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TITLE: MCCONNELL (JAMES V.) PAPERS
BIRTH: 1925
DEATH: 1990
RANGE OF RECORDS: 1950-1990
LOCATION: M955-M1020; M1608-M1610; M1849; M2059-M2066; M2275-M2276; M2287; McConnell Depot 1-4
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INVENTORY LENGTH: 164 pages
CONTINUED RECEIPTS: No
COLLECTION SIZE: 42 linear feet
CONTENT NOTE: Orders for subscriptions & manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Biological Psychology and the humorous Worm Runner's Digest. Other correspondence & documents related to McConnell's editorship of these journals. Much correspondence related to several editions of McConnell's textbook "Understanding Human." Course materials, student papers, exams from the Psychology Department at the University of Michigan. Correspondence; manuscripts; Lab reports regarding McConnell's work with planaria; memory transfer. Other general themes: Behavior modification & prison reform; memory transfer work supported by the Atomic Energy Commission; subliminal perception & advertising. Poems, short stories, and science fiction by McConnell and others. Correspondence regarding McConnell's work in the popular press, radio, script of his appearance on the Steve Allen Show to explain his "worm research." Correspondence with MANY psychologists including B. F. Skinner & Harry Harlow. Correspondence & published accounts (mostly 1985-1986) about McConnell receiving a bomb from the Unabomber and the related investigation by postal inspectors and FBI.
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