Norman C. Meier Papers, 1906-1964.

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Norman C. Meier Papers, 1906-1964.

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This collection is comprised of correspondence, publications, lectures, travel postcards, articles about and examples of artist's work, a scrapbook of family related material, hand-drawn diagrams, and visual material in the form of photographs, slides, and fragile glass plate negatives. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically in boxes 1 through 9, and all correspondence folder titles are listed in the box list, as provided by Mr. Meier. Correspondence folders also contain course outlines, final exams, articles, lectures, and photographs. Additional correspondence may be found in boxes 13, 14, and 18. The bulk of this material relates to the nearly forty-year career of Norman C. Meier with the University of Iowa Department of Psychology, where he developed tests to measure artistic aptitude, and a device to measure audience response. Mr. Meier's University of Iowa Ph.D. dissertation, "The Use of Aesthetic Judgment in the measurement of Art Talent," was written in 1926, during a time of development of other aptitude testing at the University of Iowa. The Iowa Testing Programs: the first fifty years, by Julia J. Peterson, describes the birth of a testing program within the University of Iowa College of Education in 1928. A related testing program that developed from the Iowa Testing Programs is the widely used American College Testing Program (ACT).

12 linear ft. (20 boxes)

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Meier, Norman C. (Norman Charles), 1893-

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Norman Charles Meier was born February 22, 1893 in Carrollton, Missouri. He earned his Ph.B. and M.A., both at the University of Chicago in 1921 and 1922. He took his Ph.D. at the University of Iowa in 1926. He joined the University of Iowa Department of Psychology in 1922 as an assistant. Mr. Meier was promoted to instructor, then associate, became assistant professor in 1927, then associate professor, and was made full professor in 1954. He retired in 1964. Norman C. Meier died November 2, 196...

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