Papers, 1938-1993.

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

United States. Office of Strategic Services

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The special operations Branch, Office of Strategic Services, London was charged with conducting in enemy or enemy-occupied territories of the European Theater, sabotage operations, the support and supply of resistance groups, and guerrilla warfare. From the description of OSS/London: Special Operations Branch and Secret Intelligence Branch war diaries, 1944, [microfilm]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122640182 ...

American Philosophical Society

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Benjamin Franklin founded the American Philosophical Society in 1743 in Philadelphia, patterning it after the Royal Society of London. It's purpose was the promotion of the study of science and the practical arts of agriculture, engineering trades, and manufactures. Subjects of today's "philosophy" were generally excluded from the societies of the 17th and 18th centuries and the word "philosophy" meant to them "love of knowledge," and was essentially the equivalent of today's "science." Interest...

American psychological association

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In the 1980s, the American Psychological Association (APA) Board of Directors approved an oral history project focusing primarily on key figures in American psychology that were advanced in years. Another part of the project involved interviewing past APA presidents. The APA historian continues to conduct these interviews. The APA archives hold the entire collection of these interview tapes. You can search the APA online index of these oral histories at http://apa.org/archives/oral.html for the ...

University of Pennsylvania. Provost's Office.

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Stellar, Eliot, 1919-1993

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Eliot Stellar received his Bachelors degree from Harvard University in 1941 and his Masters degree from Brown University in 1942 specializing in the physiological brain process behind behavior. He served briefly in the National Defense Research Council investigating submarine crew selection and then with the Office of Strategic Services as a psychologist. He returned to Brown and graduated with his Ph.D. in 1947. Stellar taught at Johns Hopkins from 1947 to 1960. He acce...

University of Pennsylvania. Institute of Neurological Sciences

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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Committee on Human Rights

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University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Cell and Developmental Biology.

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Solomon, Richard L.

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Miller, Neal E. (Neal Elgar), 1909-2002

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Neal Miller was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 3, 1909. He received a B.S. from the University of Washington in 1931, an M.A. from Stanford University in 1932, and a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1935. He served as a research assistant and research associate in psychology at Yale before earning the rank of professor in 1950. From 1966 until 1980, he served as a professor at Rockefeller University. In his research, Miller explored ways in which learning theory could be employed to unders...

Ursinus College

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National Defense Research Council.

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Institute of Medicine (U.S.)

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University of Pennsylvania.

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In 1919 Edward Bushnell was appointed publicity agent for the University of Pennsylvania. His appointment began a long and expanding effort at public relations at the University. In 1954 the Department of Public Relations expanded its work to include two new units, Motion Picture Services and the Office of Radio and Television. These two offices operated until 1975 when they were phased out of a stream-lined department. From the description of University Film Collection, 1915-1989. (...

Morgan, Clifford T.

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Johns Hopkins University

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University of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine

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Many students of the Class of 1943 of the School of Medicine participated in the war efforts, either serving in the Navy on the hospital ship or at Hospital Base 20, both operated by the University. From the description of Class of 1943 papers, 1943-1972. (University of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122528514 ...

Society of Experimental Physiologists.

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Brown University.

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In 1917 the university established the Brown War Records Bureau, whose intention was to "collect and preserve a record of all Brown men who are serving in the present war". Brown faculty, students and alumni who were in the military were asked to fill out a small card called "Are you in the war?" and to send original letters, clippings or photographs which "have any bearing on the service of Brown men in the war." This collection is partly a result of that effort. From the guide to t...

Epstein, Alan N.

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Derthier, V.G. (Vincent Gaston), 1915-

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University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Anatomy.

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Stunkard, Albert J., 1922-....

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Psychiatrist associated with the Functional Disease Service, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. From the description of Correspondence with Margaret Naumburg, 1960. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122543761 ...

Eastern Psychological Association

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