Personal Papers of Betty Hart
Overview
From 1983-1985, Betty Hart conducted two longitudinal studies funded by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development through the Bureau of Child Research and the Department of Human Development and Family Life at the University of Kansas. This collection contains the transcripts of parent-child interactions collected during these studies for the 56 participants, 45 of whom were typically developing and 11 of whom were diagnosed with Down syndrome.
Dates
- Creation: 1983 - 1985
Creator
- Hart, Betty, 1927-2012 (Compiler, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent of the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
9.5 Linear Feet (11 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the Kansas corpus of transcripts of parent-child interaction collected during two longitudinal studies, the purpose of which was to find out what families varying in size, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status do in the course of daily living to support children learning to speak.
The transcripts come from tape-recorded unstructured interactions for an hour on a monthly basis, recorded by an observer at the family's home. Typically developing children were followed from the ages of 7-36 months; children with Down syndrome were followed from ages 12-60 months old.
Folders are titled by child's first name only; transcripts are de-identified and coded. Documentation about the project and codes used is available in the first box of the collection.
Physical Location
PP 566
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Betty Hart, 2012.
Source
- Hart, Betty, 1927-2012 (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Betty Hart collection
- Subtitle
- Personal Papers of Betty Hart
- Author
- Finding aid written by jrw, encoded by mwh.
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/6723549535
- Preferred citation
-
Betty Hart Collection, University Archives, PP 566, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository