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Call Number: SC0501
Creator:
Sears, Pauline Snedden.
Title: Pauline Snedden Sears papers
Dates: 1931-1990
Bulk Dates: 1953-1977
Physical Description:
2.5 Linear feet
Summary: Professional papers from her teaching career at Stanford University.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Gift of the estate of Pauline Sears, 1993.
Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 24 hours in advance of intended use.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Pauline Snedden Sears Papers (SC0501). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Snedden Family Papers (SC1207)
Pauline (Pat) Sears earned her a.b. in psychology at Stanford in 1930, her M.A. in child guidance at Teachers College, Columbia
University in 1931, and her Ph.D. in psychology at Yale University. Before joining the Stanford faculty in the School of Education
in 1953, she taught at Yale and Harvard and was a research associate at the Child Welfare Research Station at the State University
of Iowa. At Stanford she was promoted to assistant professor in 1955, associate professor in 1958, and full professor in 1966;
she retired in 1973 with the rank of Emeritus Professor. While at Stanford, Prof. Sears was a research associate with the
Stanford Center in Research and Development in Teaching. Her research subjects included the classroom effects of computer
assisted instruction, development of creativity, and teaching strategies for effective reinforcement of culturally different
children. In addition, she was administrator of the Elementary Teaching Training Program and organized the program in child
development in the School of Education. Prof. Sears was the co-author of two books: In Pursuit of Self-Esteem and Intellectual
Development.
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers of Pauline Sears primarily pertain to her career at Stanford, with only one folder of materials pertaining to her
activities during the 1930s. Included are correspondence, memoranda, proposals, papers, and articles. Her research interests
include achievement motivation and creativity. Correspondents include Nicholas Anastasiow, Susan Crockenberg, David H. Feldman,
Lilian Katz, and Joanne Gamble Whitmore. The papers have been arranged in three sections: general files, works by Sears, and
files on students and/or colleagues. The correspondence is generally both incoming and outgoing.
Anastasiow, Nicholas
Crockenberg, Susan
Feldman, David H.
Katz, Lilian
Stanford University. Graduate School of Education. Faculty.
Whitmore, Joanne Gamble
Education--Study and teaching
Motivation (Psychology)