DUNBAR, LESLIE.
Leslie Dunbar papers, circa 1946-2005

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All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.

Source

Gift, 1991, with subsequent additions.

Citation

[after identification of item(s)], Leslie Dunbar papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.

Processing

Processed by various staff; updated by Susan Potts McDonald, October 30, 2001

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Biographical Note

Leslie Wallace Dunbar, writer, consultant, educator, was born January 27, 1921 in Lewisburg, West Virginia, the son of Marion Leslie and Minnie Lee Crickenberger Dunbar. He was a graduate of Cornell University (M.A., 1946, and Ph.D., 1948).

Dunbar served as a political science professor at Emory University (1948-1951), Mt. Holyoke College (1955-1958) and the University of Arizona (1981). He became chief of community affairs at the Savannah River Plant AEC (1951-1954), served first as director of research (1958-1961) and then executive director (1961-1965) of the Southern Regional Council, and executive director and secretary of the Field Foundation (1965-1980). Dunbar is a member of the board of directors of Village of Pelham (NY) Library Board (1980-1984), Children's Foundation (1980-1986), Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (1987- ), Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (1976-1987), Field Foundation (1978-1980), Minority Rights Group, NYC (1980-1985), Center National Security Studies (1980-1987), Amnesty International/U.S.A. (1984-1986), Winston Foundation for World Peace (1985- ), Voter Education Project (1987- ), and Ruth Mott Fund (1988- ).

As an author, Dunbar has published several books: A Republic of Equals (1966), The South of the Near Future (1980), Minority Report: How Our Social-Welfare Policies Don't Work and What We Can Do About Them (1984), The Common Interest: How Our Social-Welfare Policies Don't Work and What We Can Do About Them (1988), and Reclaiming Liberalism (1991). He also serves as book review editor for Southern Changes (1989- ).

Dunbar married Peggy Rawls, July 5, 1942 and is the father of two children.

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of papers of Leslie Dunbar from circa 1946-2005. The papers include correspondence, speeches and addresses, articles written by and about Dunbar, newspaper clippings, photographs, and printed material. The materials document his involvement in a variety of organizations including the Southern Regional Council, Field Foundation, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, Amnesty International, and the Center for Defense Information.

Arrangement Note

Generally arranged by record type.