Compilation (Part 1), January - May, 1964

File — Box: 5571, Folder: 11

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Record Group:

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, and correspondence relating to his work with a small amount of personal items interspersed among the material, for each year. These groupings were kept in the original order that Sower arranged them. A list of some of his topics for each year's work is included in the folder descriptions. There is one separate folder of Sower family papers.

Dates

Creation: January - May, 1964

Creator

From the Record Group: United States Information Service (Organization)
From the Record Group: Sower, Christopher (Donor, Person)
From the Record Group: Miller, Paul A., 1917-2015 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Record Group: 6 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Record Group: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Changing Power Structure in Agriculture; Knowledge Center Roles; Roles of Organizations in Knowledge Utilization; Okemos, MI Community Church; Life cycle of Organizations; How Diversity Extension Services can Work with Agencies; Utilizing Scientific Knowledge to Achieve Development Goals; Department of Sociology and Anthropology Organization; Upper Peninsula Human Resources Development; Natural Resources Development; Changing Michigan Communities (dysfunction); Notice of "No Discrimination" on the sale of Sower's House (Okemos, MI); MSU Farmers' Week Community Development Program; Educating Low-Income Families; Governor's Man Power Committee; Upper Peninsula County and Community Development; Inventiveness; Social Organization Discipline; Productive Persons vs Welfare Approach to Human Resources; Positive Social Organization;