Bureau of Applied Social Research
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Strong, William Duncan, 1899-1962
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content: William Duncan Strong papers
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content: William Duncan Strong papers / Series 9: Papers relating to organizations
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content: 2 Folders
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1951-1953
container: label: Container
content: Box 50
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: The Bureau of Applied Social Research was originally established at Princeton University as the office of Radio Research and transferred to Columbia University in 1940, where the name was changed in 1944. The bureau was originally established to research the role of radio, but at Columbia the purpose expanded its research interests to include all mass media and other aspects of social organization and human behavior. Strong was on the Board of Governors. 
Includes research proposals, minutes of meetings, and a report "An Historical Review and Current Report on the Operations of the Bureau of Applied Social Research" (with the 1951 materials).