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Title: Survey of Race Relations records
Date (inclusive): 1924-1927
Collection Number: 61003
Creator:
Survey of Race Relations.
Physical Description:
38 manuscript boxes
(15.2 linear feet)
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Hoover Institution Archives
Abstract: An Anthropological investigative project sponsored by various private organizations, the Survey of Race Relations includes
report, correspondence, interview transcripts, questionnaires, and printed matter, relating to the social and economic status
of Chinese, Japanese, other Asian, Mexican, and other minority residents of the Pacific Coast of the United States and Canada,
and to race relations on the Pacific Coast. Digitized materials of the Survey of Race Relations, 1924-1927 may be found at
http://collections.stanford.edu/srr/bin/page?forward=home .
Originals closed. Digital use copy available
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[Identification of item], Survey of Race Relations records, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1961.
The following items are missing documents from the original accession; the items would have been a part of the Minor Documents
series: 1 (items #53-54 out of the 102 interviews in that folder 1), 4-9, 11, 13-17, 19-21, 23, 25-30, 32-36, 39, 49-50, 67-74,
81, 83, 85, 89-90, 92, 94-100, 102-105, 107-118, 120-122, 125-130, 132-145, 147-148, 150-151, 153-161, 163, 166-172, 174-175,
178, 184-186, 195-249, 257-260, 263, 268, 274, 294-312.
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 at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Alternative Forms of Material Available
Digitized materials of the Survey of Race Relations, 1924-1927 may be found at
http://collections.stanford.edu/srr/bin/page?forward=home
In the early 1920s, a group of scholars set out to make a complete investigation of economic, religious, educational, civic,
biological, and social conditions among the Chinese, Japanese, and other non-white residents of the Pacific Coast of the United
States and Canada. Extension of the study into northern Mexico and Hawaii was contemplated as well. In the words of Eliot
G. Mears, Executive Secretary, "The Survey seeks to impose no program, advocates no specific policy, and champions no special
interest. It aims to find the facts, and all the facts, and plans to make them accessible to the public." The findings were
to be published in a series of volumes edited by the director, Dr. Robert E. Park.
After only one publication ("Tentative Findings of the Survey of Race Relations," edited by Mears), the Survey ran out of
money, and research was discontinued.
Later, Mears wrote a book based on the work of the Survey entitled,
Resident Orientals on the American Pacific Coast: Their Legal and Economic Status, 1928. The original manuscript of this monograph is in the collection.
This collection also includes questionnaires, financial records, conference reports, meeting notes, bibliographies, printed
material, and other findings of the Survey.
A list the missing interviews among the minor documents (items not received by the Hoover Institution) may be found under
Acquisition Information in the Information for Researchers.
The classification titles and codes of the documents as established by the Survey of Race Relations under File Plan.
Scope and Content of Collection
In the early 1920s, a group of scholars set out to make an investigation of economic, religious, educational, civic, biological,
and social conditions among Chinese, Japanese, and other non-European residents of the Pacific Coast of the United States
and Canada. Extension of the study into northern Mexico and Hawaii was contemplated as well. In the words of Eliot G. Mears,
Executive Secretary, "The Survey seeks to impose no program, advocates no specific policy, and champions no special interest.
It aims to find the facts, and all the facts, and plans to make them accessible to the public." The findings were to be published
in a series of volumes edited by the director, Dr. Robert E. Park.
The Survey had its administrative and research headquarters at Stanford University under the chairmanship of President Ray
Lyman Wilbur and was under the research directorship, first, of Stanford professor, Eliot G. Mears, and, subsequently, of
the Chicago sociologist, Robert E. Park. The Survey received important financial support and collaboration from the Institute
of Social and Religious Research.
Completed life-history questionnaires comprise the greatest bulk and are the "raw data" of the archive. In addition, there
are numerous open-ended personal reflections, financial records, conference reports, meeting notes, bibliographies, printed
materials and miscellaneous other findings of the
Survey.
The collection is organized into four series: Office Files, Photographs, Major Documents, and Minor Documents.
Survey of Race Relations records, 1924-1927
File Plan: Classification Titles
Classification titles and codes of the documents as established by the Survey of Race Relations
I. Americanization: Am
a) Second generation (2nd Gen)
b) Family problems (F. P.)
c) Accommodation (Accom.)
d) Vocational problems (Voc.)
e) Education (Ed.)
f) Naturalization (Nat.)
II. Communities: Com.
a) Organization of (Org.)
b) Activities
c) Standards of living (S. L.)
III. Competition and Land: Comp.
a) Agriculture (Agric.)
b) Land ownership (Land Own.)
c) Labor
d) Cropping contract (C. C.)
e) Business (Bus.)
f) Employment contract (Employ. C.)
IV. Good-Will: G. W.
a) Religious activities (Relig.)
b) Friendship
V. Heritages: Her.
a) Oriental/Asiatic (O.)
b) Chinese (C.)
c) Japanese (J.)
d) East Indian (E. I.)
e) Filipino (F.)
f) Mexican (M.)
g) Korean (K.)
h) Hindu (H.)
i) Tongs
VI. Intermarriage: Int.
a) Eurasian child
VII. Investigations: Inv.
a) Statistics (Stat.)
b) Legislation (Legis.)
c) Historical (Hist.)
VIII. Life Histories: L. H.
a) Oriental/Asiatic (O.)
b) Chinese (C.)
c) Japanese (J.)
d) East Indian (E. I.)
e) Filipino (F.)
f) Mexican (M.)
g) Korean (K.)
h) Hindu (H.)
i) Tongs
IX. Population: Pop.
a) Immigration (Im.)
b) Vital statistics
c) Distribution
d) Movement (Mvt.)
X. Race Consciousness: R. C.
a) Conflict
b) Prejudice (Prej.)
c) Discrimination
d) Public opinion (Pub. Op.)
e) Political tension (P. T.)
XI. Racial Traits: R. T.
a) Oriental/Asiatic (O.)
b) Chinese (C.)
c) Japanese (J.)
d) East Indian (E. I.)
e) Filipino (F.)
f) Mexican (M.)
g) Korean (K.)
h) Hindu (H.)
i) Tongs
j) American (A.)
XII. Social Disorganization: S. D.
a) Vice and crime (V. C.)
b) Poverty
c) Disease
d) Prostitution (Prost.)
e) Gambling
f) Delinquency
XIII. Other
a) Organization (Organiz.)
b) Illegal entry (Ill. Entry)
c) Industry (Ind.)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Asian Americans.
Asians--Canada.
Canada--Race relations.
Chinese Americans.
Japanese Americans.
Mexican Americans.
Minorities--Canada.
Minorities--United States.
United States--Race relations.