1944-1946
- Containers:
- Box 523, Reel M Wil 1, Frame 107
- Creator:
- Rockefeller Foundation. Division of Social Sciences and Willits, Joseph H. (Joseph Henry) (1889-1979)
- Scope and content:
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Organized according to interview and visit, Willits goes to the Southern United States to survey various southern schools. He interviews members of the college faculty and determines which departments are the strongest. The schools surveyed include University of Virginia, University of North Carolina, Duke University, North Carolina State College and North Carolina College for Negroes. Topics covered in this diary include rural poverty, black studies, populations, and World War II. Included in the diary are copies of "Subject Index to Joseph H. Willits ' Dixie Diary", "Racial Relationships in North Carolina", "Farm Labor Shortages and Maximum Production", "Agricultural Interests of Nonfarm Rural Leaders", "Twenty Years of Migration From Farms" and "Rural Industrialization Creates New Problems".
- Subjects:
- Agriculture
Rural population
African Americans
World War II - Places:
- United States
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