James A. Rawley, Papers
Title: James A. Rawley,
Papers
Creator: Rawley, James A., 1916-2005
Dates: 1938-2001
Quantity: 6 boxes (2.3 linear
feet)
Collection Number: RG 12-14-16
Language: English
Restrictions: None
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Preferred Citation: James A. Rawley, Papers (RG 12-14-16). Archives & Special Collections,
University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries.
Biography:
Born in 1916, James A. Rawley was a native of Terre Haute, Indiana. He earned his
undergraduate and masters degrees in history from the University of Michigan and his
doctorate from Columbia. Rawley taught at Columbia University, Hunter College in New
York, and at Sweet Briar College in Virginia prior to starting his career at the
University of Nebraska - Lincoln in 1964. He chaired the UNL History Department in
1966-1967 and from 1972 until 1982. Rawley served as Acting Dean of the University
Libraries in 1984-1985. He retired from teaching in 1987 as the Carl Adolph Happold
Professor of History (Emeritus) at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Rawley died
on November 29, 2005.
Rawley authored several books and received numerous honors. He was named a Fellow of
the Royal Historical Society, the Society of American Historians, and the National
Endowment for the Humanities. He served for 18 years as a board member and for two
years as president of the Board of Directors for the Nebraska State Historical
Society. In addition, Rawley served two years on the Board of Directors for the
Nebraska Council for the Humanities Foundation.
Scope and Content:
The Rawley Papers consist of six boxes of materials covering the years 1938-2001.
Included in the collection are correspondence with members of the University of
Nebraska History Department and the Nebraska State Historical Society, manuscripts
of some of Rawley's published works, articles and reprints, and biographical
materials about Rawley. Additional materials have been added to Rawley's papers and
an inventory is available from the repository.
Subjects:
Rawley, James A., 1916-2005
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- Politics and government --
1845-1861
United States -- Race relations
University of Nebraska-Lincoln -- History
Department
Series Description:
Series 1: Correspondence, Box 1, Folder 1-8This series contains correspondence to and from Rawley. Most of the
correspondence relates to the activities of the UNL History Department.
Other correspondence relates to his work on the Nebraska State Historical
Society Executive Board.
Series 2: Manuscripts, Boxes 1-5Included in this series are manuscripts, galley proofs, and galleys of
several of Rawley's books, including Turning Points of
the Civil War (1966), Race and Politics:
"Bleeding Kansas" and the Coming of the Civil War (1969), The Transatlantic Slave Trade: a History (1981),
and Secession: the Disruption of the American
Republic, 1844-1861 (1990).
Series 3: Articles and Reprints, Box 5This series consists of one folder of articles and reprints authored by
Rawley.
Series 4: Biographical Materials, Box 6Included in series 4 is one folder containing curriculum vitae and a
photograph of Rawley as well as news releases and news clippings.
Container List:
Series 1: CorrespondenceBox 1. Folder 1. Correspondence, 1965-1974
Box 1. Folder 2. Correspondence, 1975-1976
Box 1. Folder 3. Correspondence, 1977-1979
Box 1. Folder 4. Correspondence, 1980
Box 1. Folder 5. Correspondence, 1981
Box 1. Folder 6. Correspondence, 1982-1986
Box 1. Folder 7. Correspondence, Nebraska State Historical Society, 1985-1986
Box 1. Folder 8. Correspondence, undated
Series 2: ManuscriptsBox 1. Folder 9. Turning Points of the Civil War,
pgs. 1-150
Box 2. Folder 1. Turning Points of the Civil War,
pgs. 151-index
Box 2. Folder 2. Race and Politics, pgs.
1-150
Box 2. Folder 3. Race and Politics, pgs.
151-300
Box 2. Folder 4. Race and Politics, pgs.
301-409
Box 2. Folder 4. Race and Politics, final draft, pgs.
1-150
Box 2. Folder 4. Race and Politics, final draft, pgs.
151-300
Box 3. Folder 1. Race and Politics, final draft, pgs.
301-393
Box 3. Folder 2. Transatlantic Slave Trade, pgs.
1-150
Box 3. Folder 3. Transatlantic Slave Trade, pgs.
151-300
Box 3. Folder 4. Transatlantic Slave Trade, pgs.
301-450
Box 3. Folder 5. Transatlantic Slave Trade, pgs.
451-600
Box 3. Folder 6. Transatlantic Slave Trade, pgs.
601-751
Box 4. Folder 1. Transatlantic Slave Trade, proofs,
pgs. 1-150
Box 4. Folder 2. Transatlantic Slave Trade, proofs,
pgs.151-254
Box 4. Folder 3. Transatlantic Slave Trade, galley
proofs, part 1
Box 4. Folder 4. Transatlantic Slave Trade, galley
proofs, part 2
Box 4. Folder 5. Transatlantic Slave Trade, galley
proofs, part 3
Box 4. Folder 5. Transatlantic Slave Trade, page
proofs, part 1
Box 4. Folder 6. Transatlantic Slave Trade, page
proofs, part 2
Box 5. Folder 1. Transatlantic Slave Trade, page
proofs, part 3
Box 5. Folder 2. Secession, pgs. 1-150
Box 5. Folder 3. Secession, pgs. 151-263
Box 5. Folder 4. Secession, proofs
Box 5. Folder 5. Secession, page proofs, part
1
Box 5. Folder 6. Secession, page proofs, part
2
Series 3: Articles and ReprintsBox 5. Folder 7. Articles and reprints, 1938-2001, undated
Series 4: Biographical MaterialsBox 6. Folder 1. Biographical materials
Related Material and Resources: Rawley, James A. Abraham Lincoln and a Nation Worth Fighting For. Wheeling, Ill.:
Harlan Davidson, c1996. ______________, editor. The American Civil War, an English View. Charlottesville,
University Press of Virginia [1964]. ______________. Edwin D. Morgan, 1811-1883; Merchant in Politics. New York, Columbia
University Press, 1955. ______________, editor. Lincoln and Civil War Politics. New York, Holt, Rinehart and
Winston [1969]. ______________. The Politics of Union : Northern Politics During the Civil War.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1980, c1974. ______________. Race and Politics : "Bleeding Kansas" and the
Coming of the Civil War. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1979,
c1969. ______________. Secession : the Disruption of the American
Republic, 1844-1861. Malabar, Fla. : R.E. Krieger Pub. Co., 1990. ______________. The Transatlantic Slave Trade : a
History. New York: Norton, c1981. ______________. Turning Points of the Civil War.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989, c1966. |