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				Vernon Lane Wharton Papers
				Collection 34 Wharton, Vernon Lane. Papers, 1935-1964. 5 ft. 5 in.
				Dr. Vernon L. Wharton was born 29 September 1907 in Handsboro, Mississippi. He was the son of Guy Vernet Wharton and Fannie Henningham Lane. He married Beverly Dickerson of McComb, Mississippi 16 June 1943. They had 2 sons. Wharton died 7 September 1964. He is buried at the Hollywood Cemetery in McComb, Mississippi. Wharton earned a bachelor degree in English at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi in 1928. In 1931 he received his Masters degree in History at the University of North Carolina and in 1940 he received his doctorate degree. He served in the U.S. Navy during WW II rising to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He was the Dean of College and Graduate School, Texas State College for Women 1952 - 1956. He was the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Southwestern Louisiana Institute/University of Southwestern Louisiana from 1956 until his death. Wharton had scholarly interest in social, political and economic issues concerning African-Americans. His dissertation which was later published was the influential book The Negro in Mississippi. As an educator Dr. Wharton was a member of distinguished academic societies such as Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Pi Kappa Delta, and Theta Chi. This collection consists of biographical material, correspondence, writings and speeches, lecture notes, clippings, and other materials.
				Series
				A.	Biography				1-1 through 1-10
				B.	Correspondence				1-11 through 1-17
				C.	Records
					1.	General			1-18
					2.	Financial			1-19 through 1-20
				D.	Writings				2-11 through Box 6
				E.	Lecture Notes				7-1 through 10-10
				F.	Speeches				11-1 through 11-15
				G.	Miscellaneous				11-16 through 11-17
					1.	Commencement			11-16 through 11-17
					2.	Constitution			11-18 through 11-19
					3.	Photographs			11-20
					4.	Minutes			11-21
					5.	Academic Material			11-22 through 11-25
					6.	Clippings			11-26
					7.	Programs			12-1
					8.	Pamphlets			12-2
					9.	Publications			12-3 through 12-9
					10.	Military Material			12-10 through 13-1
					10.	PAR			13-2 through 13-3
					11.	Rotary			13-4
					12.	Diplomas			13-5
					13	Colleges			13-6
					14.	Segregation			13-7
					15.	Miscellaneous			13-8 through 13-10
				Volumes: 5 Yearbooks
				Inventory:
				Box 1
				1-1	Biography: biographical information on Wharton, n.d.
				1-2	Same: sympathy letters on the death of Wharton, to Mrs. Wharton, 1964-1965
				1-3	Same: Millsaps College and University of North Carolina transcript records of Wharton, 1924-1940, n.d.
				1-4	Same: clippings, 1943-1964, n.d.
				1-5	Same: life insurance booklets, I.D. card, etc., 1940-1945
				1-6	Same: military records, 1955-1956
				1-7	Same:
				1-8	Same:
				1-9	Same:
				1-10	Same: material for Wharton on Farewell Reception at Millsaps College, 1952: August 12
				1-11	Correspondence: 1920s
				1-12	Same: 1930s
				1-13	Same: 1940s
				1-14	Same: 1950-1953
				1-15	Same: 1954-1959
1-16	Same: 1960-1969
1-17	Same: n.d.
1-18	General Records: directories, membership information, etc., 1953-1968, n.d.
1-19	Same: course information, student council members, etc., n.d.
1-20	Financial Records: budget, invoices, etc., 1952-1960, n.d.
Box 2
2-1	Writings: Green Papers, correspondence, 1956-1962
2-2	Same: 1962-1963
2-3	Same: 1964
2-4	Same: 1965-1966
2-5	Writings: Green Papers, notes, 1947
2-6	Same: n.d.
2-7	Same: n.d.
2-8	Same: n.d.
2-9	Same: n.d.
2-10	Same: n.d.
2-11	Same: miscellaneous, n.d.
2-12	Writings: "Reconstruction" first draft, n.d.
2-13	Same:
2-14	Same:
2-15	Same: "Reconstruction" early draft, n.d.
2-16	Same:
2-17	Same:
2-18	Same:
2-19	Same: "Reconstruction" final draft, n.d.
2-20	Same:
2-21	Same: "Reconstruction" n.d. [2 copies]
2-22	Same: "The Liberal Idealogy of Reconstruction", n.d.
2-23	Same: "New Construction in the South", by Woodward, C. Vann, n.d.
2-24	Same: "Southern Negro Since Reconstruction", n.d.
2-25	Same: "Confederate States of America: The Home Front", by Massey, Mary Elizabeth, n.d.
2-26	Same: "The Central Theme Revisited", n.d.
2-27	Same: Historical Literature of the Negro as Freedman", n.d.
Box 3
3-1	Writings: "Disfranchisement of the Negro in Mississippi", n.d.
3-2	Same: "Discussion of Wharton and Mabry Papers in Savannah, 15 November 1947
3-3	Same: "Development of the Code of Negro-White Relations in Mississippi, 1865-1890
3-4	Same: "Southern Negro during the War of Succession has been a neglected phase of American History, by Wharton, Vernon Lane, n.d.
3-5	Same: "Constitutional Problems: No.2: Suffrage Provisions in Southern Constitutions", 1947
3-6	Same: "The Republican Party and the Negro in the South, 1877-1896"
3-7	Same: The Role of the Negro Militia During Radical Reconstruction, n.d.
3-8	Same: "The Southerner as American", n.d.
3-9	Same: "What's Wrong with History?", n.d.
3-10	Same: "The People of Mississippi", n.d.; "Dauntless in Mississippi", The Life of Sarah A. Dickey, 1838-1904"; "The People of Mississippi", n.d.; "From Woman's Voice", 12 September 1896, v.7, no.37
3-11	Same: "Negro in Mississippi" - review, 1948, n.d.
3-12	Same: "Negro in Mississippi" - correspondence, 1943-1947
3-13	Same: "Negro in Mississippi" - corrections, n.d.
3-14	Same: "Negro in Mississippi" - thesis, n.d.
3-15	Same: "The Recent Action of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and Its Relations to Tougaloo College", n.d.
3-16	Notes: Teaching History, n.d.
3-17	Same: Education, n.d.
3-18	Same:
3-19	Same:
3-20	Same:
3-21	Same:
3-22	Same:
3-23	Same:
3-24	Same: Science Education, n.d.
3-25	Same: Academic Freedom, n.d.
3-26	Same; Spanish Treatment of India, n.d.
3-27	Same: Miscellaneous, n.d.
Box 4
4-1	Writings: note cards -- "Negro in Mississippi", n.d.
Box 5
5-1	Writings: note cards -- "Negro in Mississippi", n.d.
Box 6
6-1	Writings: note cards -- "Negro in Mississippi", n.d.
Box 7
7-1	Lecture Notes: American History, n.d.
7-2	Same:
7-3	Same:
7-4	Same:
7-5	Same:
7-6	Same:
7-7	Same:
7-8	Same:
7-9	Same: European Affairs, n.d.
Box 8
8-1	Lecture Notes: European History, n.d.
8-2	Same:
8-3	Same:
8-4	Same:
8-5	Same:
8-6	Same:
8-7	Same:
8-8	Same: History of Venezuela, n.d.
8-9	Same: History of Argentina, n.d.
Box 9
9-1	Lecture Notes: Philosophy, n.d.
9-2	Same:
9-3	Same: Government Bureaus, n.d.
9-4	Same: Internations Relations, n.d.
9-5	Same: Sociology, n.d.
9-6	Same: Social Stratification, n.d.
9-7	Same: The Family, n.d.
9-8	Same:
Box 10
10-1	Lecture Notes: The Family, n.d.
10-2	Same: The Criminal, n.d.
10-3	Same: Crime, n.d.
10-4	Same: Rural, Urban Sociology, n.d.
10-5	Same:
10-6	Same: Farm Enterprise, n.d.
10-7	Same: Social Problems, n.d.
10-8	Same: Sociology, n.d.
10-9	Same: Groups, n.d.
10-10	Same: Alcohol, n.d.
Box 11
11-1	Speeches: Talks to Church Groups, n.d.
11-2	Same:
11-3	Same: Talks to Student Groups, n.d.
11-4	Same:
11-5	Same: Delinquency, n.d.
11-6	Same: Talks to Civic Clubs, n.d.
11-7	Same: U.S.L. Talks, n.d.
11-8	Same:
11-9	Same:
11-10	Same: Welcomes, n.d.
11-11	Same: U.S. as World Power, n.d.
11-12	Same:
11-13	Same: Democracy and A World to Win, n.d.
11-14	Same: Values in an Age of Change -- Human Resources, n.d.
11-15	Same: T.S. C. W. Talks, n.d.
11-16	Same: Commencement Addresses, n.d.
11-17	Same:
11-18	Miscellaneous: Constitution, [Problems of Southern Constitution], 1907, 1947, n.d.
11-19	Same: Constitution, [14th Amendment - Southern Reaction], n.d.
11-20	Same: Photographs, n.d.
11-21	Same: Minutes -- Wesley Foundation: 1959: Dec. 27; 1961: Apr. 10; 1961: Summer;
11-22	Same: Book Reviews, n.d.
11-23	Same: High School Notebook, n.d.
11-24	Same:
11-25	Same: Ph.D Exam, 1939, n.d.
11-26	Same: newspaper clippings, 1943-1966, n.d.
Box 12
12-1	Miscellaneous: Programs, banquets, etc., Texas State College for Women, Denton, Tx, Winter Commencement Program, 31 January 1954; USL Appreciation Banquet, 1960: Oct. 13, Lafayette, LA; 11th Series "The Walter Lynwood Fleming Lecturers in Southern History, 1949: Apr. 20-28, University of North Carolina; Delta Iota Chapter, Kappa Delta Pi, 23rd Annual Banquet, 1958: May 7, U.S.L.; Centenary College of Louisiana, formal opening, 39th Session, 3 October 1963;
12-2	Same: Pamphlets, [Mississippi Conference of Social Work, 1949; Mar. 16-18, 22nd Annual Meeting, Biloxi, Mississippi; The American Sociological Society, n.d.; The Meaning and Foundations of World Peace, Chicago, Illinois, n.d.
12-3	Same: Publications: American Historical Association, 68th Annual Meeting, 1953: Dec. 28-30;
12-4	Same: Publications:
		Civil War and Construction, by Singletary, Otis A., 31st Yearbook
		Civil War and Construction, by Bridges, Hal, Publication No.5, 1957
		Cycles of American Democracy, by Green, Fletcher M., v. 48, no.1, June 1961, reprint from Mississippi Valley Historical Review
12-5	Same: Publications:
		Education, Beyond the High School, 1956: January
		The Education Machine, by Ramson, Harry Heath, 1960: Sept. 19
		Eleusis of Chi Omega, v. 43, No. 2, 1941: May, published by Chi Omega Fraternities
		England and America in the Schoolbooks of the Republic, 1783-1861, by England, J. Mentor, University of Birmingham, Historical Journal, v.9, No.1, 1963
12-6	Same: Publications:
		First Cold War, 20th Series, by Craven, Avery O., LSU, 1958: March 17-18, [The Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History]
		First National City Bank Monthly Letter, Business and Economic Conditions, 1958: January
		Fourth Annual Report, Department of Special Education, SLI, 1960: June 30
		Inaugural Address, by Stahr, Elvis Jacob, Jr., 4th President, West Virginia University, 1959: Oct. 3
		The Kentuckiana Purchasor, v.8, No.11, November 1953, Louisville, Kentucky
		Keys to Greatness, George Peabody College for Teachers, 1961, Nashville, Tennessee
12-7	Same: Publications:
		Louisiana Schools, v.35, no.2, 1957: Oct; v.37, no.9, 960: May; v.38, no.5, 1961: January
12-8	Same: Publications:
		Mathematics teachers and teaching in Louisiana, by Hunter, E.C., reprint from the Journal of the Louisiana Teachers' Association, v.36, no.4, 1958: December
		On Rewriting Reconstruction, by Bede, Howard K., reprint from American Historical Review, v.45, no.4, 1940: July
		PAR Analysis, no.94, 1961: March; no.103, 1962: March, Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana
		Peace Action of the National Council for Prevention, v.12, no.1, 1946: January, Washington, D.C.
		Problems in American Civilization, from AmHerst Series, D.C. Heath and Company, n.d.
		Phylon, The Atlanta University, Review of Race and Culture, 4th Quarter, 1941
		The Professional Historian: His Theory this Practice, by Beale, Howard K., v.22, no.3, 1953: August, reprint from Pacific Historical Review
12-9	Same: Publications:
		Science Teachers and Teaching in Louisiana, by Hunter, E.C., v.35, no.4, 1957: December, reprint from the Journal of the Louisiana Teachers' Association
		School and Society, v.87, no. 2148, 1959: February 28
		The South in American History, by Singletary, Otis A., University of Texas, 1957
		Southern Association Reporter, v.6, no.2, 1953: October, Atlanta, Georgia
		Southwestern Alumni News, v.21, no.4, 1960: January
		Statement of Arthur S. Adams, Before the Special Committee of the House of Representative to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundation, June 17, 1954, pp. 1-12
		Summary Members-State Leaders Southern Regional Conference National Citizens Council for Better Schools, by Herring, Dallas, 1959, Atlanta, Georgia
		What the Colleges are Doing, #111, May 1958
		Whither Reconstruction Historiography?, by Franklin, John Hope, 1948: Fall, reprint from the Journal of Negro Education
12-10	Miscellaneous: Military: The Quarterdeck, December 15, 1942 - February 9, 1943
Box 13
13-1	Miscellaneous: Military: ROTC Summer Training Unit, 1959
13-2	Same: PAR -- bulletins, correspondence, etc., 1962, n.d.
13-3	Same: PAR -- clippings, 1958-1962, n.d.
13-4	Same: Rotary -- bulletins, membership information, etc., 1957-1962, n.d.
13-5	Same: Diplomas, Certificates -- Wharton, Vernon L., 1924- 1957
13-6	Same: Millsaps College -- miscellaneous materials, 1952, n.d.
13-7	Same: Segregation in New Orleans -- The Development of the Southern Caste System, 1865-1898
13-8	Same: Miscellaneous catalog of books from Chapel Hill, 1945; Article: "The Story of Valves, by Neal, F.M., reprint from the Journal of Tennessee, n.d.
13-9	Same: Film Tape #1 -- Founder's Day Speech at Millsaps College, by Wharton, Vernon L., Speech on Education in Colleges and Millsaps College, n.d.
13-10	Same: Film Tape #2 -- Trahan Recital -- K.V.O.L., Sunday Night, 9 June 1957
Volumes
Volume 1		Yearbook -- Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, The Bobashela, 1928
Volume 2		Same: 1942
Volume 3		Same: 1946
Volume 4		Same: 1952
Volume 5		Yearbooks -- Texas State College for Women, Denton, TX, Daedalian, 1956

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