NARA expects to release the 1960 census on April 1, 2032. This is the second in a series of blog posts on the 1960 census.
Researchers interested in learning more about the 1960 census can find numerous publications and other materials online. This bibliography focuses on material published by the U.S. federal government or written by Census Bureau employees. This list will be updated periodically.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES CATALOG
Digital data and textual material related to the 1960 census are online at https://catalog.archives.gov/search?q=1960censusadminrecords.
PUBLICATIONS, CONFERENCE PAPERS, AND SPEECHES
Adams, Margaret O., and Thomas E. Brown. "Myths and Realities About the 1960 Census." Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives and Records Administration (Winter 2000), Vol. 32, No. 4, online at https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2000/winter/1960-census.html.
Bureau of the Census. 1960 Censuses of Population and Housing: Procedural History. (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1966), online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009063901.
Bureau of the Census. "1960 Enumeration Procedure." (Typescript, 1959), online at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/274957070.
Bureau of the Census. Censuses of Population and Housing, 1960: Processing the Data. (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1962), online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001306924.
Bureau of the Census. Censuses of Population and Housing in Puerto Rico, 1960: Processing the Data. (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963), online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001306924.
Bureau of the Census. "Current and Prospective Developments in Federal Statistics: Bureau of the Census Program." Presentation at American Statistical Association, September 1962, online at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/274957399.
Bureau of the Census. Enumerator's Reference Manual, Stage I, 1960 Census of Population and Housing (1960), online at https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015086979674.
Bureau of the Census. Enumerator's Reference Manual, Stage II, 1960 Census of Population and Housing (1960), online at https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015086979682.
Bureau of the Census. Evaluation and Research Program of the U.S. Censuses of Population and Housing, 1960: Background, Procedures, and Forms. (Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963), online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001885998.
Bureau of the Census. Graphic Pamphlets GP60-1. Our Growing Population: United States Census of Population, 1960. (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, June 1961, rev. July 1964), online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100121546.
Bureau of the Census. "Proposal for Extension of Sampling and Related Changes to Accelerate Completion and Reduce Costs in the 1960 Censuses of Population and Housing." (Typescript, 1957), online at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/274956952.
Bureau of the Census. "Resumé of 1960 Census Processing." (Typescript, 1960), online at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/274957157.
Bureau of the Census. United States Census of Housing, 1960: Survey of Components of Change and Residential Finance - Principal Data-Collection Forms and Procedures. (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1962), online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100843479.
Bureau of the Census. United States Censuses of Population and Housing, 1960: Enumeration Time and Cost Study. (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963), online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001324151.
Bureau of the Census. United States Censuses of Population and Housing, 1960: Quality Control of the Field Enumeration. (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967), online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001324160.
Bureau of the Census. Working Paper No. 19. Tests of Use of Post Office Resources to Improve Coverage of Censuses. (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965), online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100121497.
Daugherty, Wayne F. "New Subjects and New Emphases in the 1960 Housing Census." Presentation at the American Statistical Association meeting, December 1958, online at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/274957012.
Eckler, A. Ross. "A Progress Report on Some Phases of the Census Bureau's Program." Presentation at the Associated University Bureaus of Business and Economic Research (AUBBER) meeting, August 1960, online at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/274957221.
Eckler, A. Ross. "Keeping Up with the Census." Presentation at the Reference Services meeting, American Library Association, July 1961, online at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/274957279.
Eckler, A. Ross. "What's New for Marketers in the 1960 Censuses." Presentation at the American Marketing Association New York Chapter meeting, October 1959, online at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/274957105.
Eckler, A. Ross. "Plans for the 18th Decennial Census." Presentation at the Rural Sociological Society meeting, August 1959, online at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/274957093.
Eckler, A. Ross. "The 1960 Census: A Progress Report and a Look Ahead." Presentation at the American Marketing Association Milwaukee Chapter meeting, February 1960, online at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/274957173.
Fasteau, Herman H., et al. "Control of Quality of Coding in the 1960 Censuses." (Typescript, 1962), online at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/274957318.
Fasteau, Herman H., et al. "Study of the Reliability of Coding of Census Returns." Presentation at the American Statistical Association, September 1962, online at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/274957374.
Glick, Paul C. "Plans for the 1960 Census of Population." Population Index (Oct. 1959), Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 289-301, available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/2731190.
Hansen, Morris H. "Procedures for the 1960 Censuses of Population and Housing." Presentation at the American Statistical Association meeting, December 1958, online at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/274956997.
Heiser, Donald H., and Dorothy P. Armstrong. "Data Processing Tasks for the 1960 Census." (Typescript, 1958), available online at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/274956978.
Hornseth, Richard A. "Programming the Population Census." Presentation at the American Statistical Association, December 1959, online at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/274957147.
Kristof, Frank S. "1960 Census of Housing Statistics for Census Tracts." Presentation at the American Statistical Association meeting, December 1958, online at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/274957026.
Lawrence, Charles B., Jr. "Availability of Magnetic Computer Tapes Containing Census Information." Presentation at the American Statistical Association meeting, December 1961, online at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/274957294. Note: The data Mr. Lawrence referred to can be found online at https://usa.ipums.org/usa/.
Kristof, Frank S. "Components of Change in the Nation's Housing Inventory in Relation to the 1960 Census." Presentation at the American Statistical Association meeting, December 1959, online at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/274957124.
Ruggles, Steven, et al. "Frozen Film and FOSDIC Forms: Restoring the 1960 U.S. Census of Population and Housing." Historical Methods (April-June 2011), Vol. 44, No. 2, online at https://users.pop.umn.edu/~ruggles/Articles/frozen_film.pdf.
Scammon, Richard M., and A. Ross Eckler. "Ten Major Contributions of the 1960 Census to Marketing Planning - and How We Hope to Make the Census Tools Even More Useful." Presentation at the American Statistical Association meeting, December 1961, online at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/274957301.
AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIAL
Bureau of the Census. "How We Live" ["The Big Count: How We Live"] (1960). Film available for download at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7019. Discussion between George Stone and Dr. Philip Hauser (Former Acting Director of the Bureau of the Census) on information provided by censuses, such as population mobility and educational attainment, the centers of population, types of dwelling places, percentages with people with items such as as radios, sources of energy used for goods and services (human, animal, and mechanical), consumer household expenditures of 1909 and 1952, and related matters.
Bureau of the Census. "Urbanization" ["The Big Count: The Problem of Urbanization"] (1960). Film available for download at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7020. George Stone and Dr. Philip Hauser (Former Acting Director of the Bureau of the Census) discuss problems of urbanization; urban and rural population ratios from 1800 to 1980 (projected); rank size of urbanized areas in the U.S.; sex ratios, median ages, and birth rates by population of urbanized areas; scattered metropolitan area population; the movement to the suburbs; the growth of Chicago from its base on Lake Michigan; urban renewal programs; and projections of the problems into the future.
Weintraub, Joel. "1960 U.S. Census Enumeration Districts." Video online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u45LBnra1Ko.
Weintraub, Joel. "Taking the 1960 U.S. Census: Enumerator Forms and Materials." Video online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUTed0GM5x8.