Sociology -- Study and teaching
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Jean Scobie Davis papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M85
Abstract
Jean Scobie Davis, a 1914 graduate of Bryn Mawr College, taught economics and sociology at Agnes Scott College, Vassar College, Pierce College, Wells College and the American Women’s College in Beirut. A lifetime interest in prison reform resulted in her work at the New York State Correctional Facility in Bedford Hills, New York.The Jean Scobie Davis papers is a collection consisting largely of Jean Scobie Davis’ diaries and correspondence covering nearly all stages of her life....
Dates:
1892 - 1985
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Charles A. Thrall papers
Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-161
Abstract
This collection includes Charles A. Thrall’s (Class of 1963) course materials, research projects, and correspondence during his time as a student at Haverford College, as well as some publications after his graduation.
Dates:
1959-2018
"Hegel's Theory of Positivity: An Application to Two Quaker Sects"
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-096
Abstract
Mark Webster's academic paper applies Hegel's theory of positivist Christian religions to two sects of Quakers, which Webster calls the Evangelical Friends and the Liberal Friends, and which Webster sees as the two least positivist Quaker groups. In the paper, Webster describes Hegel's theory of positivity, examines the history of Quakers through this theory, applies the theory to the two Quaker sects, and examines how different degrees of positivity in the two groups affected their...
Dates:
1984
