Guide to the Conrad M. Arensberg papers, 1931-1997
Christy Fic The papers of Conrad M. Arensberg were processed with the assistance of a Wenner-Gren Foundation Historical Archives Program grant awarded to Vivian E. Garrison Arensberg. 2011 October
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Collection Overview ...... 1 Administrative Information ...... 1 Scope and Contents...... 4 Arrangement...... 5 Biographical Note...... 2 Selected Bibliography...... 5 Names and Subjects ...... 6 Container Listing ...... 8 Series 1: Correspondence, 1933-1994...... 8 Series 2: Writings, 1936-1983...... 27 Series 3: Research files, 1931-1984...... 34 Series 4: Professional activities, 1933-1990...... 39 Series 5: Teaching files, 1938-1983...... 43 Series 6: Biographical files, 1946-1997...... 59 Series 7: Subject files, 1934-1979...... 60 Series 8: Photographs, undated...... 66 Conrad M. Arensberg papers NAA.2011-17
Collection Overview
Repository: National Anthropological Archives
Title: Conrad M. Arensberg papers
Identifier: NAA.2011-17
Date: 1931-1997
Extent: 33.3 Linear feet (83 document boxes)
Creator: Arensberg, Conrad M. (Conrad Maynadier), 1910-1997
Language: English .
Summary: This collection contains the professional papers of Conrad M. Arensberg, anthropologist, university professor, and anthropological consultant. Included are correspondence; published and unpublished writings; research materials, including notes, correspondence, diaries, charts, drafts, interviews, research plans, reports, project proposals, and bibliographic cards; speeches; pamphlets; articles from newspapers and periodicals; course materials, including bibliographies, lecture notes, reading lists, assignments, exams, project proposals, and syllabi; curriculum vitae; date books; scholarly papers and publications of other scholars; and photographs.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information These papers were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Vivian E. Garrison Arensberg in 2011.
Related Materials Arensberg is listed as a correspondent in the following collections at the Smithsonian Institution's National Anthropological Archives: John Lawrence Angel papers; Papers of Carleton Stevens Coon; Ethel Cutler Freeman papers; Frederica de Laguna papers; Ruth Landes papers; William Duncan Strong papers.
For oral history interviews with Arensberg, see the following collections:
-The Smithsonian Institution's Human Studies Film Archives "Video Dialogues in Anthropology: Conrad Arensberg and Lambros Comitas, 1989." In this video oral history conducted by anthropologist Lambros Comitas, Arensberg comments on his training in anthropology, the individuals who were influential in his career, and the geographical areas where he conducted his fieldwork.
-The National Anthropological Archives Manuscript (MS) 2009-15. May Mayko Ebihara conducted this oral history interview with Arensberg on March 7, 1984 as part of a larger oral history project with anthropologists.
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For more concerning Arensberg's work with interaction theory, see the Frederick L.W. Richardson papers at the National Anthropological Archives. Richardson worked closely with Eliot Chapple and Conrad Arensberg on theories concerning human interaction.
For correspondence and other information related to Arensberg's Ireland research, see: Solon Toothaker Kimball Papers, Special Collections, Teachers College, Columbia University; and Solon Toothaker Kimball Papers, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Additional materials concerning Arensberg's research and personal life can be found among the papers of his wife, anthropologist Vivian "Kelly" Garrison. See the Vivian E. Garrison papers at the National Anthropological Archives.
Processing Information The papers of Conrad M. Arensberg were prepared for deposit at the National Anthropological Archives by Vivian E. Garrison Arensberg. The papers arrived at the archives partially organized, with a general description of the contents written on the record storage boxes. Some of the materials were in labeled folders, but most were not. Original folder titles were retained. Folder titles assigned by the archivist are indicated by square brackets. Files have been rehoused in acid free folders. The archivist kept existing groupings and organized the collection into eight series. While the materials were organized into several natural series— correspondence, teaching materials, Eastern and Central Europe, and industrial relations files, several series—writings, biographical files, professional activities, and research files— were imposed by the archivist with the help of biographical information as well as Arensberg's curriculum vitae. These materials were scattered throughout the collection and had to be brought back together. Restricted materials were separated and replaced with notes indicating original and new locations.
Processed by Christy Fic, 2011. Finding aid originally encoded by Jocelyn Baltz, 2012 June. Finding aid updated and encoded by Katherine Madison, 2018 June.
Preferred Citation Conrad M. Arensberg papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions The Conrad M. Arensberg papers are open for research.
Files containing Arensberg's students' grades have been restricted, as have his students' and colleagues' grant and fellowships applications. For preservation reasons, the computer disk containing digital correspondence files from Joel Halpern is restricted.
Access to the Conrad M. Arensberg papers requires an appointment.
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Biographical Note
Conrad M. Arensberg was born on September 12, 1910 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Academically inclined from a young age, he graduated first in his class at Shadyside Academy in Pittsburgh. His early
Page 2 of 66 Conrad M. Arensberg papers NAA.2011-17 success earned him admittance to Harvard College. Arensberg studied anthropology and graduated summa cum laude in 1931.
As a graduate student at Harvard University, Arensberg was asked to join a project being conducted in Ireland by Harvard's Anthropology Department. Alongside W. Lloyd Warner and Solon T. Kimball, Arensberg spent three years studying rural Irish life in County Clare. This research resulted in his doctoral dissertation, "A Study in Rural Life in Ireland as Determined by the Functions and Morphology of the Family," which was later published as The Irish Countryman in 1937. His work was groundbreaking in the field of anthropology, and his study of County Clare "became a model for other community studies... requiring that researchers study a target culture from the inside, making meticulous notes on everything they saw, heard or experienced." Arensberg reshaped the way that anthropologists approached fieldwork and opened doors for the study of modern industrial societies.
Arensberg had a long teaching career. He first became a university professor in 1938 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and remained a professor for the rest of his life, teaching at MIT, Brooklyn College, Barnard College, Columbia University, the University of Florida, and the University of Virginia. At Columbia, Arensberg worked alongside such notable anthropologists as Margaret Mead, Charles Wagley, and Marvin Harris.
Arensberg officially retired in 1979, but he continued to collaborate with his colleagues, counsel past students, and participate in professional associations until his death. He passed away on February 10, 1997 in Hazlet, New Jersey.
Sources Consulted
Comitas, Lambros. 2000. "Conrad Maynadier Arensberg (1910-1997)." American Anthropologist 101(4): 810-813.
Curriculum Vitae—Amended Posthumously. Series 6. Biographical Files. Conrad M. Arensberg papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Thomas, Robert McG. Jr. 1997. "Conrad Arensberg, 86, Dies; Hands-On Anthropologist." New York Times, February 16: 51.
Chronology 1910 September 12 Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1931 B.A. from Harvard College 1932-1934 Traveled to Ireland to study rural life in County Clare as part of the Harvard Irish Mission 1933-1936 Junior Fellow, The Society of Fellows, Harvard University 1933-1994 Member and Fellow, American Anthropological Association 1934 Ph.D. in Anthropology from Harvard University 1937 Published The Irish Countryman, the result of his work in Ireland 1938-1940 Occasional consultant, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of American Ethnology 1938-1941 Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1940 Founded (with others) the Society for Applied Anthropology 1941-1946 Associate Professor and Chairman, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Brooklyn College
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1943-1946 Captain, Major, AUS, Military Intelligence Service 1946-1952 Associate Professor of Sociology, Chairman (until 1949) Department of Sociology, Barnard College, Columbia University 1951-1952 Research Director, UNESCO, Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne, Germany 1951-1952 Editor, Point Four Manual, American Anthropological Association 1952-1953 Associate Professor of Anthropology, The Graduate Faculty of Political Science, Columbia University 1953-1970 Professor of Anthropology, Chairman (1956-1959), Department of Anthropology, Columbia University 1962-1978 Co-Director (with Alan Lomax) of Columbia University's Cross- Cultural Surveys of Social Structure and Expressive Behavior 1970-1979 Buttenwieser Professor of Human Relations, Columbia University 1979-1997 Buttenwieser Professor Emeritus of Human Relations, Columbia University 1980 President, American Anthropological Association 1991 First recipient, "Conrad M. Arensberg Award" of the Society for the Anthropology of Work 1997 February 10 Died in Hazlet, New Jersey
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the professional papers of Conrad M. Arensberg, anthropologist, university professor, and anthropological consultant. Included are correspondence; published and unpublished writings; research materials, including notes, correspondence, diaries, charts, drafts, interviews, research plans, reports, project proposals, and bibliographic cards; speeches; pamphlets; articles from newspapers and periodicals; course materials, including bibliographies, lecture notes, reading lists, assignments, exams, project proposals, and syllabi; curriculum vitae; date books; scholarly papers and publications of other scholars; and photographs.
The materials in this collection document Arensberg's career as a university professor, his relationships with colleagues across a spectrum of disciplines, and his contributions to the field of anthropology. As a respected member of the anthropological community, Arensberg received a voluminous amount of correspondence from his peers, who often included copies of their most recent papers. He kept many of these works, which, along with his annotations, can be found throughout the collection. It appears he used these papers in a variety of ways, including as resources for his classes or as reference materials. Arensberg's own work is reflected in his writings and research files. Arensberg's Ireland research, despite its importance to his career and to the field of anthropology as a whole, has a minimal presence in the collection. Located in Series 3. Research Files, the subseries containing Arensberg's Ireland material primarily consists of photocopies of his correspondence, field notes, and diaries during this time. His role as a professor, rather than as a researcher or writer, is the most well-represented in the collection. Arensberg formed lasting relationships with many of his students, as evidenced by his continued correspondence with many of them long after their years at Columbia.
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Arrangement
The collection is organized into 8 series:
• Series 1) Correspondence, 1933-1994 • Series 2) Writings, 1936-1983 • Series 3) Research files, 1931-1984 • Series 4) Professional activities, 1933-1990 • Series 5) Teaching files, 1938-1983 • Series 6) Biographical files, 1946-1997 • Series 7) Subject files, 1934-1979 • Series 8) Photographs, undated
Selected Bibliography
1937. The Irish Countryman. New York and London: Macmillan. 1940. With Solon T. Kimball. Family and Community in Ireland. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 1940. "Toward a 'Control System' for Industrial Relations." Mechanical Engineering 62(5): 380-382. 1952. "Behavior and Organization: Industrial Studies." In Social Psychology at the Crossroads. John H. Rohrer and Muzafer Sherif, eds. pp. 324-352. New York: Harper. 1954. "The Community Study Method." American Journal of Sociology 40(2): 109-124. 1955. "American Communities." American Anthropologist 57(6): 1143-1162. 1957. With Geoffrey Tootell. "In-Plant Industrial Sociology." In Common Frontiers of the Social Sciences. Mirra Komarovsky, ed. pp. 310-337. Glencoe, Illinois: Free Press. 1957. "Anthropology as History." In Trade and Markets in the Early Empires. K. Polanyi, H. W. Pearson, and C. M. Arensberg, eds. pp. 97-113. Glencoe, Illinois: Free Press. 1961. "The Community as Object and as Sample." American Anthropologist 63(2): 241-264. 1963. "The Old World Peoples: The Place of European Cultures in World Ethnography." Anthropological Quarterly 36(3): 75-99. 1965. With Solon T. Kimball. Culture and Community. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World. 1967. "Upgrading Peasant Agriculture: Is Tradition the Snag?" Columbia Journal of World Business 2(1): 63-69. 1968. With Solon T. Kimball. "Community Study: Retrospect and Prospect." American Journal of Sociology 73(6): 691-705. 1972. "Culture as Behavior: Structure and Emergence." In Annual Review of Anthropology, Vol. 1. Bernard Sigel et al, eds. pp. 1-26. Palo Alto, California: Annual Reviews. 1976. With Vivian E. Garrison. "The Evil Eye: Envy or Risk of Seizure? Paranoia or Patronal Dependency?" In The Evil Eye. Clarence C. Maloney, ed. pp.286-328. New York: Columbia University Press. 1981. With Arthur Iberall and Harry Soodak. "Homeokinetic Physics of Societies—A New Discipline: Autonomous Groups, Cultures, Polities." In Perspectives of Biomechanics. H. Reul, D. N. Ghista, and G. Rau, eds. pp. 433-519. New York: Harwood Academic Publishers.
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1981. "Cultural Holism through Interactional Systems: Presidential Address for 1980." American Anthropologist 83(3): 562-581. 1982. "Generalizing Anthropology: The Recovery of Holism." In Crisis in Anthropology: View from Spring Hill. E. Adamson Hoebel, ed. pp. 109-130. New York: Garland Publishing.
Names and Subject Terms
This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms:
Subjects: Applied anthropology Economic anthropology Ethnic groups Ethnology Family Industrial relations Irish Linguistics Management Peasants Political anthropology Social interaction Urban policy
Cultures: Irish
Types of Materials: Correspondence Field notes Lecture notes Periodicals Photographs Reports Syllabi
Names: Appell, George N. Beatty, John Brooklyn College Chapple, Eliot D. Columbia University Comitas, Lambros Coon, Carleton S. (Carleton Stevens), 1904-1981 Curry, Donald Dillon, Wilton Ehrich, Robert W. Fried, Morton H. (Morton Herbert), 1923-1986 Gamburd, Geraldine DeNering Garrison, Vivian, 1933-2013
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Goodell, Grace E. Halpern, Joel Martin Harvard University Haskell, Edward F. Iberall, Arthur S. Kimball, Solon T. Landes, Ruth, 1908-1991 Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mencher, Joan P., 1930- Niehoff, Arthur H., 1921- Richardson, Frederick L.W. Steward, Julian Haynes, 1902-1972 Tax, Sol, 1907-1995 Tootell, Geoffrey M. B. (Geoffrey Matthew Bemis) Warner, William Lloyd Whyte, William Foote, 1914-2000 Winner, Irene Zenner, Walter P.
Geographic Names: Europe India Ireland
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Container Listing
Series 1: Correspondence, 1933-1994 8.3 Linear feet This series contains most of Arensberg's correspondence. Some correspondence, however, can be found throughout the collection alongside related materials such as his research files. The bulk of his correspondence is professional and documents his exchanges and collaboration with colleagues, many of whom frequently wrote to ask for his opinion regarding their most recent research project or draft for publication. Arensberg's commitment to his students can also be seen in his letters, with many relationships lasting long beyond the students' graduate years.
The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 1 [American Anthropological Association], 1988
Box 1 [Abruzzi, Adam], 1958
Box 1 Dr. Lawrence Abt—Seminar on Communication and Executive Behavior, 1956
Box 1 [Aldine Publishing Company], 1964
Box 1 Allwood, Martin S., 1963
Box 1 Allwood, Martin Darmstadt Research Marston Hill, Mullsjö, Sweden, 1947-1953
Box 1 "Am Fam in Persp Other Cultures" and Mitchell Letters, 1959-1960 Copies of Arensberg's "The American Family in the Perspective of Other Cultures" and correspondence with William (Bill) E. Mitchell regarding kinship
Box 1 Anderson, Dr. Nels, 1953
Box 1 [Andromedas, John], 1958-1959, 1994
Box 1 George Appell, 1979
Box 1 Applied Anthropology—Society for, 1954
Box 1 Arensberg, 1963
Box 1 Arensberg—Correspondence not Related to Project, 1964-1965 2 Folders
Box 1 [Arensberg, Charles C.], 1987
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Box 1 [Arensberg, Mrs. Margaret], 1951-1952
Box 1 [Arensberg, Tucker], 1923-1986
Box 1 [Armillas, Ignacio], 1983
Box 1 [Art], 1980 Last name unknown
Box 1 [Arterburn, Yvonne J.], 1977
Box 1 [The Association for Cultural Equity], 1991
Box 1 [Atwood, Mark], 1953-1957
Box 2 B, 1937-1956 2 Folders
Box 2 B—Misc Correspondence, 1957-1963
Box 2 Bales—Small Group Interaction, 1950 An article sent by Robert F. Bales, "A Set of Categories for the Analysis of Small Group Interaction"
Box 2 [Balikci, Asen], 1980
Box 2 Prof. Harold Barger Centennial Committee no. 6, 1952 Information regarding the Bicentennial Celebration of Columbia University
Box 2 Barkin, Solomon, 1956
Box 2 [Baroja, Caro], 1975
Box 2 [Barstow, Alan], 1983
Box 2 Barth, Frederick, 1966-1968
Box 2 [Barlett, Peggy F.], 1992
Box 2 [Basch, Monika], 1956
Box 2 Baumgarten, Prof. Dr., 1952
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Box 2 [Beatty, John], 1960
Box 2 [Belmonte, Thomas], 1984-1986
Box 2 [Benet, Francisco], 1956
Box 2 [Bennett, Linda A.], 1988
Box 2 [Berra, Robert C.], 1980
Box 2 [Bloch, Harriet Lee], 1982, 1988
Box 2 [Bob], 1949 Last name unknown
Box 2 [Bond, Mildred], 1953
Box 2 Prof P. J. Bouman, 1950-1952
Box 2 [Bouquet, Susana], 1956
Box 2 [Bredahl-Petersen, Frederik], 1973
Box 2 [Britan, Gerald M.], 1979-1980 2 Folders
Box 2 Brooklyn College, 1941
Box 2 [Brooklyn College—Associate Professor Status], 1942
Box 2 [Brunel, Ariane], 1961
Box 3 Buchanan-Polanyi New Project: Rockefeller F., 1957 Discussion of a research project with Paul Buchanan and Karl Polanyi
Box 3 [Bumgardner, Chia-ling], 1953
Box 3 [Bureau of Applied Social Research], 1954
Box 3 [Burger, Henry], 1972, 1978 2 Folders
Box 3 [Burger, Dr. Henry G.], 1991
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Box 3 Burling, Temple Cornell Hospital Study, 1952-1954
Box 3 [Burns, Bob], 1954-1957
Box 3 C, 1937-1957
Box 3 C [Correspondence with Graduate Students], 1953-1958
Box 3 [Cambridge University Press], 1978
Box 3 [Catholic University], 1980
Box 3 [Cataldo, Jerry], 1975
Box 3 [Chairetakis, Anna L.], 1991
Box 3 Chalmers IRRA, 1954-1956 William Ellison Chalmers of the Industrial Relations Research Association
Box 3 Chapple, Eliot D., 1942-1947, 1958-1962
Box 3 Chombart de Lauwe—March Visit, 1957 Paul Chombart de Lauwe
Box 3 Clémens, Rene and Rokkan, Stein—International Sociological Association, 1952
Box 3 [Cochrane, Glynn], 1971
Box 3 [Collins, Orvis and June], 1969, 1975 2 Folders
Box 3 [Comitas, Lambros], 1957
Box 3 The Community Study Method 1953 (Am J Soc), 1954 Discussion regarding one of Arensberg's articles for publication in the American Journal of Sociology
Box 3 [Conant, Frank], 1961
Box 3 [Connors, Michael], 1974
Box 4 Cook, Dr. Alice, 1954
Box 4 [Coon, Carleton S.], 1975
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Box 4 [Correspondence], 1957-1958 Various correspondence from the years 1957-1958 that was filed together
Box 4 Correspondence to be Replaced from C-1, D1, 1957, 1973
Box 4 Correspondence—Misc, 1957-1962, 1981
Box 4 ["Cross-Cultural Descriptors and Cultural Evolution" Correspondence], 1976
Box 4 [Curry, Donald], 1975-1981 4 Folders
Box 4 [Curry, Wade], 1984
Box 4 D, 1939-1957, 1968
Box 4 D [Correspondence with Graduate Students], 1953-1957
Box 4 [Dahbany-Miraglia, Dina], 1988
Box 4 [Dalton, Bill], 1973-1975 2 Folders
Box 4 [Dalton, George], 1963-1967 2 Folders
Box 4 [Danna, Jo], 1969
Box 4 [Diamond, Norma], 1984
Box 4 [Dillon, Robert], 1981
Box 4 [Dillon, Wilton S.], 1984
Box 4 [Dillon, Wilton], 1990
Box 4 Ditz, Gerhard, 1950-1951
Box 5 [Doherty, Dr. Victor S.], 1978
Box 5 [Doherty, Victor S.], 1982
Box 5 [Don Donaldo, Egregio], 1986
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Box 5 [Dropsie College], 1957
Box 5 [Dumont, Louis], undated
Box 5 E, 1941-1962
Box 5 May Ebihara, 1982
Box 5 [Eccles, Robert], undated
Box 5 Bob Ehrich Letters & Culture Area Article, 1976
Box 5 [Ehrich, Robert], 1976
Box 5 [Em], 1985 Emily, Arensberg's daughter
Box 5 [Engren, Kristine], 1987
Box 5 Bill Exton—Institute of Human Communication, 1954-1958
Box 5 F, 1942-1959
Box 5 F [Correspondence with Graduate Students], 1953-1958
Box 5 [Fischer, Michael], 1981
Box 5 Merrill Flood—Dr Wright—Inst. Management, 1954-1955
Box 5 [Fortune Magazine], 1942
Box 5 [Fox, Eugenia S.], 1974
Box 6 Fraenkel, Dean, 1979
Box 6 Dr. Peter G. Franck Haverford Research Case Studies in Technical Assistance Graduate Curric. in Soc. + Techn. Res., 1951-1953
Box 6 Frank Hopkins World Futures Society, 1982-1983
Box 6 [Fraser, Thomas], 1960
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Box 6 [Freeman, Ethel], 1959
Box 6 Freilich, Morris, 1957-1958
Box 6 [Frengel-Berra, Robert C.], undated
Box 6 [Fried, Professor Morton], 1960
Box 6 Friedman, Georges Centre d'Etudes Sociologiques, 1951-1952
Box 6 G, 1940-1954
Box 6 [Gallagher, Roger], 1958
Box 6 Gamburd, Gerry [Geraldine], 1972-1973, 1988 3 Folders
Box 6 [Garceau, Oliver], 1979
Box 6 [Garrison Vivian], 1977
Box 6 [Gati, Professor Charles], 1987
Box 6 Glock—Bureau of App. Soc. Res, Columbia U. Chas. Glock—Director, 1950-1951
Box 6 Prof Gluckman, 1950
Box 6 Walter Goldschmidt, 1976-1977
Box 6 [Gonzalez, Nancie L.], 1986
Box 6 [Goodell, Grace], 1976-1987, undated 6 Folders
Box 7 [Goodwin Watson Institute of Union Graduate Schools], 1977
Box 7 Greece—Iraq—Barger—Peristiany, 1961-1963 Communication with John Peristiany about trip to Greece and the Middle East
Box 7 Greece, Prince Peter, 1957
Box 7 [Gregersen, Edgar], 1985-1986
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Box 7 [Groger, Lisa], 1982
Box 7 [G-H] [Correspondence with Graduate Students], 1953-1957
Box 7 H, 1940-1962
Box 7 [Halpern, Barbara and Joel], 1957
Box 7 [Halpern, Joel], 1956-1957, 1980, 1986 4 Folders
Box 8 [Hanchett, Suzanne], 1985
Box 8 [Harrington, Charles], 1984
Box 8 Harvard University Fatigue Laboratory, 1936-1941
Box 8 Harvard University Miscellaneous, 1935-1940
Box 8 Harvard University School of Public Health, 1940
Box 8 Harvard University Press, 1939-1940, 1953
Box 8 [Haskell, Ed], 1936, 1975-1978 2 Folders
Box 8 Haskell, Edward, 1940, 1956, 1984 2 Folders
Box 8 [Haskell, Ed—Geometrized Political Science], 1975 2 Folders
Box 8 [Hauben, Dr. Robert], 1979
Box 8 [Hendel-Sebestyen, Giselle], 1976
Box 8 University of Oslo—Professor Sverre Holm, 1949-1951
Box 8 Dr. Horan's Autism, 1983
Box 8 Hudson, Simon, 1950-1951
Box 8 [Hulett, Robert J.], undated
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Box 8 [H-J Correspondence with Graduate Students], 1953-1959 2 Folders
Box 9 I, 1947-1958
Box 9 [Iberall, Art], 1974-1981 2 Folders
Box 9 Iberall—Yates Article & Systems for Cities, 1980 Fall
Box 9 [Iberall, A], 1982-1986 2 Folders
Box 9 [Iberall and Soodak], 1978 2 Folders
Box 9 Irish Lectures (Public), 1935-1937
Box 9 [Iyengar, Alamelu], 1976
Box 9 J, 1940-1942, 1953
Box 9 [Jacobson, Claire], 1982
Box 9 Johnson, Frederick—American Anthropological Assn., 1951-1952
Box 9 [Jones, Clive], undated
Box 9 [Jones, Delmos], 1983
Box 9-10 [Jordan, Glenn], 1985-1986 2 Folders
Box 10 [Jordan, Richard H.], 1986
Box 10 K, 1936-1961
Box 10 [Kahn, David], 1985
Box 10 [Kaprow, Miriam Lee], 1983-1992 2 Folders
Box 10 Kaslow & Gamst & Chapple, 1986-1987
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Andrew J. Kaslow, Frederick C. Gamst, and Eliot D. Chapple
Box 10 [Kelly], undated A nickname for Arensberg's wife, Vivian Garrison
Box 10 [Keur, D.L.], 1952
Box 10 Kimball, Solon T., 1933-1942, 1950, 1958
Box 10 [Kimball, Solon], 1937, 1980-1981 2 Folders
Box 10 Kimball—Culture & Community Permissions to Reprint Feb '63, 1963 February
Box 10 Kimball—Lloyd Warner Biog, 1978
Box 10 Kimball—Schmidt, 1982
Box 10 Morton Klass, 1957-1958
Box 10 Prof. Dr. René König—Univ. Köln, 1953-1957
Box 10 [König, René], 1958-1960
Box 10 Korn, Ted EDW A. Berk Associates Management Research, 1953-1954
Box 10 Krinkin, 1953
Box 10 [Kuenster, Gail], 1982 2 Folders
Box 11 [K-L Correspondence with Graduate Students], 1952-1957
Box 11 L, 1936-1960
Box 11 [Robert K.] Lamb I. Hometown II. Entrepren., 1950
Box 11 [Landes, Ruth], 1969
Box 11 Walter Laves, 1951
Box 11 [Lawrence], undated
Box 11 [Legasto, Augusto], 1978
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Box 11 Univ. Seminar on Communication—R. Leigh, undated
Box 11 Prof. Alexander Leighton Speech at Cornell, 1950 Spring
Box 11 [Lewis, Herbert S.], 1973
Box 11 Lingnan University, 1936-1938, 1953
Box 11 Scotland Little, Kenneth, 1952
Box 11 Livingston, Prof. Robert Seminar on Organization & Mgt. Dept. of Ind. Engineering, 1952-1957
Box 11 [Lomax, Alan], 1970, 1976-1983, 1991-1992, undated 6 Folders
Box 11 Lomax re: Film Income, 1975
Box 12 Lomax Draft—NEH Roots, 1979
Box 12 Loose Correspondence, 1967
Box 12 [Losche, Diane], 1980
Box 12 Lynch, Owen, 1972-1977
Box 12 M, 1937-1958, 1966
Box 12 [M Correspondence with Graduate Students], 1952-1958
Box 12 [Mabee, Carleton], 1987
Box 12 [MacDonald, John], 1961
Box 12 [MacDonald, John], undated
Box 12 [MacDonald, Prof. John Stuart], 1990
Box 12 [MacKenzie, Murdock], 1986
Box 12 [Macklin, June], 1975
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Box 12 Maclaurin, W. R. (Professor), 1938-1941
Box 12 Macmillan Company, The, 1936-1937, 1946, 1952, 1961
Box 12 [Maloney, Clarence], 1971
Box 12 [Margolies, Louise], 1976
Box 12 [Margolies de Gasparini, L.], 1987
Box 12 [Maruyama, Magoroh], 1981
Box 12 [McDermott, Ray], 1978
Box 13 ME Trip Correspondence, 1956 Middle East Trip
Box 13 Mgt. Mead Letters, Research, 1949
Box 13 [Meg], 1984 Arensberg's daughter
Box 13 [M, Jeffrey], 1985
Box 13 Jeffrey R. Meissner [dissertation], 1986 3 Folders
Box 13 [Meissner, Jeffrey], 1986
Box 13 [Meissner, Jeffrey R.—Letter of Recommendation], 1991
Box 13 Joan Mencher, 1956
Box 13 Middle East Institute, 1956
Box 13-14 Misc. Correspondence, 1935, 1941-1953 4 Folders
Box 14 [Miscellaneous Correspondence], 1943, 1956, 1977-1990
Box 14 M.I.T., 1941
Box 14 [Mitchell, Roy], 1976-1978
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2 Folders
Box 14 [Moffat, Michael], 1980
Box 14 J. M. Mogey Oxford, 1950-1951
Box 14 [Montgomery, John], 1960
Box 14 [Moore, Alexander], 1981-1987 3 Folders
Box 14 [Murray, Charles], 1983
Box 14 N, 1934-1941, 1951-1960, 1966
Box 14-15 [National Anthropological Film Center], 1979 2 Folders
Box 15 [Neugroschl, Seth], undated
Box 15 Arthur Niehoff, 1957
Box 15 [Niehoff, Arthur], 1963, 1992
Box 15 Supernatural Second Editing—Copy Chs I-IV Art Niehoff, 1978
Box 15 [Niehoff, A. H.], 1986-1989 3 Folders
Box 15 Niehoff & Richardson Precis, 1986
Box 15 Norden—Seminar Speech, 1982
Box 15 [Northeastern University Doctoral Program in Sociology], 1966
Box 15 [N-O Correspondence with Graduate Students], 1953-1957
Box 15 O, 1941-1957
Box 15 Old WWII Japan, 1945
Box 15 [Overseas Training and Research, Inc.], undated
Box 15 [Owada, Yasuyuki], 1982
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Box 15 Oxford University Press, 1936-1937, 1951-1954
Box 16 P, 1939-1957, 1963-1966
Box 16 [Partridge, William], 1985
Box 16 British Anthropology—Letters on Behalf of Students—Paterson, 1952
Box 16 T. T. Paterson—Spring Visit, 1957
Box 16 [Paterson, Tom], 1963
Box 16 Personal Correspondence, 1935-1958 2 Folders
Box 16 [Peter, Hollis], 1964
Box 16 [Philpott, Stuart B.], 1988
Box 16 Polanyi Project, 1954
Box 16 [Polley, Richard Brian], 1991
Box 16 Purcell, Betty Exec Sec'y—Soc'y or App. Anth, 1953
Box 16 P-Q [Correspondence with Graduate Students], 1952-1957
Box 16 Q, 1942
Box 16 R, 1935-1958
Box 16 R [Correspondence with Graduate Students], 1952-1958
Box 16 [Raphael, Dana], 1973
Box 16 [Rapoport, Robert], 1960
Box 17 [Requests for Copies of Papers], 1960-1962
Box 17 Reviews & Papers, 1939-1940
Box 17 [Richardson, F], 1942
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Box 17 F. L. W. Richardson, 1977, 1988
Box 17 [Richardson, F. L. W.], 1981-1986 2 Folders
Box 17 [Richardson, Miles], 1969
Box 17 [Richardson, R. B.], 1991
Box 17 Roberts, The European (C & E) Course, 1954-1955
Box 17 [Robinson, Marguerite], 1979
Box 17 Norman S. Buchanan (Rockefeller Foundation) & Janet M. Paine, 1949-1950
Box 17 [Rogers, Claudia], 1976
Box 17 Professor John Rohrer and Prof. Muzafer Sherif University of Oklahoma—1950 —Spring Social Psychology Conference, 1950-1951
Box 17 Research Training Program on Man in the Tropics—Vera Rubin, 1956
Box 17 S, 1937-1966
Box 17 S [Correspondence with Graduate Students], 1952-1958
Box 17 [Salamon, Sonya], 1991
Box 17 [Saran, Prem], 1990
Box 17 [Sargent, Murray], 1986
Box 17 [Schaffner, Bertram], 1972
Box 17 [Schecter, Elaine], 1982-1988 3 Folders
Box 17 [Schecter, Elaine J.], 1986-1989
Box 17 [Schecter, Elaine—Letters of Recommendation], 1991
Box 17 [Scheper-Hughes, Prof Nancy], 1979
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Box 18 [Schmidt, Dwight L.], 1982-1983
Box 18 [Seminars], 1985
Box 18 [Shand, Dr. Nancy], 1983
Box 18 [Shaw, Dr. Frederick], 1974
Box 18 [Smid, Henk], 1980
Box 18 [Sondhi, Krishan], 1970
Box 18 [Sonnenfeld, Jeffrey], 1982
Box 18 Dr. Otto F. Neuloh Prof. Walter Hoffman Sozialforschungstelle, Dortmund, 1952-1958
Box 18 [Spain, Prof. David H.], 1980
Box 18 [Spicer, Edward H.], 1953-1954
Box 18 [Starr, Martin], 1953
Box 18 Stein of Brandeis, undated
Box 18 [Stein, Howard F.], 1986
Box 18 Julian Steward, 1948
Box 18 [Stirn, Hans], undated
Box 18 T, 1940-1945, 1951-1958
Box 18 T [Correspondence with Graduate Students], 1957
Box 18 [Tax, Sol], 1960
Box 18 [Gertrude Taylor and Dr. Alan Smith], 1956-1959
Box 18 [Taylor, Lawrence J.], 1984
Box 18 Tootell, 1984-1986
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Box 18 Tootell, Geoff, 1992
Box 18 [Tootell, Geoff], 1978
Box 19 [Tootell, Geoffrey], 1982-1988 2 Folders
Box 19 Edward Twadell, 1956-1957
Box 19 U, 1935-1941, 1950-1956
Box 19 UNESCO Institute for the Social Sciences, 1952-1956
Box 19 [University of Florida—Book in Honor of Kimball], 1975
Box 19 [University of Rochester Graduate Program in Social Anthropology], 1966
Box 19 [University of the South Pacific], 1970
Box 19 U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1939-1941
Box 19 V, 1941, 1950-1957
Box 19 [Varma, Professor Baidya Nath], 1983
Box 19 [Varma, Baidya Nath], 1988
Box 19 [Vesuvius Crucible Company], 1984
Box 19 [Vogel, Dr. Albert V.], undated
Box 19 [Von Suchenko, Alexandra], 1983
Box 19 W, 1940-1942, 1948-1958
Box 19 W [Correspondence with Graduate Students], 1953-1957
Box 19 [Wadia, Maneck S.], 1960
Box 19 [Wagner, Eleanor], 1975
Box 19 [Walker, Malcolm], 1969
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Box 19 [Warner, Aaron], 1981
Box 19 Warner, William Lloyd (Professor), 1935-1941
Box 19 [Warner, Mrs. W. Lloyd], 1980
Box 19 Weakland, 1952
Box 19 Western Electric Company, 1939
Box 19 [Bill Whyte] Interaction + Organization—Goals + Incentives, 1946
Box 20 Bargaining—Conferencing Ceremonial Group Discussion [Bill Whyte], 1951
Box 20 Bill Whyte, 1953-1956
Box 20 [Whyte, William Foote], 1982-1987 2 Folders
Box 20 Wing, Wilson, M. D. Baltimore, 1963
Box 20 [Winner, Irene], 1969
Box 20 [Winner, Irene Portis], 1973-1979, 1990 3 Folders
Box 20 [Winner, Dr. Irene Portis], 1983
Box 20 [Woodbury, Richard], 1984
Box 20 X-Y-Z, 1938-1941
Box 20 [Yager, Tom], 1978
Box 20 Yenching University, 1936-1942
Box 20 [Young, Dr. James], 1982
Box 20 [Young, James Sterling], 1991
Box 20 [Young, Virginia], 1966, 1979 2 Folders
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Box 20 [Yueh-Hwa, Lin], 1982
Box 20 Zenner—Field Notes, 1958
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Series 2: Writings, 1936-1983 3.83 Linear feet This series contains Arensberg's published articles and papers, notes and drafts, and other scholars' writings annotated by Arensberg.
The series is divided into the following 2 subseries: (2.1) Articles and papers, 1938-1982; (2.2) Annotated materials, 1936-1983.
2.1: Articles and papers, 1938-1982 The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 21 Am. Anth. Article American Communities, undated
Box 21 ["The American Family in the Perspective of Other Cultures"], 1960
Box 21 Anthropology, Economics, and Sociology Drafts, undated
Box 21 [Anthropology and History—Draft] , undated
Box 21 [Anthropology and Human Relations], undated
Box 21 [Assumptions of American Culture], 1954 4 Folders
Box 21 Beh + Org, 1952, undated
Box 21 Behavior and Organization, undated
Box 21 Behavior and Organization, 1952, undated
Box 21 [Behavior and Organization: Industrial Studies], 1951
Box 21 [The Community as Object and as Sample], 1960
Box 21 [The Community as Object and as Sample—Drafts], 1960
Box 22 [American Anthropologist—"The Community as Object and as Sample"], 1961
Box 22 [Community Study: Retrospect and Prospect], 1968 2 Folders
Box 22 ["Cultural Holism Through Interactional Systems"—F. L. W. Richardson's Comments], 1981
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Box 22 ["Cultural Holism Through Interactional Systems"—Draft], undated
Box 22 ["Cultural Holism Through Interactional Systems"—Printed Version], 1981
Box 22 [Cultural Pluralism: A Generalist Approach—Drafts], undated
Box 22 [Cultural Universals Tape Transcripts], 1973
Box 22 [Culture as Behavior: Structure and Emergence—Draft], 1972
Box 22 [Annual Review of Anthropology—"Culture as Behavior: Structure & Emergence"], 1972
Box 22 [Culture and Community—Review], undated
Box 22 [Culture of Community—Publishing Agreement], 1954
Box 22 [Culture, Human Societies and Modal Personalities—Drafts], 1975, undated 3 Folders
Box 22 Current Schoeffler, 1955-1959
Box 22-23 [Decision-Making from the Anthropological Point of View—Drafts], undated 3 Folders
Box 23 [Die Gemeinde als Objekt und als Paradigma], 1961
Box 23 Early Papers, 1954, 1960
Box 23 Event Analysis, Structural Process, and Hierarchy Theory, 1975
Box 23 [Event Analysis, Structural Process, and Hierarchy Theory—Draft] , 1975
Box 23 [Feedback into Cultural Evolution and Hierarchy Theory—Draft], 1975
Box 23 ["Feedback into Theory"—Book Outline], 1975
Box 23 [Feedback into Theory from Industrial and Development Studies], undated
Box 23 [Generalizing Anthropology—Drafts], undated 2 Folders
Box 23 [Generalizing Anthropology Draft/AAA Presidential Address Notes], undated
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Box 23 "Generalizing Anthropology: The Recovery of Holism" Complete, 1979 September
Box 23 [Generalizing Anthropology—Huebel Edited Version], 1977
Box 23 Generalizing Anthropology—Spring Hill Conference Paper—Corrected Copy, 1976
Box 24 [Generalizing Anthropology: The Recovery of Holism—Spring Hill Conference Paper], 1976
Box 24 [Homeokinetic Physics of Societies—Printed Version], undated
Box 24 [Homeokinetic Physics of Societies], 1980-1981, undated 2 Folders
Box 24 [Homeokinetic Physics of Societies—Draft], 1979, undated 2 Folders
Box 24 Human Relations—Intro Outline = Field and Problems, 1951
Box 24 [Interdisciplinary Project: Economic Aspects of Institutional Growth], 1954-1955 3 Folders
Box 25 [Ireland Book Chapter—Familism and Social Stratification], undated
Box 25 [Irish Familism—Irishtown], undated
Box 25 Leadership Article June 1970, 1967-1970
Box 25 Lomax-Arensberg Rough Copy, undated
Box 25 Lomax Preface, 1967 Preface for Alan Lomax's Song and Culture
Box 25 Mechanical Engineering, 1938-1940
Box 25 A Method for the Analysis of Social Interaction, undated
Box 25 Nonindustrial Systems, undated
Box 25 [The Old World Peoples: The Place of European Cultures in World Ethnography], 1963
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Box 25 [Organizing in a new Perspective], undated
Box 25 Paper Chapel Hill (Ind. Soc.) 1947?, undated
Box 25 Pequot Mills Strikes—Dynamic Systems, undated
Box 25 Arensberg + Tootell—Plant Sociology, undated
Box 25 [Plant Sociology: Real Discoveries and New Problems], undated
Box 26 [Current Anthropology—Replies to CA Commentators], 1977
Box 26 The Second Peopling: The Americas. Smithsonian W15 June 1977 Original Drafts & Extras, 1977
Box 26 Social Science Book Plan, undated
Box 26 [Sol Kimball: Anthropologist of our America], 1982
Box 26 [Some Applications of Behavioral Research—Review], 1959
Box 26 [Song and Cultures—Preface], 1967
Box 26 [The Teaching of Subject Courses in Anthropology], 1961
Box 26 [The Theoretical Feedback of Industrial and Developmental Studies], 1975
Box 26 [Theoretical Feedback of Industrial and Developmental Studies—Edits], undated
Box 26 [Two Fields of new Experience for Anthropology], undated
Box 26 ["Upgrading Peasant Agriculture: Is Tradition a Snag?"], 1967
Box 26 [U.S.-Iran Crisis: Interdisciplinary Analysis for Policy-makers, Scientists, Engineers], undated 2 Folders
Box 26 [Work and the Changing American Scene], 1957
Box 26 [A Worldwide Evolutionary Classification of Cultures by Subsistence Systems], 1977
2.2: Annotated materials, 1938-1983
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This subseries consists of colleagues' drafts and published works. Arensberg either annotated them out of interest in the subject or upon request from the author for advice.
The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 27 [Adaptation, Function, Selection in Cultural and Biological Evolution], 1960
Box 27 "American Communities", undated
Box 27 [American Journal of Sociology volume 82, no. 5], 1977
Box 27 [Anthropology and the Distinction Between Non-Literate and Literate Society], 1960
Box 27 [Contributions to Indian Sociology], 1966
Box 27 [Criteria for an Ethnographically Adequate Description of Activities], 1976-1977
Box 27 [Cultural Transmission and the Evolution of Cooperative Behavior], 1980
Box 27 [Current Anthropology volume 6, no. 3], 1965
Box 27 [Current Anthropology volume 19, no. 1], 1978
Box 27 [Cybernetic Anthropology a la Conrad Arensberg via Roy Mitchell], undated
Box 27 Diagrammatics of Minimal Sequences, undated 2 Folders
Box 28 [The Family System of the Iban of Borneo], 1957
Box 28 Fitchburg—The Community, undated
Box 28 Fitchburg Methods and Analysis, 1938-1941
Box 28 Foreword to Mort Klass's Amity + Letters, undated
Box 28 [The Hindu Joint Family: The Norms and the Numbers], undated
Box 28 [Immigrants, Native Sons and Mental Illness], 1958
Box 28 Manuscript: "Industry and Community" Published AJS 1942, undated
Box 28 [Interaction: Method and Theory], undated
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Box 28 [Interaction and Social Structure], 1973
Box 28 [Journal of Anthropological Research volume 35, no. 2], 1979
Box 28 Kimball Book—Eddy, Burnett Eds. App. Anth, 1975-1976 2 Folders
Box 28 [Knowledge, Experience, and Action], 1969
Box 29 [Marriage, Family, and Society—The Nayars], 1971
Box 29 [The Mondragon System of Worker Production Cooperatives], 1977
Box 29 [Organizing for Agricultural Development], 1975
Box 29 [The Origin, Character, and Decline of an Early Civilization], 1967
Box 29 [Quantitative Methods in Social Psychology], 1936
Box 29 [Science volume 163, No. 3868], 1969
Box 29 [Science volume 218, no. 4573], 1982
Box 29 [The Sciences], 1980-1983 2 Folders
Box 29 Scientific Method, undated
Box 29 [Sex and Culture], 1947
Box 29 [The Shifting Role of Class in Political Attitudes and Behavior], 1957
Box 29 [Social Networks and Social Structure], 1975
Box 29 [Social Mobility in Hindu India], undated
Box 29 [Social Physics], 1978, undated 2 Folders
Box 29 [Southwestern Journal of Anthropology volume 15, no. 3], 1959
Box 29 [Southwestern Journal of Anthropology volume 22, no. 3], 1966
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Box 29 [Stratification, Pluralism and Interaction], 1967
Box 29 [Structure and Process in Social Relations], 1949
Box 30 [Talk, Work and Action], 1961
Box 30 [Through Indian Eyes], 1982
Box 30 [Tribes, States, and Transformations], undated
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Series 3: Research files, 1931-1984 2.83 Linear feet This series contains the records of Arensberg's research projects and consultancy positions.
The series is arranged into the following 6 subseries: (3.1) Ireland, 1931-1958; (3.2) India, 1964-1970; (3.3) Germany, 1949-1955; (3.4) Linguistica, 1949-1984; (3.5) Consultancy projects, 1937-1981; (3.6) Trips, 1951-1956.
3.1: Ireland, 1931-1958 This subseries documents Arensberg's research in Ireland as part of the Harvard Irish Mission in the early 1930s. As part of the social anthropology team, Arensberg was one of the first anthropologists to study modern industrial cultures during this trip. His focus was on rural life in County Clare. This work resulted in his doctoral dissertation and the publication of two books and various articles. It influenced anthropologists to study modern industrial societies. The diaries, correspondence, and notes in this subseries are photocopies.
The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 30 Diaries, undated 2 Folders
Box 30 [Economic Anthropology], undated
Box 30 [Field Notes for Classroom Use], 1937
Box 30 Ireland (Correspondence), 1933-1937, 1949
Box 30 [Ireland Notes and Letters], 1938-1940
Box 30 Ireland (Miscellaneous Material) [Notes and Letters], 1931-1938
Box 31 [The Irish Countryman—Review], 1938
Box 31 [Irish Countryman Reviews], 1941, 1936-1938
Box 31 [Letters about Ireland—A.D. Chandler], 1958
Box 31 [Letters—Eliot Chapple and Solon Kimball], 1938, 1936
Box 31 [Letters to Peggie from County Clare], 1934
Box 31 [Match-making in Clare], 1938
Box 31 [A Study in Rural Life in Ireland as Determined by the Functions and Morphology of the Family—Dissertation Draft], undated
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Box 31 Theoretical Formulations, 1936
Box 31 The Todas, undated
3.2: India, 1964-1970 This subseries documents Arensberg's role as the Principal Investigator for the India Community Studies Project in the 1960s. He spent the year in India during 1964. His NIH grant proposal and final report are included.
The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 31 [India Notes and Papers], 1969-1970
Box 32 India Project—Papers from India, 1964 May
Box 32 [Terminal Progress Report—"Cultural Stabilities under Partial Industrialization in India"], 1970 2 Folders
Box 32 Village and Social Structure in Transition—NIH Proposal, 1966
3.3: Germany, 1949-1955 In the early 1950s Arensberg served as UNESCO's Research Director for the Institute for the Social Sciences in Cologne, Germany. This subseries contains his correspondence, notes, and work from that time.
The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 32 F. J. Brand [Germany], 1949
Box 32 Brepohl [Germany], 1950
Box 32 Bureau of Applied Social Research [Germany], 1949-1951
Box 32 Extra—Dortmund [Germany], 1950
Box 32 Havighurst, Robert J. [Germany], 1949-1950
Box 32 Hofman, W. H. Correspondence [Germany], 1949-1951
Box 32 Hughes, E. C. Correspondence [Germany], 1949-1950
Box 32 Hurwitz, Mitchell (Job Applications) [Germany], 1949
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Box 32 Jantke Correspondence [Germany], 1950-1951
Box 32 Lecture, Proposal, Notes on Community Study, Dortmund, [Germany], 1950
Box 32 [Lowenthal, Dan] [Germany], 1950
Box 32 Manuscripts—Sozialforschung, Dortmund [Germany], 1950
Box 32 Dr. Wilhelm Mitze [Germany], 1950
Box 32 Neuloh [Germany], 1950
Box 32 Purcell [Germany], 1950
Box 33 Max Ralis [Germany], 1950
Box 33 Sabath [Germany], 1950
Box 33 [UNESCO Active Files—Germany], 1950 2 Folders
Box 33 [UNESCO Institute for Social Sciences—Germany], 1950-1955 3 Folders
3.4: Linguistica, 1949-1984 While at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Arensberg began a project that he called "Linguistica." Although it is difficult to determine the nature of this project based on the records, it appears that Arensberg was conducting a study in linguistics. This subseries contains his notes.
The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 33 Center Year 1959-1960 Linguistica Miscellanea [Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences], undated
Box 34 Linguistica, 1949-1950, 1968-1969
Box 34 [Linguistica Notes], 1980, undated 3 Folders
Box 34 Miscellaneous from "Linguistica" Drawer, 1980-1984
Box 34 Linguistics, undated 2 Folders
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3.5: Consultancy projects, 1937-1981 This subseries documents Arensberg's role as a consultant for various organizations.
The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 35 American Psychiatric Association Consultation, 1973
Box 35 Bureau of the Budget—Spencer Platt—Plans, 1947
Box 35 GE/Schoeffler Drafts, 1957
Box 35 GE/Schoeffler Manuscript Drafts, 1957
Box 35 General Radio Co. Data, 1939-1940, undated 3 Folders
Box 35 Drafts—General Radio, undated
Box 35 G. R. Co. Charts, 1939
Box 36 G. R. Co. Interviews, 1939
Box 36 G. R.—Report before Correction, undated
Box 36 General Radio—Full Final Copy, undated
Box 36 Group Dynamics and Participation, undated
Box 36 [Iran Project], 1981
Box 36 Rejection by Konopka [Iran Project], 1981
Box 36 Kinship 1952 Kinship Systematics, undated
Box 36 Soc. Inst. Kinship—1930 Kinship stuff based on Todas—begin of Geometric- Algebraic Scheme, undated
Box 36-37 [Bibliographic Cards—Polanyi Project], 1957 3 Folders
Box 37 Proposed Research Plans and Experimental Ideas, 1937
Box 37 S. America—A & M, 1941
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Box 37 South America Venture, 1940-1941
Box 37 [Sabbatical Plans], 1968
Box 37 Scanlon Plan (MIT), 1951
Box 37 Soc. Inst. Religion + Ceremonial, undated
Box 37 [A Study of Leadership Structure in Selected Astoria and Sunnyside Blocks], 1947
Box 37 Surveys and Results Michigan—Katz, Bakke, undated
3.6: Trips, 1951-1956 This subseries documents a few of Arensberg's research trips during the 1950s.
The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 37 Greensberg-Kepler Lewis-Williams Trips, 1951-1952
Box 37 [Greece], 1956
Box 37 ME Expenses, 1956 Summer Middle East trip
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Series 4: Professional activities, 1933-1990 This series contains records of Arensberg's involvement in professional organizations and his attendance of seminars and workshops from his days in the Society of Fellows at Harvard through his retirement. Document types include speeches given at conferences and seminars, correspondence, reports, pamphlets, meeting notes, and transcripts of conference proceedings.
The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 38 [American Anthropological Association, Discussant], 1974
Box 38 War [American Anthropological Association], 1940
Box 38 [American Anthropological Association—Abstracts of the 84th Annual Meeting], 1985
Box 38 [American Anthropological Association—President's Breakfast], 1990
Box 38 [AAA Presidential Address], 1980
Box 38 1980 Pres'l Address—One Draft Copy, 1980
Box 38 [Cultural Holism Through Interactional Systems—Draft], undated
Box 38 Incomplete Copy of Typed Ms. Presidential 1980 Cultural Holism and Interactional Systems Jan 5, 1981, undated
Box 38 1980 Presidential Address Third Copy Final and Fourth Copy before Bibliography, undated
Box 38 [American Anthropological Association—Executive Board Report], 1976
Box 38 [AAA Annual Meeting 1975—Abstract], 1974-1975
Box 38 [AAA 1975 Meeting—Symposium: "Trends, Patterns, and Developments in…"], 1975
Box 38 AAA & ASA Meetings—Symposia on "Community", 1948 December 27-30
Box 38 Swidler AAA, 1975-1976 Correspondence with Warren Swidler regarding an AAA session
Box 38 [American Anthropologist—Review of Manuscript], 1985
Box 38 [Report to the American Council of Learned Societies], undated
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Box 38 Arensberg—Platform AAAS Statement, 1980
Box 39 [American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting], 1976
Box 39 [Anthropological Film Research Institute], 1980
Box 39 Am. Sociological Assn. Sociology and the World View, 1951 September 5-7
Box 39 Bureau of Applied Social Research, 1953
Box 39 [Bureau of Applied Social Research—List of Publications], 1952
Box 39 [Bureau of Applied Social Research—Historical Review], undated
Box 39 [Bureau of Applied Social Research—Newsletter], 1963
Box 39 Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1959-1960
Box 39 [Community Development and National Change Conference], 1957
Box 40 [Community Development and National Change Conference--Papers], 1957
Box 40 [Institute for Development Anthropology], 1983-1990 2 Folders
Box 40 [The Institute for Nonverbal Communication Research], 1980
Box 40 [Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy], 1989
Box 40 Kinship, 1962
Box 40 [Kinship], undated
Box 40 ["Mainstream South" Symposium], 1976
Box 40 [Medical Anthropologists], 1968
Box 40 [Middle East Studies Association—Twelfth Annual Meeting], 1978
Box 40-41 [MIT Conferences—Drafts], 1938-1940 3 Folders
Box 41 [MIT Conferences—Transcript], 1938
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2 Folders
Box 41 New York Academy of Sciences Talk, 1946 November 18
Box 41 SAM Talk Baltimore [Society for the Advancement of Management], 1947 November 11
Box 41 Saturday—Sem. Pol. Beh SSRC, 1951 December 1
Box 41 Social Science Research Council 1956 Summer Interuniversity Seminar, 1954-1956
Box 41 [Society for Applied Anthropology], 1990
Box 42 [Society for Applied Anthropology—Meeting Report], 1943
Box 42 Society of Fellows Special Anthropological Papers, 1937-1942
Box 42 Society of Fellows Pareto, 1933
Box 42 Society of Fellows Linguistics, undated
Box 42 [Southern Asian Institute], 1990
Box 42 [Spring Hill Conference—Report], 1977
Box 42 [Spring Hill Conference Note Cards], undated
Box 42 [Spring Hill Conference—Participants and Program of Events], 1976
Box 42 Spring Hill—Notes from, undated
Box 42 Spring Hill—Correspondence and Progress Reports, 1974-1979
Box 42 [Spring Hill Conference—American Cultural and Social Anthropology], 1976
Box 42 [Spring Hill Conference—Publication of Discussions], 1979
Box 42-43 American Social and Cultural Anthropology, Past and Future: Proceedings of the Conference at Spring Hill Volume Two—Spring Hill Conference Center Wayzata, Minnesota, 1976 October 3 Folders
Box 43 WAPA, undated
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Washington Association of Professional Anthropologists
Box 43 Wenner-Gren and Writings [Kinship Seminar], 1966 2 Folders
Box 43 [Workshop in Economic Anthropology], 1959
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Series 5: Teaching files, 1938-1983 11.6 Linear feet This series contains Arensberg's files from his years as a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brooklyn College, Barnard College, and Columbia University. Throughout his extensive career in the university setting, Arensberg developed and refined many courses, advised numerous doctoral candidates, and engaged in intellectual endeavors with his colleagues through attending Columbia University seminars.
Each subseries represents a course topic Arensberg taught over the years in various forms. The bulk of material consists of resources Arensberg gathered for his classes.
Materials in this series consist of articles, papers, bibliographies, lecture notes, reading lists, assignments, exams, correspondence, meeting minutes, project proposals, and course syllabi.
The series is divided into the following 11 subseries: (5.1) Applied Anthropology, 1953-1976; (5.2) Urban Anthropology, 1964-1977; (5.3) The People of the United States, 1946, undated; (5.4) Ethnic Groups, 1938-1961; (5.5) Peoples of the Old World-Europe and the Middle East, 1952-1979; (5.6) Peoples of the Old World-India and Asia, 1952-1979; (5.7) Community Studies in Complex Cultures, 1948-1977; (5.8) Industrial Society, 1938-1980; (5.9) Political Anthropology, 1955-1979; (5.10) Seminars, 1950-1983; (5.11) General, 1938-1979, undated.
The grades of Arensberg's students are restricted.
5.1: Applied Anthropology, 1953-1976 This subseries contains materials related to Arensberg's courses on applied anthropology, a strong subject for him considering his work applying anthropology to solve practical problems.
The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 44 AAA—India—Manual, 1957 An agricultural study—"Blunders with Bolsas"
Box 44 Course 192 Soc C and Applied Anthro [Articles and Notes], 1961-1976
Box 44 [Articles about Fieldwork], 1960
Box 44 [Articles for Applied Course], undated
Box 44 [Bibliographies], 1964-1969
Box 44 Course 192 Soc C and Applied Anthro, undated [Bibliographies and Notes]
Box 44 Further Students' and Colleagues Biblios, 1965-1973 2 Folders
Box 45 Anth 192 Applied Old Biblios, 1953-1957
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Box 45 Bibliography Anthro G4192y, 1963 February, undated
Box 45 [Community Development], 1955, 1967, 1973
Box 45 [Community Development—Case Studies], 1963, undated 3 Folders
Box 45 192 Essays, 1958-1960, 1967
Box 45 Kimball Book, 1954-1956 Solon T. Kimball's "Problems of Studying American Culture" and other papers collected for class use
Box 46 Course 192 Soc C and Applied Anthro [Notes], undated
Box 46 [Notes and Bibliographies], 1956-1958
Box 46 Course 192 Soc C and Applied Anthro [Course outline and notes], 1961
Box 46 1968—Older Outlines and Fragments, 1963-1965
Box 46 Applied Anth Papers, 1964, 1971
Box 46 [Papers about Applied Anthropology], undated
Box 46 Papers for 192 Applied, undated
Box 46 192—Development—Papers—Overflow, 1957
Box 46 [Technical Assistance Papers], 1974
Box 47 [Applied Anthropology Projects], 1973-1976
Box 47 [Reading Lists], 1966
Box 47 [Applied Anthro Reading Lists], 1966
Box 47 [G4192 Applied Anthropology—Reading Lists], undated
Box 47 [G4192x Cultural Change and Applied Anthropology—Reading List], undated
5.2: Urban Anthropology, 1964-1977 This subseries contains materials related to Arensberg's courses on urban anthropology.
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The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 47 [Man's Movement and his City], 1968
Box 47 [Notes], undated
Box 47 [Social Stratification], 1970-1974
Box 47 Sociology 33 Urban Studies, undated
Box 47 [Urban Anthropology Essays and Reading Lists], 1964-1969, 1976
Box 47 [Urban Anthropology—Papers], 1968-1969
Box 47 [Urban Anthropology Papers/Essays], 1970-1976
Box 48 Urban Bibliographies, 1977
Box 48 Urban-Rural Communities, undated
5.3: The People of the United States, 1946, undated This subseries contains materials related to Arensberg's course "The People of the United States," which focused on the diversity of the country's ethnic groups as well as on American culture.
The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 48 Course 134 American Ethnic Groups, undated
Box 48 Ethnic Bibliographies, undated
Box 48 [Ethnicity Papers], 1946
Box 48 [People of the United States Bibliographies], undated
Box 48 [The People of the United States—Bibliographies], undated
Box 48 Soc-Anthro 13 Brooklyn College—Ethnic Groups in the US, undated
Box 48 [Sociology 34 Bibliographies], undated
5.4: Ethnic Groups, 1938-1961
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This subseries contains materials that relate to either Arensberg's "People of the United States" course or a version of his "Peoples of the Old World" course. Stored together, these files contain resources about various ethnic groups.
The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 49 Arabs, 1953
Box 49 Americans—Gen. Mixed Amer. NE and MidW, undated
Box 49 Caucasus, undated
Box 49 Chinese, 1954-1956
Box 49 Class, Caste, undated
Box 49 Crime, Vice, Suicide, undated
Box 49 Druzes, undated
Box 49 [Finland], 1953
Box 49 [France], 1957
Box 49 [Germans], undated
Box 49 Greece, 1956
Box 49 [Romani], undated Arensberg used the term "Gypsies" to refer to the Romani/Roma people
Box 49 [Huguenots], undated
Box 49 [Iceland], 1954
Box 49 India, 1956, undated 2 Folders
Box 49 Iran, undated
Box 49 Irish, 1954
Box 50 Italians—Southern, 1956-1957
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Box 50 Japanese, 1954
Box 50 Jewish, 1946, 1961
Box 50 Lapps, undated
Box 50 Lebanon, undated
Box 50 Mead-Benedict: Res in Contemp Cultures, 1947-1951
Box 50 Benedict-Mead—C. U. Research on Contemp. Europ. Cultures General + Administrative, 1947-1954
Box 50 [Mexico], undated
Box 50 Muslims, 1955
Box 50 National Character, 1953-1957
Box 50 [Negro], 1940
Box 50 [Shipbuilding in a New England Shipyard], 1938
Box 50 [Poland], undated
Box 50 Soc. Inst. Professions, Guilds, Trades, undated
Box 50 Russians, undated
Box 50 [Scotland], 1955
Box 50 Cliques, Small Groups, undated
Box 50 Social Theory, undated
Box 50 [Somalia], undated
Box 50 [Southeast Asia], 1956
Box 50 Sweden, undated
Box 50 Swiss, undated
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Box 50 [Turkey], undated
5.5: Peoples of the Old World—Europe and the Middle East, 1952-1979 This subseries contains materials from many different classes that were all called "Peoples of the Old World." The classes focused on different areas of the world; Europe, the Middle East, or Europe and the Middle East combined.
The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 51 [161 Family Stuff], 1960 Article about kinship in Japan
Box 51 161 Exams [Middle Eastern Course], 1958
Box 51 [163 Mid E & Europe—The Mormon and Texan Communities], undated
Box 51 [American Sociological Review volume 25, no. 3], 1960
Box 51 Anthrop R163 But Not 121, 1960-1961 Papers about culture and language
Box 51 [Articles for Middle East Course], 1974-1976
Box 51 Atlantic Fringe, 1957
Box 51 [Bibliographies and Reading Lists], 1952-1976 3 Folders
Box 51 East + Central Europe Country Bibliographies, undated
Box 52 [Middle East + Europe Bibliographies], 1963-1976
Box 52 [Peoples of the Old World: Europe—Bibliographies], undated
Box 52 Burton Benedict & Fr. Benet [Middle East Bibliography], undated
Box 52 The Circumalpine Climax: Communes, Bourgs and the Three Estates, 1958-1960
Box 52 The Circumalpine Climax: Communes, Bourgs and the Three Estates, 1952-1967
Box 52 [G4163 Comparative Institutions and Cultural Universals], 1952-1967
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Box 52 Course 161 OWP Mid E + Europe—General Biblio, Problems, Questions, 1973
Box 52 Course Lists Anth 166, 1956
Box 52-53 [Essays and Notes], 1955-1979 5 Folders
Box 53 Fischer at Harvard, 1977
Box 53 Iran and Afghanistan, 1969-1978 2 Folders
Box 53 [R163—Kinship Systems], 1962
Box 53 Lindholm, Charles—Pakistan, undated
Box 53 Manuscripts about the Middle East, 1965-1971
Box 53 Marginals and Nomads (Specialists), 1957-1966
Box 54 The Med-Levantine Hilltop Villages, Latifundia, and the Two-Class System, 1959-1965 2 Folders
Box 54 M East Culture Area, 1976
Box 54 [Muhtasib Article], 1977
Box 54 Nomads, 1972-1974
Box 54 G4166 OWP: Central + Eastern Europe, 1956-1957
Box 54 G4161 OWP: Middle East + Europe, 1956
Box 54 OWP—The Middle East Old Biblios as "Source List", 1962-1975
Box 54 [Papers about the Middle East], 1966, undated
Box 55 [People of the Old World—Papers], 1956-1962
Box 55 [Peasantry], 1967
Box 55 The Plain, undated
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Box 55 [Anthropology 163—Comparative Institutions and the Universals of Culture— Reading List], undated
Box 55 [People of the Old World—Reading Lists], 1965-1975
Box 55 [People of the Old World—Middle East—Reading Lists], 1955-1956, 1970-1976
Box 55 [G4166y Reserve List], 1971
Box 55 [Anth G4166x Old World Peoples: Europe—Source List], undated
Box 55 [Student Papers—Europe], 1972
Box 55 [Traditional Europe: A Study in Anthropology and History], 1971
Box 55 Turkey and Urbanization, 1969-1977
Box 55 Wazen, 1969
Box 56 Villages of the Plains (and the Hilly Flanks), 1957-1965
Box 56 Yemen and Moroccan, 1972-1976 2 Folders
5.6: Peoples of the Old World—India and Asia, 1952-1979 Like Subseries 5.5, this subseries contains materials from classes called "Peoples of the Old World." However, these classes were primarily on India, with some focus on Asia as a whole.
The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 56 [All-India Sociological Conference], 1969
Box 56 [Bibliographies], 1955, 1964
Box 56 [Iran and India Bibliography], 1960-1963
Box 56 India Biblio Sources and Notes, 1957-1961
Box 56 Peoples of the Old World: Iran through India—Biblios , 1952-1956
Box 57 India [Bibliographic Cards], undated
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Box 57 [Civilization of India Syllabus], 1965-1967
Box 57 [Courses on South and Southeast Asia], 1966-1967
Box 57 [Indian Parliamentary Elections], 1977
Box 57 [The Languages of India circa 1921], undated
Box 57 [Notes], 1968, 1979
Box 57 [Organizations in India], undated
Box 57 G4162 OWP: Iran through India, 1956-1971
Box 57 [India Papers], undated
Box 57-58 [Papers about India] , 1953-1976 5 Folders
Box 58 [Publications—India], undated
Box 58 [South Asia: An Introductory Bibliography], 1962
Box 58 [Village Studies], 1965
5.7: Community Studies in Complex Cultures, 1948-1977 This subseries contains materials related to Arensberg's courses on community studies, one of his areas of specialization.
The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 58 173 Outline, 1952-1955
Box 59 173—The Full New Outline, 1952, 1960-1961
Box 59 Biblios on Community 1977 Overflow, 1976
Box 59 [Community Studies Bibliographies], 1948
Box 59 [Course G4173 Community Studies in Complex Cultures—Bibliographies], 1977-1978
Box 59 Old Biblios—Community, undated
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Box 59 Communities II Congregational Villages, undated
Box 59 Community. Class Recruitment, 1951
Box 59 G4173x Community Studies in Complex Cultures, undated
Box 59 Community Studies Course 173, 1950-1954
Box 59 Community Studies Course G4173, undated
Box 59 G4163x Comparative Insts + Universals of Culture, 1967
Box 59 Course 173 Community Studies, 1960-1961
Box 60 [Essays for Community Class], 1961, 1976
Box 60 Freilich, Morris "Community", undated
Box 60 [Latin American Communities], 1961
Box 60 [Papers on Community], 1970-1972
Box 60 [Papers on Settlement and Cultivation], 1961, 1971
Box 60 [Community Studies—Readings], 1977
Box 60 [G4173x Community Studies in Complex Cultures Reading Lists], undated
Box 60 [Course C3901x Reading List], 1971
Box 60 [G4173y Reserve Reading List], 1977
Box 60 [Rural Ireland], 1961
Box 60 Sociology 33 V The Metropolitan Complex, undated
Box 60 Urban-Rural: Communities: Baroque Cities—County Seats + Market Towns, undated
Box 60 Urban-Rural: Communities: Milltowns The Factory + The Slums, undated
Box 60 Urban-Rural—Metropolitan Regions: Exploded, Segregated Mass Cities, 1950
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5.8: Industrial Sociology, 1938-1980 This subseries contains materials related to Arensberg's courses on industrial sociology.
The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 60 320 [Ind. Psych.—Notes], undated
Box 60 [Anthropology and Social Psychology], 1960-1961
Box 61 Industrial Sociology Bibliographies, 1940-1950
Box 61 Case Materials 319 320, undated
Box 61 Course 198 (51-52?), undated
Box 61 Course 198 [Sociology of Industry], 1949-1950
Box 61 Course Notes, undated
Box 61 Course Notes—Ind. Soc. 137 + 138, undated
Box 61 Course Notes Industrial Sociology (#197 + #198), 1947-1948
Box 61 Course Ec 95-96 and Ec 82 or Ec 81, undated
Box 61 ED Smith—"Techn and Labor"—e, Engineers Staff Line, 1949-1950
Box 61 Empirical Studies [G8320y], undated
Box 61 Flood, Merrill Flood's Institute, 1956
Box 61 Ind. Soc. Outlines: First Half Complete + Partial 197, undated
Box 61 [Industrial Studies in Social Science], undated
Box 61 [Interaction Theory], 1955-1960
Box 61 Interaction Theory—Bales, Homans, undated
Box 62 Jones and Lawton—Small Group Interaction, undated
Box 62 [161—Kinship in Japan], 1960
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Box 62 Leadership Executive Beh.—Theories, undated
Box 62 Lecture on Sociology and Symbolism, undated
Box 62 MIT Accessions—Lists and Articles References for Soc Ind Use, 1938-1951 2 Folders
Box 62 Old 197 Outlines Sociology of Industry First Half, undated
Box 62 Peter Blau Govt. Bur. Small Gp., 1951
Box 62 [Power Relations in Bureaucratic Organizations], 1959
Box 62 [G8320y Usable Theory—Reading List], undated
Box 62 G8320y 1979-1980 Reserve Lists to be Distributed, 1979-1980
Box 62 [Social Organization 141], undated
Box 62 Sociology 197 First Half Year, undated
Box 62-63 [Sociology of Industry], 1949-1957 2 Folders
Box 63 Sociometrics—Bauelas Alternate Theories, undated
Box 63 Speech for Cohen + Livingston Industrial Eng. Seminar, undated
Box 63 Syllabus, Biblios, etc for Soc. of Ind + "Behavior + Organization," (1957), undated
Box 63 Systems Analysis—Organization Theory, undated
Box 63 [Theory Notes], 1959
Box 63 Theory Fragments—Kinship, undated
Box 63 Thurber Plan [Research and Training in the Institutional Process Developments], 1955-1959 2 Folders
5.9: Political Anthropology, 1955-1979 This subseries contains materials related to Arensberg's courses on political anthropology.
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The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 63 [African Age Groups], undated
Box 63 [Articles and Papers] , 1958-1959, 1966-1975 3 Folders
Box 64 Bibliographies, 1961-1966, 1973
Box 64 G4121x (Political Anthro) Bibliographies '58-'68, 1961-1968
Box 64 [Political Anthropology Bibliographies], 1978-1979
Box 64 Course Materials for Political Anthro, 1966, 1972
Box 64 Discards 1970 Use for Case Analysis, undated
Box 64 [Feudalism and Nation States], 1955-1957
Box 65 Monarchies—Kingships and Circuit Riding Kings, 1959
Box 65 Oriental Despotism and Prebendary Bureaucracy, 1955, 1961
Box 65 Papers/Notes for Annotation, undated
Box 65 Political Anth 121 [Notes], undated
Box 65 Political Anthro Crs F4121x Fall, 1968
Box 65 G4121x Political Anthro Spring 1961, Fall 1966, 1961-1966
Box 65 Political Anthropology Course G4121x, 1956, 1968
Box 65 Sections of 121, 1966
Box 65 Sources for Political Anthropology, 1971, undated 2 Folders
Box 66 Tribal Evidence: Chiefs, Councils, and Acephalous Societies, 1960
Box 66 Vidich and Bensman, undated Article about social and economic class in rural community
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5.10: Seminars, 1950-1983 This subseries contains materials related to Columbia University seminars, where faculty members from a variety of disciplines met to discuss issues related to the topic of the seminar.
The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 66 [Bureau of Applied Social Research—Seminars], 1954
Box 66 Ford Foundation—Grant $4250 (1956+): Structural Models, 1956
Box 66 Ind Eng Seminar on Org., 1950-1951 2 Folders Industrial Engineering Seminar on Organization
Box 66 [Institute for Research in the Management of Industrial Production], 1955-1956
Box 66 [Joint Seminar on India], 1951
Box 66 Libresco, 1953
Box 66-67 Livingston, 1950-1954 3 Folders Industrial engineering professor who ran the industrial engineering seminar
Box 67 Org Seminar, 1950-1953
Box 67 Professor Robert Livingston—Industrial Engineering, 1950-1951
Box 67 Seminar Organization and Management, Speech Dec 1979, 1979 December
Box 67 [Seminar on the Middle East], 1973
Box 67 [Seminar on Pre-Industrial Areas], 1973
Box 67 [Seminar on Social Anthropology—Notes], undated
Box 67 [Seminar on Social Anthropology—Reading List], 1980
Box 67 [Seminar on Southern Asia], 1968
Box 67 [Social Anthropology and Behavioral Sciences Seminar Transcription], 1979 2 Folders
Box 67 [University Seminar Minutes], 1982-1983
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Box 67 [University Seminar on Peace], 1979
Box 67 [Columbia University Seminar on Technology & Social Change], 1983
5.11: General, 1938-1979, undated This subseries contains materials from Arensberg's years as a professor that were not obviously from a specific class, such as unlabeled bibliographies.
The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 68 I General Readings, undated
Box 68 II Marginals, Survivors + Nomads, undated
Box 68 III Atlantic Fringe, undated
Box 68 IV Villagers of the Plains, undated
Box 68 V Circumalpine Climax, undated
Box 68 VI Mediterranean-Levantine Hill Villages, Latifundia, undated
Box 68 Anth 101—Gen Anthro CU Qualifying Course, 1957
Box 68 Barnard, 1946-1952, undated
Box 68 [Barnard—Anthropology Dept. Roster], 1960-1961
Box 68 [Bibliographic Cards 319-320 Courses, 1956
Box 69 Bibliographic Course [illegible], undated 2 Folders
Box 69 [Bibliography Drafts], undated 2 Folders
Box 69 [Bureau of Applied Social Research—Puerto Rican Migrants Study], 1948
Box 69 Cabot Social Ethics, undated
Box 69 [Card Files], undated
Box 70 [Columbia Anthropology Students], 1953
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Box 70 Columbia—Dept. of Sociology Plans and Correspondence, 1950, undated 2 Folders
Box 70 [Columbia—Graduate Program in Anthropology], 1975
Box 70 CU Comm. On Religion + Anthro, 1953
Box 70 Lehman Thesis [Notes], undated
Box 70 Man in Tropics—Caribbean Rubin, 1956
Box 70 [Manual for Field Workers and Students], 1955
Box 70 Niehoff Thesis, undated
Box 71 [Notes], undated
Box 71 [Notes and Bibliographies], undated
Box 71 Old Ref. Articles + Outlines Years 1942-1946 or earlier. Old Items, 1946
Box 71 [Anthropology Department Reading Lists and Course Schedules], 1952-1979
Box 71 Semantics, undated
Box 71 Sinder—Student Ph.D. Thesis, undated
Box 71 Social Psych Ph.D. Program, 1954
Box 71 Sociological Methods—Research, undated
Box 71 Sociology 23, 1938-1939
Box 71 Sociology-Psychology, undated
Box 71 Sullivan, Mercer Anthro of Complex Societies, 1979
Box 71 Union—Mgt—Cooperation Systems & Limits, 1947
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Series 6: Biographical files, 1946-1997 0.208 Linear feet This series contains information on Arensberg's life and work. Document types include articles, curriculum vitae, interviews, and bibliographies.
The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 72 [Army Commission], 1946
Box 72 [Articles about Arensberg's Life], 1994
Box 72 [Bibliography and Work History], 1980
Box 72 [Citations], 1997
Box 72 Curriculum Vitae, 1956
Box 72 [Curriculum Vitae—Amended Posthumously], undated
Box 72 Curriculum Vitaes made Sept 1965, undated
Box 72 [Date Book], 1951-1952
Box 72 Fictitious Kingdoms + Hist, undated Maps and histories of fictitious kingdoms created by Arensberg
Box 72 [Interview with Lawrence Kelly], 1979
Box 72 Obituary, undated
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Series 7: Subject files, 1934-1979 2.92 Linear feet This series contains materials that were filed together under the headings of Central and Eastern Europe and Industrial Relations, respectively. It primarily includes articles, papers, and bibliographies written by other scholars that were either sent to Arensberg or collected by him. He may have used these materials in preparation for his courses on these subjects or consulted them as resources during his own research and writing on these topics.
The series is arranged into the following 2 subseries: (7.1) Central and Eastern Europe, 1955-1979; (7.2) Industrial relations, 1934-1956.
7.1: Central and Eastern Europe, 1955-1979 The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 72 [American Anthropologist volume 75, no. 3], 1973
Box 72 [American Anthropologist volume 78, no. 2], 1976
Box 72 [American Journal of Sociology volume 79, no. 1], 1973
Box 73 [Anthropologists and Native Ethnographers in Central European Villages], 1967
Box 73 ["Anthropology Comes Part-Way Home: Community Studies in Europe"], undated
Box 73 Articles re: European Societies, 1972-1977 2 Folders
Box 73 [Balkan Migration Patterns], undated
Box 73 [Beyond the Community: Social Process in Europe], 1975
Box 73 [Bibliographies], 1968-1972 2 Folders
Box 73 [Bibliography of English Language Sources on Yugoslavia], undated
Box 73 [Bibliography on Yugoslav Demography], 1967
Box 73 [Cultural Processes in the Baltic Area under Soviet Rule], 1965
Box 73 [Demographic and Social Change in the Village of Orasac], 1976
Box 74 [East-European Economic and Social Development], undated
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Box 74 Eastern Europe General, 1955, 1966
Box 74 ["Ethnic Differences in Farm Family Land Transfers"], 1979
Box 74 [Ethnocentric Domination: A Model of Planning Failure], 1976
Box 74 [Ethnology volume 14, no. 1], 1975
Box 74 [Family Communities among the Balkan Peoples], undated
Box 74 [Family in Yugoslavia], 1973
Box 74 [A General Theory of Peasant Societies Based on the European Example], 1957
Box 74 [Historical Awareness and Peasantry], 1973
Box 74 [The Intermediary Pattern in Western Ireland], 1975
Box 74 [Migration—Italy to Germany], 1971
Box 74 [Modernizing Trends, Structural Change, and Social Dynamics in Rural Ireland], 1972
Box 74 [North Atlantic Research Bibliography], 1975
Box 75 [Patron-Client Relations, Hungary], 1973
Box 75 [Patterns of European History], 1973
Box 75 [Peasant Studies from Budapest], undated
Box 75 [Peasantry in Poland], undated
Box 75 [Rural Communities: Problems, Methods and Types of Research], 1958
Box 75 [Science—Family, Interaction, Intelligence], 1976
Box 75 [Scientific American volume 235, no. 6], 1976
Box 75 [Studies in Peasant Life], 1965
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Box 75 [A Symposium on East European Ethnography], 1970
Box 75 [The Development of National Consciousness], undated
Box 75 ["The Industrial Revolution and the European Family"], undated
Box 75 [The Peasant: A Symposium Concerning the Peasant Way and View of Life], 1956
Box 75 ["The Peasant and the City: An Historical Perspective"], 1973
Box 75 [The Pečalba Tradition in Macedonia], undated
Box 75 [The Three-Field Communal System], 1973
Box 75 [Towns and Peasantry in European Traditional History], undated
Box 75 [Urbanization and the Family Farm], undated
7.2: Industrial relations, 1934-1956 This subseries consists of articles and papers that focus on labor and workplace issues.
The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 76 Abt-Arensberg Prospectus, 1955-1956
Box 76 Arensberg [Industrial Relations Talks and Papers], 1942, 1954
Box 76 Arensberg, C. Work to Work Relations in Today's America IRRA-2, undated
Box 76 Argyris, Chris, 1952-1956
Box 76 Bales, Robert The Strategy of Small Gp. Research, undated
Box 76 Bales and Strodtbeck—Phases in Group Problem-Solving, undated
Box 76 Barkin, Solomon Human Relations in the Trade Unions IRRA-7, undated
Box 76 Bateson, Gregory Bali: The Value System of a Steady State, undated
Box 76 Bendix, Reinhard Managers, Works and Ideas in the US IRRA-1, 1956
Box 76 Bendix, Reinhard and Lloyd Fischer The Perspectives of Elton Mayo, undated
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Box 76 Blau, Peter, 1954
Box 76 Book Notices, 1953-1956
Box 76 Cartwright, Dorwin, 1948
Box 76 Coch and French Overseeing Resistance to Change, 1948
Box 76 Columbia Institute for Research in the Management of Industrial Production, 1954
Box 76 Cook, Alice Increasing Labor Participation in Community Affairs, 1955 2 Folders
Box 76 Crozier, Michael L'Ambiguité de la Conscience de Classe Chez Les Employés et les Petits Fonctionnaires, undated
Box 76 Deutsch, Karl W. Political Community at the International Level, 1953
Box 77 Drucker, Peter F. The Way to Industrial Peace, 1946-1947
Box 77 French, John R. P. w/ A Zander The /gp. Dynamics Approach to Psychological Studies of Labor-Management Relations, 1949
Box 77 Garfield, Sidney + W. F. Whyte The Collective Bargaining Process, undated
Box 77 Gerards, Harold The Lawrence Strike, undated
Box 77 Grundstein, Nathan 1. The Hawthorne Experiment 2. The Exectuvie Function + The Organization, 1954
Box 77 Haire, Mason Inter-personal Relations in Collective Bargaining IRRA-9, undated
Box 77 Hertz, David, 1952
Box 77 Hertz, D + RT Livingston The Integration of Theories of Organized Behavior, 1953
Box 77 IRRA, 1955-1956
Box 77 Industrial Relations Research Association—Problems of Union Administration, 1953
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Box 77 Kerr, Clark et al. The Labour Problem in Economic Development, 1955
Box 77 Klahr, Carl A Mathematical Formalization of the Equilibrium Concept…, 1954
Box 77 Lentz, Edith Political Opinions of Industrial Workers, 1949
Box 77 Lerner, Max America as a Civilization, 1956
Box 77 Livingston, R. T. + D. B. Hertz The Place of Decisioning in a Theory of Management, undated
Box 77 Management Memo, 1956
Box 77 U of Michigan Research Center for Gp. Dynamics, undated
Box 77 Moore, Wilbert—Management + Union Organizations IRRA-4, undated
Box 77 Person, Harlow S. Progress in Scientific Management, 1947
Box 77 Princeton Univ. Organizational Behavior Report on a Research Program, 1953
Box 77 Project for Interdisciplinary Research The Changing Role of Unionism in the Relationship of the Worker to his Job, 1953
Box 77 RCH Project Outline, undated
Box 77 Redmon, Edward 1. The Social Implications of Class Stratification 2. The Application of Sociometric Techniques in Management Surveys 3. Social Processes Motivating Employee Behavior in the Factory Workshop, 1946
Box 78 Reisman, David + W. Bloomberg Work and Leisure: Fusion or Polarity? IRRA-4, undated
Box 78 Report of Pilot Study Phase of Hospital Research, 1948
Box 78 Roethlisberger, F. J., 1934-1940
Box 78 Ross, Arthur M. w/ D. Irwin Strike Experience in Five Countries, 1927-1947, 1951
Box 78 Sayles, Leonard Reassessing Work Gp Research IRRA-11, undated
Box 78 Shepard, Herbert A. The Utilization of Professional and Scientific Staffs IRRA-6, 1955-1956
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Box 78 Shepard, Herbert A. Social Org of Office Machine Operators, undated
Box 78 Siegel, Abraham The External Environment in Human Relations Research, undated
Box 78 Simon, Herbert Authority IRRA-10, undated
Box 78 Sturmthal, Adolf National Patterns of Union Behavior, 1948
Box 78 Tannenbaum—An Evaluative Focus on Human Relations, 1954
Box 78 Tufts College Studies in Group Behavior, 1953
Box 78 Turner, Arthur Foremen—Key to Worker Morale, 1954
Box 78 University Seminar on Labor, 1955-1956
Box 78 Univ. Sem 423 Theory of Organization and Management, 1953
Box 78 Whyte, W. F. Inland Steel Container Co. Case 2nd Draft, 1949 2 Folders
Box 79 Whyte, W. F. The Impact of the Union on the Management Organization IRRA-8, undated
Box 79 Whyte, William, undated
Box 79 Whyte, W. F. + I. L. R. Cornell Progress Report, Oct. 1, 1949 on the Measurement of Interaction, 1949
Box 79 Wilensky, Harold Human Relations in the Workplace IRRA-3, 1954
Box 79 Worthy, James Management's Approach to "Human Relations", undated
Box 79 Yale Labor and Management Center Theoretical Framework, 1954
Box 79 Zander, Alvin, 1949-1950
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Series 8: Photographs, undated 0.208 Linear feet This series includes prints and negatives of Arensberg, his wife Vivian Garrison, and friends.
Box 80 [Arensberg and Vivian Garrison], undated
Box 80 [Prints and Negatives from a Party], undated
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