Records of the Institute for Research in Social Science, 1924-1987 (bulk 1924-1969) [manuscript].

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Records of the Institute for Research in Social Science, 1924-1987 (bulk 1924-1969) [manuscript].

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Correspondence and other files relating to the administration and programs of the Institute for Research in Social Science, including correspondence of Howard W. Odum. Also included are correspondence of Rupert Vance as research professor, 1938-1952, and files pertaining to the Center for Urban and Regional Studies, which began as a program of the Institute. In addition, there are 186 audiocassette tapes of various social science lectures and panels, most sponsored by the Institute under the title IRSS Colloquium, from 1983 to 1987. Although the scope of the Institute's research is no longer limited to the South, these records pertain primarily to the South.

13,900 items (55.5 linear ft.) including 186 audiocassette tapes.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Center for Urban and Regional Studies

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The Institute for Research in Social Science is the oldest institute of its kind in the United States. It began in 1924 with a grant to the university by the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Foundation. In 1927 it became a permanent institute of the University with Howard W. Odum as its Director. The original purpose of the Institute was to sponsor and to publish research on social and economic conditions in the South and on the role of local government in promoting public welfare. From the...

Rockefeller Foundation

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Odum, Howard Washington, 1884-1954

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Howard Washington Odum was a sociologist of the American South; author; professor at the University of North Carolina from 1920 to 1954; and founder of the Sociology Department, the School of Public Welfare, the Department of City and Carolina. From the description of Howard Washington Odum papers, 1908-1982. WorldCat record id: 27192779 Howard Washington Odum, sociologist, author, and educator, was born 24 May 1884, in Bethlehem, Georgia, and died 8 November 1954, in Chapel...

Vance, Rupert Bayless, 1899-1975

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Sociologist. From the description of Reminiscences of Rupert Bayless Vance : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309740774 Rupert B. Vance (1899-1975), Kenan professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was associated with the Institute for Research in Social Science at the University from the 1920s to the 1970s. He was a leading sociologist of the American South and actively encouraged social, ...