Ralph Waldo Gerard papers, 1915-1979

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Summary

Creators:
Gerard, R. W. (Ralph Waldo)
Abstract:
This collection contains the professional papers of Ralph Waldo Gerard. It includes college papers, personal and professional correspondence, research materials, writings, draft reports of experiments, papers relating to travels, lecture materials, awards, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, photographs, audio recordings, slides, and related ephemera.
Extent:
104 Linear Feet (128 boxes) and 17.5 unprocessed linear feet
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Ralph Waldo Gerard papers. MS-F006. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains the professional papers of Ralph Waldo Gerard. It includes college papers, personal and professional correspondence, research materials, writings, draft reports of experiments, papers relating to travels, lecture materials, awards, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, photographs, audio recordings, slides, and related ephemera. The collection includes significant coverage of Gerard's neurophysiological research from the 1930s and schizophrenia research from the 1950s. Among the materials dating from Gerard's University of California, Irvine period are items relating to the Grand Jury of Orange County, the Health Planning Committee of UCI, the role of computers and programmed learning in education, controversies over student activists, and the incorporation of creationism in school textbooks.

Biographical / historical:

Ralph Waldo Gerard was a neurophysiologist, behavioral scientist, and academic known for his wide-ranging work on the nervous system, nerve metabolism, psychopharmacology, and biological bases of schizophrenia. He was born in 1900 and studied chemistry and physiology in Chicago. He was a professor at the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois, and the University of Michigan. From 1963 to 1970 he served as Professor of Biological Sciences and Dean of the Graduate Division at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). Gerard died in 1974.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Ralph Waldo Gerard, 1975. Additions made in 1995, 1999.
Processing information:

Preliminary processing by Special Collections and Archives staff, ca. 1975.

Arrangement:

A portion of the collection is organized into eight series:

  • Series 1. The college years, 1915-1925.
  • Series 2. Post graduate work and the University of Chicago, 1924-1952.
  • Series 3. University of Illinois, 1952-1955.
  • Series 4. University of Chicago Committee on Behavioral Sciences, 1954-1955.
  • Series 5. The University of Michigan, 1955-1963.
  • Series 6. The University of California, Irvine, 1963-1970.
  • Series 7. Retirement, 1970-1974.
  • Series 8. Miscellany, undated.

Physical location:
The bulk of this collection is stored offsite at SRLF. Advanced notice is required for access.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is not fully processed. A preliminary inventory of the first 109 boxes of the collection is available but does not include the entirety of the collection contents. The collection may contain restricted materials. Forty-eight hours advanced notice is required for access because the bulk of the materials are stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access.

Terms of access:

Property rights reside with the University of California. Copyrights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.

Preferred citation:

Ralph Waldo Gerard papers. MS-F006. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Location of this collection:
Special Collections and Archives
The UCI Libraries, P.O. Box 19557
Irvine, CA 92623-9557, US
Contact:
(949) 824-3947
spcoll@uci.libanswers.com
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