C. Horace Hamilton papers, 1920s-1970s [manuscript].

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C. Horace Hamilton papers, 1920s-1970s [manuscript].

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Chiefly Hamilton's professional and personal correspondence. Personal correspondence includes a number of letters from family members. Most of the papers cover Hamilton's years at Lon Morris College, UNC, VPI, and NCSU, and treat topics such as rural sociology, farm tenancy, interracial cooperation, and African-American education. Correspondence provides information about the interracial cooperation movement in Texas and the study of social science at UNC in the 1920s and 1930s. Correspondents include George Collins of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Rupert Vance, and Howard Odum. There are also a few items relating to Jessie Daniel Ames.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Hamilton, C. Horace (Charles Horace), 1901-1977

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