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Size | 31.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 10,000 items) |
Abstract | The papers of Joel Williamson, white historian of the American South and professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, are his professional and scholarly research files. The materials are focused chiefly on three major book projects, The Crucible of Race: Black-White Relations in the American South since Emancipation (1984), William Faulkner and Southern History (1993), and Elvis Presley: A Southern Life (2014). Also included are research materials about Margaret Mitchell, the author of the novel Gone with the Wind. The collection contains correspondence, research notes and copies of archival documents relevant to Williamson's historical research, grant applications and reports, materials for teaching and for advising graduate students, printed items including published articles by Williamson and others, annotated and amended drafts of his scholarly publications, and talks and papers delivered at conferences for professional organizations including the Southern Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians. |
Creator | Williamson, Joel. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Encoded by: Laura Smith
Processed by Nicole Cvjetnicanin and Rebecca Stubbs, March 2019
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Box 1 |
Correspondence
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Box 2 |
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1980, 1995-2000s
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Box 3-4 |
Book projects: FaulknerNotes |
Box 5 |
Book projects: FaulknerPermits index |
Box 6 |
Book projects: FaulknerEarly drafts |
Box 7 |
Book projects: FaulknerArticles & talks & draft |
Box 8 |
Book projects: ElvisClippings, teaching |
Box 9 |
Book projects: ElvisClippings, notes, research-University of Memphis, lion workshop |
Box 10 |
Book projects: ElvisTalks |
Box 11 |
Book projects: ElvisElvis & Margaret Mitchell |
Box 12 |
Book projects: Crucible of Race and Rage for Order, 1983Research for Crucible of Race, few dates |
Box 13 |
Book projects: Various projectsNotes for writing |
Box 14 |
Professional workCorrespondence, dissertation advisees, etc. |
Box 15 |
Professional workTalks, etc. |
Box 16 |
Professional workTalks, travel, grants |
Box 17 |
Professional workNotes, talks, etc. |
Box 18 |
Professional workStudent papers, attendance sheets, teaching materials, etc. |
Box 19 |
Professional workTeaching "summer", summer school classes, student work, lecture notes, grades |
Box 20 |
Professional workTalks, grant proposals, etc. |
Box 21 |
Audiovisual materialsProfessional audio tapes |