Institute for Social Research (University of Michigan) Records and Publications 

Institute for Social Research (University of Michigan) Records and Publications

 


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Institute for Social Research (University of Michigan) records and publications

The materials in this online repository form part of a larger Institute for Social Research (University of Michigan) record group held by the Bentley Historical Library. For a more complete index to the materials, please consult the online finding aids for the:

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Abstract:
The Institute for Social Research (ISR), an interdisciplinary center for social science research, was created in 1949 when the Research Center for Group Dynamics (founded at Massachusetts Institute of Technology) joined the Survey Research Center. ISR houses the Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) and the Center for Political Studies (CPS). Records of founding and development of ISR and related centers include minutes, correspondence, topical files, reports, and proposals. Administrative records include governance committees and director's files. Records of the Program for Research on Black Americans (PRBA) contain grant proposals, survey instruments, focus group transcriptions, correspondence, bulletins, and internal governance records created under the auspices of PRBA and its various projects. Records of the Research Center for Group Dynamics are primarily the papers of director Kurt Lewin, including manuscripts and talks, 1936-1947. Survey Research Center records consist largely of proposal and project files

The ISR Publications contains publications of the Institute for Social Research and several sub-units, especially the Survey Research Center. The publications include annual reports, histories, bibliographies, newsletters, brochures and research reports.

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Copyright has been transferred to the Regents of the University of Michigan.



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