Michigan State University. Department of Sociology
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Christopher Sower papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.223
Scope and Contents
The papers of Christopher Sower consist primarily of his professional writings and also includes notes, departmental memos, and reports. There are two main series: Publications, and Reports & Proposals. The Publications series contains a group of loose papers which are listed by title, however the majority of the material was kept by Sower in chronological order by year. These groupings contain all his writings including, published articles, drafts, working papers, memos,...
Dates:
1951 - 1991
Department of Sociology records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.113
Scope and Contents
The records consist of reports and publications, information about graduate studies, materials related to rural sociology, and curriculum materials. There are also graduate student manuals, an undergraduate student manual, and department meeting minutes. Reports of note include Students’ Beliefs About Post-War Problems, 1944; Social Backgrounds of MSU Athletes, circa 1962; Centennial Farms in Michigan, 1956; Social Effects of the Depression, 1938; and Utopian Communities in the United...
Dates:
1937-2012, 2021, undated
John C. Howell papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.7
Scope and Contents
These papers deal with Howell's activities in the College of Social Science and on university committees. Most of the material is from the early 1960s and pertains to sociology classes.
Dates:
1955 - 1972
Paul Honigsheim papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.150
Scope and Contents
The collection is organized into two series. Series 1, Publications, consists of articles and publications by Paul Honigsheim. Topics include Max Weber, sociology, religion, anthropology. The publications are in German, English and French. In addition, there is a publication about Paul Honigsheim called “From the Rhineland to Michigan the Sociologist and Pedagogue Paul Honigsheim (1885-1963) Migrant and Mediator Between Two Cultures,” by Martha Friedenthal-Haase.Series 2,...
Dates:
1915 - 1991
Ruth Simms Hamilton papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.269
Scope and Contents
The Ruth Simms Hamilton papers consist of subject files and research materials on African American issues, including civil rights and affirmative action at MSU and other universities. The collection includes case studies of MSU conflicts and protests, newspaper clippings, files about other countries, files about university programs, and papers written by Hamilton and others.Also included are files about MSU student organizations which include Akers Black Caucus, Associated Black...
Dates:
1968 - 1982
Wilbur B. Brookover papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.156
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the reminiscences of Edna Brookover, wife of Wilbur, about the Quonset Village, which was built as temporary housing to accommodate the new faculty members and their families at Michigan State College (now Michigan State University). The collection also includes an undated paper by W. B. Brookover entitled "The Role of the University in the American Community."
Dates:
1990, undated
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- Letters (correspondence) 4
- Publications 4
- Reports 3
- Universities and colleges -- Faculty 3
- Course materials 2
- Minutes (administrative records) 2
- Newsletters 2
- Sociology, Rural 2
- Affirmative action programs -- United States 1
- Africa 1
- African American athletes -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
- African American college students -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
- African American college students -- Societies, etc. 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights 1
- African Americans -- Education (Higher) 1
- Agriculture -- International cooperation 1
- Annual reports 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- College athletes -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
- Community development 1
- Community organization 1
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States 1
- Education -- Aims and objectives 1
- Education, Higher 1
- Faculty housing 1
- Farmers -- Michigan 1
- Graduate students -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
- Handbooks and manuals 1
- High school students -- Alcohol Use -- Middle West 1
- Juvenile delinquency 1
- Manuscripts 1
- Memorandums 1
- Minorities -- Education (Higher) -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
- Minutes (Records) 1
- Okemos (Mich.) 1
- Organizational change 1
- Organizational sociology 1
- Photographs 1
- Race relations 1
- Race relations -- Case studies 1
- Religion 1
- Rural development -- International cooperation 1
- Social movements 1
- Sociology 1
- Sociology -- Study and teaching 1
- Sound recordings 1
- Sri Lanka 1
- State universities and colleges -- United States 1
- Student movements 1
- Student movements -- Michigan 1
- Student protesters -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
- Universities and colleges -- Administration 1
- Universities and colleges -- Curricula 1
- Universities and colleges -- Michigan 1
- Universities and colleges -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
- Universities and colleges -- United States 1
- Universities and colleges, Black 1
- Utopias -- United States 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Germany 1
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