Finding Aid for the Henry Goldman papers, 1898-1945
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July 2011; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Henry Goldman papers
Date (inclusive): 1898-1945
Collection number: 1464
Creator:
Goldman, Henry
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: The Henry Goldman collection consists of various educational materials, all of which document his trajectory of scholarship
as an early to mid-twentieth century academic. It includes samples of his academic writings, commencement memorabilia, and
lecture and study notes that span a period from grade school to his graduate and post-graduate education.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the
creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Processing Note
Processed by Jesse Erickson in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser,
July 2011.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Henry Goldman papers (Collection 1464). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Henry Goldman matriculated to the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn after graduating from the Hebrew Technical Institute in
1902 and later with a Bachelors degree in General Science from the Cooper Union in 1909. In the year 1913, Goldman received
his Bachelors in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn after which he went on to pursue his graduate
education at New York University. Goldman earned a Master of Arts degree from NYU in 1915 and advanced to candidacy for a
Doctorate in Pedagogy at that same university in 1918. From this point on through the latter part of his life, Goldman studied
and wrote on issues in applied and theoretical psychology.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of lecture notes (1934-35), school notebooks (1898-1910), commencement programs and invitations, bound
copies of Goldman's theses for civil engineer and masters' degrees, clippings, illustrations and a photograph.
Organization and Arrangement
The collection has been arranged according to document type and format, as well as maintaining a rough chronological order
documenting the creator's educational trajectory.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Goldman, Henry --- Archives.
Box 1, Folder 1
Graduation Programs.
1908-1918
Scope and Content Note
-- A series of commencement
programs and graduation memorabilia that document Henry
Goldman's graduation history. Includes annotations on programs
and one (holograph) note written to Goldman from Edgar S.
Barney, principal of Hebrew Technical Institute, dated 1916.
Box 1, Folder 2
Extra-Curricular Documents.
1902-1954
Scope and Content Note
-- Two drawings
and a photograph, unsigned.
Box 1, Folder 3
School Notebooks.
1898-1910
Scope and Content Note
-- Nine primary through secondary
school notebooks containing various educational exercises, notes,
and drawings. Includes early twentieth century
business blank books, drawing books, and a graph book from the
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.
Box 1, Folder 4
Lecture Notes.
1934-1935
Scope and Content Note
-- Three notebooks with dated lecture
notes from Goldman's later education in philosophy and
psychology. Includes a number of related newspaper clippings
documenting various political and intellectual issues of the period,
with some pasted in the notebook.
Box 1
Bound Manuscript (typescript).
1913
Scope and Content Note
-- Two copies of Henry
Goldman's senior essay,
Physical Evaluation of Railroad
Property
, submitted as part of the degree requirements for the
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.
Box 1
Bound Manuscript (typescript).
1915
Scope and Content Note
-- Two copies of Henry
Goldman's graduate thesis,
History of Engineering Education to
A.D. 1750
, submitted as part of the Master of Arts degree
requirements for New York University.
Box 1
Series (Monograph) - Henry Goldman.
1918.
Scope and Content Note
The Applied Psychology of Hugo Münsterberg. The Journal of Applied
Psychology. Vol. II. Washington: American Psychological
Association.
