William Foote Whyte Collections
Collection Number: /4346
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
William Foote Whyte Collections,
1919-2000
Collection Number:
/4346
Creator:
Whyte, William Foote;
Scheier, Jacqueline;
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
Scheier, Jacqueline;
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
Quantity:
58.1 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Papers (documents), records (documents)
.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Language:
Collection material in English, Spanish, Chinese
William Foote Whyte (June 27, 1914-July 16, 2000) was a sociologist chiefly known for
his ethnographic study in urban sociology, Street Corner Society. Whyte, from an
upper middle class background, showed an early interest in writing, economics and
social reform. After graduating from Swarthmore College, he was selected for the
Junior Fellows program, where his landmark research was done. After his research in
Boston, he entered the sociology doctoral program at the University of Chicago.
Street Corner Society was published by the University of Chicago Press in 1943. He
spent a year teaching at the University of Oklahoma, but developed polio in 1943 and
spent two years in physical therapy at the Warm Springs Foundation. Rehabilitation
was only partially successful; Whyte walked with a cane for the rest of his life,
and used two arm crutches in his later years. He briefly returned to the University
of Chicago in 1944, then joined the New York State School of Industrial and Labor
Relations at Cornell University in 1948, remaining at Cornell for the remainder of
his career. He worked for social reform and social change, directing his efforts
toward "empowering the disenfranchized and narrowing the gap between rich and poor."
He studied industrial and agricultural workers and workers' cooperatives in
Venezuela, Peru, Guatemala and in the Basque region of Spain, as well as in the
United States. He authored hundreds of articles and 20 books including an
autobiography. He is considered a pioneer in industrial sociology.
Names:
Whyte, William Foote, 1914-2000
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives
New York State School of Industrial and Labor
Relations --Faculty.
Form and Genre Terms:
Papers (documents)
Records (documents)
Access Restrictions:
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a
reference archivist for access to these materials.
Restrictions on Use:
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet
and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
William Foote Whyte Collections #/4346. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1947-1977 | |
4 linear feet
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Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1928-1990 | |
8 linear feet
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Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1974-1988 | |
3 linear feet
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Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1974-1988 | |
7 linear feet
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Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1941-1991 | |
22 linear feet
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1988-1994 | |
0.1 linear feet
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Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1972-1990 | |
5 linear feet
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Box 1 | Folder 8 | 1919-2000 | |
7 linear feet
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Box 1 | Folder 9 | 1923-1985 | |
1 linear foot
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Box 1 | Folder 10 | 1931-1990 | |
1 linear foot
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