Forrest Lee Dimmick papers
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Professional papers include correspondence with Karl M. Dallenbach, Edwin G. Boring, and other participants from the Inter-Society Color Council concerning his research in vision, particularly color vision, night vision, visual acuity, and color aptitude testing; newsletters, color swatches, and testing materials concerning his work (1940+) with Carl Foss and other members of the Inter-Society Color Council on the development of the Color Aptitude Test (CAT), a project sponsored by the Federation of Societies for Paint Technology; correspondence, minutes and pamphlets, 1955-1967, concerning the work that Dimmick, Foss, and Deane B. Judd did as members of the Committee on Uniform Color Scales of the Optical Society of America and for the National Bureau of Standards; correspondence, notes, and reports, 1964-1967, concerning his retirement activities as a consultant for the Biological Science Communications Project; papers concerning Dimmick's color specifications research based on "Just Noticeable Differences of Hue;" papers concerning his biographical research on his former professor, Edward Bradford Titchener; letters from Titchener to Dimmick and Mrs. Dimmick; recorded interview with Harry P. Weld, a Titchener colleague, and genealogical tables of the Titchener family. Personal papers include family letters; photographs; and other material belonging to Dimmick or his wife, Claire Comstock Dimmick.
Dates
- 1911-1968.
Creator
- Dimmick, Forrest Lee. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Psychologist. Forrest Lee Dimmick, Cornell University Class of 1915, Ph.D. 1920, was a psychologist and a professor at the University of Michigan, 1921-1925. He taught at Hobart College from 1925-1947, and was head of the Vision Branch of the Naval Medical Research Laboratory, Groton, Connecticut, 1947-1963.
Extent
7 cubic feet. (7 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Professional papers include correspondence with Karl M. Dallenbach, Edwin G. Boring, and other participants from the Inter-Society Color Council.
SERIES LIST
Series I. Publications written and edited by Forrest Lee Dimmick
Series II. Publications by fellow researchers covering a wide area of subjects
Series III. CAT (Color Aptitude Test) and C.I.E. (Commission International Éclairage) research items
Series IV: Inter-Society Color Council
Series V: Optical Society of America (OSA)
Series VI: Personal Activities
Series VII: Correspondence
Series VIII: Personal memorabilia
Series IX: Mrs. Claire Comstock Dimmick, Ph.D. '20
Series X: Additional material
Physical Description
Correspondence, reports, printed materials, publications, photographs.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- I. Wald
- Date completed:
- 1976
- EAD encoding:
- Michael Luther January 9, 2006
- Biological Science Communications Projects
- Boring, Edwin Garrigues, 1886-1968.
- Color -- Psychological aspects.
- Color vision.
- Dallenbach, Karl M., 1887-1971.
- Dimmick, Claire Comstock.
- Education.
- Federation of Societies for Paint Technology
- Foss, Carl.
- Genealogies.
- Inter-Society Color Council
- Judd, Deane Brewster, 1900-1972.
- Photographs.
- Psychologists.
- Psychology -- Research.
- Psychology -- Study and teaching.
- Psychology, Experimental.
- Titchener, Edward Bradford, 1867-1927.
- Weld, Harry Porter, 1877-1970.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by I. Wald, 1976
- Date
- January 2006
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- ENG
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu