GUIDE TO THE COLLECTION

Collection Title: Dr. Karl Everett Ashburn Collection

Accession Number: 149

Biographical Sketch

Karl Ashburn was born on November 7, 1904 in Whitesboro, Texas. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Texas Christian University in 1926 and his Master’s Degree in 1934. He continued his studies at Duke University where he earned a Ph.D. in economics, and went on to finish his post-doctoral studies at the University of Chicago. He taught at numerous universities, including Texas Christian University, Southern Methodist University, University of Dallas, Loyola University in New Orleans, Baylor, Texas Tech, as well as McNeese State College. He was at McNeese from 1950-1958 and earned the position of Dean of Commerce. While there he was on the Board of Editors of the McNeese Review, served on the Schedule Committee, was chairman of the Catalog Committee, and was also the FBLA faculty sponsor. He served as the McNeese representative on the Louisiana Survey of Higher Education.

Dr. Ashburn was a prolific writer and economic theorist. He was editor of the Southwest Social Science Quarterly, and also contributed to such publications as the Southwestern Historical Quarterly and Social Digest. He belonged to numerous organizations, serving as chairman of the resolutions committee for the Southwest Social Science Association, as well as on the board of directors for the Louisiana Historical Society. Ashburn served as aide to Governor Earl Long of Louisiana, earning the rank of Admiral. He was also an aide to Governor A. B. Chandler of Kentucky in 1958, earning the rank of Colonel.

Karl Ashburn was married to Sarah Lucille Tipton on January 7, 1933. They had four daughters, Carol, Mary, Becky, and Travis. Ashburn spent his final years in Plano, Texas, where he taught at the University of Plano. He died on July 21, 1974 and is buried in Lake Charles.

Sources Consulted:
The Karl E. Ashburn Collection, McNeese State University Archives
Social Digest, January 1966

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of 3 boxes and includes speeches written by Dr. Ashburn, course materials, news articles, numerous publications, photographs, a family scrapbook, and his manuscript of The Changing South from 1962.

Chronology

Nov. 7, 1904    Born in Whitesboro, Texas
1926                  B.S. in Economics, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
1928                  M. A. in Economics and Business, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
1934                  Ph.D. in Economics, Finance, Business, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
1941                  Post Doctoral Work, University of Wisconsin
1962                   Post Doctoral Work, The University of Chicago
1930-1933       Texas Christian University, Assistant Professor
Jan. 7, 1933     Marries Sarah Lucille Tipton
1933-1937       Southern Methodist University, Assistant Professor
1937-1939       Texas Technological College, Professor
1939-1942       Southwestern Louisiana Institute, Professor and Chair (now University of Louisiana-Lafayette)
1942-1946       War Assets Administration, Regional Chief of Placement, Tenth U. S. Civil Service Region,
                            New Orleans and Dallas
1946-1947       University of Florida, Associate Professor
1947-1948       Texas A & M University, Professor
1948-1949       University of Tulsa, Professor
1949-1950       McMurray College (Texas), Professor and Chair
1950-1951       Daniel Baker Episcopal College, Vice-President
1951-1957       McNeese State University, Professor and Dean
1957-1958       Alabama College, Professor and Chair
1958-1959       Howard Payne College, Professor
1959-1964       University of Dallas, Professor and Chair, Graduate School of Business
1964-1965       Baylor University, Professor, Hankamer School of Business
1965-1967       Loyola University of New Orleans, Professor and Acting Chair
1967-1974       University of Plano, Professor and Chair 
July 21, 1975    Died and was buried in Lake Charles

Container List

Series: Manuscripts & Speeches

Box 1

File Folder (FF) 1     "A History of Texas"
                    FF 2     "Accident Prevention"
                    FF 3     "American Economy Characterized "
                    FF 4     "Background on the Underdeveloped Nations"
                    FF 5     "Business Forecasting"
                    FF 6     "Capitalism - The Best Existing Economic System"
                    FF 7     Civil Code of Louisiana
                    FF 8     Compensation Act - Coverage and Benefits
                    FF 9     Compensation Act - System of Insurance
                    FF 10   Compensation Act - Division of Statistic
                    FF 11   Compensation Act - Medical Services
                    FF 12   Compensation Act - Occupational Diseases
                    FF 13   Compensation Act - Self-Insurance
                    FF 14   Compensation Act - State Funds
                    FF 15   Compensation Act - Vocational Rehabilitation
                    FF 16   "Economic and Human Aspects of Federal Bureaucracy"
                    FF 17   "Economic Nationalism and Security"
                    FF 18   "Economics and Social Status of the Texas Farm Tenant"
                    FF 19   "Evaluation of Department of Business and Economics"
                    FF 20   Fiat Money Systems
                    FF 21   "High Prices - Our Most Important Domestic Economic Problems"
                    FF 22   "I Historical Background on Social Principles of Workmen Compensation Insurance in the
                                    United States"
                    FF 23   "II History of Workmen Compensation in Louisiana"
                    FF 24   "Investment Banking"
                    FF 25   "Personal Finance and Investment"
                    FF 26   "Poverty in America - With Special Reference to the South"
                    FF 27   "Post World War II Attitudes Towards Foreign Investments"
                    FF 28   "Slavery and Cotton Production in Texas"
                    FF 29   "Some Comments on Higher Education in the United States of America"
                    FF 30   "Some Observations on Business Education and Southern Economy"
                    FF 31   "State of Business - What Ever Happened to the Business Cycle?"
                    FF 32   "The Industrial Accident Board"
                    FF 33   "The International Economy "
                    FF 34   "The Management Man in Our Contemporary Society"
                    FF 35   "The Present Louisiana compensation Act - Chapter III"
                    FF 36   "To What Extent Should the U.S. Participate in the War? 1941"
                    FF 37   "USA Post World War II- Grants and Aids to Foreign Countries"
                    FF 38   University of Alabama - correspondence
                    FF 39   "We As A Nation"
                    FF 40   "The Louisiana Workmen Compensation Act"
                    FF 41   Workmen Compensation Act Insurance Proposals of the Tenth Regular Session of the Louisiana
                                    Legislature Under the Constitution of 1921

Series: Course Materials and Miscellaneous Letters

Box 2

                    FF 1     Articles and Pamphlets
                    FF 2     Congressional Letters
                    FF 3     Course Material
                    FF 4     Daniel Baker College - Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes
                    FF 5     Economics 437 - class notes
                    FF 4     General Notes - Course documents
                    FF 5     Great Society and its Future
                    FF 6     Letters - from various universities
                    FF 7     Letters of Recommendations
                    FF 8     Louisiana Schools
                    FF 9     McMurray College
                    FF 10   Miscellaneous file - letters, tickets, business cards, etc.
                    FF 11   Mississippi Business Review - News letter
                    FF 12   More and Better Highways Publication
                    FF 13   News Articles
                    FF 14   Photos of Dr. Karl Everett Ashburn
                    FF 15   Scrapbook material collected by - Sarah Lucille Tipton Ashburn
                    FF 16   "Some Comments on Higher Education In The United States of America by Southwestern Educator"
                    FF 17   Southwestern Social Science Association
                    FF 18   The Changing South - manuscript
                    FF 19   "The New Banking Philosophy"
                    FF 20   "The Problem of Poverty in the United States of America"
                    FF 21   "The War on Poverty - Letter from the President of the United States"
                    FF 22   "War Assets Corporation"
                    FF 23   "You and Your Railroads "

Series: Publications

Box 3

                    FF 1     "Progress or Poverty - Conference on Economic Progress"
                    FF 2     The Southwestern Social Science Quarterly Vol. XIV - December,1933
                    FF 3     The Southwestern Historical Quarterly Vol. LXI - July,1957
                    FF 4     The Southwestern Social Science Quarterly Vol. XVI - September, 1935
                    FF 5     The Southwestern Social Science Quarterly Vol. XV - March, 1935
                    FF 6     The Southwestern Social Science Quarterly Vol XVI - September, 1993
                    FF 7     Fair Trade Practices, Texas Academy of Science
                    FF 8     "Slavery & Cotton Production in Texas," "Arnold Foundation Studies in Affairs,"
                                    "Economic Significance of Postwar Changes in Commercial Bank Portfolios."
                    FF 9     Review of Social Economy
                    FF 10   New Mexico Business Review Vol.7 - January,1938, The Blue Key National Honorary Fraternity
                    FF 11   The Texas Weekly Publication
                    FF 12   Daniel Baker College information
                    FF 13   "The Better War"
                    FF 14   Saturday Review (January 11, 1964)- magazine
                    FF 15   The Christian Advocate (November 16, 1934)
                    FF 16   The Texas Outlook (June,1932)
                    FF 17   Men of the South (April, 1966)
                    FF 18   Louisiana Schools (March, 1966)
                    FF 19   Social Digest (January, September and October,1966)

Box 4
                Copy of Karl E. Ashburn’s Dissertation: The Development of Cotton Production in Texas,
                    Duke University, 1934