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

a sociology theory class, social stratification class, and principles
of sociology and social psychology seminar; a thank you note for
Sorokin's lectures; a copy of Sorokin's review and a re'print of his
latest article sent to Prof. M.S. Davis; a request for a copy of
Sorokin's paper in which Sorokin compares his theories to those of
T. Parson; and a copy of Sorokin's article "Three basic trends of
our time" sent to Prof. G.J. Kallas.
P-39 PUSHKAREV, Dr. S. [October, 1949-June, 1967. 15 i tems] Correspond-
ence re: Sorokin' s interest in Pushkarev's work; Sorokin's request
for Pushkarev's manuscript; Soroki n's favourable comments on Push-
karev's Survey of Russian history and Russia in the nineteenth
century; pub1 ication of Sorokin's Fads and foibles in modern
sociology and related sciences and American sex rev01 ution; Sorokin' s
request for a brief list of Russian rulers who in the struggle for
power murdered their fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, sons, daughters,
sisters, or other close relatives; Sorokin's request for assistance
for his study "Criminality of rulers".
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p-40 PO-PU - GENERAL. [June, 1923-Apri 1 , 1965. 44 i tems] Correspondence
re: a review of the Dutch translation of Sorokin's The crisis of
our age and Social philosophies of an age of crisis published in
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Mens en maatschappij September 15, 1952; Sorokin's criticism of
the review he received of his works; Prof. F.L. Polak's request to
meet with Sorokin; Sorokin's decline to attend the testimonial
dinner in honour of Prof. F. Znaniecki; request for a report about
the activities of the Research Center in Creative Altruism; Sorokin's
opinion on a pageant presentation of the Sermon on the Mount; an
invitation for Sorokin to attend the 10th anniversary reunion of the
American Veterans of the Elbe River Link-up in Washington, D.C.;
Sorokin's decl ine to the invitation; a request for Sorokin's comments
on B. Porter's notes on tbe uses of physics; a request for permission
to translate Sorokin's Theories sociologiques contemporaines into
Polish; Rev. C.F. Potter's 'book sermon' of Sorokin's The crisis of
our age; Prof. K. Prasad's request for information a b o m
and activities of the Research Center for Creative Altruism; Prof.
K. Prasad's project of studying certain attitudes which are conducive
to the promotion of altruistic activities; a request for Sorokin to
correct the page proofs of his contribution to the D.P. Mukerji
Volume Sociology of culture in India; a request for Sorokin to
answer a number of questions raised by the graduate seminar in Advanced
Sociological Theory at the University of Southern Cal ifornia;
Sorokin's reply to the questions; a request for Sorokin to sign a
petition against the imprisonment of Dorothy Day; Sorokin's wi 11 ingness
to sign the petition; a request for Sorokin's suggestions about
the use of sociological terms in R. Proodian's thesis "The psychology
of acting"; Sorokin's reply to Proodian's request; a request for a
copy of Sorokin's "Similarities and dissimilarities between two
sociological systems".