http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3b69q94k No online items Inventory of the Kingsley Davis papers Finding aid prepared by Aparna Mukherjee Hoover Institution Library and Archives © 2007 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6003 [email protected] URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives Inventory of the Kingsley Davis 83035 1 papers Title: Kingsley Davis papers Date (inclusive): 1926-1981 Collection Number: 83035 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: English Physical Description: 55 manuscript boxes(33.0 Linear Feet) Abstract: Speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, statistics, memoranda, reports, and printed matter, relating to international population changes, changes in family structure, and urbanization. Creator: Davis, Kingsley, 1908-1997 Hoover Institution Library & Archives Access The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Acquisition Information Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1983. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Kingsley Davis Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. 1908 Born, Tuxedo, Texas August 20 1930 A.B. in English, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 1932 M.A. in Philosophy, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 1933 M.A. in Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1934-1936 Instructor, Sociology, Smith College, Massachusetts 1936 Ph.D., Sociology, Harvard University 1936-1937 Assistant Professor, Sociology, Clark University, Massachusetts 1937-1942 Associate Professor and Chairman, Pennsylvania State University 1942-1944 Visiting Research Associate, Office of Population Research, Princeton University, New Jersey, and Chairman, Pennsylvania State University 1942-1948 Associate Professor, Anthropology and Sociology, Princeton University 1944-1945 Associate Professor, Public Affairs, Princeton University 1944-1948 Research Associate, Princeton University 1948-1955 Professor, Sociology, Graduate Faculty of Political Science, Columbia University, New York 1949 Author, Modern American Society: Readings in the Problems of Order and Change 1950 Author, Corrientes Demográficas Mundiales 1951 Author, The Population of India and Pakistan 1955-1970 Professor, Sociology, University of California, Berkeley 1956-1977 Chairman, International Population and Urban Research, University of California, Berkeley 1958 Author, A Crowding Hemisphere: Population Change in the Americas 1961-1963 Chairman, Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley 1963 Author, Future Demographic Growth of the San Francisco Bay Area 1964 Author, The Place of Latin America in World Demographic History 1969 Author, World Urbanization, 1950-1970 1973 Author, Cities: Their Origin, Growth, and Human Impact: Readings from Scientific American 1980 Author, A Structural Analysis of Kinship: Prolegomena to the Sociology of Kinship 1970-1976 Ford Professor, Sociology and Comparative Studies, University of California, Berkeley 1976-1977 Ford Professor, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley (recalled) 1977-1992 Distinguished Professor, Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles 1985 Author, Contemporary Marriage: Comparative Perspectives on a Changing Institution 1987 Author, Below-Replacement Fertility in Industrial Society: Causes, Consequences, Policies 1989 Author, Population and Resources in a Changing World: Current Readings 1991 Author, Resources, Environment, and Population: Present Knowledge, Future Options 1981-1992 Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University Inventory of the Kingsley Davis 83035 2 papers 1992-1997 Emeritus, Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University 1997 Died February 27 Scope and Content of Collection The Kingsley Davis Papers, acquired in 1983, consist of correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed matter, reports, statistics, and speeches and writings, relating to international population changes, changes in family structure, and urbanization. Davis used some of this material as research materials for his numerous books on urbanization and population growth. Subjects and Indexing Terms Families Population Urbanization box 1, folder 1 "The Role of Urbanization in the Development Process," paper to be presented, Sixth Rehovot Conference on Urbanization and Development, Israel 1971 August 16-24. Scope and Contents note Correspondence only box 1, folder 2 Bowker, Albert H. 1972 box 1, folder 3 Professional business undated box 1, folder 4 Department of Demography, University of California, Berkeley 1972-1976 box 1, folder 5-7 Home file 1973-1976. Scope and Contents note Correspondence with various professional organizations box 1, folder 8 Copies of correspondence 1973-1974 box 1, folder 9 Urbanization--Monograph. Correspondence 1951-1960 box 2, folder 1 Seattle 1971 box 2, folder 2 Publishing programs 1960-1975. Scope and Contents note Specific names of publishers, titles of books, contracts, etc. box 2, folder 3 Harcourt Brace and Company, Inc.--Population chapter/William A. Pullin correspondence and chapter on "Sexual Behavior," 1956-1968 box 2, folder 4 Random House 1959-1969 box 2, folder 5 Sociology Department, University of California, Berkeley 1972 box 2, folder 6 Publishers 1960-1975 box 2, folder 7 International Population and Urban Research (IPUR) business 1970-1977 box 2, folder 8 "A Structural Analysis of Kinship: Prolegomena to the Sociology of Kinship," a dissertation submitted by Kingsley Davis to the faculty of the Graduate School, Harvard University 1936. Scope and Contents note Typescript box 3, folder 1 Evaluation of U.S. Population Commission report, Population Association of America (PAA) 1976 April 30 box 3, folder 2 Population Research Council--Korea 1976-1977 box 3, folder 3 Speech, projection of U.S. population, sponsored by the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco and Cincinnati, Ohio, University of California, Berkeley 1976 December 7. Scope and Contents note Typescript data and letter to Kingsley Davis Inventory of the Kingsley Davis 83035 3 papers box 3, folder 4 "A Crash Program for Fertility Control in Nepal," a preliminary proposal as a basis for a feasibility study to AID, Ravenholt 1976 September box 3, folder 5 Speech on U.S. population, security analysts, San Francisco, California 1977 April 19. Scope and Contents note Correspondence and related materials box 3, folder 6 Correspondence relating to the manuscript on "Population Policy and International Relations," 1974 box 3, folder 7 Lectures on Dialogue in Development--Concepts and Actions, 4th World Congress of Engineers and Architects, sponsored by the Association of Engineers and Architects in Israel and the International Technical Cooperation Center (I.T.C.C.), Israel 1976 December. Scope and Contents note Correspondence only box 3, folder 8 "The Effect of Out-Migration on Regions of Origin," chapter 10, Internal Migration: A Comparative Perspective 1974-1976. Scope and Contents note Typescript galley proof box 3, folder 9 "The Changing Family in Industrial Societies," paper, symposium on Health and the Family 1976. Scope and Contents note Typescript box 3, folder 10 "Social Change and Durable Social Relationships: Application of Sociological Theory to Some Contemporary Problems," speech, Chapter of Alpha Kappa Delta, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 1976 April 21. Scope and Contents note Typescript box 3, folder 11 "Population Policy and the Theory of Reproductive Motivation," revised version of a paper, Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Detroit, Michigan 1974. Scope and Contents note Typescript box 3, folder 12 "Population," chapter revision for 4th edition, Contemporary Social Problems 1975-1976. Scope and Contents note Typescript. Includes correspondence with Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. box 3, folder 13 Visiting Scholar Program, Phi Beta Kappa, Washington, D.C. Correspondence and schedule 1975-1977 box 3, folder 14 "Medicine, Mortality, and Population Change," speech, Medical Marketing Association Annual Conference 1977 June 17. Scope and Contents note Typescript box 3, folder 15 "World Population Growth and United States Foreign Aid," testimony, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, United States Congress 1977 March 31. Scope and Contents note Typescript Inventory of the Kingsley Davis 83035 4 papers box 3, folder 16 "The Role of Urbanization in the Development Process," undated. Scope and Contents note Typescript box 3, folder 17 "Theory of Teenage Reproduction in U.S.," Belmont Conference 1976 April. Scope and Contents note Typescript transcript box 3, folder 18 Writings for a fiction undated. Scope and Contents note Typescript box 3, folder 19 Contract with Arno Press Inc. 1974 May box 4, folder 1-2 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)--Social Science--Innovative Panel records 1979-1980 box 4, folder 3-4 Robert Merton 1967-1981 box 4, folder 5 Review of "Population Growth and Land Use," Collin Clark, Scientific American 1968 April box 4, folder 6 Closing speech, Focus on Cities conference 1968. Scope and Contents note Printed copy box 4, folder 7 Testimony, Subcommittee on Government Research, United States Senate 1967 June 2. Scope and Contents note Printed copy box 4, folder 8 "The Perilous Promise