Guide to the Pauline Snedden Sears Papers
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Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2004
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Overview
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
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of the estate of Pauline Sears, 1993.
Information about Access
Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 24 hours in advance of intended use.
Ownership & Copyright
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.
Cite As
Pauline Snedden Sears Papers (SC0501). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Associated Materials
Snedden Family Papers (SC1207)
Biography
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.
Access Terms
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)
Box 1, Folder 1
Achievement motivation project - proposal,
1959
Box 1, Folder 3
Case study reports by students in psychology class,
1953
Box 1, Folder 4
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences,
1969
Box 1, Folder 5
Correspondence regarding death of friends,
1984-89
Box 1, Folder 6
Correspondence to the Gamble's,
1970 and undated
Box 1, Folder 7
Correspondence regarding professional matters,
1968-90
Box 1, Folder 8
Correspondence with students,
1967-72
Box 1, Folder 9
Correspondence with students,
1973-74
Box 1, Folder 10
Correspondence - Christmas cards and misc. notes
Box 1, Folder 11
Correspondence, personal,
1970-85
Box 1, Folder 13
Miscellaneous items (exams, notes, clipping),
1931-37
Box 1, Folder 14
Pursuit of Self-Esteem - comments on
Box 1, Folder 15
Professional papers (memoranda, correspondence, budgets, vita),
1957-75
Box 2, Folder 1
Professional papers (memoranda, correspondence, reports, vita),
1957-75
Works by Pauline Sears
1959-1972
Box 2, Folder 6
Classroom work behavior of children, by Sears and Margaret H. Pintler,
undated
Box 2, Folder 7
Effect of classroom conditions on the strength of achievement motive and work output on elementary school children; Cooperative
research project no. 873;
1963
Physical Description:
two mimeographed papers
Box 2, Folder 8
Effect of classroom conditions on the strength of achievement motive and work output on elementary school children; Cooperative
research project no. 873;
1963
Physical Description:
[bound volume]
Box 2, Folder 9
Effective reinforcement for achievement behaviors in disadvantaged children: the first year; Stanford Center for Research
and Development in Teaching,
1972
Box 2, Folder 10
Effects of computer assisted instruction on children's behavior, by Sears and David H. Feldman; Educational Technology, March
1970
Box 2, Folder 11
Implications of motivation theory for independent learning; conference paper,
1965
Box 2, Folder 12
A look at measures of achievement motivation, symposium paper,
1959
Box 2, Folder 13
Pursuit of self-esteem: the middle childhood years,
undated
Box 3, Folder 1
Self concept in the service of educational goals,
1964
Box 3, Folder 2
Study of development of creativity: research problems in parental antecedents,
1968
Box 3, Folder 3
Teachers' interactions with boys and with girls,
1966
Box 3, Folder 4
Teacher's role in the motivation of the learner,
1964
Box 3, Folder 5
What happens to pupils within the classroom in elementary schools?,
1960
Students and Colleagues Files
1956-1977
Box 3, Folder 6
Anastasiow, Nicholas - articles
Box 3, Folder 7
Anastasiow, Nicholas - articles
Box 3, Folder 8
Anastasiow, Nicholas - correspondence and poems,
1969-75
Box 3, Folder 9
Compton, Carolyn,
1967-70
Box 3, Folder 11
Crockenberg, Susan - articles and papers,
1976-77
Box 4, Folder 1
Crockenberg, Susan - correspondence,
1970-76
Box 4, Folder 2
Feldman, David - correspondence,
1972-75
Box 4, Folder 3
Feldman, David - articles and papers
Box 4, Folder 4
Firme, Thereza Penna,
1969
Box 4, Folder 5
Katz, Lilian - reprints and published articles
Box 4, Folder 6
Katz, Lilian - articles from ERIC Clearinghouse
Box 4, Folder 7
Katz, Lilian - typescript articles
Box 4, Folder 8
Katz, Lilian - correspondence,
1968-73
Box 5, Folder 3
Mbilinyi, Marjorie,
1968, 1972
Box 5, Folder 5
Mote, Florence,
1963, 1969
Box 5, Folder 6
Mwaniki, Mebo K.,
1970-73
Box 5, Folder 8
Nieman, Marianne,
1969, 1973
Box 5, Folder 10
Pirofski, Florence,
1969-76
Box 5, Folder 11
Reimanis, Gunars,
1967-68
Box 5, Folder 12
Schwartz, Pauline,
1972-74
Box 5, Folder 17
Whitmore, Joanne Gamble,
1969-73
