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Dr. G. Stanley Hall Collection

Abstract:
Psychologist and Clark's first president (1888 - 1920). It includes correspondence with other well known psychologists, including Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, former students, including Lewis Terman and Arnold Gesell, and faculty including, Franz Boaz, George Blakeslee, and Albert A. Michelson. Other material includes speeches, articles and photographs.

Series Descriptions

Series Number Series Description
Series 1 Personal & Family Papers (two boxes)

Letters pertaining to Hall's family, youth, education, & professional career until the return from his second trip to Germany, as well as family correspondence thereafter. Grouped by stage of Hall's life to 1880; thereafter, by topic or correspondent.
Series 2 Presidential Papers (21 boxes)

Correspondence relating to Clark University during Hall's presidency, arranged by subject, & chronologically within folders. Grouped into four subseries: Boxes 3-5 contain Hall's correspondence with Founders & Trustees, as well as other material relating to the early history of the University. Boxes 6-14 contain Hall's & Edmund C. Sanford's correspondence with, & other material relating to, early Clark University & Clark College faculty & staff, as well as material relating to vacancies in & applications for faculty & staff positions. Boxes 15-20 contain material largely relating to the internal administration of Clark University. Boxes 21-23 contain correspondence with organizations outside the University.
Series 3 Professional & General Correspondence (four boxes)

Surviving correspondence relating to Hall's professional interests. Grouped largely by individual, & arranged chronologically within one surname; a few folders grouped by subject at the end.
Series 4 Miscellaneous Speeches, Notes, Articles, and Biographical Material (five boxes)

Some published & unpublished addresses & notes, grouped by type of material, to a degree, by subject; also materials relating to Dorothy Ross' biography of Hall.
Series Annual Reports (three boxes)
Series 6 Graduate Student Correspondence (13 boxes)
Series 7 Topical Syllabi (two boxes)
Series 8 Circulars (one box)
Series 9 Photographs (two boxes)
Series 10 Miscellaneous Material (one box)

 

 

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