Papers, 1925-1977 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1925-1977 (inclusive).

Contains personal and professional correspondence; memoranda; reports; published and unpublished writings; minutes; class notes, including notes from courses taught at the University of Chicago by Ernest Burgess, Robert Park, William Ogburn, Fay-Cooper Cole, and Ellsworth Faris; papers by Hauser's students; material relating to conferences and professional organizations; speeches; biographical material; photographs; and letters of recommendation. Papers document Hauser's career as sociologist, demographer, government statistician, and professor. Subjects cover the development of sociological and demographic research and training; collection and interpretation of census and vital statistics; and population studies on local, national, and international levels, especially Southeast Asia. Contains minutes and other records of the University of Chicago Social Science Research Committee, 1948-1951. Other organizations represented include the United Nations and the Census Bureau.

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Ogburn, William Fielding, 1886-1959

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Park, Robert Ezra, 1864-1944

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Hauser, Philip M., 1909-1994

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Sociologist. From the description of Papers, 1925-1977 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52246120 Brooklyn, N.Y. businessman. Son of Herman Hauser, jeweler in Leadville, Colo. 1879-1884. From the description of Correspondence, 1933-1958. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 15025686 Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago. Member, International Fraternity of Lambda Alpha, Ely Chapter....