Child development
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on the physical, psychological and social growth of normal children. Works on the psychological growth and characteristics of children are entered under Child psychology.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Arnold Gesell and Colleagues Publications collection
Collection
Call Number: Ms Coll 41
Overview:
Arnold Gesell was head of the Psycho-Clinic and later of the Clinic of Child Development at the Yale School of Medicine from 1911 to 1948. Some of his former collaborators founded the Gesell Institute for Child Development in 1950 in New Haven to carry on his work. The collection contains non-book publications by Arnold Gesell and his collaborators as well as of some of the staff members of the Gesell Institute. Publications include not only reprints of professional articles, but also popular...
Dates:
1922-1991, bulk 1930-1959
Clark Leonard Hull papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 294
Overview:
The papers consist of manuscripts, research and laboratory notes, and class outlines by Clark Hull on behaviorism, hypnosis, childhood, reasoning and other topics in psychology. Of special interest are a series of twenty-eight notebooks (1915-1951) containing "original ideas on things in general." Also included are papers and theses by his students (1921-1940). Among the personal papers are two diaries (1902 and 1929, respectively) and a day-by-day record of his daughter's first two years,...
Dates:
1902-1951
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Clark Leonard Hull papers
Institute of Human Relations, Yale University, records
Collection
Call Number: RU 483
Overview:
The records consist of administrative and subject files, annual reports, financial records, publications, and correspondence documenting the activities of the Institute of Human Relations at Yale. Topics include fund-raising, special studies, associations and conferences, fellowships, and research.
Dates:
circa 1928-1963
Margaret S. Mahler papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1138
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence and subject files, presentation files, writings, photographs, videotapes, audiotapes and film documenting Margaret Mahler's career as a child psychoanalyst, clinical researcher, and author. The papers highlight Mahler's American career beginning in 1938 until her death in 1985. The materials encompass Mahler's varied research topics, her professional activities at the international, national, regional and local levels, and her writings. Materials relating to...
Dates:
1822-1987
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Margaret S. Mahler papers
Sally Provence papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1660
Overview:
The papers include correspondence and writings and research files which document the professional career of Sally Provence. Data from Provence's studies on child development comprise the bulk of the papers, which also include files from her involvement in the National Center for Clinical Infant Programs.
Dates:
1951-1991
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Sally Provence papers
Albert J. Solnit papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1809
Overview:
The papers consist of Solnit's resource and writings files concerning subjects of prime interest to him, such as child development, parenting, adoption, and custody. The papers also include audio and video recordings of Solnit's lectures and photographs.
Dates:
1952-2001
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Albert J. Solnit papers
Yale Child Study Center reference collection
Collection
Call Number: Pam Coll 11
Overview:
The collection consists of approximately 3,800 short published works on topics related to child welfare used by Arnold Gesell and the staff of the Yale Child Study Center as a reference collection. Topics include children and the war, day care centers (day nurseries), education, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency, intellectual disability (mental deficiency), mental health (mental hygiene), mental illness (insanity), nurseries, and nutrition. A portion of collection materials document...
Dates:
1886-1958