Guide to the John Edgar Coover Papers SC0371
Daniel Hartwig
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: John Edgar Coover papers
creator:
Coover, John Edgar
Identifier/Call Number: SC0371
Physical Description:
0.75 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1907-1938
Abstract: Papers include Coover's correspondence with David Starr Jordan, Ray Lyman Wilbur, and the Board of Trustees, 1913-1936, concerning
his psychic research and his annual reports to the University president, with several letters pertaining to the Australian
medium Charles Bailey; typescript "Report on Experimentation upon the Transfer of Improved Conditions of Attention," 1910-11;
typescript of his doctoral thesis, "Formal Discipline from the Standpoint of Experimental Psychology," 1912; reprints of Coover's
articles on psychic research and his "Notescript," a form of shorthand, 1913-ca. 1936; and miscellaneous clippings, 1912-1938.
Also included is a diary kept by his wife Margaret E. Coover, 1907-1915, concerning social affairs, club activities, domestic
life, and Coover's positions.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
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Cite As
John Edgar Coover Papers (SC0371). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Professor of Psychology at Stanford and Thomas Welton Stanford Fellow in Psychic Research, 1910-1937.
Description of the Collection
Papers include Coover's correspondence with David Starr Jordan, Ray Lyman Wilbur, and the Board of Trustees, 1913-1936, concerning
his psychic research and his annual reports to the University president, with several letters pertaining to the Australian
medium Charles Bailey; typescript "Report on Experimentation upon the Transfer of Improved Conditions of Attention," 1910-11;
typescript of his doctoral thesis, "Formal Discipline from the Standpoint of Experimental Psychology," 1912; reprints of Coover's
articles on psychic research and his "Notescript," a form of shorthand, 1913-ca. 1936; and miscellaneous clippings, 1912-1938.
Also included is a diary kept by his wife Margaret E. Coover, 1907-1915, concerning social affairs, club activities, domestic
life, and Coover's positions.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Women -- California.
Shorthand.
Mediums.
Diaries.
Psychology, Experimental.
Psychical research.
Bailey, Charles.
Jordan, David Starr
Stanford University. Board of Trustees
Wilbur, Ray L. (Ray Lyman)
Stanford University. Department of Psychology. Faculty
Coover, Margaret E.
Coover, John Edgar
Coover, John Edgar
box 1, folder 1
Correspondence, 1912-1936
box 1, folder 2
Miscellaneous correspondence and clippings, 1912-1938
box 1, folder 3
Reprints and articles, 1913-1936
box 1, folder 4
Diary, Margaret E. Coover, 1907-1915
box 2, folder 1-3
Dissertation (1 of 3)
Dissertation
box 2, folder 4
Report on Experimentation upon the Transfer of Improved Conditions of Attention, 1910-11
box 3
M.A. Thesis – “Formal Discipline from the Standpoint of Experimental Psychology,” 1905.
