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Call Number: SC0571
Creator:
LaPiere, Richard T. (Richard Tracy), 1899-1986
Title: Richard T. LaPiere papers
Dates: 1928-1961
Physical Description:
2 Linear feet
Summary: These papers document LaPiere's writing career and include correspondence and reviews of THE FREUDIAN ETHIC and five of his
other published books; typescript articles and lectures; typescripts of four unpublished books; and reprints of his scholarly
articles.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Gift of Mrs. Richard LaPiere, 1999.
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
RIchard T. LaPiere Papers (SC0571). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Richard T. LaPiere, a social psychologist, earned three degrees at Stanford University: his A.B. and M.A. in economics, 1926
and 1927 respectively, and his Ph.D. in sociology in 1930. He studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science
(1927-28) before joining the Stanford faculty in 1929. He retired as professor emeritus of sociology in 1965. His published
works include A THEORY OF SOCIAL CONTROL, THE FREUDIAN ETHIC, SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (with Paul R. Farnsworth), and WHEN THE LIVING
STRIVE.
These papers document LaPiere's writing career and include correspondence and reviews of THE FREUDIAN ETHIC and five of his
other published books; typescript articles and lectures; typescripts of four unpublished books; and reprints of his scholarly
articles.
LaPiere, Richard T. (Richard Tracy), 1899-1986
America--Intellectual life--20th century.
Authors.
Manuscripts (for publication).