Papers, 1932-1984 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1932-1984 (inclusive).

Contains correspondence; manuscripts; field notes; interview data; research notes; reprints; notes Allison compiled as a graduate student; class lectures; students' papers including theses, proposals, and abtracts; and works by colleagues. Papers document Allison's work on child-rearing and psychological development, racial caste and social class in Mississippi, acculturation and the public schools, intelligence testing, and young adulthood. Includes notes taken in classes given by Robert Redfield, Fred Eggan, W. LLoyd Warner, and A.R. Radcliffe-Brown. Correspondents include John Dollard, W.E.B. DuBois, Everett C. Hughes, Margaret Mead, Gunnar Myrdal, Ralph Tyler. Also present are research materials from his classic studies Deep South and Children of Bondage, his work for the American Council on Education, and the Carnegie-Myrdal study.

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