Academic Departments. Romance Languages Department Records

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          <addressline>Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109</addressline>
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      <p>The Department of Romance Languages was the home of many non-English languages at Wake Forest. Its name appears to have changed to Romance Languages from Modern Languages sometime in the World War II era, the 1940s. Notable professors include Mary Frances McFeeters Robinson, who taught French and sometimes Spanish from 1952-1989; she served twice as department chair (1968-1974, 1978-1982) and was one of the first women professors at WFU along with English professor Elizabeth Phillips. Most professors in the department taught French and Spanish, but other language courses were available sometimes: Chinese, Hindi, Italian, and Russian, among others. Harold  D.  Parcell, her predecessor as chair, served in that role for decades and taught French (1935-1970). Admissions director and Dean of the College William C. Archie also taught French briefly, early in his career at Wake Forest. <title render="italic"><part>History of Wake Forest College</part></title> chart the history of language robustly.</p>
      <p>This department is the precuror of current language departments, which include French Studies, German and Russian, and Spanish and Italian.</p>
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      <p>The collection contains a list of faculty members in the department from 1942 to 1995.</p>
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      <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>
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      <p>Academic Departments. Romance Languages Department Records (RG16.24), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p>
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