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Kenneth Ewart Boulding Papers, 1880-1968

46.4 linear feet

Professor of economics at the University of Michigan, director of the Center for Research on Conflict Resolution, fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and participant in the Society of Friends, the National Council of Churches Department of the Church and Economic Life, and peace and disarmament groups. Correspondence, notes, writings, photographs, recordings, and topical files; also materials concerning his wife, Elise Boulding, and his parents, William and Elizabeth Boulding.

The Boulding papers, consisting of approximately 46 linear feet, fall into the following series and sub-series.

  1. Correspondence (boxes 1-10)
  2. Miscellaneous clippings and printed materials (box 10)
  3. Lecture and reading notes (boxes 11-13)
  4. Published and unpublished writings (boxes 14-18)
  5. Family and personal files (boxes 19-22)
    • Elise Boulding (boxes 19-21)
  6. Topical files:
    • Economics (boxes 23-24)
    • Social Sciences (boxes 25-30)
      • California Water Resources Study, 1958-1959 (boxes 24-26)
    • Religion (boxes 30-31)
      • National Council of Churches of Christ, Department of the Church and Economic Life (boxes 30-31)
    • Peace, Conflict Resolution and Disarmament (boxes 32-38)
      • Center for Research on Conflict Resolution (boxes 32-34)
    • University of Michigan (boxes 39-42)
    • Travel (box 42)
    • Foundations (box 42)
  7. Speaking Engagements (box 43)
  8. Financial Records (boxes 44-45)
  9. Sound recordings (box 46)
  10. Photographs (box 47)
Collection

Marston Bates Papers, 1913-1974

25 linear feet

Professor of zoology at the University of Michigan, scientist for the Rockefeller Foundation, and scientific writer for both professional and popular publications. Correspondence, journals, manuscripts of writings, and class materials, including papers detailing his work with the United Fruit Company in Central America, 1928-1931, his later activities with the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation, especially his interest in mosquito research and malaria control programs during the 1930's and 1940's, and his demographic studies of the people of the Ifalik Atoll in the South Pacific in 1953; and photographs.

The Bates papers cover the period 1913-1974 and include material relating to all phases of his career, including his research in Guatemala and Honduras with the United Fruit Company, his studies of mosquito biology and malaria control programs during the 1930's and 1940's in Albania, Egypt, Colombia, and elsewhere and his later investigations into problems of demography and human ecology. The collection includes correspondence, personal and scientific journals, miscellaneous entomological notes, manuscripts of many of his books, articles, and book reviews, copies of the scripts of his television appearances, and University of Michigan class notes. The collections also includes personal photographs and photographs relating to his scientific research.

The collection has been arranged into six series: Correspondence; University of Michigan; Journals, diaries, research; Writings; Notes/miscellaneous personal; and Photographs.