Scope and Contents From the Collection: This twenty-five box collection contains the professional papers of Joel Edward Ricks and spans the period of 1850 to 1972. This collection contains Ricks’ correspondence (1907-1969), diaries (1944 and 1947), research papers, an unpublished manuscript, photographs, and other papers. Of particular interest, are the materials in Boxes 5-9 which contain both original and transcriptions of original diaries, correspondence, and other similar materials that Ricks collected and used for his...