The Selz Cabot Mayo Papers. The Selz Cabot Mayo Papers. MC 160 Mayo, Selz Cabot, 1915-1983.
Correspondence is arranged alphabetically and reflects over half the collection.
In 1963, the School of Agriculture planned an Open House under Mayo's direction. Mayo served as one of the board of directors of the North Carolina Rural Church Institute, founded in 1933 by a group of laymen and ministers. Represented by nine denominations, the Institute aided in the training of church leadership across the state in order to promote cultural, social, intellectual, political, and economic progress in North Carolina. Professor and Department Head of Rural Sociology and of Sociology and Anthropology at North Carolina State University 1939-1981. As a sociologist and activist, Mayo concentrated on the rural community, organizations, demography, health services, and education.