M14-04 – SOUTH-CENTRAL RENAISSANCE CONFERENCE COLLECTION

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

End of Box 1

 

 

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