John Frederick Nau Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, newsletters, and other records relating to Dr. John Frederick Nau’s own articles and writings, and his involvement with the Mississippi Association for Retarded Children, M.A.R.C. Also included in this collection are manuscript histories of the U.S.M. Department of Philosophy and Religion, Danforth Chapel, and M.M. Roberts Stadium.
Dates
- 1952-1981
Creator
- Nau, John Frederick, Dr., 1914-2010 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Noncirculating; available for research.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).
Biographical / Historical
John Frederick Nau was born on November 11, 1914 in New Orleans. Louisiana. He was the minister of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, in Pascagoula, Mississippi from 1937 to 1940. During that time, Nau married Johanna Hasenkampf in February 1939 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He continued ministering at the Missouri Synod in New Orleans until 1948. After, he became the minister of the Missouri Synod in Columbia, South Carolina until 1952. In that same year, Nau began teaching at the University of Southern Mississippi in, what he soon helped to form, the Philosophy and Religion Department. He taught for twenty-six years while also becoming the Chaplain for the University of Southern Mississippi in 1952. In the 1960s, he became the president of the Mississippi Association for Retarded Children. After, Nau then became the first chairman of the Philosophy and Religion Department at the University of Southern Mississippi and remained there until 1977. He is known for his books, The German People of New Orleans, 1850-1900 and Nau! Mission Inspired. John Frederick Nau passed away on May 5, 2010 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In 2015, his children made a donation to the John F. Nau Endowment in Philosophy and Religion in his memory.
Extent
1.50 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The John Frederick Nau Papers is a collection of correspondence, newsletters, and other records relating to Dr. John Frederick Nau’s own articles and writings, and his involvement with the Mississippi Association for Retarded Children, M.A.R.C. Also included in this collection are manuscript histories of the U.S.M. Department of Philosophy and Religion, Danforth Chapel, and M.M. Roberts Stadium. This collection would be of interest to those studying the University of Southern Mississippi’s history and Mississippi’s involved with retarded children in the 1950s-1960s.
Arrangement
This contains one box with twenty-six folders and three card boxes.
Provenance
Donated by John Frederick Nau on April 29, 1988.
Sources
Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana, Marriage Records Index, 1831-1964 [databaseo n-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2002. https://search. ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=6500&h=331137&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:O therRecord&rhSource=61843 Accessed February 10, 2020.
Foreign Policy articlehttps://www.usm.edu/news/2015/release/foreign-policy-expert-r eturns-home-honor-fathersouthern-miss-professor.php Accessed February 10, 2020.
Hattiesburg American; Publication Date: 23/ May/ 2010; Publication Place: Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/279426109/?article=f0da7d83-71db- 4d02-ad13-725a04862486&focus=0.038646597,0.7385922,0.5875329, 0.95035803&xid=2378 Accessed on February 10, 2020.
John F. Nau Biography, Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/John-F.-Nau/e/B07T L1LVBC/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 Accessed February 10, 2020.
M170, John Frederick Nau Collection, Historical Manuscripts, Special Collections, The University of Southern Mississippi Libraries.
Nau, J. (1958). The German people of New Orleans: 1850-1900. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
Photograph Log
M170-0002 Copy of photo M170-0001. 8 X 11 B&W June 1959
- Authors -- Mississippi. Subject Source: Local sources
- Authors. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Books. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Church bulletins. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Faith. Subject Source: Local sources
- Financial documents. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Letter. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lutherans. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mississippi Association for Retarded Children. M.A.R.C.
- Nau, John Frederick, Dr., 1914-2010
- Photographs. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Programs (Publications). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Student Printz (1927-)
- University of Southern Mississippi -- Faculty. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- University of Southern Mississippi -- History. Subject Source: Local sources
- University of Southern Mississippi. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- John Frederick Nau Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Collection processed and finding aid written by Myra Grace Breland
- Date
- February 24, 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Manuscripts and Photographs Repository
118 College Drive - 5148
Hattiesburg MS 39406-0001
601.266.4345
