Department of History records 1944-2007

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Department of History records 1944-2007

Collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, teaching materials, and publications produced by the Department of History at the University of Minnesota.

9 boxes (9.0 cubic feet)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6619059

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Chambers, Clarke A.

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Clarke A. Chambers was born in Blue Earth, Minnesota on June 3, 1921, the son of physician Winslow Clarke Chambers and Anna Anderson Chambers. He received his B.A. from Carleton College in January 1943 and enlisted that same month in the U.S. Army Air Forces, 29th Bomber Command. He was trained as a weather observer and was stationed in the Western Pacific in the spring of 1944, having married his college sweetheart Florence earlier that year. Over the next sixteen month...

University of Minnesota. Dept. of History.

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Courses in history were first taught at the University of Minnesota in 1869 by the university's first president, William Watts Folwell. The first faculty in history was appointed in 1874, and in 1885 the department of history was established with Harry P. Judson named as chair. Areas of specialization for the department include African History, Ancient History, Asian History, Medieval European History, Latin American History, Early and Modern U.S. History, and Comparative Women's History. ...