UW-Milwaukee Dept. of Psychology records, 1953-1989.

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UW-Milwaukee Dept. of Psychology records, 1953-1989.

Description: Records of the department include correspondence, staff meeting minutes, and miscellaneous information on lectures, undergraduate, and graduate degrees. The correspondence files (1956-1976) largely consist of letters between the Dean and Associate Dean of the College of Letters & Science and the Chair of the Department of Psychology, regarding budget concerns, the development of undergraduate and graduate degrees, staffing, curricula, and department location. The collection also contains materials on the teaching of psychology at County Teacher Colleges of Wisconsin, and a file on a survey course given on the WMVS television station. Also included are the minutes and correspondence of the Joint Department Conference Committee of the Psychology Departments of Madison and Milwaukee (1956-1963). Finding aid available in the Archives.

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