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Title: Kingsley Davis Papers
Dates: 1926-1981
Collection number: 83035
Creator:
Davis, Kingsley, 1908-1997
Collection Size:
55 manuscript boxes.
(33 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, statistics, memoranda, reports, and printed matter, relating to international
population changes, changes in family structure, and urbanization.
Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research. Access to audiovisual materials requires at least two weeks advance notice. Audiovisual materials
include sound recordings, video recordings, and motion picture film. Hoover staff will determine whether use copies of the
materials requested can be made available. Some materials may not be accessible even with advance notice. Please contact the
Hoover Institution Archives Audiovisual Specialist for further information.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], Kingsley Davis Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1983.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
| 1908 August 20 | Born, Tuxedo, Texas |
| 1930 | A.B. in English, University of Texas, Austin, Texas |
| 1932 | M.A. in Philosophy, University of Texas, Austin, Texas |
| 1933 | M.A. in Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| 1934-1936 | Instructor, Sociology, Smith College, Massachusetts |
| 1936 | Ph.D., Sociology, Harvard University |
| 1936-1937 | Assistant Professor, Sociology, Clark University, Massachusetts |
| 1937-1942 | Associate Professor and Chairman, Pennsylvania State University |
| 1942-1944 | Visiting Research Associate, Office of Population Research, Princeton University, New Jersey, and Chairman, Pennsylvania State University |
| 1942-1948 | Associate Professor, Anthropology and Sociology, Princeton University |
| 1944-1945 | Associate Professor, Public Affairs, Princeton University |
| 1944-1948 | Research Associate, Princeton University |
| 1948-1955 | Professor, Sociology, Graduate Faculty of Political Science, Columbia University, New York |
| 1949 | Author, Modern American Society: Readings in the Problems of Order and Change |
| 1950 | Author, Corrientes Demográficas Mundiales |
| 1951 | Author, The Population of India and Pakistan |
| 1955-1970 | Professor, Sociology, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1956-1977 | Chairman, International Population and Urban Research, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1958 | Author, A Crowding Hemisphere: Population Change in the Americas |
| 1961-1963 | Chairman, Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1963 | Author, Future Demographic Growth of the San Francisco Bay Area |
| 1964 | Author, The Place of Latin America in World Demographic History |
| 1969 | Author, World Urbanization, 1950-1970 |
| 1973 | Author, Cities: Their Origin, Growth, and Human Impact: Readings from Scientific American |
| 1980 | Author, A Structural Analysis of Kinship: Prolegomena to the Sociology of Kinship |
| 1970-1976 | Ford Professor, Sociology and Comparative Studies, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1976-1977 | Ford Professor, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley (recalled) |
| 1977-1992 | Distinguished Professor, Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1985 | Author, Contemporary Marriage: Comparative Perspectives on a Changing Institution |
| 1987 | Author, Below-Replacement Fertility in Industrial Society: Causes, Consequences, Policies |
| 1989 | Author, Population and Resources in a Changing World: Current Readings |
| 1991 | Author, Resources, Environment, and Population: Present Knowledge, Future Options |
| 1981-1992 | Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University |
| 1992-1997 | Emeritus, Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University |
| 1997 February 27 | Died |
Scope and Content of Collection
The Kingsley Davis Papers, acquired in 1983, consist of correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed matter, reports, statistics,
and speeches and writings, relating to international population changes, changes in family structure, and urbanization. Davis
used some of this material as research materials for his numerous books on urbanization and population growth.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Family.
Population.
Urbanization.