Papers of Talcott Parsons, 1921-1979 (inclusive).

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Papers of Talcott Parsons, 1921-1979 (inclusive).

Papers reflect Parsons' involvement in professional societies, Harvard committees, and his writing, teaching, lecturing, and publishing activities. Also includes genealogical tables, Parsons' student biology notebook, and photographs of Talcott Parsons and his family, 1903-1979. Related publications and reference material also available in repository.

198 boxes and 10 folders of mss.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8182369

Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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The American Academy of Arts and Sciences was chartered by the legislature of Massachusetts in 1780 and is the second oldest learned society in the U.S. Among its incorporators were James Bowdoin, John Adams, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock. From the description of Records of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1775-1800 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122413111 ...

Weber, Max, 1864-1920

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Businessman and German consul in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Manager of Ketelsen and Degetau, a hardware store based in El Paso, Texas, in 1898; was German consul in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, ca. 1893-1915. Owner of various properties in Mexico. From the description of Max Weber papers, 1894-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 37473288 ...

Kluckhohn, Clyde, 1905-1960

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Anthropologist and author. From the description of Papers of Clyde Kluckhohn, 1945-1948. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233131951 Kluckhohn taught anthropology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Clyde Kay Maben Kluckhohn, 1930-1960 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973102 Ashley Montagu, born Israel Ehrenberg on June 28, 1905, was a British-American anthropologist, specializing in the ar...

Harvard University. Dept. of Sociology

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Koch, Sigmund

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Harvard University. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

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The Graduate Department was created in 1872 and became the Graduate School of Harvard University in 1890. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences was established in 1905. From the description of Student records : admission books, 1886-1944 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76974844 Office of the dean held by Reginald H. Phelps. From the description of Correspondence to Edward F. Fry, 1958-1962. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat ...

Parsons, Talcott, 1902-1979

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Sociologist. From the description of Reminiscences of Talcott Parsons : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122631875 Talcott Parsons (1902-1979) was an educator and scholar of sociology. He contributed to the field of sociological theory, particularly through his development of a "general theory of action." Parsons spent most of his professional career at Harvard University, where he was affiliated with the various incarnat...

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...

Harvard University. Russian Research Center

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The Russian Research Center was established in 1948 to encourage and support scholarly study of the Soviet Union and related areas. A major project undertaken by the center in the late 1940's and early 1950's, originally known as the "Russian Refugee Interview Project" became better known as the Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System. In April 1996, the Russian Research Center was renamed the Kathryn W. and Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. From the de...

Harvard University. Dept. of Social Relations.

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