Records of the American Sociological Association, 1931-1986 (bulk 1950-1979).

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Records of the American Sociological Association, 1931-1986 (bulk 1950-1979).

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Correspondence, memoranda, agenda and minutes, reports, resolutions, financial and legal papers, printed materials, and other papers chiefly documenting administrative operations and committee activities. Topics include the association's efforts to establish sociology as an academic discipline; involvement in national issues such as equal rights for women, affirmative action, and the Vietnam War; committee activities in the development of international cooperation and professional ethics and standards; section activities in criminology, family life, medical sociology, population, and social psychology; projects relating to the teaching of sociology and development of sociological resources, including Sociological Resources for the Social Studies; the association's journals and publications; affiliations with other organizations and agencies; and privacy and protection of human subjects in experimental research.

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American Sociological Society.

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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...