Frank R. Kille Papers, 1934-1965 | Carleton College Archives

Frank Kille came to Carleton in 1946 as a professor of zoology and Dean of Men.  The next year he became Dean of the College, a position he held until he left the college in 1957.  He received the BS from Wooster college in 1923-26 and his Ph.D. from the Universtiy of Chicago in 1934.  He taught Zoology at the University of Rochester in 1933, Swarthmore College from 1934-46, and Bryn Mawr college in 1939 and 1943.

The collection contains his personal papers, including correspondence, speeches, publications, and  special projects from Swarthmore and Carleton, and teaching material from Swarthmore, Bryn Mawr, and Carleton.  The correspondence covers a wide variety of topics, ranging from letters to his administrative and scientific colleagues at other colleges to letters to students to private letters to friends.  Many of the letters bear the official dean of the college stamp, but they usually deal with Kille's unofficial relations and interests.  The speeches, publications, and projects center on his special interests in higher education and the teaching materials center on biology and specifically embryology.  The papers are well ordered and easily legible.

For documentation of Kille's activities as Dean of Carleton College, please refer to the Dean of the College, 1945-65 record group.