Richard A. Pride Papers
Dates
- Creation: 1968 - 2005
Conditions Governing Access
The physical materials from this collection may be viewed only in the reading room of Vanderbilt’s Special Collections and University Archives. Materials should be requested two to three days in advance to facilitate easier access. Contact specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu to schedule an appointment.
Biographical / Historical
Richard A. Pride began his work in the Department of Political Science at Vanderbilt in 1968. Over his career, his main focus was the politics of school desegeration in the cities of the American South. He published three books on this subject, The Burden of Busing: The Politics of Desegregation in Nashville, Tennessee (1985), The Confessions of Dorothy Danner (1995), and The Political Use of Racial Narratives: School Desegregation in Mobile, Alabama, 1954-1997 (2002). Pride became Professor Emeritus in 2005.
Full Extent
8.75 Linear Feet (7 Paige boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Topical
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Richard A. Pride Papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives Repository
Special Collections Library
1101 19th Ave. S.
Nashville TN 37212 United States
specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu
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