Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Joseph Katz papers
- Dates:
- 1951-1988
- Creators:
- Katz, Joseph
- Abstract:
- Collection includes the following: Vassar College student interviews and report to the college president, 1951; interviews and other materials for the Student Development Studies done at the Institute for the Study of Human Problems, 1960-85; interviews with Stanford students from an unknown study, 1961-77; interviews, correspondence, and final report from the Ford Foundation Project on Teaching and Learning, 1984-88; questionnaires, audio interviews, correspondence, and other papers from the Guggenheim Project on German University Students, 1978-79; articles, memos, clippings, reports, etc., pertaining to Katz's work at the Institute for the Study of Human Problems, 1962-80; professional correspondence, 1964-88; Katz's reprints, articles, books, and unpublished works; and biographical information on Katz.
- Extent:
- 8.5 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Joseph Katz Papers (SC0979). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection includes the following: Vassar College student interviews and report to the college president, 1951; interviews and other materials for the Student Development Studies done at the Institute for the Study of Human Problems, 1960-85; interviews with Stanford students from an unknown study, 1961-77; interviews, correspondence, and final report from the Ford Foundation Project on Teaching and Learning, 1984-88; questionnaires, audio interviews, correspondence, and other papers from the Guggenheim Project on German University Students, 1978-79; articles, memos, clippings, reports, etc., pertaining to Katz's work at the Institute for the Study of Human Problems, 1962-80; professional correspondence, 1964-88; Katz's reprints, articles, books, and unpublished works; and biographical information on Katz.
- Biographical / historical:
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Joseph Katz came to Stanford University in 1961 as Research Coordinator at the Institute for the Study of Human Problems; he was executive director when he left in 1970 to join the faculty at SUNY Stony Brook. Educated at the University of Pennsylvania, M.A. 1942, and Columbia, Ph.D. 1948, Katz taught philosophy at Vassar College, 1948-1961, and was a research associate in psychiatry at UC Berkeley, 1958-60. While at Stanford he conducted a five-year longitudinal study of students (drawn from Stanford and UC Berkeley), which became the basis for the book NO TIME FOR YOUTH.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Tai West, 2010.
- Physical location:
- Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-02-11 13:05:18 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Preferred citation:
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Joseph Katz Papers (SC0979). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Stanford University Archives, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6064, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022