MS576 Henry Smith Stroupe Papers MS576 circa 1940-2004, undated, 13 linear feet Finding aid prepared by Processed by Olivia Field, Stephanie Bennett, and Finley Trent Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives PO Box 7777 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27109 336 758-5755 2019 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2019-05-08T16:21-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Henry Smith Stroupe Papers MS576 Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives 13.0 linear feet 10 record cartons circa 1940-2004, undated Henry Smith Stroupe was a Wake Forest University alumnus, history professor, and dean of the Graduate School. This collection documents his work as professor and dean and contains correspondence, course materials, memorandums, notes, reports, research, studies, and writings. A small amount of personal materials, including photographs and correspondence, are also included. Stroupe, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1914-2009 Arrangement note Materials are arranged and listed in original order, with little to no changes. Collection Overview This collection contains materials related to Stroupe's work as a history professor and dean of the Graduate School; documentation about his writing is also included. Materials include correspondence, course materials, memorandums, notes, reports, research, studies, and writings. A small amount of personal materials, including photographs and correspondence, are also included. Biographical Note Henry Smith Stroupe was born on June 3, 1914. He received both bachelors and masters degrees from Wake Forest (1935, 1937); he was also a member of Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK), a leadership honor society. In 1942, he earned his Ph.D. from Duke. Stroupe began teaching at Wake Forest College while studying at Duke and after World War II joined the History department faculty full-time in 1946. While at the University, he also served as dean of the Graduate School. Stroupe retired in 1984. In 1942, he married Elizabeth Denham, who became a elementary and high school teacher and librarian; together they had two sons. Copyright Notice The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. Access Restrictions Collection is open for researchers. Preferred Citation Henry Smith Stroupe Papers (MS576), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. History 368, North Carolina materials 1 1974 History 367 reading list 1 1974 History 310 supplemental reading list 1 undated College: Report of the Visiting Committee 1 1965 April 25-28 Self-study materials (3 folders) 1 1973-1975 Photograph 1 circa 1940s Correspondence, professional 1 circa 1950s Graduate school annual reports 1 1961-1971 Historical Society of NC correspondence and minutes 1 1961-1974 Graduate school correspondence 1 1972-1982 Sesquicentennial correspondence and memos 1 1981 Historical Society of NC correspondence and minutes 1 1975-1981 Graduate Council materials 1 1959-1972 Bowman Gray Graduate School of Medicine materials 1 1961-1962 McCutcheon, Roger P. correspondence 1 1953-1965 Graduate program survey 1 1962-1963 Task Force on Baptist Heritage and Polity materials 1 1978-1981 McCutcheon, Roger P., materials 1 1962 Carmichael, Oliver C., correspondence 1 1963-1966 Southern Historical Association, "Clerical Morale Builders" writings 1 1962 Sandy Creek Baptists Historical notes 1 circa 1965 Cornerstone laying ceremony materials 1 1953 University memorabilia 1 undated Phi Beta Kappa, WFU chapter materials 1 1958-1985 NC Baptist Convention Historical Committee materials 1 1981-1983 Biography and retirement preparation materials 1 1984 Correspondence, professional and personal 1 1957-1966 Academic visit materials 1 1962-1964 Christian Education materials 2 undated Correspondence, professional 2 1959 John Berry writings 2 1964 Obadiah Holmes research materials 2 1963 Conferences and consultations, materials 2 Summer 1959 Report for President Tribble 2 1959 September 11 Administrative problems committee report 2 undated Mount Airy address materials 2 1963 "The Role of Mathematics and the Sciences in Liberal Education" writings 2 undated "The Role of the Social Sciences Teacher in the Liberal Arts College" writings 2 1963 March 8 Correspondence, Social Action, Wake Forest Baptist Church 2 1958 "Newspapers as Historical Sources" writings 2 undated Writings other than Wake Forest or Baptist 2 circa 1957-1963 Newspaper clippings and pages, , , 2 1963 University history, general materials 2 1943-1979 Family materials 2 circa 1982 "Report of the Committee on Graduate Schools" writing 2 1956 March Graduate school correspondence and materials 2 circa 1960-1983 North Carolina history research materials 2 circa 1980 Applications for Positions materials 2 1966-1967 History 112, Special Section memorandum 2 1967 January 6 "America secedes from the empire" annotated writings 2 undated North Rocky Mountain Church notes and writings 2 undated North Carolina Confederate Commission documents 2 1958-1960 Bryan, D.B., retirement materials 2 1957 Committee on Dancing Materials 2 1957 Baptist Historical Commission correspondence 2 1957-1959 Baptist Historical Commission materials 2 1960 "History of the ," M.A. thesis, writings (2 folders) 2 1937 Duke term papers, writings 2 1959-1960 Correspondence, College Day and related 2 1956 Barrow, Harold and Ann, materials 2 1976-1977 Baptist State Convention, Trustee Question materials 2 1962-1968 Western Baptist Convention materials 2 1957-1997 "'Cite them Both to Attend the Next Church Conference': Social Control by North Carolina Baptist Churches, 1772 -1908" article 2 1975 AAUP, WFU chapter materials 2 1958-1978 Book reviews and essays 2 1969-1982 Correspondence, professional 2 1943-1984 Correspondence, professional 2 1965-1984 Self evaluation committee agenda 2 1954 May 20 NC Baptist Convention Historical Committee materials 2 1967-1980 WFU Graduate Studies History and Statistics materials 2 1961-1969 WFU Historical Background Essay 2 1968 Southern Graduate Schools Conference of Deans, materials 2 1961-1973 Manuscript notes, book reviews, notes, programs 2 circa 1950-1989 Correspondence 2 1950-1998 Certificates and photographs 2 1935-1991 Bibliographical card index 3 undated Research card index 3 1890-1910 Research card index 3 1833-1850 Research card index 3 Study, "The Washington Conference as Seen by a Section of The American Press" 4 undated Study, "A History of the United States Catholic Miscellany" 4 undated Annotated Study, "Contemporary Opinion on the Effects of the Enclosure Movement in Eighteenth Century England" 4 1954 October 18 Annotated Study, "A Preliminary Statistical Survey of the Religious Press in the South Atlantic States to the End of the Civil War" 4 1939 May 16 Annotated Study, "A History of the North Carolina Presbyterian to 1875" 4 1938 Study, "A History of the Craftsman from 1726 to 1731" 4 Spring 1939 "Patteron for Associations" guides 4 1955-1956 "North Carolina Associations" draft 4 undated "Formation of the Baptist State Convention of NC," writings 4 undated North Carolina Historical Review issues 4 1953 January Report of the Coordinating Committee 4 1983 January Research card index, NC Baptist Association 4 undated Research card index 4 undated Research card index 5 undated Research card index 5 undated Bibliographical card index 5 undated Research card index 5 undated Research card index 5 undated Research card index 5 undated State of North Carolina certificate 6 1967 September 21 Civil War Centennial commission materials 6 1955-1961 Research notes on legal notepads 6 undated Self Study of Wake Forest College report 6 1965 Report of the Graduate Council of the Faculty 6 1959 March 16 A Study of the Graduate Program, materials 6 1962 "The Cone Family in the Bethlehem Baptist Church" manuscript 6 2003-2004 Cartledge Creek materials 6 1963-1982 History master's degree student list 6 1962 , Vol. 69, No. 4 7 Spring 1954 "The Religious Press in the South Atlantic States," writings 7 undated American Baptist Memorial, study materials 7 undated Book review article, vol. LIII, No.2 7 1976 April Social Control by N.C. Baptist Church, writings 7 undated Research notes 7 undated Research notes, drafts, annotated materials 7 undated "The Religious Press in the South Atlantic States" manuscript 7 undated Correspondence, N.C. Department of Archives and History 7 1955 August 11 after 1907, notes 7 undated Research card index 7 undated Newspaper clippings and correspondence 8 1962-1963 articles on master's degree and thesis 8 1961 Report for the president, University seal photograph 8 circa 1970 One-fifty Fund: Phase II Reports of Graduate School document 8 1977-1978 Personal and professional correspondence and clippings 8 1946-1999 Graduate Council documents 8 circa 1964 Graduate School materials 8 1954-1974 Wake Forest Trustee proposal 8 undated McCutcheon, Roger P., materials 8 1962-1964 Graduate Education research 8 1966-1969 Graduate Council minutes and related materials 8 1956-1961 Brochures, announcement of grants 8 1965-1969 Trustee proposal, convention materials 8 1978 Trustee proposal 8 1982 Ford Summer Project materials 8 1959 Newspaper clippings 8 1981-1983 Graduate School newspaper clippings 8 1961-1973 Bowman Gray materials 8 1961-1969 Graduate Council materials 8 1947-1969 English Department correspondence 8 1980-1982 Tribble, Byrd Barnett, papers and writings 8 1976-1977 Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists, vol. IV, materials and correspondence 8 1980-1981 University of Southern Louisiana visit materials 8 1968 Stearns, Shubal, paper and research 8 1965-1981 N.C. Literary and Historical Association materials 8 1965-1971 Trustee meetings materials 8 1980-1981 "'Cite Them Both To Attend the Next Church. Conference': Social Control by. North Carolina Baptist Churches, 1772-1908" source notes 8 undated N.C. Literary and Historical Association materials and annotated paper 8 1974 Graduate School articles in 8 1977 Graduate School newspaper clippings 8 1977-1980 Correspondence, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools 8 1973-1976 Gardner-Webb College report 8 1981 Texas Eastern University committee materials 8 1979 Hardin-Simmons University report 8 1975 Howard College visit materials 8 1960-1961 History Department meetings minutes 8 1961-1967 History Department budget materials 8 1955-1961 "None Dare Call it Treason" correspondence 8 1964 October N.C. Confederate Centennial meetings and minutes 8 1958-1961 Correspondence, received by Stroupe 8 1954-1960 History Department materials 8 1963-1968 Humanities and Social Science building planning materials 8 circa 1959 Wheeler, David L., correspondence 8 1978-1979 Wake Forest Birthplace Society materials 8 1976 Crittenden, Ethel Taylor, research 8 1993-1994 Historical Society of NC member list and minutes 8 1990-2009 Perry, Percival, obituary materials 8 2004 "A Brief Summary of the History of the Baptist State Convention of NC," writings 8 1979 Research and Publication Fund materials 8 1961-1962 Research and Publication Fund grants materials 8 1960-1961 Correspondence 8 circa 1961-1964 Carolina Comments issue 8 1964 Confederate Centennial Commission newsletters 8 1964-1965 Civil War Centennial commission newsletters 8 1964-1965 issue 8 1968 September Phi Beta Kappa memorandum 8 1990 December 20 Wake Forest University charter document 8 1968 Correspondence 9 1954-1961 Hendricks, J. Edwin, materials 9 1961-1971 Mullen, Thomas E., materials 9 1957-1967 Summer School report 9 1972 Smiley, David L., materials 9 1961-1968 Smith, J. Howell, materials 9 1965-1967 Syme, Samuel A. Jr., materials 9 circa 1966 Tate, E. Mowbray, materials 9 1967-1968 Tillett, Lowell R., materials 9 1955-1966 Yearns, W. Buck, materials 9 1958-1968 Zuber, Richard L., materials 9 1962-1966 Correspondence, History Department 9 1961-1963 Lineberger reunion materials 9 1975 September History teaching applications 9 1956-1960 Josserand, Frank B., materials 9 1957-1959 Huckaby, John K., materials 9 1957-1958 Leaksville History course materials 9 1961-1962 Correspondence, University 9 1959 Cain, Robert J., materials 9 1965-1966 Dillard, Robert, materials 9 1960-1961 Electoral votes maps and U.S. President portraits 9 undated Teacher education committee materials 9 1963-1983 Duke correspondence and research 9 1960 Duke Press materials 9 1955 N.C. State Advisory Council on Teacher Education and Professional materials 9 1961-1964 N.C. State Board of Higher Education materials 9 1962-1971 N.C. Historical Review materials 9 1963-1968 Self Study Report 9 1975 Correspondence, general 9 1964-1983 Southern Baptist Convention Historical Committee materials 9 1965 Southern Baptist Committee on Boards materials 9 1970-1971 issue 9 1968 May issue 9 1971 October Western Carolina College materials 9 1964-1965 Washington and Lee University correspondence 9 1978 Washington and Lee University Commission on Colleges report 9 1978 March 5 -8 Committee Report, Pan American College 9 1970 Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists materials 9 1969-1970 Phi Alpha Theta certificate, picture of groundbreaking 9 circa 1957 Correspondence, progams, and publications 9 1953-1955 "The Religious Press in the South Atlantic States," writings 9 undated Correspondence, Graduate Studies 9 1961 Carolina Charter Corporation materials 9 1964-1969 History Department materials 9 1964-1997 Commencement program 9 1984 History Department minutes 9 1968-1987 Wake Forest College history, writings 9 1954 History Department minutes 9 1975 Report to Dean Archie 9 1957 Correspondence, professional 9 1962 Archives and History, Editorial Board materials 10 1969 Mull, Otis McCoy, research 10 1978 Dictionary of North Carolina Biography notes 10 1973-1980 Conference on Teacher Education materials 10 1960 November Dictionary of North Carolina Biography materials 10 1973-1978 Salem Celebration documentation 10 1963-1966 Historical marker committee materials 10 1974-1977 Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Tribble H.W., writings 10 1899-1986 Baptist State Convention nominating committee materials 10 1970 Golf course committee materials 10 1968 Correspondence, Crowell-Collier 10 1965-1967 Crozer study committee materials 10 1970 History course materials 10 circa 1975 Duke visiting committee materials 10 1963-1964 issues 10 1963-1968 Three-year master's degree materials 10 1962 Research and Publication fund grants document 10 1959-1960 Graduate Council, Reasearch and Publication approved grants document 10 1958-1959 Research and Publication fund materials (2 folders) 10 1956-1958 Baptist History committee meeting materials 10 1973 April 26 Forsyth County Teachers program materials 10 1961 Mount Airy course materials 10 1963 Governor's Commission on Education writings 10 1962 Gregory, Robert G., correspondence 10 1957-1966 Hillman, Benjamin, reappointment materials 10 1962-1963 Hitchins, Keith, correspondence 10 1958-1967 Livington, Ross, hiring materials 10 1962 Shipper, Ottis, hiring materials 10 1962 Graduate Council, Charity and Children materials 10 1960 spring Tucker, Spencer, summer term materials 10 1965 York, Elizabeth, hiring materials 10 1961-1968 Weller, Judith Ann, materials 10 1966-1968 Graduate Studies correspondence 10 1961-1963 Archives and History, Cultural Advisory Council materials 10 1977-1980 Bureau of Refugees, Freedman and Abandoned Lands, copy 10 1867 N.C. History course materials 10 undated "Western North Carolina: Its Mountains and Its People," review 10 1978 Histograph 10 undated The South history course materials 10 1960-1964 N.C. History course materials 10 1963-1984 Correspondence 10 1982-1984 Publication appearances materials 10 circa 1960s Graduate School, Study of Future, materials 10 1981-1982 "In Defense of Honor: The Ordeal of William Waightstill Avery," W. Conrad Gass, writing 10 1977 March Council of Graduate Schools, annual meeting program 10 1983 Course materials 10 undated