Dr. Rusty Hawkins

Associate Professor of Humanities and History

John Wesley Honors College

October 30, 2013

Qualitative Historical Research:

One Historian’s Approach

The Bolesian Method

Finding a Topic: Southern White Protestants in the Civil Rights Movement

Finding a Question: Why did southern white evangelicals not participate in the civil rights movement?

Historical Research

The Long Shadow of Social History

First Research Trip: William D. Workman Papers

Significance of the Workman Papers

Narrowing the Topic

Difficulty of South Carolina

Role of Southern Education Reporting Service

State Newspapers Greenville News News and Courier (Charleston) The Record (Columbia) The State (Columbia) Times and Democrat (Orangeburg) The Herald (Bamberg)

Finding the white evangelical narrative Four Episodes from 1955-1975

Honing in on South Carolina

South Caroliniana Library (Columbia)Christian Action Council PapersRaven Ioor McDavid PapersRhett Jackson PapersJ. Sherrard Rice PapersM. Hayes Mizell PapersJ Mitchell Reames Papers

The Citadel Library Archives (Charleston)L. Mendel Rivers Papers

College of Charleston Archives (Charleston)Special Collections

Archives Accessed (Political)

South Carolina Historical Society Archives (Charleston)Herbert Ravenal Sass PapersThomas P. Stoney PapersThomas R. Waring Papers

Clemson University Archives (Clemson)Edgar Brown PapersJames Byrnes PapersStrom Thurmond Papers

Claflin College Archives (Orangeburg)

Archives Accessed (Political)

South Carolina Political Collections Archive (Columbia)Ernest Hollings PapersJohn West PapersOlin Johnston PapersJoseph Rogers PapersWilliam D. Workman PapersRobert McNair Papers

Archives Accessed (Political)

Wofford College (Spartanburg) Charles Marsh Papers Edward Tullis Papers SC Methodist Annual Conference Minutes

Presbyterian College (Clinton) SC Presbytery Minutes SC Synod Minutes PCUS General Assembly Minutes

Furman University (Greenville) SC Baptist Association Minutes Gordon Blackwell Papers John Plyer Papers SC Baptist Convention Minutes

Southern Methodist College (Orangeburg) Denominational Records

Archives Accessed (SC Religious)

Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives (Nashville)Christian Life Committee PapersClifton Allen PapersFranklin Paschall PaperRace Relations and Southern Baptists PapersWayne Dehoney PapersW.C. Fields Papers

Baylor University (Waco)Foy Valentine Papers

Archives Accessed (Nat’l. Religious)

Presbyterian Historical Society (Philadelphia)SC Synod RecordsGeneral Assembly of PCUS RecordsMalcolm Calhoun Papers

Drew University (Madison, NJ)SC Methodist Annual Conference RecordsCommittee of Social Concerns Records

Archives Accessed (Nat’l. Religious)

Early Days in the Archives

Digital Camera RevolutionPros and Cons Involving Students

Bringing it all together

Aftermath of the Archives