John Spencer Bassett | |
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Born | 1867 |
Died | 1928 |
Occupation | Editors. Educators. Historians. |
John Spencer Bassett ...
Biography
editTimeline
edit- September 10, 1867
- Born, Tarboro, N.C.
- 1888
- B.A., Trinity College, Randolph County, N.C. (later Duke University, Durham, N.C.)
- 1890
- Instructor in English, Trinity College, Randolph County, N.C. Founded "9019," student scholarship group, Trinity College, Randolph County, N.C.
- 1892
- Married Jessie Lewellin
- 1894
- Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. Published The Constitutional Beginnings of North Carolina, 1663-1729 (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press. 73 pp.)Published The Regulators of North Carolina, 1765-1771 (Washington: United States Government Printing Office. 72 pp.)
- 1894-1906
- Professor of history, Trinity College, Randolph County, N.C.
- 1895
- Published Suffrage in the State of North Carolina, 1776-1861 (Washington: American Historical Association. 17 pp.)
- 1896
- Published Slavery and Servitude in the Colony of North Carolina (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press. 86 pp.)
- 1898
- Published Anti-Slavery Leaders of North Carolina (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press. 74 pp.)
- 1899
- Published Slavery in the State of North Carolina (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press. 111 pp.)
- 1901
- Founder and editor, South Atlantic Quarterly (resigned as editor, 1905) Published The Writings of "Colonel William Byrd, of Westover, in Virginia, Esqr." (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page, & Co.)
- 1903
- Published "Stirring Up the Fires of Race Antipathy." South Atlantic Quarterly 2 (Oct. 1903): 107-113
- 1906-1928
- Professor of history, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
- 1906
- Published The Federalist System, 1789-1801 (New York: Harper and Brothers. 327 pp.)
- 1911
- Published Life of Andrew Jackson (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page, & Co. 2 vols.)
- 1913
- Published A Short History of the United States (New York: Macmillan Co. 885 pp.)
- 1916
- Published The Plain Story of American History (New York: Macmillan Co. 545 pp.)
- 1917
- Published The Middle Group of American Historians (New York: Macmillan Co. 324 pp.)Published Correspondence of George Bancroft and Jared Sparks, 1823-1832 (Northampton, Mass.: Department of History, Smith College. 77 pp.)
- 1918
- Published The Lost Fruits of Waterloo (New York: Macmillan Co. 289 pp.)
- 1919
- Published Our War With Germany: A History (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 386 pp.)
- 1919-1928
- Secretary, American Historical Association
- 1920
- Chairman, advisory group, Democratic National Committee
- 1922
- Published Letters of Francis Parkman to Pierre Margry (Northampton, Mass: Department of History, Smith College. 86 pp.)
- 1925
- Published The Southern Plantation Overseer as Revealed in His Letters (Northampton, Mass.: Department of History of Smith College. 280 pp.)
- 1926
- Published Expansion and Reform, 1889-1926 (New York: Longmans, Green, and Co. 355 pp.)
- 1926-1935
- Published Correspondence of Andrew Jackson (Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington. 7 vols.)
- 1928
- Published Makers of A New Nation (New Haven: Yale University Press. 344 pp.) Published The League of Nations: A Chapter in World Politics (New York: Longmans, Green, and Co. 415 pp.)
- January 27, 1928
- Died, Washington, D.C.[1]
Works or publications
edit- A Short History of the United States. OCLC 000869001
- A Short History of the United States, 1492-1920. OCLC 001080687
- A Short History of the United States, 1492-1929. OCLC 004483571
- A Short History of the United States, 1492-1938. OCLC 001618479
- Anti-slavery Leaders of North Carolina. OCLC 000855107
- Jackson, Andrew. Correspondence of Andrew Jackson. OCLC 002533564
- Expansion and Reform, 1889-1926. OCLC 000791886
- Makers of a New Nation. OCLC 000383500
- Our War with Germany : a History. OCLC 001084733
- Slavery and Servitude in the Colony of North Carolina. OCLC 001832235
- Slavery in the State of North Carolina. OCLC 001866137
- The Federalist System, 1789-1801. OCLC 000586531
- The League of Nations; a Chapter in World Politics. OCLC 000735138
- The South Atlantic Quarterly OCLC 001642494
- The Southern Plantation Overseer as Revealed in His Letters. OCLC 000010952
- The Constitutional Beginnings of North Carolina (1663-1729). OCLC 001817684
- The Life of Andrew Jackson. OCLC 000424674, ISBN 1428650555
- The Lost Fruits of Waterloo. OCLC 001882107
- The Middle Group of American Historians. OCLC 002648565
- Jusserand, J. J. The Writing of History, by Jean Jules Jusserand, Wilbur Cortez Abbott, Charles W. Colby and John Spencer Bassett. OCLC 001076216
See also
editNotes and references
editPrepared by Margaret McAleer (2009). "John Spencer Bassett Papers". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
- ^ This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: the Manuscript Division Staff of the Library of Congress, John Spencer Bassett Papers, Retrieved 2013-12-01
Further reading
edit- Trinity College and Academic Liberty. OCLC 606571241
- John Spencer Bassett. OCLC 060799920
- Papers Relating to John Spencer Bassett's Article, Stirring Up the Fires of Race Antipathy, Which Appeared in the South Atlantic Quarterly. OCLC 037876581
- Bancroft, Frederic. Correspondence with the Following William P. Trent, 27 Letters, 1915-1917 ; Edward Channing, 28 Letters, 1915-1917 ; John S. Bassett, 6 Letters, 1916-1917 ; William Sloane, 3 Letters, 1915 ; George B. Adams, 8 Letters, 1915-1916. OCLC 043376119
- Brown, William Garrott. The South at Work by Stanton. Letters of Travels in the South to the Boston Evening Transcript. OCLC 156819763
- DeWitt, John Hibbett. In Memoriam : John Spencer Bassett. OCLC 055792088
- Fetter, Bruce Sigmond. The Unpardonable Sin of John Spencer Bassett. OCLC 076986082
- Hancock, Carolyn Lois. L'affaire Basset. OCLC 021534429
- Morrison, Joseph L. Josephus Daniels and the Bassett Academic Freedom Case. OCLC 663448868
- Sanford, Terry. Bassett to Kemp : Academic Freedom Today. OCLC 016912855
- Schaffer, Samuel Lonsdale. To Wake Them Up : the Racial Mentality of John Spencer Bassett; Its Origins, Evolution, and Effects. OCLC 037277105
- Stephenson, Wendell Holmes. The Negro in the Thinking and Writing of John Spencer Bassett. OCLC 045770983
- Stephenson, Wendell Holmes. John Spencer Bassett as a Historian of the South. OCLC 045770726
External links
edit- John Spencer Bassett Papers at the Library of Congress Manuscripts Division.
- Bassett Affair Collection, 1903-2003
- John C. Kilgo Records and Papers, 1888-1970 (bulk 1894-1920)
- John Spencer Bassett Papers, 1770-1978
- John Spencer Bassett Collection, 1802-1998 (bulk 1893-1911)
- Papers, 1889-1917
- Papers, 1898-1917
- Theodore Bryant Kinsbury Papers, 1840-1915
- Trinity College Historical Society Collection, [1492?-1981]
Category:1867 births
Category:1928 deaths