The Lawrence Earl Hinkle papers include correspondence, writings, lecture notes, publications, and academic journals, 1853 to 1964. It chiefly documents Hinkle's career as an educator and linguist at North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University), 1915-1955.
Educator and linguist, Lawrence Earl Hinkle served as Assistant Professor of Modern Languages to Professor of Modern Languages at North Carolina State College from 1915 until his retirement in 1955 and as Head of the Department of Modern Languages beginning in 1922. At North Carolina State, he established the Translation Service, founded Sigma Pi Alpha, a national honorary language fraternity, and revised the registration and final examination system.
Educator and linguist, Lawrence Earl Hinkle served as Assistant Professor of Modern Languages to Professor of Modern Languages at North Carolina State College (later University) from 1915 until his retirement in 1955 and as Head of the Department of Modern Languages beginning in 1922. At North Carolina State, he established the Translation Service, founded Sigma Pi Alpha, a national honorary language fraternity, and revised the registration and final examination system.
Hinkle was born in Marshfield, Missouri, on January 27, 1889. At age 22, he earned a Bachelors of Arts degree from the University of Colorado. He entered into the service of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State College and then North Carolina State University) on January 1, 1915. During his tenure at the college, Hinkle earned a Masters of Art degree from Columbia University in 1919 and a Docteur es Sciences du Langage from Dijon University (France) in 1929. Likewise, Hinkle studied at the University of Chicago, Harvard University, Princeton University, and Duke University. Prior to his appointment at North Carolina State College, Dr. Hinkle served as the President of Cokesbury Conference College and as a Professor of German at Northwestern State Teachers' College.
Hinkle served as Assistant Professor to Professor of Modern Languages at North Carolina State College from 1915 until his retirement in 1955 and as Head of the Department of Modern Languages beginning in 1922. While at North Carolina State, Dr. Hinkle was actively involved in the academic structure of the institution. He established the Translation Service, founded Sigma Pi Alpha, a national honorary language fraternity, and revised the registration and final examination system.
While at N.C. State, Hinkle wrote and lectured on many topics. These topics include the following titles, Some Things We Owe to Spain, Modern Languages and Literature in Relation to Citizenship, The Cherokee Language, The Nature and Growth of Language, Reading Knowledge Requirements and a Translation Service, and German Language. He was also a contributor to the United States Department of Agriculture Library, American Documentation Institute, and Journal of Documentary Reproduction. His many honors include being President of American Association of Teachers of Spanish, President of North Carolina Teachers of German, President of North Carolina Modern Language Association, President of German Section, South Atlantic Modern Lanugage Assocaiation, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Pi Alpha, International Who's Who, and Who's Who in American Education. On July 1, 1955 Dr. Hinkle retired and became Dean Emeritus. He died on October 2, 1964, in New York City.
This collection includes correspondence, writings, lecture notes, publications, and academic journals of educator and linguist Lawrence Earl Hinkle, who served on the faculty of North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University). The primary subject of Hinkle's papers refers to linguistics. Hinkle dedicated his life to education, especially foreign language education.
The collection is arranged into eleven series:
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[Identification of item], Lawrence Earl Hinkle Papers, MC 00078, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Received from Lawrence Earl Hinkle Jr., November 1974 (Accession no. 1974-0007); May 2005 (Accession no. 2005-0004).
Processed by Jason Smith, 2006 April
Encoded by Jason Smith, 2006 April
The collection is organized into eleven principal series:
This series contains information on linguistics. It is divided into ten subseries: general, slang, Spanish, technical language, word games, Word Study, journals, etymology, world languages, and miscellaneous. This information in this series is in the form of typed class notes, journal articles, and scholarly publications.
2.5 archival boxes
This series contains socioeconomic information written and collected by Hinkle about Europe in the 1920s. It contains articles published in the Saturday Evening Post.
0.5 archival boxes
This series contains class lecture notes for classes Hinkle taught about literature, both foreign and domestic. It is divided into five subseries and deals mostly with European literature and its background information.
1 archival box
This series contains images of Latin America, along with class lecture notes about the respective countries.
0.25 archival boxes
This series contains United States of America history, specifically of the American South. It contains information about race relations and also contains background information about World War II. The series has newspaper and magazine articles, governmental publications, and handwritten notes.
0.33 archival boxes
“Negro Preacher” is the original folder title. The term used is racist and harmful, but we have retained it to preserve the original context and to support searching with terms common to a specific time period. Read more about our approach to handling harmful language in About Reparative Archival Description.
This series contains information about ancient civilization and early man. The information is in the form of handwritten notes, journals, and magazine and newspaper articles.
0.33 archival boxes
This series contains rewritings of folklore by Professor Hinkle. The stories are titled Peter Zwirn,Balder and Loki,Fountain of Forgetfullness,Hans and the Three Wishes,Magic Fiddle Bow,Magic Organ,Goldener, and Three Stupid Boys.
0.33 archival boxes
This series contains manuscripts of two works by Professor Hinkle: English as a Second Language and an untitled manuscript about linguistics.
0.25 archival boxes
This series contains correspondence and other miscellaneous personal papers.
0.25 archival boxes
These handwritten notes were used in lectures given by Lawrence Earl Hinkle to a Bible Class at Christ Episcopal Church. In tham, he discussed Biblical history and some general history of religious thought.
0.5 archival boxes
These are personal items that belonged to Lawrence E. Hinkle.
1 cardbox
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[Identification of item], Lawrence Earl Hinkle Papers, MC 00078, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries' "Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain" and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.