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.
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Availability
The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted
to a digital use copy.