{"value"=>"<p>Horne's career as college professor in history, law, and African American studies is detailed in Series I, which comprises files from each of the institutions where he has been employed, as well as some materials from his Ph.D. work at Columbia University. Although the University of California and University of North Carolina files are the most comprehensive, there is detailed correspondence, research files, and teaching materials present among the papers from both Ramapo College and Sarah Lawrence College.</p> <p>The University of California, Santa Barbara files address Horne's tenure as professor of History and Black Studies, as chair of the Black Studies Department, and as acting director at the University's Center for Black Studies. These files contain materials from conferences Horne attended and helped to organize, professional correspondence, subject files, teaching materials, and files of academic writing. The subject files are arranged alphabetically, while all other files are arranged chronologically.</p> <p>The subject files were created by Horne and contain research materials, newspaper clippings, and administrative items. The files address matters related to Horne's ongoing academic research, current political issues, course instruction, University policies, and campus events. Many folders addressing specific topics hold a combination of materials, such as clippings, annotated articles, and notes. Most of the clippings Horne retained feature a handwritten date and underlined passages. In some cases the files overlap with research themes addressed in Series II and Series III.</p> <p>Files from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill pertain to Horne's work as professor of history, communication studies, and African American Studies; his tenure as director of the Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center; and his time as director for the Institute of African-American Research. Included is correspondence, files of research and writing, subject files, and teaching materials. All files are arranged chronologically except the subject files, which are arranged alphabetically.</p> <p>The University of North Carolina subject files address administrative matters, Horne's research and instruction, and current events, but are less comprehensive than those he kept at the University of California. The most thorough topic addressed in the subject files is Horne's work with the Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center and the Institute of African-American Research.</p> <p>More detailed research is found in the University of North Carolina research and writing files, which Horne did not arrange by topic. Instead, research is often accompanied by the writing it informed, but contains no label to indicate its subject matter.</p>"}