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TITLE: VERPLANCK (WILLIAM S.) PAPERS
BIRTH: 1/16/16
DEATH: 9/30/2002
RANGE OF RECORDS: 1916-1980
LOCATION: M1752-M1799; M1850-M1971; M2025; M2308; V22; Verplanck Depot 1-8
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INVENTORY LENGTH: 515 pages
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COLLECTION SIZE: 90 linear feet
CONTENT NOTE: Manuscripts and other professional papers by donor & others; Among the topics: Vision studies; child development; behavior; history of psychology; instinct; conditioning; & interbehaviorism. Personal and biographical information, including Verplanck's birth certificate; transcripts from Brown University & the University of Virginia; Naval Records; and genealogy. Reports of experimental work on vision in the army 1946-1952. Extensive correspondence, student papers, faculty evaluations; course materials; class rosters; & exams most are related to Verplanck's long career at the University of Tennessee. Similar materials fare from his years teaching at Indiana University; University of Maryland; Hunter College; Harvard; & Stanford. Correspondence includes many letters of recommendation; reviews of manuscripts for journals; APA related correspondence; including information about APA Site visits; Verplanck's correspondence about his graduate years at Brown University - also notes taken as a student under Walter S. Hunter. Documents regarding the donor's activities in numerous organizations including Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA); ACLU; APA Divisions particularly 1-6.
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