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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 |
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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.
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.
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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