Belle Boone Beard centenarian papers, circa 1920-1980

Summary

Creator:
Beard, Belle Boone, 1898-1984
Date:
circa 1920-1980
Extent:
126 Linear Feet (254 boxes, 1 carton, 2 oversized boxes, 1 oversized folder)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Belle Boone Beard centenarian papers. MS 1638. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of interviews that Belle Boone Beard conducted with centenarians. Included also are research notes, card files of centenarians, pictures, writings, papers presented at gerentological meetings, and the like.

Biographical / historical:

Belle Boone Beard (1898-1984) was a noted centenarian researcher and professor of gerontology. She was born in Boones Mill, Va., graduated from Lynchburg College and then earned a Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr. Dr. Beard proposed and attended the first White House Conference on Aging. She taught at Sweet Briar College where she was a professor and the chairman of the Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt University and New Mexico Highlands University where she was a visiting professor, and the University of Georgia where she was a research scholar.

Arrangement:

Arranged into series by record type and alphabetically within each series: Series 1: Interviews; Series 2. General Subject Files.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Belle Boone Beard centenarian papers. MS 1638. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.