ARCHIVES OF THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY

REGISTER OF CONTENTS OF A COLLECTION

 

COLLECTION NAME: Aronson (L.R.) Papers

LOCATION: M2827

 

 

Folder #1  - Title:         B. americanus “filed notes” G.K.N

 

®Field notes concerning the behavior of Bufo americanus - author unknown (G.K.N.?)

(1940).

 

Folder #2  - Title:         no title

 

®Paper (in various forms) by Aronson concerning the sexual behavior of Rana clamitans

and Rana catesbeiana (green and bull frog, respectfully).

 

Folder #3  - Title:         no title

 

®Paper (in various forms) by Aronson dealing with the sexual behavior of Bufo americanus, Bufo fowleri, and Bufo terrestris.

 

Folder #4  - Title:         no title

 

®Thirty-nine page “review”, by Aronson, of the histological structure of the nervous system (1941)

 

Folder #5  - Title:         no title

 

®An annotated paper, presumably by Fred Mettler (department of anatomy at Cornel Medical College) concerning the central nervous system (no date).

 

Folder #6  - Title:         no title

 

®Paper by Aronson dealing with comparative structures of the central nervous system - exemplified by forebrain evolution (1941).

 

Folder #7  - Title:         no title

 

®Correspondence (non-psychologist) and various other all related to the American Institute of Biological Sciences (1960).

 

Folder #8  - Title:         S.I.

 

®An eight page newsletter titled, Sexual Intercourse: An Informal Journal on SexualBehavior (vol. 1, No.1 - June, 1964)

 

®A letter addressed “Dear Colleagues” from the apparent originator of the above mentioned newsletter describing the proposed format of the newsletter (June 12, 1964)              Or - Richard E. Whalen

 


Folder #9  - Title:         no title

 

®One-hundred-eighteen page collection of abstracts all concerning animal behavior (no date) Among those involved in the correspondence: G. Gottlieb, J.H. Reynierse, T.E. McGill, J.S. Rosenblatt

 

Folder #10- Title:         Belfast, 1979

 

®Correspondence relating to the July 1979 meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, held at Queen’s University - Belfast Ireland (mostly non-psychologists) (1978)

Or - Ethel Tobach 

 

Folder #11- Title:         Evolution of telencephalic function

 

®Various forms of a manuscript by Aronson sharing the above title (apparently the paper was delivered at Belfast) (no date)

 

Folder #12- Title:         Xenopus

 

®Correspondence relating to ordering and caring for Xenopus leavis (non-psychologists) (1966-1967)

 

®Student paper, topic- Xenopus (non date)

 

Folder #13- Title:         Xenopus paper

 

®Various forms of a manuscript by Aronson dealing with Xenopus leavis breeding behavior (no date)

 

Folder #14- Title:         Communications - NYU

 

®Miscellaneous correspondence between Aronson and peoples affiliated with NYU (mostly non-       

psychologists) (1941-1945)

 

Folder #15- Title:         no title

 

®Various handwritten and typed notes and manuscript fragments dealing with sexual behavior projects.

 

®Correspondence dealing with sexual behavior (1963-1965) Or/Re- Frank A. Beach

 

COLLECTION NAME: Aronson (L.R.) Papers

LOCATION: M2828

 

 

Folder #1-3  - Title:      Some recent studies on the evolution of sexual behavior

 

®Manuscript dealing with the evolution of sexual behavior (no date)

 

Folder #4-6  - Title:      Sex and behavior

 

®Manuscript dealing with sexual behavior (no date)

 

Folder #7    - Title:       Endocrine conference

 

®Various materials concerning a paper to be presented at the Columbia University symposium on comparative endocrinology (May 1958)

 

Folder #8    - Title:       Endocrine conference: New Hampshire

 

®Correspondence and materials concerning the 1961 endocrine conference (mostly non-psychologists) (1960-1961)

Among those involved in the correspondence:    Ethel Tobach

T.C. Schneirla

 

Folder #9    - Title:       Kansas conference

 

®Correspondence and other materials dealing with the first biennial T.C. Schneirla Conference (conference on comparative psychology) (very early 1980s)

Among those involved in the correspondence:    C. Robert Burresen

Charles Burdsal

Gary Greenberg

Jay S. Rosenblatt

Duane Rumbaugh

Ethel Tobach

H.R. Topoff

 

Folder #10  - Title:       Schneirla Conference (AHAP)

 

®Correspondence and other materials dealing with the fifth T.C. Schneirla Conference

(Very Late 1980s) Among those involved in the correspondence:          Paul W. Cornwell

Kathryn E. Hood

Richard M. Lerner

Seymour Wapner

 

COLLECTION NAME: Aronson (L.R.) Papers

LOCATION: M2829

 

 

Folder #1&2- Title:      Animal Behavior Society

 

®Correspondence (1964-1966), newsletters (1960s-1980s), ABS constitution, and other materials all dealing with the Animal Behavior Society                                               

Among those involved in the correspondence:    Edgar B. Hale

J.A. King

 

 

Folder #3     - Title:      NYU Lecture - High school Biology Teachers

 

®Notes, correspondence, and outline plans for a continuing education program for high school science teachers given by NYU.  (1958-1959)

Among those involved in the correspondence:    Ethel Tobach

(Mostly non-psychologists)

 

 

Folder #4     - Title:      JAL (James Arthur Lectur [AHAP]) Special - Letters of Congratulations

 

®Letters to Aronson from Robert L. Thompson, and other peoples (non-psychologists), congratulate him on his presentation at the 1978 JAL.

 

 

 

Folder #5&6- Title:      Ecological Society of America and the American Society of Zoology - Division of Animal Behavior and Sociobiology

 

®Bylaws of the Animal Behavior and Sociobiology Div. Of ESAASZ

®Newsletters

®Correspondence (mostly non-psychologists)

Among those involved in the correspondence:    William Verplanck       

E.B. Hale

J.A. King

 

 


Folder #7     - Title:      JAL (James Arthur Lecture [AHAP])

 

®Lecture notes, and correspondence (1977-1978) with non-psychologists concerning the 1978 James Arthur Lecture on human brain evolution.

 

 

Folder #8     - Title:      James Arthur Lecture Misc.

 

®Miscellaneous notes and correspondence with non-psychologists (early 1970s)

 

 

Folder #9     - Title:      James Arthur

 

®Requisition forms and other expenditure records and materials (1971-1976).

 

®Miscellaneous notes and correspondence with non-psychologists.  (Early 1970s)

 

COLLECTION NAME: Aronson (L.R) Papers

LOCATION: M2830

 

 

Folder #1     - Title:      “ESP”

 

®Correspondence (non-psychologists) between Aronson and American National History Museum Administration concerning an ‘ESP’ based exhibit (1976-1977)

 

Folder #2     - Title:      “To be answered”

 

®Letters (1953-1954) to Aronson, mostly museum staff, which he apparently intended to answer.  Among those involved in the correspondence: Myron Gordon

 

®Materials concerning a mid 1950s Nigeria project (expenditures and accommodation arrangements etc.) (late 1953 - early 1954)

 

Folder #3     - Title:      Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Yeshiva Lecture”

 

®Notes and correspondence dealing with a seminar to be conducted at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva College (1959) (non-psychologist)

 

Folder #4     - Title:      Havard Seminar - 1954”

 

®Several papers (most not by Aronson) dealing with animal behavior

 

®List “Guest of the summer seminar on behavior”

 

Folder #5     - Title:      “Seasonal Cycles - Science article”

 

®Several versions of a manuscript by Aronson dealing with the sexual behavior of cats.    (no date)

 

Folder #6     - Title:      “Jane Rush”

 

®Application for admission to doctoral program (CUNY) for Jane Rush

 

®Notes and preliminary thesis proposal (“Mounting Behavior in Female Cats”) (1971)

 

Folder #7     - Title:      Cortical Academy material”

 

®Notes, correspondence, and other materials dealing with ‘Tonic Functions of the Sensory Systems’ conference (1975-1976)


Folder #8     - Title:      none

 

®Materials (memos, minutes, etc.) Concerning AMNH Council of Scientific Staff

(1986-1987).

 

Folder #9     -Title:       “Paper for Brain and Behavioral Sciences

 

®Two annotated copies of a paper by Ethal Tobach and Aronson (late 1980s)

 

Folder #10   -Title:       “Miscellaneous”

 

®Miscellaneous correspondence with Japanese Psychologists

 

®List of Division of Behavioral and Neural Sciences Advisory Subcommittee members (1970s)

 

Folder #11   -Title:       “Surgical Methods”

 

®Procedures guide to surgical methods in biology (1930s)

 

Folder #12   -Title:       “Marine Bio-Acoustics”

 

®Materials for a symposium on Marine Bio-Acoustics (April 13-15, 1966- Sponsored by AMNH and USN training center New York)

 

®Materials for a conference on Lateral Line Detectors.

 

Folder #13   -Title:       “Miscellaneous”

 

®Humorous Material about lordosis (1975)

 

®A small amount of material concerning animal ‘intelligence’ (1956, 1963)

 

Folder #14   -Title:       “Borne”

 

®A copy of a manuscript presumably by ‘Borne’ with a letter and a list of suggested changes (no author - presumably written by Aronson) (1941).

 

 


Folder #15   -Title:       “Austin Conference on Speciation-1958"

 

®Materials (notes, arrangements etc.) For a conference on vertebrate speciation (1958).

 

Folder #16   -Title:       none

 

®Manuscript titled, “Regeneration Studies of the Critical area in Gonopodial Excision of the Lebistes”, by Robert P. Kamrin

 

Folder #17   -Title:       “PCPA”

 

®Instructions for mixing PCPA (parachlorophenylalanine).

 

®Materials concerning the sexual behavior of cats (early 1970s)

 

Folder #18   -Title:       “Witchcraft”

 

®List of readings for a history of pseudo-science and the occult

 

Folder #19   -Title:       “Sloan Foundation”

 

®Research ideas materials (1971)

 

Folder #20   -Title:       “Animal Behavior Society”

 

®Correspondence (miscellaneous) concerning animal behavior issues (non-psychologists) (1942-1976) Among those involved in the correspondence - Norman Adler

 

Folder #21   -Title:       “International Psychological Congress - Moscow August 1-7, 1966"

 

®Correspondence and notes for the above mentioned congress (1965-1966)

Among those involved in the correspondence - Harley O. Preston 

 

COLLECTION NAME: Aronson (L.R.) Papers

LOCATION: M2831

 

Folder #1     - Title:      Pearl Fish”

 

®Notes, an outline, and arrangements for a field study of Carapus bermundensis (pearl fish) to be conducted in Miami Florida  (1957-1958).

 

Folder #2     - Title:    Grundger’s Notes on Pearl Fish”

 

®Hand written notes on Carapus bermundensis presumably by a graduate student or research associate of Aronson (Grundger).

 

Folder #3     - Title:    Pearl Fish”

 

®Various notes and maps concerning Carapus bermundensis projects.

 

Folder #4     - Title:    No title

 

®Notes and correspondence dealing with feline urological issues.

(the correspondents are all non-psychologists)

®Miscellaneous fish materials

 

Folder #5     - Title:    No title

 

®Manuscript dealing with spawning frequency of female Tilapia macrocephala (2 typed versions).

 

Folder #6     - Title:    “African Mouth Breeding Fish (AHAP)”

 

®Manuscript by Aronson titled, “Problems in the Behavior and Physiology of Species of African Mouth Breeding Fish.”

®Several versions of the above manuscript and notes

 

Folder #7     - Title:    “Ichthyology Course (1943)”

 

®Notes for a Ichthyology Course (1943)

 

Folder #8     -Title:    New York Academy of Science - Manu. & Corres. 1-9-67"

 

®Manuscript (or Aronson) titled, “ Forebrain Function in Teleost Fishes”

®Correspondence concerning the above manuscript and its relationship to a symposium.

(1966-1967) (the correspondents are all non-psychologists)


Folder #9     -Title:    “Brain and Behavior of Fishes”

 

®Materials (correspondence, notes of instruction etc.) concerning a fish symposium     (the correspondents are all non-psychologists)

   

Folder #10   -Title:    “Conference - Intersexuality in Fishes”

 

®Abstracts of papers presented at a conference on intersexuality in fishes (1965).

®Notes for the conference presentation

®Conference schedule

 

Folder #11   -Title:    “Personal Translations”

 

®Translations of foreign works into English (1785, 1886, 1929, ‘34, ‘43, ‘44, ‘52)

 

Folder #12   -Title:    No Title

 

®Manuscript, charts, graphs, etc. dealing with a learning experiment involving forebrain removal in fishes

 

Folder #13   -Title:    “Symposium on Fish Behavior”

 

®Materials (notes, correspondence etc.) dealing with a 1959 symposium on fish behavior

Among those involved in the correspondence (Most correspondents are non-psychologists) M.E. Bitterman or, re

 

Folder #14   -Title:    “Fish Forebrain Notes”

 

®Notes and correspondence (with biologists and physiologists) concerning fish behavior and experimental apparatus (1960s)

®Translations of foreign works dealing with fish forebrain experiments

 

Folder #15   -Title:    “URP Reports - Fish II”

 

®Correspondence between Aronson and non-psychologists discussing experimental methods (Aug. - Sept. 1966)

 


Folder #16   -Title:    No Title

 

®A manuscript by Ronald Herberman titled. “Investigation on the Relation of the Forebrain and Cerebellum to Operant Conditioning in Fishes”

 (This manuscript was prepared with the help of Dr. Aronson) (August 1960)

 

Folder #17   -Title:     University of Chicago Press - Function of the Teleostean Forebrain”

 

®A book chapter concerning the above topic by Aronson and Harriette Kaplan for the above mentioned book

®Several lists of corrections (from the editor) and counter corrections (by Aronson and Kaplan) (1967-’68)

 

COLLECTION NAME: Aronson (L.R.) Papers

LOCATION: M2832

 

Folder #1      -Title:    No Title

 

®Manuscript by Lester Aronson titled, “An analysis of the Reproductive Behavior of the Mouthbreeding Cichlid Fish (Tilapia macrocephala)

(manuscript contains annotations;    no date)

 

Folder #2     -Title:    “Timing and Programming Handbook (AHAP)”

 

®Timing and Programming Handbook, Milton H. Aronson (Ed.). Instruments Publishing Co., Inc.  Pittsburgh, PA. (no date)

®The above mentioned Handbook is a collection abstracts describing apparatus (timing and programming)

 

Folder #3     -Title:    No Title

 

®Three versions of a manuscript in various stages of production titled, “Experimental Observations on the Brood-Care of Haplochromis Multicolor, a Teleost Mouthbreeder.

 

Folder #4     -Title:    “Hans M. Peters - 1941 Reproductive Biology and Animal Sociological Studies in Fish - Hemichromis Bimaculalus - Gill translation”

 

®A 53 page manuscript (handwritten), apparently translated by Hans M. Peters (1941)

 

Folder #5     -Title:    No Title

 

®Movie narration script “Orientation and Jumping Behavior in the Gobiid Fish,  Bathygobius soporator.

®Manuscript by Aronson titled, “Further Studies on Orientation and Jumping Behavior in the Gobiid Fish,  Bathygobius  soporator.

®Letter to Aronson from the editor-in-chief of the New York Academy of Sciences Monograph on Orientation: Sensory Basis (1971).

 

Folder #6     -Title:    “Cats - Grant Renewal Materials - Limbic”

 

®Grant application forms

®Advertisement for “A Stereotaxic Atlas of the Kitten Brain”

®A copy of the above document (1970-1972)

 

 


Folder #7     -Title:    “Cortical Manuscript”

 

®Letters (n=2) to the editor of Annal of the New York Academy of Sciences accompanying a manuscript (1976)

®The above mentioned manuscript titled, “Central Versus Peripheral Genital Desensitization and Mating Behavior in Male Cats: Tonic and Phasic Effects”

®Several other letters to Aronson pertaining to the above mentioned manuscript (all non-psychologists) (1977)

 

Folder #8     -Title:    “Ken’s Paper”

 

®Editorial materials associated with a proposed publication authored by Aronson and Kenneth Cooper (non-psychologist) titled, “Effects of Castration on Neural Affarent Responses from the Penis of Domestic the Cat”

 

Folder #9     -Title:    “Olfactory IV - Reference Used”

 

®Manuscript by non-psychologist Donald Tucker and Psychologist James Smith

®Letter from Tucker that presumably accompanied the manuscript (1973)

 

Folder #10   -Title:    “Olfactory Work up Sheet”

 

®Notes for an olfactory experiment

 

Folder #11   -Title:    “Cat Olfactory Manuscript - Final Copy”

 

®Correspondence between Aronson and publishing company personnel concerning a publication (reprint costs, revisions etc.) (1973-’74)

®A copy of the manuscript by Aronson and Madeline Cooper (non-psychologist) titled, “Olfactory Deprivation and Mating Behavior in Sexually Experienced Male Cats”

 

Folder #12   -Title:    “Cats - Notes and Summaries”

 

®Notes (handwritten) concerning cat olfactory studies.

 

Folder #13 A&B   -Title:    “Outlines - Cortical Operates”

 

®Numerous diagrams of several cat specimen brains showing the area(s) of lesions.

 

Folder #14   -Title:    Miscellaneous  - Cat (AHAP)”

 

®Miscellaneous sexual behavior materials concerning cats (1968-’72)

 

COLLECTION NAME: Aronson (L.R.) Papers

LOCATION: M2833

 

 

Folder #1     -Title:     “Notes - Brain and Fish Conditioning”

 

®Materials concerning fish forebrain ablation and conditioning

®Diagrams of a fish pellet dispenser

 

Folder #2     -Title:     “Function of the Forebrain and Cerebellum in Learning in the Teleost, Tilapia heudelotii macrophala

 

®Manuscript (title above) by Aronson and Hariett Kaplan.

®Diagrams of fish forebrains

 

Folder #3     -Title:    “Forebrain Function in Avoidance Conditioning of Fish”

 

®Manuscript by non-psychologist Nancy Stephanie Orloff (title same as above) (1964)

 

Folder #4     -Title:    No Title

 

®Annotated manuscript titled, “ The Effects of Forebrain Lesions on Mating Behavior in the Male Platyfish, Xiphophorus maculatus”,

by Aronson and Robert P. Kamrin.

 

Folder #5     -Title:    “Pacific Science Congress - Literature”

 

®Manuscript by Aronson titled, “Environmental Stimuli: Altering the Physiological Condition of the Individual - Lower Vertebrates”

 

Folder #6     -Title:    Ethology Congress X - 1967 - Stockholm

 

®Hand written notes concerning references.

®List of the congress participants (mostly non-psychologists)

®Correspondence concerning the congress (non-psychologists and/or foreign)

®A program from the congress

 

Folder #7     -Title:    Ethology Congress IX - 1965 - Zurich

 

®Materials similar to that contained in folder #6 - pertaining to the IXth congress.

®Travel materials (grant applications etc.)

 


Folder #8     -Title:    Ethology Congress XIV - 1973 - Washington DC

 

®Materials similar to that contained in folder #6 - pertaining to the XIVth congress.®Annotated version of an abstract by Pushpamangalam Thomas and Aronson Titled,

 “Analysis of the Picking Up of Eggs by the African Black-Chinned Mouthbreeding Fish Tilapia melanothiron

 

Folder #9     -Title:    Ethology Congresses XII and XIII - Edinburgh and Parma respectively”

 

®Materials similar to that contained in folder #6 - pertaining to the XIIth and XIIIth congresses.

 

Folder #10   -Title:    Ethology Congress XVI - 1979 - Vancouver BC

 

®Materials similar to that contained in folder #6 - pertaining to the XVIth congress.

®Preliminary outline type materials and congress information - Aronson did not attend

 

Folder #11   -Title:    Ethology Congress XIV - 1975 - Parma

 

®Very small amount of material similar to that contained in folder #6 - pertaining to the XIVth congress

 

Folder #12   -Title:    Ethology Congress VIII - 1963 - Den Haag

 

®Materials similar to that contained in folder #6 - pertaining to the VIIIth congress.

®Manuscript titled, “Forebrain and Cerebellar Function in Teleostean Fishes”

Or - Henry S. Odbert

Or, Re- Paul G. Cheatham

 

Folder #13   -Title:     Ethology Congress VI - 1959 - Cambridge

 

®Material similar to above - pertaining to the VIth congress.

 

Folder #14   -Title:     “Eastern Reproductive Conference - University of Connecticut - 1977"

 

®Material relating to the above mentioned conference.

®Material concerning a conference round table, organized by Aronson - “Human Application of Animal Studies of Sexual Behavior”

Or, Re - Benjamin Sachs


Folder #15   -Title:     “Eastern Conference on Reproductive Behavior - 1978”

 

®Travel expenditures and allowances etc. for the tenth annual conference in Madison Wisconsin.

 

Folder #16   -Title:    “Shark Paper for Natural History”

 

®Manuscript by Aronson titled, “The Experts Confer About Dangerous Sharks (1961)”

 

Folder #17   -Title:     “Sharks - Notes”

 

®Materials concerning shark conference

 

Folder #18   -Title:     No Title

 

®Miscellaneous Shark material

 

Folder #19   -Title:     No Title

 

®Transcript of a paper presented at New Orleans Shark Conference (1958)

®A letter from non-psychologists - Perry W. Gilbert (professor of zoology)

 

Folder #20   -Title:     “Shark Documents etc.”

 

®Typed and hand written notes concerning shark repellents

®More information about the 1958 New Orleans Shark Conference

 

Folder #21   -Title:     “Shark Paper”

 

®Materials relating to an AIBS book concerning shark behavior (Aronson contributed a chapter to the book)

®Correspondence between professor of zoology Perry W. Gilbert (editor of the AIBS book) and Aronson concerning Aronson’s contribution (1960-’62)

®Correspondence between Aronson and publishing houses concerning permissions (1961)

®Miscellaneous hand written notes  

 

COLLECTION NAME: Aronson (L.R.) Papers

LOCATION: M2834

 

Folder #1     -Title:     “Shark Paper Illustrations”

 

®Notes concerning the figures and photos for an AIBC publication for which Aronson contributed.

®A letter from the editor (non-psychologist).

 

Folder #2     -Title:     “Spontaneous Emission in the Cat (AHAP)”

 

®Annotated portions of a manuscript with the above title.

 

Folder #3     -Title:     “URP Reports - Cats”

 

®Several manuscripts (NSF - Undergraduate Research Program) concerning male cat sexual behavior.

 

Folder #4     -Title:     “Cats - Equipment”

 

®Catalog for stereotaxic equipment

®Price list for the above mentioned equipment and animal food

®Budget lists and other materials concerning laboratory procedures.

 

Folder #5     -Title:     “Animal Behavior”

 

®Materials pertaining to, and several versions of a manuscript by Aronson and M.Cooper (biologist) titled,

“Mating Behavior in Sexually Inexperienced cats after desensitization of the Glans Penis” (1969)

 

Folder #6     -Title:    “Penile Spines Manuscript and American Association of Anatomists - 1966"

 

®Manuscript by Aronson and M. Cooper titled, “Penile Spines of the Domestic Cat: Their Endocrine - Behavior Relation”

 

Folder #7     -Title:     “Cats Summaries”

 

®Handwritten notes concerning the sexual behavior of cats.

®Grant application for cat research (1963)


Folder 8-9    -Title:     “Desensitization of the Glans Penis and Sexual Behavior in Cats - Young Memorial Volume”

 

®In formation pertaining to a chapter written by Aronson and M. Cooper in a sexual behavior book dedicated to William C. Young (1967)

 

Folder #10   -Title:     Telemetring Conference”

 

®Material pertaining to the organization of a Telemetry Conference sponsored by AMNH (1962)

 

COLLECTION NAME: Aronson (L.R.) Papers

LOCATION: M2835

 

 

Folder #1     -Title:     “Embassies - Telemetry”

 

®Replies to Aronson from various Embassy officials either accepting or declining an invitation to a Telemetry Conference organized by Aronson (1962)

 

Folder #2     -Title:     “Pre-Published - Hamster Paper”

 

®Annotated manuscript concerning the post-castration sexual behavior of hamsters.

®Correspondence between Aronson and Harry F. Harlow (editor of the Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology) concerning publication of the above manuscript

®Letters from Roslyn P. Warren (or) concerning a joint project with Aronson (1956)

 

Folder #3     -Title:     No Title

 

®An annotated manuscript dealing the sexual behavior of castrated and adrenalectomized male hamsters

®Correspondence (with non-psychologists) concerning the above mentioned manuscript and its publication status.

 

Folder #4     -Title:     “Hamsters”

 

®Annotated manuscript by Aronson and R.P. Warren titled, “Sexual Behavior in Castrated - Adrenalectomized Hamster Maintained on DCA”

 

Folder #5     -Title:     No Title

 

®Lab notes concerning test trials for hamster project

®Graphs, notes, and photos (of copulating hamsters)

 

Folder #6     -Title:     “Miscellaneous Correspondence (AHAP) [Aug. 1954-Jan. 1955]

 

®Among those involved in correspondence:

Sherman Ross (or) Roslyn P. Warren (or, re)

 

Folder #7     -Title:      “Hamster Data and Graphs (AHAP)”

 

®Numerous charts and graphs

®Test trial data


Folder #8     -Title:     No Title

 

®Handwritten notes or an early version of a manuscript concerning an Aronson R.P. Warren hamster project

®Letter from R. P. Warren to Aronson concerning reprints (1956)

 

Folder #9     -Title:     No Title

 

®Two slightly different versions of an annotated manuscript titled, “Sexual Behavior in Castrated - Adrenalectomized Hamsters Maintained on DCA” (by Aronson and Warren)

®Letter to Aronson from Warren concerning the Manuscript

 

------------The Lester R. Aronson Abstract Series------------

 

Folder #10   -Title:     “Abstracts - 1942"

 

®Collection of abstracts for Aronson projects for 1942

®Scripts to accompany slide presentations and films

 

Folder #11   -Title:     “Abstracts - 1943"

 

®Collection of abstracts for Aronson projects for 1943

®Radio broadcast script

 

Folder #12   -Title:     “Abstracts - 1944"

 

®Collection of abstracts for Aronson projects for 1944

 

Folder #13   -Title:     “Abstracts - 1945"

 

®Collection of abstracts for Aronson projects for 1945

 

Folder #14   -Title:     “Abstracts - 1946"

 

®Collection of abstracts for Aronson projects for 1946

 

Folder #15   -Title:     “Abstracts - 1948-1949"

 

®Collection of abstracts for Aronson projects for 1948 and 1949

 

®Slide script


Folder #16   -Title:     “Abstracts - 1950"

 

®Collection of abstracts for Aronson projects for 1950

®Slide script

 

Folder #17   -Title:     “Abstracts - 1951-1952"

 

®Collection of abstracts for Aronson projects for 1951 and 1952

 

Folder #18   -Title:     “Abstracts - 1953-1954"

 

®Collection of abstracts for Aronson projects for 1953 and 1954                                                                               

 

COLLECTION NAME: Aronson (L.R.) Papers

LOCATION: M2836

 

-----------------The Lester R. Aronson Abstract Series continued---------------

 

Folder #1     -Title:     “Abstracts - 1955-1956"

 

®Collection of abstracts for Aronson projects for 1955-1956

®Project notes

 

Folder #2     -Title:     “Abstracts - 1957-1959"

 

®Collection of abstracts for Aronson projects for 1957-1959

®Project notes

 

Folder #3     -Title:     “Abstracts - 1960-1962"

 

®Collection of abstracts for Aronson projects for 1960-1962

®Slide scripts

 

Folder #4     -Title:     “Abstracts - 1963-1964"

 

®Collection of abstracts for Aronson projects for 1963-1964

 

Folder #5     -Title:     “Abstracts - 1965-1968"

 

®Collection of abstracts for Aronson projects for 1965-1968

®Speech notes

 

Folder #6     -Title:     “Abstracts 1969-1973"

 

®Collection of abstracts for Aronson projects for 1969-1973

®Slide script

 

Folder #7     -Title:     “Abstracts 1974-1979"

 

®Collection of abstracts for Aronson projects for 1974-1979

®Radio presentation script

 

COLLECTION NAME: Aronson (L.R.) Papers

LOCATION: M2837

 

Folder #1   -Title:   “Instrument Manuals (AHAP)”

 

-Instrument manuals from American Electronic Laboratories Inc. (1963-1964)

 

Folder #2   -Title:   “Instrument Manuals (AHAP)”

 

-Instructions for operating and Maintenance of an autoclave- Hospital Supply Co. Inc. (1968)

 

Folder #3   -Title:   “Instrument Manuals (AHAP)”

 

- Instrument catalogs and manuals from the Grass Medical Instrument Co. (1960-1970)

 

Folder #4   -Title:   “Instrument Manuals (AHAP)”

 

-Instrument catalogs and manuals from the Grass Medical Instrument Co. (1960-1970)

 

Folder #5   -Title:   “Instrument Manuals (AHAP)”

 

- Instruction manual for a cryostat from International Equipment Co. (1962?)

 

Folder #6   -Title:   “ Instrument Manuals (AHAP)”

 

-Catalog for the Sherer Company (1960s?)

 

Folder #7   -Title:   “Instrument Manuals (AHAP)”

 

-Nikon and Advanced Laboratories Microscope Manuals/Catalog (1962 and 1971)

 

Folder #8   -Title:   “Instrument Manuals (AHAP)”

 

-Mettler Balance Instruction Manual (date?)

 

Folder #9   -Title:   “Instrument Manuals (AHAP)”

 

-Assembly/Instruction Manuals from the Health Company (1962-1963)

 

Folder #10   -Title:   “Instrument Manuals (AHAP)”

 

-Miscellaneous materials for industrial electronic tools and equipment.

 

Folder #11   -Title: “Instrument Manuals (AHAP)”

 

-Carolina Tips (periodical) updates on various developments within the scientific laboratory equipment industry (1961-1975)

 

-         Sylvania Industrial News (periodical) updates on various developments within the scientific laboratory equipment industry (1961-1964)

 

COLLECTION NAME: Aronson (L.R.) Papers

LOCATION: M2838

 

Folder #1     -Title:     No Title

 

            -Membership lists to several animal behavior organizations (1976, 1983, 1962)

 

Folder #2     -Title:     No Title

 

 -Correspondence between Aronson and non-psychologists (president for the Society of    Neuroscience)

concerning the taxonomic nomenclature of domestic cats Felis catus.     (1978)

 

 -The New York Academy of Science Life Member Award - awarded to Aronson in 1978

 

Folder #3     -Title:     No Title

 

 -Miscellaneous materials relating to a book on fish physiology for which Aronson was contributing a chapter (mid 1950s)    

 

Folder #4     -Title:     No Title

 

 -Correspondence between Dr. and Mrs. Aronson while they were in separate parts Africa on field studies.  (mid 1950s)

 

Folder #5     -Title:     No Title

 

 -Purchase and maintenance records for Dr. Aronson’s Land Rover that he used while conducting his field work in Africa (mid 1950s)

 

Folder #6      -Title:     No Title

 

            -Miscellaneous materials concerning African field work (1953-1954)

 

            -Various documents concerning travel arrangements and equipment security

 

            -Personal correspondence with non-psychologists

 

Folder #7      -Title:     No Title

 

-Miscellaneous AMNH Materials concerning the African field project that Aronson was working on

           Among those involved in the correspondence:   T.C. Schneirla (Re, Or)

                                                                                     Ethel Tobach (Or)

 

Folder #8      -Title:     Fish Brain Reprint Request

 

-Correspondence between Aronson and mostly non-psychologists in reference to request for reprint of an article concerning fish forebrain studies conducted by Aronson. 

Among those involved in the correspondence:  Nina Bull (or re)

1966 – ‘67               William Hodos (or)

        George A. Pinckney (or)

 

Folder #9     -Title:     Miscellaneous Reprint Requests (AHAP)

 

            -Reprint requests for various Aronson articles (non-psychologists)

            -Miscellaneous financial documents (i.e., bank statements and canceled checks)

                        Various years (1950s, 1960s, and 1970s)

 

Folder #10    -Title:     The U.S. Educational Commission in the U.K. (AHAP)

 

-List of researchers holding Fulbright grants for 1952-‘53

-Fulbright Act Research Fellowship Grant application completed by Aronson in 1952 – purpose statement - ‘research in life history of the West African cichlid fishes’

-Other miscellaneous literature intended for the guidance and instruction of Fulbright Fellowship holders.

-Other documents detailing travel arrangements and expenditures for Aronson’s Fulbright research in Africa (1953-’54)

-Preliminary field reports from Aronson to The U.S. Educational Commission in the U.K. (1953)

-Request and approval for extensions of both the above mentioned grant award as well as AMNH funding and extended leave (Sept./Oct. 1953)

-Information regarding the return trip of Aronson and family (Jan./Feb. 1954)

 

Folder #11    -Title:     Amygdala

 

 -‘Revised version’ of an Aronson Manuscript titled: “Amygdaloid hypersexuality in male cats re-examined” (co-authored with non-psychologist Madeline L. Cooper)

-Correspondence between Aronson and the editor of  Physiology and Behavior regarding publication details (1978-79)

 

 

Folder #12    -Title:     Reprint Requests (AHAP)

 

            -Reprint request from other scientists (mostly non-psychologists)

            Among those involved in the correspondence:

           

Douglas O. Draper       John Money                 Ephraim Peretz

            Richard Kelly               P.J. Morgan                 P.H. Sampson

            Ivan D. London            Ralph G. Noble            Donald M. Scott

 

Folder #13    -Title:     Amygdala Control Drawings”

 

            -Numerous hand-drawn schematics of amygdala (presumably from cats)

 

COLLECTION NAME: Aronson (L.R.) Papers

LOCATION: M2839

 

Folder #1     -Title:     Photo Folder (AHAP)

 

            -Numerous photographs of animals (birds, cats, fishes, frogs, and lizards)

 

Folder #2     -Title:     Maps

 

-Miscellaneous field reports and maps relating to  Aronson’s African field (fish) project (1953)

 

Folder #3     -Title:     Instruments – General

 

            -AMNH key schedule

            -Numerous manuals and instruction booklets for laboratory equipment

 

Folder #4     -Title:     Instruments – General (continued)

 

            -Numerous manuals and instruction booklets for laboratory equipment