Ralph Waldo Gerard papers, 1915-1979.

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Ralph Waldo Gerard papers, 1915-1979.

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This collection contains the professional papers of Ralph Waldo Gerard. It includes college papers, personal and professional correspondence, research materials, writings, draft reports of experiments, papers relating to travels, lecture materials, awards, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, photographs, audio recordings, slides, and related ephemera. The collection includes significant coverage of Gerard's neurophysiological research from the 1930's and schizophrenia research from the 1950's. Among the materials dating from Gerard's UCI period are items relating to the Grand Jury of Orange County, the Health Planning Committee of UCI, the role of computers and programmed learning in education, controversies over student activists, and the incorporation of creationism in school textbooks.

104 linear feet (128 boxes) and 17.5 unprocessed linear feet.

University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections

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University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections

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Gerard, R. W. (Ralph Waldo), 1900-1974

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Ralph Waldo Gerard was a neurophysiologist, behavioral scientist, and academic known for his wide-ranging work on the nervous system, nerve metabolism, psychopharmacology, and biological bases of schizophrenia. He was born in 1900 and studied chemistry and physiology in Chicago. He was a professor at the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois, and the University of Michigan. From 1963 to 1970 he served as Professor of Biological Sciences and Dean of the Graduate Division at the Univer...