Sorokin, Pitirim A. - Manuscripts and Papers - University Library ...

M-46 MOLNAR, (Dr. ) Eugene F. [January, 1956-April, 1958. 7 i tems] Correspondence
re: scientific studies of the techniques for creating
altruism; a copy of Molnar's "Human action"; a report ,on the work
and activities of the Research Center; a manual being used with the
learner population of Erie County; Mol nar's invitation to have a
conference with. Sorokin; Mol nar's appl ication for a modest post in
Soroki n' s sociology department.
M-47 MONAHAN, (Dr. ) Thomas P. [March-September, 1957. 5 i tems] Correspond-
ence re: Sorokin's rejoinder in the American journal of sociology
and the general si tution in the American Sociological Society;
Monahan's criticism of the operations and procedures of the American
Sociological Society's business meetings; a newspaper article
"Pussyfoot resolutions on racial data scored at sociologists'
convention'' by Jean White; and Sorokin's conclusion that the American
Sociological Society is being dictatorial ly control 1 ed by a
small group of pol i ticiaris .
M-48 ASHLEY-MONTAGU, (Prof. ) M. F. [September, 1939-May, 1956. 99 i tems]
Correspondence re: reprints of Ash1 ey-Montagu ' s studies; reprint of
Sorokin's article on Toynbee; Montagu's application for a position
- in Soroki n ' s Sociology Department at Harvard; Montagu ' s review of
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Sorokin's Crisis of our age; Sorokin's recommendation of Montagu for
a position at Duke University; Montagu's study of the relation of
body size to the development of social life among the primates;
Montaqu's criticisms of Earnest Hooton's works; a discussion about
~orokin's Cultural dynamics and The crisis of our age; Montagu's
interest in developing a school of social biology; Sorokin's he1 p
in finding a position in a sociology department for Montagu; Soro-
kin's assault upon Parsons and Merton in Sociocultural causality,
space, time; Montagu's favourable comments about Sorokin's Russia
and the U.S.A.; Montagu's book on Edward Tyson and the rise of human
and comparative anatomy in England; a request for Montagu to contrib-
ute a paper on the technique of altruization for Sorokin's symposium;
the establishment of the Harvard Research Center in A1 truistic Inte-
gration and Creativity on January 31, 1949; a request for Montagu to
undertake an experimental study of the role of love in children;
financial assistance for Montagu ' s research study; progress reports
of Montagu's study; Sorokin's work in organizing and arranging
papers for the symposium volume; Mr. George Lett's refusal to com-
plete the study of children of Coll ingswood High School (New Jersey);
Soroki n' s work at the Harvard Research Center progressi n: sati sfac-
torily; publ ication of Sorokin's American good neighbors and Christian
saints; a request for Sorokin to comment on Montagu's On being human;
Sorokin's plan to use Montagu's On being human as one of the required
texts for his course on Solidarity; a request for Sorokin to read
Montagu's annotated version of the UNESCO Statement on Race; Montagu's
congratulations on the publ ication of Sorokin's Social philosophies;
a brief outline of Montagu's project "An inquiry into the concepts of
cooperation and competition" ; Montagu' s favourabl e comments on Soro-
kin's Explorations; the completion of Montagu's study "The fa1 lacy of