Hugh Hawkins Papers 1914-2012 1950-1990

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Greene, Theodore P., 1921-

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Theodore P. Greene (AC 1943), professor of history and American studies at Amherst College from 1952 to 1989, personified many of the traditional-but-progressive values of the college. Greene was especially proud of his role in the 1974 decision to make Amherst coeducational. He is also remembered as an outstanding teacher, lecturer and historian. Born in New York City in 1921, Greene spent his early years in New Britain, Conn., and attended Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, graduating f...

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is a national organization organized in chapters and affiliates that works for human rights across the world. It played a prominent role in the civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s. SCLC was closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King, Jr. Origins of the SCLC can be traced back to the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 5 December 1955 after which leaders of civil rights groups met in Atlanta on 10-11 January 1957 to form ...

DeWitz, Friedel

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Amherst College. Dept. of History

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Arkes, Hadley

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Lattimore, Owen, 1900-1989

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Orientalist, author, educator, and historian; died 1989. From the description of Owen Lattimore papers, 1907-1997 (bulk 1950-1989). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983405 Biographical Note 1900, July 29 Born, Washington, D.C. 1913 1914 Atten...

Hawkins, Hugh

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Hugh Hawkins was born in Topeka, KS on September 3, 1929, and raised in El Reno, OK. He received a Bachelor's degree from DePauw University in 1950 and a Ph.D from John Hopkins University in 1954. He served in the U.S. Army, 1954-1956, and taught at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1956-1957. Hawkins began teaching History and American Studies at Amherst College in 1957. He was active in several notable social movements and causes, including academic freedom and anti-M...

Wilson, Douglas C.

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Amherst College. Dept. of American Studies

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Guttman, Allen

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Ward, John William, 1922-1985

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Ward (1922-1985) was educated at Harvard University (A.B., 1945) and the University of Minnesota (M.A., 1950; Ph. D. 1953). From 1952-1964 he was Professor of English, then Professor of History at Princeton University. He was Professor of History and American Studies at Amherst College, 1964-1971 and President of the College, 1971-1979. From the description of Ward papers, ca. 1952-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 53862900 Born in Boston in 1922, John Willia...

Amherst College. Dept. of Black Studies

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O'Connell, Barry, 1943-....

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