Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences Records, 1927-1934
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Encyclopaedia of Social Sciences, Inc. Records
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Encyclopaedia of Social Sciences, Inc.
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Historical Note The Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences originated as a jointly sponsored project of ten leading American scholarly associations in the field of social science. (They are: the American Anthropological Association, the American Association of Social Workers, the American Economic Association, the American Historical Association, the American Political Science Association, the American Psychological Association, the American Sociological Society, the American Statistical Association, the Association of American Law Schools, and the National Education Association.) The intent was to construct a comprehensive synthesis of the knowledge provided by different disciplines, in such a way that their differing prespectives would shed new light on the common problems of the social sciences. The enterprise was placed under Edwin R.A. Seligman as editor-in-chief; Alvin Johnson was named associate editor. Financial support was obtained from the Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Russell Sage Foundations, and the Macmillan Company was enlisted as publisher. Having already a broad base of support in the American intellectual community, in 1927 Seligman went abroad to meet with leading European scholars, and met with an enthusiastic reception. The procedure worked out for the organization and composition of the Encyclopaedia was as follows. Lists of possible topics were widely circulated for comment and criticism, then responsibility for individual articles carefully assigned to authorities in each field. Translation or Englishing, if needed, fact checking, and bibliographical checking of completed articles were all performed by the editorial staff in New York, and any doubtful points as well as editorial revisions were referred back to the original author. Final proofreading of the typeset galleys was also done by the editorial staff. The 15 individual volumes were published between 1930 and 1935.
Scope and Contents of the Collection Correspondence; original manuscripts, translations and drafts of articles; organizational files and business records. Widely supported by the American and European intellectual communities, correspondents and contributors include Ruth Benedict, Franz Boas, Max Eastman, Felix Frankfurter, Carl J. Friedrich, Louis R. Gottschalk, Melville J. Herskovitz, Granville Hicks, Sidney Hook, John Maynard Keynes, Kenneth S. Latourette, Max Lerner, Bronislaw Malinowski, Karl Mannheim, Margaret Mead, Paul Miliukov, Lewis Mumford, Joseph Needham, Frederick Law Olmsted, Henri Pirenne, Roscoe Pound, Edward Sapir, and Arthur M. Schlesinger. Note, however, that many of the more famous authors wrote only one article for the encyclopaedia, and their correspondence files are accordingly small.
Social sciences--Encyclopedias
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Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Seligman, Edwin Robert Anderson, 1861-1939
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Johnson, Alvin Saunders, 1874-
Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Eastman, Max, 1883-1969
Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965
AUTHOR Friedrich, Carl J. (Carl Joachim), 1901-
Gottschalk, Louis Reichenthal, 1899-1975
Hicks, Granville, 1901-
Friedrich, Carl J. (Carl Joachim), 1901-
Hook, Sidney, 1902-
Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946
Latourette, Kenneth Scott, 1884-1968
Lerner, Max, 1902-
Mannheim, Karl, 1893-1947
Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978
Mil{235}i{236}ukov, P. N. (Pavel Nikolaevich), 1859-1943
Mumford, Lewis, 1895-
Needham, Joseph, 1900-
Pirenne, Henri, 1862-1935
Pound, Roscoe, 1870-1964
Schlesinger, Arthur Meier, 1888-1965
AUTHOR Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963
Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963
Malinowski, Bronislaw, 1884-1942
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939
Macmillan Company
American Anthropological Association
American Association of Social Workers
American Historical Association
American Political Science Association
American Psychological Association
American Sociological Society
American Statistical Association
National Education Association of the United States
series
Series 1: Business Records 1927-1934
This series contains the business records of the staff which produced the Encyclopaedia. It includes correspondence with Macmillan (the publisher of the Encyclopaedia), with sponsoring organizations, and with subscribers. Also present are financial records, including bills and invoices, checkbook ledgers, account books, and information on Encyclopaedia staff and salaries. Files of press notices, reviews of the Encyclopaedia, and a scrapbook of press clippings are also present in this series.
Series 2: Lists, Outlines, Abstracts, Card Files 1927-1934
This series contains an assemblage of files used in planning the Encyclopaedia. First is a set of lists of suggested topics, arranged by broad subject field. These lists were circulated to eminent authorities in each field for comment. Each file consists of the lists, comments by the outside authorities, and related correspondence. Second there is a set, also filed by broad subject area, of outlines and abstracts of articles, including enumerations of suggested word lengths for each article. This is followed by a series of Memoranda to Authors, filed alphabetically by subject, giving the scope for each suggested article or series of related articles. A set of miscellaneous files relating to these lists and outlines follows. The remainder of the series consists of the card files used in the preparation of the Encyclopaedia. First, a set of Topic Cards with brief summaries of articles, suggested word lengths, and often notes on who suggested the topic, and possible authors for the articles. Then there is a set of Abstract Cards (A through L only), which mainly seem to include suggested authors for the articles, although some outlines and suggested word lengths are also present. Finally is a set of Biography Cards, which are identical to Topic Cards except that they treat personal name subjects.
Series 3: Manuscript Folders 1927-1934
This series contains the original manuscripts and edited drafts of the articles of the Encyclopaedia. Often included are notes on background information and statistics, as well as slips for sources consulted at the New York Public Library in the course of the factual checking done by the Encyclopaedia staff. Occasionally correspondence relating to the article will be found in these files, but most correspondence is filed in the next series.
Series 4: Correspondence Files 1927-1934
This series contains the correspondence of the editors with the contributing authors, advisers and potential contributors. Most of the correspondence is in English, but French and German are commonly employed by European correspondents. The list of correspondents below is not exhaustive, but includes only major sets and famous names: the series as a whole contains correspondence with more than 1200 persons. Much of the correspondence with famous people, such as W.E.B. DuBois and Oliver Wendell Holmes, consists merely of polite refusals, but many, such as Margaret Mead and Felix Frankfurter, did make substantial contributions to the Encyclopaedia. A large gap exists in this series: there are no files from correspondents with names beginning with the letter C; in fact, none between the letters BR and DR. This material was not present when the collection was first inventoried in 1984, and must have been lost prior to that time.
Series 5: Killed Files 1927-1934
This series contains files of manuscripts and index cards for projected articles that were "killed", that is, not used in the printed version of the Encyclopaedia. The contents of these files correspond to those of the "live" files from which they were drawn.
Series 6: Printed Editions of the Encyclopaedia 1927-1934
This series contains the published editions of the Encyclopaedia. First is an incomplete set of the first printing, and next a complete set of the 16th printing. Finally is a complete set of the new International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, the successor edition published in 1968.
Press notices
Press notices, book reviews
Macmillan Company - correspondence 1929-1930
Correspondence - invoices
Macmillan Correspondence - reprints, Prink, etc.
Macmillan Company - R.R. Brett
Macmillan Company - G. Brett
Subscription correspondence - Macmillan - E.L. Mead (1-2)
Lease for Morningside Apt. - related correspondence
Correspondence
Who's Who - qualifications and job histories of staff
Replies to letters re possible future employment of E.S.S. editorial staff
Salary lists
Financial statesments and salary lists
Macmillan bills (1-3)
Receipted bills (Dec. 1, 1927 - 1934)
Carnegie Corporation
Commonwealth Fund
Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation - Day
Rosenwald Foundation
Russell Sage Foundation
Couzens, James
Dawson, W. H.
Howson, Roger - Columbia University Library
Insurance - Burnett Miller
Irvine, Elsie, Mrs.
Jones, Mark
Memorandums
Memoranda and outlines of topics
Price, Waterhouse & Co.
Association of American Law Schools
American Economic Association
National Education Association
Brinkman and Schumpeter - advisory editors correspondence
Advisory editors correspondence
Joint committee - subscription campaign
Joint committee meetings, Feb. 1925 - June 1932
Sullivan and Cromwell
Form letters
Subscription campaign - early correspondence of ERA's (1-4)
Correspondence with universities
Assorted correspondence
Correspondence - mainly with Edwin Gay
Board of Directors and constituent societies correspondence (1-2)
Board of Directors - annual meetings, 1931-1933
Directors of the Encyclopaedia of Social Sciences, Inc.
U - Miscellaneous, including correspondence with prospective publishers (1-2)
Page proofs, Vol. I through
Page proofs, Vol. IV
Title pages, Vol. III through
Title pages, Vol. IV
Uncut signatures
Page corrections
Letters from Macmillan
Contents, Vol. 2; Table of contributors, Vol. 2
Dinner acceptances (1-2)
Regrets
Correspondence re dinner
Subscriber's correspondence
Complimentary subscription correspondence
Congratulatory letters
Review copies requested
Correspondence re subscriptions (1-10)
Lists of subscribers
Sample subscription agreements
Reviews of the E.S.S.
Specimen pamphlets (1928)
Specimen biography pamphlets (1931)
Envelopes
Sample checks
Sample voucher forms
Special offer to members pamphlet (American Economic Association)
Checkbook ledgers
Account books
Journal
Books of requisition slips
Blank book of voucher forms (no. 1801-1850)
Scrapbook
Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences membership record
E.S.S. staff (card file)
Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences embossing stamp
Lists of Suggested Topics and Replies, A - EC
Lists of Suggested Topics and Replies, ED - MI
Lists of Suggested Topics and Replies, MO - WO
Outlines and Enumerations of Topics, A - CH
Outlines and Enumerations of Topics, CI - WO
Memoranda to Authors, CA - CO
Memoranda to Authors, CR - PL
Memoranda to Authors, PO - Z
Bibliographies
Changes on Lists
Discarded Materials
Miscellaneous Files
Topic Cards, A - E
Topic Cards, F - Z
Abstract Cards, A - CIT
Abstract Cards, CIV - ISO
Abstract Cards, J - LA
Biography Cards, A - BJ
Biography Cards, BL - F
Biography Cards, GA - MAR
Biography Cards, MAS - RIT
Biography Cards, RIU - SZT
Biography Cards, SZU - Z
Preface
Introduction
Manuscript folders, A - ACS
Manuscript folders, ACT - AQU
Manuscript folders, ARA - AVE
Manuscript folders, AVI - BEL
Manuscript folders, BEN - BRA
Manuscript folders, BRE - CAN
Manuscript folders, CAP - CHI
Manuscript folders, CHI - COC
Manuscript folders, COD - COND
Manuscript folders, CONF - COR
Manuscript folders, COS - DAN
Manuscript folders, DAR - DOR
Manuscript folders, DOS - ELE
Manuscript folders, ELG - FAL
Manuscript folders, FAM - FOO
Manuscript folders, FOR - GAR
Manuscript folders, GAS - GOV
Manuscript folders, GRA - HER
Manuscript folders, HES - IMM
Manuscript folders, IMP - INT
Manuscript folders, INT - KAN
Manuscript folders, KAR - LAN
Manuscript folders, LAN - LAW
Manuscript folders, LAW - LUC
Manuscript folders, LUD - MAR
Manuscript folders, MAR - MEN
Manuscript folders, MEN - MIN
Manuscript folders, MIQ - MOR
Manuscript folders, MOS - NAT
Manuscript folders, NAT - OIL
Manuscript folders, OKU - PAS
Manuscript folders, PAT - POO
Manuscript folders, POP - PRO
Manuscript folders, PRO - RAC
Manuscript folders, RAD - RES
Manuscript folders, RET - SAN
Manuscript folders, SAR - SLU
Manuscript folders, SMA - STO
Manuscript folders, STR - TRA
Manuscript folders, TRA - UNE
Manuscript folders, UNF - WAG
Manuscript folders, WAI - ZWI
Abbott, Edith through Bjorling, Carl G. including:
Addams, Jane
Adler, Max
Arnold, Thurman
Bauer, John
Beard, Mary R.
Beer, Max
Benedict, Ruth
Bernard, L.L.
Blachly, F.F. through Fellner, Frederic de including:
Boas, Franz
Boehm, Max H.
Bonn, Moritz J.
Braun, Robert
Brinkman, Carl
Brinton, Crane
DuBois, W.E.B.
Eastman, Max
Einaudi, Luigi
Ellis, Havelock
Fay, Sidney B.
Fenwick, Charles G. through Griziotti, Benvenuto including:
Fitch, John A.
Frankfurter, Felix
Friedrich, Carl J.
Fuller, Raymond G.
Gottschalk, Louis R.
Gras, N.S.B.
Groba, Kurt through Holbrook, David H. including:
Hamilton, Walton H.
Hardman, J.B.S.
Hart, Albert Bushnell
Herskovitz, Melville J.
Hicks, Granville
Holcombe, A.N. through Koch, Theodore Wesley including:
Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Hook, Sidney
Hubert, Rene
Jaszi, Oscar
Jenks, Leland A.
Kandel, I.L.
Kennedy, W.P.M.
Keynes, J.M.
Klein, Philip
Knight, Frank H.
Knight, Melvin M.
Kocharovski, K. through Lyon, Leverett S. including:
Kohn, Hans
Kroeber, A.L.
Laski, Harold J.
Latourette, Kenneth S.
Lederer, E.
Lerner, Max
Lestschinsky, Jakob
Lippman, Walter
Lobinger, Charles S.
Lorwin, Lewis L.
Lowie, Robert H.
MacCauley, Fred R. through Mowery, Albert H. including:
Malinowski, Bronislaw
Manes, Alfred
Mannheim, Karl
McBride, George M.
Mead, Margaret
Meusel, Alfred
Miliukov, Paul
Muhlmann, W.E. through Powicks, F.M. including:
Mumford, Lewis
Munro, William B.
Nadler, Marcus
Needham, Joseph
Niebuhr, Helmut Richard
Nolen, John
Olmstead, F.L.
Palyi, Melchior
Parsons, Talcott
Perlman, Selig
Person, H.S.
Pirenne, Henri
Pound, Roscoe
Prato, Giuseppe through Sarkissian, A.O. including:
Radin, Max
Reed, Harold
Richards, Charles R.
Rubinow, I.M.
Ryan, John A.
Salin, George
Salomon, Gottfried
Salz, Arthur
Sanborn, Frederick R.
Sapir, Edward
Saposs, David J.
Sauer, Carl through Sraffa, Piero including:
Schacht, Joseph
Schlesinger, A.M.
Schneider, Herbert W.
Schuman, Frederick L.
Seelig, Ernst
Seldes, Gilbert
Sellin, Thorsten
Sharfman, I.L.
Shepard, Walter J.
Skalweit, August
Sommer, Louise
Stadelmann, Rudolf through Vreeland, Hamilton including:
Stocking, George W.
Struve, Peter
Sturges, Wesley A.
Suranyi-Unger, Theo
Taussig, F.W.
Tead, Ordway
Toynbee, Arnold
Tozzer, A.M.
Vambery, Rustam
Van Waters, Miriam
Viner, Jacob
Wade, Herbert T. through Woytinsky, Wladimir including:
Ware, Norman J.
Watkins, Myron W.
Weber, Wilhelm
White, Leonard
Wilcox, Walter F.
Killed Articles, A - CA
Killed Articles, CH - G
Killed Articles, H - O
Killed Articles, P - Z
Killed Topic Cards, A - E
Killed Topic Cards, F - Z
Killed Biography Cards, A - DJ
Killed Biography Cards, DO - HY
Killed Biography Cards, I - MO
Killed Biography Cards, MU - R
Killed Biography Cards, ST - Z
Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences. Edwin R.A. Seligman, ed. New York: Macmillan, 1934. Vols. I - VIII.
Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences. Edwin R.A. Seligman, ed. New York: Macmillan, 1934. Vols. IX, X, XII, XIV.
Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences. Edwin R.A. Seligman, ed. New York: Macmillan, 1934. 16th printing, 1967. Vols. 1 - 4.
Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences. Edwin R.A. Seligman, ed. New York: Macmillan, 1934. 16th printing, 1967. Vols. 5 - 12.
Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences. Edwin R.A. Seligman, ed. New York: Macmillan, 1934. 16th printing, 1967. Vols. 13 - 15
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. David L. Sills, ed. New York: Macmillan and the Free Press, 1968. Vols. 1 - 5.
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. David L. Sills, ed. New York: Macmillan and the Free Press, 1968. Vols. 6 - 12.
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. David L. Sills, ed. New York: Macmillan and the Free Press, 1968. Vols. 13 - 17.