Stevens, S. S. (Stanley Smith), 1906-1973. Papers of Stanley Smith Stevens : an inventory

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Descriptive Summary

Repository: Harvard University Archives
Call No.: HUGFP 2 and HUGBS 837.72
Creator: Stevens, S. S. (Stanley Smith), 1906-1973.
Title: Papers of Stanley Smith Stevens, 1931-1973 (inclusive)
Quantity: 9.4 cubic feet (28 boxes and 2 folders)
Abstract: Stanley Smith Stevens (1906-1973) was a physicist and professor at Harvard University. He was an authority on the physics of sensory perception, especially hearing. He was director of the Psycho-Acoustics Laboratory and the Psychophysics Laboratory at Harvard. This collection documents Stevens' research and professional activities.
Language of materials: English.

Note

This document last updated 2005 March 14.

Selected Search Terms

These papers have been indexed in the International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS) using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.

Stevens, S.S. (Stanley Smith), 1906-1973.

Skinner, B.F. (Burrhus Frederic), 1904-

Ross, Strange.

Von Békésy, Georg, 1899-1972.

American Psychological Association.

Acoustical Society of America.

American Physiological Society (1887)

Harvard University. Dept. of Psychology -- Faculty.

Harvard University. Dept. of Psychology -- Admissions.

Harvard University. Dept. of Psychology -- Students.

National Research Council (U.S.)

National Science Foundation (U.S.)

University of Hawaii.

Harvard University -- Psychology.

Harvard University -- Faculty.

Patents.

Psychoacoustics -- Research.

Psychology -- Research.

Psychology -- Societies, etc.

Psychophysics -- Research.

Provenance and Acquisition Information :

Accession numbers 7354, 7375, 7544, and 8064 were gifts of Geraldine Stevens in May 9, 1974 , June 17, 1974 , February 20, 1975 , and March 1, 1977 , respectively.

These records were processed by staff in the Harvard University Archives probably prior to 1985. The finding aid was encoded at the American Institute of Physics and revised to conform to Harvard University guidelines.

Restrictions on Use of Collection :

Permission is required for access to the Papers of Stanley Smith Stevens. Consult Harvard University Archives reference staff for details.

Organization of Collection

Each of the series listed below contains several subseries. The existence of the subseries indicates that Steven's kept material in distinct groups; however, the archivists could not discover what distinguished one group from another.

Correspondence

Correspondence, 1934-1972

Correspondence, 1945-1959

Correspondence, 1959-1972

Correspondence relating to Harvard University, 1939-1972

Committee memberships, 1945-1959

Research

Reprints

Publications

Correspondence relating to publications

Notes and data

Neural quantum

Published research based on Stevens' work

Professional Organizations

Professional organizations, active, 1972-1973

Professional organizations, inactive, 1961-1972

Professional organizations, 1957-1966

Georg Von Békésy

Biography of Stanley Smith Stevens

Stanley Smith Stevens (1906-1973) was a physicist and professor at Harvard University. He was Stevens was an authority on the physics of sensory perception, especially hearing. His primary contribution was Stevens' Law, which states that the magnitude of a sensation grows as a power function of the intensity of the stimulus. He was director of the Psycho-Acoustics Laboratory and the Psychophysics Laboratory at Harvard.

Scope and Contents of Collection

These papers document the professional work of Stanley Smith Stevens. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence. The correspondence documents Stevens' research, teaching, and consulting activities. Letters concern publishing and scientific societies, Harvard Psychology Department business, Harvard committee work, consulting, and lecturing. Correspondence with colleagues and students, and a small amount of personal correspondence is included. This collection also contains student notes for psychology courses taken by Stevens at Harvard in early 1930s, manuscripts and notes for speeches, data in the form of tables and graphs, and reprints.

Container List

Series: Correspondence, 1934-1972 5.3 cubic feet (16 boxes)
Scope and Content: This series covers the entire range of Stevens' professional activities; research, teaching, writing, committee memberships, consultation with colleagues, and membership in professional organizations.
Arrangement: This series contains the following subseries:
- Correspondence, 1934-1972
- Correspondence, 1945-1959
- Correspondence, 1959-1972
- Correspondence relating to Harvard University, 1939-1972
- Committee memberships, 1945-1959
- HUGFP 2.10 Correspondence, 1934-1972 0.3 cubic foot (1 box)
  - Boring, E.G. (SSS personal)
  - Fellowships-GEB [General Education Board]
  - Fellowships, Misc.
  - Hilgard appt.
  - Milton Fund
  - NAS [National Academy of Sciences]-1969-
  - NAS-Biog.
  - Nat'l Academy of Sciences
  - Newman, E.B. (Appt.)
  - PRT. Psych. Round Table
  - Radcliffe
  - Social Relations-appointments. Solomon & McClelland
  - Voltage indicators
  - Weld, H.P.
- HUGFP 2.12 Correspondence, 1945-1959 (bulk); 1942-1959 (inclusive) 1.6 cubic feet (5 boxes)
  - Box 1 Acoustical Society of America. SSS personal
  - Box 1 Acoustical Society of America. Letters re: ASA, 1958
  - Box 1 Acoustical Society of America. General
  - Box 1 American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  - Box 1 American Association for Advancement of Science
  - Box 1 American Association of University Professors
  - Box 1 American Institute of Physics
  - Box 1 American Otological Society
  - Box 1 American Physiological Society
  - Box 1 APA [American Psychological Association]-SSS personal
  - Box 1 APA-Dir. Of Exper. Theoret.
  - Box 1 APA-General
  - Box 1 APA-re Military psychology
  - Box 1 APA-Central Office-Ad Hoc Committee
  - Box 1 APA-Sanford
  - Box 1 APA-Proposed Boston meeting, 1942
  - Box 1 APA-SSS as consultant or referee [APA journals]
  - Box 1 American Society for Research in Psychosomatic Problems
  - Box 1 American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  - Box 1 American Standards Association
  - Box 1 American Statistical Association
  - Box 1 Andrews, T.G.
  - Box 1 Annual Reviews
  - Box 1 Atlantic Monthly
  - Box 1 Automotive Engineers, Society of
  - Box 1 Bartley, S.H.
  - Box 1 Beach, F.A.
  - Box 1 Beecher, H.K.
  - Box 1 Behar, Isaac
  - Box 1 re Békésy Book 1957
  - Box 1 Beranek, L.L.
  - Box 1 Bevan, William
  - Box 1 Biographical Services
  - Box 1 Boston Biologists
  - Box 1 Broadcasting Research
  - Box 1 Brogden, W.J.
  - Box 1 Bruner, J.S.
  - Box 1 Burris, Meyer, H.
  - Box 2 "Calculating Loudness" Transparency
  - Box 2 Callard, N.H.
  - Box 2 Carpenter, C.R.
  - Box 2 [Conf. Cong. Symp.] AAAS [American Association] Symposium, Indianapolis, Dec. 1957
  - Box 2 [Conf. Cong. Symp.] AAAS Symposium, Washington, 1958
  - Box 2 [Conf. Cong. Symp.] AAAS Symposium, New York, 1956. Churchman, Measurement:
  - Box 2 Definition and Theories, 1959
  - Box 2 [Conf. Cong. Symp.] APA, 1958, Statistics. D. Lewis: Measurements, C.J. Burke
  - Box 2 [Conf. Cong. Symp.] Int. Conference Audiology, St. Louis, May, 1957
  - Box 2 [Conf. Cong. Symp.] Int. Congress Acoustics, 1956
  - Box 2 [Conf. Cong. Symp.] Int. Congress Audiology, Argentina, 1954
  - Box 2 [Conf. Cong. Symp.] Int. Congress Psychology, 1954
  - Box 2 [Conf. Cong. Symp.] Int. Congress Psychology, Brussels, 1957
  - Box 2 [Conf. Cong. Symp.] Operationism, Symposium on (Langfeld)
  - Box 2 Coombs, C.
  - Box 2 Crank Letters
  - Box 2 Davis, H.
  - Box 2 Day, W.
  - Box 2 Dictionary of Philosophy
  - Box 2 EPA Eastern Psychological Association
  - Box 2 Education Research Corp., P.J. Rulon
  - Box 2 Edwards, Ward
  - Box 2 Ekman, G.
  - Box 2 Electronics
  - Box 2 Encyclydaedia Britannica
  - Box 2 Evans, R.L.
  - Box 2 Flottorp, G.
  - Box 2 Garner, W.R.
  - Box 2 Geldard, F.A.
  - Box 2 Gemelli, A.
  - Box 2 Grant, D.A.
  - Box 2 Guilford, J.P.
  - Box 2 Gulliksen, H.
  - Box 3 Handbook of Biological Data. Albritton, E.C.
  - Box 3 Handbook of Noise Control, Harris, C.
  - Box 3 Harper & Bros.-General
  - Box 3 Harper & Bros. re "Varieties"
  - Box 3 Harvard Univ. re Patents 1945-1960 file
  - Box 3 Harvard Univ. Press
  - Box 3 Heath, Barbara
  - Box 3 Hoagland, H.
  - Box 3 Hunt, W.A.
  - Box 3 Hurvich, L.M.
  - Box 3 India-misc.
  - Box 3 Institute for Advanced Study
  - Box 3 Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
  - Box 3 Institute of Child Welfare, Cal-Berkeley. Dr. Harold E. Jones
  - Box 3 Institue of Living
  - Box 3 IRE Institute of Radio Engineers
  - Box 3 Job Offers, for which no candidate offered
  - Box 3 Jones, R.C.
  - Box 3 Journals, Misc.
  - Box 3 Re: Kamin, L., 1955
  - Box 3 Kidder, N.R.
  - Box 3 Kline, N. Koch, S.
  - Box 3 Lewis, D.
  - Box 3 Lindsley, D.B.
  - Box 3 McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia
  - Box 4 Magazines, Misc.
  - Box 4 Marquis, D.A.
  - Box 4 Mass. Psych. Assn.
  - Box 4 Modern Library
  - Box 4 Morgan, C.T.
  - Box 4 Moskowitz
  - Box 4 Mosteller, C.F.
  - Box 4 National Academy of Sciences-Personal
  - Box 4 National Academy of Sciences-Section on Anthropology & Psychology
  - Box 4 National Advisory Committee Aero.
  - Box 4 National Physical Labs., England
  - Box 4 National Register
  - Box 4 Navy Dept., Psychol. Course, 1948
  - Box 4 Northwestern U., Summer Seminar, 1946
  - Box 4 Offers, SSS Indiana, Rochester, etc.
  - Box 4 Optical Society of America
  - Box 4 Permission, (Articles), Misc.
  - Box 4 Philosophy of Science Association
  - Box 4 Politics, letters, re.
  - Box 4 Pratt, C.C.
  - Box 4 Psychol. General analyses
  - Box 4 Publicity, inspired letters
  - Box 4 Publishers, Misc.
  - Box 4 Ramsdell, D.A.
  - Box 4 Recommendations, 1954, 1955
  - Box 4 Requests for info., Psychological, Misc.
  - Box 4 Robinson, D.W.
  - Box 4 Roe, Ann
  - Box 4 Sanford, F.H.
  - Box 4 Schiller, Paul
  - Box 4 Schlosberg, H.
  - Box 4 Sci. of Sci., Discussion Group
  - Box 4 Scientific societies, misc.
  - Box 4 Sheldon, W.H.
  - Box 4 Shilling, C.W.
  - Box 4 Shryock, R.H.
  - Box 4 Sigma Xi
  - Box 4 Ski White Mules
  - Box 4 Ski Wildcat
  - Box 4 Ski Misc.
  - Box 4 Ski Associations
  - Box 4 Ski Publication
  - Box 4 Ski Equipment
  - Box 5 Soc. Exp. Psychologists, Nominations, Committee on Elections
  - Box 5 Soc. Exp. Psychologists, SSS relations with
  - Box 5 Somatotype, Inquiries re.
  - Box 5 Somatotype, Misc.
  - Box 5 Sound Seminars
  - Box 5 State Dinner
  - Box 5 Stewart, J.Q.
  - Box 5 Tests - Kuder, Strong
  - Box 5 Thurstone, L.L.
  - Box 5 Tufts College, Psychol.
  - Box 5 Unity of Science, International Congress of
  - Box 5 Utah, Univ. of
  - Box 5 Volkmann, J.
  - Box 5 Warren, R.M.
  - Box 5 Wendt, G .R.
  - Box 5 White House, Feb. 1958
  - Box 5 Wiley - corrections, Handbook, 1957. With contributors and Wiley
  - Box 5 Wiley - Handbook
  - Box 5 Wiley - Hearing
  - Box 5 Wiley - General
  - Box 5 Young, R.W.
- HUGFP 2.14 Correspondence, 1959-1972 (bulk) 2.3 cubic feet (7 boxes)
  - Box 1 Abstracts of speeches, 1936-1960
  - Box 1 Addresses - misc. travel, friends
  - Box 1 Aiba, T.S.
  - Box 1 Akos
  - Box 1 Anderson, Norman
  - Box 1 Atkinson, Richard C.
  - Box 1 Autobiography, Letters re.
  - Box 1 Barlow, H.B.
  - Box 1 Bartley, S.H.
  - Box 1 Bauer, B.
  - Box 1 Békésy, G.v.
  - Box 1 Békésy, G.v. - Acoustical Society award; Nobel
  - Box 1 Bel Tone award
  - Box 1 Beranek & BBN
  - Box 1 Boeing
  - Box 1 Borg, G.
  - Box 1 EGB [E.G. Boring] - necrol. Ltrs
  - Box 1 Boynton, R.
  - Box 1 Brink, van den G.
  - Box 1 Brown Univ & Bibliog.
  - Box 2 Cain, Wm. S.
  - Box 2 Carmichael, Leonard
  - Box 2 Catalogue requests
  - Box 2 Catania, A.C.
  - Box 2 Chatterjea, R.G.
  - Box 2 R. Cook & E. Corliss - NBS [National Bureau of Standards]
  - Box 2 Coombs, C.
  - Box 2 Copyright
  - Box 2 Corso, John F.
  - Box 2 Cross, D.V.
  - Box 2 Crank letters
  - Box 2 Davis, H.
  - Box 2 Diamond, L.
  - Box 2 Drake, Birger
  - Box 2 Edwards, W.
  - Box 2 Eisler, Hannes
  - Box 2 Ekman, G.
  - Box 2 Evans, Richard L.
  - Box 2 Federal Communications Commission
  - Box 2 Financial Services
  - Box 2 Flottorp, G.
  - Box 2 Furrer, W.
  - Box 2 Galanter, E.
  - Box 2 Geldard, F.
  - Box 2 Gibson, R.
  - Box 3 Box 3 Graham, C.
  - Box 3 Green, D.M.
  - Box 3 Greenbaum, H.
  - Box 3 Greenwood, D.
  - Box 3 Guiarao, M.
  - Box 3 Gulliksen, H.
  - Box 3 Hajos, A.
  - Box 3 Harper, R.
  - Box 3 Harper Encyclopedia
  - Box 3 Hawaii, Univ. of, Invitation
  - Box 3 Highways
  - Box 3 Hilgard, E.R.
  - Box 3 Hirsh, I.J.
  - Box 3 Honors to SSS
  - Box 3 Horeman, H.W.
  - Box 3 Hosman, Jan & M. Mashhour
  - Box 3 Hurvich, L. & D.
  - Box 3 Indow, T.
  - Box 3 Information Services, misc.
  - Box 3 Invitations, academic
  - Box 3 Jensen, A.
  - Box 3 Jobs in psychophysics & psychology
  - Box 3 John, I.D.
  - Box 4 Kameoka, A.
  - Box 4 Keidl, Wolf
  - Box 4 Koh, S.D.
  - Box 4 Kruskal, W.
  - Box 4 Kryter, K.D.
  - Box 4 Lane, H.
  - Box 4 Lea, W.
  - Box 4 Lindsley, Donald B.
  - Box 4 Loevinger, Jane
  - Box 4 Lubin, A.
  - Box 4 Luce, R.D.
  - Box 4 McFarland, R.
  - Box 4 Marks, Lawrence E.
  - Box 4 MIT Centennial
  - Box 4 Mathews, Max
  - Box 4 Miescher, Karl
  - Box 4 Miller, G.A.
  - Box 4 Mosteller, C.F.
  - Box 4 Mountcastle, V.
  - Box 4 Noble, C.
  - Box 5 ONR
  - Box 5 Padghman & Saunders
  - Box 5 Patents, SSS
  - Box 5 Physical Scis. Study Com.
  - Box 5 Politics, Petitions
  - Box 5 Pollack, I.
  - Box 5 Positions open, Misc.
  - Box 5 Positions open in Psychol., Misc.
  - Box 5 Poulton, E.C.
  - Box 5 Questionnaires, Misc.
  - Box 5 Raab, D.
  - Box 5 Recommendations, former students (before and after 1965)
  - Box 5 Recommendations, colleagues, 1965-
  - Box 5 Recommendations, Misc., colleagues, etc.
  - Box 5 Reprint requests, Outgoing
  - Box 5 Requests, Misc. Incoming
  - Box 5 Retina, Fndn.
  - Box 5 Reynolds, G.S.
  - Box 5 Robinson, D.W.
  - Box 5 Roe, Anne
  - Box 5 Rosenblith, W.
  - Box 5 Ross, John
  - Box 5 Ross, Strange
  - Box 6 Sanford, Ann
  - Box 6 Sanford, F.H.
  - Box 6 Scharf, B.
  - Box 6 Schouten, J.F.
  - Box 6 Schuknecht, H.F.
  - Box 6 Science Information Exchange
  - Box 6 Scott Blair, G.W.
  - Box 6 Sheldon, W.H.
  - Box 6 Shipley, T.
  - Box 6 re: Somatotypes
  - Box 6 re: Somatotyping
  - Box 6 Sperling, G.
  - Box 6 Standards, ISO & USASI etc.
  - Box 6 Stevens, Joseph C.
  - Box 6 Stone, Leroy
  - Box 6 Stowell, H.
  - Box 6 Sylvester, Handbook, Pergamon
  - Box 6 Teghtsoonian, Bob & Mimi
  - Box 6 Tukey, John
  - Box 6 US agencies, Misc.
  - Box 6 University Microfilms
  - Box 6 Verplanck, Wm. S.
  - Box 7 Warren, R.M.
  - Box 7 Wells, R.J.
  - Box 7 Wiley, Handbook, 2nd. Ed., Sept. 1964-
  - Box 7 Wiley Permissions
  - Box 7 [Wiley] Handbook, Russian translation, Introduction
  - Box 7 Wiley, General (non SSS bks.)
  - Box 7 Wolfgang & others, re: delinquency
  - Box 7 Young, R.W.
  - Box 7 Zwicker, K.E.
- HUGFP 2.18 Correspondence relating to Harvard University, 1939-1972 0.3 cubic foot (1 box)
  Scope and Content: This subseries contains correspondence on topics relating to Harvard University and S. S. Stevens' relationship with Harvard.
  - re SSS appointments. SSS relations with Harvard
  - SSS notices of Corporation appointments
  - 25 year service certificate
  - Psychol. Library
  - Anglin, Jeremy
  - Herrnstein, R.J.
  - Mansfield, Richard J.W.
  - Psychology Instructors, Newman
  - Skinner, B.F.
  - Misc. & instructors, including vitas
  - Psychology student recommendations
  - Dept. - Students-Correspondence with and about
  - NSF-Students
  - NIH-Students
  - Dept.-re Students
  - re Reorganization of Psychol & Soc. Rel.-1969
  - re-Psychol-Courses & course lists
  - Dept. of Psychology
  - Psychol. -re Appts. Possible
  - Psychology -re Admissions
  - Dept. -Examinatins and Univ. re
  - Lab 4 O - Public relations
  - Harvard Univ. Library of Psychol. Lib
  - Visiting Committee
  - Dept.-Annual Reports
  - William James Lecture-1966. E.H. Land
  - Dept., Wm. James Lectures
  - Boring, E.G.
  - Bruner, J.S.
  - Ad Hoc Behav Sci. 1968. Behav. Bio 1971
  - Misc. Depts.
  - Committee on Patents, 1969
  - Committee re P. Frank, 1967
  - Ad Hoc Committees
  - Appointments, Jr. staff
  - Ad Hoc re EGB [Boring] 1968
  - Permanent appt., Luce 1963-
  - re: Permanent appointments, 1961-& Ad Hoc
  - Dept. re: appointments, 1955-1958
  - Non-4-Reappointments [F.V. Hunt-facutly minute]
  - Ad Hoc-Med. School 1956-60
  - [re Move from Mem Hall to WJH]
  - Univ. re move to Wm. James Hall, 1962-1965
  - E.B. Newman, 1963-1966
  - Re Building, New building
  - Behavior Sciences Ctr, 1964-5
  - Re move from MH to WJH, 1964
- HUGFP 2.22 Committee memberships, 1945-1959 0.6 cubic foot (2 boxes)
  Scope and Content: This correspondence relates chiefly to memberships of committees. Committees are those instituted by professional organizations and the United States government; many are committees of the National Research Council. Information in these folders includes reviews of research proposals.
  - Box 1 Box 1 [Misc. Govt.-re: reimbursements] JRDB [Joint Research & Development Board] Vouchers
  - Box 1 [Committees-current] NIH-Sensory Diseases Study Section 1955-1958
  - Box 1 Committee on Fellowships in Physiol. Psychol. 1955-1958
  - Box 1 Space Science Board
  - Box 1 Nat'l Science Foundation, 1951-
  - Box 1 Air Force-Office of Scientific Research-SSS consultant. May 1957
  - Box 1 [Misc. Govt.-SSS] ASD [Assistant Secretary of Defense] R&D Mar. 1954-
  - Box 1 [SSS-Committees-EX] MIT, Psychology at, Committee on, 1953
  - Box 1 Research and Development Board
  - Box 1 Adv. Panel to Human Factors Directorate-Johns Hopkins Univ.
  - Box 1 Veterans Administration
  - Box 1 Air Material Command-SSS
  - Box 1 Project Lincoln-Financial relations
  - Box 1 Interim Systems Coord. Facility [Cmdr. Laning-Dec. 1950]
  - Box 1 ONR Advisory Panel on Psychophysiology
  - Box 1 Brimhall, D. CAA
  - Box 1 Federal Security Agency
  - Box 1 Committee on Hearing and Bio-Acoustics, 1952
  - Box 1 Perception, Subcomm. on
  - Box 1 National Research Council, NRS Psychology-personal
  - Box 1 Conf. Board of Assoc. Research Councils re: Fulbright
  - Box 1 NRC Office of Scientific Personnel, Trytten
  - Box 1 NRC re: Highway safety
  - Box 1 NRC, Disaster Studies
  - Box 1 NRC, Executive Board
  - Box 1 NRC, General
  - Box 1 NRC, Fellowship office
  - Box 1 [NRC Division of Anthropology and Psychology] Executive Sec'y
  - Box 1 NRC, A&P, Mrs. McLean
  - Box 1 NRC, A&P Chairman Post-SSS, 1953-
  - Box 1 NRC, A&P Eiseley Vice Chairman
  - Box 1 NRC, A&P Executive Committee
  - Box 1 [NRC ?] Crawford, Meridith
  - Box 1 NRC, A&P, Com. Aviation Psychology
  - Box 1 NRC, A&P, Committee on Fellowships
  - Box 1 NRC, A&P, Committee Internatl. Rel. Anthrop
  - Box 1 NRC, A&P, Latin American Anthropology
  - Box 1 NRC, A&P, Com. Selec. & Tr. Sci. Personnel
  - Box 1 NRC, Psychology, Nominating Committee
  - Box 1 NRC, Psychology, General
  - Box 1 NRC, A&P, Committees
  - Box 1 [Misc. NonNRC (re: NRC) re: NRC-misc.
  - Box 1 re: NSF
  - Box 1 re: NRC P.M. Fitts
  - Box 1 re: NRC J. Flanagan
  - Box 1 NRC-SSS relations with Navy
  - Box 1 Wolfe [re: NRC]
  - Box 2 NRC Committee on Undersea Warfare. Panel on Psychology and Physiology
  - Box 2 NRC Committee on Undersea Warfare. Panel on Underwater Acoustics
  - Box 2 NRC USN Symposium on Undersea Warfare. May 1947
  - Box 2 NRC Committee on Underwater Warfare
  - Box 2 NDRC [National Defense Research Committee] SSS relations with
  - Box 2 NDRC Appointments (SSS)

Series: Research, ca. 1931-1972 2.4 cubic feet (7 boxes and 1 folder)
Scope and Content: This series documents Stevens' research and the publication of results. Much of the series documents work done by others using Stevens' Law.
Arrangement: This series contains the following subseries:
- Reprints
- Publications
- Correspondence relating to publications
- Notes and data
- Neural quantum
- Published research based on Stevens' work
- HUGBS 837.72 Reprints of works by Stevens 0.3 cubic foot (1 box)
- HUGFP 2.27.5 Publications, 1963-1971 0.3 cubic foot (1 box)
  Processing Information: Reprints by authors other than Stevens were discarded unless they related primarily to Stevens' work and ideas.
  
  Related Material: Related Material: For reprints of Stevens' work, see HUGBS 837.72.
  
  Scope and Content: This subseries concerns publications by Stevens. It contains correspondence relating to publication, not the publications themselves. It also contains information about use of Stevens' work by others. Forms of documentation include correspondence and reprints or copies of articles.
- HUGFP 2.21 Correspondence relating to publications, 1945-ca. 1958 0.3 cubic foot (1 box)
  Scope and Content: This correspondence relates chiefly to publications by S. S. Stevens. Other topics include publications by others, subscriptions, and professional association memberships.
  - American Psychological Association. American Psychologist
  - Contemporary Psychology
  - APA-Journal of Experimental Psychology
  - Acoustical Society of America, Journal of
  - Noise Control
  - American Journal of Psychology
  - Biological Abstracts
  - Psychological Abstracts
  - Psychological Book Previews
  - APA, Psycho. Bull
  - APA, Psychol. Rev., SSS papers
  - APA, Misc. journals. APA Central Office
  - Acoustical Society of American, Executive Committee, 1948-
  - ASA Nominating Committee, 1957
  - ASA Executive Committee, etc. 1945-1947
  - [Handbook] Answers to 9/23/47 Questionnaire
  - Handbook, General Letters and Outlines
  - Handbook
  - Acoustical Society of America
  - Acta Oto-Laryng
  - American Journal of Psychology
  - Aeronautical Science, Journal of
  - American Psychological Assication
  - NRC Division of Medical Sciences
  - NRC Committee on Hearing-SSS
  - NRC Committee on Hearing
  - NRC Committee on Hearing, 1949-
  - NRC Committee on Hearing, 1947-1948
- HUGFP 2.45 Notes and data, ca. 1931-1972 1 cubic foot (3 boxes)
  Scope and Content: This subseries contains a variety of notes and data. Also included are small amounts of correspondence.
  
  Arrangement: There is no apparent organization of this material, nor does there appear to be a reason for its having been assembled.
  - Box 1 Time, Inc. correspondence, 1964-1965
  - Box 1 Notebook 1932-1935
    Scope and Content: Discusses psychological and philosophical concerns and has some autobiographical content.
  - Box 1 Psychoacoustics Lab.
  - Box 1 Notebook, Patents (?) 1943-53
  - Box 1 Manuscripts and notes for speeches
  - Box 1 Miscellaneous data, Cochlea Microphonics 1930s
  - Box 1 Correspondence concerning book Hearing... , with Hallowell Davis 1937-38
  - Box 2 Notes
    Scope and Content: Especially student notes for psychology courses taken by S.S. Stevens as a graduate student at Harvard, 1931-1933. Includes lecture and reading notes, class syllabi and outlines, assignments (?) for psychology courses with E.G. Boring, J.G. Beebe-Center, C.C. Pratt(?); physic courses with V. Guillemin, G.W. Pierce; statistics course with T.L. Kelley.
  - Box 2 Outline of Psychology III, 1940-1941
  - Box 2 Notes for talks by S.S. Stevens, 1948-1972
  - Box 3 Data, 1948, 1953-1972
    Scope and Content: Chiefly data (tables and graphs) and drafts or notes on topics such as adaptation, cross modality and exponents, vision, vibration, brightness, scaling of adverbs, loudness, weight, nature and nurture, taste.
  - Box 3 Miscellaneous correspondence and related papers, including A.R. Jensen (1968-72), Mark VII (1970, 1972).
- HUGFP 2.28 Neural quantum, 1951 and 1959-1961 (1 folder)
  Scope and Content: This subseries includes information on research of the neural quantum. Forms of material include correspondence, notes, and data. Also included here are reprints and manuscripts by authors other than Stevens.
- HUGFP 2.27 Published research based on Stevens' work, 1953 and ca. 1961-1972 0.3 cubic foot (1 box)
  Processing Information: This series originally consisted chiefly of reprints by authors other than Stevens which cited his work. Harvard University Archives staff weeded this subseries. Most reprints were discarded. Staff retained reprints that were easily identified as being an extension or review of Stevens' work. In the case of reprints accompanied by correspondence, staff retained the correspondence and a citation to the reprint and discarded the reprint itself.
  
  Scope and Content: The material in this subseries documents the use of Stevens' research by others. It relates chiefly to the power law (Stevens' Law, which states that the magnitude of a sensation grows as a power function of the intensity of the stimulus). The forms of documentation include correspondence and reprints. Many reprints have marginal notes, presumably written by Stevens.
  A group of material in this subseries consists of correspondence, data, and reports relating to the work of Strange Ross , 1959-1960, on matching functions for vibration , and related studies from 1967.

Series: Professional Organizations 1960-1973 1.6 cubic feet (5 boxes)
Scope and Content: This series documents Stevens' activities as a member of a variety of scientific and professional organizations.
Arrangement: This series contains the following subseries:
- Professional organizations, active, 1972-1973
- Professional organizations, inactive, 1961-1972
- Professional organizations, 1957-1966
- HUGFP 2.25.5 Professional organizations, active, 1972-1973 (bulk), ca. 1958-1973 (inclusive) 0.6 cubic foot (2 boxes)
  Scope and Content: This subseries contains documents relating to professional organizations. The content is similar to the subseries entitled: Professional organizations, 1960-1965 (bulk), ca. 1957-1966 (inclusive), but this material was labeled "active."
  - Box 1 Acoustical Society of America
  - Box 1 American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  - Box 1 American Association for Advancement of Science
  - Box 1 American Philosophical Society
  - Box 1 American Psychological Association
  - Box 1 British Acoustical Society
  - Box 1 re: Rayleigh Medal, 1972
  - Box 1 International Brain Research Organization
  - Box 1 National Academy of Sciences
  - Box 1 National Research Council
  - Box 1 NAS-Genetic Controversy
  - Box 1 Optical Society of America
  - Box 1 Philosophy of Science Association
  - Box 1 Psychonomic Society
  - Box 1 Royal Society of Medicine
  - Box 1 Society of Experimental Psychologists-Warren Medal Committee, 1969-1972
  - Box 1 Society of Experimental Psychologists-Current
  - Box 1 Science
  - Box 1 Smith College Conference on Psychophysics, May 1972
  - Box 1 Society for Neuroscience
  - Box 1 Winter Conference on Brain Research (Western Conference of Experimental Psych.) 1968-
  - Box 1 Organizations, Misc.
  - Box 1 Symposia & Congresses, Misc.
  - Box 1 [Speches and Publication-Active] Abstracts 1966-
  - Box 1 American Scientist
  - Box 1 American Journal of Psychology
  - Box 1 Bobbs-Merrill Reprint series
  - Box 1 Communications in Behavioral Biology
  - Box 1 Contemporary Psychology-Lindzey, editor
  - Box 1 General Learning, 1971
  - Box 1 Handbook-Carterette
  - Box 1 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  - Box 1 Journal of the Optical Society of America
  - Box 1 Perception and Psychophysics, Publications
  - Box 1 Proc. National Academy of Sciences
  - Box 1 re: Psychology in Autobiography
  - Box 1 Publ. Harvard List of Books, 1971 edition
  - Box 1 Publication, Psychological Review
  - Box 1 Psychology Today
  - Box 1 Vision Research
  - Box 1 Scientific American
  - Box 2 Misc. Journal & Magazines
  - Box 2 Misc. Publishers
  - Box 2 Wiley-Publisher re: Hearing Handbook
  - Box 2 Notes for abstracts of speeches (copies)
  - Box 2 [Consulting] Referee file, Contemporary Psychology
  - Box 2 Reidel Publishing Co., Chemical & Good Senses (1st called Journal of Sensory Studies), 1972
  - Box 2 Referee File, Science
  - Box 2 Dover, Referee
  - Box 2 Referee file, Journal of Acoustical Society of America
  - Box 2 Harvard University Press, Consult.
  - Box 2 Journal of Optical Society of America, Referee file
  - Box 2 NSF & NIH, SSS as referee
  - Box 2 Vision Res. Editorial Advisory Board
  - Box 2 SSS as editor Psychonomic Journals, 1965-1970
  - Box 2 SSS as Referee, Misc. American Psychological Association
  - Box 2 Editor, Space Life Sciences Journal
  - Box 2 MIT Press
  - Box 2 Wiley-General & as reviewer
  - Box 2 SSS as Referee, misc.
  - Box 2 [Invitations declined], Invitations, current
  - Box 2 Univ. of Utah, Psychol., 1969
  - Box 2 Misc. invitations declined 1965-1967
  - Box 2 Invitations declined, 1968-June 1971
  - Box 2 Handbook, Wolmann, B.B.
  - Box 2 [Permissions] Permissions, Articles
  - Box 2 Permissions, Articles, Books received
  - Box 2 Permission to reprint SSS, Sept. 72, Excerpts
  - Box 2 Publications, Permissions requested (outgoing)
  - Box 2 Permissions to reprint SSS, Excerpts, 1965-Aug. 1972
- HUGFP 2.25 Professional organizations, inactive, ca. 1961-1972 0.3 cubic foot (1 box)
  Scope and Content: This subseries contains documents relating to professional organizations. The content is similar to the subseries entitled: Professional organizations, 1960-1965 (bulk), ca. 1957-1966 (inclusive), but this material was labeled "inactive."
  - Biophysical Society
  - Boeing, 1969
  - Bolt, Beranek and Newman. Sonic Boom Meeting, May 28-29, 1969
  - Ciba
  - NAS-NRC Committee on Hearing, Bioacoustics, and Biomechanics
  - Int. Congress, Acoustics, 1968, Tokyo
  - International Union for Pure & Applied Biophysics
  - Institution of Electrical Engineers Conference, 1967
  - Medical Audiology Workshop, 1972, Vail
  - Environmental Group
  - John B. Pierce Foundation Ad Hoc Committee, 1968
  - Society of Experimental Psychologists, Past 1965-
  - SSS-membership on committees, Pierce Foundation, 1968
  - Winter Conference, Brain Res. 1971
  - Invitation, Univ. of Calif. San Diego, LaJolla, Jan. 1971
  - [Inactive re: publications]
  - Speeches, Misc. Correspondence re
  - Due & Dilemma, American Psychological Association
  - Feigel volume 1961-
  - Psychology Today & CRM Book, Editorial consultant
  - Handbook, Sensory Physio. (Neff?) Springer (Keidel, Hebb, eds.)
  - Re Harvard list of books 1971 ed.
  - HU Press, re: Bibiog.
  - Int. Encycl. Salvat Editores, Spain 1971
  - Publ. Encyclopedia Americana
  - Int. J. Neurology
  - J. Psychol. Normale et Pathologique
  - Lexikon der Psychologie 1970
  - Publ. Time July, 64
  - Symposium, Noise Transport. U. Washington, Seattle, March 1969
  - Contemporary Psychology, Sanford, editor
  - Handbook of Measurement, D.K. Whitla, ed. Addison Wesley, Reading
  - Sociological Abstracts, Inc.
  - Wiley re: Handbook, re: 2nd ed.
  - Handbook authors, re: 2nd ed.
- HUGFP 2.23 Professional organizations, 1960-1965 (bulk), ca. 1957-1966 (inclusive) 0.6 cubic foot (2 boxes)
  Scope and Content: Documents in this subseries relate to activities of professional organizations. It concerns committees, speeches, and publications as well as referee work for journals.
  - Box 1 [Committees] Amer. Stds. Assn.
  - Box 1 International Standards 1955 -.
  - Box 1 ISO (International Organization for Standardization]. Mailing lists.
  - Box 1 NSF - SSS as referee.
  - Box 1 NSF - SSS relations with.
  - Box 1 [National Academy of Sciences] Committee - Kistiaskowsky.
  - Box 1 NIR-SSS as referee.
  - Box 1 [Congresses 1958-1964] Acoust. Congress 5th Liège 1965.
  - Box 1 BU - Conf. Stimulus Generalization (1963).
  - Box 1 Int. Congress Physiology - Leiden 1962 Gerard Symposium.
  - Box 1 Int. Congress of Logic, Methodology & Philosophy of Science at Stanford, 1960.
  - Box 1 Symposium on Sensory Communication July 1959. Book - Wiley.
  - Box 1 Int. Congress. Acoustics Stuttgart 1959.
  - Box 1 Educational Testing Service. Scaling Conference, May 1958.
  - Box 1 Congresses - Symposia General (Declined).
  - Box 1 American Psychological Association.
  - Box 1 APA Dues.
  - Box 1 Organizations: Proposed new.
  - Box 1 Organizations. Misc. SSS not a member.
  - Box 1 Acoustical Society.
  - Box 1 American Association Advancement of Science.
  - Box 1 American Physiological Society.
  - Box 1 Amer. Statistical Soc.
  - Box 1 Eastern Psychological Association.
  - Box 1 Experimental Society-England (1963).
  - Box 1 Eastern Psychological Association 1961, 1962, 1963.
  - Box 1 NAS- nominations.
  - Box 1 NAS Public. Committee.
  - Box 1 National Academy 1959
  - Box 1 Optical Society of America.
  - Box 1 Psychonomic Society - History.
  - Box 1 Society of Experimental Psychologists, Inc.
  - Box 1 [Speeches and Publications] Publishers - Misc. re SSS publications.
  - Box 1 APA Journals - Publication.
  - Box 1 J. Opt. Soc. Amer. - publications.
  - Box 1 J. Acoust. Soc. Amer.
  - Box 1 Northwestern Klopsteg Lecture Nov. 1962.
  - Box 1 Permissions - Requests In.
  - Box 1 Quart. J. Exp. Psych.
  - Box 1 Science.
  - Box 1 Journals, Misc.
  - Box 1 Scheduled talks - Misc.
  - Box 1 Publications - Misc. Books SSS not contributor.
  - Box 2 [Consulting for Misc. Journals] APA Journals Referee.
  - Box 2 Jl. Acoust. Soc. Amer. Referee.
  - Box 2 J. Opt. Soc. Amer. Referee.
  - Box 2 Contemporary Psychology Referee.
  - Box 2 Science Referee.
  - Box 2 Misc. journals Referee.
  - Box 2 Misc. Publishers Referee.

Series: HUGFP 2.80 Georg Von Békésy 1971-1972 (1 folder)
Scope and Content: This series appears to be a collection of documents culminating in a biographical sketch of Georg Von Békésy. Documents include one letter from Békésy to Stevens, correspondence between Békésy and Jan Frederik Schouten, and letters to Stevens and third parties concerning Békésy's career at the University of Hawaii, his illness and death. Included is a handwritten sketch of Békésy's scientific career.

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