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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Robert Richardson Sears papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0082
Physical Description:
48.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1929-1988
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 of Material:
Undetermined .
Restricted: for more information contact the University Archivist.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Robert R. Sears, 1970, and the estate of Pauline Sears, 1993.
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.
Robert Richardson Sears papers (SC0082). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
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.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Psychology.
Speeches.
Child rearing.
Notes.
College teachers.
Interviews.