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Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
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Historical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Correspondence
- Research and Writing on the Sociology of Death
- Research and Writing on Multiperson Sociology and the Sociology of Mormonism
- Research and Writing on the Sociology of Religion
- Research and Writing on the Sociology of Religion and Social Psychology
- Research and Writing on Social Psychology and Symbolic Interaction
- Research and Writing Symbolic Interaction and Values
- Research, Writings, and Publications Edited by Glenn M. Vernon
- Teaching Files
- University of Utah Department of Sociology
- General Materials
- Personal Materials
- Correspondence
- Correspondence, and Grant Information
- Sociology Department Doctoral Program
- General Topics
- Sociology of Religion
- Sociology of Mormonism
- Sociology of Death
- Symbols and Symbolic Interaction
- General Writings and Research Materials
- Teaching
- General Materials
- Names and Subjects
Glenn M. Vernon papers, circa 1940-1989
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Vernon, Glenn M.
- Title
- Glenn M. Vernon papers
- Dates
- circa 1940-1989 (inclusive)19351989
- Quantity
- 71 linear feet
- Collection Number
- ACCN 1545
- Summary
- The Glenn M. Vernon papers (circa 1940-1989) contain research files, drafts, and other preparatory material for Vernon's scholarly writing and teaching, as well as documents providing information on his academic career. Vernon was a professor of sociology at the University of Utah during the 1970s.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Glenn M. Vernon (born 1920) graduated from Brigham Young University in 1950 with a master's degree in sociology after completing a bachelor's degree there in 1947. He then went on to graduate from Washington State University in 1953 with a Ph.D. in sociology. Vernon was a professor at the University of Utah, as well as head of its sociology department, during the 1970s.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Glenn M. Vernon papers (circa 1940-1989) contain research files, drafts, and other preparatory material for Vernon's scholarly writing and teaching, as well as documents providing information on his academic career. Materials included in the collection reflect Vernon's work researching, writing about, and teaching on the sociological aspects of death, religion, and symbolic interaction, with his main emphasis being on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Boxes 1-28 were donated in 1995. Boxes 29-136 were donated in 1996. Box 137 was donated in 2001.
Processing Note
Processed by Kristen Soderberg, Mark Jensen, and Liz Rogers from 1996-2002.
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Separated Materials
Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0661).
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
CorrespondenceReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | |||
1 | Correspondence
Included in folders 2-7 are requests for the release of information to be used in Vernon's publication, "Sociology of Death."
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1965-1973 | |
2 | Correspondence |
1973-1976 | |
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3 | 1-9 | Correspondence |
1977-1980 |
Research and Writing on the Sociology of DeathReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
3 | 10-13 | "Wanting to Die"
Includes preliminary drafts, research materials and notes used for the writing of this publication.
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3 | 14 | "Sociology of Death Related Behavior" |
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3 | 15 | "How Do I Hurt Thee, Let Me Count the Ways" |
1984 |
3 | 16 | "Dying is Preferable to Living" |
1984 |
4 | 1-2 | "Death Related Behavior"
Includes drafts, correspondence and notes.
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1976 |
4 | 3 | "3 Death-Related Beliefs Which From the Symbolic Interaction Perspective Couldn't Possibly be True" |
1983 |
4 | 4 | "Understanding the Social Meaning of Death and Dying" |
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4 | 5-7 | "Dying--Shared, Symboled, Situated Behavior" |
1984 |
5 | 1-5 | "Dying--Shared, Symboled, Situated Behavior"
Includes preliminary drafts of this book and research notes.
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1984 |
5 | 6 | "Changes in Death Meaning of Death (and Birth)" |
1978 |
5 | 7 | "Unstated Assumptions Involved in Professional Analysis of Death Related Behavior" |
1979 |
6 | Research on the Sociology of Death
Includes death studies (questionnaires and results), notes, and papers written on death by other authors; Vernon's 1965 paper, "Attitudes Toward Death"; and news articles and correspondence.
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1960s-1980s | |
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7 | 1-16 | Research on the Sociology of Death
Includes notes, funeral information (pamphlets, questionnaires, brochures, and advertisements), reference lists, and articles and papers written about death.
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1964-1984 |
7 | 17 | "In the Word Was the Beginning" |
Research and Writing on Multiperson Sociology and the Sociology of MormonismReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
8 | 1 | "In the Word Was the Beginning" |
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8 | 2 | Metaphysics
Includes notes, articles, and Vernon's paper, "The Metaphysics of the Social Sciences: The 'Inner World.'"
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8 | 3 | "Multiperson Meaningful Behavior--An Introductory to Sociology" |
1985 |
8 | 4 | "Multiperson Sociology"
Includes copy orders, notes, and references.
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1982 |
8 | 5-6 | "Sociology of Mormonism"
Includes notes and references.
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1975 |
9 | 1-4 | "Research on Mormonism" |
1974 |
9 | 5 | "Mormonism, A Sociological Perspective" |
1980 |
10 | 1-2 | "Mormonism, A Sociological Perspective"
Includes preliminary drafts and copy orders.
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1980 |
10 | 3 | Mormon Fundamentalists
Includes notes, articles, papers written by students, interviews, references and correspondence.
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1974-1979 |
10 | 4 | Research on the Sociology of Mormonism
Includes research results, correspondence, and notes; Vernon's paper, Free Agency, Salvation and Loving"; and a copy of the "Vernon Church Orthodoxy Scale."
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1979; 1981 |
10 | 5 | "Sociology of Religion" |
1973 |
Research and Writing on the Sociology of ReligionReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
11 | 1-3 | "Sociology of Religion"
Includes drafts of this publication and related correspondence.
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1973 |
11 | 4 | "Sociology of Religion, Second Edition" |
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12 | 1-4 | "Sociology of Religion, Second Edition" |
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13 | 1-3 | "Sociology of Religion, Second Edition" |
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13 | 4-5 | "Selected Aspects of the Sociology of Religion" |
1975 |
14 | 1-3 | "Conversion"
Includes drafts, notes, articles and references.
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14 | 4-6 | "In the Beginning Was the Word"
Includes drafts and notes; correspondence; and Vernon's 1980 paper, "Types of Loving: Death as a Love Gift to Generations Unborn."
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1972; 1980 |
14 | 7 | "Types of Religion"
Includes notes and articles; Vernon's 1973 paper, "Types of Religion: Some Implications for Research"; and Stephen L. Finner's 1969 paper, "The Religiosity of Religious 'Nones.'"
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1969; 1973 |
14 | 8 | "Religion Social, Symboled and Supernatural" |
1978 |
14 | 9 | "Definitions of Religion" |
Research and Writing on the Sociology of Religion and Social PsychologyReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
15 | 1 | Sociology of Knowledge Regarding Religion
Includes correspondence and Vernon's 1974 paper, "Extending the Berger-Luckmann Perspective."
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1971; 1974 |
15 | 2 | "Society and God, God and Society" |
1978 |
15 | 3 | "Greater Love Hath No One" |
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15 | 4-8 | Research on the Sociology of Religion
Includes articles, papers written about religion by other authors, "Religious Projective Pictures (Research in Religious Psychology)," and research studies (questionnaires and results).
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1969-1977 |
15 | 9-10 | "Social Psychology"
Includes drafts, references, notes, and papers written about psychology by other authors.
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1979 |
Research and Writing on Social Psychology and Symbolic InteractionReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
16 | 1 | "Social Psychology" |
1979 |
16 | 2 | "Some Consequences of Sociology's Empirical World Bias"
Includes draft and correspondence.
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1983 |
16 | 3 | "Confusing Symbols in Symbolic Interactionism"
Includes draft, correspondence, and reviewer's comments.
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1981 |
16 | 4 | "Empirical Nothingness--Symboled Somethingness" |
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16 | 5 | "Interaction And Symbols" |
1971 |
16 | 6-8 | "Macro Symbolic Interactionism"
Includes drafts and notes; Robert Johnson's paper, "The Structural Dilemma in Social Psychology: Two Perspectives"; and Vernon's 1970 paper, "Symbolic Nature of Interaction: Bridging the Micro-Macro Gap."
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1981 |
17 | 1-6 | "Macro Symbolic Interactionism"
Includes drafts, notes and references.
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1981 |
17 | 7 | "Multiperson Meaningful Behavior, An Introduction to Sociology" |
1985 |
17 | 8 | "The Nature of Symbols" |
1979 |
18 | 1-4 | "Nothing"
Includes drafts and notes.
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1985 |
18 | 5 | "On Being Human--Symbolic Aspects of Behavior" |
1978 |
18 | 6 | "Relevant Research Results Supplement to 'Human Interaction 2nd Edition'" |
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18 | 7 | "Remembering as a Process" |
1981 |
18 | 8 | "Some Neglected Aspects Of Symbolic Interactionism" |
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18 | 9 | "Socio-Symboled Legitimization or Internalist Motives?" |
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18 | 10 | "Socio-Symbolic Perspective" |
1976 |
18 | 11-12 | "Socio-Symboled Theory" |
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19 | 1-2 | "Toward a Symbolic Interaction Theory"
Includes drafts, notes and references.
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1976 |
19 | 3 | "Ultimate Reality Is Meaning and the Socio-Symbolic Theory" |
1981 |
19 | 4-7 | Symbolic Interaction Manuscript
Includes drafts and notes of this untitled manuscript.
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Research and Writing Symbolic Interaction and ValuesReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
20 | 1-2 | Symbolic Interaction Manuscript |
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20 | 3-7 | Research on Symbolic Interaction
Includes articles, notes, and papers written on symbolic interaction by other authors.
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1976-1982 |
20 | 8 | "Locating Values"
Includes draft, related correspondence and a review of this paper.
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1977 |
20 | 9 | "Scientists, Religionists, and Religio-Scientists: An Analysis of Roles" |
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20 | 10 | "Sociologists and Values--Again!" |
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20 | 11 | "Values--Functional Distortion?" |
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20 | 12 | "Values: Knowledge of Good and Evil" |
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20 | 13 | "Values, Value Definitions and Symbolic Interaction" |
Research, Writings, and Publications Edited by Glenn M. VernonReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
21 | 1 | "Values, a Subdivision of the Sociology of Knowledge" |
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21 | 2 | Research on Values
Includes articles and references.
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21 | 3-6 | Miscellaneous Research and Writings
Includes articles and notes; Vernon's 1983 paper, "The Barney Clark Breakthrough"; and Michael A. Katovich's 1982 paper, "Temporal Stages of Situated Activity and Identity Activation."
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1982-1983 |
21 | 7 | "Death Meanings" |
1973 |
21 | 8 | "Knowledge: Some Sociological Aspects" |
1977 |
21 | 9 | "Measuring Mormonism, Reader" |
1973 |
21 | 10-12 | "Measuring Mormonism," Volumes 1-2 |
1974-1975 |
22 | 1-5 | "Measuring Mormonism," Volumes 3-6 |
1976-1980 |
22 | 6 | "Situational Symbolic Interaction" |
1973 |
23 | 1 | "Social-Symbolic Dimensions of Religion" |
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23 | 2 | "Types and Dimensions of Religion" |
1972 |
Teaching FilesReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
24 | 1-2 | Introduction to Sociology
Includes seating chart and tests.
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24 | 3-4 | Social Psychology (Sociology 320)
Includes tests, grade sheets, course outlines, class rolls and lecture notes.
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24 | 5 | Symbolic Interactionism (Sociology 520)
Includes tests, lecture notes, chapter outlines and class activities.
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24 | 6 | Sociology of Mormonism (Sociology 481)
Tests.
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24 | 7 | Sociology of Mormonism (Sociology 481), The LDS Church and Homosexuality
Includes papers written by students, newspaper articles and lecture notes.
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25 | Lecture Note Cards
Includes lecture notes, jokes, bibliographic information and address cards.
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26 | 1 | Sociology of Death (Sociology 536)
Includes tests, course outlines, course evaluations and a seating chart.
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26 | 2 | Religion and Death Lecture Materials
Bibliographic information.
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26 | 3 | Religion and Death Lecture Materials, Death Education |
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26 | 4 | Religion and Death Lecture Materials, Euthanasia |
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26 | 5 | Religion and Death Lecture Materials
Scholarly papers, and journal and newspaper articles.
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26 | 6 | Religion and Death Lecture Materials
Sociological literature and publications.
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26 | 7 | Religion and Death Lecture Materials
U. S. Army Pamphlet, "Religious Requirements and Practices."
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26 | 8 | Religion and Death Lecture Materials
Lecture notes.
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26 | 9 | Religion and Death Lecture Materials, and Sociology of Mormonism |
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26 | 10 | Miscellaneous Teaching Files
Includes notes, outlines and assignments, newspaper articles, and Vernon's paper, "Religious Affiliation and Attitudes Toward Death."
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1960-1978 |
University of Utah Department of SociologyReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
27 | 1-16 | Financial Records
Includes monthly budget reports, revised payrolls, correspondence, budget summaries, budget requests, budget lists, and copies of invoices.
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1970-1973 |
27 | 17-19 | Financial Records, Grant Information
Includes correspondence, grant requests, "Social Science Research Council Announcement Pamphlet: Fellowships and Grants to be offered in 1971-1972," grant applications (1971), "Application Instructions for Faculty Grants," "Utah Educational Resources Bulletin" (1978 and 1981), and fellowship information.
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1971-1981 |
27 | 20 | Miscellaneous Financial Records
Includes invoices, correspondence and budget lists.
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27 | 21-23 | Departmental Telephone and Address Directories |
1977-1984 |
General MaterialsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
28 | 1 | Sociological Conference Information |
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28 | 2 | Request to Evaluate an Article for the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
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28 | 3 | "Boundaries of Self: Exploring Negative Identity," by John Stimson and Ardyth Stimson |
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28 | 4 |
A Manual for Writers of Dissertations, by Kate L. Turabian |
1939 |
28 | 5 | Miscellaneous
Includes bibliographies, a faculty memo, stationery, University of Utah campus map, news article, and Vernon's poem, "Sociology."
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Personal MaterialsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
29 | 1 | Sociology Student Advisory Committee Award |
1970-1971 |
29 | 2-3 | Vita and Other Documents |
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29 | 4 | Glenn Vernon Faculty Review |
1979 |
29 | 5-10 | Glenn Vernon Salary Reviews |
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29 | 11-17 | Course Evaluations |
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29 | 18 | Sabbatical Leave Plans |
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29 | 19-23 | Biographical Summations and Vita |
CorrespondenceReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
30 | 1-22 | Correspondence |
1980-1983 |
30 | 23 | Weber State College |
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30 | 24 | "Neil J." |
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30 | 25 | "Steve" |
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30 | 26-27 | "Mike" |
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30 | 28 | "Goodness Rating" |
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31 | 1-13 | Correspondence |
1970-1985 |
31 | 14 | Recommendations |
1984-1985 |
31 | 15 | "Sociology of Death" Review and Rejoinder |
1972 |
31 | 16 | Western Sociological Review |
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31 | 17 | Macro Symbolic Interactionism |
Correspondence, and Grant InformationReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
32 | 1-8 | Correspondence |
1966-1983 |
32 | 9 | Michael Leming |
1981 |
32 | 10 |
Humanity and Society
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1980 |
32 | 11 | "Memory and Remembering" |
1980 |
32 | 12 | "Rights" |
1975 |
32 | 13 | Funding |
1974 |
Sociology Department Doctoral ProgramReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
33 | 1-5 | Examination Questions |
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33 | 6 | Preliminary Examination in Social Psychology |
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33 | 7-8 | Sociological Theory Examination Questions and Reading List |
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33 | 9 | Examination Questions |
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33 | 10 | Glenn Vernon Senior Faculty Review |
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33 | 11 | Faculty Memoranda |
1973 |
General TopicsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description |
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Box | |
34 | Publishing and Grants, Information and Correspondence |
35 | Publishing Information and Correspondence |
36 | Publisher Correspondence and Purchasing |
37 | Academic Associations and Conferences |
38 | Academic Associations and Conferences |
39 | Academic Associations and Conferences |
Sociology of ReligionReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description |
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Box | |
40 | Writings |
41 | Writings |
42 | Writings |
43 | Writings |
44 | Writings |
45 | Writings |
46 | Writings |
47 | Writings |
48 | Writings |
49 | Writings |
50 | Writings |
51 | Writings |
52 | Research Materials |
53 | Research Materials |
54 | Research Materials |
55 | Research Materials |
56 | Research Materials |
57 | Research Materials |
58 | Research Materials |
59 | Research Materials |
60 | Research Materials |
61 | Research Materials |
62 | Research Materials |
63 | Research Materials |
64 | Research Materials |
65 | Research Materials |
66 | Research Materials |
67 | Research Materials |
68 | Research Materials |
oversize-box | |
69 | Research Materials |
Sociology of MormonismReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description |
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Box | |
70 | Research Materials |
71 | Research Materials |
72 | Research Materials |
73 | Research Materials |
74 | Research Materials |
75 | Research Materials |
76 | Research Materials |
77 | Student Writings and Research Materials |
77A | Sociology of Mormonism |
77B | Sociology of Mormonism |
77C | Sociology of Mormonism |
77D | Sociology of Mormonism |
77E | Sociology of Mormonism |
77F | Sociology of Mormonism |
77G | Sociology of Mormonism |
77H | Sociology of Mormonism |
77I | Sociology of Mormonism |
77J | Sociology of Mormonism |
77K | Sociology of Mormonism |
Sociology of DeathReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description |
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Box | |
78 | Writings |
79 | Writings |
80 | Writings |
81 | Writings |
82 | Writings |
83 | Writings |
84 | Research Materials |
85 | Research Materials |
86 | Research Materials and Student papers |
87 | Research Materials |
88 | Research Materials |
89 | Research Materials |
90 | Research Materials |
91 | Research Materials |
92 | Research Materials |
92A | Sociology of Death |
Symbols and Symbolic InteractionReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description |
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Box | |
93 | Writings |
94 | Writings |
95 | Writings |
96 | Writings |
97 | Writings |
98 |
Human Interaction (Third Edition), by Glenn M. Vernon |
99 | Research Materials |
100 | Research Materials |
101 | Research Materials |
102 | Research Materials |
103 | Research Materials |
104 | Research Materials |
105 | Research Materials |
106 | Research Materials |
106A | Symbols and Symbolic Interaction |
General Writings and Research MaterialsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description |
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Box | |
107 | Multiperson Sociology, Writings |
108 | Multiperson Sociology, Writings |
109 | Sociology of Knowledge, Writings and Research Materials |
110 | Sociology of Knowledge, Writings and Research Materials |
111 | Social Psychology, Writings and Research Materials |
112 | Values, Writings and Research Materials |
113 | General Writings |
114 | General Writings |
115 | General Writings |
116 | General Research Material |
117 | General Research Material |
118 | General Research Material |
119 | General Research Material |
120 | General Research Materials |
TeachingReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description |
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Box | |
121 | Teaching Materials |
122 | Teaching Materials |
123 | Teaching Materials |
124 | Teaching Materials |
125 | Teaching Materials |
126 | Teaching Materials |
127 | Teaching Materials |
128 | Teaching Materials |
129 | Teaching Materials |
130 | Lecture/Bibliographic Note Cards |
131 | Lecture/Bibliographic Note Cards |
132 | Lecture/Bibliographic Note Cards |
133 | Lecture/Bibliographic Note Cards |
134 | Lecture/Bibliographic Note Cards |
135 | Lecture/Bibliographic Note Cards |
136 | Miscellaneous
This box includes various publications, "Student Manual: Experiments in Sociology," lists and information about libraries around the country, undergraduate scholarship lists, and work order receipts. In addition, labeled folders unused in the original processing are housed here.
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General MaterialsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box | ||
137 | Published Writings
Includes three bound volumes of various writings on sociology and religion.
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1955-1973 |
Reel | ||
1 |
Personal Values and Meanings of Future Time and Death Among College Students, by William Thornton Hooper
This reel is located in the Manuscripts Division microfilm case.
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1965 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Death--Psychological aspects
- Latter Day Saint churches--Social aspects
- Latter Day Saints--Social conditions
- Religion and sociology
- Social interaction
- Social psychology
Personal Names
- Vernon, Glenn M.--Archives
Corporate Names
- University of Utah. Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Form or Genre Terms
- Correspondence
- Drafts (documents)
- Financial records
- Instructional materials
- Lectures
- Notes (documents)