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==Career==

==Career==

Fleming was born on a farm at Brundidge, Alabama, April 8, 1874, the son of William LeRoy and Mary Love (Edwards) Fleming. His parents on both sides were Georgians who migrated to Alabama in the ante-bellum period. His father, a well-to-do planter and slave owner, served in the Civil War as a cavalryman. He was not politically prominent during Reconstruction.  Fleming attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute (later called Auburn), taking the B.S. degree, with honors, in 1896, and the M.S. degree in 1897. He taught in the public schools of Alabama in 1894-1896 and became an instructor in history and English at his alma mater in 1896-1897. He was assistant librarian 1897-1898 and an instructor in English 1899-1900. In 1898 Fleming enlisted in the Second Alabama Volunteers in as a private; was promoted to lieutenant, and fought in the Spanish–American War.  

Fleming was born on a farm at Brundidge, Alabama, April 8, 1874, the son of William LeRoy and Mary Love (Edwards) Fleming. His parents on both sides were Georgians who migrated to Alabama in the ante-bellum period. His father, a well-to-do planter and slave owner, served in the Civil War as a cavalryman. He was not politically prominent during Reconstruction.  Fleming attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute (later called Auburn), taking the B.S. degree, with honors, in 1896, and the M.S. degree in 1897. He taught in the public schools of Alabama in 1894-1896 and became an instructor in history and English at his alma mater in 1896–1897. He was assistant librarian 1897-1898 and an instructor in English 1899–1900. In 1898 Fleming enlisted in the Second Alabama Volunteers in as a private; was promoted to lieutenant, and fought in the Spanish–American War.  

Fleming began graduate work in history at the nation's leading graduate school, Columbia University in New York in 1900, taking the PhD in 1904. He was influenced especially by Professor George Petrie of Alabama Polytechnic Institute and Professor [[William Archibald Dunning]] of Columbia.  From 1903 to 1907 he taught history at West Virginia University, and from 1907 to 1917, at Louisiana State University.  In 1917, he was called to a chair in history at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was a highly effective teacher of undergraduates and graduate students, mentoring numerous PhD's, who in turn created history programs at colleges across the South. He became Dean of the Vanderbilt College of Arts and Sciences in 1923 and later Director of the Graduate School.  Fleming was close to the [[Nashville Agrarians]] who dedicated to him their influential manifesto ''[[I'll Take My Stand]]'' (1930).<ref>Green 1936</ref>[[Woodrow Wilson]] while president of Princeton University offered him a professorship, which Fleming declined.

Fleming began graduate work in history at the nation's leading graduate school, Columbia University in New York in 1900, taking the PhD in 1904. He was influenced especially by Professor George Petrie of Alabama Polytechnic Institute and Professor [[William Archibald Dunning]] of Columbia.  From 1903 to 1907 he taught history at West Virginia University, and from 1907 to 1917, at Louisiana State University.  In 1917, he was called to a chair in history at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was a highly effective teacher of undergraduates and graduate students, mentoring numerous PhD's, who in turn created history programs at colleges across the South. He became Dean of the Vanderbilt College of Arts and Sciences in 1923 and later Director of the Graduate School.  Fleming was close to the [[Nashville Agrarians]] who dedicated to him their influential manifesto ''[[I'll Take My Stand]]'' (1930).<ref>Green 1936</ref>[[Woodrow Wilson]] while president of Princeton University offered him a professorship, which Fleming declined.

==Publications==

==Publications==

* "The Buford Expedition to Kansas," ''American Historical Review,'' 6 (1901), 38-48.  [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28190010%296%3A1%3C38%3ATBETK%3E2.0.CO%3B2-4  in JSTOR]

* "The Buford Expedition to Kansas," ''American Historical Review,'' 6 (1901), 38–48.  [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28190010%296%3A1%3C38%3ATBETK%3E2.0.CO%3B2-4  in JSTOR]

* ''The Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama'' (1905; reprinted 1911, 1949), 805 pp   

* ''The Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama'' (1905; reprinted 1911, 1949), 805 pp   

* "Immigration to the Southern States," ''Political Science Quarterly,'' 20 (1905), 276-97. [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0032-3195%28190506%2920%3A2%3C276%3AITTSS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-A  in JSTOR]

* "Immigration to the Southern States," ''Political Science Quarterly,'' 20 (1905), 276–97. [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0032-3195%28190506%2920%3A2%3C276%3AITTSS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-A  in JSTOR]

* "Blockade Running and Trade Through the Lines into Alabama, 1861-1865," ''South Atlantic Quarterly,'' IV (1905), 256-72.

* "Blockade Running and Trade Through the Lines into Alabama, 1861-1865," ''South Atlantic Quarterly,'' IV (1905), 256–72.

* "Reorganization of the Industrial System in Alabama after the Civil War," ''American Journal of Sociology,'' X (1905), 473-99. [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9602%28190501%2910%3A4%3C473%3AROTISI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D in JSTOR]

* "Reorganization of the Industrial System in Alabama after the Civil War," ''American Journal of Sociology,'' X (1905), 473–99. [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9602%28190501%2910%3A4%3C473%3AROTISI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D in JSTOR]

* "The Freedmen's Savings Bank," ''Yale Review,'' 15 (1906), 40-67, 134-46.

* "The Freedmen's Savings Bank," ''Yale Review,'' 15 (1906), 40–67, 134–46.

* editor of ''Documentary History of Reconstruction: Political, Military, Social, Religious, Educational & Industrial: 1865 to 1906'' (1906-7; reprinted 1966 with introduction by [[David Donald]]) 2 vols., xviii, 493 and xiv, 480 pp. [https://books.google.com/books?vid=0OnNK8pM92WrjQK2ijCaciu&id=yukLAAAAIAAJ&printsec=toc&dq=%22Documentary+History+of+Reconstruction%22&sig=KbFxeYrtnbJAFZRBvK_rApDguQg#PPR11,M1 volume 1 online] and [https://books.google.com/books?vid=0lH-_oan672uKoftngo_tzc&id=beoLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA305&lpg=PA305&dq=documentary+plantation&as_brr=1#PPR7,M1 vol 2 online]

* editor of ''Documentary History of Reconstruction: Political, Military, Social, Religious, Educational & Industrial: 1865 to 1906'' (1906–7; reprinted 1966 with introduction by [[David Donald]]) 2 vols., xviii, 493 and xiv, 480 pp. [https://books.google.com/books?vid=0OnNK8pM92WrjQK2ijCaciu&id=yukLAAAAIAAJ&printsec=toc&dq=%22Documentary+History+of+Reconstruction%22&sig=KbFxeYrtnbJAFZRBvK_rApDguQg#PPR11,M1 volume 1 online] and [https://books.google.com/books?vid=0lH-_oan672uKoftngo_tzc&id=beoLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA305&lpg=PA305&dq=documentary+plantation&as_brr=1#PPR7,M1 vol 2 online]

* "'Pap' Singleton, The Moses of the Colored Exodus," ''American Journal of Sociology,'' 15 (1910), 61-82 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9602%28190907%2915%3A1%3C61%3A%22STMOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7  in JSTOR]

* "'Pap' Singleton, The Moses of the Colored Exodus," ''American Journal of Sociology,'' 15 (1910), 61-82 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9602%28190907%2915%3A1%3C61%3A%22STMOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7  in JSTOR]

* ''General W.T. Sherman as college president; a collection of letters, documents, and other material, chiefly from private sources, relating to the life and activities of General William Tecumseh Sherman, to the early years of Louisiana State University'' (1912)   

* ''General W.T. Sherman as college president; a collection of letters, documents, and other material, chiefly from private sources, relating to the life and activities of General William Tecumseh Sherman, to the early years of Louisiana State University'' (1912)