University of Washington Department of Sociology records, 1920-2003.

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University of Washington Department of Sociology records, 1920-2003.

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Administrative records of the University of Washington Department of Sociology include correspondence, publicity, curriculum vitae, guest lists, financial records, and related materials in subject files created during planning for special department events, including lectures, retreats, and award ceremonies. Departmental committee records concern the activities of the department's Admissions and Awards Commitee and the Executive Committee. Records of the Washington Public Opinion Laboratory and the Institute for Sociological Research document the research conducted by the students and faculty of the department. Major correspondents include the University of Washington Comptroller's Office, University of Washington Dean of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington Graduate School, Chairman S. Frank Miyamoto, Professor Hubert M. (Tad) Blalock, Chairman Karen Cook, Chairman Herbert L. Costner, Chairman Richard M. Emerson, Professor Avery M. (Pete) Guest, Chairman Otto Larsen, Chairman George Andrew Lundberg, Administrator Dori Munday, Professor Pierre L. Van den Berghe, and Professor Stuart Carter Dodd.

16.32 cubic feet (18 boxes, 1 oversized folder)

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Munday, Dori.

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Washington Public Opinion Laboratory.

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Costner, Herbert L., 1930-

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Blalock, Hubert M.

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University of Washington. Washington Public Opinion Laboratory.

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University of Washington. Dept. of Sociology.

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The Department of Sociology at the University of Washington was established in 1917 and awarded its first doctorate in 1932. It became one of the first American sociology departments to view sociology as a scientific discipline. As a consequence, the graduate curriculum placed particular emphasis on general theory and quantitative methodology. Faculty conducted research in three principal areas: the discovery of new empirical facts, the imputation of causal mechanisms, and the rigorous testing o...

Miyamoto, Shotaro Frank, 1912-

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Frank Miyamoto began his association with the University of Washington Sociology Dept. as an undergraduate in the 1930s. He received a master's degree in sociology and his thesis, "Social Solidarity Among the Japanese in Seattle," was published by the University of Washington Press. Miyamoto chaired the Sociology Dept. from 1965-1970 and was associate dean of social sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences from 1975 to 1980. Miyamoto's teaching and research focused on social psychology, coll...

Dodd, Stuart Carter, 1900-1975.

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Lundberg, George Andrew, 1895-1966

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Sociologist George A. Lundberg, born at Fairdale, North Dakota in 1895, attended the University of North Dakota (B.A., 1920), the University of Wisconsin (M.A., 1922) and the University of Minnesota (Ph.D., 1925). Although he served as an instructor in sociology at the University of Washington between 1925 and 1927, it was not until 1945 that Lundberg returned to Washington as Professor of Sociology and Head of his department, replacing Jesse F. Steiner. In the interveni...

University of Washington. University Archives

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Emerson, Richard Marc, -1982

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Richard Emerson was a sociologist, University of Washington faculty member, and chair of the University of Washington Department of Sociology from 1975 to 1978. Emerson introduced the theory of social exchange, which emphasized relationships (rather than individual actions) among individuals as well as power and dependence. He was a member of the 1963 Mount Everest Expedition. Emerson died on December 23, 1982. From the description of Richard Emerson papers, 1951-1976 (bulk 1962-1972...

Larsen, Otto N.

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Cook, Karen S.

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University of Washington. Institute for Sociological Research.

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Van den Berghe, Pierre L.

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Guest, Avery M. (Avery Mason), 1940-

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