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Descriptive Summary

Title:
Harold Garfinkel Papers, 1959-1962

Collection number:
1273

Creator:
Garfinkel, Harold

Extent:
148 boxes (74 linear ft.)

Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575

Abstract:
Harold Garfinkel was a professor of sociology at UCLA (1960- ). He received the Cooley-Mead Award of the Social Psychology Section of the American Sociological Association (1995), and wrote Studies in ethnomethodology (c1967). The collection consists of materials, mostly original in-letters, relating to a project to study the correspondence received by California Governor Edmund G. (Pat) Brown, about the criminal case of Caryl Chessman (executed on May 2, 1960) and related issues such as capital punishment.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Language:
English.

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