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Box 117, Reel m dev 2, Frame 1
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Rockefeller Foundation

Organized according to interview and visit, DeVinney discusses projects and proposals with professionals in the field of social science. The interviews describe the background of the interviewee, their current research and Devinney's thoughts or actions on whether or not these proposals would be acceptable RF research grant projects. He is involved in the progress of the RF programs, development of new projects and financing current and future research. The focus of the social science RF fellowships is to advance frontiers of knowledge in selected fields of special interest to the Foundation- notably international relations, economics and political science.

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Box 117, Reel m dev 2, Frame 115
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Rockefeller Foundation

Organized according to interview and visit, DeVinney discusses projects and proposals with professionals in the field of social science. The interviews describe the background of the interviewee, their current research and Devinney's thoughts or actions on whether or not these proposals would be acceptable RF research grant projects. He is involved in the progress of the RF programs, development of new projects and financing current and future research. DeVinney documents a trip to Puerto Rico to discuss the administration of agricultural agencies to more effectively deliver services and analyze current agricultural production procedures. A trip to Washington D. C. and Chicago is taken to explore research options about a study of prisoners readjusting to society and the reduction of recidivism. Includes a note entitled "Sources of Information About Research in Criminology"

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Box 117, Reel m dev 2, Frame 284
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DeVinney, Leland C. (1906-1998)

Organized according to interview and visit, DeVinney discusses projects and proposals with professionals in the field of social science. The interviews describe the background of the interviewee, their current research and Devinney's thoughts or actions on whether or not these proposals would be acceptable RF research grant projects. He is involved in the progress of the RF programs, development of new projects and financing current and future research. The diary also documents DeVinney's travels to Berkeley, Chicago and Wisconsin. These trips are to gather information such as urbanization, agriculture and university education for research to increase India's academic prestige for a future trip and a RF social science program in India.

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Reel m dev 2, Frame 692, Box 118
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DeVinney, Leland C. (1906-1998)

Organized according to interview and visit, DeVinney discusses projects and proposals with professionals in the field of social science. The RF is interested in proposals that advance sociology as a scientific discipline. The interviews describe the background of the interviewee, their current research and Devinney's thoughts or actions on whether or not these proposals would be acceptable RF research grant projects. He is involved in the progress of the RF programs, development of new projects, andfinancing current and future research. The diary documents DeViney's travels to Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Skytop, Pennsylvania and Chicago. The visit to Washington D.C. was to attend the meeting of the American Sociological Society. The visit to Skytop, Pennsylania was to attend the Social Science Resaerch Council (SSRC) board of directors meeting.

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Reel m dev 2, Frame 918, Box 118
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DeVinney, Leland C. (1906-1998)

Organized according to interview and visit, DeVinney discusses projects and proposals with professionals in the field of social science. The interviews describe the background of the interviewee, their current research and Devinney's thoughts or actions on whether or not these proposals would be acceptable RF research grant projects. He is involved in the progress of the RF programs, development of new projects and financing current and future research. The bulk of the diary focuses on a trip to India to assess current academic programs, RF help requests, research and cultural activities. The cities that were visited include Bombay, Poona, Ceylon, Madras, Andhra, Rangoon, Calcutta, Dacca, Agra, Delhi, Lucknow and Karachi.

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Reel m dev 3, Frame 760, Box 119
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DeVinney, Leland C. (1906-1998)

Organized according to interview and visit, DeVinney discusses projects and proposals with professionals in the field of social science. The interviews describe the background of the interviewee, their current research and Devinney's thoughts or actions on whether or not these proposals would be acceptable RF research grant projects. He is involved in the progress of the RF programs, development of new projects and financing current and future research. DeVinney returns to the New York office after the trip to South Asia. In addition to his interviews, he attends several conferences, seminars and meetings including "Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America" in Washington D.C., conference on "Preference Analysis and Subjective Measurements" in Princeton, New Jersey, the "American Law Institute" meetings, Council for Cultural and Economic Affairs, The Asia Society's "Democracy in Asia Series" and a seminar on the urbanization in India in Berkeley, California.

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Reel m dev 3, Frame 956, Box 119
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DeVinney, Leland C. (1906-1998)

Organized according to interview and visit, DeVinney discusses projects and proposals with professionals in the field of social science. The interviews describe the background of the interviewee, their current research and Devinney's thoughts or actions on whether or not these proposals would be acceptable RF research grant projects. He is involved in the progress of the RF programs, development of new projects and financing current and future research. Conferences on "National Economic Policies and the Common Market", "Inflation and Growth in Latin America" and Research in Family Planning" are attended at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center ("Villa Serbelloni") in Bellagio, Italy. The month of December details a trip to the Southern United States.

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Box 120, Reel m dev 4, Frame 220
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Rockefeller Foundation

File continues diary record of DeVinney's Asian trip. DeVinney discusses projects and proposals with professionals in the field of social science. The interviews describe the background of the interviewee, their current research and Devinney's thoughts or actions on whether or not these proposals would be acceptable RF research grant projects. He is involved in the progress of the RF programs, development of new projects and financing current and future research. The diary focuses on a trip to Asia to assess current academic programs, RF help requests, research and cultural activities. Summaries of current studies are included as well. The cities that were visited include Poona, New Delhi, Calcutta, Dacca, Madras, Madras, Djakarta, Djokjakarta, Bogor, and Manila.

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Reel m dev 4, Frame 62, Box 120
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DeVinney, Leland C. (1906-1998)

Organized according to interview and visit, DeVinney discusses projects and proposals with professionals in the field of social science. The interviews describe the background of the interviewee, their current research and DeVinney's thoughts or actions on whether or not these proposals would be acceptable RF research grant projects. He is involved in the progress of the RF programs, development of new projects and financing current and future research. A trip to Chicago, Illinois is taken to check on the progress of the Population Research and Training Center of the University of Chicago. A trip to India is taken. Only the travels to Bombay and the trip index are included with this diary. In Bombay, DeVinney checks out the progress of the Demographic Training and Research Center which is slow, understaffed and without UN representation on its Advisory Committee. The Department of Economics of the University of Bombay is visited and summaries of different studies are outlined as well.