INVESTIGATIONS IN PROGRESS—1929-1930
1. Bibliography of Virginia History Since 1865, by Dumas Malone,
Professor of History, and Lester J. Cappon, Research Associate in History.—
A critical bibliography of the literature of Virginia history since the Civil
War which includes a survey chiefly of official publications of Federal and
State governments and other source materials, and monographs, local histories,
biographies, southern newspapers and periodicals.
2. Rural and Urban Living Standards in Virginia, by Wilson Gee,
Professor of Rural Economics and Rural Sociology, and William H. Stauffer,
Associate Research Professor of Rural Social Economics.—A comparative
analysis of living standards among representative urban and rural groups
in Virginia to ascertain whether there are wide differences between these
groups and, if so, in what measure the variations occur.
3. The Government of the Virginia County, by Wylie Kilpatrick, Research
Professor of Government.—An analysis of the county mechanism as
an administrative organization and as a political agency, the functions performed
separately or concurrently with associated units, historical antecedents,
the personnel problem, legislation at county seats, and the adaptation
of local rural areas to public needs.
4. Community Studies, by Floyd N. House, Professor of Sociology, in
cooperation with the Cooperative Education Association of Virginia.—An
intensive survey of several typical communities which is expected to develop
later into a regional study of the State.
5. Distribution of the Tax Burden in Virginia, by Tipton R. Snavely,
Professor of Economics, and William H. Stouffer, Associate Research Professor
of Economics.—This study represents an endeavor to ascertain the
relative tax burden affecting business and industrial activities, including agriculture,
functioning within the State through a comparison of the net earnings
of the respective industrial and business types with the taxes which
they are called upon to pay. It is assumed that income is the most equitable
basis for making comparisons of the relative tax burdens.
6. Labor in the South, by Abraham Berglund, Professor of Commerce,
G. T. Starnes, Associate Professor of Commerce and Business Administration,
and Frank T. de Vyver, Research Assistant in Labor Problems.—A
study of the wage-earning classes of the South and their living conditions and
problems, labor laws and labor movements.
7. Fire and Casualty Insurance, by Charles N. Hulvey, Associate Professor
of Commercial Law, and William H. Wandel, Research Assistant in
Insurance.—A study of prominent modern problems in the property insurance
field, with particular emphasis on their relation to the state.
8. Currency, Credit and Crises in Virginia Since 1860, by Alvis Kincaid,
Professor of Commerce and Business Administration, and Taylor Musser,
Research Associate in Finance.—A study of the financial reconstruction
in the State to ascertain just where the credit institutions of Virginia stand
today and the processes by which they arrived at their present status.
9. Survey of Criminal Justice in Virginia, by Armistead M. Dobie, Professor
of Law, F. D. G. Ribble, Professor of Law, and Hugh N. Fuller,
Associate Research Professor of Criminal Procedure.—A study of the criminal
situation in Virginia which will be done as a part of a wide movement now
on to work out the causes of the so-called crime wave and the available
remedies in the light of these facts.
10. Regionalism in France, by Robert K. Gooch, Professor of Political
Science.—A study of the French method of decentralizing government, with
emphasis on two fundamental problems: (1) The relationship of the executive
and the legislature in the central government, and (2) the relationship
of the government of localities to the central government.
11. A History of Philosophy, by Albert G. A. Balz, Professor of
Philosophy.—A text designed mainly for graduate study.
12. Bibliography of Southern History Since 1865, by Dumas Malone,
Professor of History, and Lester J. Cappon, Research Associate in History.—
A critical bibliography of the literature of southern history since the Civil
War, which includes a survey of official publications of Federal and State
governments and other source materials, and monographs, local histories,
biographies, southern newspapers and periodicals.
13. Virginia Jail and Police Court System, by Floyd N. House, Professor
of Sociology, Frank W. Hoffer, Associate Professor of Sociology, and
Delbert M. Mann, Research Associate in Sociology.—A comprehensive study
of the historical development of the Virginia jail; the personnel and procedure
of the police and magistrates' courts; case histories of typical jail
prisoners; with special attention to the physical equipment and buildings for
detention of prisoners.
14. A Psychological Study of the Population of Certain Areas of the
Blue Ridge, by George O. Ferguson, Jr., Professor of Psychology and Education,
Frank A. Geldard, Associate Professor of Psychology, and Roland C.
Davis, Research Associate in Psychology.—An investigation of the relative
importance of heredity and environment in maintaining the present level of
culture in the mountain regions.
