Mentzer, Raymond A.

Raymond A. Mentzer, Jr., was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1945. He received his AB in European History from Fordham University in 1967; he earned his M.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1970 and his PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1973. He was an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1973 to 1978. He became an associate professor in history at Montana State University in 1978. His research concentrated on French Protestantism and French legal history. He is now retired from Montana State University. The research files constituting this collection were compiled as part of a bicentennial history project.

From the description of Raymond A. Mentzer research papers, 1974-1979. (Montana State University Bozeman Library). WorldCat record id: 70969100

Raymond A. Mentzer, Jr. was born in Pittsburgh PA on September 20, 1945. He was married in 1968 and has two children. He received his AB in European History from Fordham University in 1967; he earned his M.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1970 and his PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1973. He was an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1973-78. He became an Associate Professor in History at Montana State University in 1978. He was an American Council of Learned Society fellow from 1975-76 and a fellow of the National Endowment of Humanities 1981-82. Memberships include the AHA; Renaissance Society of America; and the Society of French History Studies. His research concentrated on French Protestantism and French legal history. He is the author of Heresy Proceedings in Languedoc, 1500-1560 (1983) and Blood and Belief: Family Survival and Confessional Identity among the Provincial Huguenot Nobility (1994). He also authored numerous papers in assorted professional journals. He is now retired from Montana State University.

From the guide to the Raymond A. Mentzer Research Papers, 1974-1979, (Montana State University-Bozeman Library, Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections)