Clement Eaton draft of The Waning of the Old South Civilization, 1860-1880s, circa 1968

Summary

Creator:

Eaton, Clement, 1898-1980

Date:

circa 1968

Extent:

2 folder(s)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Clement Eaton draft of The Waning of the Old South Civilization, 1860-1880s, ms738, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of the incomplete typescript of The Waning of the Old South Civilization, 1860-1880's by Eaton Clement, published by the University of Georgia Press in 1968 as number 10 of the Eugenia Dorothy Blount Lamar Memorial Lectures delivered at Mercer University.

Biographical / historical:

Clement Eaton (1898-1980) was an U.S. historian who specialized in the American South. He received his education from the University of North Carolina and Harvard University. He was chair of the History Department at Lafayette College from 1931 to 1942 and then a faculty member of the University of Kentucky.

Related

Other descriptive data:

Published book available in the Georgia Room at the Special Collections Libraries, Ga Room F215. E15 1968.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

University press publications -- Georgia.
Manuscripts.
Typescripts.

Names:

University of Georgia. Press -- History

Places:

Southern States -- Civilization -- 19th century.
Southern States -- History.

Preferred citation:

Clement Eaton draft of The Waning of the Old South Civilization, 1860-1880s, ms738, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.