Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1880, June 21 | Born Alma, Wisc. |
| 1893-1896 | Attended Alma High School, Alma, Wisc. |
| 1896-1899 | Attended Stevens Point Normal School, Stevens Point, Wisc. |
| 1899-1901 | Taught at Stevens Point High School, Stevens Point, Wisc. |
| 1901-1903 | Attended University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisc.; B.Ph. degree |
| 1903-1904 | Principal, Chippewa Falls High School, Chippewa Falls, Wisc. |
| 1904-1906 | Attended Clark University, Worcester, Mass. |
| 1908-1910 | Professor of psychology, Los Angeles State Normal School, Los Angeles, Calif. |
| 1909 | Married Beatrice Chandler |
| 1915 | M.D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Appointed Professor of Child Hygiene, Yale Medical School, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1911-1948 | Founder and director of Yale Juvenile-Psycho Clinic, later the Yale Clinic of Child Development, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1915-1919 | School psychologist, Connecticut State Board of Education |
| 1919-1921 | Member, Connecticut Commission on Child Welfare |
| 1922-1936 | Director, American Psychological Association |
| 1924 | Gesell's first film, The Mental Growth of the Pre-School Child, made by Pathé |
| 1925 | Published Mental Growth of the Pre-School Child. New York: Macmillan |
| 1928-1930 | Established Photographic Research and Film Library, Yale Clinic of Child Development, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1928-1940 | Director, American Child Health Association |
| 1928-1948 | Attending pediatrician, New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1930 | Became a member of Board of Permanent Officers, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. Initiated program to produce Yale Films of Child Development |
| 1932-1948 | Chairman, Department of Child Development, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1943 | Published Infant and Child in the Culture of Today. New York, London: Harper and Bros. |
| 1946 | Published The Child from Five to Ten. New York, London: Harper and Bros. |
| 1948 | Retired as professor of child hygiene and director, Yale Clinic of Child Development, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1948-1950 | Research associate, Child Vision Research, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1948-1952 | Research associate, Harvard Pediatric Study |
| 1950-1958 | Research consultant, Gesell Institute of Child Development, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1952 | President, American Academy of Cerebral Palsy |
| 1956 | Published Youth: The Years from Ten to Sixteen. New York: Harper |
| 1961, May 29 | Died, New Haven, Conn. |