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T. HARRY WILLIAMS PAPERS Mss T. HARRY WILLIAMS PAPERS Mss. 2489, 2510 Inventory Compiled by Anne Smith Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library Louisiana State University Libraries Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University 2000 Updated Rose Tarbell, 2006 Brad Wiles, 2011 T. HARRY WILLIAMS PAPERS Mss. 2489, 2510 1775-1977 LSU LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS CONTENTS OF INVENTORY SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................... 3 BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE ...................................................................................... 4 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE ................................................................................................... 5 LIST OF SERIES AND SUBSERIES ............................................................................................ 6 SERIES DESCRIPTIONS .............................................................................................................. 7 INDEX TERMS ............................................................................................................................ 10 CONTAINER LIST ...................................................................................................................... 11 Appendix A ................................................................................................................................... 21 Appendix B ................................................................................................................................... 23 Appendix C ................................................................................................................................... 29 Appendix D ................................................................................................................................... 31 Use of manuscript materials. If you wish to examine items in the manuscript group, please place a request via the Special Collections Request System. Consult the Container List for location information. Photocopying. Should you wish to request photocopies, please consult a staff member. Do not remove items to be photocopied. The existing order and arrangement of unbound materials must be maintained. Reproductions must be made from surrogates (microfilm, digital scan, photocopy of original held by LSU Libraries) when available. Publication. Readers assume full responsibility for compliance with laws regarding copyright, literary property rights, and libel. Proper acknowledgement of LLMVC materials must be made in any resulting writing or publications. The correct form of citation for this manuscript group is given on the summary page. Copies of scholarly publications based on research in the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections are welcomed. Page 2 of 33 T. HARRY WILLIAMS PAPERS Mss. 2489, 2510 1775-1977 LSU LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SUMMARY Size. 40 linear ft.; 76 cassette tapes; 15 volumes Geographic Louisiana, Wisconsin, and England locations. Inclusive dates. 1775-1980 Bulk dates. 1927-1977 Language. English Summary. Correspondence, writings, records, research material, literary productions, printed material, photographs, audio/visual material, and scrapbooks relating to noted LSU History Professor and Huey Long biographer, T. Harry Williams. Restrictions on Reel-to-reel tapes and photograph negatives are not available for patron access. use without consent of the curator. Copyright. Literary and property rights of the materials are retained by the LSU Libraries. Copyright of other original materials is retained by the creators of the materials or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. Citation. T. Harry Williams Papers, Mss. 2489, 2510, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Stack locations. Range 34; OS:W; Vault; Mf:W Page 3 of 33 T. HARRY WILLIAMS PAPERS Mss. 2489, 2510 1775-1977 LSU LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE Thomas Harry Williams (1909-1979) was a Professor of History at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, from 1941 until his retirement in May of 1979. A scholar and prolific writer, he authored numerous books, articles, and book reviews. He was a distinguished and popular faculty member and a superb public speaker. He was active in several historical associations and received many awards and honors. Williams was born in Illinois. His mother, Emma Necollins Williams, died before he was two years old. Soon after her death, T. Harry Williams and his father, William D. Williams, moved to Hazel Green, Wisconsin to live with his paternal grandparents. In 1952, T. Harry Williams married Estelle Skolfield Williams. He had one stepdaughter, Mai Frances Doles. He received his early education in the local schools of Hazel Green, Wisconsin. In 1931 he received a bachelor’s degree in education from Platteville State Teachers College, Wisconsin. Unable to find a teaching job, he entered graduate school that year at the University of Wisconsin to study history. While at the University of Wisconsin, he studied under William B. Hesseltine and earned a Master’s degree (1932) and Ph.D. (1937) in history. Williams began teaching history in the Extension Department of the University of Wisconsin in 1936. He then taught at the University of Omaha from 1938 until 1941. He began teaching at Louisiana State University in the fall of 1941. Williams was awarded the title of Boyd Professor in 1953. He was an enthusiastic and stimulating classroom lecturer and spoke to overflow crowds of students. In 1979 the L.S.U. Board of Supervisors established the T.Harry Williams Chair of American History. In that same year, the T. Harry Williams Scholarship Fund was created. Among his many academic honors were; Doctor of Law, Northland College (1953); Guggenheim Fellow (1957); Doctor of Letters, Bradley University (1959); Harry S. Truman Award in Civil War History (1964); Harmsworth Professor of American History, Queen’s College, Oxford England (1966-1967); Doctor of Humane Letters, Loyola University (1974); and Doctor of Humane Letters, Tulane University (1979). He described himself as a “narrative historian,” meaning he wrote and lectured for the general reader and listener. His first book, Lincoln and the Radicals, was published by the University of Wisconsin Press in 1941. Williams published more than fifteen books from 1941 until 1979. Two books were published after his death. In 1969, Williams received much acclaim for his book, Huey Long. In this book he used the new research technique of oral history. Williams was awarded the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Huey Long. Williams served as President of the Southern Historical Association (1958-1959) and Organization of American Historians (1972-1973). He was a guest lecturer at numerous colleges, universities, historical associations, and Civil War Round Tables. Page 4 of 33 T. HARRY WILLIAMS PAPERS Mss. 2489, 2510 1775-1977 LSU LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The T. Harry Williams Papers includes correspondence, writings, records, research material, literary productions, printed material, photographs, and audio/visual material from Thomas Harry Williams (1909-1979), author and professor of history at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, La. The correspondence documents his personal and professional activities and associations. Personal family letters are included as well as correspondence of his wife Estelle Williams. There is a series of correspondence that reveals Williams’ research efforts on his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Huey Long. Other writings include articles, speeches, and reviews, primarily by Williams, but other authors as well. As a scholar and writer Williams gathered a great deal of research material including manuscripts, notes, notecards, clippings on topics such as the Civil War and its major figures, U.S. history, military history, and Louisiana Governor and Senator Huey Long. Included is Williams’ collection of oral history interviews related to Huey Long. Other literary productions include handwritten manuscripts, typescripts, page proofs, galley proofs, and sample pages, along with notes and corrections by Williams and various editors. The printed materials in the collection include programs, publications, and numerous maps reflective of Williams’s research topics and professional engagements. The photograph section includes carte-de-visites, personal and professional photographs, images used as book illustrations, and several documenting the Huey Long era. Fifteen scrapbooks contain publicity materials, reviews of his books, and information about speaking engagements, travels, awards, and congratulatory letters to Williams. The Audio/Visual materials include a 16mm film strip of Williams, reel-to-reel master tapes of oral history interviews, speeches, and presentations, and copies of these items for public use. Page 5 of 33 T. HARRY WILLIAMS PAPERS Mss. 2489, 2510 1775-1977 LSU LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIST OF SERIES AND SUBSERIES Series I. Correspondence, 1926-1980, undated Subseries A. Personal and Professional Subseries B. Publications Subseries C. Professional Organizations Subseries D. Awards Subseries E. Miscellaneous Subseries F. Huey P. Long Subseries G. Estelle Williams Series II. Writings, 1924-1979, undated Series III. Records, 1944, 1952-1979 Series IV. Research Materials, 1986-1890, undated Series V. Research Materials.
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