Guide to the Richard T. LaPiere Papers
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University Library
Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0571
Creator:
LaPiere, Richard T. (Richard Tracy),
1899-1986.
Title: Richard T. LaPiere papers
Dates: 1928-1961
Physical Description:
2 Linear feet
Summary: These papers document LaPiere's writing career and include
correspondence and reviews of THE FREUDIAN ETHIC and five of his other published books;
typescript articles and lectures; typescripts of four unpublished books; and reprints of
his scholarly articles.
Language(s): In English.
Repository:
Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Richard LaPiere, 1999.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
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Cite As
RIchard T. LaPiere Papers (SC0571). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Richard T. LaPiere, a social psychologist, earned three degrees at Stanford University:
his A.B. and M.A. in economics, 1926 and 1927 respectively, and his Ph.D. in sociology
in 1930. He studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science (1927-28)
before joining the Stanford faculty in 1929. He retired as professor emeritus of
sociology in 1965. His published works include A THEORY OF SOCIAL CONTROL, THE FREUDIAN
ETHIC, SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (with Paul R. Farnsworth), and WHEN THE LIVING STRIVE.
Description of the Collection
These papers document LaPiere's writing career and include correspondence and reviews of
THE FREUDIAN ETHIC and five of his other published books; typescript articles and
lectures; typescripts of four unpublished books; and reprints of his scholarly
articles.
Access Terms
LaPiere, Richard T. (Richard Tracy),
1899-1986.
Stanford University--Faculty.
America--Intellectual life--20th century.
Authors.
Manuscripts (for publication).
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
Collective Behavior - correspondence and reviews, 1938
Box 1, Folder 2
Freudian Ethic - correspondence, 1958- Sept. 1959
Box 1, Folder 3
Freudian Ethic - correspondence, Oct. 1959-1960
Box 1, Folder 4
Freudian Ethic - undated correspondence and misc. items
Box 1, Folder 5
Freudian Ethic - reviews, 1959-1961
Box 1, Folder 6
Freudian Ethic - reviews, 1959-1960
Box 1, Folder 7
Freudian Ethic - book catalogs
Box 1, Folder 8
Social Psychology - correspondence and advertisements,
1937-38
Box 1, Folder 9
Son of Han - correspondence and reviews, 1936-37
Box 1, Folder 10
Theory of Social Control - correspondence, 1954
Box 1, Folder 11
When the Living Strive - correspondence, 1940-41
Box 1, Folder 12
When the Living Strive - reviews, 1941
Box 2, Folder 1
Typescript article, "A Communistic China?"
Box 2, Folder 2
Typescript article, "Global Opinion and the Maintenance of the
Peace"
Box 2, Folder 3
Typescript article, "Global Utopianism"
Box 2, Folder 4
Typescript article, "Parable of the Perturbed Motor Car (A Brief Tour
of the Social Sciences)"
Box 2, Folder 5
Typescript article, "Static Man in a Dynamic Age"
Box 2, Folder 6
Typescript article, "Word Magic; Man's Greatest Tool Turns Upon its
Creator"
Box 2, Folder 7
Typescript lecture, [ethics of apathy]
Box 2, Folder 8
Typescript lecture, "Marx and Freud: Ideologists of East and
West"
Box 2, Folder 9
Typescript lecture, "Public Oponion" (Citizenship lecture
1934)
Box 2, Folder 10
Typescript lecture, "Social Change and the Function of the School" Aug.
3, 1933
Box 2, Folder 11
Typescript chapters and notes on child psychology
Box 2, Folder 12
Typescript story, "The Patient Plumber"
Box 2, Folder 13
Typescript book: Chinese Red, Introduction and chapters 1-2
Box 2, Folder 14
Typescript book: Chinese Red, chapters 3-5
Box 2, Folder 15
Typescript book: Chinese Red, chapters 6-8
Box 2, Folder 16
Typescript book: Chinese Red, chapters 9-10
Box 2, Folder 17
Typescript book: Chinese Red, chapters 11-12 and
bibliography
Box 3, Folder 1
Typescript book: Freedom of the Skies, chapters 1-4
Box 3, Folder 2
Typescript book: Freedom of the Skies, chapters 5-8
Box 3, Folder 3
Typescript book: Freedom of the Skies, chapters 9-end
Box 3, Folder 4
Typescript book: Freedom of the Skies, misc. items
Box 3, Folder 5
Typescript book: Living through Chaos, chapters 1-5
Box 3, Folder 6
Typescript book: Living through Chaos, chapters 6-10
Box 3, Folder 7
Typescript book: Living through Chaos, chapters 11-13
Box 3, Folder 8
Typescript book: Living through Chaos, chapters 14-16
Box 3, Folder 9
Typescript book: Winds of Freedom, chapters 1-3
Box 3, Folder 10
Typescript book: Winds of Freedom, chapters 4-7
Box 4, Folder 1
Typescript book: Winds of Freedom, chapters 8-10
Box 4, Folder 2
Typescript book: Winds of Freedom, chapters 11-13
Box 4, Folder 3
Typescript book: Winds of Freedom, chapters 14-end
Box 4, Folder 5
Published articles, speeches, etc.
Box 4, Folder 9
Signed copy of Son of Han (Harper & Brothers 1937)
