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

0-7 OSTERREICHISCHES COLLEGE. [Apri 1 -May, 1950. 6 i tems] Correspondence
re: annual meeting of European scholars to study the topic "Bound-
aries of exploration, new solutions and open problenfs"; a copy of
the programme of the Funfte International e Hochschulwochen A1 pbach
des Osterreichischen Col lege; an invitation for Sorokin to address
and lead the discussion of the sociological section at the Euro-
paisches Forum Alpbach; and Sorokin's decline to the invitation.
0-8 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. [May, 1950-January, 1957. 9 i tems] Corres-
pondence re: Soroki n's request for permission to quote portions
of Toynbee's A study of history and Civilization on trial in his
forthcoming volume Social philosophies of an age of crisis; Oxford
University Press 's permission to quote from Toynbee' s works; a
request for Sorokin to review Richard Neutrals Survival through
design and A.J. Toynbee's A study of history Volumes VII-X; an
enclosure of background information about Toynbee and a bi bl iog-
raphy of his publications; Sorokin's receipt of a copy of A. Toyn-
bee's A historical approach to religion; a request for Sorokin to
review Toynbee's A study of history - D.C. Somervell's abridgment
of volumes VII-X.
L 0 - GENERAL. [December, 1929-January, 1967. 53 i tems] Correspondence
t 0-9 re: Sister Marie Augusta's master's thesis analyses Sorokin's social
theories; a greeting card for the Sorokins' Golden Jubilee; the
I possibility of an artikle on the investigation of a1 truism conducted
by Sorokin; a request for Sorokin's two volumes on a1 truism; Dr.
C.L. Odum's plan to prevent unhappiness in all its forms; permission
to use Sorokin's concepts outlined in The ways and power of love; a
request for Sorokin to write a preface for the Japanese edition of
his Russia and the United States; Sorokin's plans to publish a
special study of the movement of war; publication of Sorokin's studv
of the reek-and Roman social revolutions entitled "The movement of"
internal disturbances in the history of ancient Greece, Rome,
Byzantium, and seven of the main European countries"; a request for
Sorokin to send one of his students to the University of Puerto Rico
to carry out studies in altruization; Sorokin's completion of a
volume on Recent philosophies of history and philosophies of culture;
Sorokin's plans to publish a monograph about One thousand American
ood neighbors and three thousand Christian saints; a request for
{orokin to read A.M. O'Neillls Ethics for the atomic age; Sorokin's
discussion about the acceptance of tolerance; a request for Sorokin
to read F.J. oppenheimerl; The new tyranny; ~orokin's non-payment of
Oregon taxes in 1955; a copy of a questionnaire concerned with the
usefulness of congresses held for discussing scientific problems;
request for information on the activities of the Research Center for
Creative Altruism; a copy of M. Orlowski's paper "The idea of good-
ness"; a request to publish a Japanese translation of Sorokin's
Contemporary sociological theories ; a request for Soroki n to criti-
cize Prof. J.E. Owen's paper "Sociology at mid-century"; the publi-
cation of Sorokin's Fads and foibles in modern sociology and related