Joseph Riggs Collection
Content Description
12 boxes of personal papers, correspondence, and research papers of published and unpublished material, SRU class projects, oral history projects and oral history transcripts as well as 2 DVD’s. The collection also includes material from his years in Memphis, TN as well as his time as Professor of the Speech Department (later Communications Department) at SRSC.
Acquisition Type
Gift
Provenance
Joseph Riggs, retired Professor Emeritus
Restrictions Apply
No
Extent
13.5 Cubic Feet (Collection of Joseph Riggs’ research materials including interviews and transcripts on audiotape for Mr. Mac, by Michael Osborn and Joseph Riggs. Book is in Special Collections. [Osborn, Michael, and Riggs Joseph, ed.s, "Mr. Mac:" William P. MacCracken, Jr., on Aviation, Law, Optometry, (Memphis: Southern College of Optometry, 1970). The authors used oral history to produce this first-person narrative of the life of the first head of FAA's earliest predecessor agency.] The collections also includes personal correspondence with various people associated with Prof. Riggs various oral history projects including, but not limited to, Kasper “Kap” Monahan a noted movie & theater critic. 2 DVD’s: E.H Crump former U.S. Congressman from Memphis, TN and the first university production of the musical “Hair” which he directed.)