James C. Cobb papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: James C. Cobb papers
Inclusive Dates: 1958 - 2009
Language(s): English
Extent: 1 Linear Feet (1 box)
Collection Number: UA08-032
Repository: University of Georgia Archives

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Dr. James Charles Cobb majored in history at the University of Georgia at Athens (A.B., 1969). He briefly taught high school social studies in Loganville, Georgia, before returning to the state university to earn an M.A. (1972) and a Ph.D. in history (1975). Cobb joined the University of Missisippi's Center for the Study of Southern Culture in 1981 after teaching at the universities of Maryland (1975-77) and Northern Iowa (1977-80).

Elected president of the Southern Historical Association in 1997, in 1999 Cobb returned to the University of Georgia as the Spalding Distinguished Professor in the History of the American South. Accolades for Cobb's teaching and research continued, and he joined the editorial boards of The Georgia Review and Atlanta History.

Cobb has written widely on the interaction between economy, society, and culture in the American South. His books include The Selling of The South: The Southern Crusade for Industrial Development, 1936-1990 (Illinois, 1993), The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity (Oxford, 1992),and Away Down South: A History of Southern Identity (Oxford, 2005). His most recent book,The South and America Since World War II was published by Oxford University Press in 2010.

Scope and Content

This collection consists primarily of Dr. Cobb's research and notes regarding his published works. Included are several essays and speeches written by Dr. Cobb, over a decade of professional correspondence, and syllabi for the courses he taught at various universities.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item, box, folder], [Collection title, UA#], University Archives, University of Georgia

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

box

folder

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1

Biographical papers, James Cobb, 1997, undated

 

1

2

Cobb family genealogy papers, 1980 - 1981, undated

 

1

3

Correspondence, Kenneth Coleman, 1975 - 1977

 

1

4

Correspondence, 1958 - 1959, 1963, 1979 - 1995

 

1

5

Correspondence, 1994 September 6

 

1

6-7

Correspondence, 1996 - 2005

 

1

8-9

Essays, 1995 - 1999, 2003, undated

 

1

10

Essays and requests for feedback, 1992, 1999

 

1

11

Response to book reviews, 2009

 

1

12

Speeches, 1985 - 2005

 

1

13

Report and photographs, Tennessee's Copper Basin, 1987

 

1

14

Certificate of Honorary Citizenship, 1992

 

1

15

Report to the Program Committee, The Southern Historical Association, 1993

 

1

16

Planning papers, American South Exhibition, 1994

 

1

17

Brochures and correspondence, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1994

 

1

18

Speech and brochure, The South and Globalization Symposium, 2002

 

1

19

Press, 1989 - 2003

 

1

20

Syllabi, 1975 - 1977, 1981, 1993 - 2005, undated

 

1

21

Applications, James Cobb, 1981, 1985

 

1

22

Brochures and programs, James Cobb, 1985, 1991 - 2006

 

1

23

Brochures and programs, miscellaneous, 1983 - 1993

 

1

24

The Harry Dog Joke Book, 1975

 

1

25

Photographs, undated

 

1

26

Notebook, undated

 

1

27-28

Notes, miscellaneous, undated

 

1

29

Papers, miscellaneous , 1971, 1983