Joseph Logsdon Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the typed manuscript that Joseph Logsdon submitted to the University of Chicago for his Master of Arts degree in social sciences. He gives an excellent early history of Archibald J Carey movement in Chicago religion and Negro politics.
Dates
- Creation: 1960-1961
Creator
- Logsdon, Joseph (author., Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restriction
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Biographical/Historical
Joseph Logsdon was born on March 12, 1938, in Chicago, Illinois. He received his Master of Arts in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago and a doctorate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the mid-1960s. His master’s thesis was entitled Reverend Archibald Carey and the Negro in Chicago Politics, covering the years 1909-1919. After graduating, Logsdon spent the next 30 years teaching at the University of New Orleans. One of his students was so impressed by his teaching and mentoring that he later endowed a scholarship in history that is named after Joseph Logsdon.
Sources:
- Dickerson, Dennis. African American Preachers and Politics: The Careys of Chicago, 2010
- Drake, St. Clair, Churches and Voluntary Associations in the Chicago Negro Community, WPA project, 1940
Extent
1 Linear Feet : in 1 box
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The papers consist of his typed master’s thesis submitted to the University of Chicago for a Master of Arts in social sciences. The thesis traces the Rev. Archibald J. Carey and his impact on politics in Chicago.
Arrangement
Collection is organized into seven folders. The folders are listed as they appear in the manuscript.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifted in 1961 to the Special Negro History Collection, George Cleveland Hall Branch, Chicago Public Library.
Subject
- Logsdon, Joseph -- : Archives. (Person)
- Carey, Archibald J. (Archibald James), 1908-1981 (Person)
- Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Chicago, Ill.) (Organization)
- Woodlawn A.M.E. Church (Chicago, Ill.) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Joseph Logsdon Papers
- Author
- Beverly A. Cook
- Date
- April 2021
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection Repository
Woodson Regional Library
Chicago Public Library
9525 S. Halsted Street
Chicago IL 60628 United States
(312) 745-2080
harshcollection@chipublib.org