Leonard Ferguson Papers

Content Description

Materials from Leonard Ferguson who was a psychologist and historian of applied psychology. The collection consists of all of the papers from Carnegie Institute's Division of Applied Psychology, 1914-1925; books, manuscripts and papers from the late Mr. Ferguson; and papers of various prominent early 20th century applied psychologists ie. Yerkes, Thurstone, Kellog Strong. The collection includes documents given to Leonard Ferguson by Dr. Poffenberger (?) and Dr Richard Uhrbrock (?) and his wife, and documents borrowed by Leonard Ferguson from the Mellon Institute.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

Donated by Edith P. Ferguson, Leonard Ferguson's widow, in 1989

Language of Description

English

Script of Description

Latin

Restrictions Apply

No