Scope and Contents
Four-volume typed manuscript, "A Reexamination of the Doctrine of Gall and Spurzheim in the Light of Recent Science," expounding the teachings of phrenology and attempting to reconcile them with contemporary psychology and evolutionary philosophy. Expanded from Charles Edward Sargent's 1905 Yale Ph.D. thesis.
Dates
- 1905-1935
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Frank H. Sargent, 1941.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
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Abstract
Four-volume typed manuscript, "A Reexamination of the Doctrine of Gall and Spurzheim in the Light of Recent Science," expounding the teachings of phrenology and attempting to reconcile them with contemporary psychology and evolutionary philosophy. Expanded from Charles Edward Sargent's 1905 Yale Ph.D. thesis.
Biographical / Historical
Charles Edward Sargent, Ph.D. 1905.
Born November 8, 1854, in Pittsfield, N.H.; Died June 16, 1935, in Beverly, Mass.
Father, Charles Henry Sargent, superintendent of a department Pittsfield Cotton Mills, and subsequently a shoe manufacturer; son of Moses Long Sargent, of Pittsfield. Mother, Almira (Ring) Sargent; daughter of Theodore and Betsey (Maxfield) Ring, of Loudon, N.H.
Pittsfield Academy; B.A. Bates College 1883, M.A. 1887; taught in North Texas Teachers' College, Denton, Texas, several years; instructor in history New Haven High School 1895-1920, and Commercial High School, New Haven, 1920 until retirement 1930; attended Yale Graduate School 1900-05; had lived in Beverly since 1930; attended Congregational Church.
Married June 27, 1894, in Boston, Mass., Nettie Shephard. No children. Mrs. Sargent died January 12, 1901.
Death due to general arteriosclerosis. Buried in Floral Park Cemetery, Pittsfield. Survived by a sister, Mrs. Henry F. Davis, of Beverly, and a brother, Frank H. Sargent (M.D. Dartmouth 1890), of Pittsfield.
(Taken from Yale University Obituary Record, 1934-37, p. 195).
- Title
- Guide to the Charles Edward Sargent Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by John Espy
- Date
- September 1983
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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