Herbert Gans papers, 1944-2004

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Series IV: Teaching Materials, 1957-2000

This series contains lecture notes, syllabi, reading lists, and examination questionnaires Gans produced during some four decades as a teacher of urban planning, sociology, public policy, and mass communications at the University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Columbia University.


University of Pennsylvania



Box 61 Folder 6 Planning 544: The Development and Structure of the Contemporary Community,, 1957


Box 61 Folder 7 Planning 900: The Sociology of the Urban Community, 1959-1960


Box 61 Folder 8 Sociology 24: Mass Communications in American Society, 1959


Box 61 Folder 9 Sociology 11: Urban Sociology, 1958


Box 61 Folder 10 Assorted Planning and Sociology Courses, late, 1950s


Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Box 61 Folder 11 11.51: Urban Sociology and Social Policy, 1969-1971


Box 61 Folder 12 Correspondence re. academic appointment, 1969-1970


Columbia University


Box 61 Folder 13 4047 Urban Sociology and Social Policy--Syllabi, 1971-1979, 4047, 1971-1979



Box 62 Folder 1 4047 Urban Sociology and Social Policy--Syllabi, 1990-1995, 4047, 1990-1995


Box 62 Folder 2 4047 Urban Sociology and Social Policy--Exams, 1979-1995, 4047, 1979-1995


Box 62 Folder 3 to 4 4047 Urban Sociology and Social Policy--Lecture Notes, 1972-1975, 4047, 1972-1975, (2 Folders)


Box 62 Folder 5 to 6 4047 Urban Sociology and Social Policy--Lecture Notes, 1986-1995, 4047, 1986-1995, (2 Folders)


Box 62 Folder 7 4052 Equality in America, 1972-1975, 4052, 1972-1975



Box 63 Folder 1 4099 Field Methods, 1976-1986, 4099, 1976-1986


Box 63 Folder 2 3940 Social Policy and Social Planning, 1979, 3940, 1979


Box 63 Folder 3 to 5 3415 Sociology of News and Journalism, 1981-1983, 3415, 1981-1983, (3 Folders)


Box 63 Folder 6 9240 Mass Media and Popular Culture Research, 1995-1999, 9240, 1995-1999


Box 63 Folder 7 PhD Examinations in Urban Sociology, circa, 1976-2000


Box 63 Folder 8 Mass Media in an Urban Society, circa, 1967


Box 63 Folder 9 Urban Sociology--Assorted Materials, 1960s-1990s