Weatherford, Willis D. (Willis Duke), 1875-1970

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Willis D. Weatherford of Black Mountain, N.C., was president of the Blue Ridge Assembly, Black Mountain, N.C., 1906-1944; president of the Y.M.C.A. Graduate School, Nashville, Tenn., 1919-1946; trustee of Berea College, Berea, Ky., 1916-ca. 1962; faculty member of Fisk University, 1936-1946; director of the Southern Appalachian Studies Project, 1956-1968; and lifelong student of race relations in the South.

From the description of Willis D. Weatherford papers, 1911-1969. WorldCat record id: 25422545 1 December 1875 Born in Weatherford, Tex., son of Samuel L. and Margaret Turner Weatherford 1895 B.S., Weatherford [Junior] College, Weatherford, Tex. 1899 B.A., Vanderbilt University 1900 M.A., Vanderbilt University 1907 Ph.D., Vanderbilt University 1902 1919 International student secretary of YMCA 1903 1907 Married Lula Belle Trawick 1906 1944 President, Blue Ridge Assembly (later known as Blue Ridge College, Inc.) 1907 Set up the Southern Summer School for Social Science and Christian Workers of Blue Ridge 1907 Author: Fundamental Religious Principles in Browning's Poetry; College Problems 1910 Author: Negro Life in the South 1911 Author: Introducing Men to Christ 1912 Author: Present Forces in Negro Progress 1912 Served on Standing Committee on Negro Problems of the Southern Sociological Congress 1914 1957 Married Julia McCrory 1915 Served on Board of Governors of the Southern Sociological Congress 1916 Author: Christian Life, a Normal Experience; Personal Elements in Religious Life 1916 circa 1962 Trustee, Berea College, Berea, Ky. 1917 Editor: Report on Law and Order Conference 1917 Organized a law and order conference dealing with the lynching problem in the South, held at Blue Ridge, N.C. 1919 Attended organizational meeting of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation, Atlanta, Ga. circa 1919 Took part in forming the Interracial Commission in Tennessee from the Tennessee Law and Order League 1919 1936 President, Southern College of the YMCA (later known as the YMCA Graduate School), Nashville, Tenn. 1920 Editor: Interracial Cooperation 1924 Author: The Negro from Africa to America 1925 Chair, Tennessee Commission on Interracial Cooperation; member, Board of Directors, Atlanta University 1927 1970 Member of the Board of Directors of ACIPCO 1932 Editor: Survey of the Negro Boy in Nashville 1934 Editor: Survey of Negro Boy Life in Nashville, Tenn. 1934 Author: Race Relations (co-authored with Charles S. Johnson, President, Fisk University) 1935 Author: Life Sketch of James Brownson Dunwoody DeBow 1936 YMCA Graduate School closes 1936 1946 Head, Department of Religion and Humanities, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. 1945 Blue Ridge Association sold to the Southern Region Headquarters of the YMCA 1946 Accepted position at Berea College dealing with instructional development and student recruitment 1948 Author: Analytical Index of DeBows Review 1954 1957 Organized and directed the development of the outdoor pageant, Wilderness Road 1955 Editor: Religion in the Appalachian Mountains; Educational Opportunities in the Appalachian Mountains 1955 Author: Pioneers of Destiny 1956 1968 Organizer and director of the Southern Appalachian Studies Project 1957 Author: American Churches and the Negro 1962 Author: Life and Religion in Southern Appalachia (co-authored with Earl D. C. Brewer); Studies in Christian Experience 1962 Editor: The Southern Appalachian Region: A Survey (co-edited with Thomas R. Ford) 1965 1967 Served on the Governor's Council on Aging 21 February 1970 Died From the guide to the Willis D. Weatherford Papers, 1911-1969, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

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