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Harry Shaffer papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1259
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Scope and Contents note

Contains newslippings relating to desegregation of the University of Alabama, 1956-1957; various publications and writings by Shaffer relating to desegregation; letter from Tuscaloosa News editor Buford Boone to Shaffer; and six photographs

Dates

  • Creation: 1956-1981

Biographical/Historical note

Faculty member in the Department of Economics at Kansas University and the University of Alabama. Shaffer resigned from the University of Alabama in protest to the treatment of Autherine Lucy

Extent

0.3 Linear Feet (0.3 linear foot)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Contains newslippings relating to desegregation of the University of Alabama, 1956-1957; various publications and writings by Shaffer relating to desegregation; letter from Tuscaloosa News editor Buford Boone to Shaffer; and six photographs

Provenance

Gift of Harry Shaffer, January 1989

Title
Guide to the Harry Shaffer Papers
Status
Completed
Date
March 2014
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa AL 35487-0266
205.348.0513