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Laurence Davis Lafore Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG99.0100

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Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Laurence Lafore's manuscripts, memoir, correspondence, and records of his academic career (including travel). The correspondence series includes both personal and professional contacts. The papers are housed in 66 boxes  boxes 60-66 should be regarded as almost entirely unprocessed.

Dates

  • Creation: 1929-1973

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.

Biographical / Historical

Laurence Davis Lafore was born September 15, 1917, in Narbeth, Pennsylvania. He earned his B.A. in 1938 at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. He took his M.A. (1939) and Ph.D. (1950) from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Massachusetts. Dr. Lafore taught at Swarthmore until 1969, when he joined the History Department faculty at the University of Iowa. Lafore published works about the origins of the two world wars. He retired in May 1985 and died November 24, 1985.

Extent

39.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Professor of history, University of Iowa, from 1969 until 1985. Researched the origins of the two world wars. Correspondence, manuscripts, travel postcards.

Method of Acquisition

These materials were donated to the University Archives from Mr. Lafore in February 1974 and from the History Department in September 1994. Guide created and posted to the Internet by Denise Anderson, March 2007.

Related Materials

Folder, "Lafore, Laurence," in Faculty and Staff Vertical Files collection (RG01.0015.003). Publications by Laurence Lafore include: Press and diplomacy in liberated France; a study of French attitudes toward international affairs as revealed in Paris newspapers, 1944-1947. [Microform; see also Box 59]. Learner's Permit. Garden City: Doubleday, 1962. 308 pp. The Devil's Chapel. Garden City: Doubleday, 1964. Philadelphia; the Unexpected City. Garden City: Doubleday, 1965. Stephen's Bridge. Garden City: Doubleday, 1968. Nine Seven Juliet, a Mystery Novel. Garden City: Doubleday, 1969. 300 pp. "In the Sticks" Harper's Magazine 243, no. 1457 (October 1971): 108-9, 112-15 American Classic. Iowa City: Iowa State Historical Society, 1975. 95 pp., illus. Includes UI buildings. Copies located in Main Library; Art Library; Law Library; x- collection; and Archives books. Correspondence from Laurence Lafore dated 1982 appears in John Leggett Papers; 1977-1980 in the Minnette Doderer Papers (Iowa Women's Archives); some letters from Edith Page Mather are cataloged to MsL. Folder, "Lafore, Laurence," in Faculty and Staff Vertical Files collection (RG 01.15.03). Publications by Laurence Lafore include: Press and diplomacy in liberated France; a study of French attitudes toward international affairs as revealed in Paris newspapers, 1944-1947. [Microform; see also Box 59].

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
eng

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the University of Iowa Archives Repository

http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/archives
Contact:
100 Main Library
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242
319-335-5921

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