Inventory of the Frederic B. M. Hollyday Papers, 1943-1971

Abstract

Frederic Hollyday was a professor in the Dept. of History from 1956-1982.

The collection includes meeting minutes, memoranda and relating to his research and administrative duties and ranges in date from 1943-1971.

Descriptive Summary

Repository: University Archives, Duke University
Creator: Hollyday, Federic B. M.
Title: Frederic B. M. Hollyday Papers, 1943-1971
Language of Material: English
Extent: 2.0 Linear Feet, 2000 Items
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

The collection includes personal, professional and official material, primarily correspondence and memoranda, concerning Holly's training and his subsequent career in Duke's History Dept. and his service on the Honors Committee of the Undergraduate Faculty Council. There is correspondence with Harold Lewis, E. M. Carroll and other historians which documents the way in which the department sought to bring along young scholars; other letters illustrate concerns the faculty had over matters such as segregation and race relations in the 1950s and 1960s. Some letters describe preparations for E. M. Carroll's Festschrift. There is a small amount of family correspondence and material relating to Hollyday's teaching and professional activities, such as National Archives conferences and the Southern Historical Association. Also included are the records of the Undergraduate Faculty Council Committee on Honors which Hollyday chaired in the late 1960s and probably received records from his predecessors. The collection ranges in date from 1943-1971.

Administrative Information

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Access Restrictions

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Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

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.

Contents of the Collection

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Jefferson Encyclopedia

Box 1

Rutgers - Stearns Correspondence

Box 1

Southgate Program

Box 1

Mary Carroll - Clipping and Correspondence, 1968

Box 1

Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1963-1965

Box 1

Correspondence Re: Purchase of Library Materials, 1964-1969

Box 1

Thacker Correspondence, 1958

Box 1

Summer Session, 1974-1975

Box 1

Heniger Correspondence, 1965

Box 1

Neal Correspondence, 1959

Box 1

The Story of Two Wars, 1950

Box 1

European Studies Program, 1971-1972

Box 1

Washington and Lee/Shaw - 1966 Ceremony

Box 1

Editorship - Central European Affairs, 1966

Box 1

Alabama Offer, 1969

Box 1

Morier Affair Article and Correspondence, 1967

Box 1

Correspondence, 1943-1958

Box 1

Correspondence, Army Reserve Applications, Report Cards, 1949-1977

Box 1

Diaz Correspondence, 1966

Box 2

Steinmetz Correspondence, 1964

Box 2

Nipperdey Correspondence, 1970

Box 2

Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1969, 1972

Box 2

Department Committees, 1973

Box 2

Central European History Conference Group, 1972

Box 2

Graduate Candidate Selection Procedure, 1967

Box 2

Dorian Correspondence, 1973

Box 2

Krause Correspondence, 1973

Box 2

Acting Director - Undergraduate Studies, 1967

Box 2

Committee on Courses, 1973

Box 2

History Department Meetings, 1971-1973

Box 2

Fulbright Information, 1972

Box 2

Microform Review, 1971-1972

Box 2

Graduate Program in History, 1971

Box 2

Stark - Prentice Hall Correspondence, 1971

Box 2

Department Bylaws

Box 2

Core Collection for College Libraries

Box 2

Summer Session, 1971

Box 2

Undergraduate Assistantship Program

Box 2

New Curriculum, 1969

Box 2

Leyburn Correspondence, 1961

Box 2

J. Swell Correspondence, 1970-1971

Box 2

National Archives Materials

Box 2

Pitcher Correspondence, 1968

Box 2

Committee on Library Research Sources, Southern Historical Association, 1967

Box 2

Pass/Fail Memo, undated

Box 2

Boschan Correspondence, 1967

Box 2

University of Wisconsin Seminar, 1967

Box 2

Duke Salaries, General Info, 1967

Box 2

Deans and Freshman Faculty Fellows

Box 2

Committee on Undergraduate Faculty Council

Box 2

United Fund Campaign, 1966

Box 2

Southern Historical Association - Memos and Correspondence, 1966

Box 2

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowships, 1966

Box 2

Department Committees, 1966

Box 2

Graduate Procedures, 1967

Box 2

Kirk Correspondence, 1966

Box 2

Graduate Student Job, 1966

Box 2

Introductory Course Report

Box 2

Southern Historical Association Conference, 1966

Box 2

Duke Bylaws

Box 2

Conference Group - Central Europe

Box 2

Department Report - Southern Association

Box 2

Archival Conference

Box 2

High School Teachers, 1964

Box 2

History Honors Program

Box 2

Forms to Send to Departments Having Graduation with Distinction Programs

Box 3

Approved Graduation with Distinction Programs

Box 3

Correspondence with Departments Re: Distinction Programs

Box 3

Minutes, Rulings on Special Cases

Box 3

Graduation Programs, 1957-1965

Box 3

Honors Committee - Evaluation Responses

Box 3

Honors Programs - Original Copy, 1964-1965

Box 3

Committee on Honors, 1967-1968

Box 3

Candidates for Graduation with Distinction, 1962-1963

Box 3

Honors Papers, 1965

Box 3

Honors at Duke, 1963-1964

Box 3

Duke Programs in Graduation with Distinction, 1965-1968

Box 3

Honors Programs and Brochures, 1966

Box 4

Honors Committee Report, 1965-1969

Box 4

Honors Materials

Box 4

Graduation with Distinction Candidate Memos, 1965-1966

Box 4

Graduation with Distinction Candidates, 1968-1969

Box 4

Historical Note

Frederic Blackmar Mumford Hollyday was born in Easton Maryland in 1928. He received his B.A. from Washington and Lee University in 1948, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University in 1950 and 1955, respectively. He joined the faculty of the Duke History Department in 1956, and he specialized in 19th century German history. In 1968 and 1971, he served as Director of Undergraduate Studies in the History Department. Among his major publications include the books Bismarck's Rival: A Political Biography of General and Admiral Albrecht von Stosch (1960), Bismark: Great Lives Observed (1970), and the edited volume of E. Malcolm Carroll's The Western Powers and Soviet Russia, 1917-1922. He was promoted to Professor in 1971 and served in that capacity until his death in 1982.

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