Robert Morris Ogden papers

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Identifier: 14-23-467

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence pertaining to Ogden's work as a psychologist, author, and educator and to his membership in various scientific societies. Includes personal and family correspondence; financial records; notes, essays, drafts, reviews, reprints, and printed material on psychology, aesthetics, and philosophy; Cornelliana and student notebooks; photographs; a few small puzzles; accounts of the Mrs. John S. Dorsey estate; and photographs and drawings used in The Psychology of Art. Also, correspondence and essays concerning Andrew Dickson White, his diaries, and the early history of Cornell; and a Civil War mess kit.

Indexes of correspondence available in accession folder.

Dates

1889-1959.

Creator

Ogden, Robert Morris, 1877-1959. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Robert M. Ogden specialized in educational psychology and aesthetics, and served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University from 1923 to 1945. He was an early proponent of Gestalt psychology.

Extent

11.5 cubic feet. (11.5 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Correspondence, financial records, notes, essays, drafts, reviews, reprints, and printed material pertaining to Ogden's work as a psychologist, author, and educator and to his membership in various scientific societies.

Physical Description

Correspondence, financial records, notes, essays, drafts, reviews, reprints, Cornelliana, student notebooks, photographs, puzzles, drawings, essays, a mess kit, and other materials.

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:: T.A. Gobert
Date completed:: April 1988
EAD encoding:: Martin Heggestad, February 2004
Date modified:: Marcie Farwell, May 2016