According to the sponsorship proposal by the South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) in 1977, the SCRC was “founded in 1951 at Norman, Oklahoma, for the purpose of promoting study of the Renaissance by scholars in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and western Tennessee.” The main focus of scholarship was, and remains, the interdisciplinary study of the Renaissance with such topics as literature, history, art and iconography, music and cultural studies.
Although the organization started out as a yearly university-hosted conference, it expanded in 1973 by publishing a yearly journal entitled Explorations in Renaissance Culture containing peer-reviewed papers by nationally prominent scholars. According to its first editor, Marcus W. Orr, in the first volume of the Explorations in Renaissance Culture (1974), the journal came into being when “at the twenty-third annual meeting at Memphis State University in the spring of 1974, the membership of the South Central Renaissance Conference of the Renaissance Society of America resolved to begin publication periodically of a selection of its contributions to Renaissance scholarship.” This collection contains the full run of Explorations in Renaissance Culture, which later became a biannual journal. After the 2014 issue of the journal, the conference ceased it’s printing of the publication and is making it only available online.
Series I – SCRC organizational materials, meeting minutes & correspondence
Box 1
File 1 – Incorporation materials – South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Incorporated in 1978
- Request for Assistance to the Southwest Texas State University’s Attorney to incorporate and obtain tax-exempt status – 1978
- Articles of Incorporation of SCRC
- Certificate of Incorporation of SCRC
- Correspondence
File 2 – Tax-Exempt Status materials – South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – 1964 -2002 – Granted tax-exempt status in 1980
- Correspondence
- Application for Recognition Exemption – Under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
- Articles of Incorporation
- Information on Form 990, Return of Organization Exempt form Income Tax 1985-2002
File 3 – State Vendor Identification Application and materials – South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Issued Vendor number in 1985
File 4 – Constitution and By-Laws – Drafts, revisions and proposed amendments – South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – c. 1964-2000
File 5 – Membership Lists – South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – 1954, 1957
File 6 – Lists – Officers, Executive Committees and Convention Sites – South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – 1951-1999
File 7 – Responsibilities of the Officers of South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – 2001-2002
File 8 – Program Chair Calendar and Guidelines – South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – c. 2002
File 9 – List – Featured Speakers and Local Arrangements Chairs – South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – 1986-1997
File 10 – Guidelines for Local Arrangements Chairs for hosting meetings of the South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – c. 2000
File 11 – Registration Lists for Conferences/Meetings – South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – 1956, 1958-1962
File 12 – Practices materials
File 13 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1953-1966
File 14 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1970
File 15 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1971
File 16 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1972
File 17 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1973
File 18 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1974
File 19 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1975
File 20 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1976
File 21 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1977
File 22 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1978
File 23 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1979
File 24 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1980
File 25 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1981
File 26 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings –1984
File 27 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1985
File 28 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1986
File 29 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1987
File 30 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1988
File 31 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1989
File 32 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1990
File 33 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1991
File 34– Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1992
File 35– Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1993
File 36 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1994
File 37 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1995
File 38 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1996
File 39 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1997
File 40 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1998
File 41 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 1999
File 42 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 2000
File 43 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 2001
File 44 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 2002
File 45 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 2003
File 46 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 2004
File 47 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 2005
File 48 – Reports/Minutes of the annual South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – Executive and Business meetings – 2006
File 49 – Reports – Southern Humanities Conference – 1964, 1966, 1971-1974, 1976-1980
File 50 – Reports – Renaissance Society of America – 1958, 1970-71, 1976
File 51 – Archivist Reports – South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) – 1978-2007
- Collection Record/Inventory from Centenary College of Louisiana (Cline Room, Magale Library – Shreveport, LA) which was designated as a temporary depository for records by the SCRC Board in 1978.
- Survey and Report on the SCRC Records by Archivist David W. Hart – 1998-2003
- Catalogue of Records/Archivist’s Reports through 2007
End of Box 1
Series I – SCRC organizational materials, meeting minutes & correspondence
Box 2
File 1 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1956-1958
File 2 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1959
File 3 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1960
File 4 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1961
File 5 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1962
File 6 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1963
File 7 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1964
File 8 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1965
File 9 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1966
File 10 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1967
File 11 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1970-1971
File 12 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1972
File 13 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1973
File 14 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1974
File 15 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1975
File 16 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1976
File 17 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1977
File 18 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1978
File 19 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1979
File 20 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1980
File 21 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1981-1983
File 22 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1984
File 23 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1985
File 24 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1986
File 25 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1987
File 26 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1988
File 27 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1989
File 28 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1990
File 29 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1991
File 30 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1992
File 31 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1993
File 32 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1994
File 33 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1995
File 34 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1996
File 35 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 1997
File 36 – Correspondence – South-Central Renaissance Conference – 2004-2005
End of Box 2
End of Series I
Series II – Journal material – Explorations in Renaissance Culture
Box 1
File 1 – Explorations in Renaissance Culture material – South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) Publication – includes proposal, meeting minutes, constitution and by-law amendments, progress reports and suggestions – c. 1974
File 2 – Reports on Explorations in Renaissance Culture – South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) Publication – 1973-1974, 1976-1977, 1980-1981, 2005
File 3 – Correspondence about Explorations in Renaissance Culture – South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) Publication – 1972-1973
File 4 – Correspondence about Explorations in Renaissance Culture – South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) Publication – 1974-1975
File 5 – Correspondence about Explorations in Renaissance Culture – South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) Publication – 1976-1980
File 6 – Correspondence about Explorations in Renaissance Culture – South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) Publication – 1981-2001
File 7 – Correspondence about Explorations in Renaissance Culture – South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) Publication – 2002-2005
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Explorations in Renaissance Culture
(NOT IN BOXES – Bound and on shelf)
Note: After 2014, the journal will be moving to an online edition. This index only contains issues from 1974-2014.
Index coming soon….
End of Series II
End of Collection