Guide to the Mark M. Krug Papers 1964-1982


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Table of Contents

• Descriptive Summary
• Information on Use
• Access
• Citation
• Biographical Note (1)
• Scope Note (2)
• Related Resources
• Subject Headings
• INVENTORY (6)
• Series I: Correspondence and Project Records (1)
  • Subseries 1: University of Chicago
  • Subseries 2: Schwartz Citizenship Project, 1970-1976
  • Subseries 3: Professional Correspondence, 1964-1979
  • Subseries 4: Publishing Houses, Journals, and Newspapers, 1965-1979
  • Subseries 5: Politics
• Series II: Teaching
  • Subseries 1: Student Correspondence
  • Subseries 2: Graduate School of Education
  • Subseries 3: The College
  • Subseries 4: Workshops
• Series III: Writings
• Series IV: Jewish Organizations (5)
• Series V: Personal
• Series VI: Restricted

Descriptive Summary

Information on Use

Access

Series VI contains student material that is restricted for 80 years, and tenure review and personnel material that is restricted for 50 years.

The remainder of the collection is open for research.

Citation

When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Krug, Mark M. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library

Biographical Note

Mark M. Krug (1915-2004) was a professor of history and education at the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Education. He was active in the wider Chicago community as an educator, author, social critic, and spokesman for Israel.

Krug was born in Vienna and lost his mother and sister to the Holocaust. He received an M.A. in education at Roosevelt University and a PhD in history from the University of Chicago in 1960. He taught high school history and began his academic career as a scholar of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. His 1965 biography of Senator Lyman Trumbull was considered influential. His interest in race and politics became increasingly focused on the American education system, and the tension between teaching American history and “American values,” and respecting cultural pluralism.

As a faculty member of the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Education, Krug became involved in curriculum initiatives inside and outside the university, most notably as director of the Schwartz Citizenship Project. This project was funded by Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Lavinia P. Schwartz through a grant to the University of Chicago, but involved educators from outside the university. The project attempted to devise a one-year curriculum in government and civics instruction at the high school level, to be used across the country. In the Vietnam era it aimed to combat youth protest by focusing on aspects of the democratic process overlooked by traditional social studies and civics textbooks. These included the place of voluntary associations and pressure groups in American politics.

Krug’s scholarly and public writings during the 1970s revolved around the role of ethnic and racial minority lobbies in American politics and education. He became particularly interested in “white ethnic” groups, and his newspaper articles on the American Polish and Jewish communities attracted comment. The 1974 “Krug Report,” published as a series in the Chicago Tribune, addressed the controversial topic of the Chicago public school system, then plagued by violence and poor academic performance. Krug attacked racial segregation and a decentralized bureaucracy that gave local school councils and parents power to remove principals.

Krug himself was active in politics and involved with state and national legislative agendas on education and citizenship. He was also professionally invested in teacher training at the Graduate School of Education, where he taught classes in history and social studies education for the Master of Arts in Teaching and Master of Science in Teaching for Experienced Teachers degrees. Krug was prominent on the academic lecture circuit and participated yearly in conferences such as the National Council on Social Studies; he spent a term as a visiting professor at University of California at San Diego.

Between the late 1960s and 1971 Krug was director of the Zionist Organization of Chicago. He had connections with the Consul General of Israel and the Zionist Organization of America, and was frequently a guest speaker on Israeli politics and the cultural and political issues facing American Jews.

Scope Note

The Mark M. Krug Papers span the years 1964-1982, and are organized into six series:

Series I: Correspondence and Project Records, contains correspondence related to Krug’s career as a professor and author during the 1960s and 1970s. Also represented is his participation in education initiatives at the local and national levels.

Series II: Teaching contains materials related to Krug’s teaching career, including correspondence with students, program and course descriptions, teaching notes, and examination outlines. It includes student directories. It also contains materials related to workshops and courses conducted outside the University of Chicago. Material in this series spans the 1960s and 1970s.

Series III: Writings, contains book reviews, journal articles, academic papers, and book excerpts and outlines. It includes correspondence with readers and publishers related to certain articles. It also contains correspondence with readers and publishers related to certain articles. Most papers are undated, but topics correspond with his academic career, ranging from the American Civil War to contemporary social studies.

Series IV: Jewish Organizations, details Krug’s involvement with local and national Jewish organizations, and with Israeli academics and politicians, during the late 1960s and 1970s.

Series V: Personal, contains correspondence and papers relating to Krug’s personal life between 1969 and 1980. It includes letters to and from friends and family, holiday plans, and some insurance policies.

Series VI: Restricted, contains student grades, observation reports on student teachers, and letters of recommendation. It also contains information related to personnel and faculty review.

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Subject Headings

• Krug, Mark M. 1915-
• University of Chicago. School of Education
• Education
• Public schools -- Illinois -- Chicago

INVENTORY

This series contains correspondence related to Krug’s career as a professor and author during the 1960s and 1970s. Also represented is his participation in education initiatives at the local and national levels. This series is divided into four subseries. Restricted material has been transferred to Series VI.

Subseries 1: University of Chicago, contains correspondence from Krug’s career as a professor at the University of Chicago. It includes letters and memoranda to and from other faculty members, and material related to university committees and projects on which he participated. Materials in this subseries are primarily related to the Graduate School of Education during the 1960s and 1970s. Folder 16 contains the papers of university colleague John Poster. Materials related to tenure reviews, salary and personnel have been transferred to Series VI.

Subseries 2: Schwartz Citizenship Project, 1970-1976, contains papers relating to Krug’s directorship of the project during the 1970s. Materials relate to curriculum development and funding.

Subseries 3: Professional Correspondence, 1964-1979, contains Krug’s correspondence with other academics on publications, conferences, and speaking engagements, arranged chronologically, and primarily outgoing. This subseries also includes incoming and outgoing correspondence with Chicago-area and national organizations on education, history, and social studies. Correspondence with Jewish organizations is filed under Series 4.

Subseries 4: Publishing Houses, Newspapers, and Journals, circa 1965-1979, contains incoming and outgoing correspondence with editors and publishers. These are organized by the name of the periodical or publishing house; some files contain correspondence with multiple publishers about a single publication.

Subseries 5: Politics, contains incoming and outgoing correspondence with politicians and administrators at the municipal, state, and national levels. They detail his involvement with political campaigns, and with legislative agendas pertaining to education and citizenship, between 1969 and 1977.

This series contains materials related to Krug’s teaching career, including correspondence with students, program and course descriptions, teaching notes, and examination outlines. It includes student directories. It also contains materials related to workshops and courses conducted outside the University of Chicago. This series is divided into four subseries and spans the 1960s and 1970s. Restricted material has been transferred to Series VI.

Subseries 1: Student Correspondence, includes Krug’s correspondence with students, mostly from the Graduate School of Education. Letters of recommendation have been restricted and transferred to Series VI.

Subseries 2: Graduate School of Education, contains materials related to the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) and Master of Science in Teaching for Experienced Teachers (MSTX) degree programs at the GSE. This subseries includes papers on student recruitment, program information and requirements, and student directories. Included are course descriptions and exams for courses Krug taught, and his teaching notes for select courses. Some folders contain different courses taught the same year. Student grades and evaluation reports for student teachers have been restricted and transferred to Series VI.

Subseries 3: The College, contains course descriptions and exams from Krug’s undergraduate courses.

Subseries 4: Workshops, contains teaching materialsfor special workshops and

courses taught during summer term or outside the university. This includes a workshop taught by Krug’s colleague, John Poster.

This series contains book reviews, journal articles, academic papers, and book excerpts and outlines. It also contains correspondence with readers and publishers related to certain articles, particularly the 1974 "Krug Report" on Chicago schools, published in the Chicago Tribune. Most writings are undated, but topics correspond with his academic career, ranging from the American Civil War to contemporary social studies.

This series details Krug’s involvement with local and national Jewish organizations, and with Israeli academics and politicians. Krug was President of the Zionist Organization of Chicago and the Chicago Zionist Federation from the late 1960s until 1971. Of note is correspondence from his tenure as President, describing conflict between local Jewish organizations.

This series contains correspondence and papers relating to Krug’s personal life between 1969 and 1980. It includes letters to and from friends and family, holiday plans, and some insurance policies. Also included are meeting details for the Poker Club Krug played with regularly.

This series contains student grades, observation reports on student teachers, and letters of recommendation. It also contains salary information, material related to tenure reviews, and the personal financial papers of Karol Noble, one of Krug’s secretaries.