Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
MS 2019.10
Short, James F., 1924-2018.
Preliminary Guide to the James F. Short, Jr. Papers
1951-2014
29.25 Linear feet of shelf space
27 Boxes
The James F. Short, Jr. Papers consist of the personal
and professional papers of Washington State University (WSU) sociologist James F.
Short. They include correspondence, reprints, class lecture notes, research
materials, professional association work, visiting scholar experiences, fellowships,
professional honors, consultant work with a variety of universities’ departments of
sociology, and other materials related to Dr. Short’s work at WSU.
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Collection materials are in English
James Franklin Short, Jr. (1924-2018) was born in rural Illinois. After serving as a
marine during the occupation of Japan at the end of World War II, he returned to
Denison University in Ohio and completed his B.A. in Sociology (1946). He then went
on to receive his M.A. (1949) and his Ph.D. (1951) in sociology from the University
of Chicago. Shortly after completing his degree, Dr. Short accepted a position in
the Sociology Department at Washington State College (now Washington State
University), where he remained for the rest of his career. He served on President
Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1968 Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence and was
the editor of the American Sociological Review from 1972 to 1974. Dr. Short retired
as professor emeritus in 1997, but continued coming in to his WSU office, mentoring
graduate students and conducting research. In 2009, the Sociology building at WSU
was renamed Wilson-Short Hall in his honor. In addition, during his tenure at WSU,
Dr. Short served as Dean of Graduate Studies from 1964 to 1968 and Founding Director
of WSU’s Social and Economic Sciences Research Center from 1970 to 1985. Dr. Short
also served as President of the Pacific Sociological Association (1966-1967), the
Sociological Research Association (1983), the American Sociological Association
(1984) and the American Society of Criminology (1997).
The James F. Short, Jr. Papers consist of the personal and professional papers of
Washington State University (WSU) sociologist James F. Short. They include
correspondence, reprints, class lecture notes, research materials, professional
association work, visiting scholar experiences, fellowships, professional honors,
consultant work with a variety of universities’ departments of sociology, and other
materials related to Dr. Short’s work at WSU. The bulk of his research relates to
gang violence, juvenile crime, risk analysis, and violence prevention. Certain
correspondence and files related to professional associates are restricted pending
further review by MASC staff.
This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.
While this collection is largely open and available for research use, significant
portions of correspondence and materials related to professional associates are
restricted until further review by MASC staff due to privacy concerns.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item description]
Preliminary Guide to the James F. Short, Jr. Papers, 1951-2014 (MS 2019.10)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections,
Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The WSU Department of Sociology donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries in 2019 (MS.2019.10).
The repository expects to receive additions to this collection.
Eric Sorensen Science News Interviews, 2006-2019 (Cage 934)
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
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Short, James F., 1924-2018 -- Archives
Washington State University -- Faculty -- Archives
Sociologists –- Washington (State) -– Archives
Colleges and Universities
1
Correspondence and files related to colleagues
and associates D-F - Restricted
circa 1980s-1990s
2
Correspondence and files related to colleagues
and associates G-H – Restricted
circa 1980s-1990s
3
Reprints and papers – topics include gangs,
criminology, hate crimes, group process, risk analysis, prisoners’ attitudes
and rehabilitation, the future of sociology, the National Commission on the
Causes and Prevention of Violence, suicide, organizations
1968-2006
4
Reprints and papers – topics include youth
gangs, gang membership and delinquency, poverty, suicide, ethnicity and
crime, violence, corporate behavior, science and values, risk
1963-2003
5
Materials related to Dr. Short’s work with the
Law & Society Association, including Board of Trustees meetings, budget
and administrative information, and planning committees; the WSU Centennial
Lecture Series; reports, newsletters and policy statements from the
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services; Dispute
Resolution Forum newsletters; the Deviant Behavior Research Unit at the WSU
Social and Economic Sciences Research Center; correspondence related to Dr.
Short’s visit to Eastern Montana College; correspondence related to the 1988
Edwin Sutherland conference on white collar crime.
1980-1996
6
Reprints and papers – topics include
organizational crime, social organizations and risk, reflections on Dr.
Short’s career in sociology; materials related to the 2008-2009 Yale Urban
Ethnography conference; 2006 Spergel Symposium and “Little Village” reports
to the Chicago police department 1994-2005; staff meeting minutes, staff log
notes, field reports related to the 1992 gang violence reduction project;
American Sociological Association and American Society of Criminology
materials; and materials related to the chapter “Theories of Criminal
Behavior in the 20th Century” in The Blackwell Companion to Criminology
2001
circa 1965-2009
7
Correspondence and files related to colleagues
and associates - Restricted
1980-2009
8
Campaigns related to the WSU Sociology
Department; American Sociological Association materials; American Society of
Criminology materials; American Association for the Advancement of Science
materials
1983-2005
9
Engineering in Society; Encyclopedia of
Sociology articles 1969-2001; WSU Facilities Names Committee 1987-1994;
materials by other authors on family violence, and delinquency; reprints of
papers on gangs; WSU Board of Regents; American Society of Criminology; Task
Force on Library Statistics 1986-1988; WSU Retirement Ad-Hoc Committee;
United States/Ukraine Exchange Program; 1994 WSU Commencement
Awards
1957-2001
10
American Society of Criminology; American
Sociological Foundation; States and Society 1984 newsletter; 1951 WSU
initial appointment application and correspondence; Social and Economic
Research Center surveys, reports and early history 1966-2000; materials
related to the 1970 student strike and various circa 1960s
photographs
1951-2000
11
Correspondence and files related to colleagues
and associates L-M - Restricted
circa 1980s-2000s
12
Correspondence and files related to colleagues
and associates M-N - Restricted
circa 1980s-1990s
13
Correspondence and files related to colleagues
and associates H-K - Restricted
circa 1980s-2000s
14
Correspondence and files related to colleagues
and associates Q-R - Restricted
circa 1980s-2000s
15
Correspondence and files related to colleagues
and associates S - Restricted
circa 1980s-2000s
16
Box marked “Short Personal Papers in
Progress”, includes reprints of first published articles on crime, papers
and reviews of papers on delinquency, suicide, social aggression, social
control, white collar crime; thesis and proposal “An Investigation of the
Relation Between Crime and Business Cycles”; curriculum vitae, professional
correspondence and papers, fellowships, sabbatical, professional
honors
1951-1986
17
Reprints of book reviews and papers, topics
include gangs, juvenile delinquency, collaboration with Dr. Robert Davis on
suicide in the black community; background research materials, materials
related to his position at WSU, including Wallis Beasley’s endowment to the
Department of Sociology; camera copy/artwork for Dr. Short’s book
Delinquency and Society
1971-2014
18
“Eurogang Project” related to street gangs and
youth groups in the United States and Europe; National Campaign Against
Youth Violence; International Sociological Association; Institute of Global
Conflict and Cooperation; notes for chapters on theoretical
integration
1978-2001
19
International Institute of Sociology;
International Sociological Association; Japan Society for the Promotion of
Science; work related to being in editorial board at the Justice Reporter;
radon study 1988
circa 1980s
20
Correspondence and files related to colleagues
and associates B-D - Restricted
circa 1982-2013
21
Correspondence and files related to colleagues
and associates Q-S - Restricted
circa 1980-2008
22
Correspondence and files related to colleagues
and associates T-Z - Restricted
1976-2004
23
Correspondence and files related to colleagues
and associates A-B - Restricted
1980-2011
24
Box marked “University Consulting”, includes
National Youth Gang Center Advisory Board, General Social Survey (GSS)
Advisory Board; National Opinion Research Center (NORC/GSS)
1963-2004
25
Box marked “University Consulting”, includes
assessments of the departments of sociology at Brandeis 1983, Arizona State
University 1978-1979; Cornell 1983; University of Hawaii at Manoa 1981;
University of Colorado, Boulder; Institute of Behavioral Science; University
of Utah 1994; University of Minnesota 1995; University of New Mexico 1994;
University of Texas at Dallas 2004-2007; Ohio State University 1988;
University of California, Irvine 1998; University of Missouri, St. Louis
2005; materials related to being Distinguished Visiting Professor at
McMaster University 1986-1987; National Science Foundation 1994 workshop of
violence; publications Prison Reform, Public Opinion &
Policy
1975-2005
26
Chapters 1 and 2 materials on a book related
to juvenile delinquency; background research on maladjustment, types of
criminal behavior; “347 seminar” lecture notes on crime and delinquency;
articles by Tony Platt on radical criminology; articles on posse comitatus
groups; San Quentin project; Washington State Council on Crime and
Delinquency; Association of Research Professors; notes on manuscripts by
other sociologists including John Kitsuse, Malcom Spector, Robert Edgerton;
1975-1976 Stanford Sociology Department; Spring 1974 class notes; Barbara
Hanewalt on crime in medieval England; International Sociological
Association; review of proposed assessment centers for Law Enforcement
Assistance Administration; prison reform; National Science Foundation;
National Council on Crime and Delinquency; summer 1971 teaching at Southern
Oregon College; Soc 566 Seminar in Deviant Behavior; Soc 407 Social Disorder
in America today; 1975 speech to Associated Students at Stanford; “black
militancy” 1968-1969; February 2001 binder on first committee meeting of
National Research Council/Committee on Law & Justice/Board on Children,
Youth, and Families/Case Studies of School Violence
1963-2001
27
Student activism; January to September 1975
correspondence
1975