Inventory of the James Walter Mason, Jr. Papers, 1966-1984
J.W. Mason, Jr. was graduated from Wake Forest College in 1938. He is a lawyer in Laurinburg, North Carolina, and has served as Chairman of the Wake Forest University Board of Trustees.
These papers consists of Mr. Mason's files as Chairman of the Wake Forest Board of Trustees. They relate to his activities with the Covenant Relationship established with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina; the selection of James Ralph Scales as President of Wake Forest College; the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation proposal; the election of University trustees; the search for a Dean of the School of Law; and the controversies relating to the Wake Forest Institute for Labor Policy and Analysis and the National Science Foundation "Cause" grant.
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Summary Information
- Repository
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
- Title
- James Walter Mason Jr. Papers,
- Creator
- Mason, James Walter Jr.
- Date
- 1966-1984 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 7.5 linear feet / 5 Banker's boxes
- ID
- MS321
Biographical and Historical Note
J.W. Mason, Jr. was graduated from Wake Forest College in 1938. He is a lawyer in Laurinburg, North Carolina, and has served as Chairman of the Wake Forest University Board of Trustees.
Collection Overview
These papers consists of Mr. Mason's files as Chairman of the Wake Forest Board of Trustees. They relate to his activities with the Covenant Relationship established with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina; the selection of James Ralph Scales as President of Wake Forest College; the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation proposal; the election of University trustees; the search for a Dean of the School of Law; and the controversies relating to the Wake Forest Institute for Labor Policy and Analysis and the National Science Foundation "Cause" grant.
Materials include correspondence, mimeographed meeting minutes, background studies, proposals, memoranda, recommendations, and photographs.
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Finding aid prepared by Processed by: John Woodard; machine-readable finding aid created by Apex, 2005
- Access Restrictions
- Collection is open.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright for materials resides with the creators of the items in question or their descendants, unless otherwise designated. Users of this collection are responsible for using the materials in conformance with U.S. copyright law.
- Preferred Citation
- MS 321, James Walter Mason, Jr. Papers, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.