Dr. David Carr papers, bulk 1981-2010
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Carr, David R.
- Abstract:
- Collection consists materials from and by University of South Florida St. Petersburg professor Dr. David R. Carr.
- Extent:
- 23 boxes
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
Dr. David Carr papers, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL.
Background
- Scope and content:
Materials are organized in series of Publications, Research, Teaching materials, University of South Florida St. Petersburg documents, Historic preservation, personal, and oversized materials.
- Biographical / historical:
Dr. David Randolph Carr joined the faculty at University of South Florida St. Petersburg in 1971. He had earned his undergraduate degree (B.A.) at Colorado State University in 1964. He then attended the University of Nebraska, earning an M.A. in 1968 and a Ph.D. in History in 1971 from that institution. As he searched for a job in 1971, he decided to apply to USF St. Petersburg because it was one of only three institutions in the United States that was recruiting in his field of medieval history. After accepting an offer to join the faculty as an Assistant Professor of History, he left the land of the Cornhuskers for the Sunshine City.
By 2009, Dr. Carr held rank as the most senior faculty member in terms of service at USF St. Petersburg, and joined a small group of USFSP employees with more than thirty-five years of employment on campus. Although hired to teach medieval history, he once remarked that the teaching demands on a small regional campus led to expectations that he would cover a broad range of subjects from "Mesopotamia to Megalopolis." His primary areas for teaching and research were medieval, Renaissance, and Reformation history, as well as urban, social, intellectual, and constitutional history. Undergraduate courses taught during his long academic career at USF St. Petersburg included Western Civilization, Medieval History I and II, Modern European History I and II, Medieval Culture, Medieval Society, Medieval Politics, British History to 1688, Renaissance and Reformation, Absolutism and Enlightenment, Nineteenth Century Europe, Twentieth Century Europe, and Theory of History. He developed a number of special topics courses over the years, including: City in History, Daily Life from Antiquity to Present, and Law and History. He team-taught seminars and lecture courses on Social History in Europe and America (1400-1850), History of St. Petersburg (Florida), Princes and Despots, Western Urban History, Cathedrals and Cities, Slavery and Serfdom, and a comparative course on the American and French Revolutions, to name a few. He also offered courses at Florida State University's international campuses in London and Florence and taught as an adjunct at Stetson University's College of Law.
Access and use
- Terms of access:
None. The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.
- Preferred citation:
Dr. David Carr papers, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL.
- Location of this collection:
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140 7th Avenue SouthSt. PetersburgFL33701USA
