Special Collections & Archives

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SAA-SDT/EAD3/master/ead3.rng" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?> <ead xmlns="http://ead3.archivists.org/schema/"> <control countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" relatedencoding="marc" repositoryencoding="iso15511" scriptencoding="iso15924"> <recordid instanceurl="http://hdl.handle.net/10339/27976 ">MS417</recordid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Lowell R. Tillett and Anne S. Tillett Papers </titleproper> <author>Processed by: John Woodard; machine-readable finding aid created by Apex</author> <sponsor>Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through North Carolina ECHO.</sponsor> </titlestmt> <publicationstmt> <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher> <address> <addressline>PO Box 7777</addressline> <addressline>Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109</addressline> <addressline> <ref href="http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/" linktitle="http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/" show="new">http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/</ref> </addressline> </address> <date>2005</date> <num>MS417</num> </publicationstmt> </filedesc> <maintenancestatus value="derived"/> <maintenanceagency> <agencyname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</agencyname> </maintenanceagency> <languagedeclaration> <language langcode="eng">English</language> <script scriptcode="Latn">Latin</script> <descriptivenote> <p>Description is in English</p> </descriptivenote> </languagedeclaration> <conventiondeclaration> <abbr>dacs</abbr> <citation>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</citation> </conventiondeclaration> <localcontrol localtype="findaidstatus"> <term>in_progress</term> </localcontrol> <maintenancehistory> <maintenanceevent> <eventtype value="derived"/> <eventdatetime>2021-12-02T14:39:14-05:00</eventdatetime> <agenttype value="machine"/> <agent>ArchivesSpace v3.0.1</agent> <eventdescription>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on Thursday December 2, 2021 at 14:39</eventdescription> </maintenanceevent> <maintenanceevent> <eventtype value="revised"/> <eventdatetime>2021</eventdatetime> <agenttype value="unknown"/> <agent/> <eventdescription>Revised by Stephanie Bennett</eventdescription> </maintenanceevent> </maintenancehistory> </control> <archdesc level="collection"> <did> <unittitle>Lowell R. Tillett and Anne S. Tillett Papers</unittitle> <unitid>MS417</unitid> <repository> <corpname> <part>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</part> </corpname> </repository> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng">English</language> </langmaterial> <container id="aspace_be17a3a8ecc8c4928c28a7a594f180d9" label="Mixed Materials" localtype="box">3</container> <container id="aspace_3e075533029fb66bbaf9c443cb5976c4" label="Mixed Materials" localtype="box">2</container> <container id="aspace_506193870920eef047106c4a84e10b36" label="Mixed Materials" localtype="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_198ca8e56b00be6c65706ee761499c84" label="Mixed Materials" localtype="box">4</container> <physdescstructured coverage="whole" physdescstructuredtype="spaceoccupied"> <quantity>3.23</quantity> <unittype>Linear Feet</unittype> </physdescstructured> <physdesc localtype="container_summary">2 record cartons, 1 document box, 1 half-document box</physdesc> <unitdatestructured datechar="creation" unitdatetype="inclusive"> <daterange> <fromdate standarddate="1915">1915</fromdate> <todate standarddate="2006">2006</todate> </daterange> </unitdatestructured> <unitdate datechar="creation" unitdatetype="inclusive">circa 1915-2006</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_df6e563ed47df626af0df95fdd3a269a">Lowell Ray Tillett was a professor of history, with a special interest in Russian history, at Wake Forest, and Anne S. Tillett was a language professor. This collection contains materials from both Tilletts, reflecting their academic work along with some personal and family history materials. Material types include articles, article and translation drafts, course materials newspaper clippings, student trip materials, photographs,</abstract> <origination label="Creator"> <persname> <part>Tillett, Lowell Ray, 1923-1991</part> </persname> </origination> <origination label="Creator"> <persname rules="aacr" source="local"> <part>Tillett, Anne S.</part> </persname> </origination> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_58da3aa292756be23466843942805cea"> <head>Biographical Note</head> <p>Lowell Ray Tillett was born December 6, 1923, in Tennessee, to Randall Henry Tillett and Artie Nevada Breeding. He held a doctorate from the University of North Carolina (1955) and was a professor of history, with a focus in Russian history, at Wake Forest College (1956-1991). His book <title render="italic"><part>The Great Friendship: Soviet Historians on the Non-Russian Nationalities</part></title> was published in 1969.</p> <p>Anne Wharton Smith Tillett was born on September 17, 1915, in Norton, Virginia, to Baptist preacher Leland Watts Smith and Cora Lee Smith. She earned undergraduate degrees from Virginia Intermont College and Carson Newman College, a masters degree from Vanderbilt University, and a doctorate from Northwestern University, and also attended Columbia and University of Pennsylvania. Tillett taught a variety of languages - including Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, German, and Russian - at Carson Newman and WFU (1956-1986). She served as Department of Romance Languages chair from 1974-1977.</p> <p>Together Lowell and Anne raised three daughters, Janine, Ellen, and Lyn. The Tillett family traveled around the world, including trips to Western Europe, trips through WFU study abroad programs, and a road trip in the Soviet Union that Lowell and Anne wrote about together. They also wrote academically together. After Lowell's death, the Lowell R. and Anne S. Tillett Scholarship was created to support student travel to or from European countries or Russia.</p> <p>Lowell died on December 31, 1991, and Anne died on June 15, 2007, both in Winston-Salem.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_458a38f3d2eb3ae37144f864f02b05dd"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>Materials from Lowell R. Tillett include article and book drafts, article reprints and published versions, course materials, photographs, newspaper clippings, student trip materials, and some personal and professional correspondence. A couple of grade books are also included.</p> <p>Materials from Anne S. Tillett include article and translation drafts, course materials, and personal and professional correspondence. A couple of Anne's grade books, some materials related to her father, Leland W. Smith, and items documenting University community are also present.</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_f4a63faba7691d210e4adc4068f3ff62"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Lowell R. Tillett and Anne S. Tillett Papers (MS417), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_d416391834efe3bc0828bd7f469c0d3f"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>This collection is open for use.</p> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_d0c497d13396fc2720222b15b80640ff"> <head>Copyright Notice</head> <p>The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.</p> </userestrict> <processinfo id="aspace_4e03bff396059123ae94ccc472a09d7c"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Processed by John Woodard. Encoded by Apex, March 2005. Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through <ref href="http://www.ncecho.org/">North Carolina ECHO</ref>.</p> </processinfo> <dsc/> </archdesc> </ead>