Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Arnold Gesell papers, 1870-1971 |
|---|---|
| Span Dates | 1870-1971 |
| Bulk Dates | (bulk 1910-1950) |
| ID No. | MSS22673 |
| Creator | Gesell, Arnold, 1880-1961 |
| Extent | 90,000 items |
| Extent | 258 containers plus 9 oversize |
| Extent | 114 linear feet |
| Language | Collection material in English, with some German |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010296 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79022673 |
| Summary | Psychologist and educator. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, published and unpublished writings, addresses, lectures, and film scripts, clinical and medical books, personnel records, contracts, biographical and genealogical material, abstracts, photographs, research data, and other papers pertaining chiefly to Gesell's work as director of the Yale Clinic of Child Development, his studies of the mental and physical development of infants and children, and his role in the debate on the developmental influences of environment and heredity. |