University of Chicago Library/Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center
Chicago, Illinois, 60637
https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/scrc/
Title: Ernest Watson Burgess Papers
Content: Ernest Burgess (1886-1966), Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago, 1916-1952. Contains correspondence; manuscripts; minutes; reports; memoranda; research material that includes proposals, case studies, questionnaires, tables, and interviews; teaching and course materials, class record books; letters of recommendation; bibliographies; student papers; offprints; and maps and charts. Includes material relating to professional organizations with which Burgess was associated. Topics reflect Burgess' interest in urban sociology, family and marriage, crime and delinquency, parole, census work, and gerontology as well as research methods such as statistical predictors, factor analysis, case studies, and the use of personal documents. Also contains research projects on the Protestant church and the effects of radio on the development of children. Papers by students and colleagues include writings by Saul Alinsky, Nels Anderson, Leonard Cottrell, Paul Cressey, John Landesco, Walter Reckless, Clifford Shaw, Paul Siu, Frederick Thrasher, and others. The Ernest W. Burgess Papers consists of 105 linear feet. The collection has been arranged into seven series: I. General Files, II. Academic Materials, III. Research Studies and Projects, IV. Work of Students and Collaborators, V. Burgess' Writings, VI. Maps and Charts, and VII. Restricted.
Dates: 1886-1966
Size: 105 linear feet, 204 boxes
Access: Series VII contains files of Nels Anderson's research on homeless men that are restricted due to their fragile condition. Photocopies have been placed in Series IV, Subseries 1. The remainder of the collection is open for research.
Language: English
Selected inventory:
| Title Identifier | Box/Folder # | Item Description |
| Series III: Research Studies and Projects, Subseries:3 Chicago Census and Community Data, Sub-subseries 1: Chicago Census | Box 50, Folder 11 | Folder contains a clipped list of nurses and nursing registries in Chicago |