| Dates: | 1986-2006 |
| Size: | .25 linear foot |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, 9525 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois 60628 |
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Collection Number: |
1998/05 |
| Provenance: | Donated by Aldon Morris and Michael Flug [Chicago Public Library archivist] between 1998 and the late 2000s |
| Access: | No restrictions |
| Citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Aldon Morris Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature |
| Processed by: | Elizabeth Loch, Archival Specialist, May 2021 |
Biographical Note
Aldon D. Morris is the Leon Forrest Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Morris writes and teaches about race, social inequality, religion, politics, theory and social movements. He is the author of the award-winning book, The Origins of the Civil rights Movement. Morris is co-editor of Frontiers in Social Movement Theory and Opposition Consciousness. His book, The Scholar Denied: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Birth of Modern Sociology, was published in 2015 by the University of California Press. Professor Morris was elected the 112th President of the American Sociological Association in June 2019.
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Scope and Content
This small collection includes materials related to Aldon Morris’s professional career as Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Northwestern University. His papers include published and unpublished articles, speeches and event materials.
Arrangement
The manuscripts in this collection are arranged alphabetically by title.
Related Materials
Related materials at the Chicago Public Library include:
Container List
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | “Abraham Lincoln: Emancipator and Racist” by Aldon Morris, circa 2009 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | “A Retrospective on the Civil Rights Movement: Political and Intellectual Landmarks” by Aldon Morris, 1998 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | A Walk To Freedom promotional event materials and press materials, 1998 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | “Civil Rights Twenty-Five Years Later” by Aldon Morris, The Crusader, 1986 February 15 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | Curriculum vitae of Aldon Morris, 2003 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | Footnotes, 2000 January [volume 28, number 1] |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | Harsh Research Collection archivist Michael Flug’s introduction and research materials to introduce Aldon Morris at a library program [“Reflections on a Classic: Black Metropolis”], 1993 February |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | “Leadership in Social Movements” by Aldon Morris and Suzanne Straggenborg, 2002 November |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | “Lessons of the Civil Rights Movement for Today’s Labor Movement,” by Aldon Morris and Dan Clawson, circa 2005 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | “Lessons of the Civil Rights Movement for Workers’ Rights/Union Organizing” by Aldon Morris and Dan Clawson, 2002 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | “Proposal to Name the ASA [American Sociological Association] Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award After W.E.B. Du Bois,” undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | “Reflections on a Classic: Black Metropolis” by Aldon Morris, 1993 February |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | “Reflections on Social Movement Theory : Criticisms and Proposals” by Aldon Morris, circa 2000 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | “Sociology of Race and W.E.B. Du Bois: The Path Not Taken” by Aldon D. Morris, Forthcoming, Sociology in America: the American Sociological Association Centennial History, Editor Craig Calhoun, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | “The Anatomy of a Limited Perspective: A Critical Review of Glenn Loury’s Anatomy of Racial Inequality” by Aldon Morris, circa 2003 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | “The Immigrant Challenge” by Aldon Morris, 2006 |
