Toppin, Edgar A.

This series, filling ten boxes, consists of departmental files on individual doctoral degree recipients, ca. 1948-1977, from the Northwestern University History Department. Typically found in each student's file are some of the following forms of documentation: correspondence between the student and departmental representatives, transcripts relating to undergraduate and graduate study, evaluations of graduate coursework, examinations, evaluations of oral examinations, applications for admission to degree candidacy and for financial aid, research and dissertation proposals, and occasional research papers. Biographical information and information relating to the fulfillment of departmental requirements are recorded in varying detail on each individual's file folder.