http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf2q2n98s9 Online items available Register of the Survey of Race Relations records Finding aid prepared by Aparna Mukherjee Hoover Institution Library and Archives © 2002 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6003 [email protected] URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives Register of the Survey of Race 61003 1 Relations records Title: Survey of Race Relations records Date (inclusive): 1905-1934 Collection Number: 61003 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: English Physical Description: 38 manuscript boxes(15.2 Linear Feet) Abstract: An anthropological investigative project sponsored by various private organizations, the Survey of Race Relations records include a report, correspondence, interview transcripts, questionnaires, and printed matter relating to the social and economic status of Chinese, Japanese, other Asian, Mexican, and other minority residents of the Pacific Coast of the United States and Canada, and to race relations on the Pacific Coast. Creator: Survey of Race Relations 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 1961. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Survey of Race Relations records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Alternate Forms Available Digital copies of materials are available online through the Stanford Digital Repository; links to box contents can be found throughout the finding aid. Historical Note In the early 1920s, a group of scholars set out to make an investigation of economic, religious, educational, civic, biological, and social conditions among Chinese, Japanese, and other non-European residents of the Pacific Coast of the United States and Canada. Extension of the study into northern Mexico and Hawaii was contemplated as well. The Survey had its administrative and research headquarters at Stanford University under the chairmanship of President Ray Lyman Wilbur and was under the research directorship first of Stanford professor Eliot G. Mears and subsequently of the Chicago sociologist, Robert E. Park. The Survey received important financial support and collaboration from the Institute of Social and Religious Research. In the words of Mears, Executive Secretary, "The Survey seeks to impose no program, advocates no specific policy, and champions no special interest. It aims to find the facts, and all the facts, and plans to make them accessible to the public." The findings were to be published in a series of volumes edited by Dr. Park. After only one publication ("Tentative Findings of the Survey of Race Relations," edited by Mears), the Survey ran out of money, and research was discontinued. Later, Mears wrote a book based on the work of the Survey entitled, Resident Orientals on the American Pacific Coast: Their Legal and Economic Status, 1928. Scope and Content of Collection Completed life-history questionnaires comprise the greatest bulk and are the "raw data" of the collection. In addition, there are numerous open-ended personal reflections, financial records, conference reports, meeting notes, bibliographies, printed materials and miscellaneous other findings of the Survey. The original manuscript of Mears' book Resident Orientals on the American Pacific Coast: Their Legal and Economic Status is also included in the collection. The following items are missing documents from the original accession; the items would have been a part of the Minor Documents series: 1 (items #53-54 out of the 102 interviews in that folder 1), 4-9, 11, 13-17, 19-21, 23, 25-30, 32-36, 39, 49-50, 67-74, 81, 83, 85, 89-90, 92, 94-100, 102-105, 107-118, 120-122, 125-130, 132-145, 147-148, 150-151, 153-161, 163, 166-172, 174-175, 178, 184-186, 195-249, 257-260, 263, 268, 274, 294-312. The classification titles and codes of the documents as established by the Survey of Race Relations can be found below under File Plan. File Plan File Plan: Classification Titles Register of the Survey of Race 61003 2 Relations records Classification titles and codes of the documents as established by the Survey of Race Relations I. Americanization: Am a) Second generation (2nd Gen) b) Family problems (F. P.) c) Accommodation (Accom.) d) Vocational problems (Voc.) e) Education (Ed.) f) Naturalization (Nat.) II. Communities: Com. a) Organization of (Org.) b) Activities c) Standards of living (S. L.) III. Competition and Land: Comp. a) Agriculture (Agric.) b) Land ownership (Land Own.) c) Labor d) Cropping contract (C. C.) e) Business (Bus.) f) Employment contract (Employ. C.) IV. Good-Will: G. W. a) Religious activities (Relig.) b) Friendship V. Heritages: Her. a) Oriental/Asiatic (O.) b) Chinese (C.) c) Japanese (J.) d) East Indian (E. I.) e) Filipino (F.) f) Mexican (M.) g) Korean (K.) h) Hindu (H.) i) Tongs VI. Intermarriage: Int. a) Eurasian child VII. Investigations: Inv. a) Statistics (Stat.) b) Legislation (Legis.) c) Historical (Hist.) VIII. Life Histories: L. H. a) Oriental/Asiatic (O.) b) Chinese (C.) c) Japanese (J.) d) East Indian (E. I.) e) Filipino (F.) f) Mexican (M.) g) Korean (K.) h) Hindu (H.) i) Tongs IX. Population: Pop. a) Immigration (Im.) b) Vital statistics c) Distribution d) Movement (Mvt.) X. Race Consciousness: R. C. a) Conflict b) Prejudice (Prej.) c) Discrimination d) Public opinion (Pub. Op.) e) Political tension (P. T.) XI. Racial Traits: R. T. a) Oriental/Asiatic (O.) b) Chinese (C.) c) Japanese (J.) d) East Indian (E. I.) e) Filipino (F.) f) Mexican (M.) g) Korean (K.) h) Hindu (H.) i) Tongs j) American (A.) XII. Social Disorganization: S. D. a) Vice and crime (V. C.) b) Poverty c) Disease d) Prostitution (Prost.) e) Gambling f) Delinquency XIII. Other a) Organization (Organiz.) b) Illegal entry (Ill. Entry) c) Industry (Ind.) Subjects and Indexing Terms Chinese Americans Asian Americans Japanese Americans Minorities -- United States United States -- Race relations Asians -- Canada Mexican Americans Minorities -- Canada Canada -- Race relations Office File 1914-1928 Scope and Contents note Addresses, bibliographies, charts, clippings and other printed matter, conference file, correspondence, financial records, interviews, lists, memoranda, minutes of meetings, notes, outlines, programs, projects, proposals, questionnaires, remarks, reports, speeches, statements, studies, tables and statistical data, work plans, and writings relating to operations of the Survey of Race Relations, arranged alphabetically by physical form. Access Collection stored off site; a minimum of two days notice is required for use. Boxes may be requested through Stanford's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu. Digital copies of materials are available online through the Stanford Digital Repository; links to individual box contents can be found throughout the finding aid at the relevant box entry. Box 1 box 1, folder 1-3 General Scope and Contents note Includes fragments and some unidentified materials. Register of the Survey of Race 61003 3 Relations records Office File 1914-1928 box 1, folder 4 Addresses by J. Merle Davis, K. J. Saunders, and Frank A. Vanderlip box 1, folder 5 Bibliographies box 1, folder 6 Charts, including on the percentage of increase and distribution in the total Chinese and Japanese population on the Pacific Coast and in the United States in general Clippings and other printed matter box 1, folder 7-9 General Box 2 box 2, folder 1 General box 2, folder 2 1915-1918 box 2, folder 3 1919-1922 Box 3 box 3, folder 1 1923 - 1924 February box 3, folder 2 1924 March-July box 3, folder 3 1924 August-November box 3, folder 4 1925 January-March box 3, folder 5 1925 May-September Box 4 box 4, folder 1 1925 October–December box 4, folder 2 1926-1927 Conference file Scope and Contents note Includes correspondence, proceedings, and related materials. box 4, folder 3 Ninth Conference on the California-Japanese problem, San Francisco, California 1922 October 11 box 4, folder 4 Group Conference for Organization and Cooperation in Pacific Coast Oriental Survey, San Francisco, California 1923 June 13 box 4, folder 5 Group Conference for Organization and Cooperation in Pacific Coast Oriental Survey, Portland, Oregon 1923 June 16 Scope and Contents note Includes letter from J. Merle Davis. box 4, folder 6 Conference of the Committee on Japanese Relations, Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, San Francisco, California 1923 July 27 Findings Conference of the Survey of Race Relations, Stanford University, Stanford, California 1925 March 21-26 box 4, folder 7-13 General Box 5 box 5, folder 1-4 Correspondence box 5, folder 5-8 Typescript Scope and Contents note Includes some holograph. Proposed Pan-Pacific Conference on a Christian Program for the Pacific Area, Honolulu, Hawaii 1925 July 1-15 box 5, folder 9 General box 5, folder 10 Correspondence box 5, folder 11 Miscellany Correspondence Scope and Contents note Includes related materials. General box 5, General folder 12-13 Box 6 Register of the Survey of Race 61003 4 Relations records Office File 1914-1928 box 6, folder 1-3 General Scope and Contents note Includes correspondence relating to requests for materials. box 6, folder 4 With community leaders box 6, folder 5 With