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

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descri~tion of his work; the publication of the American edition of
~a~uet'ls Sociologie de la connaissance; the birth of a: son to Mr.
and Mrs. J. Maquet; the publication of Maquet's book by Beacon Press;
Maquet's thank 'you note to Sorokin for his help in the- preparation
of Maquet' s thesis; the publ ication of Sorokin' s monographs about
1000 American Good Neighbors and about 3000 Christian Cathol ic Saints;
Maquet's study of the political organization of the Ruanda people;
Sorokin's congratulations to Maquet on his good work; the publ ication
of 3 new volumes by Sorokin plus a new revised English edition of his
Russia and the united states; a new edition of eaves from a Russian
diary with a new essay; and German and Dutch translations of Crisis
of our age; Maquet's receipt of copies of Sorokin's books; Sorokin's
request for Maquet to undertake part-time research work at the
Harvard Research Center; Maquet's interest in doing part-time research
work and part-time teaching in the Harvard Social Relations Department
on a temporary basis; Maquet appointed head of the Astrida Center of
the Institute for Scientific Research in Central Africa; the pubiication
of a special volume on Sorokin's sociological, historical and
phi 1 osophi cal theories by Mr. Cowel 1 , an editor of the London times
and the Assistant Minister of Education of Great Britain; Maquet's
request to visit Sorokin in Boston; a request for Sorokin to certify
that Maquet did graduate research in the Department of Social Relations
at Harvard from November 1946 to May 1948; and Sorokin's works
continue to get published.
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MARIANI, (Dr. ) I .F. [July-November, 1954. 6 i tems] Correspondence re:
Mariani's job of collecting Italian background material for Sorokin's
work on "Contemporary sociological theories"; Sorokin's request for
a brief but comprehensive abstract of any significant work dealing
with social and cultural problems; a problem in the translation of
a number of the abstracts; and an honorarium of $75.00 for Mariani's
abstracts.
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY. [January-July, 1957. 12 i tems] Correspondence
re: a request for Sorokin to be the expert social scientist at
Marquette University's Seminar in Basic Thinking for competent
businessmen; an enclosure explaining the Seminar on Basic Thinking;
Sorokin's decision to participate in the Seminar; Sorokin's preparation
of a lecture for the Seminar; an explanation of why the
Seminar on Basic Thinking was cancelled; a request for a copy of
Sorokin's paper which was intended for the Seminar; a thank you
note and some comments on Sorokin's paper "How are sociological
theories conceived, developed and val idated?" ; and Sorokin's reply
to the questions asked about his paper.
M-20 MARTIN, (Dr.) Glen D. [February, 1950-February, 1951. 6 items] Corres-
pondence re: an invitation for Sorokin to give an address at Hamline
University; Sorokin's refusal to give the address at Ham1 ine Univer-
sity because of previous engagements; an invitation to Sorokin re-
garding a suitable honorarium and an appropriate time; Sorokin's
decline to attend any forums or discussions at Hamline University.