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Collection Number: 40088

Collection Title: Department of Rural Social Economics of the University of North Carolina Records, 1924-1942

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Size 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 200 items)
Abstract The Department of Rural Social Economics was an academic department created in 1914. Eugene C. Branson was its first chair, serving until 1933, when he was succeeded by Samuel H. Hobbs. The department continued until 1938, when it became a curriculum in the Department of Sociology. Records include correspondence and other files relating to the administration of and academic programs in the Department of Rural Social Economics. Papers dated after 1938 deal with the continuation of coursework in rural social economics within the Department of Sociology.
Creator University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Department of Rural Social Economics.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Department of Rural Social Economics of the University of North Carolina Records #40088, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Periodic transfer from the offices that create these records.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: University Archives Staff

Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008

Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, February 2021

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The Department of Rural Social Economics of the University of North Carolina was established under Eugene C. Branson in 1914. Samuel H. Hobbs, who had joined the department in 1916 as an instructor, replaced Branson in 1933 as chairman. The program became a curriculum within the Department of Sociology in 1938.

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Record include correspondence and other files relating to the administration of and academic programs in the Department of Rural Social Economics. Papers dated after 1938 deal with the continuation of coursework in rural social economics within the Department of Sociology.

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Contents list

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Folder 1

1924-1930

Folder 2

1931-1932

Folder 3

1933-1934

Folder 4

1935-1936

Folder 5

1937-1939

Folder 6

1940-1942

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