James Graham Leyburn (January 17, 1902 – April 28, 1993), was an American sociologist, professor, academic administrator, and author. He was a George Washington Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, where he worked from 1947 until 1972.[1] Leyburn wrote ethnographic books, most notably about Haitian history and culture.[2]
Early life and education
James Graham Leyburn was born in Hedgesville, West Virginia.[3][4] His father was a minister at the First Presbyterian Church in Durham, North Carolina.[5] He was a graduate of Trinity College (now Trinity College of Arts and Sciences) at Duke University, Princeton University, and Yale University.[5]
Career
In his early career, Leyburn held teaching positions at Hollins College (now Hollins University), Princeton University, and Yale University.[3][2] He was a professor of sociology from 1947 to 1972 at University at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia; where he also served as dean from 1947 to 1956.[3] Leyburn had also chaired the sociology and anthropology department from 1947 until 1967 at Washington and Lee University.[1]
Leyburn wrote about the Haitians and the Scotch-Irish. He published several books, including a memoir titled The Way We Lived: Durham, 1900–1920 (1989).[5] He received an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in 1942 for his book on the Haitian people.[6]
Death and legacy
He died at the age of 91 of pneumonia in April 1993 in a hospital in Hagerstown, Maryland.[1]
The main library at Washington and Lee University is named for him, and a 2004 portrait hangs in its lobby, by artist Steven Polson.[5] Washington and Lee University has a collection of his papers.[3]
Publications
- Leyburn, James Graham (1931). Handbook of Ethnography. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-598-93220-4.[7]
- Leyburn, James Graham (1935). Frontier Folkways. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-598-61100-0.[2][8]
- Leyburn, James Graham (1941). The Haitian People. Yale University Press.[9][10]
- Leyburn, James Graham (1944). Pierson College, the First Decade, 1933-1943. Overbrook Press.
- Leyburn, James Graham (1947). World Minority Problems. Public Affairs Committee.
- Leyburn, James G. (1962). The Scotch-Irish: A Social History. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-4259-1. JSTOR 10.5149/9780807888919_leyburn.[11][12]
- Leyburn, James G. (1989). The Way We Lived: Durham, 1900–1920. Elliston, VA: Northcross House.[13]
References
- ^ a b c "James Leyburn dies at 91". The Roanoke Times. May 1, 1993. Retrieved October 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Frontier Society; Frontier Folkways. By James G. Leyburn. 291 pp. New Haven: Yale University Press. $3". The New York Times. June 16, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
- ^ a b c d "The James Graham Leyburn Papers, 1902–1993 WLU Coll. 0288". Washington and Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library, Special Collections and Archives.
- ^ Publication. West Virginia Library Association. 1957. p. 41.
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- ^ "The Haitian People". anisfield-wolf.org.
- ^ Gunther, Erna (January 1933). "Handbook of Ethnography . James G. Leyburn". American Anthropologist. 35 (1): 165–166. doi:10.1525/aa.1933.35.1.02a00180. ISSN 0002-7294.
- ^ Wallis, Wilson D. (July 1935). "Leyburn, James G. Frontier Folkways. Pp. x, 291. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1935. $3.00". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 180 (1): 242. doi:10.1177/000271623518000172. ISSN 0002-7162. S2CID 145588101.
- ^ Millspaugh, A. C. (July 1942). "The Haitian People;. By James G. Leyburn, Associate Professor of the Science of Society and Fellow of Pierson College in Yale University. (New Haven: Yale University Press. 1941. Pp. x, 342. $4.00.)". The American Historical Review. doi:10.1086/ahr/47.4.915. ISSN 1937-5239.
- ^ Logan, Rayford W. (May 1942). "Leyburn, James G. The Haitian People. Pp. x, 342. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1941. $4.00". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 221 (1): 216–217. doi:10.1177/000271624222100155. ISSN 0002-7162. S2CID 145584180.
- ^ Hunter, William A. (April 1963). "Book Reviews: The Scotch-Irish: A Social History. By James G. Leyburn". Pennsylvania History. 30 (2).
- ^ Wittke, Carl; Leyburn, James G. (December 1962). "The Scotch-Irish: A Social History". The Mississippi Valley Historical Review. 49 (3): 497. doi:10.2307/1902568. ISSN 0161-391X. JSTOR 1902568.
- ^ Goldfield, David R.; Leyburn, James G. (September 1990). "The Way We Lived: Durham, 1900-1920". The Journal of American History. 77 (2): 697. doi:10.2307/2079279. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 2079279.
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