Overview
Robert Arnold Feer, former Director of Graduate Studies in History at Northeastern University, was born in Brookline, Mass. in the late 1920s. He earned a Bachelor's degree in 1950, Master's degree in 1951, and Ph.D. in 1958 from Harvard University. In 1963, Feer came to Northeastern, where he developed the Department of African-American Studies. Feer died on September 22, 1970. In 1973, the Northeastern University History Department instituted the Feer Award, a monetary prize offered to the graduate student who completes the program with the highest grade point average.
Dates
- Creation: 1945-1969
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1958-1969
Creator
- Feer, Robert A. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is unrestricted.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use:
Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be discussed with the University Archivist.
Extent
3.00 cubic feet (10 containers)
Language
English
System of Arrangement:
Arranged in one alphabetical sequence.
Physical Location
66/1-2
Subject
- Feer, Robert A. (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Robert A. Feer Papers
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Cat Lea
- Date
- October 2000
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Repository