mss00130 Guide to the John William Shirley Papers, 1948, 1958 - 1959 MSS 00130 Finding aid prepared by Processed by: Special Collections Staff;machine-readable finding aid created by: Dawne E. Howard Special Collections Research Center 2005 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-10-30T17:55-0400 Finding aid written in English. John William Shirley Papers MSS 00130 Special Collections Research Center 0.01 Linear feet 1948 1958 - 1959 The John William Shirley papers consist of a 1948 letter from Shirley to Dr. J. H. Lampe, a daily log from Shirley's Soviet Field Seminar of the Comparative Education Society (1958), and the publication, "Soviet Education and Its Challenge" (1959). John William Shirley (1908 - 1988) served as an English professor and dean of the Division of Basic Studies at North Carolina State College (now North Carolina State University) from 1949 to 1955, and Dean of Faculty from 1955 to 1962. Shirley left N.C. State in 1962 to become Vice President and Provost of the University of Delaware. He received his A.B. degree from the State University of Iowa in 1932 and his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1937. He also took graduate classes, 1932-1933, at the University of Nebraska. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. Shirley, John William, 1908-1988 Restrictions to Access

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Transferred from the Dean of the Faculty's Office, 1967 September 1.

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[Identification of item], John William Shirley papers, MSS 130, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

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The John William Shirley papers consist of a 1948 letter from Shirley to Dr. J. H. Lampe; a daily log, 1958, from Shirley's Soviet Field Seminar of the Comparative Education Society; and the publication Soviet Education and Its Challenge,  1959.

 Related Material John W. Shirley Biographical File, UA 50.3 Lampe, John Harold, b. 1896 North Carolina State College--Faculty--History. Shirley, John William, 1908-1988 Journals (periodicals) Publications Russia--Description and travel Russia--Study and teaching (Higher)--North Carolina Letter from Shirley to Dr. J. H. Lampe 1 of 1 1948 Daily log from Shirley's Soviet Field Seminar of the Comparative Education Society 1 of 1 1958 Publication "Soviet Education and Its Challenge (written by Shirley) 1 of 1 1959