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Title: Kingsley Davis papers
Date (inclusive): 1926-1981
Collection Number: 83035
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
55 manuscript boxes
(33.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, statistics, memoranda, reports, and printed matter, relating to international
population changes, changes in family structure, and urbanization.
Creator:
Davis, Kingsley, 1908-1997
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1983.
[Identification of item], Kingsley Davis Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1908 August 20 | Born, Tuxedo, Texas |
| 1930 | A.B. in English, University of Texas, Austin, Texas |
| 1932 | M.A. in Philosophy, University of Texas, Austin, Texas |
| 1933 | M.A. in Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| 1934-1936 | Instructor, Sociology, Smith College, Massachusetts |
| 1936 | Ph.D., Sociology, Harvard University |
| 1936-1937 | Assistant Professor, Sociology, Clark University, Massachusetts |
| 1937-1942 | Associate Professor and Chairman, Pennsylvania State University |
| 1942-1944 | Visiting Research Associate, Office of Population Research, Princeton University, New Jersey, and Chairman, Pennsylvania State University |
| 1942-1948 | Associate Professor, Anthropology and Sociology, Princeton University |
| 1944-1945 | Associate Professor, Public Affairs, Princeton University |
| 1944-1948 | Research Associate, Princeton University |
| 1948-1955 | Professor, Sociology, Graduate Faculty of Political Science, Columbia University, New York |
| 1949 | Author, Modern American Society: Readings in the Problems of Order and Change |
| 1950 | Author, Corrientes Demográficas Mundiales |
| 1951 | Author, The Population of India and Pakistan |
| 1955-1970 | Professor, Sociology, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1956-1977 | Chairman, International Population and Urban Research, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1958 | Author, A Crowding Hemisphere: Population Change in the Americas |
| 1961-1963 | Chairman, Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1963 | Author, Future Demographic Growth of the San Francisco Bay Area |
| 1964 | Author, The Place of Latin America in World Demographic History |
| 1969 | Author, World Urbanization, 1950-1970 |
| 1973 | Author, Cities: Their Origin, Growth, and Human Impact: Readings from Scientific American |
| 1980 | Author, A Structural Analysis of Kinship: Prolegomena to the Sociology of Kinship |
| 1970-1976 | Ford Professor, Sociology and Comparative Studies, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1976-1977 | Ford Professor, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley (recalled) |
| 1977-1992 | Distinguished Professor, Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1985 | Author, Contemporary Marriage: Comparative Perspectives on a Changing Institution |
| 1987 | Author, Below-Replacement Fertility in Industrial Society: Causes, Consequences, Policies |
| 1989 | Author, Population and Resources in a Changing World: Current Readings |
| 1991 | Author, Resources, Environment, and Population: Present Knowledge, Future Options |
| 1981-1992 | Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University |
| 1992-1997 | Emeritus, Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University |
| 1997 February 27 | Died |
Scope and Content of Collection
The Kingsley Davis Papers, acquired in 1983, consist of correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed matter, reports, statistics,
and speeches and writings, relating to international population changes, changes in family structure, and urbanization. Davis
used some of this material as research materials for his numerous books on urbanization and population growth.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Families
Population
Urbanization