Papers, 1918-1968.

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Papers, 1918-1968.

Contains correspondence, manuscripts, notes, bibliographies, articles, essays, biographical material, and bibliographies. Papers document Znaniecki's career as a sociologist, his interest in Polish intellectual life, and his concern for the well-being of his fellow Polish immigrants in the United States. Correspondents include Ernest W. Burgess, Everett C. Hughes, Albion Small, W.I. Thomas, Louis Wirth, and others.

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University of Chicago Library

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Hughes, Everett C. (Everett Cherrington), 1897-1983

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Everett C. Hughes was born in 1897 in Beaver, Ohio. He received his A.B. at Ohio Wesleyan University in 1918 and continued with his education at the University of Chicago, earning a doctorate in both sociology and anthropology in 1928. He married Helen Gregory MacGill in 1927, and they had two daughters, Helen Cherrington Brock and Elizabeth Gregory Schneewind. From 1927-1938, Hughes was a professor at McGill University in Canada. He wrote extensively on Canada, particularly French Canadian s...

Burgess, E. W. (Ernest Watson), 1886-1966

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Sociologist. Born Ontario, Canada, 1886. A.B., Kingfisher College, 1908. Ph. D., University of Chicago, 1913. Instructor, Social Sciences, Toledo University, 1912-1913; assistant professor, sociology, University of Kansas, 1913-1915; professor, economics and sociology, Ohio State University, 1915-1916. Assistant professor, sociology, University of Chicago, 1916-1921; associate professor, 1921-1927; professor, 1927-1951; chairman, Department of Sociology, 1946-1952; emeritus professor, 1951-1966....

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...

Znaniecki, Florian, 1882-1958

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Sociologist. Lecturer on Polish History and Customs, University of Chicago, 1917-1919. Professor of sociology, University of Illinois, 1941-1950. From the description of Papers, 1918-1968. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52248072 Professor of sociology, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). From the description of Papers, 1951-1958. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28411127 ...

Thomas, William Isaac, 1863-1947

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William I. Thomas was born in Russell County, Virginia on August 13, 1863. He attended the University of Tennessee (B.A., 1884), (Ph.D. in Literature, 1886). Thomas was awarded a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Chicago in 1896. Thomas was a Professor at Oberlin College (1889-1894). In 1900 he moved to the University of Chicago where he became Assistant Professor (1900-1910), and Professor of Sociology (1910-1918). Thomas was a lecturer at the New School for Soc...

Small, Albion W., 1854-1926

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Albion Woodbury Small (1854-1926) was educated at Colby College, then Colby University, (B.A., 1876), Newton Theological Institution, the Universities of Berlin and Leipzig, and Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D., 1889). He taught history and political economy at Colby from 1881 to 1888, becoming president of that institution in 1889. From 1892 to 1925, he was Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago, the first department of its kind, and was also Dean of the G...