Professor Worcester Lectures on Physiological Psychology
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of two separate notebooks and one letter. The first, labeled “Lectures by Dr. Elwood Worcester delivered at Lehigh University on Physiological Psychology”, consists of six packets folded together. The second is an Empire notebook (brand name) that contains notes on literature and psychology. The letter states that the notebooks were transferred to the care of Dixon H. Kautz by Fayette A. McKenzie.
Dates
- Creation: 1894 - 1895
Creator
- Worcester, Elwood (Person)
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Biographical / Historical
Fayette A. McKenzie was a junior in 1894 when the lectures by Dr. Worcester were being presented. McKenzie graduated in 1895 with a B.S. in Scientific and Literary Studies, a degree where science and literature were studied without Latin or Greek. Dixon H. Kautz graduated also in 1895 with a degree in Scientific Latin. Dixon H. Kautz was the business editor of the Brown and White when he received the notes from McKenzie. The class “Lectures on the Outlines of Physiological Psychology” was given by Dr. Elwood Worcester, Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy.
Extent
1 box, .5 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains three items, two by Fayette A. McKenzie and one by Dixon H. Kautz. Two items are notebooks by Fayette A. McKenzie that mostly contain notes from the Spring 1894 Class “Lectures on the Outlines of Physiological Psychology.” The third item is a letter by Dixon H. Kautz saying the notebooks by McKenzie were transferred to his care on March 28, 1895.
Arrangement
The materials are arranged by format, two notebooks and one single-sided letter.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lectures notes were taken by Fayette A. McKenzie, Class of 1895. Notes were given to Dixon H. Kautz, also Class of 1895, on March 28, 1895. Mr. Dixon H. Kautz resided in Tacoma, Washington. According to a slip of paper included with the collection, the notes were donated to the Lehigh University Library by Mr. Ray C. Kautz (LU EM 1905) of Tacoma, Washington who gave them to Dr. William L. Estes, Jr. (LU BA 1905) who in turn gave them to Lehigh Librarian James Mack in 1962.
- Title
- Professor Worcester Lectures on Physiological Psychology
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Robert Dunleavy
- Date
- 2013-04-05
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Revision Statements
- 2013-05-31: May 31, 2013 - corrected by Eleanor Nothelfer - final version
Repository Details
Part of the Lehigh University Special Collections Repository
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