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G. Marian Kinget, Papers (1910-1997)

PAPERS: 1940-1997

VOLUME: 4 linear feet, (boxes M3304-3310)

ACCESS: No restrictions

PROCESSED BY: Rhonda Rinehart  

DATE: April 18, 2005

Biographical Note

G. Marian Kinget was born in Belgium on June 2, 1910. She died on February 27, 1997, in Okemos, Michigan, at the age of 86. Kinget is best known as an educator and psychologist with a focus on humanistic psychology. G. Marian Kinget received her M.A. in 1943 from the University of Louvain in Belgium and later received her Ph.D. in 1948 also from the University of Louvain. Kinget came to the United States in 1948 for post doctoral study at New York University, Columbia University, and the University of Chicago, where she worked with Carl Rogers. Kinget naturalized to the United States in 1957. She became an assistant professor of psychology at Michigan State University in 1952 and she continued to teach after she received the title of professor emeritus in 1981. Kinget taught such courses as “Humanistic Psychology” and “Love and Will.” She has been credited with teaching the first formal course in humanistic psychology in America. 

Dr. Kinget’s publications include, On Being Human, 1975; Psychotherapie et Relations Humaines (translation Spanish and Portuguese), Vol. II, 1962; The Drawing-Completion Test, 1952; (with Carl R. Rogers) Psychotherapie et Relations Humanes (translation Spanish, Italian and Portuguese), Vol. I, 1962; Psychotherapie en Menselifjke Verhoudingen, 1959; and several contributions to chapters and books. Kinget also was featured in several articles including, “Complete These Drawings” featured in Life Magazine June 9, 1952. This article was an introduction to Kinget’s “Drawing-Completion Test: A Projective Technique for the Investigation of Personality Based on the Wartegg Test Blank, 1952.”

Scope and Content

The G. Marian Kinget Papers are organized into the following record series: I. Biographical; II. Awards and Certificates; III. Correspondence, professional, 1953-1978; IV. Research Materials, colleague files and subject files; V. Lectures and Classes; VI. Test Samples; VII. Conferences and Symposiums; VIII. Publications, foreign language; IX. Manuscripts

The papers of G. Marian Kinget reflect her study and work in humanistic psychology, of which Kinget, along with colleague Dr. Carl Rogers, helped to promote in the 1960s and 1970s. Included in this collection is the manuscript for the Rogers/Kinget book, “Psychotherapy and Human Relations” as well as notes concerning Rogerian Existentialism and research conducted by Carl Rogers.

Series Descriptions

Series 1: Biographical File

This series consists of vitas, obituaries, and announcements of classes or workshops taught by Kinget as well as miscellaneous personal information about Kinget.

Series 2: Awards and Certificates

Awards and certification granted to Kinget during her professional career.

Series 3: Correspondence, professional (1953-1978)

Letters concerning professional affiliations and university correspondence.

Series 4: Research Materials, subjects and colleagues

Included in this series are extensive notes, colleague publications, and other miscellaneous research materials collected by Kinget, and organized by topic or name of colleague/author.

Series 5: Lectures and Classes

This series consists of notes and syllabi pertaining to classes taught and lectures given by Kinget, particularly psychology classes and workshops taught at the University of Chicago.

Series 6: Test Samples

Samples and results of Wartegg Drawing Completion Test and Guilford-Martin Temperament Test. Includes photographs of Wartegg Test drawings.

Series 7: Conferences and Symposiums

Schedules, booklets, and notes from international conferences and psychology symposiums.

Series 8: Publications, foreign language

Foreign language publications of Kinget and Roger’s publication “Psychotherapy and Human

Relations.”

“Connaisssance de l’homme: La Psychologie” 

Series 9: Manuscripts

Published and unpublished manuscripts for various Kinget works, including complete manuscript draft for “Psychotherapy and Human Relations.”

Series 10: Reprints/Publications

Published works written by Kinget.

Series 11: Oversize Materials

Magazines, awards, negatives.

Inventory

Series 1. Biographical, 1952-1997

Box 1, [M3304]

Vitae

Obituary

Funeral homily

Biographical information

 “The Link,” (Belgian-American publication)

Chicago House Newsletters

Book reviews and announcements 

Series 2. Awards and Certificates, 1952-1981

Box 1, [M3304] 

Who’s Who, 1980-1981

Michigan State Diploma of Merit, 1952-1980

American Academy of Psychotherapists, 1957

State of Michigan, Consulting Psychologist Certificate, 1963

Delta Kappa Gamma Society, 1971

Pi Gamma Mu, 1957 

Series 3. Correspondence, 1952-1978 (and some undated letters)

Box 1, [M3304]

Correspondence between Kinget and publishers

Conference and symposium correspondence

Letters from students about classes taught by Kinget 

Series 4. Research Materials

Boxes 1-3, [M3304-M3306]

Subjects:

Aerospace Psychology

Child Psychology

Definition of Psychology

Differential Definition

“Four Paths”

Intuition

Language and Thought

Person-to-person Relationships

Philosophy

Process vs. End Product

“Questing Beast”

Skinner Critiques

Situational Therapy

Symbols

Transference 

Colleagues [* indicates collections held at AHAP]: 

Adler, Mortimer

Albee, George W.

* Giorgio, Amedeo

Rogers, Carl R.

* Royce, Joseph R.

* Severin, Frank T.

Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre

Thines, Georges 

Series 5: Lectures and Classes

Box 4, [M3307]

Psychology 489 (Introduction to psychology)

Syllabi and exams

Lecture notes

Psychology 555A

Psychology 804 (Proseminar)

Psychology 889

Proseminar 1963

Reflective Consciousness class 

Series 6. Test Samples

Box 4, [M3307]

Wartegg Drawing Tests

test results

drafts of Drawing Completion Test

Guilford-Martin Tests 

Series 7. Conferences and Symposiums

Box 5, [M3308]

International Conferences, 1983

APA Conference, (Toronto, 1978)

Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 1975 

Series 8. Publications, foreign language 

Box 5, [M3308]

Publications by Kinget

“Psychotherapy and Human Relations”

Portuguese

Italian

Spanish 

Box 6, [M3309]

“Psychotherapy and Human Relations,” (continued)

Dutch

French 

Publications from other sources

“Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Congress of Psychology”,

Brussels – 1957 

“La Psychologie,” [informational booklet put out by BP]

Series 9. Manuscripts

Box 7, [M3310]

By Kinget

“The Conditions of Client Centered Therapy” (Excerpt, Chapter IV)

“Intuitive Knowledge of Human Nature”

“The ‘Left’ in Psychology”

“Nothing Human is Alive”

“NOVA: The Quark”

“Objective Psychology”

“Psychotherapy and Human Relations” (translations and drafts)

“Rogerian Existentialism”

“Third Force”

“Variations in Perception” 

Series 10. Oversize Materials

Box 8, [M3311]

Magazines, awards, negatives