Summary
Abstract
Luther Bernard (1881-1951) was a professor of history and social sciences, University of Florida, 1911-1914; and a professor of sociology at the University of Missouri, 1914-1917; University of Minnesota, 1917-1925, and Cornell University, 1925-1926.
Dates
- Creation: 1854-1961
Extent
48.18 Cubic feet
Background
Biographical or Historical Note
Luther Lee Bernard was a professor of history and social sciences at the University of Florida, 1911-1914, and professor of sociology at the University of Missouri, 1914-1917, University of Minnesota, 1917-1925, Cornell University, 1925-1926, Tulane University, 1927-1928, University of North Carolina, 1928-1929, Washington University, 1929-1947, and Pennsylvania State College, 1947-1951. He wrote more than 200 articles, edited the American Sociologist and Social Forces, and wrote over a dozen books.
Collection Overview
The collection includes book manuscripts for Social control: the sociological aspect, Making and applying social norms, Social institutions, The Social sciences as disciplines, Sociology in the United States since 1900, Instinct and the psychoanalysts, Introduction to social psychology, Introduction to sociology, Instinct: a study in social psychology, War and its causes, rural sociology, and Social control; manuscripts and articles on various topics related to sociology; collection of autobiographies of nearly all sociologists in the U.S. ca. 1930 and histories of sociological departments ; book and movie reviews; class materials (course outlines, syllabi, term papers, exams, notebooks); book excerpts; research notes; newspaper clippings and journal articles; professional correspondence with the American Sociological Society, American Association of University Professors, and others, including his conflict with Dr. Queen at Washington University; travel diaries in the United States, Mexico, and Argentina, 1927-1948; personal diaries, 1917-1949; Jessie Bernard's diary, 1940; personal correspondence with Jessie Bernard, 1926-1951, his family, and nearly all leading social scientists of the era, including Harry Elmer Barnes, Charles Horton Cooley, Howard Washington Odum, Edward Alsworth Ross, Albion Small, Frederick Starr, Edwin Hardin Sutherland, William Isaac Thomas, and Frederick Jackson Turner; poems, 1899-1950; photographs, including of Native Americans; postcards of Native Americans; correspondence with Harry Whelpley concerning collection of relics; and memorabilia.
Location
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Penn State University Libraries catalog via the link above. Archival collections may be housed in offsite storage. For materials stored offsite, please allow 2-3 business days for retrieval.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections staff.
Using These Materials
Repository Details
Part of the Eberly Family Special Collections Library Repository
104 Paterno Library
Penn State University
University Park 16802 USA
(814) 865-1793
spcollections@psu.edu
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the creators of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Luther Bernard collection (1439), Historical Collections and Labor Archives, Special Collections Library, Pennsylvania State University.
- Title
- Luther Bernard collection, 1854-1961
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Prepared by Special Collections Library faculty/staff
- Date
- 2011
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.