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| Title: | Ogburn, William Fielding. Papers |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1908-1960 |
| Size: | 23.5 linear feet (47 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | William F. Ogburn, sociologist. Collection contains correspondence, minutes, memoranda, reports, typescripts and off-prints of articles, lectures, clippings, and personal journals. Papers document Ogburn's participation in government projects such as the President's Research Committee on Social Trends, the National Resources Committee, and the Census Advisory Committee; service on committees of the Social Science Research Council and at the University of Chicago; and research and writing for scholarly and popular publications. Includes material relating to publications such as Recent Social Trends in the United States (1933) and Technological Trends and National Policy, the administration of the 1940 decennial census, and the graduate program in the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago. |
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William Fielding Ogburn, sociologist, was born June 29, 1886 in Butler, Georgia. He received a Bachelor's degree from Mercer College in 1905, and taught school for several years before entering Columbia University in 1908. At Columbia he received an A.M. degree in 1909 and a Ph.D. in 1912. Upon graduation he was appointed professor of sociology and economics at the newly organized Reed College in Portland, Oregon, where he remained for five years. He taught for a year at the University of Washington, and worked for the National War Labor Board and the Bureau of Labor Statistics during World War I. In 1919 he returned to Columbia and served as Professor of Sociology until 1927, when he moved to the University of Chicago. He was named Sewell L. Avery Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology in 1933. After retiring in 1951, he traveled extensively in many parts of the world, and took visiting professorships at the universities of Delhi and Calcutta, at Nuffield College, Oxford, and at Florida State University. Ogburn married Rubyn Reynolds in 1910 and they had two children, Howard Reynolds and William Fielding, Jr. He died April 27, 1959.
Ogburn was brought to the University of Chicago because of his background in statistics and quantitative methods. At Columbia his teachers included Franklin H. Giddings in sociology, Edward L. Thorndike in education, Henry L. Moore in economics, and Franz Boas in anthropology. Although his orientation was very different from the "Chicago school" sociologists who relied heavily on personal observation and individual life histories, he was appointed by the Department of Sociology to fill a perceived gap in the Chicago curriculum and to assure that the department maintained its national standing. Some lively controversies ensued between Ogburn, Thomas C. McCormick, and Samuel Stouffer with proponents of the case history method including Robert Park, Herbert Blumer, and Louis Wirth. The case method was not abandoned, but Ogburn's influence was indisputable. Ernest Burgess for one readily acknowledged the value of statistical data, although he continued to use life histories in his own research. The Social Science Research Building, completed in 1929, attested symbolically and functionally to the impetus Ogburn gave by bringing the various disciplines of the social sciences together in one building, and providing laboratory space suitable to the needs of statistical and demographic research.
As a teacher, Ogburn is remembered for his insistence on rigorous standards of measurement and the need for verifiable knowledge. In his own writings, however, he did not concern himself primarily with methodological techniques, nor did he focus his interest on a particular subject. Ogburn made important contributions to the literature on social reform legislation, voting behavior, consumer spending, marriage and the family, demography, and social effects of business fluctuations. Much of Ogburn's work was concerned with social change, especially with the idea of "cultural lag," the theory that some parts of society adjust to changes slower than others which causes disequilibria. For the 20th century he saw inventions and technology as a major force that produced changes in economic organization, family and government structures, and eventually in people's social philosophy.
Among Ogburn's most notable books are Social Change with Respect to Culture and Original Nature (1922); Recent Social Trends in the United States (1933), which Ogburn edited as director of the President's Research Committee on Social Trends commissioned by Herbert Hoover in 1929; Sociology (with M. F. Nimkoff, 1940), an introductory textbook used by a generation of students; The Social Effects of Aviation (1946); and Technology and International Relations (ed. 1949).
In some ways Ogburn had a stronger reputation nationally than he did in his own department in Chicago. His connection with Recent Social Trends, which attempted to bring together a body of empirical data from different disciplines concerning national life, made him a knowledgeable spokesman on many issues affecting social policy and planning. He believed that important social trends were persistent and long-term in nature, and therefore thought it possible to make projections with a fair degree of accuracy. Known for his scientific approach, he also detested obscure terminology, and was able to express ideas clearly and directly for non-technical audiences. He was widely quoted in newspapers, and wrote many articles for the New York Times Magazine and other popular periodicals, with titles like "What's Ahead in the Home," "Our Future Cities," and "Machines and Tomorrow's World."
Ogburn participated on a number of government committees that were established to review programs and make policy recommendations. In addition to the President's Research Committee on Social Trends, they included the Consumers Advisory Board, the National Resources Committee, the Resettlement Administration, and the Census Advisory Committee. He also served terms as president of the American Sociology Society and the American Statistical Association, as vice president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, as chairman of the Social Science Research Council, and was elected the first president of the Society for the History of Technology shortly before his death. He disliked meetings and criticized colleagues who built up their reputations by collecting committee assignments, perhaps because he spent so much of his own time occupied in such duties.
In spite of his distaste for "theory" and his constant demands for quantifiable social knowledge, Ogburn had a philosophical bent of mind that displayed itself in his pursuit of the "big ideas" and in attempts to synthesize his findings into broad concepts. He also developed an interest in psychoanalysis and enjoyed hobbies such as tennis, photography, and bird watching. One of his last projects was to track down the source of stories of children supposedly raised by wolves in India.
The papers of William Fielding Ogburn consist of 23.5 linear feet of correspondence, minutes, notes, typescripts and off-prints of articles, clippings, and journals. The papers document Ogburn's participation in government projects such as the President's Research Committee on Social Trends, the National Resources Committee, and the Census Advisory Committee, service on committees of the Social Science Research Council and at the University of Chicago, and research and writing for scholarly and popular publications.
The William F. Ogburn Papers do not give a complete picture of Ogburn's life or scholarly work. Files on certain projects, such as the President's Research Committee on Social Trends, appear to be virtually complete. Documentation on some aspects of his career is fragmentary, or in some cases missing from the papers given to the library. Still, the papers offer important insights into his activities and research, and preserve an important segment of the history of sociology at the University of Chicago and in the United States.
The collection is divided into eight series:
I. PRESIDENT'S RESEARCH COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL TRENDS
II. NATIONAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
III. SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
IV. CENSUS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
V. ACADEMIC MATERIALS
VI. LECTURES, ADDRESSES, AND PUBLICATIONS
VII. PUBLICITY
VIII. PERSONAL JOURNALS
The following related resources are located in the Department of Special Collections:
Additional correspondence and papers relating to William F. Ogburn can be found in the following collections: Department of Sociology Interviews with Graduate Students; Department of Sociology Faculty Meeting Minutes 1926-1939; Division of Social Sciences Minutes 1939-1955; Division of Social Sciences Record Books 1933-1953; Social Science Research Committee Records; Society for Social Research Records; Office of the Vice-President Records; the Presidents' Papers; and papers of William Benton, Ernest W. Burgess, Philip M. Hauser, Robert M. Hutchins, William T. Hutchinson, Charles H. Judd, Frank H. Knight, Jr., Charles E, Merriam, John U. Nef, Jr., Robert Redfield, Beardsley Ruml, Louis Wirth, Quincy Wright, and Florian Znaniecki. An interview with Ogburn is in the Audio Collection.
Series I: Presidents Research Committee on Social Trends |
This series contains files Ogburn kept as director of the Committee from 1929 to 1934. They document the creation of the committee, selection of staff, organizing of the various research projects, and editing and compiling of the final report, Recent Social Trends in the United States (1933).
The series is divided into three parts. The first includes minutes and transcripts of committee meetings, budget correspondence, and financial records. The second contains general correspondence concerning committee members and staff, including Shelby M. Harrison, E. E. Hunt, Charles E. Merriam, Wesley C. Mitchell, and Howard W. Odum; foundations and government agencies engaged in related projects; publication arrangements for the report; and answers to inquiries regarding the work of the committee. Filed after this alphabetical sequence are outlines, drafts, and quarterly progress reports of the chapters of the report. The third section contains correspondence with authors of individual chapters.
Because research was carried on by professors scattered across the country, very little of the original data is contained within this collection. Some of the data files, as well as methodological summaries of how data was obtained and analyzed, were deposited in the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress also received eight large scrapbooks of clippings concerning the report and research of the Committee.
Subseries 1: Meeting Minutes and Budget |
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Certificate of incorporation and by-laws |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | December 6, 1929 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | December 14, 1929 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | February 8, 1930 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | April 26, 1930 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | June 20, 1930 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | August 30, 1930 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | November 23-24, 1930 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | May 17, 1931 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | May 17-18, 1931 |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | August 29, 1931 |
| Box 1 Folder 12 | December 31, 1931 |
| Box 1 Folder 13 | February 13, 1932 |
| Box 1 Folder 14 | February 13, 1932, proceedings |
| Box 1 Folder 15 | March 14, 1932 |
| Box 1 Folder 16 | March 14, 1932, proceedings |
| Box 1 Folder 17 | May 1-2, 1932, proceedings |
| Box 1 Folder 18 | May 15-16, 1932, proceedings |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | May 15-16, 1932, proceedings |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | June 3-4, 1932, proceedings |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | June 20, 1932, proceedings |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | September 20, 1932 |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | October 2, 1932 |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | January 27, 1933 |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | June 27, 1933 |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | April 29, 1934 |
| Box 2 Folder 9 | Budget, correspondence, 1930-1933 |
| Box 2 Folder 10-11 | Budget, individual projects |
| Box 2 Folder 12 | Budget, disbursements |
| Box 2 Folder 13 | Budget, mimeographs |
| Box 2 Folder 14 | Budget, appointment forms and vouchers |
Subseries 2: Correspondence |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | Allen, Carolyn E., Controller, Social Science Research Council |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | B, general |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | Baker, O. E., "The Agricultural Significance of the Declining Birthrate" |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | Bibliography of investigators |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | Biographies of investigators |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | Brooks, L. M., excerpts from dissertation, 1929 |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | C, general (including "White House Conference on Child Health and Protection," 1930) |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | Century of Progress, 1933 |
| Box 3 Folder 9 | Charts and graphs, editorial correspondence |
| Box 3 Folder 10 | Charts and graphs, SEE ALSO C. R. von Huhn |
| Box 3 Folder 11 | D, general |
| Box 3 Folder 12 | Day, Edmund E., Director, the Social Sciences, Rockefeller Foundation |
| Box 3 Folder 13 | Editorial correspondence, Social Trends |
| Box 3 Folder 14 | Employer-Employee Relationships in the Home, National Committee on |
| Box 3 Folder 15 | F, general |
| Box 3 Folder 16 | Form letters and memoranda |
| Box 3 Folder 17 | Frank, Lawrence K. |
| Box 3 Folder 18 | G, general |
| Box 3 Folder 19 | H, general |
| Box 3 Folder 20 | Hamilton, Alice |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | Hamilton, Lucile, Secretary, Social Science Research Council |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | Harrison, Shelby M., Vice-General Director, Russell Sage Foundation, and Secretary-Treasurer, President's Committee |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | Hastings, George |
| Box 4 Folder 4 | Hoover, Herbert |
| Box 4 Folder 5 | Hunt, E. E., Executive Secretary, 1930-1931 |
| Box 4 Folder 6 | Hunt, 1932 |
| Box 4 Folder 7 | Hunt, 1933 |
| Box 4 Folder 8 | Index of Monetary Value |
| Box 4 Folder 9 | Institute of Social and Religious Research |
| Box 4 Folder 10 | Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America |
| Box 4 Folder 11 | Introduction and conclusion, drafts |
| Box 4 Folder 12 | J, general |
| Box 4 Folder 13 | Johnston, Geraldine, Chicago secretary to W. F. Ogburn |
| Box 4 Folder 14 | K, general |
| Box 4 Folder 15 | L, general |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | Library of Congress, repository for data |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | M, general (including McGraw-Hill Company) |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | Meetings of the Committee |
| Box 5 Folder 4-5 | Memoranda to investigators |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | Merriam, Charles E. |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | Mitchell, Wesley C. |
| Box 5 Folder 8-9 | Monographs |
| Box 5 Folder 10 | Montague, Gilbert H., Committee attorney |
| Box 5 Folder 11 | N, general |
| Box 5 Folder 12 | O, general |
| Box 5 Folder 13-16 | Odum, Howard W. |
| Box 5 Folder 17 | Ohlander, Ann, New York secretary to W. F. Ogburn |
| Box 5 Folder 18 | P, general |
| Box 5 Folder 19 | Princeton Social Trends Conference |
| Box 6 Folder 1 | Prohibition Council |
| Box 6 Folder 2 | Publication of Committee data, policy on |
| Box 6 Folder 3 | Publicity, 1929-1931 |
| Box 6 Folder 4 | Publicity, 1932 |
| Box 6 Folder 5 | Publicity, 1933 |
| Box 6 Folder 6-7 | Publicity, advance copies of report |
| Box 6 Folder 8-9 | Publicity, complimentary copies |
| Box 6 Folder 10 | Publicity, complimentary copies, Rotary International |
| Box 6 Folder 11-12 | Publicity, reviews and reactions to publication |
| Box 6 Folder 13 | Publicity, Raymond C. Mayer, public relations |
| Box 6 Folder 14 | Publicity, clippings |
| Box 6 Folder 15 | Publisher's queries |
| Box 6 Folder 16 | Q, general |
| Box 6 Folder 17 | R, general |
| Box 7 Folder 1 | Royalties |
| Box 7 Folder 2 | Roosevelt, Franklin D. |
| Box 7 Folder 3 | S, general |
| Box 7 Folder 4 | Strother, French, Presidential aide |
| Box 7 Folder 5 | Style, Social Trends |
| Box 7 Folder 6 | T, general |
| Box 7 Folder 7 | Textbooks, single volume Social Trends |
| Box 7 Folder 8 | Tibbitts, Clark |
| Box 7 Folder 9 | U, general |
| Box 7 Folder 10 | V, general (including C. R. Von Huhn, compiler of charts and graphs) |
| Box 7 Folder 11 | Venneman, Harry, editor |
| Box 7 Folder 12 | W, general |
| Box 7 Folder 13 | Wickersham Commission |
| Box 7 Folder 14 | Willey, Malcolm M. |
| Box 7 Folder 15 | Women, considered as nominees to Committee |
| Box 7 Folder 16 | X-Z, general |
| Box 7 Folder 17-21 | Outlines of themes and chapters |
| Box 8 Folder 1-14 | Progress Reports, 1930-1931 (Chapters 1 through 28) |
Subseries 3: General Files |
| Box 9 Folder 1-4 | Chapter 1, "The Population of the Nation," by Warren S. Thompson and P. K. Whelpton |
| Box 9 Folder 5-7 | Chapter 2, "Utilization of Natural Wealth," F. G. Tryon, Margaret H. Schoenfeld, and O. E. Baker |
| Box 9 Folder 8-15 | Chapter 3, "The Influence of Invention and Discovery," by W. F. Ogburn |
| Box 10 Folder 1-3 | Chapter 4, "The Agencies of Communication," by Malcolm M. Willey and Stuart A. Rice |
| Box 10 Folder 4-6 | Chapter 5, "Trends in Economic Organization," by Edwin F. Gay and Leo Wolman |
| Box 11 Folder 1-4 | Chapter 6, "Shifting Occupational Patterns," by Ralph G. Hurlin and Meredith B. Givens |
| Box 11 Folder 5-7 | Chapter 7, "Education," Charles H. Judd |
| Box 11 Folder 8-10 | Chapter 8, "Changing Social Attitudes and Interests," by Hornell Hart |
| Box 11 Folder 11-14 | Chapter 9, "The Rise of Metropolitan Communities," by R. D. McKenzie |
| Box 12 Folder 1-3 | Chapter 10, "Rural Life," by J. H. Kolb and Edmund des Brunner |
| Box 12 Folder 4-6 | Chapter 11, "The Status of Racial and Ethnic Groups," by T. J. Woofter, Jr. |
| Box 12 Folder 7-8 | Chapter 12, "The Vitality of the American People," by Edgar Sydenstricker |
| Box 12 Folder 9-13 | Chapter 13, "The Family and Its Functions," by William F. Ogburn, with Clark Tibbitts |
| Box 13 Folder 1-4 | Chapter 14, "The Activities of Women Outside the Home," by S. P. Breckinridge |
| Box 13 Folder 5-7 | Chapter 15, "Childhood and Youth," by Lawrence K. Frank |
| Box 13 Folder 8-10 | Chapter 16, "Labor Groups in the Social Structure," by Leo Wolman and Gustav Peck |
| Box 13 Folder 11-14 | Chapter 17, "The People as Consumers," by Robert S. Lynd |
| Box 13 Folder 15-17 | Chapter 18, "Recreation and Leisure Time Activities," by J. F. Steiner |
| Box 14 Folder 1-3 | Chapter 19, "The Arts in Social Life," by Frederick P. Keppel |
| Box 14 Folder 4-6 | Chapter 20, "Changes in Religious Organizations," by C. Luther Fry with Mary Frost Jessup |
| Box 14 Folder 7-10 | Chapter 21, "Health and Medical Practice," by Harry H. Moore |
| Box 14 Folder 11-13 | Chapter 22, "Crime and Punishment," by Edwin A. Sutherland and C. E. Gehlke |
| Box 14 Folder 14-17 | Chapter 23, "Privately Supported Social Work," by Sydnor H. Walker |
| Box 15 Folder 1-3 | Chapter 24, "Public Welfare Activities," by Howard W. Odum |
| Box 15 Folder 4-6 | Chapter 25, "The Growth of Governmental Functions," by Carroll H. Woody |
| Box 15 Folder 7-8 | Chapter 26, "Taxation and Public Finance," by Clarence Heer |
| Box 15 Folder 9-10 | Chapter 27, "Public Administration," by Leonard D. White |
| Box 15 Folder 11-14 | Chapter 28, "Law and Legal Institutions," by Charles E. Clark and William O. Douglas |
| Box 15 Folder 15 | Chapter 29, "Government and Society," by Charles E. Merriam |
| Box 15 Folder 16 | "Crime and Nationality," by W. F. Ogburn, unpublished |
| Box 15 Folder 17 | "Trends in the Application of the Social Sciences," Century of Progress |
| Box 16 Folder 1 | "The Development and Application of the Social Sciences and Social Research," by Howard W. Odum |
| Box 16 Folder 2 | "Next Steps in the Development of Social Statistics," by Stuart A. Rice, correspondence, 1930-1931 |
| Box 16 Folder 3 | "Next Steps in the Development of Social Statistics," by Stuart A. Rice, 1931 |
| Box 16 Folder 4 | "Next Steps in the Development of Social Statistics," by Stuart A. Rice, 1932 |
| Box 16 Folder 5 | "Next Steps in the Development of Social Statistics," by Stuart A. Rice, 1933-1934 |
| Box 16 Folder 6 | "Next Steps in the Development of Social Statistics, carbon of text |
| Box 16 Folder 7 | "The Measure of a Changing Nation," work memorandum, 1932 |
Series II: National Resources Committee |
The materials in this series document Ogburn's work on the Science Committee of the National Resources Committee (renamed the National Resources Planning Board in 1939), from 1935 to about 1940. The Science Committee was organized in 1935 as one of a number of committees made up of experts from technical fields that helped plan and coordinate public works projects. Ogburn was one of many who attended as a representative of the Social Science Research Council, while the National Academy of Sciences and the American Council on Education selected many other members. The Science Committee published a series of reports which surveyed the scientific research carried on within federal bureaus and made recommendations on how data could be gathered more efficiently and accurately, how it could be put to better use in forming long-range plans and national policy, and how to coordinate federal research projects with similar work being done by universities and private institutions. The reports Ogburn helped produce included National Population Problems, Relations of Government to Scientific Research, Transportation and National Policy, and Technological Trends and National Policy.
The series begins with minutes and general memoranda of the Science Committee, followed by materials for specific subcommittees, including minutes, memoranda, correspondence, and drafts of reports. The major part of the series concerns the editing and publishing of Technological Trends and National Policy, and includes a file of general correspondence, as well as folders for each chapter which contain drafts, correspondence with the individual authors, and critiques from readers.
Subseries 1: Science Committee |
| Box 17 Folder 1 | Minutes, 1935-1938 |
| Box 17 Folder 2-3 | Minutes, 1939 |
| Box 17 Folder 4 | Minutes, 1940 |
| Box 17 Folder 5 | Memoranda, 1935-1937 |
| Box 17 Folder 6 | Memoranda, 1938 |
| Box 17 Folder 7-8 | Memoranda, 1939 |
| Box 18 Folder 1-2 | Memoranda, 1940 |
Subseries 2: Subcommittee on Population Problems |
| Box 18 Folder 3 | Minutes, 1936 |
| Box 18 Folder 4 | Correspondence, A-L |
| Box 18 Folder 5 | Correspondence, Frank Lorimer, Technical Secretary |
| Box 18 Folder 6 | Correspondence, M-W |
| Box 18 Folder 7 | Correspondence, Edwin B. Wilson, Chairman |
| Box 18 Folder 8 | Report of the Committee on Population Problems to the National Resources Committee, Section VII, page proofs |
Subseries 3: Subcommittee on Survey of Governmental Relations to Research |
| Box 18 Folder 9 | Memoranda |
| Box 18 Folder 10 | Correspondence, Charles H. Judd, Chairman |
| Box 18 Folder 11 | Correspondence, Stuart A. Rice, Director, Survey of Federal Research |
| Box 18 Folder 12 | Project proposals and outlines |
| Box 18 Folder 13-14 | Report of the Science Committee to the National Resources Committee, preliminary draft |
| Box 19 Folder 1 | Study of Advisory Committees in the Federal Government |
Subseries 4: Advisory Committee for the Transportation Study |
| Box 19 Folder 2-4 | Transportation and National Policy, tentative draft, 1940 |
Subseries 5: Study on Technological Trends, Correspondence |
| Box 19 Folder 5 | A-D, general |
| Box 19 Folder 6 | Dake, Charles P., Administrative Assistant, Editorial Staff |
| Box 19 Folder 7 | Delano, Frederic A., Vice Chairman, National Resources Committee |
| Box 19 Folder 8 | E, general (including Charles W. Eliot II, Executive Officer, Advisory Committee) |
| Box 19 Folder 9 | Elliott, Edward C., President, Purdue University |
| Box 19 Folder 10 | F-I, general |
| Box 19 Folder 11 | George, Lloyd, Editor |
| Box 20 Folder 1 | Inventions and scientific discoveries, lists proposed at MIT, Cal Tech, Purdue |
| Box 20 Folder 2 | J-M, general |
| Box 20 Folder 3 | Kaempffert, Waldemar, science editor, New York Times |
| Box 20 Folder 4 | Lillie, Frank R., President, National Academy of Sciences |
| Box 20 Folder 5 | Merriam, John, Carnegie Institution |
| Box 20 Folder 6 | Merrill, Harold, Assistant Executive Officer |
| Box 20 Folder 7 | N, general (including National Academy of Sciences) |
| Box 20 Folder 8 | O-P, general |
| Box 20 Folder 9 | Publicity |
| Box 20 Folder 10 | Publicity, requests for copies of Technological Trends |
| Box 20 Folder 11 | R, general |
| Box 20 Folder 12 | Rosen, S. McKee, editorial assistant to Ogburn |
| Box 20 Folder 13 | S-Z, general |
Subseries 6: Study on Technological Trends, Report |
| Box 20 Folder 14 | Technological Trends and National Policy, report of the Subcommittee on Technology to the National Resources Committee, memoranda |
| Box 20 Folder 15 | Technological Trends and National Policy, proposal, submitted by Ogburn |
| Box 20 Folder 16 | Technological Trends and National Policy, table of contents (projected and revised) |
| Box 20 Folder 17 | Technological Trends and National Policy, preliminary matter |
| Box 20 Folder 18 | Technological Trends and National Policy, Committee findings and recommendations |
| Box 20 Folder 19 | Technological Trends and National Policy, "Capital Obsolescence" (unpublished) by Gardener C. Means |
| Box 20 Folder 20 | "National Policy and Technological Trends" (Part I, Section 1), by Ogburn |
| Box 21 Folder 1 | "The Social Effects of Invention" and "The Prediction of Inventions" (Part I, Section 2-3), by S. C. Gilfillan |
| Box 21 Folder 2 | "Resistance to the Adoption of Technological Innovations" (Part I, Section 4), by Bernhard J. Stern |
| Box 21 Folder 3 | "Resistance to the Adoption of Technological Innovations" (Part I, correspondence with American Telephone and Telegraph |
| Box 21 Folder 4 | "Unemployment and Increasing Productivity" (Part I, Section 5), by David Weintraub |
| Box 21 Folder 5 | "The Relation of Science to Technological Trends" (Part II, Section 1), by John C. Merriam |
| Box 21 Folder 6 | "Agriculture" (Part III, Section 1), by S. H. McCrory and R. F. Hendrickson |
| Box 21 Folder 7 | "The Mineral Industries" (Part III, Section 2), by F. G. Tryon, T. T. Read, K. C. Heald, G. S. Rice, and Oliver Bowles |
| Box 21 Folder 8-10 | "Transportation" (Part III, Section 3), by Harold A. Osgood |
| Box 21 Folder 11-12 | "Communications" (Part III, Section 4), by T. A. M. Craven and A. E. Giegengack |
| Box 22 Folder 1-4 | "Power" (Part III, Section 5), by A. A. Potter and M. M. Samuels |
| Box 22 Folder 5 | "The Chemical Industries" (Part III, Section 6), by Harrison E. Howe |
| Box 22 Folder 6 | "The Electrical Goods Industries" (Part III, Section 7), by Andrew W. Cruse |
| Box 22 Folder 7-8 | "Metallurgy" (Part III, Section 8), by C. C. Furnas |
| Box 22 Folder 9-10 | "The Construction Industries" (Part III, Section 9), by Lowell J. Chawner, Carlton S. Proctor, O. H. Ammann, H. W. Richardson, John C. Page, Malcolm Pirnie, and J. L. Harrison |
Series III: Social Science Research Council |
This series contains materials concerning Ogburn's association with the Social Science Research Council, mainly during the 1930s and early 1940s. Ogburn maintained close relations with the SSRC over most of his career, serving as chairman from 1933 to 1936, as a member of a number of committees, and consulting on particular matters where his expertise was needed. The papers include reports and recommendations concerning some of the research projects carried on under the auspices of the SSRC as well as organizational and policy matters of the Council itself.
The series is divided into three sections - minutes of the Council, 1937-1940, and other general records; correspondence, mainly with SSRC staff and members, arranged alphabetically; and committee reports, agendas, minutes, and related correspondence, arranged by committee title. Some of the material is procedural or fragmentary, but there are substantial files for the Committee on Problems and Policy, the Southern Regional Committee, the Committee on Employment, and the Committee on Social Aspects of Atomic Energy.
Subseries 1: Meetings Minutes, Finance and Memoranda |
| Box 23 Folder 1 | Board of Directors, September 10-12, 1935 |
| Box 23 Folder 2 | Board of Directors, September 14-16, 1937 |
| Box 23 Folder 3 | Board of Directors, April 2, 1938 |
| Box 23 Folder 4 | Board of Directors, September 13-15, 1938 |
| Box 23 Folder 5 | Board of Directors, April 15-16, 1939 |
| Box 23 Folder 6 | Board of Directors, September 12-14, 1939 |
| Box 23 Folder 7 | Board of Directors, April 13-14, 1940 |
| Box 23 Folder 8 | Board of Directors, September 9-12, 1940 |
| Box 23 Folder 9 | Executive Committee Meeting, December 14, 1930 |
| Box 23 Folder 10 | Yearly Report to Constituent Societies |
| Box 23 Folder 11 | Financial Statements, 1930, 1940 |
| Box 23 Folder 12 | Memoranda, 1934-1940 |
Subseries 2: Correspondence |
| Box 23 Folder 13 | A, general |
| Box 23 Folder 14 | Allen, Carolyn, Controller, SSRC |
| Box 23 Folder 15 | B-C, general |
| Box 23 Folder 16 | Census, U. S. Bureau of the, 1922-1930 |
| Box 24 Folder 1 | Census, 1931-1933 |
| Box 24 Folder 2 | Chicago World's Fair, Social Sciences at |
| Box 24 Folder 3 | Crane, Robert T., Executive Director, SSRC, 1931-1934 |
| Box 24 Folder 4 | Crane, Robert T., Executive Director, SSRC, 1935-1945 |
| Box 24 Folder 5 | D-F, general |
| Box 24 Folder 6 | G-H, general |
| Box 24 Folder 7 | Harrison, Shelby M., Russell Sage Foundation |
| Box 24 Folder 8 | I-L, general |
| Box 24 Folder 9 | M-N, general |
| Box 24 Folder 10 | Minnesota, University of, Report on Program for the Employment of Unemployed College Graduates, 1934 |
| Box 24 Folder 11 | O-P, general |
| Box 24 Folder 12 | Price indices and indices of business activity, 1854-1931 |
| Box 24 Folder 13 | R, general |
| Box 24 Folder 14 | S, general |
| Box 24 Folder 15 | T, general |
| Box 24 Folder 16 | U-Z, general |
Subseries 3: Committees |
| Box 25 Folder 1 | Affiliation |
| Box 25 Folder 2 | Delinquents |
| Box 25 Folder 3 | Economic Security |
| Box 25 Folder 4 | Federal Government and Research |
| Box 25 Folder 5 | Grants-in-aid |
| Box 25 Folder 6 | Pacific Coast Regional Committee |
| Box 25 Folder 7 | Personality and Culture |
| Box 25 Folder 8 | Pressure Groups and Propaganda |
| Box 25 Folder 9 | Problems and Policy, 1929-1932 |
| Box 25 Folder 10 | Problems and Policy, 1933-1936 |
| Box 25 Folder 11 | Public Administration |
| Box 25 Folder 12 | Public Relations |
| Box 25 Folder 13 | Review of Council Policy |
| Box 25 Folder 14 | Social and Economic Research |
| Box 25 Folder 15 | Social Aspects of Atomic Energy |
| Box 25 Folder 16 | Social Aspects of the Depression |
| Box 25 Folder 17 | Social Science Personnel |
| Box 25 Folder 18 | Southern Fellowships |
| Box 25 Folder 19-20 | Southern Regional Committee, 1931-1932 |
| Box 26 Folder 1 | Southern Regional Committee, 1933-1934 |
| Box 26 Folder 2-4 | Unemployment (later Committee on Employment) |
| Box 26 Folder 5 | Conference on Criminal Statistics |
| Box 26 Folder 6 | Conference on Problems of Research in Nationalism and Internationalism |
| Box 26 Folder 7 | Conference on Regional Phenomena |
| Box 26 Folder 8 | Memorandum to National Planning Board, "On the Aid of Social Sciences to National Planning" |
| Box 26 Folder 9 | Commission of Inquiry on National Policy |
Series IV: Census Advisory Committee |
Series IV contains correspondence, reports, memoranda, and meeting minutes of the Census Advisory Committee from 1937 to 1947. Committee members were chosen by the American Statistical Association and made recommendations to the Bureau of the Census, in order to assure high scientific standards for the statistics that were collected, and that types of data of interest to a wide range of users would be collected. Ogburn served as chairman of the committee beginning in 1941. The records concern the administration of the 1940 decennial census as well as other ongoing projects conducted by the Bureau. Subjects discussed by the Committee include plans and preparations for the census, what questions to include, how to design the schedules, and potential research uses for census data. Much of the correspondence is with William L. Austin and James C. Capt, directors of the Bureau of the Census during the period. Additional correspondence concerning the census from earlier years can be found in Series III.
| Box 26 Folder 10 | 1940 Census, general |
| Box 26 Folder 11 | 1940 Census, correspondence, 1937 |
| Box 27 Folder 1 | 1940 Census, correspondence, 1938 |
| Box 27 Folder 2 | 1940 Census, correspondence, 1939 |
| Box 27 Folder 3-4 | 1940 Census, correspondence, 1940 |
| Box 27 Folder 5 | Bureau of the Census, correspondence, 1941 |
| Box 27 Folder 6 | Bureau of the Census, correspondence, 1942-1943 |
| Box 27 Folder 7 | Bureau of the Census, correspondence, 1944 |
| Box 27 Folder 8 | Bureau of the Census, correspondence, 1945 |
| Box 27 Folder 9 | Bureau of the Census, correspondence, 1947 |
Series V: Academic Materials |
Series V comprises various files relating to Ogburn's career at the University of Chicago. Although mostly administrative in nature, the records in this series provide information on research projects that Ogburn carried out or directed, as well as other duties he performed on campus. The series is divided into several categories, including minutes of University ruling bodies (the University Senate, the Division of Social Sciences, and the Department of Sociology); materials concerning the graduate program in sociology, including program requirements, course outlines, and student recommendations; correspondence, mainly with University colleagues and administrators; and committees, which include University bodies such as the Senate Committee on Research, the Social Science Research Committee, and the Committee on Symbolism for the New Social Science Research Building, and other groups such as the Harris Foundation Committee, Project RAND, the Committee for Research in Problems of Sex of the National Research Council, and the Committee for the Study of Personality.
Two folders in the series date from Ogburn's last year at Columbia University; they contain correspondence concerning the publication of The Social Sciences and Their Interrelations, which Ogburn co-edited with Alexander Goldenweiser.
Subseries 1: Meeting Minutes, Reports and Memoranda |
| Box 28 Folder 1 | Reports and memoranda |
| Box 28 Folder 2 | Minutes, University Senate, 1929-1938 |
| Box 28 Folder 3 | Minutes, University Senate, Division of Social Sciences, 1931-1939 |
| Box 28 Folder 4 | Minutes, University Senate, Department of Sociology, 1934-1939 |
Subseries 2: Graduate Program in Sociology |
| Box 28 Folder 5 | Graduate program, outline and requirements |
| Box 28 Folder 6 | Students, 1936 |
| Box 28 Folder 7 | Fellowships and scholarships |
| Box 28 Folder 8 | Examinations |
| Box 28 Folder 9 | Course notes and syllabi |
| Box 28 Folder 10 | Student recommendations, A-L |
| Box 28 Folder 11 | Student recommendations, M-Z |
| Box 28 Folder 12 | Student recommendations, work relief, 1933 |
| Box 28 Folder 13 | Faculty recommendations |
| Box 29 Folder 1 | Thesis proposals |
Subseries 3: Correspondence |
| Box 29 Folder 2 | A-C, general |
| Box 29 Folder 3 | D-F, general |
| Box 29 Folder 4 | Faris, Ellsworth, Department Chairman, editor of American Journal of Sociology |
| Box 29 Folder 5 | Faris, Robert |
| Box 29 Folder 6 | G-I, general (including Cora M. Gettys, Harper Library; Martha H. Goss, secretary, Sociology Department; Robert Hutchins) |
| Box 29 Folder 7 | Huth, C. F., Dean of the College |
| Box 29 Folder 8 | J-L, general |
| Box 29 Folder 9 | M, general |
| Box 29 Folder 10 | N-Q, general (including Quadrangle Club) |
| Box 29 Folder 11 | R, general (including Robert Redfield) |
| Box 29 Folder 12 | Registrar and Office of Record |
| Box 29 Folder 13 | S, general |
| Box 30 Folder 1-2 | The Social Sciences and their Interrelations, William F. Ogburn and Alexander Goldenweiser, editors, 1927 (contains material from Columbia University) |
| Box 30 Folder 3 | Sociological Research Association |
| Box 30 Folder 4 | T-V, general |
| Box 30 Folder 5 | W-Z, general (including Frederic Woodward, University Vice-President) |
Subseries 4: Committees |
| Box 30 Folder 6 | Communication |
| Box 30 Folder 7 | Granting of the Bachelor's Degree by the College |
| Box 30 Folder 8-9 | Harris Foundation Committee |
| Box 30 Folder 10 | Local Community Research Committee |
| Box 30 Folder 11 | Project RAND |
| Box 31 Folder 1-2 | Research, Senate Committee on |
| Box 31 Folder 3-5 | Research in Problems of Sex, National Research Council |
| Box 31 Folder 6-7 | Social Science Research Committee |
| Box 32 Folder 1-3 | Social Science Research Committee |
| Box 32 Folder 4-5 | Study of Personality |
| Box 32 Folder 6-7 | Symbolism, Social Sciences Building |
| Box 32 Folder 8 | Terminal Examinations |
Series VI: Lectures, Addresses and Publications |
Ogburn's published and unpublished writings have been collected in this series. The first part of the series consists of lectures and public addresses, notes, correspondence, drafts of published writings, unpublished pieces, and a number of titled but otherwise unidentified typescripts. Materials are arranged under subject headings that represent some of Ogburn's ongoing research interests as well as particular projects in various stages of completion. Following this group are typescripts and offprints of published articles by Ogburn, listed chronologically by title. They include research monographs and reports, articles for popular magazines and trade journals, and book reviews, dating from 1915 to 1960.
Subseries 1: Notes and correspondence |
| Box 33 Folder 1 | Asian social and economic problems |
| Box 33 Folder 2 | Child and youth problems |
| Box 33 Folder 3 | Education |
| Box 33 Folder 4 | Family |
| Box 33 Folder 5 | Income distribution, consumption and standards of living |
| Box 33 Folder 6-7 | Indian population project |
| Box 33 Folder 8 | Labor conditions |
| Box 33 Folder 9 | Literature |
| Box 33 Folder 10 | Marriage and divorce |
| Box 33 Folder 11 | Mitchell, Wesley Clair, remarks by Ogburn at memorial exercises |
| Box 33 Folder 12 | Park, Robert Ezra, remarks by Ogburn at memorial exercises |
| Box 33 Folder 13 | Political science and political affairs |
| Box 33 Folder 14 | Population |
| Box 33 Folder 15 | Predictions of social trends |
| Box 33 Folder 16 | "Processes of Social Change as Illustrated in Baseball" |
| Box 34 Folder 1 | Psychological aspects of social organization and change |
| Box 34 Folder 2 | Race relations |
| Box 34 Folder 3 | Science and society |
| Box 34 Folder 4 | Social and economic planning |
| Box 34 Folder 5 | Social change |
| Box 34 Folder 6 | Social classes |
| Box 34 Folder 7 | Social conventions and manners |
| Box 34 Folder 8 | Social institutions and social change, "cultural lag" |
| Box 34 Folder 9 | Social inventions, the city manager plan |
| Box 34 Folder 10 | Social inventions, juvenile courts |
| Box 34 Folder 11 | Social inventions, the sit-down strike |
| Box 34 Folder 12 | Social inventions, the social effects of social inventions |
| Box 34 Folder 13-14 | Social inventions, miscellaneous materials |
| Box 34 Folder 15-16 | Sociological methodology and research |
| Box 35 Folder 1-2 | Statistical analyses and methods |
| Box 35 Folder 3 | Status |
| Box 35 Folder 4-10 | Technology, invention and social change |
| Box 36 Folder 1-7 | Technology |
| Box 36 Folder 8-9 | Technology, atomic energy |
| Box 37 Folder 1 | Urban changes |
| Box 37 Folder 2-3 | War and peace |
| Box 37 Folder 4-8 | Wolf children investigation |
Subseries 2: Reprints and typescripts |
| Box 37 Folder 9 | "Social Legislation of the Pacific Coast," 1915 |
| Box 37 Folder 10 | Review of Belief in God and Immortality by James H. Leuba, 1917 |
| Box 37 Folder 11 | "A Statistical Study of American Cities," 1917 |
| Box 37 Folder 12 | "A Study of Food Costs in Various Cities," 1919 |
| Box 37 Folder 13 | "A Study of Rents in Various Cities," 1919 |
| Box 37 Folder 14 | "The Psychological Basis for the Economic Interpretation of History," 1919 |
| Box 37 Folder 15 | "Analysis of the Standard of Living in the District of Columbia in 1916," 1919 |
| Box 37 Folder 16 | "Psychological Bases for Increasing Production," 1920 |
| Box 37 Folder 17 | Review of The Social Problem by Charles A. Ellwood, 1920 |
| Box 37 Folder 18 | "The Historical Method in the Analysis of Social Phenomena," 1921 |
| Box 37 Folder 19 | "The Influence of the Business Cycle on Certain Social Conditions," 1922 |
| Box 37 Folder 20 | Review of Principles of Social Psychology by James Mickel Williams, 1922 |
| Box 37 Folder 21 | "Bias, Psychoanalysis, and the Subjective in Relation to the Social Sciences," 1922 |
| Box 37 Folder 22 | "Invention and Economic Control," 1922 |
| Box 38 Folder 1 | "The Fluctuations of Business as Social Forces," 1923 |
| Box 38 Folder 2 | "The Standard-of-Living Factor in Wages," 1923 |
| Box 38 Folder 3 | Review of The Population Problem by A. M. Carr-Saunders, 1923 |
| Box 38 Folder 4 | Review of Economic Motives by Zenas Clark Dickinson, 1923 |
| Box 38 Folder 5 | "Why Married Men Are Safer from Crime," 1924 |
| Box 38 Folder 6 | "The State and Society," review of Sociology and Political Theory by Harry Elmer Barnes, 1924 |
| Box 38 Folder 7 | "Factors Affecting the Marital Condition of the Population," 1924 |
| Box 38 Folder 8 | "The Great Man Versus Social Forces," 1926 |
| Box 38 Folder 9 | "The Relationship of Marital Condition to Death, Crime, Insanity and Pauperism," 1926 |
| Box 38 Folder 10 | "Birth Control and Early Marriage," 1926 |
| Box 38 Folder 11 | "Our Social Heritage," 1927 |
| Box 38 Folder 12 | "The Contributions of Psychiatry to Social Psychology," 1927 |
| Box 38 Folder 13 | "And What of the Family?" 1928 |
| Box 38 Folder 14 | "Inventions and Discoveries in 1927," 1928 |
| Box 38 Folder 15 | "The Frequency and Probability of Insanity," 1929 |
| Box 38 Folder 16 | "Social Changes as Shown by Occupation Statistics," 1929 |
| Box 38 Folder 17 | "Inventions and Discoveries, 1928," 1929 |
| Box 38 Folder 18 | "A Measurement of the Factors in the Presidential Election of 1928," 1929 |
| Box 38 Folder 19 | "The Changing Family," 1929 |
| Box 38 Folder 20 | "Decline of the American Family," 1929 |
| Box 38 Folder 21 | "Our New Leisure - How Shall We Use It?" 1929 |
| Box 38 Folder 22 | "Our Standard of Living Viewed as Going Higher," 1929 |
| Box 38 Folder 23 | "Three Obstacles to the Development of a Scientific Sociology," 1930 |
| Box 38 Folder 24 | "Social Change in a Modern World," 1930 |
| Box 38 Folder 25 | "The Folk-Ways of a Scientific Sociology," 1930 |
| Box 38 Folder 26 | "Die Kultursoziologie und die quantitativen Methoden," 1930 |
| Box 38 Folder 27 | "The Future of Man in the Light of His Past," 1931 |
| Box 38 Folder 28 | "The Future of Man," 1931 |
| Box 38 Folder 29 | "The Evolution of the Family," 1931 |
| Box 38 Folder 30 | "The Viewpoint of a Sociologist," 1931 |
| Box 38 Folder 31 | "The World Eighty Years Hence: A Forecast," 1931 |
| Box 38 Folder 32 | "The Volume of Knowledge," 1932 |
| Box 38 Folder 33 | "Statistics and Art," 1932 |
| Box 38 Folder 34 | "Die Realistiche Soziologie in Amerika," 1932 |
| Box 38 Folder 35 | "Malthusian Theory and the Population of Iceland, 1750-1920," 1932 |
| Box 38 Folder 36 | "America's 10 Biggest Problems," 1933 |
| Box 38 Folder 37 | "What Is Happening to the Family?" 1933 |
| Box 38 Folder 38 | "Recent Social Trends," 1933 |
| Box 38 Folder 39 | Reply to Sorokin's criticism of Recent Social Trends, 1933 |
| Box 38 Folder 40 | "Purpose and Plan" in Youth Inspects the New World, 1933 |
| Box 38 Folder 41 | "The Average American Family," 1933 |
| Box 38 Folder 42 | "Government Changes Too Slowly," 1933 |
| Box 38 Folder 43 | "Whither America?" 1933 |
| Box 39 Folder 1 | "The American Family Today: Its Trends," 1933 |
| Box 39 Folder 2 | "The Consumer and the N. R. A.," 1933 |
| Box 39 Folder 3 | "The Crucial Question of Price," 1933 |
| Box 39 Folder 4 | "Living with Machines," 1933 |
| Box 39 Folder 5 | "Trends in Social Science," 1934 |
| Box 39 Folder 6 | "Future Social Trends Affecting Education," 1934 |
| Box 39 Folder 7 | "The Outlook for the Trained Woman," 1934 |
| Box 39 Folder 8 | Review of Technics and Civilization by Lewis Mumford, 1934 |
| Box 39 Folder 9 | "The Library and the New Social Order," 1934 |
| Box 39 Folder 10 | "The Background of the New Deal," 1934 |
| Box 39 Folder 11 | "Studies in Prediction and the Distortion of Reality," 1934 |
| Box 39 Folder 12 | "The Future of the New Deal," 1934 |
| Box 39 Folder 13 | "Limitations of Statistics," 1934 |
| Box 39 Folder 14 | "Workshop Rules for Research," 1934 |
| Box 39 Folder 15 | "Effectiveness of the Church in Contemporary American Life," 1934 |
| Box 39 Folder 16 | "The Changing Social Scene in 1934," 1934 |
| Box 39 Folder 17 | "Freedom," 1934 |
| Box 39 Folder 18 | "How Machines Change Our Lives," 1934 |
| Box 39 Folder 19 | Review of The Challenge to Liberty by Herbert Hoover, 1934 |
| Box 39 Folder 20 | "This Freedom," review of Women Who Work by Grace Hutchins, 1934 |
| Box 39 Folder 21 | "A Sociologist Looks at the City of Tomorrow," 1935 |
| Box 39 Folder 22 | "Leaves from a Sociologist's Notebook," 1935 |
| Box 39 Folder 23 | "Recent Changes in Marriage," 1935 |
| Box 39 Folder 24 | "Population Studies of the South," 1935 |
| Box 39 Folder 25 | "Factors in the Variation of Crime among Cities," 1935 |
| Box 39 Folder 26 | "Sidelights on Current Scenes," 1935 |
| Box 39 Folder 27 | "Prospecting for the Future," 1935 |
| Box 39 Folder 28 | "Indexes of Social Trends and Their Fluctuations," 1935 |
| Box 39 Folder 29 | "Income Classes and the Roosevelt Vote in 1932," 1935 |
| Box 39 Folder 30 | "Non-Intellectual Aspects of Personality Facing Education," 1935 |
| Box 39 Folder 31 | "What's Ahead in the Home," "What's Ahead in the Community;" "What's Ahead in Education;" "What's Ahead in Government," 1935 |
| Box 39 Folder 32 | "Recent Social Changes," 1935 |
| Box 39 Folder 33 | "Nationalism as Religion," 1935 |
| Box 39 Folder 34 | "Changing Social Trends," 1935 |
| Box 39 Folder 35 | "Social Influences Affecting the Education of the Future," 1935 |
| Box 39 Folder 36 | "Does It Cost Less to Live in the South?" 1935 |
| Box 39 Folder 37 | "Technology and Governmental Change," 1936 |
| Box 39 Folder 38 | Speech at University of Chicago Trustees dinner, 1936 |
| Box 39 Folder 39 | "Manners," 1936 |
| Box 39 Folder 40 | "Business Conditions in Presidential Election Years," 1936 |
| Box 39 Folder 41 | "Indexes of Social Trends," 1936 |
| Box 39 Folder 42 | "Stationary and Changing Societies," 1936 |
| Box 39 Folder 43 | "Our Future Cities," 1936 |
| Box 39 Folder 44 | "Independent Voting in Presidential Elections," 1936 |
| Box 39 Folder 45 | "Regions," 1936 |
| Box 39 Folder 46 | "Population Changes," 1936 |
| Box 39 Folder 47 | Reviews of Length of Life, Louis I. Dublin and Alfred J. Lotka, The Sociology of Invention and Inventing the Ship, S. Colum Gilfillan, and The Twilight of Parenthood, Enid Charles, 1936 |
| Box 39 Folder 48 | Social Characteristics of Cities series, 1936-1937
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| Box 40 Folder 1 | Social Characteristics of Cities series, 1936-1937
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| Box 40 Folder 2 | "Recovery and Social Conditions," 1937 |
| Box 40 Folder 3 | "Culture," 1937 |
| Box 40 Folder 4 | "The Influence of Inventions on American Social Institutions in the Future," 1937 |
| Box 40 Folder 5 | "Today's Inventions Foretell Our Future," 1937 |
| Box 40 Folder 6 | "Culture and Sociology," 1937 |
| Box 40 Folder 7 | "New Note in Statecraft," 1937 |
| Box 40 Folder 8 | "Technology and Sociology," 1938 |
| Box 40 Folder 9 | "An Interpretation of Business as a Social Institution by Government with Respect to Technology," 1938 |
| Box 40 Folder 10 | "Machines and Tomorrow's World," 1938 |
| Box 40 Folder 11 | Review of Science and Social Welfare in the Age of Newton by G. N. Clark, 1938 |
| Box 40 Folder 12 | Review of Science for Citizens by Lancelot Hogben, 1938 |
| Box 40 Folder 13 | "Contributions to Sociological Research," 1939 |
| Box 40 Folder 14 | "Future Trends in Education," 1939 |
| Box 40 Folder 15 | Review of Housing for the Machine Age by Clarence Arthur Perry, 1939 |
| Box 40 Folder 16 | "Building a Better Society," 1939 |
| Box 40 Folder 17 | "Economic Bases of Family Life," 1940 |
| Box 40 Folder 18 | "Social Trends," 1940 |
| Box 40 Folder 19 | "Statistical Trends," 1940 |
| Box 40 Folder 20 | "The Economic Factor in the Roosevelt Elections," 1940 |
| Box 40 Folder 21 | "An Economic Interpretation of the Social Characteristics of Cities," 1940 |
| Box 40 Folder 22 | "The Changing Pattern of America," 1940 |
| Box 40 Folder 23 | "Four Issues Ahead," 1940 |
| Box 40 Folder 24 | "The Rise of American Civilization, 1932-1940," 1940 |
| Box 40 Folder 25 | Review of Science and Social Change by Jesse Thornton, Engines of Democracy by Roger Burlingame, and The Telephone in a Changing World by Marion May Dilts, 1941 |
| Box 40 Folder 26 | Review of National Income and Its Composition, 1919-1938 by Simon Kuznets, 1941 |
| Box 40 Folder 27 | "Inventions, Population and History," 1942 |
| Box 40 Folder 28 | "Our Times," 1942 |
| Box 40 Folder 29 | "There'll Always Be a Family," 1942 |
| Box 40 Folder 30 | "La Familia, Institutión Eterna," 1942 |
| Box 40 Folder 31 | Review of Climate Makes the Man by Clarence A. Mills, 1942 |
| Box 40 Folder 32 | "Things to Come - How Science May Shape the Next Twenty-Five Years," 1943 |
| Box 40 Folder 33 | "Whither Population?" 1943 |
| Box 40 Folder 34 | "Can We Win the War and Have Democracy at the Same Time?" 1943 |
| Box 40 Folder 35 | "Southern Regional Folkways Regarding Money," 1943 |
| Box 40 Folder 36 | "Government and Industry after the War," 1943 |
| Box 41 Folder 1 | "Marriages, Births, and Divorces," 1943 |
| Box 41 Folder 2 | "War, Babies, and the Future," 1943 |
| Box 41 Folder 3 | "Two Victory Musts," 1943 |
| Box 41 Folder 4 | "Marital Separations," 1944 |
| Box 41 Folder 5 | "Size of Community as a Factor in Migration," 1944 |
| Box 41 Folder 6 | "On Preventing Germany from Starting Another War," 1944 |
| Box 41 Folder 7 | Review of Outlay and Income in the United States, 1921-1938 by Harold Barger, 1944 |
| Box 41 Folder 8 | "The Foreign Policy of the United States," 1944 |
| Box 41 Folder 9 | "Air Age Transportation," 1945 |
| Box 41 Folder 10 | "Ideologies of the South in Transition," 1945 |
| Box 41 Folder 11 | "Atomic Energy and the Fate of Nations," 1945 |
| Box 41 Folder 12 | Review of "An Essay on the Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field" by Jacques Hadamard, 1945 |
| Box 41 Folder 13 | "Atomic Force: Its Meaning for Mankind," 1945 |
| Box 41 Folder 14 | Reviews of Trends in Musical Taste by John H. Mueller and Kate Hevner, and National Budgets for Full Employment by the National Planning Association, 1945 |
| Box 41 Folder 15 | "Sociology and the Atom," 1946 |
| Box 41 Folder 16 | "Industrial Relations in an Atomic World," 1946 |
| Box 41 Folder 17 | "Inventions of Local Transportation and the Patterns of Cities," 1946 |
| Box 41 Folder 18 | "On What We Want," 1946 |
| Box 41 Folder 19 | "Aviation and Society," 1946 |
| Box 41 Folder 20 | "From the Old South to Cities of the North," ca. 1946 |
| Box 41 Folder 21 | "On Scientific Writing," 1947 |
| Box 41 Folder 22 | "The Process of Adjustment to New Inventions," 1948 |
| Box 41 Folder 23 | "Education, Income, and Family Unity," 1948 |
| Box 41 Folder 24 | "Who Will Be Who in 1980," 1948 |
| Box 41 Folder 25 | "Thoughts on Freedom and Organization," 1948 |
| Box 41 Folder 26 | "Technology and Internationalism," 1948 |
| Box 41 Folder 27 | "Are Our Wars Good Times?" 1948 |
| Box 41 Folder 28 | "Long Trail Winding," 1948 |
| Box 41 Folder 29 | "Defense through Dispersal," 1948 |
| Box 41 Folder 30 | "Social Implications of Aviation," 1949 |
| Box 41 Folder 31 | Comment on editorial, "Education in Georgia," 1949 |
| Box 41 Folder 32 | "The Atlantic Community Faces the Bomb," 1949 |
| Box 41 Folder 33 | "America's Economic Promise," 1949 |
| Box 41 Folder 34 | "Can Science Bring Us Happiness?" 1949 |
| Box 41 Folder 35 | Reviews of Length of Life by Louis I. Dublin, Alfred J. Lotka, and Mortimer Spiegelman, and Demographic Yearbook, 1949 by the United Nations, 1949 |
| Box 42 Folder 1 | "Questions Raised by the Hydrogen Bomb," 1950 |
| Box 42 Folder 2 | "Human Nature and the Bomb," 1950 |
| Box 42 Folder 3 | "The Census Shows Us Up," 1950 |
| Box 42 Folder 4 | "Living under the Threat of the Atomic Bomb," 1950 |
| Box 42 Folder 5 | "From Big Cities to Small," 1950 |
| Box 42 Folder 6 | "Implications of the Hydrogen Bomb," 1950 |
| Box 42 Folder 7 | "Can We Control Divorce?" 1950 |
| Box 42 Folder 8 | "The Pattern of Social Change," 1950 |
| Box 42 Folder 9 | "Social Aspects of the Armament Program," 1950 |
| Box 42 Folder 10 | "Technology and Education in the United States," 1950 |
| Box 42 Folder 11 | "The Process of Adjustment to New Inventions," 1950 |
| Box 42 Folder 12 | "Population, Private Ownership, Technology, and the Standard of Living," 1951 |
| Box 42 Folder 13 | "Changing Patterns of Family Behaviour and the Design of Nonhousing Facilities," 1951 |
| Box 42 Folder 14 | "Aviation and Society Abstracts," 1951 |
| Box 42 Folder 15 | "How Technology Changes Society," 1951 |
| Box 42 Folder 16 | "A Few Words by Professor Ogburn," 1951 |
| Box 42 Folder 17 | "The Impact of the Airplane on Civilization," 1951 |
| Box 42 Folder 18 | Review of The Lonely Crowd by David Riesman, 1951 |
| Box 42 Folder 19 | "Hiking Living Standard Called India's No. 1 Job," 1952 |
| Box 42 Folder 20 | "Sociology in the U. S. A.," 1952 |
| Box 42 Folder 21 | "Technology and the Standard of Living in the United States," 1955 |
| Box 42 Folder 22 | "Implications of the Rising Standard of Living in the United States," 1955 |
| Box 42 Folder 23 | "The Comparative Influence of Increases in Early Marriage and of Increases in Per Capita Income on the Increases of Birth Rates, 1940-1950," 1955 |
| Box 42 Folder 24 | "Some Observations on Sociological Research," 1955 |
| Box 42 Folder 25 | "Factors Related to the Virginia Vote on Segregation," 1956 |
| Box 42 Folder 26 | "Trends in a Half Century of Sociology in the United States," 1956 |
| Box 42 Folder 27 | "Technology as Environment," 1956 |
| Box 42 Folder 28 | "Comparaciones entre las ciencias sociales y las ciencias naturales," 1956 |
| Box 42 Folder 29 | "Social Forces Affecting the Future of the United States," 1957 |
| Box 42 Folder 30 | "Social Trends," 1957 |
| Box 42 Folder 31 | "The Family in Our Changing Society," 1958 |
| Box 42 Folder 32 | "The Wolf Boy of Agra," 1959 |
| Box 42 Folder 33 | "Fertility Control in Underdeveloped Areas - An Experimental Design," 1959 |
| Box 42 Folder 34 | "Influences Affecting the Future of Sociology," 1959 |
| Box 42 Folder 35 | "Technological Development and Per Capita Income," 1959 |
| Box 42 Folder 36 | "On the Trail of the Wolf-Children," 1959 |
| Box 42 Folder 37 | "Technology and Cities - The Dilemma of the Modern Metropolis," 1960 |
Series VII: Publicity |
This series contains news clippings and other materials organized topically under headings used by Ogburn. Included are newspaper and magazine reports of Ogburn's research, interviews and public statements concerning social trends and national problems, notices of lectures and addresses, reviews of some of Ogburn's books and articles, and miscellaneous biographical items. Some clippings date as far back as 1908, announcing Ogburn's acceptance at graduate school at Columbia University, his marriage, and hiring at Reed College. Among the topics in the series are the controversies engendered by a pamphlet written by Ogburn, "You and Machines," which was banned by the Civilian Conservation Corps, and Ogburn's clash with Mary Rumsey while on the Consumers Advisory Board of the National Recovery Administration in 1933.
| Box 43 Folder 1 | Atomic age problems |
| Box 43 Folder 2 | Changes in mankind |
| Box 43 Folder 3 | Child and youth problems |
| Box 43 Folder 4 | Civilian Conservation Corps banning of Ogburn pamphlet, "You and Machines" |
| Box 43 Folder 5 | Commencement addresses, attendance, awards and honorary degrees |
| Box 43 Folder 6 | Conferences and forums |
| Box 43 Folder 7 | Crime |
| Box 43 Folder 8 | Depressions |
| Box 43 Folder 9 | Economics |
| Box 43 Folder 10 | Education |
| Box 43 Folder 11-13 | Family |
| Box 44 Folder 1 | Health problems |
| Box 44 Folder 2 | Home life |
| Box 44 Folder 3 | Income and consumption patterns |
| Box 44 Folder 4 | India |
| Box 44 Folder 5 | Inventions and technology and their social effects |
| Box 44 Folder 6 | Lectures and addresses |
| Box 44 Folder 7 | Marriage and divorce |
| Box 44 Folder 8 | Mercer University |
| Box 44 Folder 9-10 | National Recovery Administration |
| Box 44 Folder 11-12 | New Dea |
| Box 44 Folder 13 | Personal and professional, miscellaneous |
| Box 44 Folder 14 | Political science |
| Box 44 Folder 15 | Polls |
| Box 44 Folder 16 | Population |
| Box 45 Folder 1 | Predictions |
| Box 45 Folder 2 | Press releases |
| Box 45 Folder 3 | Recent Social Trends |
| Box 45 Folder 4 | Red probes |
| Box 45 Folder 5 | Reed College |
| Box 45 Folder 6 | Research Committee on Social Trends |
| Box 45 Folder 7 | Social Change |
| Box 45 Folder 8 | Social Effects of Aviation |
| Box 45 Folder 9 | Social trends |
| Box 45 Folder 10 | Sociology by Ogburn and Mimkoff |
| Box 45 Folder 11 | Southern problems |
| Box 45 Folder 12 | Soviet Union |
| Box 45 Folder 13 | Technocracy |
| Box 45 Folder 14 | Technological trends and national policy |
| Box 45 Folder 15 | Totalitarianism |
| Box 45 Folder 16 | Urban change |
| Box 45 Folder 17 | War planning |
Series VIII: Personal Journals |
The last series contains a transcript of journals that Ogburn kept from 1942 until a few days before his death in 1959. Among the subjects of his reflections and ruminations are friends and colleagues, social gatherings, current events, travels, and bird watching. In a foreword, Ogburn wrote that the journals expressed traits of contemplation, love of ideas, curiosity, love of nature, and an aesthetic appreciation. Many of the entries indicate this philosophical side of his character, while others give frank critiques of the academic profession and political affairs. Ogburn hoped that his journals would show that "a life unadventurous in action need not be a dull one, if we make a hobby of reflecting on what we do and on what we observe." Included at the beginning of the series is an account of a sociological field trip Ogburn made to several Indian villages in Arizona in 1917.
| Box 46 Folder 1 | Tour of Indian villages in Arizona, 1917 |
| Box 46 Folder 2 | Journal 1, June 22, 1942 to November 29, 1946 |
| Box 46 Folder 3 | Journal 2, May 26, 1947 to January 17, 1949 |
| Box 46 Folder 4 | Journal 2 1/2, January 17, 1949 to May 19, 1951 |
| Box 47 Folder 1 | Journal 3, May 29, 1951 to March 31, 1953 |
| Box 47 Folder 2 | Journal 4, May 19, 1953 to July 19, 1955 |
| Box 47 Folder 3 | Journal 5, July 28, 1955 to February 12, 1957 |
| Box 47 Folder 4 | February 12, 1957 to August 18, 1957 |
| Box 47 Folder 5 | October 17, 1957 to April 23, 1959 |