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AUBURN UNIVERSITY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS & ARCHIVES
Guide to the Allen Cronenberg Papers, RG 250
Processed and Listed by: Dieter C. Ullrich
Date: June 2004
Date Span:
1970-2002
Size:
2.25 cubic feet; 100 items.
Number of Boxes:
1 oversized box; 4 document boxes.
Type of material:
Departmental records and personal correspondence
Physical condition:
Good.
Arrangement:
Arranged chronologically.
Historical or Biographical Sketch:
Allen T. Cronenberg was born in 1940 in North Carolina. He joined Auburn
University's Department of History in 1968 and is considered an expert on Alabama's history during World War II and the German
U-Boat war in the Gulf of Mexico in 1942 and 1943. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill and his doctoral degree in history from Stanford University. Cronenberg is a founding member and
former president of the Alabama Association of Historians. He has been a member of the University Honors Program committee,
coordinated the World History Program and is a founding member of Phi Beta Kappa in the Auburn Community. In addition, he has
been secretary of the General Faculty and University Senate. He was the director of Auburn University's Center for the Arts
and Humanities at Pebble Hill from 1996 to 2004.
Scope and Content:
Consists of departmental records of the Center of the Arts & Humanities at Auburn University
from 1984 to 1998, organizational records of Phi Betta Kappa, research notes on the Second World War and correspondence
received and sent by Allen Cronenberg from 1976 to 1998. Papers include materials on annual meetings of the Alabama
Association of Historians from 1995 to 1998, the minutes of the Auburn University Scuba Club (a.k.a. Tigersharks) from 1976 to
1993, and miscellaneous subject files retained by Dr. Cronenberg.
Keyword descriptors:
World War II -- Alabama
Tuskegee Airmen
Prisoners Of War (World War II)
Congressional Medal of Honor (World War II)
Alabama Association of Historians
Center for the Arts & Humanities (Auburn University)
Phi Beta Kappa (Auburn, Ala.)
Item list:
Accession Number:03-026
Box 1
1. Articles by Dr. Cronenberg
2. Correspondence regarding research on Alabama and World War II 1991-1999
3. Lecture in Mobile April 2002 and article on Cronenberg in Eufaula, AL 1992
4. Manuscripts edits for article in Mobile: the new history of Alabama's First City
5. Materials from Herbert Carter, a Tuskegee Airmen Veteran, 1992
6. Notes on blacks in Alabama during World War II
7. Notes on Alabama casualties, awards, medals and honors during World War II
8. Notes on cities, industries, and agricultures in Alabama during World War II
9. Notes on demographics and statistics for Alabama during World War II
10. General Notes on Alabama during World War II
11. Notes on Alabamians in the Navy and Marines during World War II
12. Notes on rationing, prices, and financial/commodity markets in Alabama during World War II
13. Notes on Tuskegee Army Airfield 99th Pursuit Squadron
14. Notes on universities in Alabama during World War II
15. Notes on women in Alabama during World War II
Accession Number:03-047
Box 1
1. 31st Division - "Dixie Division"
2. 104th Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion
3. Agriculture
4. Alabama Military Preparedness
5. Army Aviation
6. Army Aviation
7. Bibliography
8. Diaries & Letters
9. End of World War II
10. Military Installations - Alabama
11. Military Installations - Alabama - Fort McClellan
12. Limestone County, Alabama
13. Pearl Harbor Reactions
14. Personalities
15. Phenix City, Alabama
16. Politics
17. Postcards of Jet Aircraft Fighters, 1950-1960
18. Social, Health, Education and Religion
19. Sports and Entertainment
20. Photos and Illustrations
21. War bonds & finance
Box 2
1. Scrapbook of World War II Political Cartoons, 1940
Accession Number:04-004
Box 1
1. Alabama / National History Day
2. Alabama Association of Historians - Auburn, 1996
3. Alabama Association of Historians - Montevallo, 1997
4. Alabama Association of Historians - Jacksonville, 1998
5. Alabama Association of Historians - Membership list, 1995
6. Alabama Association of Historians - Teacher of the Year Award
7. Alabama Humanities Foundation Grant, 1994
8. Arts & Humanities Center - Board members
9. Arts & Humanities Center - Departmental memos
10. Arts & Humanities Center - Departmental self study
11. Arts & Humanities Center - Director's position statement
12. Arts & Humanities Center - Lectures
13. Arts & Humanities Center - Logo
14. Arts & Humanities Center - Photographs
15. Arts & Humanities Center - Program Steering Committee
16. Arts & Humanities Center - Programs & invitations
17. Arts & Humanities Center - Proposal
18. Arts & Humanities Center - Purpose & Operating procedure
19. Arts & Humanities Center - Scholar in residence
20. Arts & Humanities Center - Strategic plan
21. Charlie J. Black, 1987
22. Black History month
23. Dan T. Carter
24. Choccolocco Heritage Festival
25. John Hendrik Clark
26. Clark County
27. Clark County Oral History Program
28. Correspondence - Pebble Hill, 1987-1994
29. Draughon Seminars
30. Food Program Ideas
Box 2
1. Joy Harjo
2. Honor's Program
3. Harvey Jackson
4. Landmarks of DeKalb County
5. Landmarks Foundation
6. Lee County Humanities Alliance
7. C. Erie Lincoln
8. Literary programs
9. Kelley Mosley
10. Pebble Hill piano
11. Phi Beta Kappa - By-laws and membership lists
12. Phi Beta Kappa - Historical notes
13. Phi Beta Kappa - Historical notes
14. Lewis A. Pick
15. Preservation program for librarians
16. Spirit of excellence award
17. Tigersharks - constitution and minutes, 1976-1993
18. Sam Webb, 1998
19. Wiregrass Family Fair - Maya Angelou, 1997
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