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By Lori Myers-Steele
Collection Overview
Title: Roscoe Giffin Papers, 1929-1963
ID: RG 09/9.23
Primary Creator: Giffin, Roscoe.
Extent: 3.0 MS boxes
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged in series as follows:
Series 1: Personal/Biographical/Correspondence
Series 2: Projects/Data
Series 3: Writings
Series 4: Subject Files
Subjects: Berea (Ky.) -- Race relations., Berea College, Berea College -- Faculty, Berea College -- History, Disarmament., Friends Peace Committee., Kentucky -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century., Sociology., Southern States -- Race relations.
Languages: English
Abstract
Roscoe Giffin was a member of the faculty of Berea College from 1949 until his death in January of 1962. He served as chairman of the Department of Sociology. For the last two years of his life, he was on leave of absence, to serve with the American Friends Service in Philidelphia.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The papers of Roscoe Giffin include personal and biographical records, correspondence, records of projects of special interest, copies of writings, and subject files primarily focusing on race relations and post WWII peace and disarmament efforts.
Collection Historical Note
Professor at Berea College; Chair of Sociology Dept.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Berea College Special Collections and Archives Catalog
Access Restrictions:
Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.
Use Restrictions:
There are no restrictions on the collection other than federal copyright regulations.
Preferred Citation:
[Record/Folder/Box], RG 9/9.23: Roscoe Giffin Papers. Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Berea, KY.
Processing Information:
Processing and finding guide completed in 2017 by Lori Myers-Steele, Collections Archivist.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Personal/Biographical/Correspondence],
[
Series 2: Projects/Data],
[
Series 3: Writings],
[
Series 4: Subject Files],
[All]
- Series 1: Personal/Biographical/Correspondence
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Personal/Biographical, 1951-1963
- Folder 2: Correspondence: Administrative, 1947-1962
- Folder 3: Correspondence: Personal, 1948-1962
- Folder 4: Correspondence: General, 1955-1962
- Series 2: Projects/Data
- Box 1
- Folder 5: Berea College Activities, Particpations and Attitudes/Committee on Human Relations, nd, 1954, 1958
- Folder 6: Data Conerning Aged Persons, nd, 1952
- Folder 7: Faculty Report Data, nd
- Folder 8: Kinship System Functions and Participations, 1955
- Series 3: Writings
- Box 1
- Folder 9: Thesis: Protection of Investors Under Public Utility, 1936-1947
- Folder 10: The Farmer's Take in Full Employment, 1946-1947
- Includes correpondence
- Folder 11: The GI Bill of Rights as a Determinant of Enrollment, 1946-1954
- Includes correpondence
- Folder 12: Miscellaneous writings, 1944-1962
- Includes: personal notes and correpondence; Changing Patterns of Employment in Five Southeastern States, 1930-1940 (with Gittler); paper of social function of religious groups; The Southern Mountaineer in Cincinnati (Report of a workshop, 1954); From Cinder Hollow to Cincinnati;
- Series 4: Subject Files
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Berea College Peace Forum, 1929-1937
- Folder 2: Berea College Peace Forum, 1937-1941
- Folder 3: Peace/Disarmament, 1955-1959
- Folder 4: Peace/Disarmament, 1960
- Folder 5: Peace/Disarmament, 1961-1962
- Folder 6: Race Relations: Historical Summaries, 1948
- Folder 7: Race Relations: Independent Study, nd
- Folder 8: Race Relations: Comparative Analysis of Race Relations and International Relations, nd
- Folder 9: Race Relations: Berea, 1951
- Folder 10: Race Relations: Berea, 1952-1955
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Race Relations: Berea, 1956-1957
- Folder 2: Race Relations: Berea, 1957-1959
- Folder 3: Race Relations: Berea, 1960
- Folder 4: General, nd, 1961-1962
- Folder 5: Southern Appalachian Studies, 1956-1959
- Folder 6: General, nd, 1959-1962
- Folder 7: General, nd
- Folder 8: Universal Military Training, 1951-1955
- Folder 9: Printed materials of interest, nd, 1953-1963
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Series 1: Personal/Biographical/Correspondence],
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Series 2: Projects/Data],
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