Guide to the Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. collected materials on Inez Beverly Prosser
Title:
Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. collected materials on Inez Beverly Prosser
Repository:
Drs. Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Center for the History of Psychology
Phone: 330-972-7285
http://www.uakron.edu/chp
Creator:
Benjamin, Ludy T., 1945-
Dates:
1999-2011
Quantity:
0.49 linear feet
Abstract:
 The Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. collected materials on Inez Beverly Prosser contains photocopied material regarding Prosser's education and professional life as well as several dissertations regarding Prosser's life and history.
Identification:
p15960coll10/id/1480/rec/1
Location:
Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. research files
Language:
The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. collected materials on Inez Beverly Prosser contains photocopied material regarding Prosser's education and professional life as well as several dissertations regarding Prosser's life and history. These materials were originally acquired and collected by Benjamin as part of his ongoing research in the history of psychology.

Statement of Arrangement

The Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. collected materials on Inez Beverly Prosser are organized by topic into two accordion folders, and remain in the order in which Benjamin organized them originally.

Restrictions on Use

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Restrictions on Access

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

Related Material: Related Material

Original materials regarding Prosser's life including degrees and certificates, photographs, and correspondence are located in the Cummings Center manuscript collections. View
finding aid for the Inez Beverly Prosser papers.


Subject Headings

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

African American psychologists
African American teachers
African American women in the professions
Psychologists
Psychology
Psychology, History

Persons:

Prosser, Inez Beverly

Material Types:

Facsimiles

Custodial History

Materials have been collected by Benjamin as part of his personal and professional research files.

Preferred Citation

Cite as: [identification of item], [folder number, box number], Archives of the History of American Psychology, The Drs. Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Center for the History of Psychology - The University of Akron

Accruals

An additional accrual was received on 7/11/2019 and added to Box M51.

Detailed Description of The Collection


Box M50 / Folder 1
First draft to JHBS, undated

Genre/Format: typescript
Location: Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. Research Files
Creator: Benjamin, Ludy T., 1945-

Scope and Content: Inez Prosser and the Education of African-Americans journal article written and submitted by Benjamin, Keisha D. Henry, and Lance R. McMahon.


Box M50 / Folder 2
Correspondence, General, 2003-2011

Location: Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. Research Files

Scope and Content: This folder also contains photographs of the Prosser family, and memorial materials for Prosser's sister, Bernice Beverly Arbor.


Box M50 / Folder 3
Benjamin Notes, 2003, undated

Location: Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. Research Files
Creator: Benjamin, Ludy T., 1945-

Scope and Content: Includes Benjamin handwritten notes and research on Prosser genealogy.


Box M50 / Folder 4
American Missionary Association, 2003

Genre/Format: photocopy
Location: Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. Research Files

Scope and Content: Photocopied primary and secondary source information about the history and practices of the American Missionary Association (AMA). Date range for original documents is 1849-1986.


Box M50 / Folder 5
General Education Board Archives, 2003

Location: Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. Research Files



Box M50 / Folder 6
Lance & Keisha's Papers, 1996, 2001

Genre/Format: typescript
Location: Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. Research Files

Scope and Content: Papers written by Keisha D. Henry and Lance R. McMahon for Benjamin's History and Systems of Psychology class.


Box M50 / Folder 7
Interviews with Beverly/Prosser, undated

Genre/Format: transcripts
Location: Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. Research Files
Creator: Benjamin, Ludy T., 1945-

Scope and Content: Interviews with Beverly and Prosser family members.


Box M50 / Folder 8
Inez Prosser brief biographies, 2003

Genre/Format: photocopy
Location: Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. Research Files

Scope and Content: Photocopied primary and secondary source information about Inez Beverly Prosser. Date range for original documents is 1926-2000.


Box M50 / Folder 9
Items from Beverly Family, 2004

Genre/Format: photocopy
Location: Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. Research Files

Scope and Content: Folder contains some correspondence, photocopies of family photographs and newspaper accounts, and telephone notes taken by Benjamin.


Box M50 / Folder 10
Harvard University materials, 2003-2004

Genre/Format: photocopy
Location: Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. Research Files

Scope and Content: Photocopied primary and secondary source information from Harvard University archives. Date range for original documents is 1930-1931.


Box M50 / Folder 11
Mississippi Education Journal articles, 2003, undated

Genre/Format: photocopy
Location: Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. Research Files
Creator: Mississippi Assocaition of Teachers in Colored Schools

Scope and Content: Photocopied contents from 1934.


Box M50 / Folder 12
Correspondence: Lance & Keisha, 2001-2003




Box M50 / Folder 13
Tillotson College, undated

Genre/Format: photocopy
Location: Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. Research Files

Scope and Content: Photocopied primary and secondary source information about the history and practices of the American Missionary Association (AMA). Date range for original documents is 1985-1995 and undated.


Box M50 / Folder 14
Tougaloo College, undated

Genre/Format: photocopy
Location: Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. Research Files



Box M51 / Folder 1
Prosser dissertation, undated

Genre/Format: photocopy
Location: Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. Research Files

Scope and Content: "Non-Academic Development of Negro Children in Mixed and Segregated Schools", June 1933.


Box M51 / Folder 2
Prosser thesis, undated

Genre/Format: photocopy
Location: Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. Research Files

Scope and Content: Photocopied thesis: The Comparative Reliability of Objective Tests in English Grammar, 1926.


Box M51 / Folder 3
Prosser records, undated

Genre/Format: photocopy
Location: Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. Research Files

Scope and Content: Photocopied primary and secondary source materials of Prosser. Date range for original documents is 1916-1934


Box M51 / Folder 4
Miscellaneous Articles, 2002-2003

Genre/Format: photocopy
Location: Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. Research Files

Scope and Content: Mostly photocopied primary and secondary source materials regarding Prosser research. Original memorial booklet for Melveline Prosser.


Box M51 / Folder 5
Black Education, 2003-2005, undated

Genre/Format: photocopy
Location: Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. Research Files

Scope and Content: Photocopied material of the history of African Americans education in the United States. Includes the reprint, "Inez Beverly Prosser and the Education of African Americans" by Benjamin, Keisha Henry, and Lance McMahon, 2005.


Box M51 / Folder 6
Prosser photographs, undated

Genre/Format: scanned images

Scope and Content: Three scanned photographs of Inez Beverly Prosser accompanied by letter to Benjamin from Prosser family.


Box M51 / Folder 7
Lucille Katharine Wilkins memorial, 2012 September 6


Scope and Content: Memorial booklet for Wilkins funeral accompanied by historical note from Benjamin.


Box M51 / Folder 8
Catfish Alley novel by Lynne Bryant, 2011


Scope and Content: Novel with character based on Inez Beverly Prosser accompanied by correspondence between Benjamin and author.