mc00078 Guide to the Lawrence Earl Hinkle Papers, 1853-1964 MC 00078 Finding aid prepared by Processed by: Jason Smith,;machine-readable finding aid created by: Jason Smith Special Collections Research Center 2005 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-10-16T08:58-0400 Finding aid written in English. Lawrence Earl Hinkle Papers MC 00078 Special Collections Research Center 3.9 Linear feet 7 archival boxes, 1 cardbox 1853-1964 The Lawrence Earl Hinkle papers include correspondence, writings, lecture notes, publications, and academic journals, 1853 to 1964. It chiefly documents Hinkle's career as an educator and linguist at North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University), 1915-1955. Educator and linguist, Lawrence Earl Hinkle served as Assistant Professor of Modern Languages to Professor of Modern Languages at North Carolina State College from 1915 until his retirement in 1955 and as Head of the Department of Modern Languages beginning in 1922. At North Carolina State, he established the Translation Service, founded Sigma Pi Alpha, a national honorary language fraternity, and revised the registration and final examination system. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. 7 archival boxes, 1 cardbox Hinkle, Lawrence Earl, 1889-1964 Restrictions to Access

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Received from Lawrence Earl Hinkle Jr., November 1974 (Accession no. 1974-0007); May 2005 (Accession no. 2005-0004).

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[Identification of item], Lawrence Earl Hinkle Papers, MC 78, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

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 Biographical Note

Educator and linguist Lawrence Earl Hinkle was born in Marshfield, Missouri, on January 27, 1889. At age 22, he earned a Bachelors of Arts degree from the University of Colorado. He entered into the service of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State College and then North Carolina State University) on January 1, 1915. During his tenure at the college, Hinkle earned a Masters of Art degree from Columbia University in 1919 and a Docteur es Sciences du Langage from Dijon University (France) in 1929. Likewise, Hinkle studied at the University of Chicago, Harvard University, Princeton University, and Duke University. Prior to his appointment at North Carolina State College, Dr. Hinkle served as the President of Cokesbury Conference College and as a Professor of German at Northwestern State Teachers' College.

Hinkle served as Assistant Professor to Professor of Modern Languages at North Carolina State College from 1915 until his retirement in 1955 and as Head of the Department of Modern Languages beginning in 1922. While at North Carolina State, Dr. Hinkle was actively involved in the academic structure of the institution. He established the Translation Service, founded Sigma Pi Alpha, a national honorary language fraternity, and revised the registration and final examination system.

While at N.C. State, Hinkle wrote and lectured on many topics. These topics include the following titles, Some Things We Owe to Spain, Modern Languages and Literature in Relation to Citizenship, The Cherokee Language, The Nature and Growth of Language, Reading Knowledge Requirements and a Translation Service, and German Language. He was also a contributor to the United States Department of Agriculture Library, American Documentation Institute, and Journal of Documentary Reproduction. His many honors include being President of American Association of Teachers of Spanish, President of North Carolina Teachers of German, President of North Carolina Modern Language Association, President of German Section, South Atlantic Modern Lanugage Assocaiation, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Pi Alpha, International Who's Who, and Who's Who in American Education. On July 1, 1955 Dr. Hinkle retired and became Dean Emeritus. He died on October 2, 1964, in New York City.

 Scope and Content Note

This collection includes correspondence, writings, lecture notes, publications, and academic journals of educator and linguist Lawrence Earl Hinkle, who served on the faculty of North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University). The primary subject of Hinkle's papers refers to linguistics. Hinkle dedicated his life to education, especially foreign language education.

 Organization of the Collection

The collection is arranged into eleven series: Series 1. Linguistics Series 2. Europe Series 3. Arts and Literature Series 4. Latin America Series 5. United States Series 6. Ancient History Series 7. Folklore Series 8. Publications Series 9. Personal Papers Series 10. Religion Series 11. Personal Artifacts

Christ Church (Raleigh, N.C.) Godbey, Allen Howard, 1864-1948 Hinkle, Lawrence Earl, 1889-1964 North Carolina State University--Faculty--History. Episcopalians--North Carolina--History--20th century Linguistics--Study and teaching--North Carolina Linguistics MC 00078 Series 1 1.25 Linear feet 1853-1955 2.5 archival boxes Scope and Contents note

This series contains information on linguistics. It is divided into ten subseries: general, slang, Spanish, technical language, word games, Word Study, journals, etymology, world languages, and miscellaneous. This information in this series is in the form of typed class notes, journal articles, and scholarly publications.

 General 1853-1950 Chief Foreign Alphabets 1 1 undated The Epic of the Alphabet 1 2 undated Story of the Alphabet 1 3 1934 American Indian Proverbs 1 5 undated Cherokee [1 of 2] 1 6 undated Cherokee [2 of 2] 1 7 undated Cherokee Alphabet 1 8 undated The Cherokee Indians of Qualla Reservation 1 9 1937 The Cherokee Language [1 of 2] 1 10 1935 April The Cherokee Language [2 of 2] 1 11 1935 April The Cherokee in Romance Tragedy and Song 1 12 1946 Sequoya 1 13 undated Southern Indian Studies 1 14 1949 October Unto These Hills 1 15 1950 The American Language 1 16 1936 American Language 1 17 undated American Word Origins Sought 1 18 1936 June 21 Handbook of American Languages 1 19 undated Vagaries of Modal Auxiliaries in German 1 24 1935 March 6 Grammatical Categories 1 25 undated Weak Verb 1 27 undated Kurdish Newspaper 1 undated Kurdish Newspaper 1 undated Kurdish Newspaper 1 undated Old Turkish 1 38 undated Languages of Africa 1 undated Languages of Asia 1 undated Languages of Australia 1 undated Languages of Central America 1 undated Languages of Europe 1 undated Languages of North America 1 undated Languages of South America 1 undated Names 1 41 undated Names and Naming 1 42 undated Naming the Animals 1 43 undated Europe Photostat [1 of 4] 1 undated Europe Photostat [2 of 4] 1 undated Europe Photostat [3 of 4] 1 undated Europe Photostat [4 of 4] 1 undated American Indians 1 4 undated Composition Table of Ablaut Series 1 20 undated Einfuhrung in den Unterricht in der russischen Sprache 1 21 undated Einleitung in die Symachwissenschaft 1 22 undated Trubners Deutsches Worterbuch 1 23 1936 April Vagaries of Modal Auxiliaries 1 26 undated Analisis Gloto Logico de la Lengua Guarni-tupi 1 28 1941 La Lenga Guarani 1 29 1936 Guarani People 1 30 undated Guarani People 1 31 1945 December What Guarni-Tupi is 1 32 undated Languages of India 1 33 1853 March 7 Aryan Language 1 34 undated Assyrian 1 35 undated Gothic 1 36 undated Linguistic Families 1 37 undated Tutun Dusmanlarina Kars Mucadele 1 39 1935 Story of Surnames 1 44 1932 Magic Potency of Names 1 40 undated Slang 1935-1946 Aviation Vocabulary 2 1 undated Baseball English 7 1 undated Common Speech 2 2 undated Dialects 2 3 undated German Dialect of Rowan County 2 4 undated New Roots and Words 2 5 undated Popular Parlance 2 6 undated Puritan Nomenclature 2 7 undated Postwar War Words 2 8 undated American Dialect Society No. 3 2 9 1945 May Dialects and Slang 2 10 undated Roman Soldier Slang 2 11 undated U.S. Press Heads Dazzle London Weekly 2 12 1935 September 28 Use of Nigger 2 13 1946 August 10 What is Slang 2 14 1936 Word List from Virginia and North Carolina 2 15 1946 November Spanish 1951-1955 Pensando en Español [1 of 6] 2 20 undated Pensando en Español [2 of 6] 2 21 undated Pensando en Español [3 of 6] 2 22 undated Pensando en Español [4 of 6] 2 23 undated Pensando en Español [5 of 6] 2 24 undated Pensando en Español [6 of 6] 2 25 undated The Status of Spanish in South Atlantic States 2 26 undated Vocabulario Ingles - Español [1 of 4] 2 28 undated Vocabulario Ingles - Español [2 of 4] 2 29 undated Vocabulario Ingles - Español [3 of 4] 2 30 undated Vocabulario Ingles - Español [4 of 4] 2 31 undated Bound Suffix in Spanish 2 16 1955 September 3 Grammar of Interlingua 2 17 1951 Interlingua-English Dictionary 2 18 undated Ollantay 2 19 undated Grammatica de Interlingua pro Lectores 2 27 1951 Technical Language 1931-1937 Glossary of Medical Terms 2 32 undated Languages in Technical Education 2 33 undated Standardization of Chemical Nomenclature 2 34 1931 July Words and Sentences in Science and Industry 2 35 1937 December 17 Word Games 1940 Dear John 2 36 undated Fun with Chinese 2 37 1940 Sosnoki's First Chinese Puzzle - Arithmetic 2 38 undated Sosnoki's Second Chinese Puzzle - Timetable 2 39 1940 Sosnoki's Third Chinese Puzzle - Man 2 40 1940 Sosnoki's Fourth Chinese Puzzle - Zoology 2 41 1940 Word Study 1935-1955 Word Study 2 42 undated Word Study 2 43 1935-1936 Word Study 2 44 1937 Word Study 2 45 1939 March Word Study 2 46 1939 Word Study 2 47 1940 Word Study 2 48 1941-1942 Word Study 2 49 1943, 1945, 1948 Word Study 2 50 1950-1951 Word Study 2 51 1952-1953 Word Study 2 52 1954 Word Study 2 53 1955 Journals 1929-1950 American Journal of Semitic Languages 3 1 1930 July Birmingham Southern College Bulletin 3 2 1929 May Bulletin of the University of Minnesota 3 3 1950 July Etymology undated Blendings 3 4 undated Classification of Languages 3 5 undated Composite Words 3 6 undated Compound Words 3 7 undated Literary Language 3 8 undated Development of Language 3 9 undated English-German Cognates 3 10 undated French Words in English Usage 3 11 undated English Vowels 3 12 undated Etymology 3 13 undated Euphemisms 3 14 undated Expressions Taboo in English and German 3 15 undated Familiar Phrases Misquoted or Misunderstood 3 16 undated Future of English 3 17 undated Folk Etymology 3 18 undated History of Language 3 19 undated Latent Meanings 3 20 undated Meaning of Words 3 21 undated Nature and Growth of Language 3 22 undated Philology at Work 3 23 undated Psychology of Language 3 24 undated Rose by any other Name 3 25 undated Social Aspect of Language 3 26 undated Translation 3 27 undated Words 3 28 undated World Languages 1919-1954 Eskimo 7 2 undated Languages in Europe 3 29 undated Languages in Europe and Near East 3 30 1919 Growth of Israeli Hebrew 3 31 1954 Languages of the World 3 32 undated Miscellaneous 1942-1943 Fonetik Crythqgrafi 3 33 undated History of Mankind 3 34 undated Intelligence 3 35 undated Language 3 36 undated Languages and Social Survival 3 37 undated Legend of Herbs 3 38 undated Magical Fomulae 3 39 undated Miscellaneous 3 40 undated Sensibl Simplyfyd Spelling 3 41 1943 Tom Tit Tot [1 of 2] 3 42 undated Tom Tit Tot [2 of 2] 3 42 undated Pleasure of Publishing 7 3 1942 July 6 Europe MC 00078 Series 2 0.25 Linear feet 1924-1925 0.5 archival boxes Scope and Contents note

This series contains socioeconomic information written and collected by Hinkle about Europe in the 1920s. It contains articles published in the Saturday Evening Post.

 Composite France 3 43 1924 April 19 Racial Realities in Europe 3 44 1924 March 22 Mediterranean South 3 45 1924 May 10 Present Day German 3 46 1924 May 24 Disrupted Central Europe 3 47 1924 June 7 Merge Idea to World 3 48 1924 June 28 Balkan Flux 3 49 1924 July 12 Overbalance of Power 3 50 1925 January 10 European Politics 3 51 undated Europe-Social 3 52 undated Europe-Reference 3 53 undated Arts and Literature MC 00078 Series 3 0.5 Linear feet undated 1 archival box Scope and Contents note

This series contains class lecture notes for classes Hinkle taught about literature, both foreign and domestic. It is divided into five subseries and deals mostly with European literature and its background information.

 General undated Foreign Literature [1 of 3] 3 54 undated Foreign Literature [2 of 3] 3 55 undated Foreign Literature [3 of 3] 3 56 undated Development of Drama 3 57 undated Poetry 3 58 undated France undated Forms 3 59 undated Eras [1 of 3] 3 60 undated Eras [2 of 3] 4 1 undated Eras [3 of 3] 4 2 undated Authors and Institutions 4 3 undated Quiz 4 4 undated Germany undated Germany [1 of 4] 4 5 undated Germany [2 of 4] 4 6 undated Germany [3 of 4] 4 7 undated Germany [4 of 4] 4 8 undated Literature 4 9 undated Education 4 10 undated Aus dem Leben der Bienen 4 11 undated Civilization 4 12 undated Government 4 13 undated Deutscher Reichbahn Kalendar 4 14 undated Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache 4 15 undated Idiomatic Particles 4 16 undated Spain undated Spanish Literature 4 17 undated Spanish Culture 4 18 undated Social 4 19 undated Exploration 4 20 undated Soviet Union undated Soviet Union 4 21 undated Latin America MC 00078 Series 4 0.16 Linear feet undated 0.25 archival boxes Scope and Contents note

This series contains images of Latin America, along with class lecture notes about the respective countries.

 Latin America 4 22 undated Visuals [1 of 2] 5 1 undated Visuals [2 of 2] 5 2 undated Argentina 5 3 undated Mexico 5 4 undated Peru and Bolivia 5 5 undated Uruguay and Paraguay 5 6 undated United States MC 00078 Series 5 0.16 Linear feet 1930-1954 0.33 archival boxes Scope and Contents note

This series contains United States of America history, specifically of the American South. It contains information about race relations and also contains background information about World War II. The series has newspaper and magazine articles, governmental publications, and handwritten notes.

 Another Theory as to Tar Heel 5 7 undated Heriot Clarkson 5 8 1930 August 8 Congressional Record 5 9 1953 July 30 Earlier Pochahantas 5 10 1947 November 6 Fort Sumter 5 11 1954 Francis Marion 5 12 undated Negro preacher 5 13 undated Harry S Truman 5 14 1952 War background 5 15 undated Ancient History MC 00078 Series 6 0.16 Linear feet 1935-1957 0.33 archival boxes Scope and Contents note

This series contains information about ancient civilization and early man. The information is in the form of handwritten notes, journals, and magazine and newspaper articles.

 Anthropology 5 16 undated North Carolina Archeology Society 5 17 1935 April Crypt of Civilization 5 18 1938 January Celts 5 19 undated Magic and Experimental Science 5 20 undated Primitive Man 5 21 undated Roman Life 5 22 1957 February Sexual Life of Savages 5 24 undated Roman Roads 5 23 1956 November 15 Folklore MC 00078 Series 7 0.16 Linear feet undated 0.33 archival boxes Scope and Contents note

This series contains rewritings of folklore by Professor Hinkle. The stories are titled Peter Zwirn, Balder and Loki, Fountain of Forgetfullness, Hans and the Three Wishes, Magic Fiddle Bow, Magic Organ, Goldener, and Three Stupid Boys.

 American Folklore 5 25 1933 Old Legends for Young People 5 26 undated Peter Zwirn 5 27 undated Balder and Loki 5 28 undated Fountain of Forgetfulness 5 29 undated Hans and the Three Wishes 5 30 undated Magic Fiddle Bow 5 31 undated Magic Organ 5 32 undated Goldener 5 33 undated Three Stupid Boys 5 34 undated Publications MC 00078 Series 8 0.12 Linear feet undated 0.25 archival boxes Scope and Contents note

This series contains manuscripts of two works by Professor Hinkle: English as a Second Language and an untitled manuscript about linguistics.

 English as Second Language [1 of 5] 5 35 undated English as Second Language [2 of 5] 6 1 undated English as Second Language [3 of 5] 6 2 undated English as Second Language [4 of 5] 6 3 undated English as Second Language [5 of 5] 6 4 undated Untitled Manuscript 6 5 undated Personal Papers MC 00078 Series 9 0.12 Linear feet 1933-1954 0.25 archival boxes Scope and Contents note

This series contains correspondence and other miscellaneous personal papers.

 Correspondence [1 of 2] 6 6 1933 April 22 - 1941 January 31 Correspondence [2 of 2] 6 7 1941 February 3 - 1954 September 13 Coffee Houses 6 8 undated Sippy Diet 6 9 undated Religion MC 00078 Series 10 0.25 Linear feet 1922-1941 0.5 archival boxes Scope and Contents note

These handwritten notes were used in lectures given by Lawrence Earl Hinkle to a Bible Class at Christ Episcopal Church. In tham, he discussed Biblical history and some general history of religious thought.

 Allen Godbey 6 10 1922 - 1941 Churches 6 11 undated Song of Solomon 6 12 undated Abraham and Sarah 6 13 undated Abraham sacrifices Isaac 6 14 undated Ancient Hebrew Attitudes 6 15 undated Ancient Scientific Concepts 6 16 undated Athens 6 17 undated Attitudes Towards the Bible 6 18 undated Attitudes Towards the Bible (Historical) 6 19 undated Battle Heroes 6 20 undated Beliefs about Contact with Deity 6 21 undated Christianity 6 22 undated Church Pathways 6 23 undated Epistles 6 24 undated Religious Practices 6 25 undated Judaism 6 26 undated Scripture 6 27 undated Backgrounds to Christianity 6 28 undated Miracles 6 29 undated Hagiography 6 31 undated Bible Stories 6 30 undated Peace 6 32 undated Problems in Christianity 6 33 undated Society 6 34 undated Psychology 6 35 undated Bible Translations 6 36 undated Miscellaneous 6 37 undated Chinese Christian Poster undated Personal Artifacts Artifact Accession 1974.6.1 - 1974.6.7 undated 1 cardbox Scope and Content Note

These are personal items that belonged to Lawrence E. Hinkle.

 Crochet needles Artifact Accession 1974.6.7 8 undated Eyeglasses and case Artifact Accession 1974.6.1 8 undated Iron Cross medal Artifact Accession 1974.6.8 8 1939 Keys Artifact Accession 1974.6.5-1974.6.6 8 undated Pocket knife Artifact Accession 1974.6.2 8 undated Signature stamp Artifact Accession 1974.6.3 8 undated Sterling silver bookmark, engraved with "LEH" Artifact Accession 1974.6.4 8 undated