Ralph A. Felton joined the Drew faculty in 1931 as professor of rural sociology. Felton's work focused on the training of African-Americans for rural ministry. It is estimated that Felton trained more than 9,000 African-American ministers through a variety of summer and extension courses until his retirement from Drew in 1952. He died in 1974.
Records related to Ralph A. Felton can be found in the following Drew University Archives collections:
- The Ralph Felton Papers
- The Faculty Biography Collection
- Faculty-Alumni Publications: Monographs, searchable through the library's main catalog.
- Drew Theses and Dissertations (students studying under Felton wrote a number of theses)
- In 1965, a student in Dr. David Graybeal's "The Church in the Rural Community" class wrote a paper "Dr. Ralph A. Felton's Research" that has been preserved in the University Archives.
Courtesy of the Drew University Archives