Scope and content
Typed transcription of an oral history interviews of Edwin G. Boring, July 5-9, 1961, conducted by John Chynoweth Burnham and supported by the Foundations' Fund for Research in Psychiatry. Concerns Boring's childhood and early life, his path to the study of psychology, his time teaching at Harvard (1922-1957, emeritus 1958-1968), and his research. Includes his reminiscences of Edward Bradford Titchener.
Scope and content
Also, article in Psychology Today, Sept. 1967: "An Interview with 'Mr. Psychology' Edwin G. Boring," by Mary Harrington Hall.
Dates
- 1961.
Creator
- Boring, Edwin Garrigues, 1886-1968. (Person)
- Burnham, John C. (John Chynoweth), 1929- (Person)
- Hall, Mary Harrington. (Person)
Language of Material
In English.
Biographical / Historical
Psychologist.
Extent
.2 cubic feet. (.2 cubic feet.)
Location of Originals Note
Holder of duplicates: Copy available at the Houghton Library, Harvard University.
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Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
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2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)