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Hubert J. O'Gorman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2001-028

Scope and Contents

5 Paige boxes of subject and research files received from Robert Aseltine, Jr. These documents do not seem to be from Sociology 202 and hence do not fall under the 30 year exclusive access agreement made with Mr. Aseltine. They are notes and preliminary research and drafts for unfinished research projects which were kept by Mr. Aseltine with the intent of turning them into a posthumous or joint publication. The bulk concern a book-length monograph on the concept of pluralistic ignorance. cf. book proposal in Box 1.

Dates

  • Creation: dates unknown

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

University records - Copyright held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the creator - In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted

Biographical / Historical

Hubert J. O'Gorman was born in 1925 and received a BA, MA and PhD from Columbia. He was a visiting professor at Wesleyan from 1966-67 and receiving an MA from Wesleyan in 1969. He would stay in Middletown becoming a professor of Sociology. O'Gorman passed away in 1990.

Books written by Hubert J. O'Gorman

Sex and Morality in the U.S.: An Empirical Engquiry Under the Auspices of the Kinsey Institute.

Pluralistic Ignorance

Lawyers and Matrimonial Cases: A Study of Informal Pressures in Private Professional Practice (1963 and 1990)

Extent

5 Linear Feet (18 paige boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Papers belonging to Hubert J. O'Gorman.

Arrangement

Collection is arranged in the order it was received.

Title
Hubert J. O'Gorman papers, dates unknown
Status
Unprocessed
Author
Erica Ciallela
Date
June 11, 2020
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Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives Repository

Contact:
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