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Professor Ray Pahl papers donated to special collections at Keele
Forty boxes of papers containing the writings of one of Britain's foremost sociologists – Professor Ray Pahl – have been donated to the University Library's Special Collections and Archives, complementing the Foundations of British Sociology Archive http://calmview.keele.ac.uk.
Professor Pahl, in his role as Visiting Professor of Sociology at Keele, has been a highly valued supporter of social research at the University. The collection of published and unpublished articles spans a fifty year period and draws upon some of the key questions of concern to sociologists over this period. Professor Pahl was a major figure in the development of British Sociology, producing highly influential studies in areas such as urban sociology, the sociology of work, the impact of unemployment on households, and the nature of friendship and changing social ties. His work was uniquely interdisciplinary, combining approaches drawn from geography, social anthropology, political science, as well as different strands within sociology itself. Professor Pahl played an important role in the development of a 'Public Sociology', serving on a range of official enquiries and contributing to important debates on questions relating to planning, work and employment. His papers provide a unique resource for understanding some of the key questions facing social and economic institutions at the present time.
This generous gift strengthens the University's holdings of records charting the development of British Sociology. For further information, or to arrange to view the Ray Pahl Papers and the preliminary catalogue, please contact the Archives Administrator h.burton@lib.keele.ac.uk.
