Ray, Joseph Malchus, 1907-1991 (SC 3329)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

3-4-2019

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

To view a collection of Round Robin letters written by the Ray Family, click here: Ray Family Papers

Abstract

Finding aid and full text scan of memoirs and photographs and digital files of interviews (Click on "Additional Files" below to access) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3329. Memoirs, sundry papers, and oral histories of Joseph Malchus Ray, a native of Warren County, Kentucky, who went on to teach at universities in Texas, Alabama and Maryland. He ended his career as president of the University of Texas at El Paso in 1968, but stayed on afterwards as the H.Y. Benedict Professor of Political Science at UTEP. The memoirs discuss in detail his professional and personal life and the values that shaped him and his education career. Collection also includes photographs of the Ray family and a prolonged interview done with Dr. Ray, the original of which is at the Institute of Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso; the 17 interview sections are stored in the Sound Archives.

Disciplines

Education | Higher Education | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Ray, Joseph Malchus, 1907-1991 (SC 3329)" (2019). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 4576.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4576