Description: Papers of David E. Lindstrom, Professor of Rural Sociology (1929-67) including correspondence, publications, manuscripts, speeches and reports concerning farmers, local organizations, group action in rural communities, education of rural youth, Japanese rural society, rural sociology, rural church, the place of churches in a democratic society and Methodist beliefs and organization. Additional writings by Lindstrom are in Record Series 8/4/0/40, 8/4/0/43, and 8/4/0/56.