Description
Papers primarily pertain to Hess'
research interests and include correspondence, lectures, articles, papers, reprints, project
files, reports, and video and audio tapes; some files pertain to the cross-cultural study he
conducted with Hiroshi Azuma of the University of Tokyo comparing the interaction of mothers
and children in the United States and Japan. The papers also include records from his
Chicago pre-school study.
Background
Hess, a pioneer in the study of child development, held the Lee L. Jacks Professorship of
Child Education at Stanford University. He received his a.b. at the University of California
Berkeley in 1947 and his Ph.D. in human development from the University of Chicago in 1950.
He taught at Chicago before joining the Stanford faculty.
Restrictions
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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.
Availability
The materials in Addenda 1993-102 are restricted and may become available in 2036. All
other materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in
original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.