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

Harvard Research Center; Sorokin's request for financial assist-
ance from the William Volker Fund; publication of Sorokin's Mental-
i ty , moral i ty , and reconstruction of governments ; request for
copies of the Report of the Research Center; a request for Sorokin
to' answer a question "Who are the . . . most capable persons in the
science of human relationships?"; Sorokin's reply to F. Harper's
question; a request for Sorokin to comment on J.R. Baker's Science
in the planned state and L. von Mises' Human action; I.R. Bierly's
comments on Sorokin's Power and morality; Sorokin's criticism of
Baker's and von Mises' books; a request for Sorokin to define his
meaning of 'unidimensional ' and 'mu1 tidimensional ' approaches to
freedom, and of social and cultural phenomena; William Vol ker
Fund's inability to provide publication subsidies for Dr. Allen's
Symposium volume; application for secretarial assistance for Sorokin;
I .R. Bierly's readiness to present Sorokin's application for grant
to the William Vol ker Fund; Sorokin's receipt of a $4,000 grant from
the Lilly Endowment.
V-19 V - GENERAL. [June, 1937-October, 1961 . 63 i terns] Correspondence
re: Sorokin's comments on Dr. S. Valavanis' manuscript "The - dynamics of love, envy, conquerors and missionaries"; L. Valence's
t comments on altruism; request for copies of Sorokin's publications;
a copy of A.L. van Kaam's paper "The phenomenological-existential
trends in psychology"; requests for information about the activities
of the Harvard Research Center; a request for a copy of Sorokin's
manuscript "Similarities and dissimilarities between two sociological
systems"; Sorokin's inquiry concerning the republication of Social
and cultural mobility; a request for Sorokin's reactions to Prof.
C.P. Loomis' Social systems: essays on their persistence and change -
and Modern social theories: selected American writers; a copy of
the Preface of Loomi s ' Modern social theories ; Sorokin's compl etion
of a manuscript about Cultural, social, and vital consequences of
overdeveloped sex freedom; a request for Sorokin's opinion of the
prospect of an early spiritual awakening; an invitation for Sorokin
to greet Prof. N. Agarwal when he speaks on "Mahatma Gandhi and his
influence" at the Vedanta Center; Sorokin's opinion of establishing
an international organization of research workers; a discussion
about Prof. Ellerbach's book The ebb and flood of the bloodstream;
a copy of A. Vereide's "Program for the month", The breakfast groups
(January, 1949); a request for Sorokin's opinion of what the U.S.
should do in regard to Russia; a copy of P. Viereck's "Babbitt
revisited", Harvard alumni bulletin (June 24, 1950); Sorokin's com-
ments on P. Viereck's article; a request for Sorokin's opinion of
the Catholic journal View; requests for copies of Sorokin's American
sex revolution; Sorokin's comments on J. Vijayatunga's manuscript
"Yoga, the way of self-fulfilment"; a copy of "Non-violence with
regard to the animal and vegetable world study circle"; requests
for copies of the pamphlet concerned with the studies of the Harvard
Research Center in Creative Altruism; a clipping from the Birmingham
(Ala.) post-herald; excerpt from H. Oberth's Man into space.