KATHARINE DU PRE LUMPKIN PAPERS, #4171, 1902-1988
Correspondence, writings, research materials, lecture notes and drafts, and other papers of
Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin, YWCA national student secretary; research director at the Council
of Industrial Studies, Smith College, and at the Institute of Labor Studies, Northampton,
Massachusetts; professor of Sociology at Wells College, Aurora, New York; and author. The
majority of the material relates to research interests, including race relations and southern
history. Correspondence chiefly pertains to Lumpkin's writing projects, but also includes
letters relating to her involvement with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Writings
include articles on the Civil Rights Movement and the Underground Railroad. Microfilm
available.