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

leaders" in Women in the church; Smythe's request for a summary
of recent ~ro.iects and publications of the Research Center in
Creative A\ trii sm; smythel s comments on Soroki n ' s The ways and
ower of 1 ove and Forms and techniques of a1 truism and spiritual
Erowth; Smythe's question about the change in name of the research
institution; Sorokin's explanation about the change in name of the
Research Center; Smythe's question about the re1 ationshi p between
a1 truism and creativity; Sorokin's explanation of the relationship
between a1 trui sm and creativity; the expected publ ication of Fads
and foibles in modern sociology and related sciences and the
American sex revolution; Smythe's work in conducting interdenominational
community study groups; a request for Sorokin's definition
of the term community; a copy of "the church and the community"
study project; Smythe's plans to attend the meeting of the Am~rican
Sociological Society in Detroit; the incorporation of a new Research
Society for Creative Altruism in Massachusetts; Smythe's request
for a copy of the "Studies of the Harvard Research Center in
Creative A1 truism" ; Sorokin's address on "Basic social effects of
abstract sociological theories" at the American Sociological
Association; a copy of Smythe's description of the Department of
Christian Communi ty ; pub1 ication of Sorokin ' s "General theory of
creativity" in Creativity and psychologica? heal th and "Concept,
tests and energy of spontanei ty-creativi ty ' in Sociometry, Vol . XI1 ,
Nos.1-3; Smythe's comments on Sorokin's Modern historical and
social philosophies and A long journey; Smythe's proposed book
Foundations of Christian community; publication of Sorokin's - The
basic trends of our time.
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DYNAMICS. [October, 1935-June, 1945. 140 i tems]
Correspondence re: Sorokin's offer to send his manuscript Movement
of war and of important internal disturbances; D.F. McDonald's
request for a copy of Sorokin's Movement of war; Sorokin's decision
not to publish the manuscript on War and Internal Disturbances as
a book,'but to publish it as a part of a three- or four-volume work;
a report of Sorokin's analytical study of war published in the - New
York times (April 21 , 1937) ; requests for copies of Sorokin 's study
of war; J.B. Moore's comments about his article "Fifty years of
international law", Harvard law review (January, 1937) ;- publ ication
of Sorokin 's three-volume Social and cul tural dynamics by the Ameri-
can Book Co., M. Parmelee's criticisms of Sorokin's Dynamics; a copy
of "Select poems from the pen of Berton Bellis"; Sorokin's reply to
M. Parmelee's criticisms; a request for a copy of one of Sorokin's
charts showing the age of each nation and the percentage of years
during which they were at peace and at war; the New York Typographical
Union No.6'~ request for Sorokin to have his books printed by union
minters and requirinq that the Union label appear on them; S.S.
wyerls comments 'on soiial and cul tural dynamics ; Sorokin' s interest
in reading Wyer's Living in a power age; Prof. T. Lapshin's comments
on Dynamics; Sorokin's thank you note for the photographs of G.
Wilson's murals; Sorokin's plans not to start the fourth volume of