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This series is organized alphabetically by title. The type of writing ("article," "book chapter," or "speech") of each title is oftenunclear and it is difficult to determine for many of the titles whether they were published. The majority of the writings are from the decades May spent at Yale University where he was a professor of educational psychology and, later, director of the Institute of Human Relations (IHR). Some ofthe writings focus specifically on the aims and work ofthe lHR. May's ideas concerning the importance of education and its relation to the challenges of modern life are imparted throughout. Connected to this, May wrote on the struggles and cultural situation of Depression-era youth. The writings on education and youth demonstrate a concern with questions about how responsible national citizenries are formed. Many of the pieces detail May's considerable interest in the possibilities for social betterment offered by motion picture technology. In the speech "Educational Possibilities of Motion Pictures," May suggests that the motion picture is the most vital educational instrument of modem times due to its ability to convey facts and emotions without the "difficulties of language and limitations ofwords." May's perspectives on scientific knowledge as expressed in "Some Limitations of the Social Sciences" and other pieces evince his interest in the cultural constraints of science. At the end of the series there is one folder of book reviews written by May.