Biography:

Educator. Born– Feb. 7, 1896, in Vance Co., N.C. Parents– Henry Taylor and Maude (Jenkins) Shanks. Married– Anne Graham, Aug. 31, 1929. Children– One. Education– Wake Forest College, A.B., A.M., L.H.D; University of Chicago, A.M.; University of North Carolina, Ph.D.; attended Columbia University. Taught at South Georgia State Women’s College, University of North Carolina, and Birmingham Southern College; dean at Birmingham Southern College 1943-1958; taught during several summers at Eastern Carolina Teachers College, West Virginia University, and Emory University. Received General Education Board Fellowship and Social Science Research Council grant.

Source:

Who Was Who in America, Vol. 3.

Publication(s):

The Secession Movement in Virginia, 1847-1861. Richmond, Va.; Garrett & Massie, 1934.

Editor:

The Papers of Willie P. Mangum. 5 vols. Raleigh, N..C.; State Department of Archives and History, 1950-1956.