Guide to the John Harding Papers,
1930-1996.

Collection Number: 23-13-3872

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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Date completed:

August 2011

EAD encoding:

Daniel W. Young, August 2011

Date modified:

RMC Staff, December 2012

© 2011 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

John Harding papers, 1930-1996.

Manuscripts, Printed Materials, Publications

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

Includes correspondence, publications and subject files relating to John Harding's career and his work in social psychology.

Language:

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Cornell University.

John Harding received his B.A. from the University of Minnesota and his M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard in 1943. In 1942 he held a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship at the Princeton University Office of Public Opinion Research. During W.W.II he served as a research psychologist with the U.S. Army Air Forces. From 1946-1952 he carried out research on methods combatting prejudice and discrimination for the Commission on Community Interrelations of the American Jewish Congress, which was founded by Kurt Lewin and from 1952-1953 he was employed on a test development project at New York University's Research Center for Human Relations. In 1953 Harding came to Cornell University in the Dept. of Child Development and Family Relationships and was associated with the Cornell Program in Social Psychiatry. His research was in the areas of intergroup relations and mental health. He was a member of the American Psychological Association, the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, and the Society for Research in Child Development. Harding retired from Cornell in 1989.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes correspondence, publications and subject files relating to John Harding's career and his work in social psychology.

SUBJECTS

Names:

Harding, John

Lewin, Kurt, 1890-1947.

Cornell University--Faculty.

New York State College of Human Ecology.Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies

Cornell Program in Social Psychiatry.

American Jewish Congress.

Psychology--Study and teaching.

Stereotypes--(Social psychology)

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

John Harding papers, #23-13-3872. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Biographical

Series II. Correspondence

Series III. Research and Professional

Series IV. Course Material

Series V. Programs and Initiatives

Series VI. Department, College, and University Committees and Material

Series VII. Publications

CONTAINER LIST

Date	Description	Container
	Series I. Biographical
1966-1988	Biographical Information	Box 1	Folder 1
1951-1989	Personnel File	Box 1	Folder 2
	Photographs	Box 1	Folder 3
1950-1953	Government Security Clearance Information	Box 1	Folder 4
	Series II. Correspondence
1961-1962	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 5
1963-1966	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 6
1967-1974	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 7
1948	Correspondence with Friends	Box 1	Folder 8
1977-1993	Correspondence with Friends	Box 1	Folder 9
1952-1956	Bronfenbrenner, Urie	Box 1	Folder 10
1956-1964	Gatch, Gerald - Correspondence, Publications	Box 1	Folder 11
1953-1962	Goodchilds, Jackie - Correspondence, Papers	Box 1	Folder 12
1973-1988	Loevinger, Jane - Research	Box 2	Folder 13
1947-1968	Rose, Arnold	Box 2	Folder 14
1961-1988	Schuman, Howard	Box 1	Folder 15
1959-1980	Wakim, Suad	Box 1	Folder 16
1957-1959	Journal of Social Issues - McCord Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 17
1957-1959	Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) - Katz Supplement	Box 1	Folder 18
1962-1967	Katz Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 19
1950-1970	Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) and Journal of Social Issues - Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 20
1952-1960	Journal of Social Issues-SPSSI Council	Box 1	Folder 21
1952-1956	Journal of Social Issues - Brewster Smith	Box 1	Folder 22
1958-1964	Journal of Social Issues - Robert Chin	Box 1	Folder 23
1953	Letter from harding to Dr. Launor Carter	Box 1	Folder 24
	Series III. Research and Professional
1950s	Personality Tests	Box 1	Folder 25
1967-1975	Calibration Study - Stirlin and Midtown	Box 1	Folder 26
1989; 1996	Psychologists	Box 1	Folder 27
1980-1981	Washington University Sentence Completion Test	Box 1	Folder 28
	Code to Moral Dilemma Questionnaire	Box 1	Folder 29
	Moral Dilemma Interviews	Box 1	Folder 30
1961	Prejudice Project	Box 1	Folder 31
1961	Prejudice Project - Budget	Box 1	Folder 32
1961	Prejudice Project - Questionnaire, Appendix, Summary Data	Box 1	Folder 33
1964-1971; 1975	Reviews of Articles - Child Development Journal; Journal of Personality and Social Psychology	Box 1	Folder 34
1962	Midterm Study	Box 1	Folder 35
1968	Rosen Report - Women's Role in Academic Achievement	Box 1	Folder 36
1966-1971	Friedrich Research - Women's Role in Academic Achievement	Box 1	Folder 37
1964-1965	Project Literacy - Princeton Conference	Box 1	Folder 38
1960s	Reading Research Materials	Box 1	Folder 39
1965-1968	Initial Teaching Alphabet (I.T.A.) Project	Box 1	Folder 40
1963	Gray Oral Reading Tests	Box 1	Folder 41
	Social Problems Test - Friedrich	Box 1	Folder 42
1967-1969	Cornell - Lund Report	Box 1	Folder 43
1967-1973	Department of Behavioral Sciences - Harvard School of Public Health	Box 1	Folder 44
1967-1972	Harvard Social Psychiatry Program - General	Box 1	Folder 45
1964-1965	Health Opinion Survey	Box 1	Folder 46
	North Carolina Research in Social Psychiatry	Box 1	Folder 47
1966-1967	Social Psychiatry	Box 1	Folder 48
1964-1965	Social Psychiatry	Box 1	Folder 49
1965	Changing Intergroup Attitudes - Kutner	Box 2	Folder 1
1963-1978	Handbook of Social Psychology	Box 2	Folder 2
1952-1962	Handbook of Social Psychology - Article	Box 2	Folder 3
1960s	Newspaper Articles on Black Americans and Racial Prejudice	Box 2	Folder 4
	"Stereotypes" - by John Harding	Box 2	Folder 5
1961	Measurement of Prejudice - Harvard	Box 2	Folder 6
1962	APA Symposium - Paper - "The Conceptualization and Measurement of Prejudice"	Box 2	Folder 7
1960s	Generalizations	Box 2	Folder 8
1961-1971	General Factor Questionnaire	Box 2	Folder 9
1958-1966	Prejudice - Resources, Articles	Box 2	Folder 10
1958-1962	Measurement of Prejudice - Research and Articles	Box 2	Folder 11
1984	APA Paper - "How Old is Scientific Psychology?"	Box 3	Folder 12
1987	American Psychologist Article - "The Crisis in German Psychology: 1796-1806"	Box 2	Folder 13
1980s	Lecture Notes on German Sociology and Psychology	Box 2	Folder 14
1973-1974	German Psychologists	Box 2	Folder 15
1961-1962	Seminar on Hermeneutics and Scriptural Interpretation	Box 2	Folder 16
1986-1995	AARP Tompkins County Chapter	Box 2	Folder 17
1962-1992	Aging Field Studies	Box 2	Folder 18
1962-1988	Allport, Gordon	Box 2	Folder 19
1978	Aging Proposal - "Developing Home Support Services for Rural Elderly	Box 2	Folder 20
1983	Aging Proposal	Box 2	Folder 21
1983	Concentrated Care Proposal	Box 2	Folder 22
1986	Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) Mini-Conference	Box 2	Folder 23
1982-1984	Project Reports - Concerning Long Term Care	Box 2	Folder 24
1970-1975	Learning Instruction and Learning Disabilities	Box 2	Folder 25
1970;1973	Lecture by Jules Sugarman	Box 2	Folder 26
1964-1965	Compensatory Preschool Planning	Box 2	Folder 27
1952-1962	Influence Techniques	Box 2	Folder 28
1961-1962	Parental Discipline Techniques	Box 2	Folder 29
1961-1962	Observational Methods Conference	Box 3	Folder 30
1954; 1960s	Observation Records in the Nursery School	Box 2	Folder 31
1930	Observation Records of Betty	Box 2	Folder 32
	Biemiller Observation Records	Box 2	Folder 33
1968-1970	Montessori School - Ithaca	Box 2	Folder 34
1971-1985	Research in Human Ecology	Box 2	Folder 35
1948-1954	An Experiment in Training Volunteer Trainers	Box 2	Folder 36
1949-1968	Social Psychology	Box 2	Folder 37
1978-1980	Work on Oriented Family Support System	Box 2	Folder 38
1952-1987	Project Proposals	Box 2	Folder 39
1976-1977	Behavioristic and Humanistic Approaches	Box 2	Folder 40
1976-1995	Explanations in Psychology	Box 2	Folder 41
1961-1971	Prejudice Monograph	Box 2	Folder 42
1961-1963	Reactions Article and Questionnaire	Box 2	Folder 43
1961	Social Problems Questionnaire; Battery of Tests for Measuring Prejudice	Box 2	Folder 44
1961	Prejudice Battery	Box 2	Folder 45
1960	Chein, I. - ATDP Scales	Box 2	Folder 46
	Morse, N. C. - Antisemitism	Box 2	Folder 47
1959-1976	NYU Attitude Measurement	Box 2	Folder 48
1969-1971	Prejudice Research by Others	Box 2	Folder 49
1966	Psychology Honors Thesis - Schoener, Gary	Box 2	Folder 50
1927; 1952	Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal Scales	Box 2	Folder 51
1951-1955	Project Proposals in CD and FR	Box 2	Folder 52
1980-1981	Proposals - For a Human Ecology Quarterly, Seminar for Graduate Students	Box 2	Folder 53
	Series IV. Course Material
1970s	HDFS Course 334B	Box 3	Folder 1
1988-1989	HDFS 218 - Adulthood and Aging - Literature Searching	Box 3	Folder 2
1970s	HDFS 665 - Moral Development and Ego Development	Box 3	Folder 3
1980s	HDFS 665 - Moral Development and Ego Development	Box 3	Folder 4
1959-1988	HDFS 111 and 115 - Conception Through the Middle Childhood Years	Box 3	Folder 5
1975	HDFS 360	Box 3	Folder 6
1989	HDFS 218	Box 3	Folder 7
1956-1966	CD and FR 210 - Child Guidance	Box 3	Folder 8
1987	HDFS 380	Box 3	Folder 9
1968	CD and FR 502	Box 3	Folder 10
1969	CD and FR 502	Box 3	Folder 11
1971-1975	HDFS 401	Box 3	Folder 12
1965-1970	HDFS 401 - Papers	Box 3	Folder 13
1964-1965	CD and FR 210	Box 3	Folder 14
1969	CD and FR 317/318	Box 3	Folder 15
1976-1978	HDFS Course 365	Box 3	Folder 16
1979-1986	HDFS Course 365 - Handouts	Box 3	Folder 17
1969; 1974	Reading Lists for Graduate Students in Social and Personality Development	Box 3	Folder 18
	Lecture on Aging	Box 3	Folder 19
1973	Course - "Innovations in Graduate Education"	Box 3	Folder 20
1999	Kendal-Skinner Seminar	Box 3	Folder 21
	Lyceum at Kendal	Box 3	Folder 22
	Series V. Programs and Initiatives
1956-1961	Family Art Program - "Effects upon Individual Creativity and Family Interaction of Participation in a Creative Expression Program"	Box 3	Folder 23
1959	Art Program Report	Box 3	Folder 24
1968-1969	Cornell Story Reading Project - Reports	Box 3	Folder 25
1968	Sample Story Reading Session	Box 3	Folder 26
1970	Cornell Story Reading Project - Reports	Box 3	Folder 27
1974	Cornell Story Reading Project - Final Report	Box 3	Folder 28
1957-1968	Project Head Start	Box 3	Folder 29
1965	Head Start Project	Box 3	Folder 30
1966-1973	Head Start Research	Box 3	Folder 31
1965	Project Head Start - Research Proposal	Box 3	Folder 32
1966	Parent Interview Schedule - Head Start	Box 3	Folder 33
1966	Parent Interview Schedule - Samples	Box 3	Folder 34
1970s	Achievement Test Results in Ithaca School System	Box 3	Folder 35
	Elementary Teaching Certification	Box 3	Folder 36
1971	Henry St. John Project	Box 3	Folder 37
1964-1967	Henry St. John School	Box 3	Folder 38
	Henry St. John Report	Box 3	Folder 39
1965	Report and Tabulations - Bernstein	Box 3	Folder 40
	Program Descriptions, Henry St. John and others - Connie Smith	Box 3	Folder 41
	Preschool Inventory	Box 3	Folder 42
	Series VI. Department, College, and University Committees and Material
1991-1992	HDFS Memos	Box 3	Folder 43
1973-1975	CD and FR/HDFS Historical Sketch	Box 3	Folder 44
1979-1983	HDFS Faculty Meetings	Box 3	Folder 45
1984-1989	HDFS Faculty Meetings	Box 3	Folder 46
1968-1969	Human Ecology Faculty Meetings	Box 3	Folder 47
1970-1973	Human Ecology Faculty Meetings	Box 4	Folder 1
1988-1990	Human Ecology Faculty Meetings	Box 4	Folder 2
1967-1979	Colloquium Presentations and Comments by Harding	Box 4	Folder 3
1980-1990	Colloquium Presentations and Comments by Harding	Box 4	Folder 4
1970-1971	Female Studies	Box 4	Folder 5
1969-1972	HDFS Departmental Council	Box 4	Folder 6
1979	Human Ecology Anniversary Symposium	Box 4	Folder 7
1962-1983	College Study Committee	Box 3	Folder 8
1968-1989	College of Human Ecology Long Term Planning	Box 4	Folder 9
1969	NYS Report on School Integration	Box 4	Folder 10
1966	Perkins Letter and Sproull Memorandum	Box 4	Folder 11
1940-1979	Prediction Study - Donald Turner	Box 4	Folder 12
	Donald Turner	Box 4	Folder 13
	Series VII. Publications
1963-1973	Prejudice and the Norm of Rationality - Article	Box 4	Folder 14
1952-1960	NYU Research - Publications	Box 4	Folder 15
1938-1987	Additional Publications	Box 4	Folder 16
1969-1986	Adolescence	Box 4	Folder 17
1976	Allport's - The Nature of Prejudice - Revisions	Box 4	Folder 18
1943	PhD Thesis, The Measurement of Civilian Morale, Harding	Box 4	Folder 19
1940s	Publications by Harding	Box 4	Folder 20
1950s	Publications by Harding	Box 4	Folder 21
1960s	Publications by Harding	Box 4	Folder 22
1970s-1980s	Publications by Harding	Box 4	Folder 23
1979-1987	Publications - Media Services Contributions	Box 4	Folder 24
1976; 1952	Humanism and Behaviorism: Dialogue and Growth, Ed. Wandersman, A.; Problems in Social Psychology: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Ed. Hulett, J.E.	Box 4	Folder 25
1949-1950	Articles by Margaret Harding	Box 4	Folder 26

Guide to the John Harding Papers, 1930-1996.

Collection Number: 23-13-3872

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

© 2011 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Guide to the John Harding Papers,
1930-1996.

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library