Guide to the Bruce Bridgeman papers
Kate Dundon
University of California, Santa Cruz
2019
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz 95064
speccoll@library.ucsc.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: Bruce Bridgeman papers
creator:
Bridgeman, Bruce
Identifier/Call Number: MS.362
Physical Description:
5 Linear Feet
(3 boxes, 2 cases)
Physical Description:
1.668 GB
(3,611 digital files)
Date (inclusive): 1973-2016
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Audiovisual media is unavailable until reformatted.
Digital files are available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives reading room. Some
files may require reformatting before they can be accessed. Technical limitations may hinder
the Library's ability to provide access to some digital files. Access to digital files on
original carriers is prohibited; users must request to view access copies. Contact Special
Collections and Archives in advance to request access to audiovisual media and digital
files.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights for this collection reside with the University of California. Literary
rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. The publication
or use of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use for research or
educational purposes requires written permission from the copyright owner. Responsibility
for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more
information on copyright or to order a reproduction, please visit
guides.library.ucsc.edu/speccoll/reproduction-publication.
Preferred Citation
Bruce Bridgeman papers. MS 362. Special Collections and Archives, University Library,
University of California, Santa Cruz.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from Bridgeman's office at UCSC to Special Collections and Archives in
2017.
Biographical / Historical
Bruce Bridgeman (1944-2016) was an American neuroscientist and professor of Psychology and
Psychobiology. His research focused on relationships between perception and action in the
spatial domain.
Bridgeman earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Cornell University in 1967 and a
Ph.D. in Psychology from Stanford University in 1971. He joined the University of Californai
Santa Cruz as an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Psychobiology in 1973, and retired in
2011 after a 38-year career in the UCSC Psychology Department. Bridgeman was also a guest
professor at the Max-Planck Institute for Psychological Research in Munich throughout the
1990s, and the University of Padova in Italy in 2000. He authored over 350 publications,
including
Psychology and Evolution: The Origins of Mind (Sage Press, 2003),
and served as the editor-in-chief of the international journal "Consciousness and
Cognition." See Bridgeman's complete CV and list of publications in the biographical folder
in box 1. Bridgeman was professionally active until his death in 2016. In honor of his
life's work his family established the Professor Bruce Bridgeman, Ph.D. and Diane Bridgeman,
Ph.D. fund to assist UC Santa Cruz graduate students in cognitive psychology who would not
otherwise be able to fully afford the cost of their studies. More information about Bruce
Bridgeman can be found at https://brucebridgeman.sites.ucsc.edu.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the professional papers of Bruce Bridgeman in his capacity as an
educator and researcher. The majority of the materials consist of digital records of his
teaching, research, writing, and administrative leadership activity at UC Santa Cruz from
the 1990s to 2016. Also included are paper records relating to his teaching and activities
as a member of the UCSC Psychology Board of Studies.
Additional Collection Guide
For inventories of the contents of Series 1: Digital Files, see the following guides:
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Neuropsychology -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Bridgeman, Bruce
University of California, Santa Cruz
Digital Files Series 1
1991-2016
Physical Description: 1.668 GB (3,611
digital files)
Conditions Governing Access
Digital files are available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives reading room.
Some files may require reformatting before they can be accessed. Technical limitations
may hinder the Library's ability to provide access to some digital files. Access to
digital files on original carriers is prohibited; users must request to view access
copies. Contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access to
audiovisual media and digital files.
Arrangement
Digital files remain in original order.
Processing Information
The majority of Bridgeman's digital files were transferred from his office computers
via external hard drive to Special Collections and Archives in 2017. Additional digital
files were transferred off CDs in 2019 by Special Collections staff. The CDs were
retained in the collection. Special Collections staff removed duplicate files, student
and personnel records, and other out of scope records. Files were not reformatted, and
file names are original to the creator.
Other Finding Aids
For inventories of the contents of Series 1: Digital Files, see the following guides:
Files from computers Subseries 1.1
1991-2016
Physical Description: 1.56 GB
(2,630 files)
Scope and Contents
Includes teaching files for Bridgeman's Psychology and Psychobiology courses,
research files including his work on the Roelofs effect, slideshow presentations,
manuscripts and other files related to his publications including his 2003 book
Psychology and Evolution: The Origins of Mind, and other documentation of his research
and professional activity at UCSC and beyond during the 1990s-2010s. File formats
includes PDF, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, and others.
Files from CDs Subseries 1.2
1999-2003
Physical Description: 0.180 GB (981
files)
Scope and Contents
Includes files related to Bridgeman's research on the Roelofs effect, and photographs
of Bridgeman and his students in his lab.
Paper Files Series 3
1973-2016
Scope and Contents
Includes documentation of departmental and academic planning in the UCSC Psychology
Department, course files for Psychology courses Bridgeman taught at UCSC, correspondence
and other materials related to Bridgeman's tenure at the Bielefeld University Center for
Interdisciplinary Research (ZIF) in Germany, research files, and other professional
materials.
Box 2, Folder 16
Collected correspondence, biographical, teaching, personal
material
1969-1986, 2015-2016
Custodial History
Material collected by Bridgeman's wife, Dr. Diane Bridgeman.
Box 1, Folder 2
Abstracts reprints
1975-2002
Box 1, Folder 3
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1995-1996
Box 1, Folder 8
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
1992-2000
Box 1, Folder 9
Behavioral and Brain Sciences Commentaries and Reviews
1979-2001
Box 1, Folder 10
Consciousness and Cognition
2004-2005
Box 1, Folder 11
"What is Attention?"
undated
Box 1, Folder 14
Psychology 1 current
1977-2005
Box 1, Folder 19
Psychology 139F
2015-2016
Box 1, Folder 20
Psychology 140- Neuropsychology of Vision 1983
1986-2000
Box 1, Folder 21
Psychology 194D Vision Seminar
1983-2009
Box 1, Folder 22
Psychology 224A
2000-2010
Box 1, Folder 23
Other Psychology board courses photographs
1975-2016
Box 1, Folder 24
College 8 150A - Eye movements
1976-1982
Box 1, Folder 25
Biology 70 current
1980-2007
Box 1, Folder 26
Psychology board (1 of 4)
1977-1997
Box 1, Folder 27
Psychology board (2 of 4)
1977-1997
Box 1, Folder 28
Psychology board (3 of 4)
1977-1997
Box 1, Folder 29
Psychology board (4 of 4)
1977-1997
Box 1, Folder 30
Psychology department
1997-2001
Box 1, Folder 31
Psychology department
2001-2003
Box 1, Folder 32
Psychology department (1 of 2)
2001-2013
Box 1, Folder 33
Psychology department (2 of 2)
2001-2013
Box 2, Folder 1
Bielefeld manuscripts (1 of 3)
circa 1980s
Box 2, Folder 2
Bielefeld manuscripts (2 of 3)
circa 1980s
Box 2, Folder 3
Bielefeld manuscripts (3 of 3)
circa 1980s
Box 2, Folder 4
Bielefeld ZIF (1 of 2)
1984-1990
Box 2, Folder 5
Bielefeld ZIF (2 of 2)
1984-1990
Box 2, Folder 6
ZIF correspondence
1984-1985
Box 2, Folder 7
ZIF meetings, papers
1984-1985
Box 2, Folder 8
UCSC correspondence
1984-1985
Box 2, Folder 9
Research studies, UCSC
circa 2011
Box 2, Folder 10
Space constancy study
2016
Box 2, Folder 11
Return Saccades Study
2016
Box 2, Folder 12
Nightrider study sheets
2016
Box 2, Folder 13
Driving simulator study
undated
Box 2, Folder 15
Lab Notebook: Blindsight, Eyepress, Adaptation
1983-1991
Box 2
NASA Telescience Testbed Pilot Program Meeting II, University of Colorado,
Volume 1
1988
Box 2
3 VHS tapes experiments
undated
Box 2
Photographs
2003
Physical Description: 1
CD
Conditions Governing Access
See Series 1: Digital Files for access information.
Box 2
Roelof's project
2010
Physical Description: 1
CD
Conditions Governing Access
See Series 1: Digital Files for access information.
Box 3
Human eye model and optometry accessories
Optometry lens set with test glasses (black case)
