Hugh F. Rankin Papers Inventory (#4920)

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Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Date Completed
July 2001
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Descriptive Summary Including Abstract

Title
Hugh F. Rankin Papers (#4920) 1867-1994
Creator
Rankin, Hugh F.
Extent
About 6500 items (10.5 linear feet)
Repository
Southern Historical Collection
Abstract
Hugh F. Rankin (1913-1989), historian of colonial America and the American Revolution, received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1959 and taught, 1957-1983, at Tulane University, where he was also faculty chair of athletics, 1962-1975. Personal and professional papers of Hugh F. Rankin include correspondence, writings, and other papers relating to Rankin's research, publications, teaching, administrative duties, participation in professional organizations, and honors and awards.
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Administrative Information

Access
No restrictions.
Usage Restrictions
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Provenance
Received from John Rankin of New Orleans, La., in March 1998 (Acc. 98054).
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Online Catalog Terms

College sports--Louisiana.
College teachers--Louisiana.
Historians--Southern States--History--20th century.
History--Study and teaching (Higher).
Rankin, Hugh F.
Tulane University--Faculty--History--20th century.
Tulane University--Sports--History--20th century.
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Study and teaching (Higher).
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Study and teaching (Higher).
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Biographical Note

17 June 1913Born Arlington County, Va.
1931Graduated from Reidsville High School, Reidsville, N.C.
1931-1935Attended V.P.I. on football scholarship.
1935-1942Worked as timekeeper to superintendent in road and bridge construction, as power lineman, clothing store clerk, tobacco factory worker, and minor league professional football player.
1942-1945Private to first lieutenant, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
1943Married Betty Jean Bursley, Richmond, Va. They had three sons: Patrick Allyn, John Bursley, and Wade Dillard.
1949B.A., Elon College.
1951M.A., University of North Carolina.
1953 and 1954Worked for National Park Service, Yorktown, Va., two summers.
1955-1957Research associate, Colonial Williamsburg, Inc., Williamsburg, Va.
1959Ph.D., University of North Carolina.
1957-1974Instructor to professor of history at Tulane University, New Orleans, La.
1974-1983W. R. Irby Professor of History, Tulane University.
1962-1975Faculty chair of athletics, Tulane University.
1989Died in New Orleans, La.

Honors:

1952-1955John Motley Morehead Scholarship, University of North Carolina
1953 and 1954R. D. W. Connor Prize (for best article of the year in North Carolina Historical Review)
1960Fellow, Company of Military Historians
1962-1963Guggenheim Fellowship
1974Doctor of Humanities, Francis Marion College, Florence, S.C.
1976Doctor of Letters, William Carey College, Hattiesburg, Miss.

Publications:

1957Rebels and Redcoats (with George Scheer)
1959North Carolina in the American Revolution
1960The Pirates of Colonial North Carolina
1961The Battle of New Orleans: A British View (editor)
1962Upheaval in Albemarle: The Story of Culpeper's Rebellion
1964The American Revolution
1965Theater in Colonial America
1965Criminal Trial Proceedings in the General Court of Colonial Virginia
1969The Golden Age of Piracy
1971The North Carolina Continentals
1973Francis Marion: The Swamp Fox
1975The Fate of a Nation (with W. P. Cummins)
1976Narratives of the American Revolution as told by a young sailor, a home-sick surgeon, a French volunteer, and a German general's wife (editor)
1976George Rogers Clark and the Winning of the West (editor, with Edward M. Riley)
1976Greene and Cornwallis: The Campaign in the Carolinas
1979The War of the Revolution in Virginia
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Collection Overview

Personal and professional papers, 1867-1994, of Hugh F. Rankin, historian of colonial America and the American Revolution and history professor, 1957-1983, and faculty chair of athletics, 1962-1975, at Tulane University, New Orleans, La., include correspondence, writings, and other papers relating to Rankin's research, publications, teaching, administrative duties, participation in professional organizations, and honors and awards.

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Organization of Collection

1. Correspondence
2. Writings
3. Colonial Williamsburg
4. Tulane
5. Other Papers
6. Pictures
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Series Descriptions

1. Correspondence, 1944-1994.

About 4400 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
   Folder 1
1944-1945
   Folder 2
1950
   Folder 3
1951
   Folder 4-5
1952
   Folder 6
1953
   Folder 7
1954
   Folder 8-10
1955
   Folder 11-14
1956
   Folder 15-17
1957
   Folder 18-20
1958
   Folder 21-23
1959
   Folder 24-28
1960
   Folder 29-37
1961
   Folder 38-48
1962
   Folder 49-56
1963
   Folder 57-64
1964
   Folder 65-69
1965
   Folder 70-72
1966
   Folder 73-75
1967
   Folder 76-81
1968
   Folder 82-86
1969
   Folder 87-90
1970
   Folder 91-95
1971
   Folder 96-99
1972
   Folder 100-103
1973
   Folder 104-110
1974
   Folder 111-117
1975
   Folder 118-123
1976
   Folder 124-127
1977
   Folder 128-129
1978
   Folder 130
1979
   Folder 131
1980
   Folder 132-133
1981
   Folder 134
1982
   Folder 135
1983
   Folder 136
1984
   Folder 137
1985
   Folder 138
1986
   Folder 139
1987
   Folder 140
1988
   Folder 141
1989
   Folder 142-143
Second sheets
   Folder 144
1994 (letter to Betty Rankin)
   Folder 145-150
Undated

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2. Writings, 1952-1976 and undated.

About 200 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Drafts, proposals, and reviews of Hugh F. Rankin's books. Also included are notes and drafts of articles and speeches.
   Folder 151
The American Revolution
   Folder 152-153
Articles by Rankin
   Folder 154-155
Book reviews by Rankin
   Folder 156
University of North Carolina Ph.D. examination
   Folder 157-161
Dissertation
   Folder 162
Flags
   Folder 163
Francis Marion: The Swamp Fox
   Folder 164-166
The Golden Age of Piracy
   Folder 167-168
Green, Fletcher: Festchrift
   Folder 169
Greene family and Nathaniel Greene
   Folder 170
The North Carolina Continentals
   Folder 171
Pirates
   Folder 172
Proposals
   Folder 173
Rebels and Redcoats
   Folder 174
Rebels and Redcoats: Scrapbook
   Folder 175
Reports to publishers
   Folder 176
Greensboro Historical Museum
   Folder 177-178
Speeches
   Folder 179-182
History class notes

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3. Colonial Williamsburg, 1954-1967 and undated.

About 20 items.
Materials relating to research Rankin did while employed at Colonial Williamsburg and later related research.
   Folder 183-184
General Court of Colonial Virginia: Typescript, 1958
   Folder 185
Colonial theater
   Folder 186
Colonial Williamsburg
   Folder 187
Colonial Williamsburg Theater
   Folder 188
Development of the country court in colonial Virginia
   Folder 189
Virginia laws: Codification and printing

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4. Tulane University, 1957-1976.

About 1500 items.
Arrangement: chronological run, then alphabetical run.
   Folder 190
1957-1958
   Folder 191-192
1959
   Folder 193-194
1960
   Folder 195-196
1961
   Folder 197-198
1962
   Folder 199-200
1963
   Folder 201
1964
   Folder 202
1965-1966
   Folder 203
1967
   Folder 204
1968
   Folder 205
1969
   Folder 206
1970
   Folder 207
1971
   Folder 208
1972
   Folder 209
1973-1974
   Folder 210
1975-1976
   Folder 211
Undated
   Folder 212-214
Athletics
   Folder 215
Athletics: Football
   Folder 216-217
Dubinsky case, 1969-1972
   Folder 218-220
Faculty
   Folder 221
Tulane Forward Fund
   Folder 222-225
Grants, including Guggenheim Fellowship
   Folder 226-228
History Department
   Folder 229
History classes: Syllabi and exams
   Folder 230-232
National Collegiate Athletics Association, 1961-1969
   Folder 233-235
Tulane Self Study
   Folder 236
Tulane Self Study on Academics
   Folder 237-239
Southeastern Conference (SEC), 1960-1967
   Folder 240-243
University Senate, 1958-1974 and undated
   Folder 244
University Senate Committee on Athletics, 1957-1973

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5. Other Papers, 1867-1982 and undated.

About 400 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
   Folder 245
Biography
   Folder 246-247
Contracts
   Folder 248
Dillard, John H.
   Folder 249-250
Scrapbook, 187?-1932, about John H. Dillard
   Folder 251
Fort McIntosh Site Reconstruction Project, 1977
   Folder 252
History
   Folder 253
Honorary degree: Francis Marion College
   Folder 254
Honorary degree: William Carey College
   Folder 255
Honors
   Folder 256
Institute of Early American History and Culture
   Folder 257
Louisiana Historical Association
   Folder 258
MacLamroc State Park
   Folder 259
Membership certificates
   Folder 260
Military service
   Folder 261
Notebook: Addresses, lists
   Folder 262
Organization of American Historians
   Folder 263
Southern Historical Association
   Folder 264
University of North Carolina History Department
   Folder 265
Yorktown, Va.: Colonial National Monument
   Folder 266
Other materials

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6. Pictures, 1940s-1980s.

About 30 items.
   Folder 1/P-4920
Pictures of Hugh F. Rankin
   Folder 2/P-4920
Pictures of Rankin with others
   Folder 3/P-4920
Other pictures: people, houses, and the Engineer School at Fort Belvoir, Va.

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Items Separated

Items separated include pictures (P-4920), special format pictures (SF-P-4920), and oversize papers (OP-4920).