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This series, arranged alphabetically by author and alphabetically by title thereafter, contains papers written for Allen Spitzer's classes. Also here are some papers Produced by Lillian Spitzer for a class in anthropology at Washington University. The final folder of the series contains exam papers of various students.

Scope and Contents This series, arranged alphabetically by topic and chronologically thereafter, includes the contents of Allen Spitzer's file cabinet and largely maintains his folder order and titles. The letters E through 0 are missing. Included here is correspondence carried on by Spitzer as he searched for academic positions and research opportunities (Agency Placement, Summers and Sabbaticals, and Travel and Research subseries), material on his work with the Blackfeet Nation of Montana, and book reviews...

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Meyer's paper "The Problem of Promiscuity in the Adolescent of Today" was written for a class on Culture and Personality.

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Lewis B. O'Neil, S. J. writes on the family for a class on American social theorists.

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This folder contains what appear to be two versions of Shoemaker's "Applied Anthropology in the Mission Program at Bishop DuBourg High School," written for Anthropology 299.

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This folder contains the following papers written by Lillian Spitzer for Dr. Whitten's Anthropology 527, Social and Cultural Change, at Washington University: "Adaptation in Biological and Social Sciences"; "Modernization"; "On the Concept of Cross-Cultural Regularities in Change"; "Robert Redfield's Conception of Social and Cultural Change," accompanied by a copy of Redfield's "Social and Cultural Change"; and "Some Thoughts on the Cultural Factor in Social Work."

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"The New Anthropology: An Introduction to the Thought of Teilhard de Chardin" was produced by Edward Vacek, S. J. for an anthropology course. Since this paper is graded, access to it is restricted.

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Sister M. Susanna Wilson reports on several theorists of American social psychology for Sociology 212 and presents notes on the action frame of reference and the general theory of action systems based on the work of Talcott Parsons.

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The materials include exam papers written for Anthropology 114a and an English composition from a student at the University of Nanking. Because they are graded, access to them is restricted.

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Leo P. Chall, editor of "Sociological Abstracts", asks Allen Spitzer to become an advisory editor for the area of social anthropology (11-25-57). Spitzer recruited some of his students to do abstracting work, prompting Chall to remark: "What you are doing for us with the aid of your students is fantastic. I hope you fully realize how much I and the profession appreciate what you are doing" (2-6-61).