Norman Ryder Papers, 1910-2005 (mostly 1950-1995)

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Ryder, Norman B. (1923)

Title:

Norman Ryder Papers

Repository:

Public Policy Papers

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/bk1289969

Dates:

1910-2005 (mostly 1950-1995)

Size:

8 boxes

Storage Note:

Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1-8

Language:

English

Abstract: Norman B. Ryder (1923-2010) was a demographer and sociologist who specialized in fertility studies and established the cohort approach to demographic study. The Ryder papers contain his working research notes, drafts, and publications, as well as correspondence and administrative papers from Ryder's teaching career.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The Norman Ryder Papers consists of notes, draft publications, correspondence, and administrative papers from Ryder's professional life.

This collection documents the breadth of Ryder's professional career, with a special focus on the cohort research process he developed, which led to the publication of his many articles and book chapters. Notes, drafts, and published works make up the bulk of the collection, but there are also files containing personal and professional correspondence, and a small number of teaching materials.

The collection strengths are its documentation of the fields of demography and human fertility.

Arrangement

The order in which these materials came to Princeton has been maintained.

Collection Creator Biography:

Ryder

Norman B. Ryder (1923-2010) was a demographer and sociologist who specialized in fertility studies. Ryder obtained a Ph.D. in sociology at Princeton University in 1951. His dissertation originated the Cohort Approach to demographic study, which emphasizes collecting data about groups of people born in the same time period. Following a stint at the Canadian Dominion Bureau of Statistics during the early 1950s, Ryder was employed in the University of Wisconsin Department of Sociology, where he carried out research in demographic studies. Ryder accepted a position in the Sociology Department at Princeton in 1971. While at Princeton, Ryder taught sociology and continued demographic research in the Office of Population Research. During the 1970s, Ryder served as president of both the Population Association of America, and the Sociological Research Association.

Along with Charles Westoff, Ryder directed the American Fertility Study. These broad surveys collected data about Americans' shifting attitudes toward contraception, family planning, and sexuality. The methods employed by the study formed the basis for the World Fertility study which was carried out throughout the 1980s in over 40 countries.

Ryder continued to publish widely on fertility issues, and was a population policy advisor in the United States and Canada.

Collection History

Acquisition:: This collection was donated by Anne Poulter, Norman Ryder's daughter, in July 2010. The accession number associated with this donation is ML.2010.023.
Appraisal: No materials were separated from this collection during processing in 2017. No prior information about appraisal is available.
Processing Information: This collection was processed by Will Clements in 2017. Finding aid written by Will Clements in 2017.

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