Martinson, Floyd Mansfield. Papers of Floyd Martinson, 1947-2000.GACA Collection 326

 

Martinson, Floyd.  Papers of Floyd Martinson, 1947-2000.  GACA Collection 326.  3 Record Center Cartons, ½ legal Hollinger, and 1 Oversized Hollinger.


ABSTRACT:
The Papers of Floyd Martinson collection includes material from his youth, research (particularly in the field of human sexuality), correspondence, published pieces, and his personal journals.  The documents and research span from his work as a student through studies conducted during his retirement.  The bulk of the materials date from the time of his employment as a Sociology professor at Gustavus Adolphus College.


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE:
Floyd Mansfield Martinson was born in Montevideo, Minnesota on 12 November 1916.  In 1942 he graduated from Concordia College, Moorhead.  Martinson married Beatrice Awes on 15 June 1946, and they had five children.  He attended the University of Minnesota and obtained a Master of Arts degree in 1947 and a doctorate degree in philosophy in 1953.  Martinson was employed at Gustavus Adolphus College as a professor of sociology and anthropology from 1945 to 1982, and as a research professor from 1982 until his death on 23 April 2000.  He spent time abroad in Sweden in 1980 as a Fulbright Research Scholar and in Norway in 1984 as a visiting researcher at the Center for Child Research.  Martinson published nine books and contributed numerous articles to professional journals.  He held membership in many sociological associations both local and international, and was actively involved in several groups of the Lutheran Church.  Martinson was honored with a Fulbright Research Scholarship, an award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex in 1980, the Alfred C. Kinsey Award in 1988, and was presented with the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality’s Distinguished Scientific Research Award for his research into child sexuality from the American Sociological Association. 

*Information from The Saint Peter Herald. Saint Peter, Minnesota, 27 April 2000.


SCOPE AND CONTENT:
This collection has been divided into six series: Daily Planners/Diaries, Research, Teaching and Lectures, Writings and Publications, Correspondence, and Miscellaneous.

Daily Planners/Diaries, 1962-2000 consists of Martinson’s personal diaries and documentation of events and activities.

Research, 1956-1992 comprises a broad selection of research from the time of Martinson’s career as a professor through his retirement.  He pursued a broad range of topics including relationships of youth, childhood sexuality, and culture of Scandinavian countries.

Teaching and Lectures, 1959-1988 includes outlines of lectures Martinson delivered to his students as well as those presented in other academic and public settings.  This series also contains a selection of syllabi from courses he taught at Gustavus Adolphus College.

Writings and Publications, 1930-1997 contains manuscripts and essays written by Martinson on a variety of topics.  Much of the work is focused around human sexuality, particularly that of youth populations.

Correspondence, 1984-1999 involves personal and professional correspondence both domestic and foreign.  Some letters relate to research conducted by Martinson and with fellow Gustavus faculty.

Miscellaneous, 1943-1999 encompasses Martinson’s various memberships in sociological societies as well as his graduate work and career materials.


RESTRICTIONS:
There are no restrictions on the use of this collection for research purposes. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the College Archives, the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library, and Gustavus Adolphus College.


COLLECTION CITATION:
Martinson, Floyd.  Papers of Floyd Martinson, 1947-2000.  GACA Collection 326.  Gustavus Adolphus College Archives, St. Peter, Minnesota.


PROCESSED BY:
Libby Larson, student worker, processed this collection and developed the finding aid during November 2012.


RELATED COLLECTIONS IN THE ARCHIVES:
Sociology and Anthropology Department. Records of Sociology and Anthropology Department, 1947-Ongoing.  GACA Collection 224. Gustavus Adolphus College Archives, St. Peter, Minnesota.


SUBJECT HEADINGS:
Martinson, Floyd Mansfield -- 1916-2000.
Gustavus Adolphus College -- Sociology and Anthropology Department.
Gustavus Adolphus College -- Faculty.
Sexual Behavior -- Childhood Sexuality.

 

GACA Collection 326

Box

Folder

Daily Planners/Diaries, 1962-2000

Daily Planner/Diary, 19 September 1958 – 4 August 1962

1

1

Daily Planner/Diary, 31 January 1961 – 19 December 1965

1

2

Daily Planner/Diary, 5 August 1962 – 20 August 1964

1

3

Daily Planner/Diary, 22 March 1963 – 11 November 1966

1

4

Daily Planner/Diary, 6 September 1963 – 18 February 1967

1

5

Daily Planner/Diary, 23 January 1964 – 28 November 1967

1

6

Daily Planner/Diary, 28 January 1964 – 15 July 1968

1

7

Daily Planner/Diary, 21 August 1964 – 31 August 1967

1

8

Daily Planner/Diary, 15 July 1968 – 13 March 1969

1

9

Daily Planner/Diary, 14 March 1969 – 9 July 1970

1

10

Daily Planner/Diary, July 1970 – August 1971

1

11

Daily Planner/Diary, 1965–67 and August 1971 – 9 August 1972

1

12

Daily Planner/Diary, 10 August 1972 – 13 March 1973

1

13

Daily Planner/Diary, 14 March 1973 – 22 April 1974

1

14

Daily Planner/Diary, 23 April 1974 – 22 August 1975

1

15

Daily Planner/Diary, 23 August 1975 – 8 April 1976

1

16

Daily Planner/Diary, 9 April 1976 – 16 September 1977

1

17

Daily Planner/Diary, 17 September 1977 – 31 December 1978

1

18

Daily Planner/Diary, 1 January 1979 – 30 November 1979

1

19

Daily Planner/Diary, 1 December 1979 – 21 June 1980

1

20

Daily Planner/Diary, 22 June 1980 – 31 December 1980

1

21

Daily Planner/Diary, 1 January 1981 – 21 April 1981

1

22

Daily Planner/Diary, 22 April 1981 – 12 September 1981

1

23

Daily Planner/Diary, 13 September 1981 – 20 August 1982

1

24

Daily Planner/Diary, 21 August 1982 – 28 February 1983

1

25

Daily Planner/Diary, 1 March 1983 – 15 September 1983

1

26

Daily Planner/Diary, 16 September 1983 – 2 February 1984

1

27

Daily Planner/Diary, 3 February 1984 – 5 July 1984

1

28

Daily Planner/Diary, 6 July 1984 – 31 January 1985

1

29

Daily Planner/Diary, 1 February 1985 – 1 October 1985

1

30

Daily Planner/Diary, 2 October 1985 – 15 July 1986

1

31

Daily Planner/Diary, 16 July 1986 – 31 March 1987

1

32

Daily Planner/Diary, 1 April 1987 – 7 March 1988

1

33

Daily Planner/Diary, 8 March 1988 – 19 May 1989

2

1

Daily Planner/Diary, May 1989 – 5 September 1990

2

2

Daily Planner/Diary, 6 September 1990 – 29 February 1992

2

3

Daily Planner/Diary, 1 March 1992 – 25 October 1993

2

4

Daily Planner/Diary, 26 October 1993 – 2 April 1996

2

5

Daily Planner/Diary, 3 April 1996 – 16 October 1998

2

6

Daily Planner/Diary, 16 October 1998 – February 2000

2

7

Research, 1956-92

Norwegian Perspectives on the Child, 1985–91

2

8

Research on Mixed Marriages, 1956–57

2

9

Notes of Child Sex Theories, 1973–91

2

10

Notes on Adolescent Sex, 1974–87

2

11

Sibling Sex Research, 1984

2

12

Lydecker, Abnormal Psychology Notes, 1983–87

2

13

Adult Psychology Class Notes, 1994–95

2

14

Religion and Sex, 1974–83

2

15

Sexual Morality and the Law, 1974

2

16

Sex in Sweden, 1979–86

2

17

Scandinavia, 1982–92

2

18

News of Norway, 1975

2

19

Surveys, 1958–83

2

20

Child Research, 1979–90

2

21

Notes on Scandinavian Studies, 1983–92

2

22

Teaching and Lectures, 1959-88

Speeches written in adolescence, undated

2

23

Lecture Notes, 1966–69

2

24

Lecture Notes, 1970–73

5

1

Lecture Notes, 1974–79

5

2

Lecture Notes, 1980–81

2

25

Lecture Notes, 1982–83

2

26

Leavitt Lecture, 1983–93

2

27

Lecture Notes, 1984–85

2

28

Lecture Notes, 1986–88

2

29

Lecture Notes, undated

2

30

Sociology 205 Syllabus-Marriage and Family Living, 1959

2

31

Sociology 221/321 Syllabus- Marriage and the Family, 1967–81

5

3

Sociology 170 Syllabus- The Sociology of Human Sexuality, 1971–72

2

32

Sociology 107 Syllabus- Sex and Society, 1981

2

33

Sociology 252 Syllabus- Social Structure and Personality, 1982

2

34

Writings and Publications, 1930-97

Trends in Family Religion, 1930–57

5

4

Some Factors Related to School Attendance in the Rural Counties of Minnesota and Adjoining States ­Master Degree Thesis, 1947

2

35

Chronological list of reprints, 1949–83

2

36

A Good Place to be From?, 1949

2

37

Personality Differences and Human Mobility, 7 June 1949

2

38

Father and Son Inc., October 1949

2

39

Some Personal Characteristics of Farm Migrants and Non-Migrants, 1950

2

40

Some Personality Adjustment Differences of Rural Nonmigrants and Migrants, Doctoral Thesis, 1953

2

41

Research Project in Marriage and Family Living, Introduction and Part I, 1954

2

42

Research Project in Marriage and Family Living, Part II and Part III, 1954

2

43

Research Project in Marriage and Family Living, Part IV and Part V through chapter 23, 1954

2

44

Research Project in Marriage and Family Living, Part V chapter 24 and Part VI, 1954

2

45

Ego Deficiency as a Factor in Marriage, 1955 and 1959

2

46

Personal Adjustment and Rural-Urban Migration, June 1955

2

47

Implementing the Liberal Arts in the Social Sciences, 1956 and 1957

2

48

Material Reviewed by Martinson, 1956–82

2

49

The Common Concern of History and the Social Sciences, 2 October 1959

2

50

The Social Sciences, December, 1959

2

51

Naturalism and Social Science, 22 April 1960

2

52

Value Assumptions in Family Research with Reference to Population, 1961

3

1

High School Marriages in Minnesota, Abstract, 1964

3

2

The Pastor as a Counselor, 1964

3

3

A Content Analysis of Values Taught in a Family Education Series of the LCA, Abstract, 1965

3

4

The Martinson Report, 1965–67

3

5

Christian Behavior and the New Morality: What Youth are Saying and Doing, 30 August 1966

3

6

The Church and the New Sexual Morality, 19 May 1966

3

7

Sexual Knowledge, Values and Behavior Patterns, Part I of II, 1966

3

8

Sexual Knowledge, Values and Behavior Patterns, Part II of II, 1966

3

9

Academic Resources, Social Action, and the Liberal-Arts College, 16 January 1967

3

10

Sexual Attitudes, Values and Behavior Patterns of Adolescents, 12 April 1967 and July 1968

3

11

An Interview Study of Nineteen Minnesota Synod (LCA) Clergy, May 1967

3

12

Calhoun Study, 1967

3

13

Youth and Sex in a Changing Society, 1969

3

14

The Dilemma of Woman as a Sexual Being, 26 March 1970

3

15

Report of the Commission on the Comprehensive Study of the Doctrine of the Ministry, 1970

3

16

Changing Sexual Values, 29 September 1972

3

17

Socializing Infant and Child Sexuality, 2 November 1972

3

18

The Family and Morality in Today’s Society, 1973

3

19

Infant and Child Sexuality- A Sociological Perspective, 1973

3

20

Sex and the Retardate- Sweden and the United States, 1973

3

21

The Sexual Socialization of Children: Four-Five Year Olds in a Minnesota Community, Student Paper, 1973 and 1977

3

22

Experiments in Sexual Education: Sweden, 16 October 1974

3

23

The Quality of Adolescent Sexual Experience, 1974

3

24

“Deviant” Sex, 1975–86

3

25

Eroticism in Infancy and Childhood, November 1975 and November 1976

3

26

Children and the Contemporary Peace Movement, 22 March 1976

3

27

Erotisme du nourrisson et de l’enfant, 1977

3

28

Sex Education in Sweden, 1977

3

29

Infant and Child Sexuality: Capacity and Experience, 9 September 1977 and 1979

3

30

Sweden’s ‘New’ Sex Education Program, 8 December 1977

3

31

The Family, The Child, and Social Change, 1978

3

32

Human Sexuality Defined, 1978 and 1987

3

33

The Science and Politics of Human Sexuality: The Swansea Case, 1978–79

3

34

Childhood and the Institutionalization of Affectional-Erotic Sexuality, January and February, 1979

3

35

Childhood Sexuality in Handbook of Human Sexuality by Wolman, 1979

3

36

Child Sexuality: Trends and Consequences, 7 September 1979

3

37

Children in Family Sociology Textbooks: United States and Sweden, 1980–87

3

38

Family Sexual Interaction: Needs and Desires of the Youngest Member, 22 May 1980

3

39

The Sex Education of Young Children, 1980

3

40

Family Intimacy and Affection: A Sociology of Positive Affect, Abstract and Paper, 14 October 1981

3

41

Sociology of Family Intimacy and Affection, Part I of III, 1981

3

42

Sociology of Family Intimacy and Affection, Part II of III, 1981

3

43

Sociology of Family Intimacy and Affection, Part III of III, 1982

3

44

Some Aspects of Family Interaction: Sweden and the USA, 1981–82

3

45

Reviews Written by Martinson, 1982

3

46

The Sociology of Childhood, 1982 and 1992

3

47

Speaking Out -- Against Sexual Retardation, January 1982

3

48

Toward a Biosocial Theory of Human Sexual Development, 1982–83

3

49

Barn och Sexualitet, 1982

3

50

Are Infants and Children Really Sexual?, 13 October 1982

3

51

Teaching the Sociology of Human Sexuality, October 1982

3

52

Sensory/Erotic Development: Embryo, Fetus, Infant, Child, 24 May 1983

3

53

Sociologists of Minnesota and the Midwest Sociologist, 1983–92

3

54

Theories of Sexual Motivation and Conduct in Children, 1983

3

55

Theory of Infant/Child Sexuality, 24 May 1983

3

56

Human Development and Socialization: Infancy and Early Childhood, 23 October 1984

3

57

Sibling Interaction in the Family, Research, Abstract, and Paper, 1984–87

3

58

Strategies in Child Sex Research, 19 April 1985

3

59

Sexual Aspects of Interaction Among Young Siblings, 9 December 1985

3

60

Stages in Normal Sexual Development, 15 August 1986

3

61

Determinants of Children’s Sexual Development: A Sociological Perspective, 22 January 1987

3

62

Parenting and Perspectives on Infant-Child Sexual Development, 30 January 1989

3

63

The Foundation for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, 1989–95

3

64

Current Legal Status of the Erotic and Sexual Rights of Children, 1990

3

65

Childnews, The Official Newsletter of the Sociology of Children Section, The American Sociological Association, 1992–98

3

66

NCFR Sexuality Focus Group, 1992

3

67

Child Sexual Development and Experience: What Experts are Telling Parents, 1992

3

68

The Sexual Life of Children- In Sociocultural Context, 11 May 1993

3

69

International Sociological Association (ISA), 1995–99

3

70

Child Sexuality, 1996

3

71

Should Day Care Take Care of America’s Children? Potential Publishers, 1998–99

3

72

Interfaith Marriages in the US, undated

3

73

Partners on the Land, undated

3

74

Report on Race Relations in Bay Springs, Mississippi, undated

3

75

Reviews of Martinson’s Books, 1960s

3

76

Reviews of Martinson’s Books, 1970s

3

77

Reviews of Martinson’s Books, 1980s

3

78

Reviews of Martinson’s Books, 1990s

3

79

Contracts, 1979 and 1991

5

5

Publication Royalties, 1981–97

5

6

Correspondence, 1984-99

Correspondence, 1984

3

80

Correspondence, 1985

3

81

Correspondence, 1986

3

82

Correspondence, 1987

4

1

Correspondence, 1988

4

2

Correspondence, 1989

4

3

Correspondence, 1990

4

4

Correspondence, 1991

4

5

Correspondence, 1992

4

6

Correspondence, 1993

4

7

Correspondence, 1994

4

8

Correspondence, 1995

4

9

Correspondence, 1996

4

10

Correspondence, 1997

4

11

Correspondence, 1998

4

12

Correspondence, 1999

4

13

Miscellaneous, 1943-99

Definitions and Terms, 1979–83

4

14

Graduate Work, 1943–51

4

15

Greenwood Publishing Group INC., 1993–94

4

16

International Committee on the Family Research, 1974 and 1994

4

17

International Seminar “The Child and the Family,” Pictures, 1979

4

18

Personal Vita, 1989–96

4

19

Registry of Retired Sociologists, 1982

4

20

Sex Information and Education Council of the US membership, 1990–93

4

21

The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, 1989–96

4

22

Society for Research in Child Development membership, 1998–99

4

23

Sociologists of Minnesota, 1972–95

4

24

Sociology Newsletter, 1969–70

5

7

TIME Magazine article and reactions, 1981–82

4

25