Sears family papers 1903-1985

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Sears family papers 1903-1985

These papers include correspondence, publications, photographs, business papers, genealogical materials, and ephemera of the Sears and Snedden families. Individuals represented in the collection include Jesse B. Sears, Stella Sears, Robert Sears, Pauline Sears, David Snedden, Genevra Snedden, Hope Snedden, and Janet Snedden. The correspondence primarily pertains to personal and family matters, with some mention of professional concerns. Also included are Robert Sears' school papers, from Palo Alto Union High School and from his undergraduate years at Stanford University.

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Sears, Robert R. (Robert Richardson)

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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. From the description of Robert Richardson Sears papers, 1929-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record ...

Stanford university

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Stanford entered into a research project with the National Iranian Radio and Television agency in 1974 to study and recommend a satellite-based communication system for Iran and how to utilize it for Iran's educational radio and television. From the description of Stanford NIRT project records, 1974-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510722 The Leland Stanford Junior University was established in 1885 in memory of Leland Stanford Jr., the only child of Senator and Mrs. ...

Sears, Stella Richardson.

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Snedden family.

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Sears family.

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Biographical/Historical Sketch Jesse B. Sears was professor of education at Stanford University from 1912-1942. His son Robert Sears, psychologist, taught at the University of Iowa and at Harvard before joining the Stanford faculty in 1953. Pauline Snedden Sears (Mrs. Robert Sears) taught at Yale and Harvard; at Stanford she was a research associate with the Stanford Center in Research and Development in Teaching and administrator of the Elem...

Snedden, David, 1868-1951

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Snedden, Genevra Sisson, 1873-

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Snedden, Janet.

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Snedden, Hope.

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Sears, Pauline Snedden

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Pauline Sears earned her a.b. in psychology at Stanford in 1930, her M.A. in child guidance at Teachers College, Columbia University, in 1931, and her Ph.D. in psychology at Yale University. Before joining the Stanford faculty in the School of Education in 1953, she taught at Yale and Harvard and was a research associate at the Child Welfare Research Station at the State University of Iowa. While at Stanford, Prof. Sears was a research associate with the Stanford Center in Research and Developme...

Sears, Jesse Brundage

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Biographical Note Dr. Sears was a Professor of Education at Stanford University from 1912-1942. He was born in 1876 and died in 1973. From the guide to the Jesse Brundage Sears papers, 1860-1973, (Department of Special Collections and University Archives) ...