Harold E. Burtt papers 1914-1952

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Harold E. Burtt papers 1914-1952

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This small collection contains professional correspondence and experiments completed by Burtt, mainly in the area of industrial psychology. There are also some committee notes and reprints and manuscripts written by Burtt. Of note is a play/skit of a conversation between some prominent psychologists as well as an Army Counseling Service script for a training film written by Burtt. View finding aid for the Harold E. Pressey papers.

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Burtt, Harold E. (Harold Ernest), 1890-

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Harold Burtt was born April 26, 1890 in Haverhill Massachusetts. Burtt attended Dartmouth for his BA and graduated in 1911. Graduate school brought Burtt to Harvard for his AM in 1913 and PhD in 1915 where his lab partner was Sidney Pressey under mentorship of Hugo Munsterberg. Upon graduation, Burtt taught at Simmons College and Harvard until 1917. In 1918, he served in the U.S. Army Air Service during World War I. Burtt served on a National Research Council board with William Mars...

Pressey, Sidney L. (Sidney Leavitt), 1888-1979

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Emeritus Professor of Psychology, The Ohio State University. Prof. Pressey was prominent in the field of educational testing and developed early automated devices for giving and scoring tests. He also worked in the areas of accelerated education for gifted children and gerontology. From the description of Papers, 1917-1979. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 13210072 ...