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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)
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
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

This collection is open and available for research use.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

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.

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Content Description

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.

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Use of the Collection

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.

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Administrative Information

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.

Acquisition Information

The Armand Mauss Papers were donated to Washington State University by Mauss to the Washington State University Libraries in 1997 and 1999 (MS 1997-26 and 1999-07).

Processing Note

This collection was processed by Brianna Webb and Steven Bingo in 2016.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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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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