Ernest Herman Hahne, bulk: 1946 - 1952
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, speeches, reports, and printed material mainly related to Hahne's term as Miami University President.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1946 - 1952
Creator
- Hahne, Ernest Herman (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Materials do not circulate and are made available to users in the Miami University Archives.
Conditions Governing Use
Materials do circulate and may only be used in the archives.
Biographical / Historical
Birth Death
1890-1952
Term
1946-52
Born, Walker, Kan., Oct. 20, 1890; Son of Herman and Virginia (Kitchen) Hahne; A.B., U. of Nebraska, 1911, LL.B., 1913; A.M., Harvard University, 1914; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1930; LL.D., Ripon College, 1950; Married, Helen Madeleine Jess, July 2, 1917; Children--Dorothy Joan, Ruth Elizabeth. Asst. in economics, U. of Nebraska, 1910-13; admitted to Neb. bar, 1913l asst. in sociology, U. of Chicago, 1915-16; chmn., Dept. of Econnomics, Northwestern U, 1919-22, asst. prof., 1924-29, assoc. prof. 1929-35, prof. 1935-46; also asst. dean College Liberal Arts 1925-30, dir. summer session 1930-39; engaged in research in spl. assessments, U. of Chicago, 1922-24; pres. Miami Univ. Oxford, Ohio, 1946-52; dir. Cincinnati br., Cleveland Fed. Reserve Bank, 1948. Administration member of national code authority under N.R.A. for cotton cloth glove, academic costume, and household ice refrigerator industries, special assesment and federal tax consultantl mem. research staff, Rep. National Committee, 1944. Member Headquarters Company, 354th Regiment, 89th Division, and personnel officer 7th (Dev.) Batt., Camp Dix, N.J., for alien enemies, World War I. Pres. Assn. of Summer Session Dirs., 1934. Mem. Am. Econ. Assn., Farm Econ. Assn., Am. Assn. of Univ. Profs., Nat. Tax Assn., Am. Legion, Phi Delta Phi, Beta Gamma Sigma, Delta Sigma Rho, Phi Beta Kappa, Acacia. Methodist. Mason. Clubs: University (Cincinnati); Kiwanis. Contr. to encyclopedias and author of articles on finance. Died, Nov. 25, 1952. [Who Was Who, 1951-60].
Ernest Herman Hahne was born in Walker, Kansas on October 20, 1890. He received an A.B. degree from the University of Nebraska in 1911, an A.M. degree from Harvard in 1914, and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1930. Hahne worked as an Assistant Professor in Economics at the University of Nebraska from 1910 to 1913, and was admitted to the Nebraska State Bar in 1913. From 1915 to 1916, he served as an Assistant Professor in Sociology at the University Chicago in 1919; Hahne joined the faculty of Northwestern University, where he remained until 1946. During the 1930's Hahne served as an administration member of the National Code Authority of the National Recovery Administration for cotton cloth glove, academic costume, and household ice refrigerator industries. He also served as a special assistant and federal tax consultant for the Republican National Committee.
By the time Miami University Board of Trustees appointed Hahne to the presidency of the institution, he had gained a national reputation as an expert on finance and tax policy. Hahne oversaw University efforts to deal with the dramatic growth in enrollment under the GI Bill. During his tenure, the University was dotted with temporary prefab buildings housing married and single veterans, as well as academic departments. Hahne was also instrumental in implementing a long-needed reorganization of the Miami Athletic Department, which ushered in an unprecedented period of University success in men's sports. The Athletic reorganization was only one portion of a major administrative overhaul and rationalization that President Hahne hoped to accomplish. Unfortunately, after scarcely a year in office, he began to be plagued by major health problems that would incapacitate him periodically throughout the remainder of his term. Vice President and Provost Clarence Kreger exercised effective oversight of University affairs from late 1951 until President Hahne's death on November 25, 1952.
Extent
3 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection includes correspondence, reports, speeches and printed material related to Hahne's tenure as Miami University President from 1942 to 1956.
Abstract
President; Ernest Herman Hahne; Office Files; 1946-47; Box 1 [18A-A-4A] Files: 1. Inaugration-Addresses 2. Inaugural Address(xerox) and Digest 3. Inauguration--Delegates, Guests 4. Inauguration--Honorary Degrees 5. Inauguration Letters 6. Inauguration--Program, Invitations, Tickets 7. Introduction to Senate 8. Acacia Fraternity; 1946 9. Addresses 10. Coyne, Wm.; 1946 11. R.M. Hughes 12. Dean Alderman 13. National Tax Economy Association; 1946 14. E.H. Hahne--Personal 15. Photographs 16. Administrative Council 17. Alumni Loyality Fund 18. Alpha Delta Phi; 1946-7 19. Alumni Meeting--New York ; 1947 20. Alumni Meeting--Philadelphia; 1947 21. "The Miami Alumnus"--Change From "Alumni News Letter;" 1947 22. American Chemical Society; 1946-47 23. American Classical League, B.L. Ullman 24. American Council on Education 25. Army Air Force Officers 26. Artists' Course; 1946-47 27. Association of American Colleges 28. Athletics--NCAA Constitution; 1947 29. Athletic Board 30. Bachelor Estate; 1947 31. President John C. Baker; Ohio University 32. John L. Baker--Philadelphia 33. Paul C. Beam 34. President Howard L. Bevis 35. Bonds, Dormitory Contract to Purchase Revenue Bonds 36. Boy Scouts; 1946-47 37. Buckeye Boys State 38. Francis Case 39. Chang, H.H. 40. Cincinnati Schoolmasters Club 41. Classical League Center at Oxford; 1946-47 42. Cox, James M. 43. Coolidge Foundation; 1946-47 44. H.D. Defenbacher--Director of Finance 45. Discipline Committee, Women's; 1947 46. Engineers' Union; 1946 47. Enrollment and Graduates; 1940-41, 1946-47 48. Fine Arts, School of; 1946-48 49. Governor Thomas J. Herbert 50. Housing--Federal Housing Authority 51. Federal Public Housing 52. Housing--Herron Hall and Withrow Court 53. Housing--Post World War II 54. R.M. Hughes 55. Inaugrations at other Colleges, Miami Representatives 56. Institute of International Education 57. Inter-racial Club Petition; 1946 58. Invitations 59. Campbell Swing Johnston 60. Otho E. Lane 61. Governor Frank J. Lausche 62. McGuffey School--Negro Children; 1947 63. Middletown--Oxford Coach Lines--Dayton Branch 64. Miami Chest 65. National Association of State Universities 66. Navy 67. North Central Association 68. Off Campus Center; 1946, 1947 69. Off Campus Program 70. Ohio College Asociation 71. Oxford College History: Olive Flower; 1946-49 72. H.G. Pabst--WMOH 73. Phi Delta Theta General Council 74. Pi Kappa Alpha 75. Properties; 1946-47 76. Frank J. Prout--President Bowling Green 77. G.H. Reavis--Asst. Supt. of Schools--Cincinnati 78. Scholarship Day 79. Scholarships--Greek Students; 1947 80. Rhodes Scholarship 81. Senate and House Communications 82. John R. Simpson 83. Skinner Prize in French 84. Southwestern District Scholarship Contests 85. Southwestern Ohio Music Auditions 86. Speaking Engagements 87. Comments--Speeches 88. Speaking Invitions not Accepted
President; Ernest Herman Hahne; Office Files; 1947-49; Box 2 [18A-A-4B] Files: 1946-47 (cont.) 1. State Department of Education 2. State Subsidy for Student Teachers; 1946 3. Statistics 4. Student Affairs; 1946 5. Student--Faculty Council--Gaylord Noyce, Chairman 6. Student--Faculty Council 7. Summer School; 1946, 1947 8. Veterans Administration 9. Veterans Education Facilities Program--Ernest V. Hollis, Chief 10. Vet's Educational Supplies 1947-48 1. Alumni Association--John Dolibois; 1947-48 2. Blue Cross/STR Supplement; 1947-48 3. Promotion--Faculty; 1948 4. Tenure, Committee Faculty; 1948 5. Counseling Service--Report; 1947 6. Fees and Appropriations; 1947-48 7. Foreign Students; 1947 8. Gifts (1948-49) 9. Public Relations Office 10. M.U. "Student"--Distribution to Staff; 1947 11. Student Affairs--Robert J. Miner, Director; 1947 12. Student Health Service; 1947-48 13. Student Housing, Auto Permits, Regulation; 1948 14. Student Union; 1947-48 15. Surplus Property; 1947 16. Veterans Center; 1947 17. Veterans Village--Pets; 1947-48 18. Upham Memorial 1948-49 1. Araria; 1948-49 2. Administrative Council; 1948-49 3. U.S. Air Force 4. Airport 5. Alumni Meetings 6. American Council on Education 7. American Council on Education 8. Anti-Communist 9. Architecture, Dept of; 1948 10. Athletics--Basin Bowl; 1948 11. Athletics--Paul Brown 12. Athletics--Sun Bowl; 1948 13. Athletics - Reorganization (1948-49) 14. Athletics - Coaching (1949) 15. Athletics - University of Cincinnati Coaches' "Raid" (1949) 16. President John C. Baker--Ohio University 17. James Washington Bell 18. President Howard L. Bevis--Ohio State 19. Booz, Allen and Hamilton 20. Brady, Leslie S.--Paris Peace Conference Document; 1948-49 21. Art Brown 22. Raymond H. Burke 23. Francis Case 24. Leland D. Case 25. Chang, H.H.; 1949 26. Cincinnati Game 27. Cincinnati Schoolmasters Club 28. Bureau of Community Facilities--Federal Works Agency 29. Discipline Committee 30. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland--Cincinnati Branch 31. Federal Works Agency--Wm. H. Coleman 32. Ferris Library 33. H.D. Defenbacher--Director of Finance 34. Erodelphian Society--Miami Union; 1949 35. Josephine Leach Guitteau 36. E.H. Hahne--Personal 37. Dr. Clyde Hissong 38. R.M. Hughes 39. Inaugurations--Miami Represented by Miami 40. Issaac Walton League 41. Thomas A. Jenkins--U.S. Congress--10th District 42. Campbell Swing Johnston 43. Otho E. Lane 44. Governor Frank J. Lausche 45. Lawhead Press 46. Loads Committee and the Senate Committee on Educational Policy and Planning - Joint Report 47. Congressman J. Harry Macgregor 48. McGuffey School--NAACP--Africian American: Report of Conference in Dean Ashbaugh's Office 49. Stanley McKie 50. Miami Chest 51. NEA--Classroom Teachers Conference 52. National Hi-Y Congress 53. Association of Navy RITC Colleges 54. NROTC--Marine Corps 55. U.S. Navy--Leonard Draper 56. Rear Admiral T.L. Sprague--Bureau of Naval Personnel 57. Captain Thomas L. Wattles 58. Off-Campus Courses--Hamilton; 1948 59. Oxford--Disposal Plant 60. Phi Delta Theta Centennial 61. Phi Delta Theta House Purchase 62. Phi Epsilon Kappa; 1949 63. Marvin Pierce; 1948-49 64. Queries 65. Recommendations, Miami Students; 1949 66. Whitelaw Reid Hall 67. Rhodes Scholarships 68. Rockefeller Foundation 69. Selective Service 70. Earl C. Shively 71. John R. Simpson 72. Sorority; 1949 73. Speaking Invitations not Accepted 74. Speaking Engagements; 1948-49 75. State Department of Education 76. Statistics 77. Stewart School Bond Issue 78. Student-Faculty Council 79. Summer Session; 1948 80. Symmes Portrait; 1949 81. Tenure; 1948-49 82. The Tomahawk; 1949 83. Upperclass Advisory Program 84. Veterans Administration 85. WMOH 86. State College at Wilberforce (Later Central State College) 87. WLW
President; Ernest Herman Hahne; Office Files; 1950-52; Box 3 [18A-A-4C] Contents: 1950-51 1. Administrative Council 2. Alpha Delta Phi 3. Alpha Sigma Alpha 4. Athletic Advisory Board 5. Benton Bulletin 6. Bishop Portrait (1950) 7. Bureau of Office Personnel 8. Career Conferences; 1950 9. Charles F. Cellarius 10. Cincinnati Schoolmasters Club 11. Clopper, Edward N. 12. Conferences on Campus 13. Contracts 13a. Contract between the Public Schools or Hamilton, OH and Miami University (2/1951-6/1951) 13b. between the State Board for Vocational Education, Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation and Miami University (7/1949-7/1951 and 7/1951-7/1953) 14. Delta Phi 15. Draft Regulations 16. Examinations, Proctering--Regulations; 1951 17. Faculty Salaries Report; 1950 18. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland--Cincinnati Branch 19. Foreign Scholarships 20. Gifts 21. Ernest H. Hahne--Personel 22. Health Service 23. Hillel 24. Honor Societies, Association of College 25. Honorary Degrees 26. Hughes's Portrait 27. R.M. Hughes 28. Inter-University Council 29. Kappa Alpha Theta 30. T.J. Kauer, Director--Dept. of Highways 31. Kersting, Brown and Co. Insurance 32. Military Training 33. Moley, Raymond 34. National Assembly of the Student Christian Association Movement 35. National Association of State Universities 36. Governor Frank J. Lausche 37. E.O. Malott--American Management Association 38. National Collegiate Athletic Association 39. National Commission on Accrediting 40. National Conference of Christians and Jews 41. National Conference on Preparation of College Teachers 42. National Intercollegiate Christian Council Meeting on Campus Christmas Holidays; 1950 43. Association of NROTC Colleges 44. Navy 45. Ohio Academy of Science--Miami Campus; 1951 46. Ohio College Association 47. Oxford 48. Oxford University Players 49. Pension Conference--Cleveland; 1950 50. Salad Bowl Game 51. Scholarship Day 52. Sigma Chi 53. Speaking Engagements; 1950-51 54. Speaking Invitations not Accepted 55. Henry S. Stout 56. Summer School Salaries--Formula; 1950, 1951 57. Tenure Recommendations; 1951 58. Universal Military Training, A Plan 1951-52 1. Alpha Delta Phi 2. R.M. Hughes 3. Board Reports; 1951-52 4. James Baily--Case 5. Case, Francis--Senator 6. Max L. Durfee-Community Hospital 7. Federal Reserve Bank 8. Foreign Students 9. German Teacher--Training Program 10. Gifts 11. Ernest H. Hahne--Personal 12. Inter-University Council 13. Interfraternity Council 14. Grayson Kirk--V.P. and Provost, Columbia University 15. Library of Congress 16. Methodist Church 17. Miami Chest 18. National Association of State Universities; 1947-51 19. NAACP 20. NROTC 21. Ohio College Association 22. Physical, Health and Athletic Activities 23. Russo-American Affairs Institute 24. Sorority Suites 25. Speaking Engagements; 1951-52 1952 (July-Dec.) 1. Air Research and Development Command--Wright-Patterson Air Force Base 2. American Association of University Professors 3. American Chemical Society 4. Athletics 5. Cincinnati Schoolmasters Club 6. Ernest H. Hahne Memorial Booklet and Personal Items 7. Gifts 8. Edward W. Hazen Foundation 9. Miami Chest 10. Students 11. Veterans 12. Workshops
Arrangement
Organized into the following series: I. Office Files, 1946-1947; II. Office Files, 1947-1949; III. Office Files, 1950-1952.
Physical Location
Miami University Archives, King Library, 3rd Floor, Walter Havighurst Special Collections, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired from the Office of the President.
Existence and Location of Originals
http://archives.lib.muohio.edu/index.php
Other Descriptive Information
http://archives.lib.muohio.edu/show_subCat2.php?subCat1_id=22&&subCat1_name=1946-52,%20Ernest%20H.%20Hahne&&cat_id=4&&cat_name=President
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Bob Schmidt, Archivist, Miami University.
Subject
- Hahne, Ernest Herman, 1890-1952 (Person)
- Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Miami University and Western College Memorial Archives Repository