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Audiovisual materials, circa 1950-1978

 Series

Scope and Contents

Recorded lectures dating primarily from the 1950s - 1970s. Audiocassettes, circa 1960-1978, document lectures given by both Gill and Robert Crosswhite, executive director of the Prisoners Aid Society of Delaware. Reel-to-reel audiotapes, circa 1959-1970, document lectures and interviews given by a number of sociologists and psychologists, including Gill and his wife Isabelle Kendig, on topics related to juvenile delinquency, probation and parole, counseling and guidance, clinical criminology, as well as general prison administration and reform. Edison Electronic Voicewriter phonograph records, circa 1950-1952, document lectures which may have been held at the University of Wisconsin, where Gill served as a professor of sociology.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1950-1978

Creator

Access Note

Collection closed pending conservation treatment, except boxes 79 and 81, which are open for research. Digital content is open for research.

Full Extent

3.25 Linear Feet (13 containers)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Arrangement

Chronological within subseries.

Repository Details

Part of the John J. Burns Library Repository

Contact:
John J. Burns Library
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