Katherine Du Pre Lumpkin (1897-1988) was YWCA national student secretary, southern region, 1920-1925; research director at the Council of Industrial Studies, Smith College, 1932-1939, and at the Institute of Labor Studies, Northampton, Mass., 1940-1953; professor of sociology at Wells College, Aurora, N.Y., 1957-1967; and an author. This collection contains correspondence, writings (mainly unpublished), research materials, lecture notes and drafts, photographs, and other papers of Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin. Most of the material relates to Lumpkin's primary research interests--race relations, criminology, labor, and southern history. Also included is material concerning Lumpkin's work as YWCA national student secretary and her extensive involvement in community activities in Charlottesville, Va., 1967-1978, some family letters, and some genealogical material.
