Davis, Jerome, 1891-1979

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Clergyman, college professor, lecturer interested in social reform.

From the description of Papers, 1912-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155522391

Jerome Davis was an American professor of Sociology at Yale University.

From the description of Jerome Davis fonds. [1935]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 667848429

Jerome Davis (1891-1979) was born in Kyoto, Japan to Jerome Dean Davis and Frances Hooper Davis, both missionaries. Davis married Mildred Rood in 1920 and had three children. Davis attended Oberlin College, Columbia University, and the Union Theological Seminary.

Davis worked on the world's committee of the YMCA in Russia from 1916-1918. He worked again for the YMCA in Canada where he was the director of POW camps, 1940-1943. He was also a visiting professor and lecturer at Japanese universities.

Davis became an international activist for peace and social reform, labor organizer, and sociologist, teaching at Dartmouth and Yale Divinity School. He was denied tenure in a controversial case related to his Socialism and relationships with Bolshevik leaders.

From the guide to the Jerome Davis papers, 1914-1963, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries)

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Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Yale University. Committee on Educational Planning and Costs. Committee on Educational Planning and Costs, Yale University, records, 1930-1939 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Guide to the Labor Research Association Records, 1914-2009 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Papers of Mary E. (Mary Elisabeth) Dreier, 1797-1968 (inclusive), 1897-1968 (bulk) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn National Council of American-Soviet Friendship (U.S.). Records, 1919-1990. Churchill County Museum
referencedIn Nelson, Mercedes, 1900-. Papers, 1935-1971. Wayne State University
referencedIn Lamb, Helen Boyden. Papers, 1937-1975 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Davis, Jerome, 1891-. Letter, [1955, to Passport Division, U.S. Dept. of State, Washington, D.C.]. Yale University, Law School Library
creatorOf Davis, Jerome, 1891-. Letter, 1969, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Promoting Enduring Peace. Letters, 1954-1965, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Guide to the Labor Research Association Records, 1914-2009 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn National Council of American-Soviet Friendship Records, Bulk, 1943-1988, 1919-1990 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Charles Edward Clark papers, 1907-1967, 1935-1963 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Jerome Davis papers, 1914-1963 University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Davis, Jerome, 1891-. Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1935. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Alfred Mitchell Bingham and the Common Sense collection, 1905-1979 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Oswald Garrison Villard papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Davis, Jerome, 1891-1979. Jerome Davis fonds. [1935]. University of Victoria Libraries, UVic
creatorOf Davis, Jerome, 1891-1979. Papers, 1912-1965. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Williams, Howard Yolen, 1889-1973. Howard Y. Williams and family papers, [ca. 1908]-1973. Minnesota Historical Society Library
referencedIn Bingham, Alfred M. (Alfred Mitchell), 1905-. Alfred Mitchell Bingham and the Common Sense collection, 1905-1979 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Committee on Educational Planning and Costs, Yale University, records, 1930-1939 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Clark, Charles Edward, 1889-1963. Charles Edward Clark papers, 1907-1967 (inclusive), 1935-1963 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Henry Hitt Crane Papers, 1902-1977, 1938-1964 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Henry Seidel Canby papers, 1825-1959 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Papers of Mary E. (Mary Elisabeth) Dreier, 1797-1968 (inclusive), 1897-1968 (bulk) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn National Council of American-Soviet Friendship Records, 1919-1990 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn William Ernest Hocking papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Guide to the Labor Research Association Records, 1914-2009 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
creatorOf Crane, Henry Hitt, 1890-1977. Henry Hitt Crane papers, 1902-1977 (bulk 1938-1958). Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Crane, Henry Hitt, 1890-1977. Henry Hitt Crane papers, 1902-1969 (bulk 1938-1958). Bentley Historical Library
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associatedWith American Federation of Teachers. corporateBody
associatedWith Bingham, Alfred M. (Alfred Mitchell), 1905- person
associatedWith Canby, Henry Seidel, 1878-1961. person
associatedWith Church Government Survey. corporateBody
associatedWith Clark, Charles Edward, 1889-1963. person
associatedWith Connecticut. General Assembly. Commission on Jails. corporateBody
associatedWith Crane, Henry Hitt, 1890-1977. person
associatedWith Dreier, Mary E. (Mary Elisabeth), 1875-1963. person
correspondedWith Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966 person
associatedWith Labor Research Association (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith Lamb, Helen Boyden. person
associatedWith MARY ELISABETH DREIER, 1875-1963 person
associatedWith Mecklin, John Moffatt, 1871-1956. person
associatedWith National Council of American-Soviet Friendship (U.S.) corporateBody
correspondedWith Nation (New York, N.Y. : 1865). corporateBody
correspondedWith Nelson, Mercedes, 1900- person
associatedWith Oberlin College. corporateBody
associatedWith Promoting Enduring Peace. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Passport Division. corporateBody
correspondedWith Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 person
associatedWith Williams, Howard Yolen, 1889-1973. person
associatedWith Yale University. Committee on Educational Planning and Costs. corporateBody
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Japan
West Virginia
Connecticut
Soviet Union
United States
United States
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Teachers
Teachers
Coal mines and mining
Jails
Labor and laboring classes
Labor movement
Labor unions
Pacifists
Pacifists
Passports
Peace movements
Photographs
Socialism
Sociologists
Sociologists
Sociologists
Sociology
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College teachers
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Birth 1891-12-02

Death 1979-10

Americans

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