Descriptive SummaryMSS 1417Thomas F. O'Dea CollectionO'Dea, Thomas F.L. Tom Perry Special Collections44 Boxes (22 linear feet)Thomas F. O’Dea —
sociologist, author and teacher — was born December 1, 1915, in Amsbury,
Massachusetts. Historically, his life bridged the period from World War I to
the Vietnam War. During his youth he attended Saint Joseph’s Parochial School
in Amsbury and Amsbury High School, after which he studied printing at
Wentworth Institute in Boston. After serving in the United States Army Air
Force during World War II, he entered Harvard University and graduated summa
cum laude in 1949. He continued at Harvard, earning an M.A. and Ph.D. in
Sociology, in 1951 and 1953 respectively.The Thomas O’Dea papers span the full
breadth of his professional career. There are a few newspaper clippings and
other papers concerning his activities as a young communist leader in 1940 but
the substantial portion of the collection begins in the late 1940's with
O’Dea’s education at Harvard. The papers end in 1972. ProvenanceThe papers and documents in the Thomas F. O’Dea Collection were
created by Dr. O’Dea during his career as a teacher and author in the field of
the Sociology of Religion. At the time of his death they were located in his
office on the campus of the University of California at Santa Barbara, and were
perused to a limited extent by Janet O’Dea shortly thereafter. They were also
reviewed by Robert Michaelsen, then Chairman of the Department of Religious
Studies. Some materials of a confidential nature were separated from the other
papers by Dr. Michaelsen but left with the collection. Otherwise, the papers of
the collection remained largely in the same condition they were in at the time
of O’Dea’s death.
In January, 1975, the Department of Religious Studies at UCSB was
contacted by Brigham Young University, and, after nearly two years of
negotiations, the O’Dea papers were released by all concerned parties to the
Department of Archives and Manuscripts, Harold B. Lee Library, BYU. Dennis
Rowley, Curator, personally packed and transported the collection at UCSB to
BYU in November, 1976.
AccessFor the first twenty years (1976-1996), the access rights to this
collection were controlled by a committee of selected individuals who were
personally acquainted with Thomas O’Dea during his career. Following this
twenty-year period, and with the now availability of the Collection to
researchers, L. Tom Perry Special Collections controls use of the papers.
Because of the private and sensitive nature of several of O’Dea’s journals,
permission to consult them must be obtained from the Board of Curators, Special
Collections.
Conditions of UseIt is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary
copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from Thomas F. O'Dea Collection must be
obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the Special
Collections Board of Curators.
Preferred CitationInitial Citation: MSS 1417; Thomas F.
O'Dea Collection; 19th Century Western and Mormon Americana; L. Tom Perry
Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.
Following Citations:MSS 1417, LTPSC.
Biographical History[*](aa)Thomas F. O’Dea —
sociologist, author and teacher — was born December 1, 1915, in Amsbury,
Massachusetts. Historically, his life bridged the period from World War I to
the Vietnam War. During his youth he attended Saint Joseph’s Parochial School
in Amsbury and Amsbury High School, after which he studied printing at
Wentworth Institute in Boston. After serving in the United States Army Air
Force during World War II, he entered Harvard University and graduated
summa cum laude in 1949. He continued at Harvard, earning an M.A.
and Ph.D. in Sociology, in 1951 and 1953 respectively.
O’Dea’s early life was a combination of the Roman Catholic faith, an
Irish immigrant background, and a zeal for social justice stimulated by the
influence of New England Protestant social reformers and the Socialist and
Communist movements of the 1930's. He possessed some of the passion of the
leaders of the Irish Rebellion, such as Padraic Pearse and James Connolly, whom
he idolized. In fact, he met his first wife, Georgia Stillman, at a
commemoration of the 1916 Irish Easter Week Rebellion, organized by the
Communist Party in Boston in 1936 where he gave one of the major addresses. He
also had some of the spirit of the Irish Labor leaders of the late nineteenth
century, men like Terrence Powderly and M.P. McGuire, rebellious, turbulent men
with a fierce loyalty to their past and to their people, who had difficulty
understanding why the Church which had inspired so much of the Irish drive for
liberation was not more directly involved in movements for social justice in
the United States. O’Dea, too, was always puzzled as to why the Irish, who had
lived in rebellion for two centuries, were resistant to revolutionary movement
in their new land.
Though O’Dea grew up in an Irish-Catholic family, the small New
England town in which he lived gave him a gentle introduction to the
pluralistic society of America. There were non-Catholic teachers at the public
high school he attended. He was attracted by the individualism and the spirit
of reform of some New England Protestants. His early reading of Thoreau,
Emerson, Whitman, and Whittier, the latter a fellow townsman of Amsbury and an
early champion of abolition, prepared him to be open to the good and the true
outside the Catholic Church, and to examine the insights of other religious
faiths with equanimity.
Another hero who strongly influenced O’Dea was his fellow townsman,
George E. McNeill, a labor leader and organizer who championed the eight-hour
work day and was one of the founders of the American Federation of Labor (A.F.
of L.). O’Dea worked in various trades as a young man and became a labor
activist. Like many Irishmen of the 1930's, he was affiliated with the
Socialist Party and was an organizer for the Young Communist League. He broke
with the Communist movement after the Hitler-Stalin pact and the subsequent
invasion of Russia by Hitler. His refusal to disclose the names of students
involved to the Dies Committee investigating un-American activities resulted in
long years of serious conflict with that committee.
Another major influence in O’Dea’s life was his experience in the
China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. He spent most of his war years
in China, and the list of his reading during this period is impressively broad
and sophisticated, equal to a challenging reading list in a graduate course in
Chinese culture. Along with his reading, he was able to establish contact with
scholarly persons in the area in which he served who provided him with the
insights into foreign cultures and eastern religions that enriched his later
studies in the sociology of religion. These experiences helped him understand
the difference between faith as an abstract factor in the life of man and its
incarnation in a given religious system.
O’Dea grew apart from the Catholic Church during early adulthood. He
returned for a while to the devout practice of his faith (due in some measure
to his friendship with a Benedictine Monk, Dom Vincent Martin, who had spent
many years as a missionary in China and had been a fellow student with O’Dea at
Harvard), but again drifted away from religious activities until shortly before
his death. With respect to his religious faith, he was described as a sinner
who looked like a saint. As a sociologist of religion, he positioned himself on
the periphery of the Catholic community, but, “in spite of obstacles from
without and the neurotic’s seven deadly devils gnawing at him from within,”
finally returned to his religious convictions. For O’Dea, however, the tension
between the faith of folk Catholicism and the scientific examination of
religion was not the primary issue. He was concerned, instead, with the more
sophisticated problem of the secularization of culture and its effect on
institutionalized religion and the individual. Early in his sociological
career, he wrote of the trends toward secularization: “The Catholic cannot but
experience a deep historical anguish in the face of such developments. He is
moved to say with Pascal, ‘When I see blindness and the wretchedness of man,
when I regard the whole silent universe, and man without a light, left to
himself, and, as it were, lost in this corner of the university without knowing
who had put him there, what he has to come to do, what will become of him at
death, and incapable of all knowledge, I become terrified.’” When in later
years O’Dea grasped, at least intellectually, Harvey Cox’s idea of secular man
as one who has no meaningful identity, he understood and empathized more with
the rebellious youth of the sixties who had arrived at the “ultimate admission:
that life is absurd.” Their concern for ultimate reality “seemed to him, in
terms of his gut-reaction as a Christian, to make more sense than secular man’s
apparent lack of capacity for considering questions of ultimate meaning at
all.”
During his doctoral studies at Harvard and for a time thereafter,
O’Dea served on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(1951-1956), the last year of which he spent in uninterrupted study in
California, as a Fellow at the Center for Advance Study in the Behavioral
Sciences. His Harvard years no doubt constituted the intellectually formative
period of his life. During this period his native intellectual capacity was
given structure and direction. While still involved in graduate studies, he
received an invitation to participate in the Harvard research project, “The
Comparative Study of Values in Five Cultures,” which was conducted in the
south-western United States. The study analyzed two Indian cultures, the Navajo
and Zuni, and three white cultures: a Spanish-American community, a group of
settlers locally called “Texans,” who were main-stream Protestants, and a
Latter-day Saint (Mormon) community. O’Dea focused his attention on the
Latter-day Saint community. Through this project O’Dea came in contact with The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and began his studies of the faith
and culture of the Mormons. His work, The Sociology of Mormonism
(1955) and his book The Mormons (1957) resulted largely from this
project, the latter being based upon his doctoral dissertation.
From 1956 to 1959, O’Dea was a member of the faculty of Fordham
University. There he found himself in a congenial intellectual environment
which was rooted in the Catholic and Irish tradition from whence he came.
During this period, his intellectual role began to become clear to Catholics,
and he produced a slim but significant volume, American Catholic Dilemma:
An Inquiry into the Intellectual Life (1962), in addition to this work
on Mormonism mentioned above. At the same time O’Dea began to realize that he
needed a much stronger scholarly base if he was to achieve his full potential
as a sociologist. As he searched for such a base, he began at the same time to
experience marital difficulties that ultimately led to the breakup of his
marriage, which was a major crisis in his life.
Having left Fordham in 1959, O’Dea went to the University of Utah,
where he continued his study of Mormonism, but also turned his scholarly
attention in other directions. In January 1963, he went to Saudi Arabia as a
consultant to the Arabian American Oil Company and remained there until the
fall of that year. In 1964, he joined the faculty of Columbia University, in
the Department of Religion, but he never felt at home there, and he left after
two and a half years. Though he published little during this period, he was
preparing the material for what were to be significant publications later
on.
Dr. O’Dea’s scholarly works were impressive. During his undergraduate
days at Harvard, he did a study of the controversial Saint Benedict’s Center in
Cambridge, and his analysis of the situation enabled him to foretell the
radical break of the Center from the Catholic Church. His first book on
Catholicism, American Catholic Dilemma, was a penetrating analysis
of the dilemmas of institutionalized religion. In less skillful hands this
could easily have become a bitterly controversial topic, but O’Dea’s tact and
careful consideration enabled him to produce a work marked by illuminating
insight into the inescapable tensions of organized religion. His small text,
The Sociology of Religion (1966), has been widely used and has
been translated into five languages.
Thomas O’Dea accepted an appointment as Professor of Religious Studies
and Sociology and Director of the Institute of Religious Studies at the
University of California at Santa Barbara in 1967. Shortly after moving there,
he married Janet Scheindlin (formerly Janet Losi Koffler), and a son, Michael
Thomas O’Dea, was born to them in 1969. O’Dea remained at UCSB until his death
in 1974, and those final years were among the most productive of his life.
Scholarly projects that he had been working on for years now reached
publication. In what is one of the best studies of Vatican II and its impact
upon the Church, The Catholic Crisis (1968) carried his analysis
of Catholicism beyond his conclusions in American Catholic Dilemma. Meanwhile,
he published a number of articles which he later collected and published as
parts of his final two books: Alienation, Atheism and the Religious
Crisis (1969) and Sociology and the Study of Religion: Theory,
Research, Interpretation (1970). He was an Associate Editor of
Sociological Analysis from mid-1969 through 1973, and he was a
participant in the Association for the Sociology of Religion and
its predecessor The American Catholic Sociological Society.
One significant development during the time O’Dea was on the faculty
of the University of California was his study of Judaism and Islam. Having
lectured at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, he was invited to return in
1972-1973 as a visiting professor. This contact with the world of Jews, Muslims
and Eastern Rite Christians added to the religious insights he had acquired in
his study of the Chinese and the Mormons. He began to understand more fully the
depths of religious experience and the problems of religious organization. In
contact with a number of distinguished Hebrew and Muslim scholars, he began
preparing a tri-partite study of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to be carried
out by himself and two prominent colleagues in Jerusalem. However, the breakup
of his second marriage in the spring of 1973 and an ensuing illness made
further publication impossible. He returned to the United States for treatment
late that year. The following spring found him again at Santa Barbara, and,
despite the handicap of ill health, he began teaching again in the fall of
1974. After suffering a sudden relapse, he died on November 12, 1974, from
complications associated with Hodgkins’ disease. It has been said that the
suffering he experienced during the last months of his life sharpened his sense
of relationship to his religious roots and that he struggled to the end to
relate his faith and his scientific investigations in a way that satisfied him.
The following paragraphs from a memorial statement prepared by three of his
UCSB colleagues give insights into his scholarly abilities and reflect the
respect that his fellow scholars had for him:
Professor O’Dea was not only an outstanding
scholar in the sociology of religion but also an extraordinary and original
one. He will be remembered for his participatory and yet not partisan attitude,
for the approach that attempts to see religion from the inside and yet
maintains the critical and impartial mind of the outsider. He succeeded in
entering alien fields, not only with tact and respect, but also with
involvement. Mormons, Atheists, Muslims, and Christians alike felt that Thomas
O’Dea was in some sense speaking for them and not exclusively about them.
Still, his incursions always brought him back to his personal position both
intellectually and existentially.
Those who knew Tom O’Dea well, especially
his colleagues and graduate students, never ceased to be amazed at the breadth
of his learning, the brilliance of his insights, the sharpness of his
analytical powers. He had a special capacity to see polarities in human
experience and to hold them in dialectical tension: sacred and secular,
conservation and breakthrough, tradition and change, individual and community,
reason and faith, estrangement and reconciliation. As he described polarities
so he himself lived as a scholar in creative tension between distance and
involvement, critical analysis and prophetic utterance. Never conventional, he
was frequently controversial, a man of passion, fierce pride, and firm
convictions; yet he had the capacity to change, a keen ability to absorb new
knowledge, and a mature appreciation of commitment to the spiritual life. He
lived, he loved, and in deep and penetrating ways, he understood. We are the
better for it and are grateful for having had him in our midst.
* Adapted from a presentation by Father Joseph P. Fitzpatrick,
Fordham University, entitled “Background notes and Comments,” with references
from the presentation by Dorothy Dohen of Fordham University entitled “Tensions
of the Believer as Sociologist of Religion,” printed in the “Symposium on
Thomas F. O’Dea,” Sociological Analysis XXXVIII (1977), p. 126-130 and 131-136,
and a final extensive quotation from the memorial statement of the University
of California at Santa Barbara, prepared by Robert Michaelsen, Raimundo
Panikkar and Tamotsu Shibutani. This biography was written in consultation with
Dr. Michaelsen, Vice Chancellor of UCSB, and Gerald Bradford, at the time
Administrative Director of the Robert Maynard Hutchins Center For The Study of
Democratic Institutions and Adjunct Lecturer for the Department of Religious
Studies at UCSB.
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Scope and Content NoteThe Thomas O’Dea papers span the full breadth of his professional
career. There are a few newspaper clippings and other papers concerning his
activities as a young communist leader in 1940 but the substantial portion of
the collection begins in the late 1940's with O’Dea’s education at Harvard. The
papers end in 1972.
Thomas O’Dea taught at five universities during his career. With each
move it seems that these papers were pared down. The major exception to this is
an extensive set of notes and interviews related to his doctoral research on
the Mormons conducted from 1950 to 1953. Other papers that remain from his
early career are basically typescripts and reprints of scholarly papers,
lectures, and articles. There is also a draft copy of what appears to be an
unpublished book on the Catholic Church. Teaching materials and correspondence
related to his professional activity are incomplete until his move to the
University of California at Santa Barbara. The greatest volume and diversity of
papers are from the years that he spent at this institution.
Along with his professional papers, there is a significant series of
personal papers. These consist of a typescript journal and correspondence which
have been kept interfiled in the same manner that they were maintained by
O’Dea. Significantly, O’Dea kept carbon copies of all of his outgoing personal
correspondence. The journal and correspondence begin in 1960 when O’Dea was at
the University of Utah. Journal entries become sparse in 1963 and finally cease
to appear before the year’s end. Journal entries do not reappear until late in
his career at Santa Barbara. The personal correspondence is apparently very
complete from 1960-1963 but seems to become more scattered in 1964. No
correspondence remains in the collection for the years 1965 and 1966, but a
substantial amount covers the years 1967-1972.
The collection has been divided into filing units, each related to an
institution in which Dr. O’Dea was employed. The units are arranged
chronologically. Within each unit research and writing is filed first, followed
by professional correspondence, teaching materials, and finally miscellaneous
files. O’Dea’s personal correspondence and journal have been kept separate.
Thomas O’Dea’s career began with the writing of several papers and
articles on the Catholic Church and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. The papers from the Harvard years include such titles as “Catholic
Ideology and Secular Pressure” and “A Study of Mormon Values.” A majority of
the papers from this period are related to his doctoral thesis on the
Mormons.
There are several scholarly papers and reprints of articles from the
time that he spent at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as
teaching materials and a limited series of correspondence.
O’Dea’s papers from his years at Fordham University include a major
paper entitled “American Catholicism and the Intellectual Life” which
foreshadows the several books that he later wrote on Catholicism. The papers of
this period also include several guest lectures given at different
universities, including the University of Utah.
O’Dea’s work on Mormonism was probably a significant factor in his
acceptance of a position at the University of Utah. The papers from this period
are quite limited. However, there is a resource file of materials on Mormonism
at this juncture which includes items from the early 1950's to the early
1960's.
O’Dea’s work in Saudi Arabia consisted of interviewing and other
methods of sociological research. Hence, a majority of the papers consist of
field notes and typescript interviews. Photos and other memorabilia are also
included.
O’Dea’s tenure at Columbia is represented in the collection by several
papers and articles as well as an extensive set of lecture notes. In addition,
there is more professional correspondence extant here than in earlier filing
units.
The papers from O’Dea’s years at University of California at Santa
Barbara are much more extensive than those from any other period. He served
there as a professor of religion and as the Director of the Institute of
Religious Studies. In spite of his administrative position, there are few
papers related to administrative responsibilities. The majority are drafts and
reprints of papers and articles written during this period, including a draft
copy of an unpublished book, Handbook of Sociological Theory. As
part of his professional activity, O’Dea attended many conferences. Included in
this period are notes from conferences such as the “Conference on the Culture
of Unbelief” held in Roje in 1969, and the “Conference on Intellectuals” held
in Israel in 1971.
Correspondence with colleagues and publishers for the UCSB period is
arranged in two types of files. The first is a general file arranged
chronologically for some years and alphabetically by correspondent for others.
The second type of file is collected correspondence with a colleague or
publisher that ranges over a long period of time. Correspondence can also be
found along with some of his UCSB articles. This arrangement reflects the
original order of the collection.
Other items from the UCSB period include teaching materials, syllabi,
tests, and reading materials. O’Dea also kept files on individual students,
particularly if he wrote recommendations for them. A number of subject files
deal with Mormonism, Catholicism, and Marshall McLuhan. Reviews of O’Dea’s
publications that he clipped and compiled from journals and magazines have been
filed at this point, though they cover material published throughout his
career. A few miscellaneous files deal with such things as O’Dea’s involvement
in the “Committee of 50,” a campus pressure group of UCSB professors active in
1969.
Thomas O’Dea maintained a personal library of books, some of them
autographed. He also had a collection of tapes, recording the proceedings of
various professional gatherings that he attended. Only selected materials form
these personal collections that added to the research value of this collection
were preserved in it. The same criteria was used in selecting items from an
extensive collection of manuscripts written by O’Dea’s colleagues.
The above description of the O’Dea papers show it to be a valuable
research repository for those interested in the sociology of religion and the
contributions made by Dr. Thomas O’Dea to this field.
BibliographyA. Selected Works by Thomas O'Dea
This bibliography is organized chronologically.
Also, unpublished manuscripts that are part of this collection are not included
in this bibliography.
“A Study of Mormon Values.” Laboratory of Social Relations, Harvard
University, 1949.
“A Comparative Study of the Role of Values in Social Action in two
Southwestern Communities.” Co-authored with Evon Z. Vogt. American
Sociological Review 18 (December 1953): 645-654. Also published as
section of the book, Society and Self. Edited by Bartlett H.
Stoodley. (New York, Free Press of Glencoe, 1962).
“Mormonism and the American Experience of Time.” The Western
Humanities Review 8 (Summer 1954): 181-190.
“The Sociology of Religion.” The American Catholic Sociological
Review 15 (June 1954): 73-92.
“Mormonism and the Avoidance of Sectarian Stagnation: a Study of
Church, Sect, and Incipient Nationality.” The American Journal of
Sociology 60 (November 1954): 285-93.
“The Effects of Geographical Position on Belief and Behavior in a
Rural Mormon Village.” Rural Sociology 19 (December 1954):
358-364.
“The ‘Residues’ of Pareto: An Operational Definition of Natural Law.”
The American Catholic Sociological Review 16 (October 1955):
170-182.
“The Sociology of Mormonism: Four Studies.” Cambridge: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Dept. of Humanities, 1955. Publications in the
humanities (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Humanities); no.
14. These 4 studies are reprinted from the American Journal of Sociology,
The Western Humanities Review, The American Sociological Review, and Rural
Sociology.
“The Secularization of Culture.”The Commonweal 64 (April
20, 1956): 67-69.
“The Catholic Immigrant and the American Scene.” Thought:
Fordham University Quarterly 16 (Summer 1956): 251-270.
The Mormons. (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press,
1957).
“Crisis en la cristiandad (II).” Mensaje 78 (May 1959):
131-135. [Published in Chile]
“Technology and Social Change: The Challenge East and West.”
The Western Humanities Review 13 (Spring 1959): 151-161.
“The Ideologists and the Missing Dialogue.” Catholic
Mind 57 (September-October 1959): 392-398.
“The Secularization of Culture.” The Commonweal 71
(October 30, 1959): 118-119.
“Catholics at the Crossroads.” The Commonweal 70
(November 11, 1959): 493-495.
“The New America.” Pulpit Digest 40 (November 1959):
29-34.
“Mormons.” Encyclopedia Americana, 1959.
“Anomie and the ‘Quest for Community’: The Formation of Sects among
the Puerto Ricans of New York.” The American Catholic Sociological
Review 21 (Spring 1960): 18-36. Co-authored with Renato Poblete.
“American Catholics and International Life.” Social Order
10 (June 1960): 243-265.
“Human Freedom and its Cultural Repression.” Thought: Fordham
University Quarterly 35 (Summer 1960): 204-222.
“Five Dilemmas in the Institutionalization of Religion.” Social
Compass (1960): 61-67. Reprinted in Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion 1 (October 1961): 30-39.
“The Mormons--Strong Voice in the West.” Catholic Church in
American Life (March 1961): 15-20.
I Moroni [The Mormons, Italian] G.C. Sansoni, Firenze
1961.
American Catholic Dilemma: an Enquiry into the Intellectual
Life. (New York: New American Library, 1962).
“Mormonism Today.” Desert Magazine 26 (June 1963):
23-27.
“Sociological Dilemmas: Five Pardoxes of Institutionalization.” From
Sociological Theory, Values, and Sociocultural Change: Essays in honor of
Pitirim A. Sorokin. Edited by Edward A. Tiryakion, 1963.
The Sociology of Religion. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1966).
“The Adequacy of Contemporary Religious Forms: An Area of Needed
Research.” Review of Religious Research 7 (Winter 1966):
85-94.
“The Brave New World of Roman Catholicism.” Columbia College
Today 14 (Fall 1966): 29-35.
“The Changing Image of the Jew and the Contemporary Religious
Situation: An Exploration of Ambiguities.” In Jews in the Mind of
America. Edited by Charles H. Stember, et al, 1966.
Foreword to Desert Saints: The Mormon Frontier in Utah
by Nels Anderson. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1966).
“Mormonism and the Avoidance of Sectarian Stagnation: a Study of
Church, Sect, and Incipient Nationality.” Religion, Culture, and
Society, 1964: 651-661.
“The Crisis of Contemporary Religious Consciousness.” Daedalus:
Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 96 (Winter
1967): 116-134.
The Catholic Crisis. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1968).
“Can Catholicism Make It?” The Christian Century 86
(February 26, 1969): 283-287.
“Return to Relevance.” Guide 237 (April 1969): 11-16.
Alienation, Atheism, and the Religious Crises. (New York:
Sheed and Ward, 1969).
“Three Faces of Western Man.” The Center Magazine, 1969:
67-78.
“The Church as Sacrementum Mundi.” Concilium 8 (October
1970): 36-44.
“The Sociology of Religion Reconsidered.” Sociological
Analysis 31 (Fall 1970): 145-152.
Sociology and the Study of Religion; Theory, Research,
Interpretation. (New York ; London: Basic Books, Inc., 1970).
“Youth in Protest: Revolution or Revelation.” Salt Lake City :
[Distributed by Sociology Dept., University of Utah], 1970.
Readings on the Sociology of Religion. (Englewood Cliffs,
NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1973). Co-authored with Janet K. O’Dea.
“Pathology and the Renovation of the Religious Institution.”
Concilium 19 (January 1974): 125- 133. (French and Spanish
translations)
“Mormonism and the Avoidance of Sectarian Stagnation.” In
Religion in America. Edited by George C. Bedell. 2nd ed. (New
York: Macmillan, 1982): 196-204.
The Sociology of Religion. 2nd ed. (Englewood Cliffs,
N.J.: Prentice-Hall, c 1983). Co-authored with Janet O’Dea Aviad.
B. Works About Thomas O'Dea
Bradford, Miles Gerald. “The Loss of Transcendence : Reflections on
the Contemporary Religious Crisis.” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon
Thought 6 (Spring 1971): 81-85. [Personal subject: O'Dea, Thomas F.
Alienation, atheism, and the religious crisis.]
Donigan, Robert W. The Mormons by Thomas F. O'Dea : critical review
and commentary. Paper for Graduate Religious Instruction 542, BYU,
1964.
Empey, Lamar Taylor. Book review of The Mormons by Thomas
F. O'Dea. Brigham Young University Studies 1 (Winter 1959): 69-71.
Fife, Austin E. Book review of The Mormons by Thomas F.
O'Dea. Pacific Historical Review (1958): 188-192.
Garrison, W. E. “Mutual Aid.” Christian Century 175
(March 19, 1958): 343-344.
Michaelsen, Robert S. “Enigmas in Interpreting Mormonism.”
Sociological Analysis 38 (Summer 1977): 145-153.
_____. “Thomas F. O'Dea on the Mormon retrospect and assessment.”
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 11 (Spring 1978): 44-57.
Subject TracingsInstitutionsCatholic ChurchMormon ChurchGenre/FormLettersDiariesSubjectAnthropologyContainer ListSeries 1 Biographical, 1938-71Series 1 Biographical,
1938-71BoxFolderContents
1Photocopy of inscription from Gustave O. Larson to O’Dea
in front of Prelude to the Kingdom.1Clippings about O’Dea and the Dies Committee,
1938-40 (includes related
items).2Resumes and lists of publications,
1952-1971.3Articles and speeches about O’Dea, by Joseph P.
Fitzpatrick, Dorothy Dohen, Talcott Parsons, Desmond Brown, Robert S.
Michaelsen, and Joseph Fichter.Series 2 CorrespondenceSeries 2 Correspondence(Arranged alphabetically by principle,
includes related items. Other correspondence is included in O’Dea’s UCSB files
on his graduate students.)
BoxFolderContents
14Ahuja, Yoga Dhyan5Allen, James B.6American Academy of Arts and Sciences7Anderson, Nels8Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO)9Aranguren, Jose Luis L.10“A” (general)S.S. Acquaviva, Charles J. Adams, Walter Adams, Cecile Agnes,
Joseph F. Aman, America Israel Cultural Foundation, American Academy of
Religion (Jacob Neusner), American Assistancy of the Society of Jesus (Thomas
M. Gannon), American Catholic Historical Association (Walter D. Gray),
American Catholic Sociological Review (Thomas J. Harte), American
Catholic Sociological Society, American Committee for Irish Studies (Lawrence
J. McCaffrey), American Political Science Review, American Society
for the Study of Religion, Amsbury Cooperative Bank, James F. Anderson,
Anglican Theological Review, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Awuinas
Institute School of Theology (Thomas O’Meara), Philip H. Ashby, Associated
Harvard Alumni, The Authors Guild, Inc. (Rex Stout).
11Barber, Bernard12Basic Books (David McDermott, Suzanne G.
Rinaldo)13Beacon Press (Donald R. Cutler)14Bellah, Robert N.15Bentley, Harold W.16Blau, Joseph17Bloy, Myron B., Jr.18Bluth, Betty Jean19Brewer, David20“B” (general):Ronald D. Banks, Stephen T. Barry, Russell Barta, Irving
Bartlett, Peter Berger, Ellen Bessie, Gene Bianchi, Olfet S. (“Binzey”)
Binzagr, Joseph Black, Boston College (Thomas E. Wangler), Luigi Bresciani,
Juanita Brooks, Desmond Brown.
21Capps, Walter22The Cate School (Courtney L. Carpenter)23Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (John
Cogley, Richard G. Grey)24The Christian Century (Dean Peerman, Allen
Geyer)25The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (D.
Arthur Haycock, A. Wm. Lund)26Columbia University (Jacques Barzun, Ralph S. Halford,
Grayson Kirk)27Columbia University Press (John D. Moore)28Concilium29Behavioral Research Laboratories (L. Hyrum
Coon)30CRM Books (Richard L. Roe and Betsy H.
Wyckoff)31Cutler, Allan H.32Cutler, Donald R.33“C” (general:Carnegie Commission on Higher Education (Clark Kerr), Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (Ivan Vallier), Gonzalo Castillo, Catholic
Action Federations, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences,
Center for the Study of Developing Nations, Central Washington State College
(Virgil J. Olson), Robert J. Christensen,Christian Science Monitor,
Church History, The Cimmaron Review, Citizens for California Higher
Education, The City College (of the City University of New York), The Claremont
Colleges (Daniel Brown), Clarke College (Mary Katherine Tillman), Committee on
Sec-Related Legislation, James A. Coriden, Corpus Instrumentorum, Inc. (John P.
Whalen), Harvey G. Cox, John M. Cox, Frank E. Crabtree, Bishop Crowther,
Cultural Hermeneutics (David M. Rasmussen).
34Daedalus (American Academy of Arts and
Sciences)35Dialogue (Eugene England)36DuBay, William H.37Duffy, Patrick S.38“D” (general):Federico D’Agostine, Ronald Danver (?), Dartmouth College,
Chester Delaney, Bekir Demirkol, Harold O. Dendurent (also J.H. Faurot), Borch
Deresievig, Desert Magazine (Eugene L. Conrotto), Drew University,
Peter J. Dwyer
39“E” (general);East Side Republican Women’s Club (Santa Barbara), A. Christ
Eccel, Allan W. Eister, Emory University, Dov Peretz Elkins, Lucille Ermoian,
Amaitai Etzioni, William Everett
40Fingarett, Herbert (also O. Meredith Wilson)41Fitzpatrick, Joseph P.42Fordham University43Frazier, Thomas R.44“F” (general):Federação Israelita Do Estado De São Paulo, Terry Figgins,
Alan M. Fisher, Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli, Thomas A. Fox, George H. Frein,
Wilbur “Bill” Fridell, F.G. Friedmann, Friends of the Santa Barbara Public
Library, Friends of the University of Utah Libraries, Horace L. Friess.
21Glendessary Press (Joan Herschel Parsons)2Gray, Robert M.3Green, James M.4“G” (general):Karl Garrison, Ghost Ranch Conference Center (James W. Hall),
Richard C. Gilman, John J. Glanville, Erich Goode, Alfred W. Goodyear, Alice
Gottesman, Richard G. Gray
5Harper and Row (Walter Lippincott)6Harvard University Press (Ann Orlov)7Hughes, Everett Cherrington8“H” (general):Bruce Hafen, Philip Hammond, Martha Hanford, Harcourt, Brace
& World, Inc. (Thomas C. Lewis), Harvard Divinity School and Harvard
Theological Review (Mrs. Paul Thompson), Robert Hassenger, Eustance M.
Hayden, Hebrew Union College (Jason Huebsch), George G. Higgins, History
of Religions, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. (Joseph E. Cunneen), Neil
P. Hurley.
9Inkeles, Alex10"I” (general):Institute of man--Duquesne University (Susan Annette Muto),
International Association for the History of Religions, International
Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences , International Migration Digest,
The International Portrait Gallery, The Irish American Cultural Institute,
Cecilia Irvine.
11“J” (general):Thorkild Jacobsen, Ralph Johnson
12Klausner, Samuel Z.13Kreyche, Robert14“K” (general):Robert B. Kaiser, George Keller, Robert L. Kelley, C.P.
(“Pat”) Kelsey, Mitcheal Kennedy, Ralph Keyes, Gayle Kimball, Hans J. Klimkeit,
John P. Koval, Adam Kozlowiecki, K. Kunemunel-Bechtle, Harriet Kuntz.
15Larson, Gerald J.16Lawson, Ronald (and Gregory Mann)17Leone, Mark P.18Loubser, Jan J.19“L” (general):Francis J. Lally, John Lally, David Landau, James T. Laney,
Vittorio Lanternari, John A. Lee, Edward H. Levi, Timothy Li-Hsin Yeh, Juan J.
Linz, Little, Brown and Company, Stephen J. Litz, Robert L. Lively Jr., Ronald
W. Long, Look (T. George Harris), Noel D. Luke.
20The MacMillan Company21MacRae, Peter22Martin, Theo D.23McGraw-Hill Book Company24McHale, Colleen (and William F. Cummings)25McMurrin, Sterling26Mead, Richard T.27Methodist Church Board of Missions (Hans L. Aurbakken,
Ann Brown)28Michaelsen, Robert S.29Mol, Hans30Multi-Culture Institute (Terry C. Francois)31Munakata, Iwao “Peter”32“M” (general):John J. Macisco Jr., Patrick Mahony, Skeikh A. Majied, Roslyn
Malmaud, Robert Marchand, Lee C. McDonald, McGill University, Peter McHugh,
Louis F. McKernan, Doug McKell, B. Meeking, Memorial University of
Newfoundland, Metropolitan Urban Service Training Facility (MUST), Peter
Mettler, Mexican-American Historical Society, Murray Milner, Robert C.
Mitchell, Monks of Mt. Saviour, Hugh Moore Fund, Berry Morgan, Ernest Mort,
James R. Mos, Gweneth Mulder, Joan E. Massaquoi (see Ellen Bessie).
33National Catholic Reporter (Donald J.
Thorman, Charles Davis)34National Council of Churches of Christ (Richard E.
Sherrell, Richard N. Johnson)35“N” (general):National Association for Pastoral Renewal (Arnold J. Meagher),
Benjamin Nelson, James B. Nelson, H.J. Nersoyan, Netherlands Universities Joint
Social Research Centre (SISWO), New England Conference of Priests’ Senates, New
School for Social Research - See Arthur J. Vidich, New York Theological
Seminary (George W. Webber), Herbert W. NewKirk, Newman Center at Fresno State
College (Sergio P. Negro), Robert Nisbut, Benjamin Novak.
36“O” (general):Gerard O’Dea, C. Michael Otten, Our Lady of Light Catholic
Library, Joel Owens, Oxnard Community Relations Commission (George A. Jackson,
Jr.), Oxnard Municipal Court, Willard G. Oxtoby.
37Peterson, E.H.38Pike, James A.39Poblete, Renato40Prentice-Hall, Inc.41Prentice-Hall, Inc., reprints permission, requests used
for Sociology of Religion.31Parsons, Talcott (The Sociology of Religion)2Punjabi University3“P” (general):Peter A. Pardue, Constantine George Patelos, E. William Paul,
The Pennsylvania State University, Robert J. Perillat, Edward H. Peters, Karl
E. Peters, Don L. Petersen, William C. Peterson, Daniel Piser, Phyllis
Pittenger, Political and Economic Planning (Michael P. Fogarty), Raymond
Preston, Theodor Primack, Princeton University Press, Psychiatry and
Social Science Review.
4Riesman, David5Robins, Catherine Ellen (Katie)6Rocher, Guy7Ryerson, Charles A.8“R” (general):Reuben M. Rainey, Vincent Reidy, Religious Education,
Review of Religious Research, Cyril C. Richardson, John M. Roberts,
Simon Rottenberg, Dagobert D. Runes.
9Scheindlin (O’Dea), Janet10Schneider, Louis11-12Scott, Foresman and Company (Harold L. Wilensky, George
M. Vlach, Andrew M. Greeley)13Sheed and Ward Inc. (Philip Scharper)14Smith, Wilfred Cantwell15Society for Religion in Higher Education16Society for the Scientific Study of Religion17Szymanski, Albert John, Jr.18“S” (general):William A. Sadler Jr., St. Raphael School, Samuel F. Sampson,
Lucinda San Giovanni, Santa Barbara City College, J. Randolph Sasnett, Louis
Sattler, Carolyn B. Schirmer, Paul Schoenengerger, The Seabury Press (Arthur R.
Buckley), Seminary Lay-Apostolate Conference (SLAC), Frank Q. Sessions, William
E. And Sandy Sexton, M. Berchmans Shea, Tom and Dorothy Shea, Dale Smith, Ted
C. Smith, John B. Snook, Sociological Analysis, Howard J. Sosis, Southern
California Ecumenical Colloquium, Stanford University Press, State University
of New York at Geneseo, Neal S. Steffen, Wallace Stegner, Krister Stendahl,
James Stewart, James E. Straukamp, Merton Strommen, Orlo Strunk, Jr., Mary
O’Dea Sullivan, Janet Sumner, Judith Sutton, James W. Swift, David Switzer,
Symposium Humanities
19Taubes, Jacob20Thompson, Raymond21“T” (general):Marc Tannenbaum, Robert B. Tapp, Robert S. Thomas, John
Thompson, Thought (Joseph E. O’Neill), Norman H. Tolk, Michael A. Toth, Abdul
Mannan and Joan Turjoman, Wallace Turner.
22University of California (Vernon I Cheadle, David Gold,
Charles J. Erasmus, Robert V. Hine)23University of California, Berkeley, Institute of
International Studies (Ivan Vallir)24University of Utah25“U” (general):Union Theological Seminary, United Campus Christian Ministry
at Central Washington St. College (Phillip S. Hanni), University of Alaska,
University of California Press, The University of Chicago Press (Alexander J.
Morin), University of Illinois, The University of North Carolina, University of
Notre Dame Press, University Religions Conference of Santa Barbara, University
of St. Thomas Institute of Religious Studies, United States Department of the
Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs, Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters,
Utah State University.
26-27van der Velden, Henry28Vereno, Matthias29Vidich, Arthur J.30Vogt, Evon Z. (“Vogtie”)31“V” (general):Remy Vallido, Ivan Vallier, Vanderbilt University, Van Leer
Jerusalem Foundation, Mervin Verbit
32Waters, John Lawrence33Wentz, Richard E.34Wesleyan University (William A. Spurrier)35White, Ken36Wilson, Bryan37“W” (general):J.D.J. Waardenburg, Joseph L. Walsh, Jack Walter, Weatherhead
Foundation - See Raymond Thompson, Robert G. Wegmann, Gustave Weigel, Eugene
Weiner, Jonathan P. West, The Western Humanities Review, Western
Review, Kenneth Westhues, James E. (“Dan”) White, Jr., Ray L. Whitehead,
Nina N. Widmoyer, John A. Widtsoe, Henry Willen, Henry Winthrop, Jerry
Wood.
38“Y” (general):Richard Yamamoto, Yoon Yee-Heum.
39Unidentified CorrespondenceSeries 3 Research (arranged chronologically)Series 3 Research (arranged chronologically)BoxFolderContents
41Early research materials (before about
1951): Stalin’s speeches on
the American Communist Party (
1929); excerpts from
Early New England Potters and Their Wares, by Lura Woodside
Watkins (pub.
1950); notes on George
Edwin McNeill; notes on revolutions, entitled “Brintons Conclusions--Some
Tentative Uniformities”; notes on The Natural History of
Revolution, by Lyford P. Edwards.2Boston College Heresy Case: news clippings, speech,
questionnaire, bibliography,
1949.Comparative Study of Values in Five
Cultures, 1949-1956:
3General memos,
1949.4“The Comparative Study of Cultures and Civilizations” by
Redfield and Singer, draft notes, including bibliographies,
1949 [?]5“From De Tocqueville to Myrdal: A Research Memroandum on
Selected Studies of American Values,” by Kaspar D. Naegele, October
1949.6Untitled “section” on experimental sociology of
Frederick Mosteller: “Sociometric Methods” by Theodore Mills and Frederick
Mosteller.7Discussion group notes, reports.8General memos, working papers, includes drafts of
The Homesteaders by Evon Z. Vogt,
1951.9General memos, working papers, includes “Zuni, Navajo,
and Spanish-American Economics”, by Marion St. John; “Theory Construction For
the Comparative Study of Values in Five Cultures: A Report on the Values Study”
by Ethel M. Albert,
1952-54.10Bibliographies11Ramah: general notes, list of permanent
residents.12Ramah: notes on Spanish influence.13Ramah: notes on Indians.51Ramah: notes on Anglos.2Ramah: notes on Mormons.3Mormons: notes,
1949 [?].4Mormon Scriptures: notes, synopsis of Book of
Mormon.5“Mysteries of the Endowment House”6“Red and White Mormon Missionaries”, Chapters VI and
VII, typescript.7Interviews with Mormons (and Gentiles), notes, in Utah,
impressions of Salt Lake City, Temple Square, Welfare Square,
July 1950.8Interviews with Mormons (and Gentiles), notes, in Utah,
notes on meetings,
August 1950.9George F. Richards, news clippings on funeral,
August 1950.10Research Journal,
5 September - 23 October,
1950.11Research Journal,
24 October 1950 - 9 January
1951.12Notes on Mormons,
195113Notes on residents of Ramah (particularly
Mormons)14Notes and miscellaneous reference material on Mormons,
includes xerox copies of photos: Joseph Smith’s birthplace, Kirtland Temple,
O’Dea’s book The Mormons,
1952-57 [?].15Manuscript writings on Mormons, Navajos, and
Zunis.61“The Essence and Structure of Authority of the Roman
Catholic Church”, notes, undated2Weber, Troeltsch, Fanfani, Tawney, the Lollards, the
Humiliati: notes,
1958.3Catholicism: notes for article “The Shaping of the
American Ethos”, to be published by Sheed & Ward,
1960.4“The Catholic Church: An Institutional Analysis”, notes
for a book, about
1960.Study of Social Change in Saudi
Arabia (for ARAMCO), 1962-635Research Journal,
September 1962 Newspaper
clipping of O’Dea’s work in Saudi Arabia Sun and Flare19 September
19626Research Journal of F.S. “Rick” Vidal, duplicated with
cover letter,
February 1963.7Proposals, reports, meeting minutes and general notes of
special study group,
1962-1963.8Preliminary notes,
February - March
1963.9Interview lists, statistics,
February - September
1963.10Interviews with Americans, notes,
February - April
196311Interviews with Saudi Arabians,
February - July
1963.12Interviews with Khobar girls,
May 196313Interviews in Beirut and Kuwait,
May 1963.14Interviews with Saudi Arabians,
May - July 196315Interviews in Riyadh and Jeddah,
June - July
196316Interviews with Saudi Arabian men,
June - July
196317Interviews with Saudi Arabian women,
July - September
196318Interviews - miscellaneous,
March - July
196319Interview notes, selected and arranged
March - July
196320Interview notes arranged by subject:[no “I.” in files]
II. Family
21III. Education22IV. Regional Identification23V. Kinship Identification24VI. Occupation25VII. Religion26VIII. Leisure Time27IX. Government71Aerial Photographs of Saudi Arabian Communities
[Originals transferred to Photo Archives]2Card Index of Saudi Arabian Government
Employees3Card Index of Saudi Arabian Businesses4Bibliography cards for Saudi Arabia Study5Collected referenced material, including statements from
Saudi Arabian leaders, articles on Saudi Arabian development,
1953-636Collected reference material, including economic reports
of Saudi Arabian government departments are ARAMCO, proposal for rural
reconstruction pilot project7Community Development Project, memos, proposals,
questionnaires, recommendations.8Statement on philosophy and role of Community
Development (61 pages).9Riyadh Census with English translation,
196310Quotations for use in Man, Society and
Sociology, from various sources, undated.11“McCarthyism, Native Nihilism: A sociological
Hypothesis”, notes, undated.12Humane Viate, Catholicism and birth control, notes,
1968.13Catholic Church: notes for Religious
Situation, (after
1967).14“Structure of Social Action”, notes,
197015Sociology and Study of Religion, notes,
1970.16Authority, notes, undated.17“Exposition of the Task of a Preparatory Analysis of
Dasin”, notes, undated.81“Jolen of St. Thomas Translation, notes,
undated.2Miscellaneous Notes
196531967 [?]419715UndatedSeries 4 Writings and Lectures (arranged chronologically)Series 4 Writings and Lectures (arranged
chronologically)BoxFolderContents
86“The ‘Self’ in Emerson and Sartre”, English paper,
Harvard,
1946.7“The French Revolution and the Irish Struggle”, history
paper, Harvard, undated.8“Catholic Ideology and Secular Presssures”, B.A. thesis,
Harvard,
April 1949.A Study of Mormon Values, comparative study
of values, working papers, No. 2, Laboratory of Social Relations, Harvard,
Oct. 194910Book Review of Talcott Parsons, The Social System,
typescript,
1951.11“Mormon Religious Values and Their Implications for
Social Actions”, thesis prospectus, Harvard,
May 1950.12Untitled draft, thesis:Chapters 1 and 2
13Chapters 3 and 414Chapters 8 and 9 (with page 1 of Chapter 7)15Chapters 10 and 1116Fragments from chapter on “Sources of Strain”,
etc.91“Mormon Values: The Significance of a Religious Outlook
for Social Actions,” Ph.D. dissertations, Harvard,
1953.Chapters 11 through 14
2Chapters 15 through 183Abstract4Manuscript Report: “Mormon Values,” University of
Chicago Press,
1956.5“The ‘Bad Taste’ of Mr. Pusey?,” Massachusetts Institute
of Technology,
1953 [?].6“A Comparative Study of the Role of Values in Social
Action in Two Southwestern Communities,” co-authored by Evon Z. Vogt,
1953.7“The Effects of Geographical Position on Belief and
Behavior in a Rural Mormon Village,”
19548“Mormonism and the American Experience of Time,”
19549“Mormonism and the Avoidance of Sectarian Stagnation: A
Study of Church, Sect, and Incipient Nationality,”
195410“The Residues of Pareto: An Operational Definition of
Natural Law,” draft,
195411“The Sociology of Religion,”
195412Book Review of Kimball Young, Isn’t One Wife
Enough?, draft,
195413“The ‘Residues’ of Pareto: An Operational Definition of
Natural Law,” published,
195514The Sociology of Mormonism: Four Studies,
195515Comments on Christopher Dawson, “Problems of Christian
Culture,”
195516Book Review of Will Herberg,
Protestant-Catholic-Jew,
195517“The Catholic Immigrant and the American Scene,”
195618“The Secularization of Culture,”
195619“What is the Sociology of Religion?” lecture,
195620Book Review of Lewis Coser, The Functions of
Social Conflict,
195621“The Crisis in Christendom: A Sociological Perspective,”
lecture,
1957.22“American Catholicism and the Intellectual Life,”
1958 [?]23“Is an Objective Study of Religion Possible?” lecture,
195824“Technology and Social Change: America’s Future and the
Problem of the Machine,” lecture,
195825Untitled lecture drafts,
195826Book Review: William Mulder, Homeward to Zion: The
Mormon Migration from Scandinavia,
195827“Catholics at the Crossroads,”
195928Crisis en la cristiandad (II),” Spanish,
195929“The Ideologists and the Missing Dialogue,”
195930“Life, Liberty and Level-headedness,” commencement
address,
195931“Mormons,” entry in Encyclopedia Americana,
195932“The New America,”
195933“The Secularization of Culture,”
195934“Technology and Social Change: The Challenge East and
West”,
195935“Brigham Young,” entry for Encyclopedia Americana,
proof,
195936Untitled speech, draft,
195937“American Catholics and International Life,”
196038“Anomie and the ‘Quest for Community’: The Formation of
Sects among the Puerto Ricans of New York,”
196039“Five Dilemmas in the Institutionalization of Religion,”
196040“Human Freedom and its Cultural Repression,”
196041“Laity” article for The Handbook of Catholic
Theology,
196042“Catholic Sectarianism: A Sociological Analysis of the
So-Called Boston Heresy Case,”
196143“Five Dilemmas in the Institutionalization of Religion,”
with comment by J. Milton Yinger,
1961.101I Moroni (The Mormons,
Italian),
19612“American Catholicism: Three Significant Areas of
Research,”
19623“An American looks at Arab Nationalism,”
19634“Mormonism today,”
19635Social Change in Saudi Arabia: Problems and
Prospects, (with George Maranjian),
19636General Comments on the Report, Social Change in
Saudi Arabia: Problems and Prospects, some conclusions and
recommendations contained in the Report with comments.7“Sociological Dilemmas: Five Paradoxes of
Institutionalization,”
19638“Arabs, Israel and the Conscience of the West,”
19649“Comment on ‘American Jews and American Catholics: Two
Types of Social Change,’”
196510“The Adequacy of Contemporary Religious Forms: An Area
of Needed Research,”
196611“The Brave New World of Roman Catholicism,”
196612“The Changing Image of the Jew and the Contemporary
Religious Situation: An Exploration of Ambiguities,”
196613The Sociology of Religion,
196614Foreword to Phoenix edition of Desert
Saints, by Nels Anderson,
196615Review of The Mormon Establishment, by
Wallace Turner,
196616Review of Understanding Media: The Extensions of
Man, by Marshall McLuhan,
196617“‘Acting Out’ — Man Makes Himself?”
196718“Christianity and the Atheism of Contemporary Youth,”
196719“The Crisis of the Contemporary Religious
Consciousness,”
196720“The Problem of Meaning for American Youth,”
196721“Religious Studies in Public University,” lecture notes,
196722Reviews of The Mormon Establishment, by Wallace Turner
and The Latter-day Saints: The Mormons Yesterday and Today, by
Robert Mullen,
196723“The Meaning of Religious Crisis,” Feb.
196824“Religion and Humanities,”
April 196825“Ernst Troeltsch,” article for International
Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences,
1968111Review of American Catholics and Social
Reform, by David J. O’Brien,
19682Comment Upon Article 32, Chapter IV, De
Ecclesia,
19683“Can Catholicism Make It?”
19694Preface to
1969 edition of The
Catholic Crisis.5“Churches, Clergymen, and Worshipers,”
19696“Return to Relevance,” 19
697Sociologia da Religiao, (The Sociology of
Religion, Portuguese),
19698“Three Faces of Western Man,”
19699“The Church as Sacramentum Mundi,” “Las Iglesia como
‘sacramentum mundi,’” “L’Eglise” Sacramentum mundi,” “Die Kirche als
sacramentum mundi,” English draft and published copies,
197010“The ‘Emergence-Constitution Process in History’” Some
Implications for the Adequacy of Action Theory,”
197011Sociology of Religion: Theory, Research,
Interpretation,
197012“Religion as Culture,” The Sociology of
Religion, copy of typescript,
197013“The Sociology of Religion Reconsidered,”
197014Review of Piety in the Public Schools, by
Robert Michaelsen,
197015“The Mormons: Church and People” (“L.D.S. Church and the
Mormon People”),
197116“The Role of the Intellectual in the Catholic
Tradition,”
197117“Sources of Strain and Conflict” and “Sources of Strain
in Mormon History Reconsidered,”
197118“Stability and Change and the Duel Role of Religion,”
1971121Readings on the Sociology of Religion,
edited by Thomas O’Dea and Janet K. O’Dea,
19732“Pathologie et renovation des institutions religieuses,”
“Patologia y renovacion de la institucion religiosa,”
1974Undated Documents (arranged in
approximate chronological order)3“Catholic Sectarianism?” A Sociological Analysis of the
So-Called Boston Heresy Case.” (Written while at M.I.T., between
1953 and
1956.4“Changing Attitudes Toward Economic Cooperation: The
Role of the Missionary as an Agent of Change.” (Written while at Fordham,
between
1957 and
1959)5“The Historical Approach to the Study of an American
Ethnic Group.” (Written while at Columbia, between
1964 and
1966)6“Increasing Complexity and the functioning of Religious
Institutions.” (Written while at Columbia, between
1964 and
1966)7“Secularism’s Real Challenge.” (Written while at
Columbia, between
1964 and
1966)8“What is Theology?” speech (
1965 or later)9“Dilemma,” draft (October
1965 or late)10“Handbook of Sociological Theory,” draftTable of Contents and Part I, Chapter 1
11Part I, Chapter 212Part II, Chapter 113Part II, Chapter 214Part III, Chapter 115Part IV, Chapter 116Part IV, Chapter 217Part V, Chapter 118Part V, Chapter 219Part V, Chapter 320Part VI, Chapter 121Footnotes22“Theory Book,” notes131“The Local Church of Tomorrow: Social Change and the
Parish.” (Written while at UCSB, between
1970 and
1974)2“The Sociological Psychological Roots of
Fundamentalism.” (Written while at UCSB, between
1971 and
1974)3“Systems Analysis and Human Values: A Sociological
Study,” (
1972 or later)4“What Are We Doing.” (Written while at UCSB, between
1967 and
1974)5 “Why Authority Has Become Unworkable in the Catholic
Church.” (Written while at UCSB, between
1969 and
1974)6Untitled speech dealing with American Catholicism (
1969 and later)7“Commentary on ‘Mormonism in Modern Society’ by Dr.
David L. Brewer” (
1967 or later)Undated Documents (Arranged in
alphabetical order)8“The Analysis of Human Action”9“The Autonomy of Social Structures”10“The Concept of Role”11“Crisis,” Chapters 1 through 412“The Father of the Primal Horde was Free,” a three part
essay.13“The Government of the Roman Catholic Church: Its Formal
and Informal Structure,” introduction, draft.14Table of Contents and Chapter I: “The Experience of
Authority”15Chapter II: “The Line Organization”16Chapter III: “The Line Organization
Analysis”17Chapter IV: “The Staff Organization”18Chapter V: “The Line and Staff Organization: Further
Analysis”19Chapter I: “The Catholic Church: An Institutional
Analysis--Some Preliminary Considerations”20Chapter II: “The ‘Line Organization’ of the Catholic
Church I: Structure”21Chapter III: “The ‘Line Organization’ of the Catholic
Church I: Structure (cont’d)”22Chapter IV: “The ‘Line Organization’ of the Catholic
Church II: Analysis”141Chapter V: “The Staff Organization of the Catholic
Church: The Roman Curia”2Chapter VI: “The Staff Organization of the Catholic
Church: The Roman Curia (cont’d)”3Chapter VII: “The Line and Staff Organization: Further
Analysis”4“The Human Situation”5“Man, Society, and Sociology,” outline of book and
Chapter One6“McCarthyism, Native Nihilism: A Sociological
Hypothesis”7“The McLuhan Hypothesis”8“Mormonism and the ‘Problem of Meaning’”9“The Philosopher and the Lion”10"Religion as a Social Institution”Untitled Drafts11Reviews of O’Dea’s Writings (collected by
O’Dea)12American Catholic Dilemma, reviews and
clippings,
1958-195913The Catholic Crisis, reviews, press
release,
1968-196914International Encyclopedia of the Social
Sciences, press release, review,
1968-196915The Mormons, reviews and clippings,
1957-196416The Sociology of Religion, review, comment
letters,
1966-1968Series 5 University WorkSeries 5 University WorkBoxFolderContents
1417Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
1951-1956Sociology and Anthropology, course descriptions and
materials.
18“Personality and Social Structure” (course #14.81),
reading list, lecture notes, handouts,
1952-195519“Immigrants and Socially Mobile Groups” (Sociology 233),
reading list, lecture notes, bibliographies, Fall
195420Miscellaneous teaching materials21Snapshot Album, Center for Advanced Study in the
Behavioral Sciences,
1955-195622Fordham University,
1956-1959 The Person and the Social Group” (Sociology 91), course
outlines and reading lists, lecture notes, exams, Fall
1956 and Spring
1957
23Announcement of Department of Theology lecture meeting,
December
1956151University of Utah,
1958,
1958-1964Department of Sociology, list of course offerings, Summer
School
1958
2Two mimeographed papers by Robert T. Hawes.3“Sociology of Knowledge,” lecture notes,
19634Miscellaneous teaching materials, “Value Alternatives
and Types of Society: (Soc. 102), “Sociology of Bureaucracy” (Soc. 119),
“Sociology of Religion” (Soc. 156)5Miscellaneous memos, class schedule, book
requests.6Columbia University,
1965-1966“Religion and Social Change,” lecture notes
1964
7196581966 (includes final
exam)9“Sociology of Religion,” lecture notes and reading list,
1965-196610“Roman Catholicism,” lecture notes and
reading11“Methodology in the Study of Religion” (course #G4411x),
course outline, lecture outline,
196612Miscellaneous reading lists and
bibliographies13University of California, Santa Barbara,
1967-1974“History and Structure of Roman Catholicism” (Religious
Studies 125), reading lists, lecture notes, handouts, exams, grades, Fall
1971
14“Roman Catholicism in Modern Times” (Religious Studies
126),
1967-1973Lecture notes
15Handouts16News clippings, articles17Students, Fall
197118“Sociology of Religion” (Sociology 156),
1967-1961Lecture notes
161Course outlines, other handouts2Exams and grades3“Patterns in Comparative Religion” (Religious Studies
158), course outlines, lecture notes, memo, Winter
19684“History and Theory of Religion” (Religious Studies
230),
1967-1969Lecture notes
5Course descriptions, reading lists, and other
handouts6Student assignments, class lists, memos, and
grades7“Theories of Religious Behavior” (Sociology 257,
Religious Studies 242),
1967-1972Course description, lecture notes
8Course outlines, reading lists, and other
handouts9Readings10Student assignments, class lists11Grade Change Notices,
1968-197112“Sociology of Religion” (Sociology 351), lecture notes,
exams, grades, University of Utah, Fall
197013“Sociology of Religion,” course outlines and reading
lists, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem,
1972-197314List of undergraduate students, courses taken and grades
as of Fall
196815List of graduate students, courses taken and grades as
of Spring
1968 and Fall
196816French exams for graduate students,
197017Graduate exams and reading lists,
1968-197018Files on individual graduate students, including
correspondence, notes, exams and papers.Almana, Aisha
19Appleton, Laura20Arnesen, Clair21Beck, Sandy22Bradford, M. Gerald23Carpenter, Courtney24Colbert, Helen171Coleman, James W.2Coleman, John A.3Connor, Bernard Francis4Coughlin, Hugh J.5Couzens, Michael J.6Ducey, Daniel J.7Edwards, Tony8Enns, Robert9Fogarty, Charles10Frazier, Tom11Gallahue, John J.12Holland, John13Irvine, Cecilia14Kawabata, Hugh M.15Kennedy, Scott16Kimball, Gayle H.17Massey, Robert F.18Mitchell, Pat19Moran, Robert E.20Olguin, Venustiano21Oppenheim, Michael22Posakony, Linda23Reno, Stephen24Salley, Jerry J.25Saunders, Martha26Shore, Mari L.27Sommer, David28-29Terry, W. Clinton, Jr.30Thompson, John181Van Ness, William2Vernoff, Charles3Weisman, Tom4West, J. Michael5Wingren,6Administration Manual7Amendments to Administration Manual,
19688Chancellor’s memos and reports,
1967-19719Registrar’s memos,
1969-197210Library Handbook, newsletters, memos11Religious Studies Department, memos, proposals,
1967-197012Religious Studies, undergraduate program,
memos13Religious Studies, graduate programs, memos,
proposals14Religious Studies Department, course lists, proposals,
descriptions, reading lists15Religious Studies, audiovisual logs, memos16Institute of Religious Studies, proposals, memos,
reports, correspondence17Files on other institutes:Centre de Recherches et D’Etude Des Institutions
Religieuses
18Institute for Advanced Religious Studies--Notre
Dame191Institute “Fe y Secularidad”2Religion in Education Foundation3The Truth Foundation (Phoenix, Arizona)4Miscellaneous institutes and departments5Committee of Fifty6“University and Student General” (O’Dea’s folder
title)7Miscellaneous8Unidentified teaching materials“Comparative Contemporary Cultures” (Economics 725), course
outline, summary of Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm,
undated
9Miscellaneous unidentified lecture notes10Miscellaneous handoutsSeries 6 Conference and Lecture Activities (arranged
chronologically)Series 6 Conference and Lecture Activities (arranged
chronologically)BoxFolderContents
1911 “Symposium on Mormon Culture,” Utah Academy of
Sciences, Arts, and Letters, Logan, Utah,
14 November 1952; papers by
participants.12Comments by Leonard J. Arrington, Waldemer P. Read, and
Ray Canning on paper by O’Dea presented before Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts,
and Letters,
12 May 1956.13“Changing Relations of City and County: Is the Utah
Situation Typical or Unique?” University of Utah,
July 16-18, 1956; publicity
flyer.14University of Utah Summer School Special lectures,
O’Dea’s topics: discussion of The Mormons, “Technology and Social
Change,” “Is an Objective Study of Religion Possible?”
12-16 July 1958; publicity
flyer.15Archdiocesan Clergy Conference, New York,
19 February 1959, notes on
“Vocations.”16“Conference of Social Scientists,” Union of American
Hebrew Congregations, New York,
15-16 March 1959;
correspondence, memos, list of participants, agenda, notes.17Commission on the Year
2000, American Academy of
Arts and Sciences,
1965-1966.Working Papers, Volume I
201Working Papers, Volume IIa2Working Papers, Volume III3Working Papers, Volume IV4Working Papers, Volume V5“The Catholic Intellectual” and “A Sociological View of
Current Religious Crises,” lectures at University of Washington at Seattle (and
at Spokane?),
11-12 January 1966; agenda
for visit, lecture notes.6“Religion and American Culture,” American Academy of
Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, Mass.,
15 May 1966; news
clippings.7“Colloquium on Judaism and Christianity,” Harvard
University Divinity School,
17-20 October 1966, O’Dea’s
topic--”Secularism: Threat or Promise”; correspondence, memos, list of
participants, programs, notes.8“Secularization and the Sacred,” American Society for
the Study of Religion, Eighth Annual Meeting, New York,
21-23 April 1967; memo
announcing meeting.9“Seminar on the Revolution in Student Value Concerns,”
The Church Society for College Work, Cambridge, Mass., April (?)
1967; correspondence,
papers.10Methodist Board of Missions Conference,
27-29 June 1967, O’Dea’s
topic: “Christianity and the Atheism of Contemporary Youth,” papers by
participants, notes.11Visit to Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah,
19-20 October 1967, O’Dea’s
topics: “Is Religion Dying in America?” “Is There A Mormon Sub-culture?”
correspondence, agenda, notes, news clipping.12“Conference on the Ethical Aspects of Experimentation on
Human Subjects,” Sponsored by Daedalus, Boston,
3-4 November
1967.Proceedings, compendium on the ethics of human
experimentation, draft reports, memoranda.
13-14Drafts of reports, memoranda211Drafts of reports, memoranda2“Commission on the Year
2000,” Working Party on
Values and Rights, Brookline, Mass.,
10-11 November
1967.Brief outlines and precis of the meeting, edited transcripts
of sessions one and two.
3Edited transcripts of sessions three and four,
memoranda.4“Value Motivation and Conduct,” The Religion in
Education Foundation, Carmel, California,
26-29 December
1967.5“Religion in Contemporary Society,” University of
California lecture series, December
1967, news
clippings.6“The Study of Religion in California’s Public
Institutions of High Education,” University of California, Santa Barbara,
Centennial Conference,
15-17 February 1968, O’Dea
a participant in a panel discussion on “Issues and Trends in the Study of
Religion.” Programs, memo, press release.7“Who is Modern Man and What is His Religious Nature?”
First Annual Colloquium, The Cate School, Carpinteria, California,
17 March 1968. Pamphlet
containing texts of lectures, postcards.8“The Future of Hope,” University of California, Santa
Barbara, Centennial Symposium,
1-3 April 1968. O’Dea
chaired a discussion of “Religion in the Year
2000.” Program, press
releases, guest list, news clippings, notes, copy of sermon referring to
symposium (see sound tapes in Box 24)9“Education and Communication in a Dynamic Society,”
colloquium sponsored by Project Public Information and the Center for the Study
of Democratic Institutions, Santa Barbara, California,
1-5 April 1968. O’Dea’s
topic: “Religion and the Humanities.” Program.10“International Symposium on the Culture of Unbelief,”
Rome,
22-27 March 1969. O’Dea
chaired a discussion group. Memos, clippings map, photocopy of group
phonograph, program, texts of speeches, notes.11“Types, dimensions and measures of the religiosity,”
Tenth International Conference for the Sociology of Religion, Rome,
18-22 August 1969. Memo,
registration form.12New England Conference of Priests’ Senates, Hartford,
Conn.,
27-28 October 1969. O’Dea’s
topic: “The Problem of God and Contemporary Man.” Correspondence, memos,
reading materials for workshop discussions, miscellaneous related reading
material.13List of Conferences to attend,
1970.14“Crises of Faith 1
970,” lecture series, Santa
Barbara City College,
January-February 1970.
O’Dea’s topic, 20 January: “Crisis in Catholicism.” Advertising flyer,
notes.15“The First International Lonergan Congress: Ongoing
Collaboration,”
31 March-3 April 1970,
Bermuda.Correspondence, memos, programs, notes.
16Papers, B-F221Papers, H-L2Papers, M-N3Papers, O-R4Papers, S-V565th Annual Meeting, American Sociological Association,
Washington, D.C.,
31 August-3 September 1970.
O’Dea’s topic: “Significant 20th Century Transformations of Thought in
America.” Program, copies of O’Dea’s paper.6The Canon Law Society of America Convention, New
Orleans,
12-15 October 1970. O’Dea’s
topic: “Church, Society and Mission.” Proposed program.7William James Lecture by Herbert Fingarette, Harvard
University,
November 1970.
Notes.8American West Lecture, University of Utah,
24 November 1970. O’Dea’s
topic: “Youth in Protest: Revolution or Revelation?” Published copy, newspaper
report, publicity flyer.9“A Conference on Vatican I,” Boston College
4-6 December 1970. Program,
memos, notes, preliminary paper (“hypothesis”) and responses to it, report on
the conference.10“Tradition and Change: Workshop I: Intellectuals,” The
Van Leer Jerusalem Foundation, Jerusalem,
14-18 March 1971. O’Dea’s
topic: “The Role of the Intellectual in the Catholic Tradition.”Correspondence, statements of purpose of the foundation,
notes, drafts of O’Dea’s paper, reference article on intellectual.
11Preliminary drafts of papers for the
conference.231American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical
Literature, joint meetings, Atlanta, Georgia,
30 October 1971. O’Dea’s
paper “Religion and Humanization of Man.” Abstracts of papers, notes, drafts of
O’Dea’s paper, response to O’Dea’s papers, correspondence.2Visit to Pacific College, Fresno, California,
11 November 1971. O’Dea’s
lecture topics dealt with Christianity and problems of modernity and religious
studies in the secular university, the situation in the Catholic Church, and
the Mormon people. Correspondence, information about the college, draft of one
of O’Dea’s speeches.3Symposium on Modern Islam, Institute of Religious
Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara;
13 January 1972. O’Dea
presided at one of the session. Programs, lecture outline, notes.4“Religion and Society” Symposium, The University of
Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma,
21-22 February 1972.
O’Dea’s lecture topic: “Psychological and Sociological Roots of
Fundamentalism;” panel discussions on “The Authoritarian Personality” and
“America’s Other Religions.” Correspondence, symposium schedule.Series 7 Sound TapesSeries 7 Sound TapesBoxFolderContents
235Partial Tape of Vatican II; “Religion as a Projective
Art, #2" (2 items)241-2Religious Studies Centennial Conference,
15-17 February 1968,
University of California, Santa Barbara. Justice Tom Clark of the U.S. Supreme
Court, “Religious Studies in Public College and Universities--The
Constitutional Aspects.”3-5“The Future of Hope,” Centennial Symposium sponsored by
the Center for Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara,
1-3 April, 1968. (See
program in box 21, fd. 8.)Emil L. Fackenheim: “The Commandment to Hope: A Response to
Contemporary Jewish Experience,:
2 April 1968.
6-9Panel Discussion: Jurgen Moltman, Johannes B. Metz,
Emil. Fackenheim, Water H. Capps, “Hope-After Auschwitz and Hiroshima?”
2 April 1968.10Jurgen Moltman: “Religion, Revolution and the Future.”
2 April 1968.11-13Panel Discussion: Harvey Cox, Emil L. Fackenheim,
Johannes B. Metz, “Religion in the Year
2000,”
3 April 1968.14Johannes B. Metz: “Religion and Society in the Light of
a Political Theology,”
2 April 1968.15“Symposium,
January 22-23, 1971,
Institute.”Thomas F. O’Dea: “Significant Twentieth Century
Transformations in Thought.”
16Comment on O’Dea’s speech.17Davies: “The Land of the Old Testament”18Pearson: “Gnosticism”19Friesen: “The Reformation--A Revolution”20Bakan: “The Question of Paternity as it Appears in the
Judeo-Christian Tradition”21Symposium (date? All titles for tapes in this series are
O’Deas)“Dumezil’s paper, Friday Night”
22“Comments on Dumezil’s paper, Vereno, Friday
Night”23“Last Comments Friday Night; Comments on Polome’s Paper,
Saturday”24“Needham’s Response to Puhvel, Saturday”25“Bolle’s Response, Littleton, Vereno,
Saturday”26“Concluding Remarks, Littleton, Puhvel”27“The Mood of Zen,” soundtrackSeries 8 Writings of Authors Other Than O'Dea (arranged by
author)Series 8 Writings of Authors Other Than O'Dea (arranged by
author)BoxFolderContents
2428Acquaviva, Sabino S.29Adams, Walter (with Adrian Jaffe)30Aiken, Michael (with N.J. Demerath, III, and Gerald
Marwell)31Albert, Ethel M.32Albrecht, Gary251Ali, Anwar2Aranguren, Jose Luis3Arrington, Leonard J. (with George Jensen)4Awad, Mohamed5Bailey, Wilfrid C.6Barber, Bernard7Barden, Garrett8Barry, Stephen T.9Barth, Markus10Bartoli, Joseph D.11Bellah, Robert N. (and Samuel Z. Klausner and James T.
Burtchaell)12Bendix, Reinhard13Bennett, John C.14Binder, Leonard15Birnbaum, Norman16Borowitz, Eugene B.17Bosse, Raymond (with Ethna Flannery and John J.
Macisco)18Brewer, David19Brodie, Fawn M.20Brogan, D.W.21Broom, Leonard (with Norval D. Glenn)22Brown, Desmond23Cahoon, M. Janelle24Call, Lamoni25Callahan, Daniel261-2Camp, Richard Lapp3-5Caporale, Rocco6Capps, Donald7Capps, Walter H.8Castelli, Enrico9Cava, Ralph Della271Chambliss, William J.2Chicanot, E.L.3Christiansen, John R. (with James D. Cowhig and John W.
Payne)4Churchill, Charles W.5Clark, Walter Houston6Cogley, John (with Reinhold Niebuhr)7Comstock, W. Richard8Coser, Lewis A.9Cox, Harvey10Crawford, Thomas J.11Crowther, C. Edward12Culhane, Eugene K.13Daghestani, Kazem El14Diekmann, Godfrey L.15Doherty, John F. (with James Harran and Alice
Ruiscka)16Donnelly, Philip J.17Dougherty, John J.18Eccel, A. Chris19Einaudi, Luigi R. (with Richard Maullin: Alfred Stepan;
and Michael Fleet)20Eisenstadt, S.N.21Eister, Allan W.22Everett, William W.23Faurot, J.H.24Fitzpatrick, Joseph P.25Flacks, Richard (with Milton Mankoff)26Fowler, Fenwick Talmage27Frank, Lawrence K.28Fridell, Wilbur M.29Gallagher, Charles F.30Gardner, George H.31Garfinkel, Harold32Gatchel, R.H.33Geddes, Joseph A.34Glaser, William A. (with Frances A. McVey and Molly
Schirm)281Glenn, Norval D. (with J.L. Simmons and Jon P.
Alston)2Glock, Charles Y.3Goitein, S.D.4Greeley, Andrew M. (with Peter H. Rossi and Leonard J.
Pinto)5Greenspun, William B.6Grenier, Joseph A.7Grumelli, Antonio8Hansen, Klaus J.9Harrington, Charles W.10Hassenger, Robert11Higgins, George G.12Hinckley, Helen13Hindery, Roderick14Hogan, Donald15Houtart, Francois16Hughes, Everett Cherrington17Hunting, Joseph H.18-19Inkeles, Alex (with Peter H. Rossi, Edward Ryan, Howard
Schuman and David H. Smith)291Jelliffe, Derrick B. (with F. John Bennett)2Jencks, Christopher (with David Riesman)3Kaiser, Robert Blair4Kaplan, Mordecai M.5Koval, John (with Richard Bell)6Kreyche, Robert J.7Kung, Hans (with John O’CONNOR)8Lamb, Robert K.9Larson, Gerald James10Latif, Syed Abdul11Lea, Leonard J.12Lefebre, Ludwig B.13Leone, Mark P.14Levine, Gene N. (with John Modell)15Liebman, Charles S.16Lipset, Seymour Martin17Luria, S.E. and Zella18Lynch, William F.19Macisco, John J. (with Leon F. Bouvier, Edward T. Pryor,
Jr., and Martha Jane Renzi)20Mahmoudi, Jalil21Makara, Frank22Mankoff, Milton23Martin, John Vincent24Mauss, Armand L.301McGehee, Larry T. (with Mary Beth Taylor)2McGill, Arthur C.3McLuhan, Marshall4McMurrin, Sterling5Mead, Margaret6Melikian, Levon (with E. Terry Prothro)7Merleau-Ponty, Maurice8Metz, John9Meyer, A.J.10Michaelsen, Robert11Mills, Elizabeth H.12Mol, Hans13Mol, J.J.14Molotch, Harvey15Mulder, William16Muller, Cornelius H.17Myrdal, Gunnar18Nelson, Benjamin19Novak, Michael20O’Dea, R.J.21Oxtoby, Willard G. (with Michael C. Hudson)311Palmer, Parker J. (with Elden Jacobson)2Panikkar, Raymond3Pardue, Peter A.4Pearson, Birger A.5Pemberton, Prentiss L.6Pernet, Henry7Phillips, A.B.8Pike, James A.9Poetzl, Matthew10Pond, Wallace Kimball11Presthus, Robert V.12Rao, K.L.S.13Read, Waldemer P. (with Henry H. Frost)14Reno, Stephen J.15-17Riesman, David (with Mark Benney, Eric Larrabee, Shirley
A. Star, and Lionel Trilling)18Riesman, Evelyn T.19Rocher, Guy20Roddy, Joseph21Ruane, Dennis22Rumble, L.23Sanders, Thomas G.321Sanford,2Sayigh, Yusif A.3Scheuer, Joseph F.4Schneider, Louis (with Louis Zurcher)5Schulman, Gary I.6Schuman, Howard7Schutz, Alfred8Seeley, John R.9Sessions, Frank Q. (with Robert J. Epley and Edward O.
Moe)10Sheehan, Edward R.F.11Simmel, Georg (translated by Everett C.
Hughes)12Singh, Amar Kumar13Singh, Puran14Smith, David Horton15Smith, Wilfred Cantwell16Snook, John B.17Sorenson, John L.18Sosis, Howard Justin19Spicer, Edward H.20Spilka, Bernard21Stackhouse, Max L.22Stanby, David23Stegner, Wallace24Strodtbeck, Fred L.25Stroup, Herbert H.26Szymanski, Albert27Talmage, James E.28Tamney, Joseph B.29Telling, Irving30Temmer, Mark J.331Thomasson, Gordon C.2Thompson, John R.3Vallier, Ivan (with Rocco Caporale, Jean-Guy
Vaillancourt, and Vivian Vallier)4Van der Elst, Dirk H.5Verbit, Mervin F.6Vereno, Matthias7Victor, Jon8Vogt, Evon Z. (with John M. Roberts)9Walker, Deward E., Jr.10Webber, George W.11Wegmann, Robert G.12Weiner, Eugene13Werblowsky, R.J. Zwi14Weston, Joseph H.15White, O. Kendall, Jr.16Whitley, Oliver Read17Widengren, Geo18Williams, Raymond19Wilson, Thomas P.20Wolins, Michael21Wood, L.22Woodbury, Angus M.23Yankauer, A.24Young, Robert W.25Zimmerman, Don H. (with Melvin Pollner)26Unidentified authors34Publications arranged by
title1Abundant Life, published by Oral Roberts
Evangelistic Association, Inc.,
December 1971-February
1972, 3 issues.2American Commercial Newsletter, published
by the American Consulate General, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia,
December 1962, 1
issue.3Arab News and Views, published by the Arab
Information Center, New York,
15 October 1964, 1
issue.4The Arab World, published by the Arab
Information Center, New York,
September-October 1963, 1
issue.5Arabic New Broadcast and Extracts from the Saudi
Press, Translations and Summaries, published by Local Government
Relations--Arabian Affairs Division,
April 1963-December 1964, 9
issues.6Arabs: Newsletter, published by the
Organization of Arab Students, Greater Washington Chapter,
May 1967, 1
issue.7Authors Guild Bulletin,
October-November 1969, 1
issue.8California Missions Pictorial, copyright
1960, 1 copy.9California’s Missions, published by
California Mission Trails Assn., Ltd., printed
1964, 1 copy.10CCI Notebook, published by Christians
Concerned for Israel,
June 1971-May 1972, 7
issues.11The Chicago Theological Seminary Register,
Fall
1975, 1 issue.12Christian Century,
19 April 1967, 1
issue.13Christianity and Crisis,
8 June 1959,
8 February 1971, 2
issues.14The Church of God, published by the Church
of God World Headquarters, Queens Village, New York,
15 September 1966, 1 issue.
Photocopy 15Citibank Magazine, published by First
National City Bank, New York,
May-June 1966, 1
issue.16Context, “A commentary on the interaction
of religion and culture,” published by the Thomas Moore Association, Chicago,
1 June 1971-April 1972, 16
issues.17Daily Blessing, “A Guide to Seed Faith,”
published by Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association, Inc.,
January-March 1972, 1
issue.18Danforth News and Notes, published by the
Danforth Foundation,
March 1970-May 1972, 3
issues.19D.H.E. News Notes, published by the
Department of Higher Education, National Council of the Churches of Christ in
the U.S.A.,
March 1968-1972, 23
issues.20Ecumenical Newsletter, published by the
Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research, Collegeville, Minnesota,
November 1971, 1
issue.21Emergent Nations, “The Magazine of Rising
Peoples,” Summer
1966, 1 issue.22Ethnos, published by the National Center
for Urban Ethnic Affairs,
July 1971, 1
issue.23Fortune,
April 1964, 1
issue.24Harvard University Gazette, reprints (c.
1969), 1 issue.25Hotline to Parents, published by the Inter
Varsity Christian Fellowship,
July-August 1971, 1
issue.26Human Organization, published by the
Society for Applied Anthropology, Sprint 1965, 1
issue.27Information Service, published by the
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.,
21 December 1963,
26 March 1966, 2
issues.28The Key Reporter, published by the United
Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa; Summer-Autumn
1971, 2 issues.29Kuwait, published by the permanent Mission
of the Stat of Kuwait to the United Nations;
December 1971-March 1972, 3
issues.30Kuwait News and Views, published by the
Permanent Mission of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations;
October 1964, 1
issue.31The Literary Digest,
15 May 1920, 1
issue.351Middle East Economic Survey, published by
the Middle East Research and Publishing Center, Beirut, Lebanon;
15 February-26 July 1963,
17 issues.2Middle East Journal, published by the
Middle East Institute, Washington, D.C., Summer
1962, 1 issue.3Mount Saviour Chronicle, Pine City, New
York, Summer
1971, 1 issue.4New Leaven, published by the laymen’s
Association of South Santa Barbara County;
October 1968, 1
issue.5News from Saudi Arabia, published by the
Ministry of Information;
20 April-24 August 1965, 19
issues.6News Letter, published by the Center for
Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences;
June 1971, 1
issue.7Newsletter, published by the Society for
Religion in Higher Education;
January 1967-May 1972, 12
issues.8Newsweek,
20 March 1967, 4 October
1971, 2 issues.9Pen, published by the University of Utah;
Sprint
1961, 1 issue.10Protestant Journal, “A Magazine Contending
for Separation of Church and State,” published by Harry Hampel Deliverance
Revivals, 3rd Quarter
1967, 1 issue and related
material.11Saint Leo Chronicle-Reporter, published by
the Saint Leo Abbey, Saint Leo, Florida;
March 1970, 1
issue.12The Salt Lake City Messenger, published by
Modern Microfilm Company, Salt Lake City;
October 1966, 1
issue.13Saudi Arabia Today, published by the Saudi
Arabian Public Relations Bureau, New York:
April 1966-December 1971,
26 issues.14Stanford University Bulletin, reprint,
1969, 1 issue.361Sun and Flare, published by Aramco, Damman,
Saudi Arabia,
5 June 1963,
8 July 1964, 2
issues.2Symposium Humanities, “a journal for the
humanities as a community resource,” Florida Atlanta University College of
Humanities; Fall
1971, proposal, draft of
Foreword.3The Tablet(London),
6 November 1971, 1
issue.4The Union Priest, published by the American
Federation of Priests;
January 1967, May 1967, 2
issues.5University Bulletin, published by the
University of California;
21 October 1968, 1
issue.Publications arranged by
publisher6American Institute of Management, Management Audit, “The
Roman Catholic Church,”
February 1956.7Arab Cultural Club, Beirut, Lebanon, Palestine:
Collected Papers,
15 May 1963.8Arab Information Center, new York, “Education in Saudi
Arabia,”
January 1966.9Arabian American Oil Company, Saudi Arabis:
Directory of the Royal Family, Officials of the Government, Diplomats and Other
Prominent Persons,
1 August 1962.10Arabian American Oil Company, telephone directories of
company personnel in the Dhahran area,
December 1961, August 1962, April
1963.11Arabian American Oil Company, Survey of Saudi
Arabia Employees,
1961.12Arabian American Oil Company, Pocket Guide to
Arabic,
1955.13Arabian American Oil Company, Home Ownership and
Community Development Program (Saudi Arabia),
October 1962.14Arabian American Oil Company, Annual Report,
1962.15Association for Asian Studies, “Program of the
Twenty-fifth Annual Meeting,”
20 March-1 April 1973,
Chicago.16California State Department of Education, “Guidelines
for Moral Instruction in California Schools,”
May 1969.371Church Society for College Work, “occasional papers,”
1966-1970, 4
papers.2Committee for Economic Development, Problems of
United States Economic Development, Volume 1,
January 1958.3Diocese of California, papers of the Ad Hoc “Think Tank”
and Ad Hoc Metropolitan Planning Branch,
November 1968-May 1969, 5
booklets.4Diocese of Youngstown (Ohio), training manuals,
reports.5Kuwait Government Press, “Labour Law Private Sector and
its Executives Orders,” undated.6Kuwait Oil Company Limited, Annual Report,
1961.7National Federation of Priests’ Council, “A Study of
Priestly Celibacy,” questionnaire,
1970.8North Dakota State University, “The Implications of the
Chemical-Biological Revolution: The Control of Heredity Through DNA Chemistry,”
April 1967.9Saudi Arabian Information Service, “Saudi Arabis at a
Glance,”
1966.10Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Los Angeles),
“Decrees of the Ninth General Chapter of Affairs,”
October 1967.11Books from O’Dea’s Library (see Note on page
xiii)Autographed books; photocopies of autographs and title pages,
arranged alphabetically by author(copies made by archivist).
381Books with O’Dea’s Notations (arranged alphabetically by
author and title)Morroe Berger, The Arab World Today,
1962.
2The Book of Mormon, 19
49.3J.V Langmead Casserley, Morals and the Man in the
Social Sciences,
1951.4The Christian Brothers, Aids to Irish
Composition,
1943.5The Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints,
1948.6Karl Mannheim, Ideology and Utopia, An
Introduction to the Sociology of Knowledge, 194
9.7J.J. Mol, The Breaking of Traditions: Theological
Convictions in Colonial America,
1968.8J.L. Simmons and Barry Winograd, It’s Happening: A
Portrait of the Youth Scene Today,
1967.9Wilfred Cantwell Smith, The Faith of Other
Men,
1962.10Gerald Vann, The Water and the
Fire.391-4Part 4: Art History Cards from O’Dea’s library, with
notations.Series 9 MiscellaneousSeries 9 MiscellaneousBoxFolderContents
40Collected Bibliographies (arranged
by subject)1Negro-White Relations,
19572Occupations and work (c.
1952)3Religion in Education,
1950-19654Religion in Science,
19695Regional Sociology,
19536Saudi Arabia and the Middle East,
19717Social Anthropology,
19498Social Change (undated)9The Social Sciences of Religion,
195310Society for Applied Anthropology (c.
1952)11The University: Its Structure and Purpose,
196912Value and Science,
195113Values,
195314World View (Study of),
195215Miscellaneous unidentified bibliographiesBook Catalogs and Publicity
(arranged by publisher or dealer)16Asia Library Service17Association Press18Atheneum Paperbacks19Basic Books, Inc.20Bobbs-Merrill21George’s (Bristol, England)22Grove Press23Houghton-Mifflin Company24Institute for Social Research25Institute de Studi Filosofici and Centro Internazionale
di Studi Umanistici (Rome)411Jan Peet (Amsterdam)2Kodansha International3The Macmillan Company4New American Library5Paulist/Newman Press6Pioneira7The Ronald Press8Santo Vanasia (Milan)9Schocken Books Inc.10Scott, Foresman11Susil Gupta (London)12University of Chicago Press13University of Michigan Press14Zambelli (New York)15MiscellaneousNews Clippings (arranged by
subject)16-17Catholicism18Charles Davis19Education20“Isms” - Ideology (O’Dea’s folder title)21Marshall McLuhan22Mexican Americans23Mormonism421James A. Pike2Religion, general3Saudi Arabia and the Middle East4Union of Soviet Socialist Republics5Miscellaneous ClippingsSundry Items6Unidentified notes, memos7Printed matter8Checks and financial statements9Unidentified fragments of papers and other
material10Photocopies of photo of King Saud with superimposed
O’DeaSeries 10 Journals, Correspondence and Other Personal
PapersSeries 10 Journals, Correspondence and Other Personal
PapersRESTRICTED - See note at beginning of
register.
BoxFolderContents
43129 March - 8 May
196029 May - 6 July
1960310 July - 31 December
196041 January - 16 April
1961517 April - 27 June
1961628 June - 1 August
196171 August - 22 October
1961829 October - 31 December
196191 January - 28 March
1962101 April - 26 June
19624411 July - 6 November
1962210 November - 19 December
196239 January - 29 March
196342 April - 30 June
196354 July - 30 December
196364 January - 18 July
196478 January 1967 - 30 December
197182 January 1972 - 4 August
1972Other Personal
Papers9Two biographical sketches concerning O’Dea’s family
history and his memories of childhood, ca.
1974.10Legal papers, Georgia Stillman O’Dea vs. Thomas F. O’Dea
(divorce),
August 1960.11Legal papers, Thomas F. O’Dea vs. Thomas Gerard (broken
nose)
April 1965 - July
1966.12Janet Koffler Scheindlin O’Dea, education records and
correspondence re: education,
1961-1967.13Papers relating to divorce between Janet K. O’Dea and
Thomas F. O’Dea and custody of their son, Michael Thomas O’Dea,
July 1973.14Photograph of woman (probably Georgia Stillman O’Dea and
note concerning her relationship with Abe Lewis