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A.K. Talbot papers

3 cartons (4 linear feet)

(1962 – 2004)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier SUA-004
Creator(s) Talbot, Alfred K.
Acquisition

The papers were transferred by Dr. Timothy O’Rourke, former Dean of the Fulton School of Liberal Arts, from A.K. Talbot’s office on October 4, 2005. UA2007.001
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by David Ranzan in July 2012, Revised by Ian Post in August 2016
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Abstract

Dr. Alfred K. Talbot was born in New York City on September 1, 1916. He attended the Hampton Institute and later the college of William and Mary. Prior to his tenure at Salisbury University, Talbot taught as a teacher, was named Principal of Carver Elementary School, and became the Assistant Principal of Burton Heights School. From 1962 to 1964 he served as the President of the Virginia Federation of Parents and Teachers and the Virginia Teachers Association. He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Virginia Teachers Association and in 1968 became Supervisor of Elementary Schools of Williamsburg Public Schools. In 1970, he joined the Education and Sociology departments at Salisbury University and was the University's first full time African American professor. Talbot died on July 20, 2004 after 30 years of service to the university. Throughout his life, Talbot was involved with the Civil Rights Movement, the NAACP, and the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. Talbot's collection include correspondence, reports, and other printed material from his tenure at Salisbury University, his involvement with the Civil Rights Movement, and his activities within Virginia's education system.

Biographical History

Dr. Alfred K. Talbot was born in New York City, September 1, 1916.   Talbot was educated in New York City and later Toronto, Canada.  He obtained a BS in Education in 1940 and a MA in Educational Administration in 1949 from Hampton Institute.  In 1981 he earned an Ed.D in Sociology and Higher Education from the College of William and Mary. After teaching for several years, Talbot was named Principal of Carver Elementary School in Loudon County, VA in 1947.  He later became Assistant Principal of Burton Heights School in Williamsburg, VA in 1955.  In 1962 the Virginia Federation of Parents and Teachers and the Virginia Teachers Association tapped him to become President where he served until 1964.  Later that same year, he moved on to the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Teachers Association.  He stayed with the organization until 1966 and then returned to role of Principal with the Burton Heights Elementary School in Williamsburg, Virginia.  Two years later in 1968, he became Supervisor of Elementary Schools of Williamsburg Public Schools.  He served in that capacity for one year and went on to become Director of Federal and Special Curriculum for local public schools in Williamsburg, VA in 1970.In 1970 he was recruited by Dr. Norman Crawford, President of Salisbury University, to become Salisbury University’s first full time African American professor.  He was assigned jointly to the departments of Education and Sociology.  Active in the field of education, the Civil Rights Movement, the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, the NAACP and the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Talbot was also listed in Who’s Who in American Education and Who’s Who in Black America.   In 2001, Salisbury University appointed him Professor Emeritus. After 30 years of service to Salisbury University and the campus community, Dr. Talbot died July 20, 2004 at the age of 87.

Scope and Content Note

This collection of correspondence, reports, manuscripts and printed material provides a glimpse into the professional activities of A. K. Talbot, Salisbury University’s first African American full time faculty member. It highlights his personal and professional achievements, his relationships within the community, and his interests in social issues, such as the Fair Housing Survey of Wicomico and Somerset Counties undertaken in 1984. It also documents his interest in civil rights through his activities with the Virginia Teachers Association and the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History. The collection also offers insight into his academic perspective as seen in his many lecture notes.

Arrangement Statement

Series I.  Professional Highlights and Education, 1971 – 2001

  • This series contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, printed matter, handwritten notes and manuscripts highlighting some of A.K. Talbots’s professional highlights and education.

Series II.  Professional Interests, 1962 – 1995

  • This series contains a variety of material grouped by subject with much of the material focusing on black political and social issues.  The subseries reflect Talbot’s professional interests over the course of his career before and at Salisbury University.  Material on the subject was both written by and collected by Talbot.                  
    • Sub Series A. Black Culture and Studies, 1965 – 1991        
    • Sub Series B. Manuscripts, nd – 1974           
    • Sub Series C. Virginia Teachers Association, 1962 – 1995
    • Sub Series D. Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, 1969 – 1974

Series III. Sociology Department, 1973 – 2004

  • This series is divided into 5 subseries and contains student papers, correspondence and reports detailing administrative activities of the Sociology department.  It also contains syllabi, lecture notes and material of the courses taught by Talbot.                   
    • Sub Series A. Syllabi, undated – 2004
    • Sub Series B. Lecture Notes and Material, nd          
    • Sub Series C. Student Reports, 1983 – 1992            
    • Sub Series D. Administrative Activities, 1973 – 1994          
    • Sub Series E. Reports, 1994

Series IV. Education Department, undated – 1973

  • This series contains syllabi of education courses initially taught by Talbot during his first few years with Salisbury University.

Series V. Committees, 1988 – 1996

  • This series contains memorandums, correspondence and reports documenting Talbot’s role and activities in various committees in service to Salisbury University.

Series VI. Correspondence, 1971 – 1999

  • Small series of correspondence to and from A.K. Talbot on various subjects, including his fraternity Phi Beta Sigma.  

Series VII. Memorabilia

  • This series consists of A.K. Talbot’s regalia, which is housed with the University Artifacts.

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Education
    • African American History
    • Education
  • Corporate Names
    • Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History
    • Salisbury State College
    • Salisbury State University
    • Salisbury University
    • Virginia Teachers Association
  • Personal Names
    • Talbot, Alfred K. (1916-2004)

Inventory List

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Series I. Professional Highlights and Education

Box 1 | 1          Awards, speaking engagements and achievements, undated – 2001

Box 1 | 2          Complex organizations, 1976

Box 1 | 3          Complex organizations, 1976

Box 1 | 4          Curriculum Vitae, undated

Box 1 | 5          Doctoral dissertation manuscript chapter 1, 1978

Box 1 | 6          Doctoral dissertation manuscript chapter 2, 1978

Box 1 | 7          Doctoral dissertation manuscript chapter 3, 1978

Box 1 | 8          Doctoral dissertation chapter 1 and 2, 1978

Box 1 | 9          Fulbright program, 1985

Box 1 | 10        Hiring Announcements, 1971

Box 1 | 11        Promotions, 1982

Box 1 | 11A     Salisbury University Memorials, 2000 - 2004

 

Series II. Professional Interests

Sub Series A. Black Culture and Studies

Box 1 | 12        Africa, 1970 – 1971

Box 1 | 13        Black America, 1970

Box 1 | 14        Black Americans in sports, 1972

Box 1 | 15        Film, undated – 1991

Box 1| 16         Labor and Economics, 1970, 1984 – 1987

Box 1 | 17        Literary catalogs, undated – 1990

Box 1 | 18        Madeline Goodman Campfield thesis, 1965

Box 1 |1 9        Madeline Goodman Campfield thesis, 1965

Box 1 | 20        Politics, 1970 – 1971

 

Sub Series B. Manuscripts

Box 1 | 21        Ethnicity and Being Black, undated

Box 1 | 22        Faculty Tenure, undated

Box 1 | 23        Harlem Renaissance, undated

Box 1 | 24        Virginia Teachers Association: Profile of a Movement, undated

Box 1 | 25        What School Reformers Want, 1974

 

Sub Series C.  Virginia Teachers Association

Box 1 | 26        Annual Convention programs, 1962 – 1965

Box 1 | 27        Correspondence, 1988, 1995

Box 1 | 28        J. Rupert Picott, undated

Box 1 | 29        Miscellaneous publications, undated – 1983

Box 1 | 30        Newsletters, 1963, 1965

 

Sub Series D. Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History

Box 1 | 31        Correspondence, undated – 1973

Box 1 | 32        Printed material, undated – 1984

Box 1 | 33        Reports, 1969 – 1974

 

Series III. Sociology Department

Sub Series A. Syllabi

Box 1 | 34        Criminology and Penology (Soc. 313), 1995

Box 1 | 35        Introduction to Sociology (Soc. 101), 2002 – 2004

Box 1 | 36        Principles of Sociology (Soc 211), undated

Box 1 | 37        Racial and Cultural Minorities (Soc. 331), 1971 – 1996

Box 1 | 38        Senior Seminar (Soc 415), 1994

Box 1 | 39        Sociology of Education (Soc 409), 1988

 

Sub Series B. Lecture Notes and Material

Box 1 | 40        Complex Organizations (Soc. 312), undated

Box 1 | 41        Crime and Delinquency (Soc 317), undated

Box 1 | 42        Crime and Delinquency (Soc 317), undated

Box 1 | 43        Crime and Delinquency (Soc 317), undated

Box 1 | 44        Crime and Delinquency (Soc 313 & 317), undated

Box 1 | 45        Crime and Delinquency (Soc 317), undated

Box 1 | 46        Formal Organizations, undated

Box 1 | 47        Formal Organizations, Bureaucracy and Change (Soc 312), undated

Box 1 | 48        Introduction to Sociology (Soc 101), undated

Box 1 | 49        Principles of Sociology (Soc 211), undated

Box 1 | 50        Racial and Cultural Minorities (Soc 314), undated

Box 1 | 51        Racial and Cultural Minorities (Soc 314), undated

Box 1 | 52        Racial and Cultural Minorities (Soc 314), undated

Box 1 | 53        Racial and Cultural Minorities (Soc 314), undated

Box 1 | 54        Racial and Cultural Minorities (Soc 314), undated

Box 1 | 55        Racism and Discrimination (Soc 301), undated

Box 1 | 56        Sociology of Education (Soc 409), undated

Box 1 | 57        Sociology of Education (Soc 409), undated

Box 1 | 58        Urban Sociology (Soc 315), undated

Box 1 | 59        Urban Sociology (Soc 315), undated

Box 1 | 60        Urban Sociology (Soc 315), undated

Box 1 | 61        Urban Sociology (Soc 317), undated

Box 1 | 62        Senior Seminar (Soc 415), undated

 

Sub Series C. Student Reports

Box 1 | 63        The College Trap, 1989

Box 1 | 64        Complex Organizations, 1989

Box 1 | 65        Independent Study: The Golden Years, 1983

Box 1 | 66        Racism, 1989

Box 1 | 67        Sociology Education, 1989

Box 1 | 68        Wagging Peace in the Classroom:  The Sociological Impact of Peace Studies, 1992

 

Sub Series D. Administrative Activities

Box 2 | 1          Correspondence, 1973 – 1988

Box 2 | 2          Department Evaluation, 1994

Box 2 | 3          Interdisciplinary Collateral, 1992

Box 2 | 4          Newsletter, Meeting Minutes and Annual Report, 1981 – 1991

Box 2 | 5          Proposal, Center for Multi-Ethnic Studies, 1990

Box 2 | 6          Proposal, Criminal Justice Program, 1987 – 1988

Box 2 | 7          Proposal, Russian Soviet Studies Program, 1988

Box 2 | 8          Proposal, Social Interactions, undated

Box 2 | 9          Proposal, Social Movements, 1978

Box 2 | 10        Proposal, S.U. and U.M.E.S. Joint Sociology Program, 1993

Box 2 | 11        Search Committee, 1987

 

Sub Series E. Reports

Box 2 | 12        Fair Housing Survey of Wicomico and Somerset Counties, 1984

Box 2 | 13        Fair Housing Survey of Wicomico and Somerset Counties, 1984

 

Series IV. Education Department

Box 2 | 14        Public School Supervision (Edu 517), 1973

Box 2 | 15        School of Society (Edu 305), undated

 

Series V. Committees

Box 2 | 16        Committee on Distance Learning, 1996

Box 2 | 17        Committee on Distance Learning, 1996

Box 2 | 18        Inclusive Language Committee, undated – 1988

Box 2 | 19        Inclusive Language Committee, 1989 – 1990

Box 2 | 20        Fulton School Grants Committee, 1991 – 1992

Box 2 | 21        Promotions Committee, July – October 1990

Box 2 | 22        Promotions Committee, October 1990

Box 2 | 23        Promotions Committee, November – December 1990

Box 2 | 24        Promotions Committee, 1991 – 1995

Box 2 | 25        Union of African American Students, 1992

 

Series VI. Correspondence

Box 2 | 26        Phi Beta Sigma, 1983

Box 2 | 27        To A.K. Talbot, 1971 – 1999

Box 2 | 28        From A.K. Talbot, 1992 - 1994

 

Series VII. Memorabilia

Box 3 | 1          Hood

Box 3 | 2          Gown

Box 3 | 3          Cap

Box 3 | 4          Former President Dr. Crawford’s Recollection of Dr. Talbot

Box 3 | 5          Framed photograph of Dr. Talbot

Box 3 | 6          Name plate

Artifacts

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