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uaafs Inventory of the Anne Firor Scott papers, 1963-2002 Processed by: Sara Busija; machine-readable finding aid created by: Kimberly Sims University Archives Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 003819260

Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: January 2007Processed by Sara Busija, November 2006; Finding Aid encoded by Kimberly Sims, University Archives, Duke University, January 2007 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and our local Style Guide Inventory of the Anne Firor Scott papers, 1963-2002 University Archives Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary University Archives, Duke University Scott, Anne Firor, 1921- Anne Firor Scott papers, 1963-2002 Material in English 6 Linear Feet 6000 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Anne Firor Scott taught in the History Dept. at Duke University from 1961-1991. She is currently W. K. Boyd Professor of History Emerita. The collection includes correspondence, subject files, and student papers and a videorecording. Most of the collection is restricted. It ranges in date from 1963-2002. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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For a period of twenty-five years from the origin of the material, permission in writing from the office of origin and the University Archivist is required for use. After twenty-five years, records that have been processed may be consulted with the permission of the University Archivist.

Portions of these materials are restricted by donor request.

Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Anne Firor Scott papers, University Archives, Duke University.

Provenance

The Anne Firor Scott papers were received by the University Archives as transfers from 1964-2004.

Processing Information

Processed by Sara Busija, November 2006

Encoded by Kimberly Sims, January 2007

Accessions A64-218, A71-87, A76-7, A79-71, A81-115, A84-65, A89-114, A90-57, A90-92, A91-105, A92-17, A92-25, A92-29, A92-59, A2002-26 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Biographical Note

Anne Firor Scott was born April 24, 1921 in Montezuma Georgia. She married Andrew MacKay Scott in 1947. She graduated summa cum laude in 1941 from the University of Georgia and earned her M.A. at Northwestern in 1944 and her Ph.D. in 1958 at Radcliffe College. From 1944-1947 and again from 1951-1953, Scott served as a research associate, congressional representative and editor of THE NATIONAL VOTER for the League of Women Voters of the United States. She began teaching at Duke University in 1961 as an Assistant Professor in History and in 1980 was promoted to W. K. Boyd Professor of History and served as such until 1991 when she retired as Professor Emerita.

Collection Overview

Collection contains correspondence, student papers, and committee records. Some materials relate to University matters, but most concern the study and teaching of American history, particularly the history of women in the South. Included are 24 students' reactions to the assassination of John F. Kennedy (1963), 17 student papers on the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island (1979), a "Last Lecture" by Dr. Scott ("A Modest Proposal for a Quiet Revolution," 1966), 170 students' interviews with working women (1976), and a letter by Ruth Dozier describing the work of a home demonstration agent in North Carolina from 1900-1920. All of these materials are open for research. University-related material includes the University Scholar Teacher Award (1982-1983) [restricted] and included a files on the Provost Search Committee (1982-1983) which was removed by Archives staff. Correspondence is sometimes labeled Business Correspondence and sometimes as AFS Chronological File. The topical or subject files include letters of recommendation, History Department minutes, and files relating to seminars, meetings, publishing, and professional associations. The correspondence and subject files are closed except by permission of Dr. Scott and the University Archivist. The material ranges in date from 1963-2002.

Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.

Scott, Anne Firor, 1921- Duke University--History--20th century. Duke University. Dept. of History--Faculty. Women--United States--History. Education, Higher--North Carolina. Women historians--United States. History--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant (Pa.) Related Material News Service Biographical Files, 1960-2004 Duke University Archives Biographical Reference Collection, 1972-2004 Duke University Archives Photograph Collection, 1861-2006 Duke University Archives Anne Firor Scott Papers, 1939-2000 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library John William Firor Papers, 1860-1986 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Contents of Collection Container List 1 AFS Chronological File I Correspondence, beginning 1974 June Business Correspondence, 1974 January Current Correspondence, 1973 Fall Correspondence, 1972-1973 December Correspondence, 1973 Summer-1973 November Current, 1973 May-June Professorial Correspondence, 1972 July-1973 April Correspondence, 1972 July Correspondence, 1972 January-June Business Correspondence, 1972 Professorial Correspondence: Inactive Business Correspondence, 1971 August-December Business Correspondence, 1971 June-August Business Correspondence, 1971 Business Correspondence, 1970 Business Correspondence, 1969 Business Correspondence, 1968 Business Correspondence, 1977 Business Correspondence, 1976 Business Correspondence, 1963-1965 2 Chronological File, 1985 January Chronological File, 1984 January Chronological File, 1983 January-June Chronological File, 1982 July-December Chronological File, 1982 January-June Chronological File, 1981 Chronological File, 1980-1981 Chronological Correspondence File, from 1980 February Chronological Correspondence File, until 1980 February Chronological File, beginning 1979 November 1 Chronological File, beginning 1979 June Chronological File, 1979 January-undated Chronological File, 1978 June-December Chronological File, 1977 December-1978 May Chronological File, 1977 September-undated Chronological File, beginning 1977 March 1 Chronological File, beginning 1976 December Chronological File, beginning 1976 Summer Chronological File (IV), beginning 1976 January Chronological File (III), 1975-1976 Summer 3 Student Essays Re: Kennedy Assassination, 1963 Governor's Commission Faculty Discussion Group TIAA: Letters of Protest Law Record Newsletters, 1971 USSR USSR Colloquium Hobart and William Smith-Evaluation of History Department National Endowment for the Humanities Sacred Journeys- Reviews for NET, 1976-1980 University Scholar/Teacher, 1983 History, Department of; Records, 1980-1981 Executive Committee, 1974 September-1980 September Trinity College Historical Society, 1974-1981 TCHS, 1980-1981 Trinity College Historical Society, 1973-1974 Anne F. Scott: Speeches Distinguished Professors, 1982 Duke Women, 1989 March Miscellaneous Anne F. Scott Speeches Julia Spruill Prize University of Toronto, 1972 Woodrow Wilson International Center Carnegie Corporation Comment on What Happened to the Chesnut Diaries, 1979 April 15 (OAH) Ford Foundation Margaret Jarman Hagood (AFS work on her for NAW) History of Education Quarterly Emma LeConte Radcliffe Graduate Medal Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Williams College Visiting Committee Chronological Correspondence, 1985 November 1 Chronological Correspondence, beginning 1985 December 19 4 Bogue Introduction Southern Historical Assn-Introduction of Louis Harlan Supplement to NAW, 1976-1980 1960s Student Activism Phi Beta Kappa National Humanities Center Board AFS Academic Council China Trip, 1977 Australians Duke University Last Lecture, 1966 April 20 Last Lecture: Response An Address to the Board of Trustees of Duke University, 1979 May 5 ABC Clip Introduction, 1978 Encyclopedia Britannica Harbison Award Application, 1966 Margaret Harper: Campaign, 1972 Houghton Mifflin Book on Women in America (correspondence), 1968-1976 Johns Hopkins Appointment, 1972-1973 TIAA Nominating Committee, 1971-1974 Women's History Sources Survey, Chambers-Hindig Project SNPA Seminar, 1970 Women scholars and requests for names Scholars of Women's History, raw data Rockefeller Foundation Proposal Duke Symposium, 1963 Coalition for Women's Higher Education Citizens Advisory Council on the Status of Women AHA Panel, 1970 December Teacher-Course Evaluation- Hist. 124 The Southern Lady: Reviews and correspondence Frederick Jackson Turner Award Scope and nature of OAH OAH Treasurer Search Program National Coordinating Committee Executive Secretary Organization of American Historians (OAH): President's File OAH Program OAH Executive Board OAH Essentials Faculty Committee Acceptances Confidential File Interviews with Working Women, History 170, 1976 Spring Student Papers: Artis, JE, 1990 Student Papers: Infosino, J.M., 1990 Student Papers: Fishman, Aleisa. Three Generations of Women. History 170, 1989 Student Papers: Ginsberg, Marnie S. Three Generations… History 170, 1990 Student Work- Three Mile Island Dozier, Ruth E., 1974 Student Work- Why I Am in College Chronological File, 1974-1975 Chronological Correspondence, 1974-1975 Tape Shelf Women Activists in Black and White, 2002