Guide to the Robert Morris Ogden Papers,
1889-1959

Collection Number: 14-23-467

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
T.A. Gobert
Date completed:
April 1988
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, February 2004

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Robert Morris Ogden papers, 1889-1959.
Collection Number:
14-23-467
Creator:
Robert Morris Ogden, 1877-1959.
Quantity:
11.5 c.f.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, financial records, notes, essays, drafts, reviews, reprints, Cornelliana, student notebooks, photographs, puzzles, drawings, essays, a mess kit, and other materials.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence pertaining to Ogden's work as a psychologist, author, and educator and to his membership in various scientific societies. Includes personal and family correspondence; financial records; notes, essays, drafts, reviews, reprints, and printed material on psychology, aesthetics, and philosophy; Cornelliana and student notebooks; photographs; a few small puzzles; accounts of the Mrs. John S. Dorsey estate; and photographs and drawings used in The Psychology of Art. Also, correspondence and essays concerning Andrew Dickson White, his diaries, and the early history of Cornell; and a Civil War mess kit.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Robert M. Ogden specialized in educational psychology and aesthetics, and served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University from 1923 to 1945. He was an early proponent of Gestalt psychology.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence pertaining to Ogden's work as a psychologist, author, and educator and to his membership in various scientific societies. Includes personal and family correspondence; financial records; notes, essays, drafts, reviews, reprints, and printed material on psychology, aesthetics, and philosophy; Cornelliana and student notebooks; photographs; a few small puzzles; accounts of the Mrs. John S. Dorsey estate; and photographs and drawings used in The Psychology of Art. Also, correspondence and essays concerning Andrew Dickson White, his diaries, and the early history of Cornell; and a Civil War mess kit.
Indexes of correspondence available in accession folder.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Ogden, Robert Morris, 1877-1959.
White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918.
Cornell University--Faculty.
Cornell University--History.

Subjects:
Aesthetics.
Decedents' estates.
Philosophy.
Psychology.
College teachers.
Psychologists.

Places:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Collectibles.

Form and Genre Terms:
Drawings.
Photographs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Robert Morris Ogden papers, #14-23-467. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Correspondence
Feb. 20, 1889-June 15, 1910
Box 1
July 4, 1910-June 25, 1913
Box 2
July 2, 1913-Dec. 19, 1915
Box 3
Jan. 6, 1916-May 31, 1921
Box 4
June 2, 1921-June 22, 1925
Box 5
July 1, 1925-Dec. 25, 1932
Box 6
Feb. 13, 1933-Mar. 31, 1937
Box 7
Apr. 1, 1937-June 27, 1939
Box 8
July 1, 1939-Dec. 31, 1941
Box 9
Jan. 1, 1942-Dec. 29, 1944
Box 10
Jan. 1, 1945-Dec. 30, 1947
Box 11
Jan. 1, 1948-June 30, 1953
Box 12
July 1, 1953-Feb. 24, 1959
Box 13
n.d.
Box 14
Other materials
Income tax returns and other financial records; correspondence; Dorsey estate records; American Psychological Association; poetry; correspondence and drafts of articles about Andrew Dickson White by Robert Morris Ogden.
Box 15
Manuscript and typescript writings; notes; correspondence; miscellany. Topics include aesthetics, hearing, psychology, philosophy, and related subjects.
Box 16
Publications; papers and reviews; American Society of Aesthetics; National Education Association.
 Box 17
Manuscript and typescript drafts of Robert Morris Ogden writings.
 Box 18
Envelope of metal puzzles; manuscript and typescript drafts of A Book on Aesthetics and other writings; student notebooks of Robert and Helen Ogden; Cornell scrapbook and other memorabilia.
Box 19
Student sketches by Ogden; children's artwork; photographs, photos of paintings and Ogden's transparencies used in analyzing the artworks; and diplomas.
Box 20
Reprints of articles and reviews.
 Box 21
Civil War mess kit.
 Box 22