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Call Number: SC0082
Creator:
Sears, Robert R. (Robert Richardson)
Title: Robert Richardson Sears papers
Dates: 1929-1988
Physical Description:
48.5 Linear feet
Summary: These papers document his professional career as teacher and researcher in child psychology. Included are correspondence,
memos, research data, manuscripts, course materials, students' papers, grant files, reports, speeches, minutes, and articles.
Subjects include his books PATTERNS OF CHILDREARING and IDENTIFICATION IN CHILD REARING; the Kansas City thumb sucking study;
research on gifted children; research for a psychological study of Mark Twain; and his affiliations with the American Psychological
Association, the Social Science Research Council, the Society for Research in Child Development, and the Center for Advanced
Study in Behavioral Sciences.
Summary: These papers document his professional career as teacher and researcher in child psychology. Included are correspondence,
memos, research data, manuscripts, course materials, students' papers, grant files, reports, speeches, minutes, and articles.
Subjects include his books PATTERNS OF CHILDREARING and IDENTIFICATION IN CHILD REARING; the Kansas City thumb sucking study;
research on gifted children; research for a psychological study of Mark Twain; and his affiliations with the American Psychological
Association, the Social Science Research Council, the Society for Research in Child Development, and the Center for Advanced
Study in Behavioral Sciences.
Language(s): In English.
Repository:
Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Gift of Robert R. Sears, 1970, and the estate of Pauline Sears, 1993.
Gift of Robert R. Sears, 1970, and the estate of Pauline Sears, 1993.
Restricted: for more information contact the University Archivist.
Restricted: for more information contact the University Archivist.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Robert Richardson Sears Papers (SC0082). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Robert Richardson Sears Papers (SC0082). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Professor of psychology at Stanford, 1953-1974, and Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences, 1961-1970, Sears earned
his a.b. at Stanford in 1929 and his Ph.D. at Yale in 1932. Before joining the Stanford faculty, he taught at the University
of Iowa, where he directed the Child Welfare Research Station, and at Harvard, where he was also director of the Laboratory
of Human Development.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Professor of psychology at Stanford, 1953-1974, and Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences, 1961-1970, Sears earned
his a.b. at Stanford in 1929 and his Ph.D. at Yale in 1932. Before joining the Stanford faculty, he taught at the University
of Iowa, where he directed the Child Welfare Research Station, and at Harvard, where he was also director of the Laboratory
of Human Development.
These papers document his professional career as teacher and researcher in child psychology. Included are correspondence,
memos, research data, manuscripts, course materials, students' papers, grant files, reports, speeches, minutes, and articles.
Subjects include his books PATTERNS OF CHILDREARING and IDENTIFICATION IN CHILD REARING; the Kansas City thumb sucking study;
research on gifted children; research for a psychological study of Mark Twain; and his affiliations with the American Psychological
Association, the Social Science Research Council, the Society for Research in Child Development, and the Center for Advanced
Study in Behavioral Sciences.
These papers document his professional career as teacher and researcher in child psychology. Included are correspondence,
memos, research data, manuscripts, course materials, students' papers, grant files, reports, speeches, minutes, and articles.
Subjects include his books PATTERNS OF CHILDREARING and IDENTIFICATION IN CHILD REARING; the Kansas City thumb sucking study;
research on gifted children; research for a psychological study of Mark Twain; and his affiliations with the American Psychological
Association, the Social Science Research Council, the Society for Research in Child Development, and the Center for Advanced
Study in Behavioral Sciences.
American Psychological Association.
Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences (Stanford, Calif.).
Harvard University --Faculty.
Harvard University. Laboratory of Human Development.
Sears, Robert R. (Robert Richardson)
Social Science Research Council (U.S.).
Society for Research in Child Development.
Stanford University--Faculty.
Stanford University. Dept. of Psychology
Stanford University. Dept. of Psychology
University of Iowa. Child Welfare Research Station.
Walker, Eleanor
Walker, Eleanor
Child rearing.
College teachers.
Interviews.
Notes.
Psychology.
Speeches.