Charles H. Coleman Collection

Collection

Identifier: 01EIU-074

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Research and teaching materials include notes, correspondence, publications, manuscripts, unpublished papers and addresses, field studies, clippings, and photographs

Biographical Note: Charles Hubert Coleman was born in Huntsville, Texas, on February 21, 1900. In 1923 he married Dorothee Miller. Dr. Coleman earned degrees from George Washington University and Columbia University. Coleman joined the social science teaching faculty of the Eastern Illinois State Teachers College in 1926, and served as chair of the history department from 1942 to 1954. An expert on Abraham Lincoln and Illinois history, he was named to the Lincoln Sesquicentennial Committee by Governor Stratton in 1958. He attained the rank of professor emeritus in 1961 after 35 years of service, and a classroom building on the Eastern Illinois University campus was named for him in 1965. He died on January 11, 1972, in Charleston, Illinois

Dates

Created: 1918-1977

Creator

Coleman, Charles H (Charles Hubert Coleman) (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Due to HIPAA some of these records are not available. The Office for Civil Rights enforces the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information; the HIPAA Security Rule, which sets national standards for the security of electronic protected health information; and the confidentiality provisions of the Patient Safety Rule, which protect identifiable information being used to analyze patient safety events and improve patient safety. http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/index.html

Extent

27 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement Note

Arranged in 14 series: U.S. History; Abraham Lincoln; Clement L. Vallandigham; Great American People; Illinois, Coles County, Charleston History; History of Eastern Illinois University; Miscellaneous; Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB); School trips; World War II; Thomas Lincoln