Papers of David McClelland, 1900-1998.

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Papers of David McClelland, 1900-1998.

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These papers chifely document McClelland's professional life. While there are portions of these papers where McClelland's professional life and personal interests intersect, as in the papers relating to religion, McClelland the scholar is always more heavily documented than McClelland the private man. Chronologically, the papers cover all of McClelland's life, including a small amount of material from his childhood. Professional papers date from his college and graduate school years. Like his career, this collection is dominated by the years at Harvard.

113 boxes (ca. 37 cubic feet).

Harvard University Archives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8186817

Harvard University Archives.

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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...

McClelland, David C. (David Clarence), 1917-1998

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David C. McClelland was a Harvard psychologist, noted especially for his work on achievement motivation . 1917 Born May 20, 1917 in Mt. Vernon, New York 1933 Graduates from Jacksonville, Illinois, High School 1933 1934 Special student in languages at Macmurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois 1938 Graduates from Wesleyan University , with an A.B. in Psychology 1938 First marriage to Mary S...