Background
Clarence Walworth Alvord was born on May 21, 1868 in Greenfield, Massachussets, United States. He was the son of Daniel Wells and Caroline Betts (Dewey) Alvord, and a descendant of a long line of New England ancestry.
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Kaskaskia Records, 1778-1790, Volume 5 - Primary Source Edition
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Centennial History of Illinois: V.1
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The First Explorations of the Trans-Allegheny Region by the Virginians, 1650-1674 (Classic Reprint)
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The British Ministry and the Treaty of Fort Stanwix
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Clarence Walworth Alvord
Edit ProfileEducation
Alvord attended the schools of Northampton, Massachussets, and Phillips Academy, Andover, and was graduated from Williams College in 1891. After teaching in Milton Academy (Massachussets) for two years, he began his graduate work in history, spending the years 1893-1895 at Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin and part of the following year at the University of Chicago. He received a Ph. D. degree at the University of Illinois in 1908.
Career
In 1897 Alvord became an instructor in the preparatory school of the University of Illinois and, four years later, instructor in history in the university proper. In 1913 he was appointed a full professor.
Alvord's discovery in 1905 of the records of the old French settlements of Cahokia and Kaskaskia in Illinois, long believed lost, resulted in his appointment by the State Historical Library as general editor of the Illinois Historical Collections. In 1909 Alvord was appointed director of the Illinois Historical Survey, created in the university as a research bureau; and in 1913 he was selected by the Illinois Centennial Commission as editor of the Centennial History of Illinois. Of this five-volume work, he wrote the first (1920), a notable contribution to the history of the Middle West. That his historical interests were far from being confined to a narrow field was demonstrated by a work published in 1912 in collaboration with Lee Bidgood on The First Exploration of the Trans-Allegheny Regions by Virginians, 1650-1674, and by his Mississippi Valley in British Politics.
The latter work, which treated the period from 1763 to 1774, was recognized by scholars at home and abroad as an outstanding contribution to the history of England and of the causes of the American Revolution as well as to that of the Mississippi Valley.
In 1914 he brought about the establishment by the Mississippi Valley Historical Association of a quarterly magazine, The Mississippi Valley Historical Review, of which he was managing editor, 1914-1923. In 1920 he resigned his positions in Illinois to become professor of history in the University of Minnesota. Three years later he determined to devote his time to research and writing, and his remaining years were spent abroad.
In 1925 he delivered the annual Raleigh lecture before the British Academy, and in 1926 he was chosen as the first American to deliver the Creighton lecture at the University of London.
Two years later he died at Diano Marina, Liguria, Italy.
Achievements
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Under Alvord's editorship fourteen volumes of the Illinois Historical Collections were published, making accessible a wealth of original documents relating to western history and setting a high standard for the editing of historical materials. His work, "Centennial History of Illinois" was awarded the Loubat prize as the best work on American history published in five years. His influence and counsel were important factors in shaping the policies of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, organized in 1907. It was due largely to his efforts that the association became not merely a confederation of historical societies, but an association of scholars bent upon promoting scientific study and research.
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The First Explorations of the Trans-Allegheny Region by the Virginians, 1650-1674 (Classic Reprint)
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Centennial History of Illinois: V.1
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Centennial History of Illinois: V.2
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Centennial History of Illinois: V.4
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The British Ministry and the Treaty of Fort Stanwix
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Centennial History of Illinois: V.3
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Kaskaskia Records, 1778-1790, Volume 5 - Primary Source Edition
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The First Explorations of the Trans-Allegheny Region by the Virginians, 1650-1674 (Classic Reprint)
Personality
Alvord was of slender build and dark complexion and wore a Van Dyke beard. His incisive intellect, genial personality, and wide range of interests contributed to his strong influence upon mature students.
Connections
Alvord was married in 1893 to Jennie Kettell Blanchard (née Parrott), who died in 1911. In 1913 he was married to Idress Head.
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January 24, 1928 (aged 59) -
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Nationality
American