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Personal papers of Roger Barker

 Collection
Call Number: PP 367

Overview

Roger G. Barker's papers include autobiography drafts and biographical information, as well as professional correspondence dating from the 1980s. Also in the collection are lecture notes and research materials regarding educational psychology, children and adolescents, and ecological and somatopsychology, dating from the 1930s-1960s. Much of this dates from when he was a professor at the University of Kansas, conducting research through the Midwest Psychological Field Station he had established for KU in the late 1940s.

Dates

  • Creation: 1939-1966; 1980s

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No access restrictions.

Biography of Roger G. Barker

Roger G. Barker, a pioneer researcher in the field of ecological (enviromental) psychology, began his tenure at the University of Kansas as chairman of the department of psychology in 1947. That same year, he also established the Midwest Psychological Field Station in Oskaloosa, Kansas. Barker retired from KU in 1971. Barker died in Oskaloosa, Kansas, in September 1990.

Extent

4 Linear Feet (4 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

PP 367

Related Materials

University of Kansas Midwest Psychological Field Station Records, University Archives, RG 17/66, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas

Consult reference staff for availability of related materials such as biographical files, photographs, and scrapbooks.

Title
Guide to the Roger Barker Collection
Subtitle
Personal Papers of Roger Barker
Author
Finding aid prepared by amc, 2005. Finding aid encoded by amc, 2005. Finding aid revised by mwh, 2019.
Date
2005
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in<language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/0819112633
Preferred citation
Personal papers of Roger Barker, University Archives, Rr 367, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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