Cases / The American Landing / Robert MacIver
The American Landing · dossier
Filed as person, standing in one authored connection inside The American Landing, dated 4 June 1934.
Columbia 1934 role
As Columbia's sociology chair, MacIver wrote Butler on 4 June 1934. He separated immediate housing from unresolved questions of formal affiliation and described the Institute as financially independent.
Limit
His recommendation did not itself bind Columbia or make the Institute a department.
Evidence
Research Memo: Columbia's 1934 Housing and Affiliation of the Institute for Social Research. Claim-level source records are linked from the event and task.
Why this person matters
Recommended Columbia provide housing and recognition to the financially independent Institute in June 1934.
Evidence basis
Research Memo: Frankfurt Institute to Columbia
Verification boundary
Membership, employment, collaboration, and influence are recorded as different relationship types. Shared membership is preserved as evidence but is not treated as proof of agreement or influence by itself.
Verified relationship
recommendedHousingForInstitute: Institute for Social Research
The archive holds one authored connection for this record inside The American Landing. Each row below states the claim, its tier, its confidence, and the dates the record gives. Open a row for the full account, or open it on the case canvas to see the connection drawn.
REL-000344Relationship wording unavailable 4 June 1934 Account not writtenRobert MacIver · Relationship wording unavailable · Institute for Social Research.
documented confidence · high this record is the subject
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