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Collection ID: MS 294
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Hull, Clark Leonard, 1884-1952
- Date:
- 1902-1951
- Abstract:
- 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, 1916-1917.
- Extent:
- 6.25 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English
Background
- Acquisition information:
- Donated through a series of gifts from Clark L. Hull in 1953; Mrs. Clark Hull in 1963; and Mrs. Ruth Hull Low in 1977.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Scope and Content:
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, 1916-1917.
- Biographical / Historical:
Clark Leonard Hull was an assistant professor of psychology at Yale University from 1920-1922; an associate professor from 1922-1925; and a professor from 1925-1952. He was the author of eight books and many articles.
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(203) 432-1735mssa.assist@yale.edu