Finding Aid
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Papers of Roy Caston Flickinger Access and Restrictions: This collection is open for research. Digital Surrogates: Except where indicated, this document describes but does not reproduce the actual text, images and objects which make up this collection. Materials are available only in the Special Collections Department. Copyright: Please read The University of Iowa Libraries' statement on Property Rights, Copyright Law, and Permissions to Use Unpublished Materials. Use of Collections: The University of Iowa Libraries supports access to the materials, published and unpublished, in its collections. Nonetheless, access to some items may be restricted by their fragile condition or by contractual agreement with donors, and it may not be possible at all times to provide appropriate machinery for reading, viewing or accessing non-paper-based materials. Please read our Use of Manuscripts Statement. Acquisition and Processing Information: These papers were transferred to the University of Iowa Libraries after the death of Professor Flickinger in 1942. Collection processed by Robert M. Hedges in August 1964. Guide posted to the Internet in 2000; updated January 2008. Photographs: None |
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Scope and Contents
The correspondence and papers of Roy C. Flickinger are in the University of Iowa Library through the courtesy of the Classical Languages Department and the Flickinger family. Correspondence is primarily between faculty members concerning their day-to-day administrative matters.
Biographical Note
Roy Caston Flickinger was born December 17, 1876 in Seneca, Illinois. In 1895 he graduated from Jefferson High School in Chicago. He received his BA from Northwestern University in 1899, and took his MA from the same institution in 1901. He was granted a PhD in 1904 by the University of Chicago, and married Lillian Cook August 25 the same year. He was married a second time to Minnie Keys on December 21, 1932.
From 1899 to 1901 he was an Instructor of Greek at Evanston Academy. He then went to Epworth University where he was Professor of Greek and Latin from 1904 to 1905. He then went to Northwestern University from 1905 to 1923, where he was an instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor of Greek and Latin, and from 1919-1923 was Dean of Liberal Arts.
Professor Flickinger arrived at the State University of Iowa in 1925, and served as the Head of the Department of Classical Languages until his death July 6, 1942. During his tenure, he served as the business manager of Classical Journal, 1927-1933, and editor-in-chief of that periodical, 1928-1933.
Box Contents List
Box 1
"Carmina Latina" songbook: selected popular songs translated into Latin, 1919 -- 1923
Letters of acknowledgement, 1928 -- 1941
Institute Correspondence and other materials, 1927 -- 1938
Syracuse minutes: minutes of 1932 meeting of American Philological Association at Syracuse University
Archaeological Institute correspondence, 1928 -- 1939
Box 2
Names beginning letter B
Correspondence concerning Horace Bimillenium
Letters of acknowledgment, 1927 -- 1941
Box 3
Letter B
Box 4
Letter C
Box 5
Letter C [Discarded December 8, 1983, Classical Journal advertising]
Box 6
Letter D
Box 7
Letter D
Box 8
Letters E -- H
Box 9
Letters H -- K
Box 10
Letter L
Box 11
Letters M -- R
Box 12
Letter R and a miscellaneous folder
Box 13
Letter S
Box 14
Letters T -- Z
Box 15
Horace 2000th Birthday Celebration, 1935 -- 1936
Box 16
Student letters and papers
Box 17
Student materials