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Collection Overview
| Size | About 8500 items (21.5 linear feet). |
| Abstract | The collection of white educator and professor, Louis Billy Pope (1927-2008), contains correspondence, journals, subject files, school notebooks, and pictures documenting Pope's personal and professional life. Topics include Pope's experience as a student and as a faculty member at High Point College; his work at Presbyterian College and St. Andrews College; community activities in Kernersville, N.C., especially the Sedge Garden United Methodist Church; graduate education in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill; and trips Pope took in the United States and abroad, which are documented by letters, journal entries, and snapshots. |
| Creator | Pope, Louis Billy, 1927-2008. |
| Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
| Language | English. |
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Subject Headings
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.
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Biographical Information
Louis Billy Pope (1927-2008), professor of education and, for eight years, head of the guidance center at High Point College, High Point, N.C. A native of Forsyth County, N.C., Pope graduated from High Point College in 1948 and received his Ph.D. in education from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1958. Pope taught in the Forsyth County school system, served as director of guidance at Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C., and was on the faculty of St. Andrews College in Laurinburg, N.C., before joining the faculty of the psychology and education departments at High Point College.
Louis Billy Pope was born in 1927 in Kernersville, Forsyth County, N.C. He lived and worked in Forsyth County and neighboring Guilford County most of his life.
Pope was graduated from High Point College in High Point, N.C., in 1948. He later attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, receiving his master's degree in 1952 and Ph.D. in 1958, both from the School of Education, where his studies centered on counseling.
Pope served as teacher and counselor in the Forsyth County school system, director of guidance at Presbyterian College, Clinton, S.C., and on the faculty of Saint Andrews College, Laurinburg, N.C. In 1964, Pope joined the psychology and education departments at High Point College, rising to full professor. He also headed the College's guidance center for eight years. He became professor emeritus in 1987.
Pope was long active in community and church groups and alumni and other campus organizations, especially the Sedge Garden United Methodist Church, Kernersville Crisis Control, and the Friends of the Library at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
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Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, journals, subject files, school notebooks, and pictures documenting the personal and professional life of Louis Billy Pope. The correspondence is mostly personal, chiefly with his mother and sisters, but also including letters from Henry Sink, his college roommate and lifetime friend; friends and neighbors in Clinton, S.C., and Laurinburg, N.C.; and High Point College students. Journal entries contain Pope's record of daily activities with strong emphasis family, church, community, and work activities. Subject files contain information about Pope's career as well as some personal and family information. Pope's travels in the United States and abroad are well-documented, with many pictures, letters, and journal entries.
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Series 1. Correspondence, 1944-1997.
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence of Louis Billy Pope, chiefly with his mother and sisters, but also including letters from Henry Sink, his college roommate and lifetime friend; friends and neighbors in Clinton, S.C., and Laurinburg, N.C.; and High Point College students.
Early correspondence consists of letters between Pope and his mother and sisters while he was away at school at High Point College and at the University of North Carolina and while he was working at Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C., and St. Andrews College in Laurinburg, N.C. Letters to Pope give news of family and friends in Kernersville and vicinity. Pope's letters home describe his social life and the progress of his academic work.
Beginning in 1965, when Pope began working at High Point College and returned to Kernersville to live, there are many fewer family letters. From this time forward, most of the family correspondence consists of postcards exchanged when Pope was traveling. Nearly every summer, Pope went on an extensive trip and wrote many postcards commenting on his health and the places he visited. Although it is clear that some of these trips were work-related or included attendance at conferences, it is sightseeing that is best documented. In 1968, Pope wrote letters about his trip to Jamaica and other Caribbean countries to study curriculum development. Additional material about this trip may be found in the subject files under "High Point College: Caribbean." On other trips, he occasionally wrote letters, but mostly sent short notes on picture postcards. In 1970-1972, Pope traveled in Europe. In 1973, he wrote from Ethiopia and Kenya; in 1974, from Japan, Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Singapore; and in 1975 from Russia. In later years, he visited Nigeria, Senegal, Morocco, Jordan, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Scotland, Finland, Australia, New Zealand , and many parts of the United States. These trips are further described in Pope's journals (see Series 2). Snapshots from many of the trips may be found in Series 5.
The letters Pope received while he lived in Kernersville were mostly from friends he had made in Clinton, S.C., and Laurinburg, N.C.; from former students; and letters and postcards from his mother and sisters when they traveled.
Some correspondence may also be found in the subject files (Series 3).
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Series 2. Journals, 1955-1998.
Arrangement: chronological.
Journals showing, according to Pope, "a record of my daily activities with strong emphasis on happenings in my family, church, community and in my work." The 60 volumes of journals contain detailed daily entries for more than 40 years.
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Series 3. Subject Files, 1940s-1980s.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Subject files in an alphabetical run arranged by file titles chiefly assigned by Pope. Many of the files focus on Pope's professional life, especially those filed under "High Point College" and "Guidance." Some, however, contain material about his personal life, church, and community activities in Kernersville. There is some overlap between these files and the correspondence files. Letters from some friends at High Point College, for example, may be found in "High Point College: Student Correspondence," and in Series 1, Correspondence. Because there is also overlap in subjects, date spans, etc., among the subject files, researchers should search broadly rather than narrowly for papers relating to specific topics.
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Series 4. School Notebooks, 1948-1957.
Arrangement: chronological.
Notebooks from classes Pope took at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in pursuit of his Ph.D. in education.
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Series 5. Pictures, 1940s-1980s.
Photographs include many snapshots taken by Pope. There are many photographs of Pope, of his family and friends, and of places where he lived and worked. Most of the photographs are scenes from trips Pope took to various countries around the world. They are sorted by location.
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Series 6. Additions after 1999.
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Subseries 6.1. Papers and Photographs, circa 1890s-2001 (Additions of January and May 2001).
Acquisitions Information: Accession 98842 and 98922.
Access: Closed.
Processing Note: Unprocessed; materials in envelopes; materials requiring screening.
Materials include, but are not limited to, miscellaneous correspondence, a few school notebooks, family photographs, a folder on tobacco buying, and other items.
Box 35-36
Box 35Box 36 |
Papers and Photographs, circa 1890s-2001 #04550, Subseries: "6.1. Papers and Photographs, circa 1890s-2001 (Additions of January and May 2001)." Box 35-36 |
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Subseries 6.2. Papers and Photographs, circa 1880s-2000s (Addition of July 2013).
Acquisitions Information: Accession 101828.
Deeds, correspondence, writings of Louis Billy Pope and others, miscellaneous papers, and photographs.
| Box 37 |
Papers, circa 1880s-2000s #04550, Subseries: "6.2. Papers and Photographs, circa 1880s-2000s (Addition of July 2013)." Box 37 |
Image Folder PF-4550/82-88
PF-4550/82PF-4550/83PF-4550/84PF-4550/85PF-4550/86PF-4550/87PF-4550/88 |
Photographs #04550, Subseries: "6.2. Papers and Photographs, circa 1880s-2000s (Addition of July 2013)." PF-4550/82-88 |
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Items Separated
Processed: June 1999
Updated: October 2001 and April 2019.
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