Restrictions to Access

Additions of September 1991 (Acc. 91127) and January 1994 (Acc. 94005) are unprocessed, but may be used with staff assistance. The additions of August 2000 (Acc. 98721), boxes 5-17, December 2000 (Acc. 98814), boxes 18-21, and November 2003 (Acc. 99649) are closed pending processing.

This collection contains additional materials that are not processed and are currently not available to researchers. For information about access to these materials, contact Research and Instructional Services staff. Please be advised that preparing unprocessed materials for access can be a lengthy process.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the John Shelton Reed Papers #4538, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from John Shelton Reed of Chapel Hill, N.C., in August 1989 (Acc. 89099), July 1990 (Acc. 90094), September 1991 (Acc. 91127, January 1994 (Acc. 94005), August 2000 (Acc. 98721), December 2000 (Acc. 98814), and November 2003 (Acc. 99649.

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Popular culture--Southern States.
• Popular culture--Study and teaching.
• Reed, John Shelton.
• Regionalism--Study and teaching.
• Sociology--Study and teaching.
• Southern States--Social conditions.
• Southern States--Social life and customs.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty--History--20th century.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dept. of Sociology.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Institute for Research in Social Science.

John Shelton Reed (1942- ) was director of the Institute for Research in Social Science and professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with research interests in, among other subjects, southern regional studies, popular culture, public opinion research, and regional value differentiation.

The papers of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sociology professor and director of the Institute for Research in Social Science John Shelton Reed begin in the 1960s and include correspondence between Reed and colleagues and friends; letters relating to Reed's publications and the publications of others working on topics of interest to him; reviews of publications, particularly those handled by Reed as book review editor for the journal Social Forces; and other material relating to the study and teaching of sociology, history, southern culture, popular culture, and related fields. There is also a small amount of personal correspondence.