James Smoot Coleman Papers 1946-1987, bulk, 1964-1987

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James Smoot Coleman Papers 1946-1987, bulk, 1964-1987

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt6c60283m

Collection documents the activities of James Smoot Coleman, teacher and scholar, whose academic career spanned from 1953 to 1985. The materials primarily document his professional involvement with the Rockefeller Foundation, but also include a small amount of documentation on his teaching activities. The bulk of the collection consists of reports and reviews of the work of the Foundation, but also some of Dr. Coleman's writings and his teaching material.

21 boxes (10.5 linear ft.)

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Coleman, James Smoot

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Biography James Smoot Coleman was born in Provo, Utah on February 4, 1919. He earned his bachelor's degree at Brigham Young University, his M.A. and Ph.D. at Harvard, and joined the UCLA faculty as an instructor in 1953. He died from a heart attack on April 20, 1985, at age 66. Professor Coleman was among the first American scholars to recognize, understand, and give voice to the significance of the African perspective. His schola...