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{{Infobox person
| name=Roy Vernon Scott<br>
(Historian and professor emeritus at Mississipi State University)
| birth_date=December 26, 1927
| birth_place=Wright], Greene County<br>[[Illinois]], [[United States|USA]]
|spouse=Jane Brayford Scott (married 1959<br>
'''Children''': <br>
John D. Scott<br>
Elizabeth M. Scott<br>
Sarah Ann Scott<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Roy J. and Edna Dodson Scott
'''Alma_mater=[[Iowa State University]]<br>
[[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]]
}}
'''Roy Vernon Scott''' (born December 26, 1927) is a [[professor]] emeritus]] of [[history]] at [[Mississippi State University]] in Starkville, [[Mississippi]], who specialized in agricultural and [[railroad]] studies in the American South and Midwest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msstate.edu/dept/history/emeritus.htm|title=http://www.msstate.edu/dept/history/emeritus.htm|title=Department of History: Emeritus Faculty|publisher=msstate.edu|accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref>
In 1997, he co-authored a different kind of history beyond his specialization in agriculture. ''Wal-Mart: A History of Sam Walton's Retail Phenomeno,'' a study of [[Sam Walton]]'s [[Wal-Mart]] retail giant based in Benton County, [[Arkansas]].<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/0805798331 author=Roy Vernon Scott and Sandra Stringer Vance|title=Wal-Mart: A History of Sam Walton's Retail Phenomenon|publisher=amazon.com|accessdate=November 3, 2019}}</ref>
==Background==
Scott was born to Roy J. Scott and the former Edna Dodson in Wrights, an unincorporated community in Greene County in west-central [[Illinois]].
He served from 194 to 1948 in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps]], organized in 1947 into the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]. In 1952, he received his Bachelor of Science degree from [[Iowa State University]] in Ames, [[Iowa]]. He subsequently received his [[Master of Arts]] and his [[Ph.D.]] in history from the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] in 1953 and 1957, respectively.<ref name=lloyd>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RfXGJBB1HvoC&pg=PA404 |author=James B. Lloyd |title=Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817-1967 |publisher=Google Books|accessdate=July 19, 2010}} p. 404.</ref>
Prior to his tenure at Mississippi State, he was from 1957-1958 a faculty member at the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], formerly known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Between 1959 and 1960, he taught at the [[University of Missouri]] in Columbia, [[Missouri]]. In 1958, he received the Everett E. Edwards Award from the Agricultural History Society for the best paper submitted by a graduate student for publication in the journal ''Agricultural History''.<ref name=lloyd/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.aghistorysociety.org/awards/index.html|title=Everett E. Edwards Award|publisher=aghistorysociety.org|accessdate=July 19, 2010}}</ref>
Scott was on the MSU faculty from 1960 to 1998, when he retired as professor emeritus. He was also the William L. Giles Distinguished Professor of History from 1978 to 1998.<ref name=iastate>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/manuscripts/MS361.html|title=e-library at Iowa State University|publisher=lib.iastate.edu|accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref> In 1989, Scott was elected president of the Mississippi Historical Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mdah.state.ms.us/admin/news/mhs07prog.pdf|title=Mississippi Historical Society|publisher=mdah.state.ms.us|accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref>
==Principal works==
Scott's works include the following:
*''The Agrarian Movement in Illinois, 1880-1896'' (1962)<ref>''The Agrarian Movement in Illinois, 1880-1896'' (Urbana, [[Illinois]]: University of Illinois Press, 1962.</ref>
*''The Methods of American Railroads in Promoting Economic Development: An Historical Survey'' (1963).<ref>''The Methods of American Railroads in Promoting Economic Development: An Historical Survey' (Stillwater, [[Oklahoma]]: [[Oklahoma State University]] Press, 1963.</ref>
*''The Great Northern Railway: A History'' of James J. Hill's Great Northern Railroad]], with three co-authors.<ref>''The Great Northern Railway: A History'' ([[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]]: [[University of Minnesota]] Press, 1988).</ref>
*''From Prairie Farmer to Entrepreneur: The Transformation of Midwestern Agriculture'', with Dennis Nordin<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/s?rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Cp_27%3ARoy%20V.%20Scott&field-author=Roy%20V.%20Scott|title=From Prairie Farmer to Entrepreneur: The Transformation of Midwestern Agriculture|publisher=amazon.com|accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref>
*''Eugene Beverly Ferris and Agricultural Science in the Lower South''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/s?rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Cp_27%3ARoy%20V.%20Scott&field-author=Roy%20V.%20Scott|title=Eugene Beverly Ferris and Agricultural Science in the Lower South|publisher=amazon.com|accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref>
In 1973, Scott and [[Jimmy G. Shoalmire]], historian and archivist at Mississippi State, co-authored ''The Public Career of Cully Cobb: A Study in Agricultural Leadership.'' based on papers from the [[Henry A. Wallace]] Collection at the [[University of Iowa]] in Iowa City.. [[Cully Cobb]], a southern agricultural publisher and philanthropist based in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], was director in 1933 of the [[cotton]] division of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, in which capacity he supervised the plowing under of fields to reduce farm output in hopes of raising sagging prices then being paid to farmers. Cobb was later the long-time publisher of Southern Ruralist Press.<ref>Scott, Roy Vernon and [[Jimmy G. Shoalmire|Shoalmire, Jimmy G.]] (1973). ''The Public Career of Cully Cobb: A Study in Agricultural Leadership' ([[Jackson]], [[Mississippi]]: University and College Press of Mississippi.</ref>
In 1995, Scott co-authored with Charles Lowery ''Old Main: Memories of a Legend'', the history of the original MSU dormitory razed by fire in 1959. During its eighty years of existence, Old Main housed someforty thousand young men over four generations. The structure became the embodiment of MSU. At the time of its demise it was believed to have been the largest dormitory under one roof in the United States. Scott and Lowery include photographs and reminiscences of some of the men who lived in Old Main.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msstate.edu/web/alumnus/fall.95/20old.htm|title=Old Main: Images of a Legend|publisher=msstate.edu|accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.librarything.com/work/3943947|title=Old Main: Memories of a Legend|publisher=library.thing.com|accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref>
Scott resides in Starkville with his wife, the former Jane Brayford (born c. 1928), whom he wed on July 9, 1959.<ref name=lloyd/><ref>Yahoo People Search</ref> The couple has three children, John D. Scott, Elizabeth M. Scott, and Sarah Ann Scott.<ref name=iastate/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Roy Vernon}}
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Illinois]]
[[Category:Missouri]]
[[Category:Historians]]
[[Category:Professors]]
[[Category:American Authors]]
[[Category:United States Air Force]]
| name=Roy Vernon Scott<br>
(Historian and professor emeritus at Mississipi State University)
| birth_date=December 26, 1927
| birth_place=Wright], Greene County<br>[[Illinois]], [[United States|USA]]
|spouse=Jane Brayford Scott (married 1959<br>
'''Children''': <br>
John D. Scott<br>
Elizabeth M. Scott<br>
Sarah Ann Scott<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Roy J. and Edna Dodson Scott
'''Alma_mater=[[Iowa State University]]<br>
[[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]]
}}
'''Roy Vernon Scott''' (born December 26, 1927) is a [[professor]] emeritus]] of [[history]] at [[Mississippi State University]] in Starkville, [[Mississippi]], who specialized in agricultural and [[railroad]] studies in the American South and Midwest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msstate.edu/dept/history/emeritus.htm|title=http://www.msstate.edu/dept/history/emeritus.htm|title=Department of History: Emeritus Faculty|publisher=msstate.edu|accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref>
In 1997, he co-authored a different kind of history beyond his specialization in agriculture. ''Wal-Mart: A History of Sam Walton's Retail Phenomeno,'' a study of [[Sam Walton]]'s [[Wal-Mart]] retail giant based in Benton County, [[Arkansas]].<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/0805798331 author=Roy Vernon Scott and Sandra Stringer Vance|title=Wal-Mart: A History of Sam Walton's Retail Phenomenon|publisher=amazon.com|accessdate=November 3, 2019}}</ref>
==Background==
Scott was born to Roy J. Scott and the former Edna Dodson in Wrights, an unincorporated community in Greene County in west-central [[Illinois]].
He served from 194 to 1948 in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps]], organized in 1947 into the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]. In 1952, he received his Bachelor of Science degree from [[Iowa State University]] in Ames, [[Iowa]]. He subsequently received his [[Master of Arts]] and his [[Ph.D.]] in history from the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] in 1953 and 1957, respectively.<ref name=lloyd>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RfXGJBB1HvoC&pg=PA404 |author=James B. Lloyd |title=Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817-1967 |publisher=Google Books|accessdate=July 19, 2010}} p. 404.</ref>
Prior to his tenure at Mississippi State, he was from 1957-1958 a faculty member at the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], formerly known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Between 1959 and 1960, he taught at the [[University of Missouri]] in Columbia, [[Missouri]]. In 1958, he received the Everett E. Edwards Award from the Agricultural History Society for the best paper submitted by a graduate student for publication in the journal ''Agricultural History''.<ref name=lloyd/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.aghistorysociety.org/awards/index.html|title=Everett E. Edwards Award|publisher=aghistorysociety.org|accessdate=July 19, 2010}}</ref>
Scott was on the MSU faculty from 1960 to 1998, when he retired as professor emeritus. He was also the William L. Giles Distinguished Professor of History from 1978 to 1998.<ref name=iastate>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/manuscripts/MS361.html|title=e-library at Iowa State University|publisher=lib.iastate.edu|accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref> In 1989, Scott was elected president of the Mississippi Historical Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mdah.state.ms.us/admin/news/mhs07prog.pdf|title=Mississippi Historical Society|publisher=mdah.state.ms.us|accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref>
==Principal works==
Scott's works include the following:
*''The Agrarian Movement in Illinois, 1880-1896'' (1962)<ref>''The Agrarian Movement in Illinois, 1880-1896'' (Urbana, [[Illinois]]: University of Illinois Press, 1962.</ref>
*''The Methods of American Railroads in Promoting Economic Development: An Historical Survey'' (1963).<ref>''The Methods of American Railroads in Promoting Economic Development: An Historical Survey' (Stillwater, [[Oklahoma]]: [[Oklahoma State University]] Press, 1963.</ref>
*''The Great Northern Railway: A History'' of James J. Hill's Great Northern Railroad]], with three co-authors.<ref>''The Great Northern Railway: A History'' ([[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]]: [[University of Minnesota]] Press, 1988).</ref>
*''From Prairie Farmer to Entrepreneur: The Transformation of Midwestern Agriculture'', with Dennis Nordin<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/s?rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Cp_27%3ARoy%20V.%20Scott&field-author=Roy%20V.%20Scott|title=From Prairie Farmer to Entrepreneur: The Transformation of Midwestern Agriculture|publisher=amazon.com|accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref>
*''Eugene Beverly Ferris and Agricultural Science in the Lower South''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/s?rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Cp_27%3ARoy%20V.%20Scott&field-author=Roy%20V.%20Scott|title=Eugene Beverly Ferris and Agricultural Science in the Lower South|publisher=amazon.com|accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref>
In 1973, Scott and [[Jimmy G. Shoalmire]], historian and archivist at Mississippi State, co-authored ''The Public Career of Cully Cobb: A Study in Agricultural Leadership.'' based on papers from the [[Henry A. Wallace]] Collection at the [[University of Iowa]] in Iowa City.. [[Cully Cobb]], a southern agricultural publisher and philanthropist based in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], was director in 1933 of the [[cotton]] division of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, in which capacity he supervised the plowing under of fields to reduce farm output in hopes of raising sagging prices then being paid to farmers. Cobb was later the long-time publisher of Southern Ruralist Press.<ref>Scott, Roy Vernon and [[Jimmy G. Shoalmire|Shoalmire, Jimmy G.]] (1973). ''The Public Career of Cully Cobb: A Study in Agricultural Leadership' ([[Jackson]], [[Mississippi]]: University and College Press of Mississippi.</ref>
In 1995, Scott co-authored with Charles Lowery ''Old Main: Memories of a Legend'', the history of the original MSU dormitory razed by fire in 1959. During its eighty years of existence, Old Main housed someforty thousand young men over four generations. The structure became the embodiment of MSU. At the time of its demise it was believed to have been the largest dormitory under one roof in the United States. Scott and Lowery include photographs and reminiscences of some of the men who lived in Old Main.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msstate.edu/web/alumnus/fall.95/20old.htm|title=Old Main: Images of a Legend|publisher=msstate.edu|accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.librarything.com/work/3943947|title=Old Main: Memories of a Legend|publisher=library.thing.com|accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref>
Scott resides in Starkville with his wife, the former Jane Brayford (born c. 1928), whom he wed on July 9, 1959.<ref name=lloyd/><ref>Yahoo People Search</ref> The couple has three children, John D. Scott, Elizabeth M. Scott, and Sarah Ann Scott.<ref name=iastate/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Roy Vernon}}
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Illinois]]
[[Category:Missouri]]
[[Category:Historians]]
[[Category:Professors]]
[[Category:American Authors]]
[[Category:United States Air Force]]