Harry F. Fore papers
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 22, Placement: 03
Identifier: MSF 133
Scope and Contents
One folder containing a publication by Harry Fore.
Dates
- undated
Creator
- Fore, Harry Franklin, 1879- (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Access Information
The collection is open for research.
Copyright and Use Information
Some material in this collection is in the public domain, while other material copyrights are held by Purdue University. Consult with Purdue University Archives and Special Collections prior to reproduction of materials.
Biographical Information
Harry F. Fore was born at Albany, Gentry County, Missouri, March 25, 1879, the son of John Warren and Rose (Owen) Fore. His father, who was a farmer, was born in Iowa, February 8, 1849, and died at Albany, June 18, 1912. His ancestors were Frenchmen who came through Netherlands to America in 1750. His mother was born of Welsh and English parentage in Texas, February 22, 1854, and died at Albany, March 12, 1884.
Dean Fore attended the country schools of Missouri, and the town school at Gentryville, Missouri, and in 1900 was graduated from Stanberry Normal School. He was awarded the A. B. degree at the University of Missouri, in 1905, and a B. S. in Education in 1906. He attended the University of Chicago during the summer sessions of 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1920, 1921, and 1923, and was awarded a fellowship in English at the University of Chicago, in 1924. Active in debating, he was a member of the Union Literary Society; was elected to membership in Sigma Delta Chi; and was a member of Tan Kappa Alpha and Delta Tan Delta.
Principal of the high school at Van Buren, Arkansas, 1905 to 1907, he was instructor in English at the A. and M. College in Mississippi, 1907-08; and was associate professor of English at Purdue University from 1908 to 1928. He was head of the English department and acting dean of the graduate school at Creighton University. He is the author of Life of Josieh Gilbert Holland; Courtley Love in Shakespeare.
He had three children: Elizabeth, born June 14, 1914; Frances, born February 22, 1916; and Louise, born January 12, 1918.
During the World War, Dean Fore was on the publicity committee and was a speaker in various loan campaigns. He was a member of the Business and Professional Men's Club.
Extent
0.025 Cubic Feet (One folder)
Acquisition Information
Source and date of acquisition are unknown.
Processing Information
The material has been housed in an acid free folder and an acid-free box.
Creator
- Fore, Harry Franklin, 1879- (Person)
- Title
- Harry F. Fore papers
- Status
- Under Review
- Author
- Mary A. Sego
- Date
- 2020-06-12
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Edition statement
- Second edition
Repository Details
Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Contact:
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West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
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504 Mitch Daniels Boulevard
West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
archives@purdue.edu