Ethel Letitia Cornell papers, 1906-1964.
Collection Number: 2545
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Ethel Letitia Cornell papers, 1906-1964.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2545
Abstract:
Materials pertaining to Cornell's career as a psychologist with the New York State
Education Department.
Creator:
Cornell, Ethel Letitia, 1892-1963.
Quanitities:
3 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Psychologist, New York State Education Department.
Cornell University Class of 1914.
Correspondence, articles, reports, proceedings of meetings, bibliographies, and other
items pertaining to intelligence testing and the nature of intelligence, exceptional
children, growth studies, the characteristics of high school students, language usage
of high school students, early secondary education in New York State, mental health,
the certification and role of the school psychologist, the New York State Psychological
Intern Training Program, the American Psychological Association, and the New York
State and American Associations of Applied Psychology, and to related topics. Also,
Miss Cornell's examination books and notes from courses at Cornell (1911-1914) and
Columbia University (1915-1917); her creative writing and other non-scientific manuscripts
(ca. 1906-1910); certificates and diplomas (11 items, 1906-1948); and various blocks
and drawings used in psychological testing.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Ethel Letitia Cornell papers, #2545. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
American Association for Applied Psychology
American Psychological Association
Columbia University -- : Students.
Cornell University -- : Students.
New York State Association for Applied Psychology
University of the State of New York
University of the State of New York
Subjects:
Women psychologists.
School psychologists.
Psychology.
Psychological tests for children.
Psychological tests.
Mental health.
Intelligence tests.
Education -- New York (State)
Children -- Language.
Form and Genre Terms:
Drawings.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Diplomas
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| Folder 1 (unprocessed) |
Alpha Omicron Pi
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1911-02-11 | |
| Folder 1 (unprocessed) |
College Entrance Diploma from Girl's High, Brooklyn
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1910-06 | |
| Folder 1 (unprocessed) |
State Scholarship Certificate, Cornell University
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1910-06 | |
| Folder 1 (unprocessed) |
Certificate "A" from Pelton School of Music, Brooklyn
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1910-05 | |
| Folder 1 (unprocessed) |
Elementary School (High School entrance) diploma
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1906-01 | |
| Folder 1 (unprocessed) |
Diploma from General Course at Girl's High
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1910-06 | |
| Folder 1 (unprocessed) |
Certificate as Fellow of American Association of Applied Psychology
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1938-09 | |
| Folder 1 (unprocessed) |
Certificate as Professional Psychologist in Clinical Psychology
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1948-02 | |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Ph.D. from Columbia University
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1919-02-26 | |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Diploma of William Alexander Cornell, University of the City of New York (later N.Y.U.)
May 29, MDCCCLXC. (Disregarded for catalog and Report purposes.)
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1870-05-29 | |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
E.L.C.'s B.A. from Cornell
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1914-06-17 | |
| Box 1 |
3 wooden file boxes with the names of individuals and various subject headings in
psychology.
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| Box 1 |
A wooden box of blocks with different colors for "block designs."
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| Box 1 |
A wooden box of blocks for cube construction.
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| Box 1 |
Two envelopes containing wooden shapes, no title.
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| Box 1 |
13 small folders containing drawings for "Picture Arrangement," "Design for Memory,"
and "Block Designs" tests.
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| Box 1 |
Cornell-Coxe Performance Ability Scale, Examination Manual (Yonkers-on-Hudson: World
Book Co.,88 pp.)
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1934 | |
| Box 1 |
4 sheets of University of State of New York "Education Measurement Performance Scale,"
blanks. Also Cornell-Coxe Performance Ability Scale, Individual Record Blank.
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Ethel Cornell Items
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| Box 2 |
Exam books and Class Notes including those from lectures by Professors Bennett, Woodworth,
Andrews, Durham, Leland, Hammond, Cattell, Poffenberger, De Garmo, Prescott, and others
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1911-1917 | |
| Box 2 |
Personal Correspondence - re: E.L.C.'s retirement and other items ( ).
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1930, 1954 | |
| Box 2 |
Manuscripts by E.L.C. (teenage and earlier)--stories, plays, and other items.
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1906-1910, undated | |
| Box 2 |
Copies of Surveys by E.L.C. including "Facts Concerning the Birth and Reproduction
Rates in the U.S. and N.Y.S. with Comments on Their Implication for Education" (E.L.C.
and Ruth Wood Gavian, 1942, 31 pp. mimeographed), and various surveys in New York
State Schools of pupil ability and achievement, 2 folders.
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1932-1942, undated | |
| Box 2 |
Speeches, book reviews, articles, bibliographies, and notes by E.L.C. pertaining to
psychologists, student characteristics, reading ability, the psychological facilities
in schools, and other subjects, 3 folders.
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1925-1954, undated | |
| Box 2 |
A list of publications by E.L.C. (carbon and original typescripts, 10 pp.).
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1937-1947 | |
| Box 2 |
Miscellaneous--Various miscellaneous items such as poems, a contract for Cornell,
Coxe and Orleans' Rating Test Scale for School Habits, material re: E.L.C.'s inclusion
in American Women of, an eulogium for E.L.C. in The N.Y.S. Psychologist (16:1, p.
6) and other printed and miscellaneous items.
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1935, 1927-1964, undated | |
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Psychology and Psychologists' Organizations
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| Box 2 |
Material pertaining to certification, licensing, and available positions for psychologists
in New York State
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1940, 1936-1954 | |
| Box 2 |
New York Psychological Intern Training Program - Correspondence, and material pertaining
to conferences on this subject and to the qualifications of the interns, 2 folders.
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1938-1954, undated | |
| Box 2 |
New York State and American Associations of Applied Psychology. Program of meeting
of NYSAAP, The Bulletin of NYSAAP, 12 issues) and related items
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1938-1948, 1940-04-1947-11 | |
| Box 2 |
American Psychological Association in wartime. "Human Nature and the Peace," a statement
by psychologists (1944), material concerning the Emergency Committee's work on psychlogical
problems in the war period, and other items
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1942-1947 | |
| Box 2 |
Psychological Monographs - "Preparation of MSS for Publication as Monographs," by
Herbert S. Conrad (1948, 17 pp.) and other items
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1948-1950 | |
| Box 2 |
Report of the Committee on the "Function of the Division of Educational Psychology
of the A.P.A." and related correspondence, reports, and notes
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1948-1952, undated | |
| Box 2 |
The Clinical Psychologist (APA Committee) - Reports, Correspondence, and relevant
items
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1949-1953, undated | |
| Box 2 |
NYSPA Bulletin, Joint Council Newsletter, NYS Psychologist, N.Y. Board of Examiners
on Psychology, By-Laws, and related items.
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1950-06-1951-10, 1954-05 | |
| Box 2 |
NYS Capital District Psychology Club - Correspondence, programs, and relevant items
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1953-1954 | |
| Box 2 |
Notes on General Psychology and Neurology and other subjects (n.d.).
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| Box 3 |
The Psychologist and the School. Correspondence, reports, case studies, articles,
and proceedings of meetings pertaining to certification requirements for school psychologists,
the work of the school psychologist, and related topics, 15 folders.
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1924-1954 | |
| Box 3 |
Mental Health - correspondence, notes, bibliographies, and related items
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1925-1929, 1949-1955, undated | |
| Box 3 |
Intelligence Testing - Items concerning the Stanford-Binet scales and other measures
of intelligence, the nature of intelligence, Report of the "Committee on IQ" of the
A.P.A. (1934), and related topics. Includes reprints, bibliographies
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1934-1944, undated | |
| Box 3 |
Conference on Democratic Processes (Schenectady) - description of the conference,
reports, and related items.
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1940-05 | |
| Box 3 |
National Mental Health Institute - Committee on Training for School Services. Correspondence,
minutes, and related items
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1944-1950, undated | |
| Box 3 |
Civil Service Course in Tests and Measurements - sample items and relevant information
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1941-1942 | |
| Box 3 |
National Council (on?) Measurements Used in Education (NCMUE) - correspondence pertaining
to a code of ethics, standards of publication, and relevant items
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1950 | |
| Box 3 |
"Plan for the Evaluation of the Empire State FM School of the Air Radio Program" (by
Barbara D. Lacombe, Jane C. Saunders and E.L.C.
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1951 | |
| Box 3 |
Exceptional Children - abstracts, bibliographies, and correspondence. (Original and
carbon typescripts and handwritten, 4 folders.
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1943-1952, undated | |
| Box 3 |
Growth studies and characteristics of H.S. Pupils - material relating to the Harvard
Growth Studies, the tasks of early secondary education, longitudinal studies of individual
development, the characteristics of high school pupils. Correspondence, notes, and
relevant items, 7 folders.
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1950-1954, undated | |
| Box 3 |
Vocational interests - test blanks and notes
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1952, undated | |
| Box 3 |
"Early Secondary Education in NYS," an outline for a bulletin (mimeographed, typescript,
and carbon typescript items)
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1953, undated | |
| Box 3 |
Studies on Social and Economic Trends, Personal and Family Living, Elementary and
Early Secondary Education. Typed, mimeographed, and handwritten items, including notes,
related to these studies, 4 folders.
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1940-1954, undated | |
| Box 3 |
"The World We Want," - Citizenship Conference in Albany programs, reports, and other
relevant items, 2 folders
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1942-1953, undated | |
| Box 3 |
"Free Language Usage of H.S. Pupils" - charts, notes, and data on errors, 5 folders.
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| Box 3 |
Language Fact, Tests and Scoring (n.d.).
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| Box 3 |
Topics for discussion on Health, Minority Groups, Education, Training for Defense
(mimeographed)
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1941 | |
| Box 3 |
Linguistic Relations Completion Test - Test blanks, scoring keys, tabulations of results,
and related items (n.d.), 2 folders.
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| Box 3 |
Date on Children's Ability to figure their birth year (n.d.)
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| Box 3 |
Photograph of psychologists at work conference on Functions and Training of School
Psychologists - U.S. Hotel Thayer, West Point, and an accompanying sheet of names
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1954-08-22-1954-08-31 | |