Finding Aid for the Gene Norman Levine Japanese American Research Project Records, circa 1964-1981 LSC.1575

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Online finding aid last updated 23 August 2017.


Title: Gene Norman Levine Japanese American Research Project Records
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1575
Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 7.5 linear feet (15 boxes)
Date: circa 1964-1981
Abstract: Levine was born on May 15, 1930 in Medford, Massachusetts. He received his AB from Boston University in 1952 and his Ph.D from Columbia University in 1959. He was a research associate at the Columbia University Bureau of Applied Social Research from 1954-64, research sociologist at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development from 1964-65 and became assistant professor of sociology at UCLA in 1965. His books include, Workers Vote: the Political Behavior of Men in the Printing Trade (1963) and The Japanese American Community: a Three-generation Study (1981). The collection consists of original completed survey forms of the UCLA Japanese American Research Project (JARP).
Language of Materials: Materials are in English.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Creator: Levine, Gene N., 1930-2004

Conditions on Access

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Gene Norman Levine Japanese American Research Project Records (Collection 1575). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles..

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift of Gene N. Levine, 1989 & 1991.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 1973127 

Biography

Gene Norman Levine was born on May 15, 1930 in Medford, Massachusetts; AB, Boston University, 1952; Ph.D, Columbia University, 1959; research associate, Columbia University Bureau of Applied Social Research, 1954-64; research sociologist, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 1964-65; became assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1965; his books include, Workers Vote: the Political Behavior of Men in the Printing Trade (1963) and The Japanese American Community: a Three-Generation Study (1981).

Scope and Content

Collection consists of original completed survey forms of the University of California, Los Angeles Japanese American Research Project (JARP).

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in the following series:
  1. JARP survey forms, 1970s (Boxes 1-9).
  2. Issei survey original, 1964 (Box 10).
  3. Issei survey revised (Boxes 10-11).
  4. Issei survey--original, 1964-65 (Box 11).
  5. Issei survey, revised, 1965-66 (Box 12).
  6. Issei survey, revised, 1966 (Boxes 12-13).
  7. Issei and Nissei surveys, 1960s (Boxes 14-15).

Related Material

Japanese American Research Project Collection of Material about Japanese in the United States (Collection 2010).  Available at Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Japanese American Research Project (University of California, Los Angeles)--Archives..
Levine, Gene N., 1930-2004--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles. Dept. of Sociology--Faculty--Archives.
Japanese Americans--History--Sources.

Boxes 1-9

Series 1: JARP survey forms. 1970s.

Box 10, Folders 1-4

Series 2: Issei survey, originals. 1964.

Scope and Contents note

#1-191 approximately.
Box 10, Folders 5-6, Box 11, Folders 1-2

Series 3: Issei survey, revised. undated.

Scope and Contents note

  • Box 10: #131-305 approximately (folders 1-2 of 4).
  • Box 11: #131-305 approximately (folder 3-4 of 4).
  • Box 11: #306-415 approximately.
Box 11, Folders 6-7

Series 4: Issei survey, originals. 1964-1965.

Scope and Content

#416-526 approximately.
Box 12, Folders 1-4

Series 5: Issei survey, revised. 1965-1966.

Scope and Contents note

#298-892 approximately.
Box 12, Folders 5-6

Series 6: Issei survey, revised. 1966.

Scope and Contents note

  • Box 12: #704-890 approximately (folders 1-2 of 3).
  • Box 13: #704-890 approximately (folder 3 of 3).
  • Box 13: #893-1049 approximately.
Boxes 14-15

Series 7: Issei and Nissei surveys. 1960s.