Guide to the Pauline Snedden Sears Papers
Processed by Patricia E. White.
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2004
Copyright © 2011 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Overview
Call Number: SC0501
Creator:
Sears, Pauline Snedden.
Title: Pauline Snedden Sears papers
Dates: 1931-1990
Bulk Dates: 1953-1977
Physical Description:
2.5 Linear feet
Summary: Professional papers from her teaching career at Stanford University.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
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
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of the estate of Pauline Sears, 1993.
Information about Access
Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 24 hours in advance of intended use.
Ownership & Copyright
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Cite As
Pauline Snedden Sears Papers (SC0501). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biography
Pauline (Pat) Sears earned her a.b. in psychology at Stanford in 1930, her M.A. in child guidance at Teachers College, Columbia
University in 1931, and her Ph.D. in psychology at Yale University. Before joining the Stanford faculty in the School of Education
in 1953, she taught at Yale and Harvard and was a research associate at the Child Welfare Research Station at the State University
of Iowa. At Stanford she was promoted to assistant professor in 1955, associate professor in 1958, and full professor in 1966;
she retired in 1973 with the rank of Emeritus Professor. While at Stanford, Prof. Sears was a research associate with the
Stanford Center in Research and Development in Teaching. Her research subjects included the classroom effects of computer
assisted instruction, development of creativity, and teaching strategies for effective reinforcement of culturally different
children. In addition, she was administrator of the Elementary Teaching Training Program and organized the program in child
development in the School of Education. Prof. Sears was the co-author of two books: In Pursuit of Self-Esteem and Intellectual
Development.
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers of Pauline Sears primarily pertain to her career at Stanford, with only one folder of materials pertaining to her
activities during the 1930s. Included are correspondence, memoranda, proposals, papers, and articles. Her research interests
include achievement motivation and creativity. Correspondents include Nicholas Anastasiow, Susan Crockenberg, David H. Feldman,
Lilian Katz, and Joanne Gamble Whitmore. The papers have been arranged in three sections: general files, works by Sears, and
files on students and/or colleagues. The correspondence is generally both incoming and outgoing.
Access Terms
Anastasiow, Nicholas
Crockenberg, Susan
Feldman, David H.
Katz, Lilian
Stanford University. School of Education--Faculty
Whitmore, Joanne Gamble
Education--Study and teaching
Motivation (Psychology)
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
Achievement motivation project - proposal
1959
Box 1, Folder 3
Case study reports by students in psychology class
1953
Box 1, Folder 4
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
1969
Box 1, Folder 5
Correspondence regarding death of friends
1984-89
Box 1, Folder 6
Correspondence to the Gamble's
1970 and undated
Box 1, Folder 7
Correspondence regarding professional matters
1968-90
Box 1, Folder 8
Correspondence with students
1967-72
Box 1, Folder 9
Correspondence with students
1973-74
Box 1, Folder 10
Correspondence - Christmas cards and misc. notes
Box 1, Folder 11
Correspondence, personal
1970-85
Box 1, Folder 13
Miscellaneous items (exams, notes, clipping)
1931-37
Box 1, Folder 14
Pursuit of Self-Esteem - comments on
Box 1, Folder 15
Professional papers (memoranda, correspondence, budgets, vita)
1957-75
Box 2, Folder 1
Professional papers (memoranda, correspondence, reports, vita)
1957-75
Works by Pauline Sears
1959-1972
Box 2, Folder 6
Classroom work behavior of children, by Sears and Margaret H. Pintler
n.d.
Box 2, Folder 7
Effect of classroom conditions on the strength of achievement motive and work output on elementary school children; Cooperative
research project no. 873;
1963
Physical Description:
two mimeographed papers
Box 2, Folder 8
Effect of classroom conditions on the strength of achievement motive and work output on elementary school children; Cooperative
research project no. 873;
1963
Physical Description:
[bound volume]
Box 2, Folder 9
Effective reinforcement for achievement behaviors in disadvantaged children: the first year; Stanford Center for Research
and Development in Teaching
1972
Box 2, Folder 10
Effects of computer assisted instruction on children's behavior, by Sears and David H. Feldman; Educational Technology, March
1970
Box 2, Folder 11
Implications of motivation theory for independent learning; conference paper
1965
Box 2, Folder 12
A look at measures of achievement motivation, symposium paper
1959
Box 2, Folder 13
Pursuit of self-esteem: the middle childhood years
n.d.
Box 3, Folder 1
Self concept in the service of educational goals
1964
Box 3, Folder 2
Study of development of creativity: research problems in parental antecedents
1968
Box 3, Folder 3
Teachers' interactions with boys and with girls
1966
Box 3, Folder 4
Teacher's role in the motivation of the learner
1964
Box 3, Folder 5
What happens to pupils within the classroom in elementary schools?
1960
Students and Colleagues Files
1956-1977
Box 3, Folder 6
Anastasiow, Nicholas - articles
Box 3, Folder 7
Anastasiow, Nicholas - articles
Box 3, Folder 8
Anastasiow, Nicholas - correspondence and poems
1969-75
Box 3, Folder 11
Crockenberg, Susan - articles and papers
1976-77
Box 4, Folder 1
Crockenberg, Susan - correspondence
1970-76
Box 4, Folder 2
Feldman, David - correspondence
1972-75
Box 4, Folder 3
Feldman, David - articles and papers
Box 4, Folder 4
Firme, Thereza Penna
1969
Box 4, Folder 5
Katz, Lilian - reprints and published articles
Box 4, Folder 6
Katz, Lilian - articles from ERIC Clearinghouse
Box 4, Folder 7
Katz, Lilian - typescript articles
Box 4, Folder 8
Katz, Lilian - correspondence
1968-73
Box 5, Folder 3
Mbilinyi, Marjorie
1968, 1972
Box 5, Folder 5
Mote, Florence
1963, 1969
Box 5, Folder 8
Nieman, Marianne
1969, 1973
Box 5, Folder 10
Pirofski, Florence
1969-76
Box 5, Folder 12
Schwartz, Pauline
1972-74
Box 5, Folder 17
Whitmore, Joanne Gamble
1969-73
