Stanford University, Committee on Vocational Guidance, records 1916-1947

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Stanford University, Committee on Vocational Guidance, records 1916-1947

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Records include minutes from committee meetings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, publications by the Committee, and clippings. Publications include VOCATIONAL INFORMATION, issued as a University Bulletin in 1919 and again in 1923 and UNIVERSITY TRAINING AND VOCATIONAL OUTLETS, 1935. Other items of note are "Memorandum on Plan for Vocational Advice" produced by an inter-university committee, 1924; minutes from the Conference on Vocational Guidance in College at the National Research Council, Jan. 1, 1925, with a letter from Truman L. Kelley to President Wilbur reporting on his attendance; "Practical Aids on How to Study" by C. Gilbert Wrenn, ca. 1931; "Vocational and Community Activities of Stanford Alumnae" by C. Gilbert Wrenn, 1936; and "Summary of Questionnaire on Training and Placement of College and University Teachers," 1941.

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Kelley, Truman Lee, 1884-1961

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Kelley (1884-1961) taught education at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Truman Lee Kelley, 1930-1961 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973085 ...

Stanford University. Committee on Vocational Guidance.

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The committee was organized in 1913 with two purposes: to study vocations open to graduates and to assist students in making an intelligent choice of vocation. From the description of Stanford University, Committee on Vocational Guidance, records, 1916-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864107 Biographical/Historical Sketch The committee was organized in 1913 with two purposes: to study vocations open to graduates an...

Wrenn, C. Gilbert (Charles Gilbert), 1902-

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C. Gilbert Wrenn was born in New Paris, Ohio on April 2, 1902. He received his bachelor of arts degree in 1926 from Willamette University and both his master's degree and doctoral degree in psychology from Stanford University in 1929 and 1932 respectively. He worked as a visiting professor during the summers of 1929 and 1931 at the University of Oregon and accepted a faculty position at Stanford in 1932 following graduation. Wrenn remained at Stanford until 1936 at which time he accepted a full-...