Series I. Professional Files, 1939-2003

Box 1

Biographical Entry, Encyclopedia of Religion and Society, 1998
Clippings, 1953-99 originals and copies (2f)
Committee, Conference and Program Files, 1963-87 (7f)
Afro-House Survey [1971?]
Asia House Proposal, 1966
Black Religion Conference, 1971
Conference on South Africa and Namibia, September 1979
Dean's Research Group on Black Student Progress, 1986-87
Educational Plans of Oberlin College Committee, 1966-67
Faculty Committees: memoranda, 1966-67
Peace Corps Training Program, 1963
SSRC Committee for Social Structure and Socialization Minutes, November 22,1961
Correspondence with Kiyoshi Ideka, 1973-75
Curriculum Vitae, July 1987

Box 2

Professional Affiliations, 1965-1997
American Sociological Association, 1966-78
Behavioral Research Center, 1967-68
Great Lakes Colleges Association, 1965-75
School Segregation and Residential Segregations, 1979, 1987, 1991, 1994
Symposium in honor of J.M. Hon Yinger, "Religion, Race, and Power: Conflicting Realities in a Changing World," First Church, Oberlin, OH, April 1987
Symposium, Sociology of Religion, 1997
Vietnam, American Sociological Association Statement, 1965-67
Yugoslav-American Seminar, 1965-75 (2f)

Box 3

Writings, 1946-2003
Clippings, 1946
General Reports, Statements and Letters, 1946-1984
Published Articles, date span 1946-2003 (8f)
Note: The published articles are arranged chronologically in eight folders. Below is a select listing of titles.

"The Function and Control of Power in the Church in Relation to the Question of Unity and Disunity," publ. October 1946
"Civil Liberties in Crisis," publ. Winter 1949
"The Ethnic-Religious Group in America: Social Forces Involved in Group Identification or Withdrawal," publ. 1961
"The Impact on Research of Different Conceptions of Personality," August 1962
"Characterological Change Among American Blacks," 1974
"Ethnicity in Complex Societies: Structural, Cultural, and Characterological Factors," publ. 1976
“Countercultures and Social Change,” Oberlin Alumni Magazine, 1977
"Ethnicity and Social Change," publ. 1983
"Race and Ethnicity in American Society Today," publ. December 1985
"Race and Ethnicity in American Society Today," review in Contemporary Sociology, March 1996
"The Problems and Promises of Religious Diversity," Dharma World, Jan-Feb 1999

Box 4

Books, 1964-1966, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1983 (11f)

Countercultures: The Promise and the Peril of a World Turned Upside Down, 1981

Penultimate draft (Xerox), 1981 (4f)
Reviews, 1983

Box 5

Books, 1964-1966, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1983 (11f) (cont)

Middle Start: an Experiment in the Educational Enrichment of Young Adolescents, 1975

Original typescript draft, 1964-66
Page proofs, corrected, 1977
Xerox copies of original draft, 1975 (3f)

Box 6

Unpublished Writings, 1942-2003

Essays, 1942-2003 (1f- contents)

"Contemporary Religious 'Prophecy'," 1942
"The Need for a Systemization of the Concept of Social Control," 1945
"A Study of the International Service Seminars of the American Friends Service Committee," August 1952
"A Functional View of Some Minority Group Religious Movements," 1955
"Collective Behavior," (working copy) 1960
"The Sociology of Religion," 1965-1966
"Looking Toward the Future of Social Psychology," August 1973
"Black Americans and Predominately White Churches," June 1986
Untitled chapter, Robert K. Merton (1990-2003), 2003

Honorary Degree Citations, 1962-83
Talks, 1944-1996 (2f)

Ohio Valley Sociological Society, April 1944
Conference on the Scientific Spirit and Democratic Faith, "The Sources and Uses of Ecclesiastical Power," May 25, 1946
Columbus Town Meeting, "Are Colleges Training for Democracy?," November 17, 1946
Oberlin College, "Some Problems of American Democracy," May 4, 1948
Lake Geneva, "What is Americanism?," June 10, 1948
Iowa State Technical College, "Some Problems of American Democracy," October 18, 1948
Mt. Union College Christian Association, "What is Americanism?," December 9, 1948
Ohio Valley Sociological Society, "Toward a Theory of Prejudice," April 1951
Social Science Foundation, "American National Character," November 1953
Oberlin College, "American Individualism and World Leadership," January 7, 1954
Oberlin College, "...Screaming and Kicking into the Twentieth Century," October 1954
American Sociological Association, "Toward A Sociology of Religion," August 1955
University of Michigan Sociology Colloquium, "Desegregation as a Challenge to Sociology," April 25, 1956
Cleveland Am. J. Committee, "Group Life in America," January 14, 1957
National Conference of Christians and Jews, "Theoretical Orientation for Inter-Religious Research," January 24, 1957
State NAACP Conference, "Social Factors Hindering and Promoting Desegregation," May 4, 1957
Denison University Convocation, "The Social Sciences Look at the Future," October 7, 1957
Northern Ohio Institute on Police and Community Relations, "Who Are We?," November 21, 1964
Ohio Valley Sociological Society Meeting, "Reforms as Experiments as Reforms," May 1970
Haynes Foundation Lecture at Whittier College, "Middle Start for and Educationally Disadvantaged Minority," March 3, 1972
ASA, "Looking Toward the Future of Social Psychology," August, 1973
Akron University, "Middle Start: An Experiment in the Educational Enrichment of Young Adolescents," May 15, 1975
American Sociological Association, "Countercultures and Social Change," September 5, 1977
Denison College, "Countercultures," March 10, 1978
Kennedy School, "A Discussion of Middle Start," April 18, 1978
Oberlin College, "Visions of the Future," December 2, 1983
Al McQueen's Retirement Banquet, April 7, 1995
Oberlin College Library, "Along Many Trails-- To A Single Destination," May 25, 1996

Debates, 1939-1961, n.d. (7f)

Manuscripts concerning the Oneida Indians by Yinger for Wendell Bennett (copies), 1939-40
Columbus Town Meeting, "Compulsory Peace-Time Military Training," December 3, 1944
Bellefontaine Chamber of Commerce Forum, same title, January 14, 1945
Baldwin-Wallace Assembly, October 30, 1952
Church of the Crossroads, "The Moral Dilemma of Nuclear War," July 23, 1961
Review of "Law and Equal Opportunity. Anti-Discrimination Law in Massachusetts," Dissertation by Leon Hinckley Mayhew, 1961. [1998/141]
"Peacetime Conscription," copy, n.d.

Box 7

Writings by Others, 1970, 1973-74, 1979, 1980 (3f)

Papers relating to educating the deprived, 1970
Community-University Research Associates Proposal: History of Oberlin's Black Students," 1973-74
Ph.D. prospectus: studies on Yinger's work, 1979, 1980

Series II. Student Exchange Program With Black Colleges, 1946-75, n.d.

Box 1

Correspondence, 1946-65 (5f)

Fiske University, 1950-62
Hampton Institute, 1946-58
Spelman College, 1958-60
Tallageda College, 1951-58
Tougaloo College, 1964-65
Photographs (2), [1967?]
Program Information, 1949-72, n.d.
Student Expense Records, 1948-57, n.d.
Student Reports, 1948-75, n.d. (4f)

Series III. S.E.O.P. Administrative Files, 1963-70, n.d.

Box 1

Minutes and related materials, 1963-69
Miscellaneous administrative files, 1965-69 (3f)
Newspaper clippings, 1966-67
Special Opportunities Program for Secondary School Students, 1964-1969

Box 2

Educational news of S.O.P. cities, 1965-70
Monograph pamphlets, 1965-1968 (2f)
Reports on minority education collected by S.E.O.P. staff, 1965-66, 1967, n.d. (4f)
Rockefeller Foundation, 1965-66
Rockefeller Foundation- Disadvantaged Students, July 1967
Succeed, n.d.
Basic and applied research proposal, 1965
S.O.P. clippings, 1968-72, 1981, 1990
S.O.P. reports and essays, 1963-

Box 3

S.E.O.P. Newsletters, 1965-66
"OOPS" (occasional), 1965
"S.O.P. News" (occasional), 1965-66
S.E.O.P. Summer Program Files, 1964-70 (6f)
"Some Notes on Future Interventions and Their Rationale," paper by K. Ikeda, 1965-67

Series IV. Office of Education Cooperative Research Program (Middle Start), 1963-78, n.d.

Subseries 1. Administrative Files, 1965-70, n.d.

Box 1

Budgetary records and supporting documents, 1965-70 (4f)
General information about Middle Start, n.d.
Reports submitted to U.S. Office of Education, 1969-70 (2f)

Subseries 2. Data Collection Files, 1963-70, n.d.

Box 2

Correspondence, 1967-1969, 1970 (4f)

Box 3

Field interviewer information, 1967-69 (17f)

Box 4

Field interview records, 1963-69 (12f)

Box 5

Field interview records, 1963-69, n.d. (8f)
Follow-Up Program interviews, 1964-68, n.d. (7f)

Box 6

Questionnaires and Tests, 1965-67 (5f)

Box 7

Student rosters, 1964-69 (22f)

Box 8

Student performance files, 1964-69 (26f)

Adkins—Maringer (18f)

Box 9

Student performance files, 1964-69 (26f) (cont.)

Mohr—Zasariti (8f)

Subseries 3. Data Analysis Files, 1965-66, 1969, n.d.

Box 10

S.O.P. Codebooks, 1969 (4f)

Box 11

Data analysis reports by K. Ikeda's assistants, 1965-66
Research instruments, n.d.
Thesis outline, n.d.

Box 12

American Sociological Association, September 1977-1978, n.d.
Committee on Freedom of Research and Teaching, 1978
L’Affaire Coleman-Lee, 1976

Series V. Published Writings, 1943-44, 1946-47, 1953-82, n.d.

Subseries 1. Religion in the Struggle for Power (1946), 1943-44, 1946-47, 1959, 1962, 1966-67, 1973, n.d.

Box 1

Author’s contract and related correspondence, 1943-44, 1966
Correspondence - Incoming, 1943, 1946-47, 1959, 1962, 1966-67, 1973
Correspondence - Outgoing, 1943, 1959, 1962, 1966
Published reviews, 1946-1947, n.d.

Subseries 2. Racial and Cultural Minorities: An Analysis of Prejudice and Discrimination (1953), 1953-55,1958, 1965-68, 1972-75

Box 1 (cont.)

College Library Adoption Lists and Promotion Statistics, 1953-55, 1958, 1972-73, n.d.
Correspondence - Incoming, 1953-55, 1958, 1965-68, 1973, 1975
Correspondence - Outgoing and to others by others, 1953, 1966-68, 1973-75
Published Reviews, 1953-55, 1958, 1972-73, n.d.

Subseries 3. The Annals of the American Academy of the Political and Social Sciences (1957), May 1957

Box 1 (cont.)

One Published Review, May 1957

Subseries 4. Religion, Society, and the Individual (1957), 1956-60, 1962-64, 1966, 1970-71, n.d

Box 1 (cont.)

Correspondence - Incoming, 1956-60, 1962-63, 1966, 1970-71
Correspondence - Outgoing and to others by others, and College Library Adoptions List, 1956, 1958-59
Published Reviews, 1957-58, 1960, 1964, n.d.

Subseries 5. A Minority Group in American Society (1965), 1965-67, 1970

Box 1 (cont.)

Published Reviews, Incoming and Outgoing Correspondence, and College Library Adoptions List and Sales Report, 1965-67, 1970

Subseries 6. Toward a Field Theory of Behavior: Personality and Social Structure (1965), 1960, 1963, 1965-74, n.d.

Box 1 (cont.)

Correspondence - Incoming (2f), 1960, 1963. 1965-70, 1972, 1974, n.d.
Correspondence - Outgoing and to others by others, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1968-69, 1971-74, n.d.
Published Reviews, 1967-70, 1972

Subseries 7. The Scientific Study of Religion (1970), 1969-72, 1975, n.d.

Box 1 (cont.)

Correspondence - Incoming, 1969-72, 1975, n.d.
Correspondence - Outgoing and to others by others, 1970-72
Published Reviews, 1971, 1975

Subseries 8. Major Social Issues (1978), 1978-82

Box 1 (cont.)

Published Reviews, 1978-82

Series VI. Correspondence, 1937-1993

Subseries 1. Professional Letters, 1939-1986

Box 1

1939-42
1943-44
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951-52
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957-58

Box 2

1958 (3f)
1959 (3f)
1960 (3f)
1961 (3f)
1962 (3f)

Box 3

1963 (3f)
1964 (3f)
1965 (3f)
1966 (3f)
1967 (3f)
1968 (3f)

Box 4

1969 (3f)
1970 (2f)
1971 (2f)
1971-72 (Sabbatical)
1972 (2f)
1973 (2f)
1974 (3f)
1975 (3f)

Box 5

1976 (3f)
1977 (3f)
1978 (3f)
1979 (3f)
1980 (2f)

Box 6

1981 (3f)
1982 (3f)
1983
1984
1985
1986

Subseries 2. Personal Letters, 1937-1989

Box 1

1937-43
1944-47
1948-49
1950-55
1956-64
1965-66
1967-68
1969
1970-73
1974-76
1977-78
1979-83
1984-85
1986
1987
1988
1989

Subseries 3. Student/Alumni Letters, 1945-46, 1948-59, 1961-89

Box 1

1945-46 (Ohio Wesleyan)
1948-49 (Oberlin)
1950-53 “
1954-57 “
1958-59; 1961-62 (Oberlin)/ 1962 (University of Washington)
1963 (Oberlin and Other)
1964-66 (Oberlin)
1967-70 “ “
1971-73 “ “
1974-75 “ “
1976-78 “ “
1979-81 “ “
1982-84 “ “
1985-87 “ “
1988-89 “ “

Subseries 4. Mixed Letters, 1953-54, 1956-57, 1959, 1962-64, 1967-69, 1972-76, 1987-93, n.d.

Box 1

Bernstein, Marc, 1991-92
Blalock, H. M., 1967
Cutler, Steven, 1990, 1992
D’ Antonio, Bill, 1998
DiRenzo, Gordon, 1974-76
Editor of The Cleveland Press, 1964
Elder, Joe and Joanne, 1991
Etzioni, Amitai, 1989, 1991
Johnson, Lyndon B., 1965
Klein, Anna Mary, 1969-70
Lane, Doris A., 1969
Lenski, Gerhard, 1988, 1990
Litwak, Eugene, 1973
Luke, Wing C., 1959
Marx, Gary, 1969, 1976, 1988
Merton, Robert, and Zuckerman, Harriet, 1956-57, 1963-64, 1968, 1972-75, 1987, 1990, 1993, n.d.
Mondlane, Eduardo and Janet, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1967 [2002/ 43]
Rosenberg, Morris, 1979-80
Simpson, George, 1990-92
Sociological Abstracts Inc., 1979
Walters, Karen S., 1969-70
Whilhite, Margaret R., 1978
Williams Jr., Robin, 1953-54, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1967-68, 1975, 1989