Research Catalog

Title

Carleton L. Lee papers, 1931-1972.

Author

Lee, Carleton Lafayette, 1913-

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

3.4 lin. ft

Summary

• The Carleton L. Lee Papers contain material reflecting his various positions, with files discussing aspects of his professional employment and activities. A contributor to professional, church and literary journals, his writings are also represented in the collection. For his employment with the Southern Area of the National Council of the YMCA, there are reports on interracial conferences, correspondence with officials of the YMCA, programs and other printed material, 1938-1964. Files pertaining to his work for the World Council of Churches in West Germany includes correspondence with his colleagues and family regarding his experiences, reports he and others wrote, associated printed matter and other related material.
• Lee held three positions at Central State College in Wilberforce, however, the correspondence does not discuss his various positions and specific activities at the college. There are minutes of the Administrative Committee on Graduate Studies, a few reports and prayers Lee wrote, and religious and commencement programs. His leadership of Black Americana Studies at Western Michigan University is represented by minutes of the Advisory Committee of this program, Lee's description of the program and course offerings, relevant brochures and other printed material. Teaching notes and student evaluations for a class he taught are also in the collection.
• Lee was active in several educational societies and organizations. The Professional Activities series includes numerous programs for events where Lee spoke; most are orders of services for churches where Lee was the guest pastor. Files also discuss the National Association of College and University Chaplains, for which he served as president from 1961 to 1962.
• Lee's writings include reprints of a few of his publications; an extensive diary covering the years 1936 to 1938 with notes on his religious activities; and sermons, addresses, eulogies, numerous poems and prayers. The last series, Subject Files, consists of printed material related to black studies departments forming on college campuses in the early 1970's.

Subjects

• Black people > Study and teaching
• Speeches
• Diaries
• African American Christian educators
• Sermons
• Lee, Carleton Lafayette, 1913-
• African American universities and colleges
• African Americans > Education
• Black author
• World Council of Churches
• Student evaluation of teachers
• African American college teachers
• National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America
• National Association of College and University Chaplains

Genre/Form

• Sermons.
• Diaries.
• Speeches.

Note

• Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
• Audiotapes, videotapes and films transferred to Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.

Source (note)

• SCM 92-5
• Sc MG 451
• Maggie L. Lee

Biography (note)

• Carleton L. Lee received his bachelor's degree from Talledega College (1933) and his master's (1937) and doctorate (1951) from the University of Chicago. An African-American educator and social worker, he worked for the National Council of the YMCA in Atlanta as the associate secretary of the Southern Area; Tuskegee Institute as chaplain (1947-1953); and the World Council of Churches in Germany where he was a fraternal worker (1953-1955).
• Lee began his academic career teaching at historically black colleges. He was chair and professor of philosophy and religion at Tougaloo Southern Christian College (1955-1957), and also taught at Central State College in Wilberforce, Ohio, where his last appointment there was as professor of philosophy and religion from 1957-1967. From 1967-1969 he was professor of social science (sociology) at Cheyney State College in Pennsylvania. Lee's final position was at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo where he was a professor and the first director of Black Americana Studies from 1969 until his death in 1972.

Call Number

Sc MG 451

OCLC

183414319

Author

Lee, Carleton Lafayette, 1913-

Title

Carleton L. Lee papers, 1931-1972.

Biography

Carleton L. Lee received his bachelor's degree from Talledega College (1933) and his master's (1937) and doctorate (1951) from the University of Chicago. An African-American educator and social worker, he worked for the National Council of the YMCA in Atlanta as the associate secretary of the Southern Area; Tuskegee Institute as chaplain (1947-1953); and the World Council of Churches in Germany where he was a fraternal worker (1953-1955).

Lee began his academic career teaching at historically black colleges. He was chair and professor of philosophy and religion at Tougaloo Southern Christian College (1955-1957), and also taught at Central State College in Wilberforce, Ohio, where his last appointment there was as professor of philosophy and religion from 1957-1967. From 1967-1969 he was professor of social science (sociology) at Cheyney State College in Pennsylvania. Lee's final position was at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo where he was a professor and the first director of Black Americana Studies from 1969 until his death in 1972.

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Local Subject

Black author.

Research Call Number

Sc MG 451