John Tate Lanning papers, 1926-1976.

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John Tate Lanning papers, 1926-1976.

The collection includes personal and professional papers of John Tate Lanning (1902-1976). Types of materials include correspondence, manuscript materials, committee notes, student papers, newsletters, conference materials, curriculum materials, travel diaries, interview transcripts, and field research notes. Major subjects include the Duke University Department of History, Duke University Research Council, Hispanic American Historical Review, Latin American history, Latin American library resources, research in the social sciences, and Latin American colleges and universities. Materials range in date from 1926-1976.

36000 items (36 linear ft.)

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Duke University. Department of History

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The study of history emerged as a separate field of study at Trinity College in the late nineteenth-century supported by a change in popular attitudes, interests, and the ongoing professionalization of the field of historical inquiry. In 1891, Trinity College became the first southern educational institution to establish a distinct chair of history. In 1896, Stephen B. Weeks founded the Trinity College Historical Society which gave further impetus to strengthening the Department of ...

Lanning, John Tate, 1902-1976

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John Tate Lanning served as a Latin America scholar, historian, and Professor of History at Duke University. From the description of John Tate Lanning papers, 1926-1976. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 53906279 John Tate Lanning was born in Linwood, N.C. in 1902. He received degrees from Trinity College (A.B., 1924) and the University of California (A.M., 1925, Ph.D., 1928). A teacher, lecturer, educator, and historian, Lanning began h...

Duke University

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Duke University. Research Council.

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