Rice University Sociology Department Records

Collection

Identifier: UA 0139

Staff Only

Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

Documents related to the daily and annual business of the sociology department, including financial reports, departmental memos, faculty evaluations, and correspondence.

Dates

Creation: 1975-2004

Creator

Rice University. Department of Sociology (Organization)

Restrictions on Access

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from the Sociology Department Records must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Biographical / Historical

Although courses in sociology were being taught at Rice as far back as 1924, the sociology department did not become an autonomous unit at the university until 1971, when it split from the previous Department of Anthropology and Sociology, established ten years earlier. The department, though beginning with only four professors, grew to offer 15-20 courses in 2004, as well as many opportunities for research and publication.