Guide to the John Edgar Coover Papers
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0371
Creator:
Coover, John Edgar, 1872-1938.
Title: John Edgar Coover papers
Dates: 1907-1938
Physical Description:
0.75 linear foot
Summary: Papers include Coover's correspondence with David Starr Jordan,
Ray Lyman Wilbur, and the Board of Trustees, 1913-1936, concerning his psychic research
and his annual reports to the University president, with several letters pertaining to
the Australian medium Charles Bailey; typescript "Report on Experimentation upon the
Transfer of Improved Conditions of Attention," 1910-11; typescript of his doctoral
thesis, "Formal Discipline from the Standpoint of Experimental Psychology," 1912;
reprints of Coover's articles on psychic research and his "Notescript," a form of
shorthand, 1913-ca. 1936; and miscellaneous clippings, 1912-1938. Also included is a
diary kept by his wife Margaret E. Coover, 1907-1915, concerning social affairs, club
activities, domestic life, and Coover's positions.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
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Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
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Administrative Information
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
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Cite As
John Edgar Coover Papers (SC0371). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Professor of Psychology at Stanford and Thomas Welton Stanford Fellow in Psychic
Research, 1910-1937.
Description of the Collection
Papers include Coover's correspondence with David Starr Jordan, Ray Lyman Wilbur, and
the Board of Trustees, 1913-1936, concerning his psychic research and his annual reports
to the University president, with several letters pertaining to the Australian medium
Charles Bailey; typescript "Report on Experimentation upon the Transfer of Improved
Conditions of Attention," 1910-11; typescript of his doctoral thesis, "Formal Discipline
from the Standpoint of Experimental Psychology," 1912; reprints of Coover's articles on
psychic research and his "Notescript," a form of shorthand, 1913-ca. 1936; and
miscellaneous clippings, 1912-1938. Also included is a diary kept by his wife Margaret
E. Coover, 1907-1915, concerning social affairs, club activities, domestic life, and
Coover's positions.
Access Terms
Bailey, Charles.
Coover, John Edgar, 1872-1938.
Coover, Margaret E.
Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931
Stanford University. Board of Trustees.
Stanford University. Dept. of
Psychology--Faculty.
Wilbur, Ray L., (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949
Diaries
Mediums.
Psychical research.
Psychology, Experimental.
Shorthand.
Women --California.
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
Correspondence, 1912-1936
Box 1, Folder 2
Miscellaneous correspondence and clippings, 1912-1938
Box 1, Folder 3
Reprints and articles, 1913-1936
Box 1, Folder 4
Diary, Margaret E. Coover, 1907-1915
Box 2, Folder 4
Report on Experimentation upon the Transfer of Improved Conditions of
Attention, 1910-11
Box 3
M.A. Thesis – “Formal Discipline from the Standpoint of Experimental
Psychology,” 1905
