James A. Peterson papers
Scope and Contents
James A. Peterson (1913-1992) taught sociology at USC from 1951 until 1979. Peterson served as chairman of USC's sociology department from 1960 to 1963, founder and director of the Marriage and Family Counseling Training Program, founder of the Cortese Institute, co-founder and director of the USC Emeriti Center, and--from 1977 to 1979--acting director of the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. The majority of the James A. Peterson papers comprise Peterson's correspondence and research material from his career at USC.
Dates
- 1950 - 1980
Creator
- Peterson, James Alfred (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Extent
5 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
James A. Peterson (1913-1992) taught sociology at USC from 1951 until 1979. Peterson served as chairman of USC's sociology department from 1960 to 1963, founder and director of the Marriage and Family Counseling Training Program, founder of the Cortese Institute, co-founder and director of the USC Emeriti Center, and--from 1977 to 1979--acting director of the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. The majority of the James A. Peterson papers comprise Peterson's correspondence and research material from his career at USC.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
- Aging -- Social aspects -- United States -- Archival resources
- Correspondence
- Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center. Leonard Davis School of Gerontology -- Archives
- Gerontology -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Gerontology -- Study and teaching -- Archival resources
- Marriage counseling -- United States -- California -- 20th century -- Archival resources
- Peterson, James Alfred -- Archives
- Research (documents)
- Retirement communities -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
- Sociology -- Research -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Sociology -- Study and teaching -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Creator
- Peterson, James Alfred (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for the James A. Peterson papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Bo Doub
- Date
- 2020 March
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu