Chase C. Mooney

U.S. historian (1913–1973)

Chase C. Mooney

Born	(1913-09-30)September 30, 1913 Tennessee, U.S.
Died	April 29, 1973(1973-04-29) (aged 59) Indiana, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Historian, college professor

Chase Curran Mooney (September 30, 1913 – April 29, 1973) was a Guggenheim Fellowship^[1] and Rosenwald Fund Fellowship^[2]-winning American historian. He specialized in the history of the 19th-century United States.^[3]

Biography

Born into a family of teachers,^[2] he attended Vanderbilt University from undergrad through his Ph.D.^[3] Mooney served in the U.S. Army during World War II, working as a senior historian.^[3]

His 1957 Slavery in Tennessee was praised at the time of publication as the most complete and definitive work on the topic to that time;^[4] the book was reprinted by Negro Universities Press in 1971.^[5] He was an associate editor of the Journal of American History from 1963 to 1966.^[3]

Mooney's posthumously published biography of William H. Crawford was described as "more than just another rehash of a life...It is consummately a biography of one of Georgia's great men...it is a fine example of historiography brilliantly and sparsely written. Third, it is a source work about a little-known man caught up in commonly known times and places."^[6] A native of Tennessee,^[4] Mooney taught at Indiana University for most of his career.^[3]

References

^ "Chase C. Mooney". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation... Retrieved 2023-08-16.
^ ^a ^b "Brentwood Man Wins Fellowship". The Tennessean. 1938-04-29. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "The Indianapolis News 30 Apr 1973, page 15". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
^ ^a ^b "Slavery in Tennessee Definitely Probed". The Tennessean. 1957-09-29. p. 63. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
^ Mooney, Chase C. (1971). Slavery in Tennessee. Westport, Conn.: Negro Universities Press. ISBN 978-0-8371-5522-7.
^ "Crawford's Letters Reveal Great Life". The Columbus Ledger. 1975-04-27. p. 14. Retrieved 2023-08-16.