Papers, [ca. 1939]-[ca. 1946].

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Papers, [ca. 1939]-[ca. 1946].

Contains correspondence and manuscripts of articles and a poem, the Wraith of Gawain. Correspondents include Sol Tax and Louis Wirth.

5.75 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7650197

University of Chicago Library

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Tax, Ervin H., 1910-

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Ervin Hanwit Tax was born on June 14, 1910 in Milwaukee, the youngest of four children of Morris and Kate Hanwit Tax. After high school, he chose to attend only one year of college, but was a voracious reader and prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction. Tax's writings ranged from economics to aesthetics to sociology. He authored several plays, movie scripts, and a novella as well. Erwin Tax lived at home in Milwaukee, and with his brother, Sol Tax, in Chicago. Wh...

Wirth, Louis, 1897-1952

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Sociologist. Born, Germany, 1897. Ph. B., University of Chicago, 1919; M.A., 1925; Ph. D., 1926. Instructor, sociology, University of Chicago, 1925-28. Assistant professor, sociology, Tulane University, 1928-29. Assistant professor, sociology, University of Chicago, 1931-1932; associate professor, 1932-39; professor, 1940-1952. Associate dean of Social Sciences Division, 1940-1946. From the description of Papers, 1918-1952 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record...

Tax, Sol, 1907-1995

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Sol Tax (1907-1996) was a prominent cultural anthropologist. He completed a Bachelor's degree at the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1931, a M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Chicago (1932 and 1935). He took a faculty position at University of Chicago in 1940 and remained there until 1977. Tax founded the academic journal Current Anthropology (1959), served on the National Research Council Committee on Latin American Anthropology (1946-1954), served on the President's Task Force on India...