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 3 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
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
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