urn:taro:utexas.cah.02985 A Guide to the John E. Sunder Papers, 1945-1996 Original EAD encoding by Evan Usler according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. July 2011 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Sunder, John E. (John Edward), 1928-2011 John E. Sunder Papers 1945-1996 Materials are written in English. 2011-172 1 1/2 ft. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin Correspondence, academic papers, bound volumes, and photographs comprise the John E. Sunder Papers, 1945-1996, chronicling Sunder’s academic career. Biographical Note

Professor Emeritus John Edward Sunder (1928-2011) was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. After serving two years in the U.S. Army in Korea, he joined the history faculty at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin in 1956. During his 37-year career as a professor of Western History at UT, Sunder authored a plethora of journal articles, book reviews, and three books on the Missouri River fur trade. Sunder’s interests also included Arctic and Canadian history and he taught the first course concerning Native Americans offered by the UT history department.

 Scope and Contents

Correspondence, academic papers, bound volumes, and photographs comprise the John E. Sunder Papers, 1945-1996, chronicling Sunder’s academic career. The collection includes published articles, diplomas, a high school yearbook, and a curriculum vitae. A bound copy of Sunder’s 1950 master’s dissertation and six volumes of his publications (1954-1996) document his scholarly work. Photographs portray the UT History Department faculty in 1957 and 1977.

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This collection is open for research use.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Sunder, John E. (John Edward), 1928-2011 -- Archives. Subjects (Organizations) University of Texas at Austin University of Texas at Austin. Dept. of History Places Austin (Tex.) Preferred Citation

John E. Sunder Papers, 1945-1996, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

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Some material has been separated to the Library Unit.

 Related Material

See also John E. Sunder Texas Slide Collection, 1956-1974

 Processing Information

This collection was processed by Evan Usler, July 2011.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 4Zf45a John Sunder papers and photographs, 1957-1977 High school yearbook, 1945 B.A. diploma, 1949 M.A. diploma, 1950 Ph.D. diploma, 1954 M.A. Dissertation, 1950 Publications: 1954-1958 1959-1963 1964-1968 1969-1973 1974-1978 1979-1996