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Sociology

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Barry M. Dank Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Coll2011-032
Abstract

Articles, correspondence, syllabi, and clippings documenting sociologist Barry M. Dank's professional involvement with the issue of social and personal acceptance of gay identity. In 1971, Dank, a professor at California State University, Long Beach, published an article in the journal Psychiatry that argued notions of homosexual deviance would wane in the face of increasing acceptance of same-sex sexuality as a legitimate way of life.

Dates: 1971-1977; Majority of material found within 1971 - 1974

Ruth Mulvey Harmer typescript and galleys

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 0049
Abstract

Typescript and galleys of The High Cost of Dying (Crowell, 1963); includes copy of the paperback edition. Harmer (b.1919) held a Ph.D. from USC and was an instructor in the English Department at the time this book was written.

Dates: 1963 - 1963

Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty publications

 Collection
Identifier: 0299
Abstract

Consists of publications from the Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty at the Weingart Center, Los Angeles.

Dates: circa 1980s-1990s

Brian James Miller papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2014-010
Abstract Manuscripts, clippings, sociological research papers, correspondence, curriculum vitae, notes, photographs, audiocassettes, videocassettes and other material, 1956-2006, from sociologist and writer Brian James Miller. The bulk of the collection is writings, resource material, manuscripts for unpublished books, and recorded interviews pertaining to Miller's sociological research on gay men and their relationships. Personal and professional papers document Miller's career, as well as his...
Dates: 1956 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1990

Paul Morantz papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0346
Abstract

Collection consists of the casefiles, correspondence, ephemera, and recordings of USC alumnus and California attorney, Paul Morantz (1945-2002). Paul Morantz (1945-2022) was an American attorney who specialized in litigating against cults, and self-help groups raising the issue of brainwashing.

Dates: circa 1970s-2014