Autobiographical and Family Correspondence, 1907-1993

Extent:
1.2 cubic ft.
Scope and content:

This first series is further divided into two sub-series: (1) autobiographical and biographical; and (2) family correspondence.

The autobiographical and biographical materials span the entire length of Eugene Link's life: grade school materials; his Emporia, Kansas, high school yearbook and diploma; papers from his undergraduate college (the College of Emporia) and various graduate institutions (the University of Chicago, Union Theological Seminary, and Columbia University); and alumni papers. Some of the materials in this subseries relate to Link's father, Nathaniel, a pharmacist in Emporia, who invented a well-known medicinal cream known as GIMP.

The papers of Link's wife, Beulah (they were married in 1938), also figure prominently in this subseries. Possessing a particular interest in mental retardation, Mrs. Link taught for thirty-one years at the elementary, high school, and college levels. Several of her articles were published over the years in various educational journals. Mrs. Link was her husband's partner in every sense of the word: as a union supporter, a counselor, an editor of Eugene Link's writings, and a supportive critic of his ideas and teachings.

The second division of series one deals with a voluminous family correspondence. A highly educated family, the Links saw all three of their children proceed to graduate school and careers in higher education. Martha Link Casey, possesses a doctorate in chemistry and has, since the mid-1970s, served on the administrative staff of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Their elder son, Eugene Perry, Jr., is a professor of East Asian studies at Princeton University. Younger son, Bruce, possesses a doctorate in psychiatry from Columbia University. The correspondence of the Link children sheds significant light upon the personal life of Dr. and Mrs. Link.

Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically.

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