William C. Lehmann Papers
An inventory of his papers at the Syracuse University Archives
Finding aid created by: Maggie Teschler
Date: 2016
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Finding aid created by: Maggie Teschler
Date: 2016
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| Creator: | Lehmann, William C. (William Christian), 1888-1980. |
| Title: | William C. Lehmann Papers |
| Dates: | 1927-1954 |
| Size: | 2 boxes and 1 map case drawer (5.25 linear feet) |
| Abstract: | The William C. Lehmann Papers include correspondence, material relating to his studies on housing and population in Syracuse, and student work. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Research Center Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 |
William C. Lehmann (1888-1980) was a professor of sociology at Syracuse University from 1927 to 1954 and was an active member of the Syracuse community.
Lehmann was born in 1888 in Slater, Iowa. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Lakeland College in 1910, which was then called Mission House College. In 1913 he was ordained to the ministry, and one year later he married his wife. Lehmann then attended Vanderbilt University, earning his Bachelor of Divinity in 1917 and his Master of Arts in 1919. After graduation, Lehmann taught for four years at Mission House College and was also a visiting professor at Wells College.
In 1927 Lehmann began teaching social theory and urban sociology at Syracuse University in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. On various occasions he served as Acting Chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.
While at Syracuse University, Lehmann was an active member of the local community. Notably, Lehmann acted as a population consultant to the City Planning Commission and to the Syracuse Housing Authority, contributing to the Adams Street Housing Project. At various times he served as Director of the Americanization League, Chairman of the Community Chest Drive, Vice President of the New York State Americans for Democratic Action, as well as a member of the Syracuse Citizen’s Committee of the New York State Anti-Discrimination Commission.
During this time, Lehmann was also a visiting professor at Tulane University and in 1930 earned his PhD from Columbia University. In 1950, he began traveling abroad to study the moralists of the Scottish Enlightenment. Two years later he was sent by the U.S. Department of the State on a special education assignment at the Amerika Institute in the University of Munich. After the assignment, Lehmann remained in Munich as the acting director and visiting professor at the Institute.
In 1954 Lehmann retired from Syracuse University and was awarded a Whitney Visiting Professorship that stationed him at Centre College of Kentucky in Danville. Lehmann later held visiting professorships at the University of Muenster in Germany and at the University of Hartford. He also became one of the leading authorities on the eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment.
The William C. Lehmann Papers includes four series:
The Correspondence series includes general correspondence between friends and colleagues between 1938 and 1952.
Project Material consists of reports, maps, tables, and graphs that were specifically used in Lehmann's projects. These materials appear complete.
The Research Data series also contains reports, maps, tables, and graphs. Material in this series could not be linked to specific projects and represents a broad range of data collected by Lehmann.
Student Work includes research reports and assignments written by students between 1927 and 1954.
Access Restrictions:
Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.
Two folders are restricted due to confidential student information.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
The Syracuse University Archives holds a Clipping File for William C. Lehmann.
Names
Lehmann, William C. (William Christian), 1888-1980.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.
Subjects
Census.
Sociology.
College teachers.
Higher education.
Types of Material
Census maps.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
William C. Lehmann Papers,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
The William C. Lehmann Papers were transferred to the Syracuse University Archives from the Manuscripts Department in 1965.
Processing Information
Items have been rehoused in archival folders and boxes.
Materials have been arranged in alphabetical order within series.
Correspondence
Project Material
Research Data
Student Work
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1938-1952 | ||||||||||
| Project Material | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Annual Report of the West End Neighborhood Council 1939-1940 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Census Maps undated | ||||||||||
| MC 23-1 | Census Maps undated (oversize folder 1) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Civilian Participation Inventory 1939-1945 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | City Planning Commission Land Use Summary undated (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| MC 23-1 | City Planning Commission Land Use Summary undated (oversize folder 1) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Family Size Project 1930 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Native White Population of Foreign or Mixed Parentage by Country of Birth Parents and by Sex 1930 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Population of Census Tracts by Color, Nativity, Sex, and Age 1930 (5 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Population Characteristics Data 1930 | ||||||||||
| MC 23-1 | Population Characteristics Data 1930 (oversize folder 1) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Preliminary Report on Population Characteristics, Trends, and Prospects 1943 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Rehousing Project 1938-1954 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Segregation and Discrimination in Housing in Syracuse draft undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Statistical Areas for Syracuse" 1940 | ||||||||||
| MC 23-1 | "Statistical Areas for Syracuse" 1940 (oversize folder 1) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Street Index 1936 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Street Index Drafts 1927-1936 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Statistics for Census Tracts: 1940 Syracuse, New York 1942 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Syracuse Onondaga Post-War Planning Census 1943-1944 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Syracuse Population Characteristics by Census Tracts 1937 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | The Syracuse Post-War Plan; An Examination of Community Process Involved in Planning 1944 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Syracuse Population Project 1936 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Trends in Number of School Children undated | ||||||||||
| MC 23-1 | Trends in Number of School Children undated (oversize folder 2) | ||||||||||
| Research Data | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | Codes undated | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Mobility Data undated (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| MC 23-1 | Mobility Data undated (oversize folder 2) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | "Occupancy vs. Income" undated | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Syracuse Birth and Death Data 1930-1941 | ||||||||||
| MC 23-1 | Syracuse Birth and Death Data 1930-1941 (oversize folder 2) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | "Syracuse Death Sort Records" 1939-1941 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Various maps, graphs, and other data undated | ||||||||||
| MC 23-1 | Various maps, graphs, and other data undated (oversize folder 2) | ||||||||||
| Student Work | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1931-1949 | ||||||||||
| RESTRICTED: Papers contain confidential material. | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1949-1954 | ||||||||||
| RESTRICTED: Papers contain confidential material. | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | Census Tract Projects undated | ||||||||||
| MC 23-1 | Census Tract Projects undated (oversize folder 2) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Research Reports 1927-1950 (2 folders) | ||||||||||