Edgar Tristram Thompson papers, 1915-1985.

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Edgar Tristram Thompson papers, 1915-1985.

Correspondence, teaching materials, research notes, writings, student autobiographies, and professional membership records of Edgar T. Thompson. Major correspondents include Herbert Blumer, Charles Ellwood, Eric Hoffer, Everett Hughes, and Howard Jensen. Subjects within the collection consist of teaching materials from undergraduate and graduate courses in race relations, religion, and social anthropology; lecture notes, correspondence and writings from Thompson's mentor and sociology instructor Robert E. Park; research on plantations in Hawaii and in Africa as a Hugh Le May Fellow at Rhodes University; development and operations of a Black Studies program and Center for Southern Studies at Duke University; short papers discussing race relations at Duke University and racial identity; students' autobiographical accounts of personal experiences with race; manuscripts for books on race relations; records of participation in Alpha Kappa Delta and American Sociological Association conferences; a campus-wide graffiti survey; and addresses to the Mayor's Committee on Interracial Affairs of Durham.

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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...

Duke University. Department of Sociology

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The Dept. of Sociology at Duke was established in 1930 by Charles Abram Ellwood (1873-1946) and remains an active department to this day offering degrees to both undergraduates and graduate students. From the description of Dept. of Sociology Records, 1953-1990 (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 243596859 The Dept. of Sociology at Duke was established in 1930 by Charles Abram Ellwood (1873-1946) and remains an active department to this day offering degrees to bot...

American sociological association

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The American Sociological Society organized in 1905, incorporated in 1943, established a central office in 1949, and changed its name to the American Sociological Association in the next decade. With increased membership in the 1950s and 1960s, it published several journals, created sections and committees to carry out its mission, and took a stance on politics of the day. In the following decades, it expanded its initiatives in teaching and community service. From the description of...

Thompson, Edgar T. (Edgar Tristram), 1900-1989

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Edgar Tristram Thompson taught Sociology at Duke University from 1937 until his retirement in 1970. From the description of Edgar Tristram Thompson papers, 1915-1985. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 52444813 Edgar Tristram Thompson received his instruction in sociology and education from the University of South Carolina and the University of Chicago. Thompson was a Professor of Sociology at Duke University from 1935 to 1970 and founder and chair of the Center ...

Duke University

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Jensen, Howard Eikenberry, 1889-

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Jensen was a sociology professor at Duke from 1931-1958 and served as Chair from 1945-1958. From the description of Papers, 1942-1970 (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 229131654 Professor of sociology at Duke University. From the description of Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1942-1943. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 238391818 Sociologist and educator at Duke University. From the description ...

Rhodes University

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Duke University. Center for Southern Studies in the Social Sciences and the Humanities

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The Center for Southern Studies in the Social Sciences and the Humanities was an interdisciplinary center established in 1965 in order to help "organize and systematize existing scholarly interest" in Southern Studies at Duke and elsewhere. Past chairs include Edgar T. Thompson and Thomas H. Naylor. The Center folded in the late 1970s. From the description of Center for Southern Studies in the Social Sciences and the Humanities records, 1961-1969. (Duke University Library). WorldCat ...

Alpha Kappa Delta

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Blumer, Herbert, 1900-1987

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Secretary of the American Sociological Society. From the description of Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1933-1935. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 235045731 ...

Hoffer, Eric

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American longshoreman and author. From the description of Eric Hoffer papers, 1934-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123373352 ...

Ellwood, Charles A. (Charles Abram), 1873-1946

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Charles Abram Ellwood (1873-1946) established the Department of Sociology at Duke University in 1930. He served as professor of sociology at Duke from 1930 to 1944; his research involved themes of social psychology, religion, social scientific methods, criminology, and the family. From the description of Charles A. Ellwood papers, 1890-1946. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 52444802 Dr. Charles Abram Ellwood established the Department of Sociology at Duke Unive...

Park, Robert Ezra, 1864-1944

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Sociologist. Ph. B., University of Michigan, 1887. Newspaper reporter in Minneapolis, Detroit, Denver, New York, and Chicago, 1887-1898. M.A., Harvard University, 1899. Ph. D., University of Heidelberg, 1904. Assistant in philosophy, Harvard University, 1904-1905. Secretary of the Congo Reform Association. Aide to Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee Institute. Professorial lecturer on sociology, University of Chicago, 1915-1923; professor of sociology, 1923-1929. Lecturer, Fisk University, 1936-194...