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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: John D. Krumboltz papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0219
Physical Description:
220.75 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1937-2015
Abstract: Primarily professional correspondence
and papers relating to his activities at Stanford and his work on national committees in the
field of education; topics range from vocational education and career skills to human
relations training and behavioral modification. Also includes departmental office
files.
Language of Material: English
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Professor John Krumboltz, 1979-2016.
Materials in Boxes 19-23 of ARCH-1992-148 are restricted for 75 years from date of
creation. Materials are otherwise 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.
John D. Krumboltz Papers (SC0219). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
John D. Krumboltz was born Oct. 21, 1928 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He completed his
undergraduate work at nearby Coe College, where he played varsity tennis and where he was
prompted to study psychology by his coach, who also taught the subject. He earned his
master's degree in counseling at Teachers College, Columbia University, and his PhD at the
University of Minnesota. He was senior research scientist at the U.S. Air Force's Personnel
and Training Research Center at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, then taught educational
psychology at Michigan State University.
He served as Professor of education and psychology at Stanford (1961-2015). Krumboltz's key
scholarly work at Stanford included pioneering research that verified the effects of
behavioral counseling interventions on client behavior. He developed the social learning
theory of career decision making and the construction and validation of the Career Beliefs
Inventory. His honors include the American Psychological Association's 2002 Award for
Distinguished Professional Contributions to Knowledge and its 1990 Leona Tyler Award for
advances in counseling psychology.
He died on May 4, 2019, at age 90 in his home on Stanford's campus.
Primarily professional correspondence and papers relating to his activities at Stanford and
his work on national committees in the field of education; topics range from vocational
education and career skills to human relations training and behavioral modification. Also
includes departmental office files.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Educational psychology.