Council for Research in the Social Sciences records, 1922-1970 [Bulk dates: 1925-1968].

Boas, Franz, 1858-1942

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Born in Minden, Germany, on July 8, 1858, the anthropologist Franz Boas was the son of the merchant Meier Boas and his wife, Sophie Meyer. Raised in the radical and tradition of German Judaism, Franz's youth was steeped in politically liberal beliefs and a largely secular outlook that he carried with him from university through his emigration to the United States. At the universities of Heidelberg and Bonn, Boas studied physics and geography before completin...

Columbia University

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The Columbia University community and administration mobilized to the fullest extent in answer to the entry of the United States into World War I. Summed up by President Nicholas Murray Butler in the 1918 Annual Report, the effects of the war on the University were far-reaching: "Students by the hundred and prospective students by the thousand entered the military, naval, or civil service of the United States; teachers and administrative officers to the number of nearly four hundred...

Hayes, Carlton J.H. (Carlton Joseph Huntley), 1882-1964

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Historian. From the description of Reminiscences of Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes : oral history, 1956. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122574531 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Historian, author, diplomat. Hayes was Seth Low Professor of History at Columbia University, 1935-1950. From the guide to the Carlton J. H. Hayes Papers, 1920-1962, (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Historian, author, diplo...

Mills, C.Wright (Charles Wright), 1916-1962

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American sociologist Charles Wright Mills (1916-1962) was born in Waco, Texas. In 1934 he enrolled as an undergraduate at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College, but one year later transferred to the University of Texas. In Austin he met and married Dorothy Helen Smith. His first published work, Language, Logic and Culture appeared in the American Sociological Review in 1939. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin (1942), and worked as a professor of sociology at ...

Woodbridge, Frederick James Eugene, 1867-1940

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Philosopher. Served on the faculty of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota, 1894-1902, and Columbia University, 1902-1939. His writings cover a broad range of subjects including history, literature, science, religion, and philosophy with emphasis on aesthetics, ethics, and metaphysics. From the description of Papers, 1884-1950. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122571601 ...

Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971

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Historian, journalist and educator. He attended the University of Illinois where he earned a B. A. 1912 and an M. A. in English, 1913. Nevins moved to New York to work and eventually was made a Professor of History at Columbia University. Wrote numerous biographies and articles on history. President of the American History Association in 1959. Helped found the Society of American Historians. From the description of Commencement address, June 1953. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Librar...

Columbia University. Council for Research in the Social Sciences

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The Council for Research in the Social Sciences was created on February 17, 1925, by a resolution of the University Council. Up to that time the University had no bureau or committee for the encouragement and financial support of social science research. To be sure, the Dean of the Graduate Faculties had at his command a modest annual 'Dean's Fund' from which he gave financial assistance to individuals in the social science departments in furtherance of a few research projects. A mo...

McBain, Howard Lee, 1880-1936

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Rockefeller Foundation

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The Rockefeller Foundation was established in May 1913 by John D. Rockefeller, by act of the New York State Legislature, "to promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world". From its earliest years, several separate organizations and divisions have carried on the Foundation's work in carefully selected fields. In 1913, the International Health Board (originally the International Health Commission) was formed in order to extend the work of the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradi...

Gay, Peter, 1923-....

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Historian. Gay was Professor of History at Columbia University, 1962-1968. From the description of Peter Gay papers, [ca. 1954]-1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 265033263 ...

Vickrey, William S. (William Spencer), 1914-

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED William S. Vickrey was born in 1914 in Victoria, British Columbia. After earning a B.S. in mathematics from Yale University in 1935, he went on to Columbia University where he earned an M.A. (1937) and Ph.D. (1947) in Economics. During World War II, Vickrey served as an economist in the Tax Research Division of the U.S. Treasury Department. In 1946, Vickrey began his teaching career at Columbia, eventually becoming the McVickar Professor of Political Economy in 1971. His resear...

Handler, Milton, 1903-1998

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Lifelong New Yorker, and very much a "son of Columbia" (College, '24; Law School '26) the late Milton Handler (d. '98) taught at Columbia Law School for forty-five years. He was a prolific scholar and wrote a leading text on Trade Regulation. From the guide to the Milton Handler papers, 1923-1997, (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library) Lawyer. From the description of Reminiscences of Milton Handler : oral history, 1973. (Columbi...

Bonbright, James C. (James Cummings), 1891-1985

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED James Cummings Bonbright, 1891-1985 (Columbia Ph.D., 1921), professor of finance, Columbia University, 1920-1961; Vice-Chairman and Chairman, N.Y. State Power Authority, 1934-1947; consultant on finance of public utilities. From the guide to the James Cummings Bonbright Papers, 1921-1983., (Columbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) James Cummings Bonbright, 1891-1985 (Columbia Ph.D., 1921), professor of finance, Columbia University, 1920-1961...

Wagley, Charles, 1913-

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Charles Wagley was born November 9, 1913 at Clarksville, Texas. He received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1941. He served as Professor of Anthropology, Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology and director of the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University. He was a staff member of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs, Brazilian Field Party and held several positions, including directorships, with various programs to the Brazilian-American Public Health Ser...

Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948

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Anthropologist. Vassar College Class of 1909. From the description of Papers, 1905-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155518646 Anthropologist. Vassar College Class of 1909. From the description of Ruth Fulton Benedict papers, 1905-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51576400 ...

De Bary, William Theodore, 1919-....

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Educator. From the description of Reminiscences of William Theodore deBary : oral history, 1968. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122440952 Professor of East Asian Studies and Provost, Columbia University from 1971. From the description of Oral history interview with William T. De Bary, 1997 May 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83158046 Educator, sinologist. From the description of Reminiscences of William ...