Arthur Franklin Raper papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
George Mason University
2400 Fenwick Library
Special Collections Research Center
Fenwick Library MS2FL
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Mieko Palazzo
Phone: (703) 993-2220
Fax: (703) 993-2669
Restrictions:

There are no access restrictions.

Terms of access:

The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)

Preferred citation:

Arthur Raper collection, C0095, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
4.0 linear feet 8 Boxes
Creator:
Raper, Arthur Franklin, 1899-1979
Abstract:
This collection contains documents pertaining to the work of South Asia development expert Arthur F. Raper, including speeches, research and development project reports published by the Pakistan and Bangladesh Academies for Rural Development, Comilla and Peshawar, Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University and East-West Center Hawaii.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Arthur Raper collection, C0095, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains documents pertaining to the work of South Asia development expert Arthur Raper, including speeches, pamphlets in Bengali/Bangla, research and development project reports published by the Pakistan and Bangladesh Academies for Rural Development, Comilla and Peshawar, Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, East-West Center, Hawaii. Many of the documents within this collection have notes written on and within them by Raper and others, allowing for more insight into Raper's presonal involvement and opinions with these projects and surveys.

Biographical / historical:

Arthur Franklin Raper was a distinguished sociologist whose early work focused on rural social issues and racial discrimination in the South. From the 1940s through the early 1960s, he worked for several government agencies on problems of rural development in Bangladesh as well as other countries in Southeast Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East. After his work as senior advisor to the Pakistan Academy for Rural Development, he returned to the United States and worked as a visiting professor at Michigan State University until his retirement in 1967.

Acquisition information:
Collection donated by Arthur Raper in 1977.
Processing information:

Processed by Amy Blake in December 2018. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in August 2009 and was revised by Amy Blake in December 2018.

Arrangement:

This collection is organized chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard