Records, 1910-1987.

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Records, 1910-1987.

This collection contains subject files on the department's research and administrative activities, including several publications by Downey and Portenier; newspaper clippings and a scrapbook of the Dionne quintuplets, one of Portenier's research areas.

.1 cubic ft. (1 box)

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University of Wyoming. Dept. of Psychology.

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The Psychology Department was formed in 1910 when June E. Downey became the first professor of philosophy and psychology. Downey had published seven books and more than 70 articles before dying in October 1932. Dr. Lillian Portenier joined the Psychology Department in 1930 and investigated student mentality ratings. The Psychology Department's faculty provides broad educational and research experiences to University students on campus as well as throughout the state. ...

University of Wyoming.

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Portenier, Lillian G. (Lillian Gertrude), 1890 or 6-

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Downey, June E. (June Etta), 1875-1932

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June Etta Downey was born on July 13, 1875, in Laramie, Wyoming. She graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1895. She accepted a fellowship in psychology at the University of Chicago, completing her doctoral study in 1907 with a dissertation on "Control Processes in Modified Handwriting." Downey was appointed a professor of philosophy and psychology at the University of Wyoming and she became head of the Department of Philosophy and Psychology in 1915 until her death in 1932. Downey was not...