Carlos Thomas Flick Papers
Scope and Contents
The Carlos Flick papers consists of two boxes spanning Flick’s teaching career at Mercer University, as well as Flick’s lecture notes from the Master’s Program at Duke University. The first box contains correspondence (1958-1993); biographical materials (1958-1992); contracts with the University (1960, 1978, 1979, 1981-1992); changes in status reports; tuition waiver requests for his children; and a group photograph including Dr. Flick from 1983. These materials were received in Special Collections from the Dean’s Office on May 20, 1993. They were reviewed by Susan Broome, head of Special Collections, placed in order, and given the following descriptions. The first box also contains Flick’s self-examination reports from 1989 and 1991, sent to the University Archives by the Dean’s Office, College of Liberal Arts, on March 26, 1996; and the lecture notes from the Master’s Program, sent to the University Archives by the History Department on August 20, 1998.
The second box contains a manuscript of Flick’s unpublished book, Christian Ethics and History. The manuscript was given to Mercer by Jonathan A. Alderman, the attorney handling Flick’s estate, in October of 2000. The manuscript, as well as Flick’s published books, are cataloged in Mercer’s OPAC.
Dates
- Creation: 1958-1993
Creator
- Flick, Carlos T., 1927-1993 (Person)
Rights Statement
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Biographical / Historical
Carlos T. Flick was born November 10, 1927, at Roanoke, Virginia. He grew up in Fieldale, Virginia, where he attended the public schools and graduated high school in 1945. His parents were factory workers.
Flick attended Lynchburg College one year, then transferred to Wake Forest College in 1950 and graduated summa cum laude in 1953. The following year, he attended Southeastern Baptist Seminary. After one year of teaching in Halifax, Virginia, Flick enrolled at Duke University, where he received the M.A. in history in 1957 and the Ph.D. in 1960. His major field was modern Britain.
Flick’s entire career in college teaching was at Mercer University. In 1963, he was promoted to associate professor and in 1970 to full professor. Flick was the author of two published books: The Birmingham Political Union and the Movements for Reform in Britain, 1830-1839 and The Oddingley Murders. A manuscript for another unpublished book, Christian Ethics and History, is included in this collection.
(Source: Vita by Carlos Flick, included in Biographical Materials file in this collection.)
Extent
2 Linear Feet (1 large box and 1 small flip-top archival box) : Paper materials and a photograph
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Wake Forest College (Organization)
- Mercer University (Organization)
- Duke University (Organization)
Cultural context
- Title
- Carlos Thomas Flick Papers
- Author
- Susan G. Broome (1993, 1998, 2000) and Rachel Lukavsky (2021)
- Date
- 1993, 1998, 2000, and 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Gift of Mercer University College of Liberal Arts Dean’s Office (1993), Mercer University History Department (1998), and Jonathan A. Alderman (2000)
Repository Details
Part of the Mercer University Archives and Digital Initiatives Repository