Jerome Dowd Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: WHC-M-979

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

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Sociologist. Personal correspondence and manuscripts of books and articles written by Dowd while a professor of sociology at the University of Oklahoma from 1907 to 1947. The manuscripts include two copies of Dowd's book"The Negro in American Life" (1926); three unpublished manuscripts entitled "Seeing the World by Tramping and Ford Car" (1939)"The New World as Viewed by the Prophets and Interpreted by Jerome Dowd" (1943), and "Social Aspects of Art" (n.d.), and two article-length manuscripts dealing with Oklahoma prison reform and juvenile delinquency. Jerome Dowd Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates

1891-1943

Extent

1.6 ft. (1.6 ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of the University of Oklahoma Press.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--University of Oklahoma Press. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1961.

Subjects

Art and society Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Art criticism Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Cleveland County (Okla.) -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Dowd, Jerome, 1864-1952
Juvenile delinquency -- Oklahoma -- Prevention Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Manuscripts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Prison administration -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Prisons -- Oklahoma -- Management Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Social prediction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
University of Oklahoma -- : Faculty.