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Size | 9.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 3600 items) |
Abstract | J. Fred (James Fred) Rippy (1892-1977) was a historian and author specializing in Latin American and diplomatic history. He was a professor at the University of Chicago, 1920-1926 and 1936-1958; professor at Duke University, 1926-1936, and the director of Duke University Press, 1928-1936. The collection contains the personal and professional papers of Rippy, including correspondence about university affairs, politics and government policy, the careers of former students, his committee work for the American Historical Association, the American Historical Review, and the Hispanic American Historical Review. Also included are manuscripts of writings, book reviews, photographs, clippings, research materials, and personal diaries kept during trips to Colombia in 1928, to Florida as visiting professor at Florida State University in 1951, and to the University of South Carolina at Columbia in 1958. There are also a few items in Spanish and Portuguese. |
Creator | Rippy, J. Fred (James Fred), 1892-1977. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton, and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2011
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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J. Fred Rippy (1892-1977) was a historian and author specializing in Latin American and diplomatic history. He was a professor at the University of Chicago, 1920-1926 and 1936-1958; professor at Duke University, 1926-1936, and the director of Duke University Press, 1928-1936. He authored numerous articles, books, and book reviews in Latin American and American diplomatic history; was a guest lecturer and visting professor at schools throughout the United States; and an active member of historical organizations and committees, including the American Historical Association, the editorial board of the American Historical Review, 1932-1937 and the Hispanic American Historical Review.
Back to TopThe collection contains the personal and professional papers of J. Fred Rippy (1892-1977), professor of Latin American history at the University of Chicago, 1920-1926 and 1936-1958, and at Duke University, 1926-1936, including correspondence about university affairs, politics and government policy, the careers of former students, his committee work for the American Historical Association, the American Historical Review, and the Hispanic American Historical Review. Also included are manuscripts of writings, book reviews, photographs, clippings, research materials, and personal diaries kept during trips to Colombia in 1928, to Florida as visiting professor at Florida State University in 1951, and to the University of South Carolina at Columbia in 1958. There are also a few items in Spanish and Portuguese.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
This series contains correspondence of J. Fred Rippy regarding university affairs, politics and government policy, the careers of former students, and his committee work for the American Historical Association, the American Historical Review, and the Hispanic American Historical Review. Some correspondence beginning in the late 1940's concerns politics and government policy, including foreign relations and local taxation, and there are letters to members of congress, officials in Durham, N.C., and friends with similar concerns as Rippy. There is scattered personal material after 1963 regarding his wife Mary; children J. Fred Junior, Robert, and Frazier; and his grandchildren.
Folder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1918, 1920-1923 |
Folder 2 |
1924-1925 |
Folder 3-4
Folder 3Folder 4 |
1926 |
Folder 5 |
1927 |
Folder 6-7
Folder 6Folder 7 |
1928 |
Folder 8-9
Folder 8Folder 9 |
1929 |
Folder 10-27
Folder 10Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27 |
1930 |
Folder 28-34
Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32Folder 33Folder 34 |
1931 |
Folder 35-42
Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37Folder 38Folder 39Folder 40Folder 41Folder 42 |
1932 |
Folder 43-56
Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45Folder 46Folder 47Folder 48Folder 49Folder 50Folder 51Folder 52Folder 53Folder 54Folder 55Folder 56 |
1933 |
Folder 57-64
Folder 57Folder 58Folder 59Folder 60Folder 61Folder 62Folder 63Folder 64 |
1934 |
Folder 65-68
Folder 65Folder 66Folder 67Folder 68 |
1935 |
Folder 69-74
Folder 69Folder 70Folder 71Folder 72Folder 73Folder 74 |
1936 |
Folder 75-83
Folder 75Folder 76Folder 77Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80Folder 81Folder 82Folder 83 |
1937 |
Folder 84-93
Folder 84Folder 85Folder 86Folder 87Folder 88Folder 89Folder 90Folder 91Folder 92Folder 93 |
1938 |
Folder 94-102
Folder 94Folder 95Folder 96Folder 97Folder 98Folder 99Folder 100Folder 101Folder 102 |
1939 |
Folder 103-111
Folder 103Folder 104Folder 105Folder 106Folder 107Folder 108Folder 109Folder 110Folder 111 |
1940 |
Folder 112-126
Folder 112Folder 113Folder 114Folder 115Folder 116Folder 117Folder 118Folder 119Folder 120Folder 121Folder 122Folder 123Folder 124Folder 125Folder 126 |
1941 |
Folder 127-138
Folder 127Folder 128Folder 129Folder 130Folder 131Folder 132Folder 133Folder 134Folder 135Folder 136Folder 137Folder 138 |
1942 |
Folder 139-145
Folder 139Folder 140Folder 141Folder 142Folder 143Folder 144Folder 145 |
1943 |
Folder 146-148
Folder 146Folder 147Folder 148 |
1944 |
Folder 149-150
Folder 149Folder 150 |
1945 |
Folder 151-153
Folder 151Folder 152Folder 153 |
1946 |
Folder 154-157
Folder 154Folder 155Folder 156Folder 157 |
1947 |
Folder 158-163
Folder 158Folder 159Folder 160Folder 161Folder 162Folder 163 |
1948 |
Folder 164-165
Folder 164Folder 165 |
1949 |
Folder 166-172
Folder 166Folder 167Folder 168Folder 169Folder 170Folder 171Folder 172 |
1950 |
Folder 173-174
Folder 173Folder 174 |
1951 |
Folder 175-177
Folder 175Folder 176Folder 177 |
1952 |
Folder 178-179
Folder 178Folder 179 |
1953 |
Folder 180-182
Folder 180Folder 181Folder 182 |
1954 |
Folder 183-186
Folder 183Folder 184Folder 185Folder 186 |
1955 |
Folder 187-190
Folder 187Folder 188Folder 189Folder 190 |
1956 |
Folder 191-194
Folder 191Folder 192Folder 193Folder 194 |
1957 |
Folder 195-197
Folder 195Folder 196Folder 197 |
1958 |
Folder 198-203
Folder 198Folder 199Folder 200Folder 201Folder 202Folder 203 |
1959 |
Folder 204-211
Folder 204Folder 205Folder 206Folder 207Folder 208Folder 209Folder 210Folder 211 |
1960 |
Folder 212-219
Folder 212Folder 213Folder 214Folder 215Folder 216Folder 217Folder 218Folder 219 |
1961 |
Folder 220-227
Folder 220Folder 221Folder 222Folder 223Folder 224Folder 225Folder 226Folder 227 |
1962 |
Folder 228-232
Folder 228Folder 229Folder 230Folder 231Folder 232 |
1963 |
Folder 233-237
Folder 233Folder 234Folder 235Folder 236Folder 237 |
1964 |
Folder 238-239
Folder 238Folder 239 |
Bills and financial records, 1964-1966 |
Folder 240-245
Folder 240Folder 241Folder 242Folder 243Folder 244Folder 245 |
1965 |
Folder 246-248
Folder 246Folder 247Folder 248 |
1966 |
Folder 249-251
Folder 249Folder 250Folder 251 |
1967 |
Folder 252-254
Folder 252Folder 253Folder 254 |
1968 |
Folder 255-256
Folder 255Folder 256 |
1969 |
Folder 257 |
1970 |
Folder 258 |
1971-1972 |
Folder 259 |
Undated and imcomplete letters |
This series contains biographical information, manuscripts and other writings of J. Fred Rippy, clippings, lecture notes, photographs, and journals, several of which describe semesters he taught at Florida State University and the University of South Carolina at Columbia.
Folder 260 |
Biographical sketches and bibliographies |
Folder 261a-261d |
Manuscript: Autobiography |
Folder 262a-262d |
Manuscript: "From Isolation to Global Involvement" |
Folder 263a-263c |
Typescript: "Mad Southern Pioneer: Hinton Rowan Helper and Hispanic America" |
Folder 264-268
Folder 264Folder 265Folder 266Folder 267Folder 268 |
Annotated manuscripts |
Folder 269 |
Research notes for articles |
Folder 270 |
Printed copies of writings |
Folder 271 |
Book reviews by Rippy |
Folder 272 |
Reviews of Rippy's books |
Folder 273 |
Lecture notes |
Folder 274 |
Clippings |
Folder 275 |
Printed items and unidentified writings |
Folder 276 |
Volume 1: Journal of a trip to Columbia, March-6 May 1928 |
Folder 277 |
Volume 2: Journal of a trip to Columbia, 7 May-31 May 1928 |
Folder 278 |
Volume 3: Journal, January-25 April 1951Journal of a semester spent teaching at Florida State University. |
Folder 279 |
Volume 4: Journal, 25 April-14 June 1951Journal of a semester spent teaching at Florida State University. |
Folder 280 |
Volume 5: Journal, 1958, 1962Journal of semester spent teaching at the University of South Carolina at Columbia, 1958; journal regarding Durham, N.C., city ground crews in Forest Hills Park, 1962. |
Folder 281 |
Volume 6: Travel journal, 1946-1958 |
Image Folder PF-3845/1-5
PF-3845/1PF-3845/2PF-3845/3PF-3845/4PF-3845/5 |
Photographs |