Title: Marshall B. Clinard Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1939-1952, 1961

Creator:

• Clinard, Marshall Barron, 1911-

Call Number: Wis Mss VH; Tape 231A

Quantity: 18.4 c.f. (40 archives boxes, 2 record center cartons, and 1 roll) and 1 tape recording

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of Marshall B. Clinard, a University of Wisconsin sociology professor, concerning his research, World War II work at the Office of Price Administration, and consulting in India on urbanization. Correspondence, 1939-1952, relates almost entirely to Clinard's dissertation on urbanization and criminal behavior (University of Chicago, 1941) and to his book, The Black Market (1952). The collection also contains drafts and working papers for both the book and the dissertation. The working papers consist of notes, statistics, case histories of criminals, personality inventories, articles and clippings, and charts. Materials from the files of the Enforcement Division of the Office of Price Administration, 1942-1946, where Clinard served as principal statistician, include letters, reports, code lists, printed matter, manuals, statistical materials, clippings, shorthand notes, and a history of the OPA. His experiences in India, 1958-1960, as advisor to the government on urban community organization, especially slums, is documented by a 1961 tape recording.

Language: English

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At the time this collection was presented to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin in 1962, Marshall B. Clinard was a professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin, specializing in urban sociology, criminology, and the study of deviate behavior.

Professor Clinard was born at Boston, Massachusetts, November 11, 1911. A graduate of Leland Stanford, Clinard also received his M.A. from that school in 1934 and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1941. His records show membership in a number of national and international organizations related to his field of study.

Before coming to Wisconsin as associate professor in 1946, he was a research assistant at the National Resources Committee, 1935-1937. From 1937 to 1941 he was an instructor at the University of Iowa, and in 1941 and 1942 he was chief of criminal statistics of the United States Bureau of the Census. During World War II he served as principal statistician and Chief of the Analysis and Reports section of the Office of Price Administration, 1943-1945. During the years 1945 and 1946 he was associate professor of sociology at Vanderbilt University.

In the summers of 1950 and 1951 he lectured at the Yale School for Alcohol Studies and went to Sweden as a Fulbright research professor in 1954 and 1955. In August of 1955 he was a delegate to the United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders at Geneva, Switzerland.

While on leave of absence in 1958-1960, Clinard served as consultant in India to a pioneering community development project supported by the Ford Foundation. He represented the American Sociological Association at the fourth International Congress of Criminology at The Hague in September of 1960. In December of 1961 Clinard again traveled to India to spend a month as advisor to a program in urban community development, which was the first program of its kind, in India, to aid the city dweller. He is the author of two books, The Black Market, a study of white collar crime, and Sociology of Deviant Behavior, as well as numerous articles and papers.

The collection consists of correspondence, drafts and working papers for Clinard's doctoral dissertation, “Urbanization and Criminal Behavior,” drafts and working papers for his book, The Black Market, files of the Enforcement Division of the Office of Price Administration (OPA), and a few miscellaneous papers and shorthand notebooks.

Correspondence, 1939-1952, relates almost entirely to Clinard's dissertation and to his book, The Black Market. The letters are mostly communications between Clinard and university authorities, officers of the OPA, prison authorities and boards of parole, and publishers. They relate to his dissertation and examinations, gathering material and statistics, and case histories of criminals. A July 17, 1945 memorandum from George Moncharsh, Deputy Administrator of the OPA, directs all Division and Regional offices of OPA to extend full cooperation to Clinard in preparing a history of OPA.

There are two drafts of Clinard's dissertation on urbanization and criminal behavior, dated June, 1941 and December 1941. The working papers consist of notes, statistics, case histories of criminals, and personality inventories.

Clinard's book, The Black Market, is a study of white collar crime, according to a sub-title on a draft dated 1948. This draft seems to be complete, although it is not the one used for publication of the book. Other drafts in this collection seem to be revisions of parts of the book, of single chapters, or of parts of chapters, and show that the manuscript was revised many times before publication, with major deletions or additions. Except for the 1948 draft, they are not dated or otherwise identified. The order in which they were arranged when they arrived has been retained. Galley proofs of the book are also present.

The term “Working Papers” has been used to describe the next part of the collection because it contains materials used by Clinard in preparation of his book. Arranged in folders by topics, it consists of notes, articles and clippings, statistics and charts, and materials from the files of the Enforcement Division of OPA.

Files of the Enforcement Division of the Office of Price Administration, a United States government agency in World War II, come next. The original arrangement of the files could not be determined, but they have been arranged according to the offices of origin or destination of the memoranda, or by subject and date. Memorandum Reports to the General Counsel of the OPA, for example, have been filed under “Reports to General Counsel”, and those to regional offices under “Reports to Regional Administrator”.

The period covered by the OPA files is from 1942 to 1946. Most of the papers are dated. Certain groups of papers, notably the Policy File and Manuals, served a purpose of establishing operating procedures, which was changed from time to time. While the individual papers bear specific dates and titles, the group as a whole was effective in setting policy only until the next change. Therefore no dates have been given for these groups except the period 1942-1946.

Some material from the OPA Enforcement Files may be found in Clinard's book working papers. Books and pamphlets from the Enforcement Files are in the State Historical Society Library. Three boxes of books and pamphlets which the library could not use are with the collection.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Marshall B. Clinard, Madison, Wisconsin, September 28, 1961.

Wis Mss VH Box   1	Correspondence, 1939, November-1952, June
	Dissertation
Box   1-2	Drafts, 1941, June; 1941, December
Box   2-3	Working papers
	Book, The Black Market
Box   3-8	Drafts
Box   8	Galley proofs
Box   9-15	Working papers
	OPA Enforcement Files
	Reports to Deputy Administrator
Box   16	1943-1944
Box   17	1944-1945
Box   18	Reports to Regional Administrator, 1943-1945
	Reports to General Counsel
Box   19-21	1942
Box   21	1943
Box   22	Code lists for statistics and reporting
Box   23	Office Manual of Reports and Analysis Section.
Box   23	Analyses, Commodity and General
Box   23	OPA Reporting Forms
Box   23	Miscellaneous memoranda and instructions on enforcement
	Litigation Weekly News Letters
Box   24	1943, November 2-1945, July 4
Box   25	1945, February 18-1946, July 22
Box   26	Teletype Highlights, 1944, July-1946, August
Box   27	Food Enforcement News Letters, 1944, February 11-1945, June 19
Box   27	Regional Investigation News Letters, 1943, January 9-1946, April 1
Box   27	Washington News Letters, 1944, November-1945, May
Box   27	Enforcement Department News Letters, 1944, November-1946, April
Box   28	Rent and Durable Goods Enforcement Division News Letters, 1944, October-1946, November
Box   28	Rent and Services Enforcement Division News Letters, 1943, November-1945, May
Box   28	Fuel and Consumer Durable Goods Enforcement Division News Letters, 1943, December-1944, September
Box   29	Fuel and Consumer Goods Enforcement Division News Letters, 1944, October-1945, October
Box   29	Opinion Briefs, 1942, July-1944, June
	Manuals
Box   29	For enforcement attorneys
Box   30	Basic, for enforcement
Box   30	Retail Enforcement
Box   30-31	Enforcement for miscellaneous products
Box   31	Field Legal Instructions
Box   31	Enforcement Instructions
Box   32-33	Policy File
Box   33-34	OPA Manual, Enforcement Operating Procedures
Box   35	Summaries of IBM reports on litigation
Box   35	OPA Classification Codes
Box   35	Gasoline Black Market
Box   35	Reports and Speeches by Chester Bowles
Box   35	Miscellaneous OPA Memoranda
Box   36	License Revocation and Suspension Orders
Box   36	Civil and Criminal Cases
Box   37-38	Statistical Charts
Box   39-41	Books and pamphlets
Box   42	OPA History, Bibliography, Clippings
Box   42	Shorthand Notebooks and Miscellaneous Papers
Roll	Statistical charts and charts showing organization of the office of the Bureau of the Census
Tape 231A	Tape recording, 1961 Scope and Content Note: Documents Clinard's experiences in India, 1953-1960, as advisor to the government on urban organization, especially slums.