Description
The collection begins with records from 1929 when Emory Bogardus, Ph.D. of the University of Southern California founded the
Pacific Sociological Association (PSA) and ends in 2008 upon the retirement of PSA Chief Executive Officer, Dean S. Dorn,
Ph.D., of California State University Sacramento. Contents of the collection include correspondence and emails, minutes of
Business and Executive Council meetings, newsletters, annual meeting agendas, election materials, committee reports, copies
of annual PSA presidential addresses and early accounting records. There are gaps in the chronology of some of the earlier
records, especially for meeting minutes, membership and election of officers.
Background
Emory Bogardus, Ph.D. of the University of Southern California founded what is now called the Pacific Sociological Association
(PSA) in 1929. In the fall of that year, Bogardus called together professors of sociology in southern California to form a
regional sociological association. The name adopted at this meeting, Pacific Southwest Sociological Association, was changed
in 1931 to the Pacific Sociological Society and the constitution was changed to provide for an enlarged membership that would
extend from southern California to British Columbia. By vote of the membership in 1960, the name of the organization was changed
to the Pacific Sociological Association. The purpose and object of the association is to promote both sociological research
and the teaching of sociology in universities, colleges, community colleges, and high schools in the Pacific area. It accomplishes
its mission by convening an annual meeting and publishing its journal. The Pacific Sociological Review was launched in 1958
with the intent to publish articles presented at the society’s meetings as well as a few manuscripts submitted independently.
In 1983, the journal was renamed Sociological Perspectives.
Extent
14.25 Linear feet
(10 record cartons, 1 manuscript box, and 1 flat boxes)
Restrictions
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, Chapter 17 of the U.S. Code. Requests for permission to publish, quote, or reproduce
from collections must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of the department of Special Collections and University Archives, The Library,
California State University, Sacramento as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include permission of the
copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Availability
Collection is open for research. Some restrictions may apply.