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Eleanor Gibson papers

 Collection
Identifier: 14-23-2658

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Collection includes Eleanor Gibson's Masters Thesis from Smith; PhD Thesis from Yale; and other material from her graduate studies. Items relating to her teaching career include lecture notes, demonstration materials, experiment designs, examinations and students' papers. Also included are grant proposals and data from experiments conducted at Cornell's Graduate Psychological Laboratories in various aspects of perception and learning such as childhood reading disorders, scanning, word perception, and information processing; material for Psychology of Reading; and An Odyssey in Learning and Perception ; vitae and biographical sketches; 1992 National Medal of Science Award memorabilia; articles by Eleanor J. Gibson, James J. Gibson, and other psychology scholars separated by author and subject; notes and slides for lectures, talks, and colloquiums; folders of correspondence; tape recording of E.G. Boring's 1967 speech on the founding of the Society of Experimental Psychologists delivered at the centennial of the birth of Edward B. Titchener; and assorted floppy disks.

Dates

  • 1906 - 1999
  • Majority of material found within 1935 - 1999

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of Psychology and holder of the Susan Linn Sage Chair, Cornell University.

Extent

21 cubic feet. (21 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Material relating to Eleanor J. Gibson's education, research, and career as a Professor of Psychology.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Eleanor Gibson Material, 1933-1999

Material from Eleanor Gibson's undergraduate and graduate studies including her masters and doctoral theses, vitae and biographical sketches, correspondence, material relating to her 1992 National Medal of Science Award, and articles written by Eleanor Gibson.

Series II. Subject Files, 1906-1998

Notes and articles arranged by subject.

Series III. Psychology Scholar Files, 1941-1997

Notes and articles by colleagues and other psychology scholars

Series IV. Talks, Lectures, and Classes, 1931-1998

Notes, slides, and articles for classes, lectures, and talks.

Series V. Experiments and Grants, 1943-1980

Grant proposals, data from experiments.

Series VI. Book Publication Files 1917-1978

Material for book

Series VII. Miscellaneous

Physical Description

Correspondence, articles, notes, slides, photographs, videotapes.

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:
Sarah K. Gordon
Date completed:
June 12, 2003
EAD encoding:
Sarah K. Gordon, June 2003
Date modified:
Jude Corina, July 2017
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Sarah Gordon
Date
June 5, 2003
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

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)