CHARLES HORACE HAMILTON PAPERS, #4344, 1920s-1970s
Professional and personal correspondence of Hamilton, rural sociologist with interests in
rural life, the rural church, the rural family, rural health issues, the land tenure system,
farm labor, internal migration, methods of population analysis, and social statistics. Before
gaining a professorship of Rural Sociology at North Carolina State University, Hamilton
taught at Morris College; the University of North Carolina; and Virginia Polytechnic
Institute. Correspondence discusses, among other topics, interracial cooperation and
African-American education.