Research in Contemporary Cultures records, 1939-1962, bulk 1947-1952

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Series III: Studies in Contemporary Cultures, 1950-1961, bulk 1951-1953


Subseries III:1: SCC-A, Studies in Soviet Communication, 1951-1954



Box 18 Folder 12 #1: Selections from "Krokodil" Relevant to Rumor, by Elena Calas, 1951 May 12


Box 18 Folder 13 #2 Rumor: Some General Considerations, by Martha Wolfenstein, 1951 May 12


Box 18 Folder 14 #3: Spread of News and Rumour as Seen in the Novel Razbeg (Running Start) by Anna Karavaeva, 1948, Sovetskii Pisatel', by Elena Calas, 1951 May 17


Box 18 Folder 15 #4 Some Considerations Concerning Rumor as Treated by Dostoiewski, by Alfred Bloch, 1951 May 17


Box 18 Folder 16 #5 Suggestions Concerning the Origin of Rumors and their Spreading, by Vera Schwarz, 1951 May 19


Box 18 Folder 17 #6 Attitude of Soviet Officials Towards Rumors, by Vera Schwarz, 1951 May 27


Box 18 Folder 18 #7 Soviet Fact and American Tales by Elena Calas, 1951 May 27


Box 18 Folder 19 #8 Source Material for Rumour Provided from Above, from "Along the Paths of Victory" by Elena Calas, 1951 May 23


Box 18 Folder 20 #9 Soviet Rumors—Based on Informant Material, Party Members Attitudes Towards Rumors; Rumors are for the Masses, the Truth is for Us by Martha Wolfenstein and Elsa Bernaut, 1951 May 20


Box 18 Folder 21 #10 Agitator by Elena Calas, 1951 June 7


Box 18 Folder 22 #11 An Attempt to Classify Rumors by Alfred Bloch, 1951 June 12


Box 18 Folder 23 #12 Instead of and In Place Of, by Elena Calas, 1951 June 11


Box 18 Folder 24 #13 Two Interviews about Rumors by Vera Schwarz, 1951 June 13


Box 18 Folder 25 #14 First Interview by Alfred Bloch, 1951 June 14


Box 18 Folder 26 #15 Interview by Michael Luther with Respondent R-1, 1951 June 22


Box 18 Folder 27 #16 Interview on Rumour by Elena Calas, 1951 June 18


Box 18 Folder 28 #17 Underground in Valentin Kataev's "Za Vlast' Sovetov Detgiz," by Elena Calas, 1951 June 22


Box 18 Folder 29 #18 An Argument (Based on Analysis of Rumours) by Alfred Bloch, 1951 July 2


Box 18 Folder 30 #19 Second Interview by Alfred Bloch, 1951 July 2


Box 18 Folder 31 #20 Untitled by Vera Schwarz, 1951 July 9


Box 18 Folder 32 #21 Interview with Mr. and Mrs. L. by Mark Zbarowski, 1951 June 18


Box 18 Folder 33 #22 Notes Pertaining to Rumor by Elena Calas, 1951 July 14


Box 18 Folder 34 #23 Rumor by Elena Calas, 1951 July 15


Box 18 Folder 35 #24 Russian Trains by Vera Schwarz, 1951 July 20



Box 19 Folder 1 #25 Soviet Interpretation of American News, Krokodil June 20, 1951, by Elena Calas, 1951 July 25


Box 19 Folder 2 #26 Hearing by Freda Lulinsky, 1951 October 4


Box 19 Folder 3 #27 Sight by Freda Lulinsky, 1951 October


Box 19 Folder 4 #28 Touch by Freda Lulinsky, 1951 October


Box 19 Folder 5 #29 Interview with Informant 1 by Elena Calas, 1951 September 10


Box 19 Folder 6 #30 Taste by Freda Lulinsky, 1951 October


Box 19 Folder 7 #31 Newspaper 2: First Interview with Informant 2 by Elena Calas, 1951 September 12


Box 19 Folder 8 #32 Newspaper 3: Second Interview with Informant 2 by Elena Calas, 1951 September 24


Box 19 Folder 9 #33 Newspaper 4: First Interview with Informant 3 by Elena Calas, 1951 September 27


Box 19 Folder 10 #34 Newspaper 5, First Interview with Informant 4 by Elena Calas, 1951 September 29


Box 19 Folder 11 #35 Newspaper 6, First Interview with Informant 5 by Elena Calas, 1951


Box 19 Folder 12 #36 Newspaper 7, First Interview with Informant 6 by Elena Calas, 1951


Box 19 Folder 13 #37 Newspaper 8, First Interview with Informant 7 by Elena Calas, 1951


Box 19 Folder 14 #38 Newspaper 9, First Interview with Informant 8 by Elena Calas, 1951


Box 19 Folder 15 #39 Newspaper 10, Interview with Mr. I by Elena Calas, 1951 October 19


Box 19 Folder 16 #40 Conversation with a Russian (Pre-Soviet) re Planning, Rhoda Métraux, 1951 November 11, 23


Box 19 Folder 17 #41 Interview 11, Newspaper 10, First Interview with Informant 10 by Elena Calas, 1951 October 24


Box 19 Folder 18 #42 Interview 12, Newspaper 11, First Interview with Informant 11, by Elena Calas, 1951 October 26


Box 19 Folder 19 #43 Interview 13, Newspaper 12, First Interview with Informant 12, by Elena Calas, 1951 October 27


Box 19 Folder 20 #44 Interview 14, Newspaper 13, by Elena Calas, 1951 November 3


Box 19 Folder 21 #45 Interview 15, Newspaper 14, by Elena Calas, 1951 November 5


Box 19 Folder 22 #46 Interview 16, Newspaper 15, by Elena Calas, 1951 November 7


Box 19 Folder 23 #47 Newspaper, First Interview with Informant 16 by Elena Calas, 1951 November 30


Box 19 Folder 24 #48 Newspaper, First Interview with Informant 17 by Elena Calas, 1951 December 3


Box 19 Folder 25 #49 Newspaper, Informant 18, by Elena Calas, 1951 December 7


Box 19 Folder 26 #50 Rumors, Gossip, Common Talk, Etc., by Freda Lulinsky, 1951 December 5


Box 19 Folder 27 #51 Newspaper, First Interview with Informant 19 by Elena Calas, 1951 December 31


Box 19 Folder 28 #52 Newspaper, First Interview with Informant 20 by Elena Calas, 1951 December 16


Box 19 Folder 29 #53 Soviet Image of Corruption by Martha Wolfenstein, circa 1951


Box 19 Folder 30 #54 Interview 1--Michael Luther, circa 1951


Box 19 Folder 31 #55 Informant N-2, Interview 2 by Michael Luther, circa 1951


Box 19 Folder 32 #56 Newspaper, First Interview with Informant 21 by Elena Calas, 1951 December 28


Box 19 Folder 33 #57 Newspaper, First Interview with Informant 22 by Elena Calas, 1952 January 11



Box 21 Folder 1 #58 Newspaper, Informant 23, by Elena Calas, 1952 January 16


Box 21 Folder 2 #59 First Interview with Informant KOM-1, by Ralph Fisher, 1952 January 16


Box 21 Folder 3 #60 Newspaper, Second Interview with Informant 21, by Elena Calas, circa 1952 January


Box 21 Folder 4 #61 Newspaper, Informant 24, by Elena Calas, circa 1952 January



Box 19 Folder 33 #62 First Interview with Informant KOM-2 by Ralph Fisher, 1952 February 2



Box 21 Folder 5 #63 Newspaper—Memo by Elena Calas, 1952


Box 21 Folder 6 #64 Second Interview with Informant KOM-2 by Ralph Fisher, 1952 February 17


Box 21 Folder 7 #65 First Interview with Informant KOM-3 by Ralph Fisher, 1952 February 20


Box 21 Folder 8 #66 Second Interview with Informant 12 by Elena Calas, 1952 February 4


Box 21 Folder 9 #67 First Interview with Informant 25 by Elena Calas, circa 1952 February


Box 21 Folder 10 #68 Newspaper Memo from Elena Calas, circa 1952 February


Box 21 Folder 11 #69 Third Interview with Informant KOM-2 by Ralph Fisher, 1952 February 24


Box 21 Folder 12 #70 Second Interview with Informant KOM-1, by Ralph Fisher, 1952 February 13


Box 21 Folder 13 #71 Memo from Margaret Mead to SCC-A, 1952 February 27


Box 21 Folder 14 #72 Second Interview with Informant KOM-3 by Ralph Fisher, 1952 February 27



Box 19 Folder 34 Notes on #73 and #76, "Soviet Image of Corruption" by Martha Wolfenstein, circa 1952


Box 19 Folder 35 #74 First Interview with Informant KOM-4, by Ralph Fisher, 1952 March 1



Box 21 Folder 15 #74 First Interview with Informant KOM-4, by Ralph Fisher, 1952 March 1


Box 21 Folder 16 #75 Newspaper Informant ML3, by Michael Luther, circa 1952 March


Box 21 Folder 17 #77 Second Interview with Informant KOM-4 by Ralph Fisher, 1952 March 8


Box 21 Folder 18 #78 Diagrams by Leopold Haimson, 1952 March 13


Box 21 Folder 19 #79 Memo to SCC-A, 1952 March 17


Box 21 Folder 20 #80 Ralph Fisher Interview, 1952 March 15


Box 21 Folder 21 #81 First Interview with Respondent KOM-6 by Ralph Fisher, 1952 March 18



Box 19 Folder 39 SCC-A: List of Working Papers and Documents, 1952 March 18



Box 20 Folder 23 From Izvestia: "Slanders and Swaddling Clothes", 1952 February 19



Box 19 Folder 37 Drafts of working papers by Elena Calas, possibly not used, 1951 May 12-July 31



Box 10 Folder 21 SCC-A Working papers by Elena Calas: #25, 31, 34-37, 41-44, 46-49, 51-52, 56-58, 60-61, 66-67, 1951-1952



Box 19 Folder 38 "An Ephemeral Sketch of Fyodor Michailovitch Dostoiewski" by Alfred Bloch, undated



Box 20 Folder 24 Leopold Haimson conference with Reuben Fine re: Chess, circa 1952

Contains Audiograph FL-60 sound recording of conversation


Box 20 Folder 6-20 Meeting minutes, 1951 May 1-1952 February 8, 15 folders

Contains Audiograph FL-60 sound recording of February 6 meeting


Box 20 Folder 21 Memos, 1951-1952


Box 20 Folder 3 American Russian Cultural Association Inc. correspondence, 1952


Box 20 Folder 25 Miscellaneous materials, 1954 May 25, undated



Box 18 Folder 11 Survey samples of Vassar and Hunter College students on universal military draft, by Margaret Mead and Rhoda Métraux, 1951



Box 19 Folder 40 Interviews and Informants, 1950-1951



Box 20 Folder 1 Film catalogue, circa 1951


Box 20 Folder 2 Possible personnel, 1951


Box 20 Folder 4 Russian Research Center, Harvard University: Programs, Census of Current Projects, and Publications, 1952 January


Box 20 Folder 22 Lists of Personnel, circa 1951-1952


Box 20 Folder 27 Margaret Mead, first drafts of "Interpretive Introduction" and "Oral Communication in the Soviet Union" with reader comments, 1952 April 8-13


Box 20 Folder 26 Elena Calas, first draft of "Readers' Interpretation of Newspaper Materials in the Soviet Union," with reader comments, 1952 April 6-8


Box 20 Folder 31 Final report, first draft: title page, table of contents, and appendices, 1952 April


Box 20 Folder 28 Martha Wolfenstein, first draft of "The Soviet Image of Corruption" with reader comments, 1952 April 8


Box 20 Folder 29-30 Leopold Haimson, first draft of "Decision-Making and Communications in Soviet Industry" with corrections, 1952, 2 folders


Box 20 Folder 32-35 Studies in Soviet Communication: Volumes I and II, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for International Studies, prepared under the direction of Dr. Margaret Mead at the American Museum of Natural History, 1952, 4 folders


Box 20 Folder 5 Chekhov Publishing House, 1952


Subseries III.2: SCC-B, German National Character, 1951-1953



Box 21 Folder 22 #13 Interview 2 with NSH Informant 2 (Miss G.) by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 March 15, 20


Box 21 Folder 23 #15 Pre-WWI German Gymnasium, by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 March 21


Box 21 Folder 24 #22 Comments on Material on Political Parties by Rhoda Métraux (written on folder: "German Political Parties in the Federal German Republic"), 1952 March 25


Box 21 Folder 25 #27 Comments on Lecture Material on Germany (1950) by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 April 3


Box 21 Folder 26 #31 German Program of Lastenausgleich, by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 April 18


Box 21 Folder 27 #32 Note on Background of Informant #9 (Mrs. L), by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 April 16


Box 21 Folder 28 #44 Interview 1 with Informant 11 by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 April 24


Box 21 Folder 29 #45 Interviews Recorded by Informant 11 in Germany by Rhoda Métraux, with preliminary note, 1952 April 24


Box 21 Folder 30 #46 German Film: Es Lebe die Liebe, "Here is to Love," by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 April 25. 28


Box 21 Folder 31 #48 Notes from Report Written by Informant 11, by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 April 29


Box 21 Folder 32 #49 Comments on Report on Germany by Rhoda Métraux, Informant 11, 1952 April 30


Box 21 Folder 33 #50 Re: German Use of Anesthesia, by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 May 12


Box 21 Folder 34 #51 Gregor Ziemer: "Education for Death," by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 April 22


Box 21 Folder 35 #52 Note on German Education, by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 April 23


Box 21 Folder 36 #53 "Wir Machen Musik" German Film, by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 May 3


Box 21 Folder 37 #54 Austrian Film: "Ulli and Marni," by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 May 4


Box 21 Folder 38 #55 Austrian-Made Film: "Verlorenes Rennen," by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 May 10, 15


Box 21 Folder 39 #56 Interview 2 With Informant 11 by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 May 13-14


Box 21 Folder 40 #57 German Film: Es Kommt Ein Tag, by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 May 16-19, July 20


Box 21 Folder 41 #58 Film: Es Kommt ein Tag, Second Viewing, 1952 May 20


Box 21 Folder 42 #59 Comment: "Es Kommt ein Tag," by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 May 20


Box 21 Folder 43 #60 Film: "Zwei Lustige Abenteurer," by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 May 19


Box 21 Folder 44 #61 German Quotations from Discussions of Unitarian Service Committee Summer Institute 1951, by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 May 21


Box 21 Folder 45 #67 Swiss-made Film: Alles für Veronika, by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 May 10, 16


Box 21 Folder 46 #78 Accompanying Memo on Film Project, by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 March 27


Box 21 Folder 47 #83 Notes on: Muriel W. Brown, Strengthing Democracy in Hesse through Parent Education, by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 June 17


Box 21 Folder 48 #84 Germany's Federal Government, by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 June 27


Box 21 Folder 49 #85 Interview 1 with Informant 12, 1952 June 10, 23


Box 21 Folder 50 #86 Children's Book: Heinrich Scharrelmann, "Berni, Aus Seiner Ersten Schulzeit", 1952 May 30


Box 21 Folder 51 #87 Analysis of a children's novel: Agnes Sapper, "Die Familie Pfäffling" by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 May 28


Box 21 Folder 52 #93 Re: Educational Reforms in Germany Post-World War I, by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 October 25


Box 21 Folder 53 #94 Lehrerbildung—Esslinger Plan Extracts from a Volume on Teachers' Training, 1953 October 22


Box 21 Folder 54 #95 Comments on an Autobiography: Prince Louis Ferdinand, 1952 November 17


Box 21 Folder 55 #96 Interview with Informant, 1952 November 24, 26


Box 21 Folder 56 #97 Interview with Mrs. K, Informant, 1952 November 21, 28


Box 21 Folder 57 #98 Rhoda Métraux's Second Interview with Nelly Schargo Hoyt's Informant, 1952 November 21, December 1


Box 21 Folder 58 #99 Germany and France, Miscellaneous Comments, 1952 November 30, December 1


Box 21 Folder 59 #100 German Borders, 1952 December 2


Box 21 Folder 60 #101 Reinheimer: Tannenwalde Kinderstube, 1952 December 3


Box 21 Folder 61 #102 Reinheimer: Wirtshaus zum Weidenbusch, 1952 December 3


Box 21 Folder 62 #103 Kastner: Das Fliegende Klassenzimmer, 1952 December 3



Box 22 Folder 1 #104 Excerpting of: Richard Benz, Rhythmus Deutscher Kultur (1948) by Nelly Schargo Hoyt, 1952 December 28


Box 22 Folder 2 #105 Excerpts from Neue Gartenlaube selected by Nelly Schargo Hoyt, 1953 January 4


Box 22 Folder 3 #106 "Pulver und Gold" and "Die Diamanten der Grossmutter," by Levin Schueckling, by Nelly Schargo Hoyt, 1953 January 4


Box 22 Folder 4 #107 "Die Diamanten der Grossmutter," by Nelly Schargo Hoyt, 1953 January 4


Box 22 Folder 5 #111 Child Rearing: Hetzer, I., by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 October 27


Box 22 Folder 6 #112 Child Care: Elisabeth Plattner, "Die Ersten Lebensjahre, ein Hausbuch fuer kleinkind Erziehung," by Rhoda Métraux, 1952 October 8


Box 22 Folder 7 #113 Elisabeth von Guttenberg: "Holding the Stirrup," by Rhoda Métraux, 1953 March 27


Box 22 Folder 8 #114 Memo from Rhoda Métraux to Nelly Schargo Hoyt re: Papers on The Stranger and The Suicide, 1953 April 1


Box 22 Folder 9 #115 Translation of "Korporal Mombour" by Nelly Schargo Hoyt, 1953 March 30


Box 22 Folder 10 #116 Scene by Scene Analysis of the Story "Korporal Mombour" (translation) by Nelly Schargo Hoyt, 1953 March 30


Box 22 Folder 11 #117 Comments on "Korporal Mombour" by Nelly Schargo Hoyt, 1953 March 30


Box 22 Folder 12 #118 Analysis of "Pulver und Gold," by Nelly Schargo Hoyt, 1953 April 6


Box 22 Folder 13 #119 Introduction to a Discussion of the Theme of The Enemy in Story and Film, by Nelly Schargo Hoyt, 1953 April 12


Box 22 Folder 14 SCC-B Progress Report, 1952 November 15


Box 22 Folder 15 Office of Naval Research: Research proposal guidance, 1952


Box 22 Folder 17-18 SCC-B final report: German National Character: A Study of German Self-Images, by Rhoda Métraux and Nelly Schargo Hoyt, 1953, 2 folders


Box 22 Folder 16 Office of Naval Research proposal and progress reports, 1951-1953



Box 23 Folder 1 SCC-B final report (partial) with distribution list, 1953


Box 23 Folder 2 Unnumbered documents, 1952 April 22-December 22


Box 23 Folder 3-5 Documents #1-2, 4-15, 26-61, 63, 68-78, 101, 1952 January-June, December, 3 folders