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Chase C. Mooney
Born(1913-09-30)September 30, 1913
Tennessee, U.S.
DiedApril 29, 1973(1973-04-29) (aged 59)
Indiana, U.S.
Occupation(s)Historian, college professor

Chase Curran Mooney (September 30, 1913 – April 29, 1973) was a Guggenheim Fellowship[1] and Rosenwald Fund Fellowship[2]-winning American historian. He specialized in the history of the 19th-century United States.[3]

Biography

Born into a family of teachers,[2] he attended Vanderbilt University from undergrad through his Ph.D.[3] Mooney served in the U.S. Army during World War II, working as a senior historian.[3]

His 1957 Slavery in Tennessee was praised at the time of publication as the most complete and definitive work on the topic to that time;[4] the book was reprinted by Negro Universities Press in 1971.[5] He was an associate editor of the Journal of American History from 1963 to 1966.[3]

Mooney's posthumously published biography of William H. Crawford was described as "more than just another rehash of a life...It is consummately a biography of one of Georgia's great men...it is a fine example of historiography brilliantly and sparsely written. Third, it is a source work about a little-known man caught up in commonly known times and places."[6] A native of Tennessee,[4] Mooney taught at Indiana University for most of his career.[3]

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References

  1. ^ "Chase C. Mooney". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation... Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  2. ^ a b "Brentwood Man Wins Fellowship". The Tennessean. 1938-04-29. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  3. ^ a b c d e "The Indianapolis News 30 Apr 1973, page 15". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  4. ^ a b "Slavery in Tennessee Definitely Probed". The Tennessean. 1957-09-29. p. 63. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  5. ^ Mooney, Chase C. (1971). Slavery in Tennessee. Westport, Conn.: Negro Universities Press. ISBN 978-0-8371-5522-7.
  6. ^ "Crawford's Letters Reveal Great Life". The Columbus Ledger. 1975-04-27. p. 14. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
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