, Mass. Councilors for a term of three years, ending in 1965 URIEL HASKELL CROCKER Manchester, Mass. WILLIAM LINCOLN PAYSON Cambridge, Mass. MRS. AUGUSTUS THORNDIKE Chestnut Hill, Mass. On motion of Charles Freeman Putnam, duly seconded, it was Voted, That the New England Historic Genealogical Society at this time express its appreciation of the services rendered by the retiring Councilors, Mrs. Frank Riley Dodge (Winifred Lovering Holman) and Henry Bowen White, who during their term of office gave of their time, their thought and their counsel that the broad purposes of the Society might be attained. On motion of Pierre Belliveau, duly seconded, it was Voted, That the proceedings at this meeting, with the list of officers and com- mittees for the current year, be printed in THE REGISTER for April 1962, and that the Council be charged with the execution of this order. All business having been transacted the Chair presented Richard W. Hale, Jr., Ph.D., Archivist of the Commonwealth. who spoke on The Massachusetts Archives. At 3:15 P.M. the meeting was declared dissolved and the members and their guests adjourned to the tea room for the usual social hour. STATED MFITING, 7 March 1962 The March meeting of the Society, held in the Atkinson-Lancaster Museum on the 7th, took the form of a reception for the officers of the Society and their wives. Some of the early American portraits, eighteenth and nineteenth century, owned by the Society were on exhibition in the John Foster Memorial Room and the entrance corridor. This part of the program was under the direction of Robert Churchill Vose, Jr., of the Vose Galleries of Boston, ADDENDUM I OFFICERS AND COUNCILORS OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR 1962 ELECTED President CHARLES MOORFIELD STOREY Boston Vice Presidents* ROBERT HUMPHREY MONTCOMERY Cambridge RICHARD LEBARON BOWEN East Providence, R. KARL RUSSELL PHILBRICK Bangor, Maine WALTER MERRIAM PRATT Brattleboro, Vt. FRANCIS LANE CHILDS Hanover, N. H. CHARLES JUAN JACOBS Bridgeport, Conn. *Arranged, with the exception of the Vice President for Massachusetts. according to seniority in tenure of the office of Vice President. Back to Last Master Search Results page Back to Search Results page http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/database/register/default.asp?vol=116&pg=... 12/2/2005 A Awards Page 1 of 3 New England Archivists Richard W. Hale, Jr. Professional About NEA Development Award Leadership The Hale Award of $1000 is given annually by the New Committees England Archivists to promote the professional NEA Business development of archivists in the region. Individual members How to Join NEA of the NEA are invited to apply for the award. Applicants may propose participating in an educational program or workshop, preparing a paper for possible publication or oral presentation, attending a professional meeting, or any other Activities & Services activity promoting professional development. The award cannot be used to purchase supplies or equipment. Recipients are expected to submit a report on their project Meetings & Programs upon completion to the NEA Newsletter. Education NEA Newsletter Awards The Hale Award Committee, which reviews the applications and chooses the recipient, is made up of the four Events in New England Job Announcements Representatives-at-Large on the NEA Executive Board. Elected board members are not eligible for the award during Internet Resources their terms of office and for one year after they leave the About Archives board. The award honors Dr. Richard W. Hale, Jr., who was Archivist of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1961-1976 and a founding member of the New England Archivists. Applications The deadline for applications is February 15 each year. For further information, contact: Bridget Carr, Archivist Boston Symphony http://www.newenglandarchivists.org/aboutNEA/awards/Haleawrd.html 8/23/2004 Wesley and Sarah's Families - aqwg658 Page 2 of 2 M i Richard Walden Hale was born 30 Jun 1871 and died 5 Mar 1943. Richard Walden Hale [Parents] was born 30 Jun 1871 in Milton, Massachusetts. He died 5 Mar 1943 in Dover, Massachusetts. Richard married Mary Newbold Patterson. [Notes] Mary Newbold Patterson married Richard Walden Hale. They had the following children: Ph.D. M i Richard Walden Hale Jr. resided 1943 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. 1909-1976 History Master, Roybury Latin School. Amos Kimball married Margaret Hale. Margaret Hale [Parents] was born 23 Feb 1711/1712. She married Amos Kimball. [Notes] Nathan Perley married Lydia Hale. Lydia Hale [Parents] was born 23 Mar 1709/1710. She married Nathan Perley. [Notes] Thomas Hale [Parents] was born 8 Jan 1713/1714. He died 18 Sep 1796. Thomas married Mary Kimball. [Notes] Mary Kimball married Thomas Hale. John Hale [Parents] was born 12 Jul 1717. He died 1771. John married Priscilla Peabody. [Notes] Priscilla Peabody married John Hale. 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Britain, her peoples and the Commonwealth 1954 BK 3 Hale, Richard The story of Bar Harbor, an informal history recording one 1949 BK Walden, 1909- hundred and fifty years in the life 4 Hale, Richard Milton Academy, 1798-1948. 1948 BK Walden, 1909- 5 Hale, Richard Tercentenary history of the Roxbury Latin School, 1645-1945 / 1946 BK Walden, 1909- 6 Hale, Richard The Royal Americans, 1944 BK Walden, 1909- 7 Hale, Richard Democratic France; the third republic from Sedan to Vichy, 1941 BK Walden, 1909- 8 Hale, Richard Lord Randolph Churchill as harbinger of the new era in British 1930 BK Walden, 1909- politics / ./BRS6UM7RLA1S4NSU5AD44J72JLEMRRL6JF2D7N5JKPFJ91Q4Q8-01244?func=find-a2/10/2004 HOLLIS FULL CATALOG - List of Records Page 2 of 2 9 Pound, Papers, 1888-1964. 1888 MX Roscoe, 1870- 1964. 10 Thayer, Ezra Papers, 1882-1915. 1882 MX Ripley, 1866-1915. 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