Rozwenc papers, 1952-1972.

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Rozwenc papers, 1952-1972.

The collection consists chiefly of professional correspondence, manuscripts, course materials and research materials documenting Rozwenc's career as a historian, editor, and teacher of American Studies at Amherst College, 1946-1974.

53 boxes (26.2 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7643576

Amherst College. Library

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Amherst College

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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy. The college was originally suggested as an alternative to Williams College, which was struggling to stay open. Although Williams survived, Amherst was formed and diverged into its own institution....

Amherst College. Class of 1937. Rozwenc.

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Rozwenc, Edwin C. (Edwin Charles), 1915-1974

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Rozwenc was born on May 21, 1915 in Dover, New Jersey. He graduated from Amherst College in the Class of 1937 and obtaining his M.A. (1938) and Ph.D. (1941) from Columbia University. After teaching history at Clark University from 1942 to 1946, Rozwenc returned to Amherst as a professor of History. During his professorship, which began in 1946 and continued until his death in 1974, Rozwenc wrote or edited many books on American history and served as chairman of the Department of American Studies...