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Processing History
Biography
Collection Scope and Content Summary
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Ralph Waldo Gerard papers
Creator:
Gerard, R. W. (Ralph Waldo)
Identifier/Call Number: MS.F.006
Physical Description:
104 Linear Feet
(128 boxes) and 17.5 unprocessed linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1915-1979
Physical Location: The bulk of this collection is stored offsite at SRLF. Advanced notice is required for access.
Abstract: This collection contains the professional papers of Ralph Waldo Gerard. It includes college papers, personal and professional
correspondence, research materials, writings, draft reports of experiments, papers relating to travels, lecture materials,
awards, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, photographs, audio recordings, slides, and related ephemera.
Language of Material:
English
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Access
This collection is not fully processed. A preliminary inventory of the first 109 boxes of the collection is available but
does not include the entirety of the collection contents. The collection may contain restricted materials. Forty-eight hours
advanced notice is required for access because the bulk of the materials are stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections
and Archives in advance to request access.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Copyrights are retained by the creators of the records and their
heirs. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Ralph Waldo Gerard papers. MS-F006. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Ralph Waldo Gerard, 1975. Additions made in 1995, 1999.
Processing History
Preliminary processing by Special Collections and Archives staff, ca. 1975.
Biography
Ralph Waldo Gerard was a neurophysiologist, behavioral scientist, and academic known for his wide-ranging work on the nervous
system, nerve metabolism, psychopharmacology, and biological bases of schizophrenia. He was born in 1900 and studied chemistry
and physiology in Chicago. He was a professor at the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois, and the University
of Michigan. From 1963 to 1970 he served as Professor of Biological Sciences and Dean of the Graduate Division at the University
of California, Irvine (UCI). Gerard died in 1974.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection contains the professional papers of Ralph Waldo Gerard. It includes college papers, personal and professional
correspondence, research materials, writings, draft reports of experiments, papers relating to travels, lecture materials,
awards, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, photographs, audio recordings, slides, and related ephemera. The collection includes
significant coverage of Gerard's neurophysiological research from the 1930s and schizophrenia research from the 1950s. Among
the materials dating from Gerard's University of California, Irvine period are items relating to the Grand Jury of Orange
County, the Health Planning Committee of UCI, the role of computers and programmed learning in education, controversies over
student activists, and the incorporation of creationism in school textbooks.
Collection Arrangement
A portion of the collection is organized into eight series:
- Series 1. The college years, 1915-1925.
- Series 2. Post graduate work and the University of Chicago, 1924-1952.
- Series 3. University of Illinois, 1952-1955.
- Series 4. University of Chicago Committee on Behavioral Sciences, 1954-1955.
- Series 5. The University of Michigan, 1955-1963.
- Series 6. The University of California, Irvine, 1963-1970.
- Series 7. Retirement, 1970-1974.
- Series 8. Miscellany, undated.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Schizophrenia
Neurology
Neuroscience
Neurochemistry
Electronic data processing -- Education
Neurophysiology
Psychopharmacology -- History -- Sources
Sound recordings.
Photographic prints
Neurophysiologists.
Slides
Gerard, R. W. (Ralph Waldo) -- Archives
University of California, Irvine -- Faculty -- Archives