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Armand L. Mauss papers, 1952-1999
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Mauss, Armand L.
- Title
- Armand L. Mauss papers
- Dates
- 1952-1999 (inclusive)19521999
- Quantity
- 4.0 linear feet of shelf space, (8 boxes)
- Collection Number
- Cage 854 (collection)
- Summary
- The Armand Mauss Papers consists of research materials produced and collected by Dr. Armand Mauss, a retired Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies at Washington State University. The materials pertain to his research on student activism in the San Francisco Bay Area, mission work in Seattle’s Skid Road, and alcohol studies in Washington State, all ranging from the 1960s to the 1970s. Materials include journal and newspaper articles, survey and questionnaire data, photographs, correspondence, and miscellaneous conference files and printed materials.
- Repository
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Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu - Access Restrictions
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This collection is open and available for research use.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Dr. Armand Mauss is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Religious Studies at Washington State University (WSU). Dr. Mauss received his Bachelor of Arts in 1954 from Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, and both his Master of Arts in 1957 and his Ph.D. in 1970 from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Mauss taught at Utah State University before joining the faculty at WSU in 1969. Dr. Mauss' earlier research focused on deviant behaviors, such as drug and alcohol abuse, but the primary focus of his classes and publications pertain to new religious movements, especially studies of Mormonism. Dr. Mauss' publications include: Social Problems as Social Movements (1975), Neither White nor Black: Mormon Scholars Encounter the Race Issue in a Universal Church (1984), The Angel and the Beehive: The Mormon Struggle with Assimilation (1994), and All Abraham’s Children: Changing Mormon Conceptions of Race and Lineage (2003). Dr. Mauss retired from WSU in 1999. While a Professor Emeritus, Dr. Mauss served as a visiting scholar for the School of Religion at Claremont Graduate University from 2004 to 2009.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection contains research materials of Dr. Armand Mauss on student activism in the San Francisco Bay area, Seattle’s Skid Road, and alcohol studies in Washington state. Papers pertaining to student activism in the 1960s and 1970s include articles, dissertations, conference papers and reports concerning black and white student activism and the conservative and liberal student movements. Mauss' "Skid Road" project primarily looked at the efforts of three Seattle, Washington, rescue missions: the Lutheran Compass Center, the Bread of Life Mission, and the Union Gospel Mission. Materials pertaining to this project include journal and newspapers articles, survey and questionnaire data, missions' pamphlets and reports, photographs, and correspondence. Papers related to the WSU Alcohol Studies Program from the 1970s to the early 1980s include correspondence, reports and recommendations, and research files.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Preferred Citation
[Item description]. Armand L. Mauss Papers, 1952-1999. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into four series:
Series 1: Journal of Social Issues social issue titled "The New Left and the Old," 1963-1974. This series contains correspondence, newspaper articles, conference materials, journals, papers, and publications on student activist groups. All materials in this series pertain to a special issue of the Journal of Social Issues edited by Mauss titled “The New Left and the Old.”
Series 2: Seattle Skid Road study, 1952-1999. This series contains materials produced and collected by Mauss during his study of Seattle Skid Road through Washington State University. Materials include questionnaire and survey data, materials on missions on Skid Road, correspondence, journals, newsletters, photographs, and publications on the missions on Skid Road.
Series 3: Alcohol and religion in Washington state, 1974-1995. This series contains materials by the Washington State Sociological Association, correspondence, and interview data done on the WSU Alcohol Studies program, and alcohol in Washington State.
Series 4: Published articles, 1974-1982. This series consists of publications by Armand Mauss on the topics of substance abuse and religion.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: Journal of Social Issues on the New Left, 1963-1974Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Articles and notes |
1963-1970 |
| 4 | 25 | Attica uprising clippings |
1971 |
| 1 | 2-3 | Conference on students and politics in San Juan, Puerto Rico |
1967 |
| 1 | 4 | Correspondence |
1966-1974 |
| 1 | 5 | The New Left and the Old by Armand Mauss |
1971 |
| 1-2 | 6-7 | New left and student activism - large papers |
1967-1971 |
| 2 | 8 | New left and student activism - short papers |
1965-1971 |
| 4 | 26 | Newspapers on social activism |
1967-1975 |
| 2 | 9 | Notes and bibliography, The New Left and the Old |
1969-1971 |
| 2 | 10 | "Political Consciousness as Reflected in the Literature of the New Left" by James L. Wood |
1973 |
| 2-3 | 11-13 | Radical insurgent publications |
1964-1972 |
| 3 | 14 | Right-wing student activism |
1968-1970 |
| 3 | 15 | Supplemental information on Mauss |
Undated |
Series 2: Seattle Skid Road study, 1952-1999Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 16 | A Study of Man in the City |
1972 |
| 3 | 17 | Alcoholism programs |
1972-1973 |
| 3 | 18 | The Alcoholism Re-Entry Program of the Lutheran Compass Center by Armand L. Mauss and Ronald W. Fagan |
1978 |
| 4 | 27 | Articles on skid row |
1972 |
| 3 | 19 | Skid Row Missions by Reginald Wayne Bibby |
undated |
| 3 | 20 | Bread of Life |
1972-1975 |
| 3 | 21 | Bread of Life - attendance |
1972 |
| 3 | 22 | Bibliography and observations |
undated |
| 3 | 23 | Cherry Street Chapel |
undated |
| 3 | 24 | Community Coordination Project Report on Survey of Seattle's Skid Road Residents |
1970 |
| 5 | 30 | Code guides for interviews |
1972 |
| 5 | 31 | Code sheets for community questionnaire |
undated |
| 5 | 32 | Current Contents article |
1982 |
| 5 | 33 | Demographic data photocopy |
1973 |
| 5 | 34 | Dissertation outline |
undated |
| 5 | 35 | "The Future of the Seattle Skid Row Community" by Trevor James Evans |
1971 |
| 5 | 36 | "Soap, Sleep, Soup, and Salvation" by Ronald W. Fagan |
1981 |
| 4 | 28 | First Avenue Service Center |
1967-1972 |
| 5 | 37 | Grantsmanship techniques |
undated |
| 5 | 38 | Jericho Inn Mission, Millionaire Club, Mt Carmel Chapel, Peniel Mission, and Zion Mission |
undated |
| 5 | 39 | Journals and newspaper clippings on skid row |
1952-1984 |
| 5 | 40 | Lutheran Compass Center |
1970-1972 |
| 5 | 41 | Lutheran Compass Center client intake form guides |
1973-1980 |
| 5 | 42 | Lutheran Compass Center correspondence |
1972-1975 |
| 5 | 43 | Lutheran Compass Center evaluation report |
1973 |
| 5 | 44 | Lutheran Compass Center interim reports |
1973 |
| 6 | 45 | Lutheran Compass Center mission descriptions |
1975 |
| 6 | 46 | Lutheran Compass Center laity responses |
undated |
| 6 | 47 | Lutheran Compass Center redraft of client intake forms |
1980 |
| 6 | 48 | Lutheran Compass Center rehab program |
1975-1977 |
| 6 | 49 | Lutheran Ministers telephone calls |
undated |
| 6 | 50 | Men's street codebooks for questionnaires |
1972 |
| 6 | 51 | Methods in field research |
1967 |
| 6 | 52 | Mission attendance figures |
1973 |
| 6 | 53 | Missionary pamphlets |
1973 |
| 6 | 54 | Nepenthe newsletter on drugs and alcohol |
undated |
| Oversize | Newspaper clippings on Skid Road |
1974-1986 | |
| 6 | 55 | Notes on street interviews |
1972 |
| 6 | 56 | Romance on Seattle-Skidroad, by Jennie O'Hara |
undated |
| 6 | 57 | Breath on the Mirror by Laurie Olin and bibliography on Skid Road |
1972 |
| 6 | 58 | Outline of the Major Points in the Lutheran Compass Center Alcoholism Resocialization Program |
1978 |
| 6 | 59 | Papers and outlines |
1972-1973 |
| 6 | 60 | Photographs of Skid Road |
undated |
| 6 | 61 | Portland missions |
1972 |
| 7 | 62 | Potential studies for Skid Road rehab |
1977 |
| 7 | 63 | Salvation Army |
1981 |
| 7 | 64 | Seattle Lutheran directory |
1972 |
| 7 | 65 | Seattle Skid Road referral list |
1971 |
| 7 | 66 | Skid Road articles |
1978-1986 |
| 7 | 67 | Skid Road dispersion study |
undated |
| 7 | 68 | Skid Road Community Council |
1969-1972 |
| 7 | 69 | Skid Road Community Council intake forms |
1972 |
| 7 | 70 | Skid Road Community Council questionnaires |
1972 |
| 7 | 71 | Union Gospel Mission attendance |
1973 |
| 7 | 72 | Union Gospel Mission notes |
1971-1974 |
| 7 | 73 | Ilse J. Volinn: "Nursing on Skid Row: A Specialized Professional Role" |
1999 |
| 7 | 74 | Ilse J. Volinn: "Skid Roads in the United States and Their World of Work" |
1978 |
| 7 | 75 | Washington state population and "Relocating West Madison 'Skid Row' Residents" by Ronald Vanderkooi |
1967 |
| 7 | 76 | Washington State University faculty grant proposal |
1978 |
Series 3: Alcohol and religion in Washington state, 1974-1995Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 8 | 77 | Alcohol Studies memo |
1978 |
| 8 | 78 | Collective Behavior and Social Movements |
1979-1985 |
| 8 | 79 | Gridded interview sheets |
1974 |
| 8 | 80 | Interview schedule for "The Cross and the Commune" |
1974 |
| 8 | 81 | Washington State Sociological Association |
1977-1995 |
| 4 | 29 | Washington State Sociological Association newsletters |
1979-1994 |
Series 4: Published articles, 1974-1982Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 8 | 82 | "An Assessment of Needs for Dealing with Substance-Abuse Problems in Spokane County" |
1977 |
| 8 | 83 | Evaluation Report of "Here's Looking at You" Program |
1982 |
| 8 | 84 | "Prodigals as Preachers" |
1974 |
| 8 | 85 | Spokane Youth Needs Assessment Survey |
1976 |
| 8 | 86 | Social Compass |
1974 |
| 8 | 87 | "Teaching Religion in the Public Schools" edited by Donald H. Bishop |
1977 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Sociologists -- Washington (State) –- Archives.
- Washington State University -- Faculty –- Archives.
Personal Names
- Mauss, Armand L. -- Archives.
Finding aid prepared by Brainna Webb and Steven Bingo.
2016
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