Guide to the Carl Degler Papers SC1100

Daniel Hartwig & Jenny Johnson
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
February 2012
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu

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Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Carl N. Degler papers
creator: Degler, Carl N.
source: Roark, James L.
Identifier/Call Number: SC1100
Physical Description: 17 Linear Feet (13 boxes and 148 megabytes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1920s-2016
Physical Location: Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36-48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

The materials were a gift of Carl N. Degler, 2010; Tess Degler, 2015; James L. Roark, 2016.

Information about Access

The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Ownership & Copyright

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Cite As

[identification of item], Carl Degler Papers (SC1100). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical/Historical note

Carl Neumann Degler is an American historian. Degler is a past president of the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association and the Southern Historical Association. He is the Margaret Byrne Professor of American History Emeritus at Stanford University.
In 1972, Degler was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History for his book Neither Black nor White, a work comparing slavery and race relations in Brazil and the United States. He wrote Out of Our Past, a study of United States history. In 1986 Degler was elected President of the American Historical Association.

Related Materials

An oral history interview conducted by Glenna Matthews is available at San Jose State University: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt8k40382g/.

Scope and Contents

Materials include correspondence, research files, drafts, and travel materials, among others.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

United States -- History -- Study and teaching (Higher).
Race relations -- History.
Degler, Carl N.
Roark, James L.
Degler, Carl N.

box 1

Research notecards "Gettysburg + Biology and Culture II"

Subjects and Indexing Terms

United States -- History -- Study and teaching.
Stanford University -- Faculty.
Degler, Carl N.
 

Additional material Accession ARCH-2010-077

box 1, folder 1

Fortenbaugh Lecture 1988

box 1, folder 2

Fortenbaugh Lecture (2) - One Among Many; The Civil War in Comparative Perspective

box 1, folder 3

Overview Essay & Chapters

box 1, folder 4

Delta Queen Lectures

box 1, folder 5

Historical Explanation (Causality) 1987-88

box 1, folder 6

Unionism - Confederacy 1992

box 1, folder 7

Chapter 1 - Darwinian Impact 1990

box 1, folder 8

Chapter 2 - Beyond the Darwinian Imperative

box 1, folder 9

Chapter 3 - Laying the Foundation

box 1, folder 10

Chapter 4 - Kroeber

box 1, folder 11

Chapter 5 - Sexism

box 1, folder 12

Chapter 6 - Decoupling Behavior

box 1, folder 13

Chapter 7 - Decoupling From Race

box 1, folder 14

Chapter 8 - Triumph of Culture

box 1, folder 15

Chapter 9 - Return to Biology

box 1, folder 16

Chapter 10 - Incest Chapter

box 1, folder 17

Chapter 11 - Uses of Biology

box 1, folder 18

Chapter 12 - Biology and the Nature of Females

box 1, folder 19

Chapter 13 - Uses of Biology Theory

box 1, folder 20

Chapter 14 - Epilogue

box 1, folder 21

Commonwealth Lecture 1980

box 1, folder 22

Lecture: Entering Newera

box 1, folder 23

Southern: Presidential Address

box 1, folder 24

AHA Pres. Address 1986

box 1, folder 25

University of Illinois Book

box 2, folder 1

Angermann's Paper, Etc. 1990

box 2, folder 2

Burden of Am. History 1996

box 2, folder 3

German History 1994

box 2, folder 4

German History (2)

box 2, folder 5

German Institute Lecture` 1989

box 2, folder 6

Germany v U.S.: Total War 1995

box 2, folder 7

Total War: Essay Etc. 1994

box 2, folder 8

What Does History Do For Us?

box 2, folder 9

Paley Lectures

box 2, folder 10

Talk: Unity & Diverisity 1991

box 2, folder 11

Plans for Book 1985

box 2, folder 12

Darwinians Confront Gender 1988-1990

box 2, folder 13

Historiography Essay 1992

box 2, folder 14

Paley Lecture I

box 2, folder 15

Paley Lecture II

box 2, folder 16

Paley Lecture III and "Darwin Remembered"

box 2, folder 17

Darwinian Cooperation, etc. 1996

box 2, folder 18

Social History Essay

box 2, folder 19

Sociobiology Project (Old) 1980-1984

box 2, folder 20

New Reading on Ethology and Darwin 1993

box 2, folder 21

Essay on Sociobiology 1994

box 2, folder 22

Sociobiology Essay - NEW 1992

box 2, folder 23

Evolution and History 1998

box 2, folder 24

Sociobiology 1980

box 2, folder 25

Biology and Society 1996

box 2, folder 26

Darwinism: Lecture 1992

box 2, folder 27

Race 1992

box 3, folder 1

Animals, Machines 1988-1990

box 3, folder 2

Multi-Culturism 1991

box 3, folder 3

Southern Families 1983-1988

box 3, folder 4

Sociobiology 1994

box 3, folder 5

Correspondence on Sociobiology 1994

box 4

Other South Individuals

box 4

Biology and Culture

box 4

Notes for Book and Bibliography A-F

box 4

Notes on Race, Social Darwinism, etc.

 

Memorial service Accession ARCH-2015-074 2015-03-07

Memorial service: 2015-03-07

Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mp3)
 

Remembering Carl Degler: Pioneering Scholar and Pioneering Feminist 2016-01-09

Remembering Carl Degler: Pioneering Scholar and Pioneering Feminist

Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mp3)

Scope and Contents

American Historical Association Session 196: Remembering Carl Degler: Pioneering Scholar and Pioneering Feminist.
Saturday, January 9, 2016: 2:30 PM-4:30 PM Grand Ballroom D (Hilton Atlanta, Second Floor)
Chair: Richard Wightman Fox, University of Southern California
Panel: William H. Chafe, Duke University Linda K. Kerber, University of Iowa James T. Kloppenberg, Harvard University Glenna Matthews, independent scholar
 

Additional material Accession ARCH-2016-055

Box 1, Folder 1

Corresponding on textbook

Box 1, Folder 2

Final bits

Box 1, Folder 3

Material related to Vassar

Box 1, Folder 4

unlabeled

Box 1, Folder 5

Darwin (notes for talks)

Box 1, Folder 6

Darwinism, then 2000

Box 1, Folder 7

Rise and Fall of Darwinism (S.F. talk/Dennett)

Box 1, Folder 8

Darwinian Imperative

Box 1, Folder 9

Darwinism lectures

Box 1, Folder 10

Letters in Parchial schools

Box 1, Folder 11

Lectures

Box 1, Folder 12

Missouri Lecture Evolutionary Theory and history

Box 1, Folder 13

Stanford History

Box 1, Folder 14

OAH Session 1999

Box 1, Folder 15

Brazil and U.S.A

Box 1, Folder 16

Chicago Darwin Conference

Box 1, Folder 17

Chicago

Box 1, Folder 18

Darwin Religion

Box 1, Folder 19

Darwinism - Talks Pieces

Box 1, Folder 20

Comparative liberalism

Box 1, Folder 21

Vassar file

Box 1, Folder 22

Race, Culture, and Biology paper

Box 1, Folder 23

Lecture: limits necessity of history

Box 1, Folder 24

Richmond Conference

Box 1, Folder 25

Hodgson Essay

Box 1, Folder 26

Personal Docs (Historical, sentimental, etc)

Box 1, Folder 27

Race, culture, biology, correspondence, etc

Box 1, Folder 28

Lincolhn Darwin

Box 1, Folder 29

Lecture: history

Box 1, Folder 30

History evolutionary theory

Box 1, Folder 31

History and theory piece

Box 1, Folder 32

Lecture" Exorcising Racism

Box 1, Folder 33

Essay on US Politics

Box 1, Folder 34

Chinese talks (ACLS)

Box 1, Folder 35

Civil War as Consequence 1996

Box 1, Folder 36

German

Box 2, Folder 1

Royalty Statements: Harper 1970-1980

Box 2, Folder 2

Carl's personal

Box 2, Folder 3

Ripon college diploma

Box 2, Folder 4

Carl Degler Obituary Material

Box 2, Folder 5

Stanford (correspondence contracts, etc)

Box 2, Folder 6

Carl's memorial service program 2015 Mar 7

Box 2, Folder 7

Photographs from Vassar

Box 2, Folder 8

Remembering Carl Degler AHA in Atlanta 2016 Jan 9

Box 2, Folder 9

Florida (other south)

Box 2, Folder 10

New Introd: other south

Box 2, Folder 11

Place over time: reviews royalties new contract

Box 2, Folder 12

Book on Women and the Family; correspondence

Box 2, Folder 13

Materials on C.P. Gilman

Box 2, Folder 14

Pulitzer Prize in History

Box 2, Folder 15

Bancroft

Box 2, Folder 16

unlabeled

Box 3, Folder 1

St. Cat's trip

Box 3, Folder 2

Russian trip

Box 3, Folder 3

Mexico trip

Box 3, Folder 4

Italian trip

Box 3, Folder 5

Trip to Spain 1990

Box 3, Folder 6

unlabeled

Box 3, Folder 7

Carl's Ph.D. Dissertation 1952

Box 3, Folder 8

Reviews: At odds

Box 3, Folder 9

Professional Meetings

Box 3, Folder 10

Transcript of CND interview 2005

Box 3, Folder 11

South African Trip

Box 3, Folder 12

Prague, etc Trip

Box 3, Folder 13

Ecuador, trip to

Box 3, Folder 14

unlabeled

Box 3, Folder 15

Degler 1977-1987

Box 3, Folder 16

unlabeled

Box 3, Folder 17

Other south-correspondence

Box 3, Folder 18

Scott - Foresman - Royalty Statements

Box 3, Folder 19

Scott Foresman 1975

Box 3, Folder 20

The Book Out of Our Past

Box 4, Folder 1

Xenophobia lecture

Box 4, Folder 2

Civil War and German War of Unification

Box 4, Folder 3

Lecture: social: civil war

Box 4, Folder 4

Lecture: why did the suffrage take so long 1980 Sep

Box 4, Folder 5

Voice of America talk 1973 Jan

Box 4, Folder 6

Duke lecture 1969

Box 4, Folder 7

Talks on in search

Box 4, Folder 8

German H.I (Darwinism correspond) 1994-1995

Box 4, Folder 9

A German Conference 1995-1996

Box 4, Folder 10

Lecture: multiculturalism 1997

Box 4, Folder 11

Notre Dame lecture and correspondence 1995-1997

Box 4, Folder 12

Florida lecture

Box 4, Folder 13

Memphis talk (Lincoln v Bishark)

Box 4, Folder 14

Angermann, Erich 1993

Box 4, Folder 15

Permissions granted 1972-1983

Box 4, Folder 16

Slavery compared

Box 4, Folder 17

Women shaping the family 1988 Jun 10

Box 4, Folder 18

The Presidency: paper 1988

Box 4, Folder 19

Vanderbilt essay 1981

Box 4, Folder 20

Women and politics

Box 5, Folder 1

Business 1997 Apr-1993 Feb

Box 5, Folder 2

Jack Rakove's nomination 1988

Box 5, Folder 3

Gordon Wright Memorial

Box 5, Folder 4

Correspondence on book

Box 5, Folder 5

Mosher survey

Box 5, Folder 6

Business 1987-1989

Box 5, Folder 7

reprints or copies of CND's arts 1985-1986

Box 5, Folder 8

Carl's professional memories and docs

Box 5, Folder 9

Roman Africa 2007

Box 5, Folder 10

Carl's brochure Stanford trip 2007

Box 5, Folder 11

Feminist meeting 1998

Box 5, Folder 12

Gettysburg lecture Lincoln prize 1987-1992

Box 5, Folder 13

Harmsworth 1973-1984

Box 5, Folder 14

Philips club

Box 5, Folder 15

Hearing aids

Box 5, Folder 16

University Sem. (V. Fuchs) 1997-1999

Box 5, Folder 17

AHA presidential trips etc 1985-1986

Box 5, Folder 18

Business 1984-1990

Box 5, Folder 19

Trip to England 1973

Box 5, Folder 20

USIA lecture and correspondence 1953

Box 5, Folder 21

Women's sexuality paper correspondence

Box 5, Folder 22

Materials for childrens stories

Box 5, Folder 23

Potter

Box 5, Folder 24

Neither black nor white royalty statements

Box 5, Folder 25

Out of our past-revisions and correspondence

Box 5, Folder 26

Writing plans reviews 1965-1979

Box 5, Folder 8

Scalice case 1999

Box 5, Folder 9

Ideas for talks

Box 5, Folder 10

2nd essays 2013

Box 5, Folder 11

Christmas Letters copies 2011

Box 5, Folder 12

Christmas Letters old

Box 5, Folder 13

Hellen Allen event

Box 5, Folder 14

Clippings, misc 2007

Box 5, Folder 15

Old letters etc to respond to CND

Box 5, Folder 16

Trip to Chile 1967

Box 5, Folder 17

unlabeled

Box 5, Folder 18

India trip 1967-1977

Box 5, Folder 19

China trip

Box 5, Folder 20

European trip

Box 5, Folder 21

unlabeled

Box 5, Folder 22

Brazil: trip to 1972

Box 5, Folder 23

Scotland and Stuttgart 1985

Box 5, Folder 24

Sweden trip etc 1974

Box 5, Folder 25

Israel 1983-1984

Box 5, Folder 26

Germany 1983

Box 6, Folder 1

Holocaust "jokes" paper

Box 6, Folder 2

Nation piece 1980 Aug 19

Box 6, Folder 3

Professional meetings correspondence 1967-1972

Box 6, Folder 4

Reviews: in search

Box 6, Folder 5

Personal history notes

Box 6, Folder 6

University of Utah correspondence

Box 6, Folder 7

Vassar correspondence and contracts 1952-1963

Box 7, Folder 1

Alumnus of the Year award Upsula College 1973

 

Additional Material Accession ARCH-2017-070

Box 1

Correspondence between James L. Roark and Carl N. Degler 1972-1991

Box 1

To Carl from Otis L. Graham 1991-4-19