Mode L. Stone Collection

Collection

Identifier: HP 2011-018

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Items belonging to FSU professor (1946-1973) and Dean of Education (1956-1967). Items include correspondence, programs, booklets, photographs, slides and personal papers.

Dates

created: 1940-1978
Other: Date acquired: 05/24/2011

Creator

Stone, Mode L. (Mode Lee), (Stone, Mode Lee, 1902-1979) (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to all researchers.

This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

To request permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from the archives, please contact Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. Researchers must obtain separate permission from the copyright holders of material held within University Archives collections for which the institution does not hold copyright.

Biographical or Historical Information

Dr. Mode L. Stone, a native of Blountstown, Florida was born in 1902. He took the state teacher's examination in 1922 and began teaching without a high school diploma. While teaching his first year of high school in Greensboro, he was required to play on the football team. In 1923 he attended Locust Grove Institute in Georgia and earned both his high school diploma as well as two years of college credit. He received a scholarship and attended the University of Florida in 1926. After graduating as valedictorian he became principal at Leon High School. He joined the Navy during world War II. He earned his M.A. degree from Columbia University and his Ph.D. from George Peabody College. He joined the faculty at FSU in 1946 as professor of school administration. In 1951 he became dean of the College of Education, a position he held until 1956. While he was dean he helped to establish the Southern Scholarship and Research Foundation at Florida State. He retired form the faculty in 1973, and died in 1979.