Richard J. Richardson Papers, 1945-1999

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Richard J. Richardson Papers, 1945-1999

Richard J. Richardson Papers, 1945-1999

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Richard Judson Richardson was born in Poplar Bluff, Mo., in 1935. After receiving his B.S. in Public Affairs from Harding College in Arkansas in 1957 and attending the University of Dublin as a Rotary Foundation Fellow, he received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in political science from Tulane University. He taught at Tulane, Western Michigan University, and the University of Hawaii before joining the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1969. There, in addition to his teaching, he served as chair of the political science department, 1975-1980, and was active on numerous university committees, chairing the University of North Carolina Bicentennial Observance Committee. From 1995 to 2000, Richardson was provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Materials of Richard J. Richardson include many that relate to his service at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill papers include general subject files; materials documenting Richardson's involvement in the planning and observance of the University's bicentennial celebration; and papers of John Patrick Hagan, a student of Richardson's who earned his Ph.D. at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and who died in an automobile accident while completing a visiting professorship at the University. In addition to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill materials, there are also documents created during and prior to Richardson's years as a student at Caruthersville High School in Caruthersville, Mo.; papers from Richardson's undergraduate years at Harding College; papers from his year in Dublin, Ireland, on a Rotary Foundation fellowship; and documents relating to his graduate school years at Tulane University and his early teaching career. There are also recordings of two of Richardson's speeches, a videotape about University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's honor system, and a few photographs.

About 7,200 items (27.0 linear feet)

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection