New York State College of Agriculture Department of Rural Sociology surveys, 1938-1966.
Collection Number: 21-33-1485
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
New York State College of Agriculture Department of Rural Sociology surveys, 1938-1966.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
21-33-1485
Abstract:
Collection includes schedules, interviewers' notes, correspondence, and other records
containing information on individuals, households, farms, neighborhoods, and organizations
gathered during the following projects in New York and elsewhere.
Creator:
New York State College of Agriculture. Department of Rural Sociology
Quanitities:
172.7 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Acces to survey records restricted to the permission of the University Archivist.
Original investigator shall have unrestricted access to and use of records.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
New York State College of Agriculture Deptartment of Rural Sociology surveys, #21-33-1485.
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Listing of publications and theses based upon these records is available.
Collection includes schedules, interviewers' notes, correspondence, and other records
containing information on individuals, households, farms, neighborhoods, and organizations
gathered during the following projects in New York and elsewhere: Farm Security Administration
study of non-commercial agriculture, Grundy and Reynolds Counties, Mo., Orange Co.,
Vt., Beltrami Co., Minn., Oglethorpe and Laurens Counties, Ga., Grayson Co., Va.,
Mercer Co., W. Va., and Knox Co., Tenn. (1938-42); social participation of farm families,
Cortland Co. (1939); rural community organizations, Broome Co. (1939); social status
of rural households in low income areas, Otsego, Steuben, and St. Lawrence Counties
(1940); families on marginal farmlands, Town of Erin, Chemung Co. (1940); social stratification
in a rural community, Spencer, Tioga Co. (1940); and the rural community in wartime,
Waterville, Oneida Co. (1944).
Also, studies of community and organizational leadership, Waterville (1946); rural
community development, Schuyler Co. (1947, 1957), Richfield Springs, Otsego Co., Van
Hornesville, Herkimer Co. (1948, 1958); community voluntary organizations, Odessa
Central School District, Schuyler Co. (1948); participation and attitudes of rural
young people, Odessa School District (1948); the provision and use of health services
in rural New York, Cortland and Otsego Counties (1949-50), 1957-58, 1960), Chautauqua
and Livingston Counties (1950-51, 1958-60), Clinton and Ulster Counties (1951-52,
1959-60); farmers' knowledge of, participation in, and and suggestions concerning
agricultural programs (1951); social change in a rural community, Brooktondale and
Slaterville Springs, Tompkins Co. (1951); personal adjustment of residents in homes
for the aged, Ithaca, Tompkins Co., Oxford, Chenango Co., and Red Hook, Dutchess Co.
(1951); social change, Marathon, Cortland Co. (1954); dairy farm practice adoption,
Richfield Springs and Van Hornesville (1956); study of organizations, Odessa School
District and Richfield Springs School District (1957-58); attitudes of rural high
school students toward occupations, Odessa, Richfield Springs, Van Hornesville, and
Trumansburg Central Schools (1958); migration plans of high school seniors, St. Lawrence
Co. (1962); social analysis of Southold, Southold Township, Long Island, N.Y. (1964);
and a New York State farm labor study (1966).
Private individuals named in the surveys may not be published or otherwise released
in such form that any individual mentioned in the records can be identified.
Due to the nature of electronic records, use of all born digital content on physical
media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks, zip disks, and external hard drives is limited
to digital copies.
Names:
Cornell University
United States. Farm Security Administration
Places:
Southold (N.Y.)
Trumansburg (N.Y.)
Odessa (N.Y.)
Marathon (N.Y.)
Dutchess County (N.Y.)
Red Hook (N.Y.)
Chenango County (N.Y.)
Oxford (Chenango County, N.Y.)
Ithaca (N.Y.)
Tompkins County (N.Y.)
Slaterville Springs (N.Y.)
Brooktondale (N.Y.)
Ulster County (N.Y.)
Clinton (N.Y.)
Livingston County (N.Y.)
Chautauqua County (N.Y.)
Herkimer County (N.Y.)
Van Hornesville (N.Y.)
Richfield Springs (N.Y.)
Schuyler County (N.Y.)
Oneida County (N.Y.)
Waterville (N.Y.)
Spencer (N.Y.)
Tioga County (N.Y.)
Chemung County (N.Y.)
St. Lawrence County (N.Y.)
Steuben County (N.Y.)
Otsego County (N.Y.)
Cortland County (N.Y.)
Broome County (N.Y.)
Knox County (Tenn.)
Mercer County (W. Va.)
Grayson County (Va.)
Laurens County (Ga.)
Oglethorpe County (Ga.)
Beltrami County (Minn.)
Orange County (Vt.)
Reynolds County (Mont.)
Grundy County (Mont.)
New York (State)
Subjects:
Sociology, Rural.
Social change.
Rural youth.
Rural poor.
Rural health services.
Rural families.
Rural development.
Rural conditions.
Nursing home patients.
Farmers -- Economic conditions.
Dairying.
Country life.
Community development.
Agriculture -- Social aspects.
Form and Genre Terms:
Color slides.
Photographs.
Questionnaires.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 |
Adams, How, Larson, 1966 , N.Y.S. Farm Worker Management Project; Cottrell and Bee,
1938 Marathon (Cortland Co.) Community Study.
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1966, 1938 | |
same; also Anderson and Plambeck, 1939 . Social Participation of Family, Cortland
Co.
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1939 | ||
Box 2 |
same; also Anderson and Plambeck, 1939 . Social Participation of Family, Cortland
Co.
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Box 3 |
same; also Anderson and Plambeck, 1939 . Social Participation of Family, Cortland
Co.
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Box 4 |
same; also Anderson and Plambeck, 1939 . Social Participation of Family, Cortland
Co.
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Box 5 |
same; also Anderson and Plambeck, 1939 . Social Participation of Family, Cortland
Co.
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Anderson and Hudson, 1940 , Social Status of Rural Households in 3 low income areas
of N.Y.S.: Steuben, Otsego, and St. Lawrence Co.
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1940 | ||
Box 6 |
Anderson and Hudson, 1940 , Social Status of Rural Households in 3 low income areas
of N.Y.S.: Steuben, Otsego, and St. Lawrence Co.
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Box 7 |
Anderson and Hudson, 1940 , Social Status of Rural Households in 3 low income areas
of N.Y.S.: Steuben, Otsego, and St. Lawrence Co.
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Box 8 |
Anderson and Grigsby, 1940 , Families on Marginal Farm Lands, Town of Erin, Chemung
Co.
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1940 | |
Box 9 |
Cottrell and Kaufman, 1940 , Social Stratification in a rural N.Y. Community. Spencer,
Tioga Co.
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1940 | |
same; also Anderson and Thomas, 1944 , rural community in wartime, Waterville, Oneida
Co.
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1944 | ||
Box 10 |
same; also Anderson and Thomas, 1944 , rural community in wartime, Waterville, Oneida
Co.
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Box 11 |
same; also Anderson and Thomas, 1944 , rural community in wartime, Waterville, Oneida
Co.
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Box 12 |
same; also Anderson and Thomas, 1944 , rural community in wartime, Waterville, Oneida
Co.
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Box 13 |
same; also Anderson and Thomas, 1944 , rural community in wartime, Waterville, Oneida
Co.
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Box 14 |
same; also Williams and White, 1946 , Community organization leadership, Waterville,
Oneida Co.
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1946 | |
same; also Anderson, Larson and Halloul, 1951 , Social Change in a N.Y. rural community,
Slaterville Springs and Brooktondale, Tompkins Co.
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1951 | ||
Box 15 |
same; also Anderson, Larson and Halloul, 1951 , Social Change in a N.Y. rural community,
Slaterville Springs and Brooktondale, Tompkins Co.
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Box 16 |
same; also Anderson, Larson and Halloul, 1951 , Social Change in a N.Y. rural community,
Slaterville Springs and Brooktondale, Tompkins Co.
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Box 17 |
same; also Anderson, Larson and Halloul, 1951 , Social Change in a N.Y. rural community,
Slaterville Springs and Brooktondale, Tompkins Co.
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Box 18 |
same
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Box 19 |
same
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Moe, Larson, Cummings, 1951 , N.Y. Farmers knowledge of agricultural programs (schedules
have been discarded); Anderson and Longest, 1954 , Social Changes in the Marathon
Community, Cortland Co.,
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1951, 1954, 1929-1954. | ||
Box 20 |
Moe, Larson, Cummings, 1951 , N.Y. Farmers knowledge of agricultural programs (schedules
have been discarded); Anderson and Longest, 1954 , Social Changes in the Marathon
Community, Cortland Co.,
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Box 21 |
Moe, Larson, Cummings, 1951 , N.Y. Farmers knowledge of agricultural programs (schedules
have been discarded); Anderson and Longest, 1954 , Social Changes in the Marathon
Community, Cortland Co.,
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Box 22 |
same; also Polson and Fosen, 1955 , Dairy Farm Practice Adoption, Towns of Columbia
and Warren, Richfield Springs and Van Hornesville Communities, Herkimer and Otsego
Counties. Polson and Fosen, 1956 , Study of Reference Groups, Town of Columbia and
Warren, Richfield Springs and Van Hornesville Communities, Herkimer and Otsego Counties.
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1955, 1956 | |
same; also Crawford, 1962 , St. Lawrence County High School Seniors' mobility plans.
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1962 | ||
Box 23 |
same; also Crawford, 1962 , St. Lawrence County High School Seniors' mobility plans.
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Box 24 |
same; also Crawford, 1962 , St. Lawrence County High School Seniors' mobility plans.
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same; also Larson, 1938-1941 , Non-commercial project.
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1938-1941 | ||
Box 25 |
same; also Larson, 1938-1941 , Non-commercial project.
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Box 26 |
same; also Larson, 1938-1941 , Non-commercial project.
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Box 27 |
same; also Larson and Capener, 1948 , Odessa organizations; Larson and Young, 1957
, Odessa organizations, Thurston County, Washington, participants in Farm Security
Administration project,
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1948, 1957, 1938-1941. | |
Box 28 |
Larson and Klein, 1948 , Odessa youth.
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1948 | |
same; also Larson and Schwartzweller, 1958 , youth attitudes in 4 communities: Trumansburg,
Odessa, Richfield Springs, Van Hornesville.
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1958 | ||
Box 29 |
same; also Larson and Schwartzweller, 1958 , youth attitudes in 4 communities: Trumansburg,
Odessa, Richfield Springs, Van Hornesville.
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Box 30 |
same; also Larson and Schwartzweller, 1958 , youth attitudes in 4 communities: Trumansburg,
Odessa, Richfield Springs, Van Hornesville.
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Box 31 |
same; also Larson and Schwartzweller, 1958 , youth attitudes in 4 communities: Trumansburg,
Odessa, Richfield Springs, Van Hornesville.
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Box 32 |
same; also Larson, 1947 , Odessa farmer, homemaker schedules re: practices, participation,
and attitudes.
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1947 | |
Box 33 |
same
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Box 34 |
same
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Box 35 |
same
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Box 36 |
same
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Box 37 |
same
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Box 38 |
same
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Box 39 |
same
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Box 40 |
same
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Box 41 |
same
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Box 42 |
same
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Box 43 |
same
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Box 44 |
same
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Box 45 |
same
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Box 46 |
same
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Box 47 |
same
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Box 48 |
same
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Box 49 |
same
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Larson, 1957 , Odessa farmer, homemaker schedules re: practices, participation, and
attitudes.
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1957 | ||
Box 50 |
Larson, 1957 , Odessa farmer, homemaker schedules re: practices, participation, and
attitudes.
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Box 51 |
Larson, 1957 , Odessa farmer, homemaker schedules re: practices, participation, and
attitudes.
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Box 52 |
Larson, 1957 , Odessa farmer, homemaker schedules re: practices, participation, and
attitudes.
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Box 53 |
Larson, 1957 , Odessa farmer, homemaker schedules re: practices, participation, and
attitudes.
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Box 54 |
Larson, 1957 , Odessa farmer, homemaker schedules re: practices, participation, and
attitudes.
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Box 55 |
Larson, 1957 , Odessa farmer, homemaker schedules re: practices, participation, and
attitudes.
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Box 56 |
Larson, 1957 , Odessa farmer, homemaker schedules re: practices, participation, and
attitudes.
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Box 57 |
Larson, 1957 , Odessa farmer, homemaker schedules re: practices, participation, and
attitudes.
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Box 58 |
Larson, 1957 , Odessa farmer, homemaker schedules re: practices, participation, and
attitudes.
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Box 59 |
Larson, 1957 , Odessa farmer, homemaker schedules re: practices, participation, and
attitudes.
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Box 60 |
Larson, 1957 , Odessa farmer, homemaker schedules re: practices, participation, and
attitudes.
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Box 61 |
Larson, 1957 , Odessa farmer, homemaker schedules re: practices, participation, and
attitudes.
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Box 62 |
Larson, 1957 , Odessa farmer, homemaker schedules re: practices, participation, and
attitudes.
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Box 63 |
Larson, 1957 , Odessa farmer, homemaker schedules re: practices, participation, and
attitudes.
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Box 64 |
Larson, 1957 , Odessa farmer, homemaker schedules re: practices, participation, and
attitudes.
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Box 65 |
Larson, 1957 , Odessa farmer, homemaker schedules re: practices, participation, and
attitudes.
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Box 66 |
Larson and Moe, 1948 , Richfield Springs, Van Hornesville, analyses, reports, codes.
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1948 | |
Box 67 |
Joe Crymes thesis surveys, Richfield Springs and Odessa, 1958 ; information, reports,
codes, thesis notes re: studies of Richfield Springs.
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1958 | |
Box 68 |
same; also schedules, Larson and Moe, 1948 , Richfield Springs, Van Hornesville.
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1948 | |
Box 69 |
same
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Box 70 |
same
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Box 71 |
same
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Box 72 |
same
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Box 73 |
same
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Box 74 |
same
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Box 75 |
same
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Box 76 |
same
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Box 77 |
same
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Box 78 |
same
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Box 79 |
same
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Box 80 |
same
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Larson and Moe, Richfield Springs and Van Hornesville, 1958 , survey schedule.
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1958 | ||
Box 81 |
Larson and Moe, Richfield Springs and Van Hornesville, 1958 , survey schedule.
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Box 82 |
Larson and Moe, Richfield Springs and Van Hornesville, 1958 , survey schedule.
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Box 83 |
Larson and Moe, Richfield Springs and Van Hornesville, 1958 , survey schedule.
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Box 84 |
Larson and Moe, Richfield Springs and Van Hornesville, 1958 , survey schedule.
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Box 85 |
Larson and Moe, Richfield Springs and Van Hornesville, 1958 , survey schedule.
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Box 86 |
Larson and Moe, Richfield Springs and Van Hornesville, 1958 , survey schedule.
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Box 87 |
Larson and Moe, Richfield Springs and Van Hornesville, 1958 , survey schedule.
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Box 88 |
same; also Larson and Moe, 1948 , Richfield Springs and Van Hornesville, analyses,
reports, codes, background information.
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1948 | |
Box 89 |
Southold, Suffolk Co., L.I. land use study, 1964 , Robert Carroll, background material,
sample procedure, schedules.
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1964 | |
Box 90 |
Southold surveys completed by respondents
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Box 91 |
Southold surveys completed by respondents
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Box 92 |
Southold surveys completed by respondents
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Box 93 |
same; also matching Southold survey schedules completed by interviewer.
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Nursing homes, ca. 1951 , Taietz, interview schedules, Odd Fellows Home, Ithaca; N.Y.
State Women's Relief Corp. Home, Oxford, N.Y. Ward Manor, Red Hook, N.Y.
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1951 | ||
Box 94 |
Nursing homes, ca. 1951 , Taietz, interview schedules, Odd Fellows Home, Ithaca; N.Y.
State Women's Relief Corp. Home, Oxford, N.Y. Ward Manor, Red Hook, N.Y.
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Box 95 |
Nursing homes, ca. 1951 , Taietz, interview schedules, Odd Fellows Home, Ithaca; N.Y.
State Women's Relief Corp. Home, Oxford, N.Y. Ward Manor, Red Hook, N.Y.
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Box 96 |
Ensminger, Broome County Communities, 1939 . Interviewers' notes, schedules.
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1939 | |
Box 97 |
Sample design, background information, instruction manuals, field procedures, tabulations,
N.Y.S. and Chautauqua Co.
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Box 98 |
same for Clinton, Cortland, Livingston, Oswego.
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Box 99 |
same, Ulster; schedules for Chautauqua Co.,
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1950-1951. | |
Chautauqua Co.,
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1950-1951, 1960. | ||
Box 100 |
Chautauqua Co.,
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Box 101 |
Chautauqua Co.,
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Box 102 |
Chautauqua Co.,
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Box 103 |
Chautauqua Co.,
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Box 104 |
same; Clinton Co.,
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1950-1951. | |
Box 105 |
same; Clinton Co., 1959-1960 Clinton Co., rural phase
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1959-1960 | |
Box 106 |
same
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Box 107 |
same
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Box 108 |
same; Clinton Co. Urban.
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Box 109 |
same
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Box 110 |
same; Clinton Co. 1960 , rural.
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1960 | |
Box 111 |
Cortland Co., 1949-1950 , rural phase.
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1949-1950 | |
Box 112 |
same; Cortland Co.,
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1957-1958. | |
Box 113 |
same
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Box 114 |
same
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Cortland Co.,
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1960. | ||
Box 115 |
Cortland Co.,
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Box 116 |
Cortland Co.,
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Box 117 |
Pre-test, urban schedules, 1959 ; Livingston,
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1959, 1958-1959. | |
Box 118 |
same
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Box 119 |
same
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Box 120 |
same; Livingston Co., 1960 , urban phase.
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1960 | |
Box 121 |
same; Oswego Co.,
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1949-1950. | |
Box 122 |
same; Oswego Co.,
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1957-1958. | |
Box 123 |
same
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Box 124 |
same
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Box 125 |
same; Oswego Co., 1959-1960 , urban phase.
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1959-1960 | |
Box 126 |
same
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Box 127 |
same
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Box 128 |
same; Ulster Co.,
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1951-1952, 1959-1960. | |
Box 129 |
same
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Box 130 |
same
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Box 131 |
same; Ulster Co., 1960 , urban phase.
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1960 | |
Box 132 |
same
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Box 133 |
same
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Community Value Study - Miriam A. Terry (Dolson)
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1956 | ||
Box 134 |
Community I
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Box 135 |
Community II through Community II Organization 4
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Box 136 |
Community II Organization 5 through Community III Organization 3
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Box 137 |
Community III Organization 4 through Community IV Organization 7
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Community Value Study - Louis A. Ploch - Odessa
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1954 | ||
Box 137 |
B - Di
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Box 138 |
Do - end
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St. Lawrence Study 1963 Questionnaires and Raw Data
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1963 | ||
Box 139 |
1-64
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Box 140 |
65-129
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Box 141 |
130-194
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Box 142 |
195-210, 501-550
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Box 143 |
551-586, Miscellaneous Documents
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Box 144 |
Miscellaneous Documents
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This is Your Life - A Study Made in Groton, N.Y.
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1956 | ||
Box 145 |
This is Your Life - A Study Made in Groton, N.Y.
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Box 146 |
This is Your Life - A Study Made in Groton, N.Y.
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Box 147 |
This is Your Life - A Study Made in Groton, N.Y.
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Waterloo Study
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1963 | ||
Box 148 |
Waterloo Study
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Box 149 |
Waterloo Study
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Box 150 |
Waterloo Study
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Dairy Image Study,
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1969 | ||
Box 151 |
Dairy Image Study,
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Box 152 |
Dairy Image Study,
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Box 153 |
Agribusiness 0001-0120
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Box 154 |
Agribusiness 0121-0250
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Box 155 |
Agribusiness 2051-2274
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Box 156 |
Agribusiness 2275-2391
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Box 157 |
Misc.
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Box 158 |
Misc.
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