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

May 3, 1954; Panunzio's interest in establishing a system of gradual
and voluntary retirement at the University of Cal ifornia; Panunzio' s
campaign to raise the pensions of retired scholars; Sorokin ' s account
of his work and activities; a copy of the partial list of the
National Committee on the Emeriti ; Sorokin's criticism of the inade-
quate pension plan at Harvard; Sorokin's suggestion that the professors
should organize into a union; Panunzio's claim that professors be1 ieve
they are too high above the masses to think of economic protection
and a union; Sorokin's acceptance of an offer to be a visiting pro-
fessor at San Fernando Val ley State College; and Soroki n's congratu-
lations to Panunzio for his important statement to the United States
Senate Committee.
p-4 PAPERS READ AND PAPERS DECLINED. [1956-1957. 50 items] Correspondence
re: Sorokin's paper "Sociology and the advances of science?" to be
delivered at the meetins of the AAAS; an invitation for Sorokin to
be the guest of the ~ational Social science Honor Society Pi gamma
mu ; Soroki n ' s acceptaEFof the i nv'i-tation; ~pubTicat7'onnnoP SorokfiTs-
TocioIogy and the advances of science?" in Scientific monthly and
No.13 of the Special publications series of the National Academy; an
invitation for Sorokin to present the principal speech at the meeting
of the Commission on the Arts of the Association of American Colleges;
Sorokin's speech to be concerned with the relation of the arts to a
liberal education; Sorokin's acceptance of the invitation; travel
and accommodation arrangements for Sorokin; a request for Sorokin's
speech on the 'Fine Arts' to be mimeographed for the delegates attending
the meeting and to be published in the March 1957 AAC bulletin;
Sorokin's request for a copy of the Proceedings of the Association of
American Colleges and 100 reprints of his article on the fine arts; an
invitation for Sorokin to submit a paper for the Committee of the
International Sociological Association; Sorokin's acceptance of the
invitation and the expected submission of a paper entitled "Methods
of study of change of sociocultural congeries and systems"; a request
for Sorokin to shorten his paper on "Methods of study and change";
information on the presentation of papers and the arrangements for
discussion at the Third World Congress of Sociology, 1956; and Sorokin's
"Address of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science" submitted to the symposi um of the International Sociological
Association.
P-5 PARENTON, (Prof. ) V. J . [October, 1959-March, 1962. 8 i
tems] Correspond-
ence re: a copy of V.J. Parenton's article "Socio-psychological inte-
gration in a rural French-speaking section of Louisiana" The South-
Western social science quarterly Vol . XXX; Parenton 's proposal to
study certain aspects of social and cultural changes occurring since
1940 in the French-speaking societies; a request for Sorokin to
support Parenton's appl ication for the Guggenheim Foundation; a copy
of Sorokin's letter of support for Parenton's application; an invi-
tation for Sorokin to lecture at a reception for Dean Frey, former
President of Louisiana State University; and Sorokin's letter of
acceptance of the invitation.
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