Papers, 1926-1949.

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Papers, 1926-1949.

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Papers of John Lewis Gillin, a University of Wisconsin professor, author, and consultant in the field of sociology, known particularly for his studies of penal systems and criminology. The collection includes several hundred letters concerned with these subjects, 1927-1949; notes made during his observations of foreign prison systems, 1927-1940; unpublished manuscripts for his autobiography; and three unpublished works on social maladjustment. The bulk of the collection, however, is composed of the case files of criminals compiled by Gillin and his assistants at the Wisconsin State Prison at Waupun from 1930 to 1935, which were the basic research sources used in his publication The Wisconsin Prisoner (1936).

8.2 c.f. (21 archives boxes)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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