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

comments on Ul ken's La pense'e de 1 ' Islam; Sorokin's receipt of a
reprint of Ul ken's paper on the east and the west; Sorokin's
criticism of ~merican. sociologists in Fads and foibles'; Sorokin's
receipt of the Acts of the 15th International Congress of Sociology.
U-3 UNITARIAN CHURCH OF EVANSTON. [June, 1958-Apri 1 , 1959. 18 i tems]
Correspondence re: an invitation for Sorokin to take the session
on social science at the Evanston Unitarian Church; a copy of
"Building an intellectual edifice for the future"; Sorokin's
acceptance of the invitation; three questions regarding the social
science phase of the "intellectual edifice for the future"; arrange-
ments for Sorokin's address at the Evanston Unitarian Church;
Sorokin to deliver a talk on "Religion and the social sciences";
a copy of "A guide for members and visitors of the Evanston Unitar-
ian Church"; publication of Sorokin's address.
U-4 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OFFICE. [July, 1929-May, 1959. 27 i tems]
Correspondence re: comments on Sorokin's and Zimmerman's Principles
of rural-urban sociology; E. Schuler's comments on Sorokin's Russia
and the United States; a request for Sorokin's suggestions to help
the U.S. Air Force approach the problems of morals, motivation, man-
power, psychological warfare, strategic planning and human relations;
Sorokin's decline to help the Air Force; Sorokin's concern about the
royalties from a German edition of Social philosophies of an age of
crisis; a request for Sorokin's address to the 23rd meeting of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science; Sorokin's
opinion concerning the automatic or semiautomatic tests of personality;
a request for Sorokin's appraisal of the effect of foundations in
scientific institutions; a request for Soroki n' s comments on what
types of research in the social sciences are impractical and of low
scientific value; a request for Sorokin's comments regarding the
operation of foundations and research organizations in the social
sciences; Sorokin's acceptance of the Department of Labor's invita-
tion to discuss the basic problems concerning the welfare of wage
earners in the United States; request for information concerning the
activities of the Harvard Research Center; Sorokin's receipt of three
copies of the German edition of The reconstruction of humanity; a
request for a copy of T. Burrow's "Prescriptions for peace: the bio-
logical basis of man's ideological conflicts" in Explorations in
a1 trui stic love and behavior; Sorokin's recommendation to invite
Dr. H. Freyer of the University of Munster, Dr. K.V. Mu1 ler of Nurn-
berg Technische Hochschule, and Dr. V. Castellano of the University
of Rome to lecture at various American universities; an invitation
for Sorokin to visit West Germany; B.K. Wheeler's request for Sorokin
to write his Congressman to vote against getting into World War 11;
an invitation for Sorokin to become a member of the American Friends
of the World Council of Churches; Sorokin's proposal to organize
an Association for the Appl ication of Creative A1 truism.