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Subject(s)

• Demography [Browse]
• Fertility, Human [Browse]
• Marriage [Browse]
• Mortality [Browse]
• Population research [Browse]
• Princeton University. Office of Population Research [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Correspondence [Browse]
• Office files [Browse]
• Born digital [Browse]

Compiled/​Created

1935-1998 1954-1994

Restrictions note

The collection is open for research use.

Summary note

• Professor Ansley J. Coale (1917-2002) was a demographer whose work focused on nuptiality, fertility, and mortality in several countries. Coale joined the Princeton University faculty in 1947 and spent his entire career as a member of the university's Office of Population Research (OPR). The papers contain correspondence, Coale's research papers and projects, and samples of data collected. The material spans the several decades (1950s to 1990s) Coale spent as a member of the Princeton faculty, as well as the work he did during his retirement.
• The Ansley J. Coale Papers document Coale's professional activities as a faculty member of Princeton's Office of Population Research (OPR), including his work on the nuptiality, fertility, and mortality of populations around the world. The papers contain correspondence, Coale's research papers and projects, and samples of data collected. The material spans the several decades (1950s to 1990s) Coale spent as a member of the faculty, as well as work he did during his retirement. A portion of the collection includes material related to Frank Notestein, Coale's colleague and mentor, and the correspondence of three other OPR staff members. Please see the series descriptions in the contents list for additional information about individual series.

Publications about

• Coale, Ansley, J. Ansley J. Coale: An Autobiography. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 2000.
• News @ Princeton. Emeritus professor Ansley Coale dies. 2002. Princeton University. As retrieved on May 24, 2006. http://www.princeton.edu

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