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C. Vann Woodward papers

Scope and Contents

The C. Vann Woodward papers are a rich resource for studying the professonal life of one of the leading twentieth century American historians and the evolution of the teaching and writing of the history of the South during his lifetime.

The arrangement of the papers into six series corresponds to groups of materials as they were found in Woodward's home. The heart (and majority) of the collection consists of correspondence and writings.

C vann woodward essays on abortion Woodward retired from teaching at Yale in , but he remained an active and productive historian. Du Bois , Langston Hughes , and other figures who were associated with the Harlem Renaissance movement. And not until , in Plessy v. Personal,

From the correspondence the reseacher gains an understanding of the thought process that went into Woodward's approach to studying, writing, and teaching history. It also documents the collegial world of criticism that Woodward so highly valued. Woodward's friends, colleagues, and acquaintances included the leading lights in the history profession.

Through letters that combined "candor with civility" they critiqued and commented on his research and writings, and he did the same for them. His relationships with his graduate students, as mentor directing pioneering research into new aspects of Southern history, professional colleague, and friend, is well documented in his letters to and from them.

Of particular value in the Writing series are a number of unpublished short writings on a range of topics.

There is only scattered documentation of Woodward's involvement in the civil rights movement and its location is noted in the various series descriptions. There are photographs of him in the Writings series (Books - Mary Chesnut's Civil War- Photographs) and in the Personal series (Photographs, and Portrait unveiling).

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

C vann woodward essays on abortion act Potter completed and edited by Don E. Woodward, starting out on the left politically, wanted to use history to explore dissent. Scope and Contents The C. His book The Strange Career of Jim Crow demonstrated that racial segregation was an invention of the late 19th century rather than an inevitable post- Civil-War development.

Original computer files may not be accessed due to their fragility. Researchers must consult access copies. Copies of commercially produced audiovisual materials contained in this collection cannot be made for researcher use outside of the repository.

Conditions Governing Use

for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by C.

Vann Woodward has been transferred to Yale University. These materials may be used for non-commercial purposes without seeking permission from Yale University as the holder.

C vann woodward essays on abortion law In another case a black man accused of raping a white girl was tied to a stake and burned to death in daytime before a crowd of about a thousand people. He did much writing but little original research at Yale, frequently writing essays for such outlets as the New York Review of Books. The arrangement of the papers into six series corresponds to groups of materials as they were found in Woodward's home. Manly was protected from lynching by the efforts of the black police officers of Wilmington, but he felt impelled to print mollifying qualifications of what he had written.

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of C. Vann Woodward, and ; gift of Susan L. Woodward, ; gift of Charles Joyner,

Arrangement

Arranged in six series and two additions: I. Correspondence, II. Writings, III. Subject files, IV.

Research files, V. Yale, VI. Personal,

Dates

Majority of material found within -

Extent

Linear Feet (97 boxes)

Megabytes

Related Names

Woodward, C. Vann (Comer Vann),

Language of Materials

English