Southern Sociological Congress. Collection Number: MSS 407. Size: 0.42 linear feet

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1 Collection Number: MSS 407 Size: 0.42 linear feet Reprocessed 2003 Special Collections and University Archives Jean and Alexander Heard Library Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee 1

2 - Photographic Collection Scope and Content Note The Southern Sociological Congress Photographic Collection, , contains eighty- nine pictures of participants and attendents of the annual meetings held by the organization. Most of the photographs identify individuals by name, but do not reveal whether the person spoke at a meeting or merely attended. Dates are also largely absent from many of the pictures. The photographs appear to have been collected by Maxwell H. Swain of Atlanta, Georgia who probably handled publicity for the meetings. Included in the collection is a program containing the text of a speech presented by Albert Johnson to the United States House of Representaives entitled lithe Cost of of the War in Men," which was given on Febuary 8, The photographic collection most likely came to Vanderbilt through the efforts of Whitefoord R. Cole, a leading figure in the Southern Sociological Conference, who served as president of the Land N Railroad, president of the Vanderbilt Board of Trustees, and the secretary of Vanderbilt University. The collection is contained in one box (one third cubic feet), divided into folders arranged alphabetically by individual, with unknown individuals grouped at the end. 2

3 History Note The Southern Sociological Congress (S.S. C.) operated from The organization held annual meetings in various cities. The first meeting was held from May 7-10, 1912 in Nashville, TN, and was called to order by Governor Ben W. Hooper. Subsequent meetings held included: April 15-18, 1913 in Atlanta, Georgia, May 10-14,1914 in Memphis, Tennessee, May8-11, 1915 in Houston, Texas, April 1916 in New Orleans, Louisiana, 1917 in Blue Ridge, April 14-21,1918 in Birmingham, Alabama, May 12-15,1919 in Knoxville, Tennessee, and 1920 in Washington. Presentations at meetings appear focused on issues concerning social problems, education, and public health. Vanderbilt faculty members were very involved in the Southern Sociological Congress. Vanderbilt Board of Trustee member and secretary, Whitefoord R. Cole, served as the treasuer of the preliminary organizational group and remained as a member of the executive commitee of the S. S. C. until Mr. Cole also served on the planning committee for the first meeting of the S.S.C., along with sociology professor, Gustavus W. Dyer. Over half of the planning committee had close connections with Vanderbilt. The director of the Southern Sociological Congress from its inception was James E. McCullough (B. D., Vanderbilt, 1901). At the New Orleans meeting held in April, 1916, a large number of delegates from Vanderbilt attended an alumni banquet at which Chancellor Kirkland was the guest of honor. Present were three members of the Board of Trust and a former student of every department in the university. (The above information about the participation of Vanderbilt personnel in the Congresses is based upon the "Southern Sociological Congress, : The Development and Rationale of a Twentieth Century Crusade," a thesis written by E. Charles Chatfield, Jr., deposited in the V Collection.) 3

4 File Listing Box 1 Photographs- Southern Sociological Congress File 1 File 2 File 3 File 4 File 5 File 6 File 7 File 8 File 9 File 10 File 11 File 12 File 13 File 14 File 15 File 16 File 17 File 18 File 19 File 20 File 21 File 22 File 23 File 24 File 25 File 26 File 27 File 28 File 29 File 30 File 31 File 32 File 33 File 34 File 35 File 36 File 37 File 38 File 39 Aery, William Anthony Atkinson, Henry A. Barton, A. J. Barstow, George E. Bankhead, John H. and Pat Harrison Billiekopp, Jacob Bethea, Andrew J. Bradley, Henry Stiles Brown, Lucius P. Carrick, Manton M. Carter, L. E. Cole, Whitefoord Crouch, F.M. Devine, Edward T. Dewitt, John H. Dillard, Jas. H. Dowling, Oscar Dyer, G. W. Dowd, Jerome Eleazer, Robert B. Evans, N. T. Fisher, Irving Fogg, Marcus C. Foster, William Horton Glenn, John M. Golpin, C. J. Granbery, John Confer Harris, Seale Hart, Hastings H. Holderness, M. E. Hooper, Ben W. Hornbeak, J. A. Howerton, J. R. Johnson, Albert Johnson, Albert speech program Johnson, Alexander Kesler, M. L. Knapp, Bradford Little, John 4

5 File 40 Looch, R. J. H. File 41 Lovejoy, Owen R. File 42 MacFarland, Charles S. File 43 Magmder, J. H. File 44 Mann, William Hodges File 45 McBrien, J. L. File 46 McGill, S. W. File 47 McGrath, W. M. File 48 Merrill, T. C. File 49 Moore, John M. File 50 Morrison, Frank File 51 Parmalee, Maurice File 52 Payne, Bruce R. File 53 Philips, Henry Disbrow File 54 Poteat, Louis File 55 Potts, Charles S. File 56 Rankin, W. S. File 57 Rice, John A. File 58 Roe, Clifford G. File 59 Rogers, James File 60 Roman, C. V. File 61 Royster, J. L. File 62 Scherick, Paul File 63 Scroggs, William O. File 64 Settle, T. S. File 65 Shook, A. M. File 66 Stearnes, R. C. File 67 Steele, H. Wirt File 68 Steiner, Edward A. File 69 Stiles, C. W. File 70 Tippy, Worth M. File 71 Ufford, Walter S. File 72 Vickers, E. H. File 73 Wesley Centenary Statue File 74 White, John E. File 75 Whitman, James A. File 76 Whittaker, W. H. File 77 Wilbur, Cressy L. File 78 Wilson, W. H. File 79 Yoakum, C. S. File 80 Unknown 5