Records, 1923-1956 (inclusive).

ArchivalResource

Records, 1923-1956 (inclusive).

Contains correspondence, constitutions, minutes, abstracts of papers from the Society's regular meetings; and correspondence, programs, and abstracts from its annual Summer Institute.

7.5 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7763283

University of Chicago Library

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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...

University of Chicago. Society for Social Research

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The Society for Social Research was established in 1921 as an association of graduate students in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Unlike the Sociology Club, and earlier group which had admitted students, instructors and others, the Society limited membership to graduate students and those who had "attained professional standards of research." Robert E. Park, a leader in forming the organization, was elected the first president of the Society and played a significant role in definin...