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Call Number: SC0460
Creator:
Hess, Robert D.
Title: Robert D. Hess papers
Dates: 1949-1992
Physical Description:
65 Linear feet
Summary: Papers primarily pertain to Hess' research interests and include correspondence, lectures, articles, papers, reprints, project
files, reports, and video and audio tapes; some files pertain to the cross-cultural study he conducted with Hiroshi Azuma
of the University of Tokyo comparing the interaction of mothers and children in the United States and Japan. The papers also
include records from his Chicago pre-school study.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives.
Stanford University. Libraries & Academic Information Resources.
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Gift of Jared Hess, 1993; and transfer from the School of Education, Stanford, 1997.
The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted
to a digital use copy.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Robert D. Hess Papers (SC0460). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Hess, a pioneer in the study of child development, held the Lee L. Jacks Professorship of Child Education at Stanford University.
He received his a.b. at the University of California Berkeley in 1947 and his Ph.D. in human development from the University
of Chicago in 1950. He taught at Chicago before joining the Stanford faculty.
Papers primarily pertain to Hess' research interests and include correspondence, lectures, articles, papers, reprints, project
files, reports, and video and audio tapes; some files pertain to the cross-cultural study he conducted with Hiroshi Azuma
of the University of Tokyo comparing the interaction of mothers and children in the United States and Japan. The papers also
include records from his Chicago pre-school study, as well as audiorecordings.
Azuma, Hiroshi, 1926-
Hess, Robert D.
Stanford University. School of Education--Faculty
Audiotapes.
Child development --Cross-cultural studies.
Child development --Research.