Robert Morris Ogden papers, 1889-1959.
Collection Number: 14-23-467
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Robert Morris Ogden papers, 1889-1959.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
14-23-467
Abstract:
Correspondence, financial records, notes, essays, drafts, reviews, reprints, and printed
material pertaining to Ogden's work as a psychologist, author, and educator and to
his membership in various scientific societies.
Creator:
Ogden, Robert Morris, 1877-1959.
Quanitities:
11.5 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
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.
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.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Robert Morris Ogden papers, #14-23-467. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918.
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
Cornell University -- : History.
Places:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Collectibles.
Subjects:
Psychologists.
College teachers.
Psychology.
Philosophy.
Decedents\' estates.
Aesthetics.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Drawings.
CONTAINER LIST
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Scope and Contents
All the material in the collection may not be covered by this guide.
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Correspondence
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| Box 1 | Feb. 20, 1889-June 15, 1910 | ||
| Box 2 | July 4, 1910-June 25, 1913 | ||
| Box 3 | July 2, 1913-Dec. 19, 1915 | ||
| Box 4 | Jan. 6, 1916-May 31, 1921 | ||
| Box 5 | June 2, 1921-June 22, 1925 | ||
| Box 6 | July 1, 1925-Dec. 25, 1932 | ||
| Box 7 | Feb. 13, 1933-Mar. 31, 1937 | ||
| Box 8 | Apr. 1, 1937-June 27, 1939 | ||
| Box 9 | July 1, 1939-Dec. 31, 1941 | ||
| Box 10 | Jan. 1, 1942-Dec. 29, 1944 | ||
| Box 11 | Jan. 1, 1945-Dec. 30, 1947 | ||
| Box 12 | Jan. 1, 1948-June 30, 1953 | ||
| Box 13 | July 1, 1953-Feb. 24, 1959 | ||
| Box 14 | n.d. | ||
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Other materials
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| Box 15 |
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.
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| Box 16 |
Manuscript and typescript writings; notes; correspondence; miscellany. Topics include
aesthetics, hearing, psychology, philosophy, and related subjects.
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| Box 17 |
Publications; papers and reviews; American Society of Aesthetics; National Education
Association.
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| Box 18 |
Manuscript and typescript drafts of Robert Morris Ogden writings.
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| Box 19 |
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.
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| Box 20 |
Student sketches by Ogden; children's artwork; photographs, photos of paintings and
Ogden's transparencies used in analyzing the artworks; and diplomas.
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| Box 21 |
Reprints of articles and reviews.
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| Box 22 |
Civil War mess kit.
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