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This folder contains a packet of material about Robert Redfield sent to Allen Spitzer by Redfield's wife.

Items include: a biography of Redfield by his wife; a biographical chronology of Redfield; Redfield's comments on portions of a manuscript apparently entitled "An Introduction to Robert Redfield"; and what seems to be the manuscript itself, with marginal annotations presumably by Redfield.

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In these reference documents, Allen Spitzer's colleagues and friends recommend him for various teaching positions and research opportunities.

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These items document the Spitzers attendance in the Research Planning Workshop of the Religious Education Association in 1961.

Scope and Contents This folder contains ephemera from a scrapbook as well as scanned copies of its pages, which were discarded. Items include: menus from the S. S. President Coolidge of the American President Lines, several bearing humorous poems about Allen Spitzer and about a a storm at sea (1940); a clipping about Allen's conversion to Catholicism from the magazine "Maryknoll" (December 1941); and other clippings on the work and research of both Spitzers. Not all of the items are in...

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This material documents Lillian Spitzer's studies for the Master's degree in social work at SLU's School of Social Service beginning September of 1954. Included here are transcripts, a biographical essay by Lillian, and evaluations of her professional work in California.

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The material consists of minutes of the meeting on February 28, 1957 of the Steering Committee for the planning of a doctoral program in research in hospital administration as well as undated minutes of a preliminary meeting in which the project is described as being carried out under a grant from the United States Public Health Service. The dated minutes mention Robert Redfield's work "The Little Community."

Scope and Contents This folder contains information on short term teaching and research opportunities that Allen Spitzer was interested in. Items include: a letter from Trafford P. Maher, S. J., director of the department of education at SLU, advising Spitzer that he "should begin to stake out some specific area or type of research upon which you intend to spend your major efforts. It strikes me that there is always the danger of spreading one's self over so many areas that one finally comes to...