Collection: Rene de Visme Williamson Collection | Archives, Special Collections, & Community

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of typescripts of letters written by Williamson and an interview between Williamson and Davidson College President John Cunningham on the subject of Williamson leaving Davidson and conditions at the college during World War II, a typescript copy of an address, "The Challenge of Christian Higher Education," delivered by Williamson at Davidson College in 1973; and photocopies of nineteenth-century French documents relating to this history and genealogy of the De Visme family.

Dates

Creation: 1944 - 1973

Biographical / Historical

Rene De Visme, originally from Chicago, attended and graduated from Rugters in 1931. He attend graduate school at Harvard receiving his Ph.D in 1935. He began his teaching career at Princeton (1935-1937) and later taught at Davidson College (1937-1944), Beloit College (1944-1945), University of Tennessee (1945-1954), and Louisiana State University. He specialized in Political Science. His books include Politics and Protestant Theology: An Interpretation of Tillich, Barth, Bonhoeffer, and Brunner; Independence and Involvement: A Christian Reorientation in Political Science; Culture and Policy: The United States and the Hispanic World; and The Integrity of the Gospel: A Critique of Liberation Theology.

Extent

0.417 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

All files but correspondence 1944 file were transferred from Presbyterian Historical Society, Montreat NC (PHS Accession 129660, PHS collection number 01391)