(Mss. 3900) Inventory
Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library Louisiana State University Libraries Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University
June 2007
Summary 3 Biographical/Historical Note 4 Scope and Content Note 4 Index Terms 5 Container List 6-9
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1960-1974 LSU SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Size. | 2 linear feet |
| Geographic | United States |
| locations. | |
| Inclusive dates. | 1959-1974 |
| Bulk dates. | N/A |
| Language. | English |
| Summary. | Collection consists of notes, articles, and correspondence pertaining to Dr. |
| Ralph Dreger’s research. | |
| Organization. | Box 1 is organized by chapters corresponding to Dreger’s book, while |
| boxes 2 and 3 are organized by author or journal name. | |
| Restrictions on | If microfilm is available, photocopies must be made from microfilm. |
| access. | |
| Related | N/A |
| collections. | |
| Copyright. | Copyright of the original materials is retained by descendants of the |
| creators in accordance with U.S. copyright law. | |
| Citation. | Ralph Dreger Papers, Mss. 3900, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley |
| Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La. | |
| Stack location(s). | 53; OS:D |
Ralph Dreger was born in Chicago on April 13, 1913 and began his professional life as a Methodist minister, graduating with a seminary degree from Wheaton College in Illinois. Dreger then moved to Fresno, California where he began a long career of activism by speaking out against the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. After moving to Baton Rouge in 1964, Dreger continued to champion civil rights causes throughout the South and cofounded both the Louisiana and Baton Rouge chapters of the Council on Human Relations. He became a Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Louisiana State University and continued to head panels and speak out against discrimination until his death in 2004.
The collection consists of notes, articles, and correspondence pertaining to Dr. Ralph Dreger’s research. Letters to and from authors and researchers discuss publications, request information, and ask or grant permission for quotations. Subjects of the articles and notes concern psychological studies of racial groups, covering such topics as linguistics, physical development, social perception, and family, and are penned by authors such as Arthur R. Jensen, Clyde E. Noble, and Benjamin Pasamanick. Dreger’s own works, co-authored with Kent S. Miller, are included, one entitled “Comparative Psychological Studies of Negroes and Whites in the United States” (Psychological Bulletin, September 1960), and a later review entitled “Comparative Psychological Studies of Negroes and Whites in the United States: 1959-1965” (Psychological Bulletin, September 1968).
Box 1 of the collection is organized according to Dreger’s own topics which correspond to chapters in his book Comparative Studies of Blacks and Whites in the United States (Seminar Press, 1973). Boxes 2 and 3 are organized by author or journal name.
African Americans--Race identity. American Psychological Association. Authors and publishers. Comparison (Psychology) Jensen, Arthur Robert. Manuscript preparation (Authorship) Miller, Kent S. Noble, Clyde E. Pasamanick, Benjamin. Sattler, Jerome M. Scholarly publishing. School integration--United States. Segregation in education--United States.
Container List
53 1 1 Overview
2 “Experimenter effects” (Jerome M. Sattler)
3 Behavioral genetics
4 Physical substrata
5 Physical development
6 Psycholinguistics
7-9 Intelligence
10 Temperament
11 Self-concept
12 L’Abate
13 Early intervention
14-16 Educational attainment
17 Effects of desegregation
18 Occupational
19 Social perception
20 Family
21 Mental health
22 Crime
23 Political behavior
24 Popular and propaganda
Stack Box Folder(s) Contents Location
25 Corrections
26 Paper - Miami
27 Inter-American Congress of Psychology
28 Budget
29 Write-ups
30 Sources 53 2 1 Southern Regional Council
2 American Psychological Association, 1964
3 Vera P. John
4 Eugene B. Brody
5 Alvin S. Bernstein
6 Book design
7 Arthur A. Seagull
8 Marcel L. Goldschmidt
9 Ellen A. Lane, George W. Albee
10 Klaus Eyferth
11 Mark Golden and Beverly Birns
12 Norman B. Henderson, Bruce V. Butler, Barbara
Goffeney
13-16 Arthur R. Jensen
17 Stephen S. Baratz, Joan C. Baratz
18 James B. Ashbrook
19 Clyde E. Noble
Stack Box Folder(s) Contents Location
20 “Race and Reality” Review 21 Cyril Burt 22 I.A. Newby 23 Henry E. Garrett, et al. 24 Jerome M. Sattler
25-26 Benjamin Pasamanick
27 Outline 28-29 Write-up 30-31 Corrections 32-33 Write-up
34 Social Science Research Council 35 LSU Research Council 36 Susan Gray 37 Paper SEPA, April 1965 38 Robert C. Nichols
53 3 1 Wallace A. Kennedy 2 Lewis M. Killian 3 Timothy A. Smith and Marcus B. Caldwell 4 Thomas F. Pettigrew 5 Edgar G. Epps, Irwin Katz, Leland J. Axelson 6 Ralph Scott 7 Wray Choate
Stack Box Folder(s) Contents Location
8 Goodenough Test 9 The Journal of Social Issues 10 National Merit Scholarship Corporation Review of Research 11 Miscellaneous newsletters, journals, bulletins 12-13 Various authors (alphabetical) OS:D --1 “Temperament” by Ralph Mason Dreger; “Comparative Psychological Studies of Negroes and Whites in the United States: 1959-1965” by Ralph Mason Dreger and Kent S. Miller (write-up)