Guide to the Urie Bronfenbrenner Papers,
[ca. 1960-1993]

Collection Number: 23-13-954

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Urie Bronfenbrenner papers, [ca. 1960-1993]
Collection Number:
23-13-954
Creator:
Urie, Bronfenbrenner 1917-
Quantity:
14.2 cubic feet.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, news clippings, reviews, professional writings, lectures, vita, bibliographies, and other papers relating to the career of Urie Bronfenbrenner, including educational videocassettes.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence, news clippings, reviews, professional writings, lectures, material from the White House Conference on Children, vita, bibliographies, subject files, and other papers relating to the career of Urie Bronfenbrenner, including educational videocassettes.
Language:
Collection material in English


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Cornell University.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, news clippings, reviews, professional writings, lectures, material from the White House Conference on Children, vita, bibliographies, subject files, and other papers relating to the career of Urie Bronfenbrenner, including educational videocassettes.
Also, a tape recording of a discussion about child development between Urie Bronfenbrenner and citizens of Clifton Springs, New York, in June, 1970, and a phonodisc "The Impact of Peers."
Includes an interview with Bronfenbrenner, Joy D. Osofsky and John Condry.
Subject files relating to daycare issues, mother/father/infant relationships, adoption, and family issues, with reference to these subjects in Japan, the U.S.S.R., Norway, China, Hungary, Germany, Turkey, Israel, etc.
Includes awards and films "Three Worlds of Childhood" and "Center for Improvement of Undergraduate Education: HDFS 115 Study".

SUBJECTS

Names:
Bronfenbrenner, Urie,1917-
Condry, John C.
Osofsky, Joy D.
Cornell University--Faculty.
New York State College of Human Ecology.Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies.
White House Conference on Children and Youth

Subjects:
Child development--Japan.
Child development--Russia.
Child development--Norway.
Child development--China.
Child development--Hungary.
Child development--Germany.
Child development--Turkey.
Family--Study and teaching.
Child development--Israel.
School-age child care--Study and teaching
Adoption--Study and teaching.

Places:
Clifton Springs (N.Y.)


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Urie Bronfenbrenner papers, #23-13-954. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Subject Files, Lecture Notes, Trip Files
Boxes 1-8, 13, 26, 27
Series II. Grant Files
Boxes 13
Series III. Published Works
Boxes 9-12, 16-18, 25
Series IV. Correspondence Files
Boxes 18-20, 26
Series V. Researcher Files
Boxes 20-23, 27
Series VI. Tapes
Boxes 23-24
Series VII. Films
Box 24
Series VIII. Interviews
Boxes 25-26
Series IX. Programs of Interest and/or Involvement for Bronfenbrenner
Box 26
Series X. Statistics Figures (Paper and Transperency Copies)
Boxes 26
Series XI. Articles in which Bronfenbrenner is Cited or Quoted
Boxes 26-27
Series XII. Awards
Boxes 14-15

CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Transcript: Bronfenbrenner, Joy Osofsky and John Condry discussion, 1971
Box 1 Folder 1
Letters: Congress, Senate, 1961-83
Box 1 Folder 2
Mondale, Walter, 1973
Box 1 Folder 3
Mondale, Califano, 1976-77
Box 1 Folder 4
Photographs
Box 1 Folder 5
Negatives
Box 1 Folder 6
VITAS, 1977-87
Box 1 Folder 7
Regents Medal of Excellence, 1984
Box 1 Folder 8
Massachusetts Governor's Commission for Family and Children, 1980
Box 1 Folder 9
University of Michigan, 1986
Box 1 Folder 10
Charlotte Observer, North Carolina, 1991
Box 1 Folder 11
The State, Columbia, North Carolina, 1990
Box 1 Folder 12
Child Rearing in Changing Families - What Can Families Do?
Box 1 Folder 13
Ithaca Journal, 1988
Box 1 Folder 14
Response to Washington Post Article, 1988
Box 1 Folder 15
Talks - ISSBD, 1983
Box 1 Folder 16
Social class through time, space and science, 1983
Box 1 Folder 17
Grant foundation talk
Box 1 Folder 18
Cornell Chronicle, 1996
Box 1 Folder 19
Washington - March 30-31, 1987
Box 1 Folder 20
USSR: Pictures
Box 1 Folder 21
Soviet Field Notes - Rough notes and final draft, 1963
Box 1 Folder 22
Charlotte Development - USA-USSR, 1960
Box 1 Folder 23
USSR - Preliminary report, 1961
Box 1 Folder 24
Institutional Approaches to Cultural Depravation - USA-USSR, 1967
Box 1 Folder 25
Informing on Associates, ca. 1966
Box 1 Folder 26
Makarenko and the Collective Family, 1967
Box 1 Folder 27
Upbringing in Collective Settings in Switzerland and USSR
Box 1 Folder 28
Soviet Day School vs. Boarding, 1970
Box 1 Folder 29
Report: Making of the New Soviet Man, 1965
Box 1 Folder 30
A New Approach to Communicating with the Russians, 1961
Box 1 Folder 31
Informing Associates Among Soviet and American School Children: An Experimental Study
Box 1 Folder 32
How Russians Build Character, 1961
Box 1 Folder 33
Introduction to Soviet Family, 1968
Box 1 Folder 34
The Changing Soviet Family
Box 1 Folder 35
Psychological Bases of Soviet Secrecy
Box 1 Folder 36
Some Possible Effects of a Large-Scale American Shelter Program on the Soviet Union and Other Nations
Box 1 Folder 37
Problems in Communicating with Americans about the Soviet Union
Box 1 Folder 38
Soviet Methods of Upbringing and Their Effects, 1967-68
Box 1 Folder 39
Kegan, 1968
Box 1 Folder 40
America's Most Dangerous Prejudice, 1962
Box 1 Folder 41
Lecture in USSR
Box 1 Folder 42
115 Lectures, 1971, 1974
Box 1 Folder 43
115 - Scientific Method I-III
Box 1 Folder 44
Social Class Differences, 1971
Box 1 Folder 45
Lecture #24, Nov. 24, 1963
Box 1 Folder 46
Psychology 41 Unit VIII
Box 1 Folder 47
Family Relations
Box 1 Folder 48
Sex Differences
Box 1 Folder 49
Heterosexual Relationships
Box 1 Folder 50
Lecture #2, 1963
Box 1 Folder 51
Parental Role Differences
Box 1 Folder 52
Family Authority Structure, 1959
Box 1 Folder 53
Lecture #28, 1963
Box 1 Folder 54
Lecture #22, 1963
Box 1 Folder 55
115 - Analyzing Hypotheses
Box 1 Folder 56
Committee Hearing, 1989
Box 1 Folder 57
Misrepresentative Statement on Hearing in Congressional Record, 1972
Box 1 Folder 58
Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Children and Youth of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, 1971, 1974
Box 1 Folder 59
Lecture #26, 1963
Box 1 Folder 60
Legislation, 1969-71
Box 1 Folder 61-64
Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, 91st Congress, 1969
Box 1 Folder 65
Child Development National Advisory Committee (HEW), 1972
Box 1 Folder 66
Legislation, Current: Conable, 1982
Box 1 Folder 67
White House Conference Address, 1980
Box 1 Folder 68
Child Development Legislation, 1970-71
Box 1 Folder 69-70
Child Development Act, 1972
Box 1 Folder 71
U.S. Office of Education Task Force, 1972
Box 1 Folder 72
White House Conference on Families, 1977-79
Box 1 Folder 73
National Home Start Evaluation: Final Report, 1976
Box 1 Folder 74
Head Start - Notes and Lectures
Box 1 Folder 75
Head Start - Advisory Panel, 1993
Box 1 Folder 76
Head Start - OSPRI, 1993
Box 1 Folder 77
Head Start Correspondence, 1967-94
Box 1 Folder 78
Head Start Newsletter, 1980
Box 1 Folder 79
Head Start Reminiscences
Box 1 Folder 80
Head Start in the 1980's, 1980
Box 1 Folder 81
Head Start Articles
Box 1 Folder 82
"Head Start Act Amendments, 1994" Draft to Hon. Thomas S. Foley, 1994
Box 1 Folder 83
Beyond the Murphy Brown Debate - Ideas for Family Policy, 1993
Box 1 Folder 84
Amended - Head Start Act
Box 1 Folder 85
History of East Henderson - Head Start Center - "Child Development", 1965
Box 1 Folder 86
Ethics Committee, 1994
Box 1 Folder 87
Commissioner's Advisory Panel, ca. 1992
Box 1 Folder 88
Advisory Committee on Head Start - Report on Subcommittee Research
Box 1 Folder 89
Moscow APN Exchange - 1st round, 1962-71
Box 1 Folder 90
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), 1968-76
Box 1 Folder 91
South Carolina, 1989-90
Box 1 Folder 92
Outstanding Achievement - Michigan, 1984
Box 1 Folder 93
Charlotte, North Carolina, 1991
Box 1 Folder 94-95
National Council for Families and Television, 1991
Box 1 Folder 96
United Way Kick-off, 1988
Box 1 Folder 97
Kyoto Dinner - Japanese
Box 1 Folder 98
Universitat Bielefeld, 1981
Box 1 Folder 99
Fachbereich 8 Psychologie und Fachbereich 9 Erziehung Seissenschaft...
Box 1 Folder 100
Report on the External Review Committee for the Program in Social Ecology, 1990
Box 1 Folder 101
Annual Conference of the Department of Public Information for Non-governmental Organizations, 1990
Box 1 Folder 102
Syracuse - Development of Child
Box 1 Folder 103
Social Psychology - A Misnomer
Box 1 Folder 104
"Whence and Whither"
Box 1 Folder 105
Experimental Human Ecology, 1974
Box 1 Folder 106
Kolloquium, 1982
Box 1 Folder 107
Reprints, 1962, 1966
Box 1 Folder 108
Notes on Russian Trip, 1961
Box 2 Folder 1
Leipzig, 1989
Box 2 Folder 2
Lecture - HDFS, 1986
Box 2 Folder 3
Lecture - 115 HD and FS F-4242 Human Bahavior, 1974
Box 2 Folder 4
Lecture 115 F-4431 summary of Methodology, 1973
Box 2 Folder 5
Questions to Learn From, 1966-73
Box 2 Folder 6
Analyzing Discussion
Box 2 Folder 7
Research Design, 1963
Box 2 Folder 8
Methods of Control
Box 2 Folder 9
Hypothesis
Box 2 Folder 10
Logic of Testing Hypothesis
Box 2 Folder 11
Society for the Investigation of Human Ecology, 1960-61
Box 2 Folder 12
Notification and Statement of Grant Award, 1959-61
Box 2 Folder 13
Urie: Russell Sage, 1981
Box 2 Folder 14
Studies of Human Development-in-Context, 1982
Box 2 Folder 15
Family in a Changing Context, 1978
Box 2 Folder 16
Use of Tests with Disadvantaged, 1972-75
Box 2 Folder 17
Parent Behavior Questionnaire - old stuff when study was active
Box 2 Folder 18
Family Life Study
Box 2 Folder 19
Parent Behavior Instruments Past and Present
Box 2 Folder 20-21
HDFS 685 Section I - Fall, 1993
Box 2 Folder 22
Open School: A View from the World
Box 2 Folder 23
HDFS 115 Research Report: An Experiment in College Training
Box 2 Folder 24
Head Start Report
Box 2 Folder 25
HE Washington, D.C., 1994
Box 2 Folder 26
Family Size, 1959-73
Box 2 Folder 27
Marital Status and Living Arrangements, 1974
Box 2 Folder 28
Family Mobility
Box 2 Folder 29
Family Components by Race
Box 2 Folder 30
Asch Experiment Response, 1962
Box 2 Folder 31
Visit to Boston, 1972
Box 2 Folder 32
Yale Advisory Committee on Infant Care Leave, 1983-85
Box 2 Folder 33
Division 8 Newsletter, 1974
Box 2 Folder 34
Children and Foundations - Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1976
Box 2 Folder 35
Developmental Research and Public Policy
Box 2 Folder 36
Impact of Family Assistant Act, 1969
Box 2 Folder 37
Task Force Drafts, 1965
Box 2 Folder 38
White House Conference on Children, 1970
Box 2 Folder 39
Day Care in Context, 1976-77
Box 2 Folder 40
Evaluating Head Start, 1968
Box 2 Folder 41
White House Conference on Families, 1969, 1978
Box 2 Folder 42
Frankfort, 1968, 1967, 1976, 1981
Box 2 Folder 43
Prejudice Study, ca. 1962
Box 2 Folder 44
Intervention Paper, 1973
Box 2 Folder 45
WBZ Program, 1972
Box 2 Folder 46
"An Older Child Shall Lead Them"
Box 2 Folder 47
Israeli Address - On Making Human Beings Human
Box 2 Folder 48
Association for the Aid of Crippled Children, 1970
Box 2 Folder 49
[?] Panel
Box 2 Folder 50
Some Psychological Aspect of Negotiation with the Soviets, ca.. 1958
Box 2 Folder 51
Adults and Peers as Sources of Conformity and Autonomy, 1965
Box 2 Folder 52
Statement of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the U. S. Senate, 1964, 1966
Box 2 Folder 53
Psychology as Core Discipline in Home Ec
Box 2 Folder 54
A Social Psychologist Looks at the Soviet Union, 1960
Box 2 Folder 55
Commencement at Cornell
Box 2 Folder 56
Soviet Notes (to Don), 1961
Box 2 Folder 57
How Do We Change?, 1968
Box 2 Folder 58
Black Students in Cornell Classrooms, 1968
Box 2 Folder 59
[Introduction], 1989
Box 2 Folder 60
Presentations in German, 1960
Box 2 Folder 61
Contemporary Trends in Soviet Society
Box 2 Folder 62
Soviet Letters and Impressions, 1961
Box 2 Folder 63
Soviet Views of America at War, 1967
Box 2 Folder 64
Stichting congres ipa, 1981
Box 2 Folder 65
USSR Seminar, 1976, 1984
Box 2 Folder 66
Bill and Veto, 1971
Box 2 Folder 67
Testimony before Senate Sub-Committee, 1971, 1973
Box 2 Folder 68
Who Cares for America's Children?, 1970
Box 2 Folder 69
Human Development and Public Policy, 1984
Box 2 Folder 70
McGill Trip - Psychological Science in Developmental Perspective, 1994
Box 2 Folder 71
Conference Proceedings -University of Southampton, 1978
Box 2 Folder 72
ASFS, 1994
Box 2 Folder 73
American Psychological Society, 1993
Box 2 Folder 74
Waterloo, 1994
Box 2 Folder 75
Zero to Three, 1993
Box 2 Folder 76
Carter Family Policy, 1975-77
Box 2 Folder 77
Beyond the Mother-Infant Dyad - Continuity or Change?, 1993
Box 2 Folder 78
Senate Sub-Committee/Children and Youth, 1971-73
Box 2 Folder 79
National Policy - Correspondence, 1973-74
Box 2 Folder 80
Congressional Seminar
Box 2 Folder 81
Lecture
Box 2 Folder 82
"The Next Generation of Americans: In International Perspective"
Box 2 Folder 83
School of Effectiveness, 1978
Box 3 Folder 1
Two Worlds - Reviews, 1970-77
Box 3 Folder 2-3
Nature-Nurture Reconceptualized, 1992
Box 3 Folder 4
München, 1992
Box 3 Folder 5
Zürich, 1992
Box 3 Folder 6
American Enterprise Institute on Head Start Policy, 1993
Box 3 Folder 7
IYF - January, 1993
Box 3 Folder 8
The World from Two Perspectives, 1982
Box 3 Folder 9
The Development of Human Behavior - Introductory Lecture
Box 3 Folder 10-11
Men, Moonships and Morality, 1967
Box 3 Folder 12
American Research on Development in Context, 1979
Box 3 Folder 13
The Set as Mom and Dad
Box 3 Folder 14
U.S. Public Policy, 1980-81
Box 3 Folder 15
Brigham Young, 19482
Box 3 Folder 16
Family Matters: Common Concern of Business and Parents, 1978-79
Box 3 Folder 17
Sage Convocation - Dec. 4, 1978
Box 3 Folder 18
Child and Family Service Act: Testimony, 1975
Box 3 Folder 19
Social and Behavioral Development - Prepared for the President's Biomedical Research Panel, 1975
Box 3 Folder 20
On Making Human Beings Human, 1983
Box 3 Folder 21
I.Q. Lecture
Box 3 Folder 22
Socialization and Social Class, 1984
Box 3 Folder 23
March - University of Alabama, 1993
Box 3 Folder 24
Trip Journal, 1982
Box 3 Folder 25
Family at Christmastime, 1982
Box 3 Folder 26
Testimony before AIA Panel, 1982
Box 3 Folder 27
American[?] Historical Society, ca. 1983
Box 3 Folder 28
Children and Youth at Risk
Box 3 Folder 29
Symposium - John Clausen, 1993
Box 3 Folder 30
American Psychological Society Meeting - Award, 1993
Box 3 Folder 31
DeWitt Commencement, 1993
Box 3 Folder 32
Behavioral Science Research, 1993
Box 3 Folder 33
Society for Research in Child Development Meeting, 1993
Box 3 Folder 34
Growing up Male in the 1980's, 1985
Box 3 Folder 35
Revolutionary Perspective on Child Abuse and Neglect, 1985
Box 3 Folder 36
Caring Corporation, 1993
Box 3 Folder 37
School of Management - June 28, 1984
Box 3 Folder 38
Human Development, 1983-85
Box 3 Folder 39
Symposium in Honor of Urie Bronfenbrenner, 1993-94
Box 3 Folder 40
Thematic Sessions on Cross-National Research in Sociology, 1987
Box 3 Folder 41
Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Symposium on Organism-Environment Interaction, 1985