Agnes Mero Plenk papers, 1947-2004

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Plenk, Agnes M.
Title
Agnes Mero Plenk papers
Dates
1947-2004 (inclusive)
Quantity
2.5 linear feet, (5 boxes)
Collection Number
ACCN 1585
Summary
The Agnes Mero Plenk papers (1947-2004) contain materials relating to Plenk's work in the fields of educational and child psychology. Plenk founded the Salt Lake Children's Center in 1962. She also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Utah.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Agnes (Agi) Mero Plenk, born in 1917, came to Utah in 1947. She founded the Children's Center of Salt Lake City and is the author and presenter of numerous papers and lectures. She attended Northwestern University for her B.A. and M.A, and then earned her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Utah in 1967. She founded the Children's Center in 1962 and has been involved with its direction up to the present. Plenk served as an adjunct professor at the University of Utah and received numerous awards and honors.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Agnes Mero Plenk papers (1947-2004) contain materials relating to Plenk's work in the fields of educational and child psychology. Included in the collection is Plenk's history of the Children's Center of Salt Lake City, Hold Fast to Dreams, and a manuscript of her book Helping Young Children at Risk: A Psycho-Educational Approach, also included are related synopses, notes, book promotionals, and correspondence with publishers. The collection also contains articles from newspapers, magazines, and conferences related to psychology; news clippings; papers delivered by others at lectured such as the Master Lectures on Developmental Psychology series; informational pamphlets focusing on child rearing and mental health; course materials on sexism and eating disorders; guidelines for child raising and child care giving; newsletters; and other materials, such as program manuals, concerned with psychology and child psychology in particular.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Boxes 1-3 were donated in 1996 (1.5 linear feet).

Boxes 4-5 were donated in 2004 (1.0 linear feet).

Related Materials

See also the Agnes Mero Plenk photograph collection (P1171) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Processing Note

Processed by Sabrina Baksh-Riches in 2005.

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Related Materials

Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Psychology MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
Curriculum Vitae
1 2
Hold Fast to Dreams
1988
1 3
Synopsis of Chapter and Notes for Helping Young Children at Risk
1 4
Preface and Introduction to Helping Young Children at Risk
1 5-6
Helping Young Children at Risk: A Psycho-Educational Approach
1993
1 7
Book Promotionals
1993
1 8
Correspondence
1988-1992
1 9
Guidelines for Observing and Recording the Behavior of Young Children
1 10
Nancy T. Carbonara, Techniques for Observing Normal Child Behavior
1961
1 11
Dorothy Cohen, Observing and Recording the Behavior of Young Children
1958
1 12
Day Care, Newsletters and News Clippings
1965-1994
1 13
Day Care Guidance
1 14
Pamphlet on the Children's Center
1 15
Choosing a Day Care
1983-1986
1 16
Day Care Articles
1972-1994
1 17
Child Care Quarterly
1976-1978
1 18
Day Care, Handwritten Notes and Miscellaneous
2 1
Recommendations for Handling Distractable Children
1977
2 2-3
Discipline
1966
2 4
Sarah Landy, Understanding and Treating Hyperaggressive Toddlers
1989
2 5
Eating Disorders, Course Materials
1983
2 6
Hypnosis and Self-Hypnosis Materials
1984-1994
2 7
Psychological Practice: Marketing, Legal, Ethical, and Current Professional Issues
2 8
Sexism Materials
1974-1981
2 9
News Clippings and Magazine Articles
1969-1994
2 10-11
Newsletters
1966-1994
2 12
The Child Development Associate Assessment System and Competency Standards
1992
3 1
Pamphlets and Booklets
1948-1987
3 2
Scriptographic Booklets, Channing L. Bete Company, Inc.
1977-1985
3 3
Children 1990: A Report Card, Briefing Book, and Action Primer
3 4
A Models Program for the Early Identification of Vulnerable Families and Children
1985
3 5
Headstart to Confidence, Program Manual
1969
3 6
Dorothy Jongeward and Muriel James, Winning With People
1973
3 7
Jerome Kagan, Cognitive Development
1976
3 8
Elizabeth Tarnay, What Does the Nursery School Teacher Teach?
1965
3 9
Lawrence K. Frank, Play is Valid
1968
3 10
Play: The Child Strives toward Self-Realization
1971
3 11
Family Daycare: Early Identification of Children with Emotional Disorders
1977
3 12
The Gesell Institute's Child from One to Six
1979
3 13
Child and Youth Services, Summaries and Abstracts of Literature
1979
3 14
Greenwood Publising Catalog, Social and Behavioral Sciences
1993

Personal papers and Psychology DocumentsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
4 1
Correpondence
1980-2004
4 2
Certificates
1947-2003
4 3-4
Attendance Certificates
1973-2003
4 5
Story of Agnes Plenk
4 6
Licensing and Tax Documents
1982-1990
4 7
Leopold and Sonya Sorel Bellak, Children's Apperception Test
1950
4 8
The Supplement to the Children's Apperception Test, Prints
1959
4 9
Thematic Apperception Test
1947
4 10
Agnes Plenk and Jeanne L. Jones, Use of Koppitz Scoring System for the Bender Gestalt Test
4 11
Bender Gestalt Tests
1967-1978
4 12
Revised Stanford-Binet Tests
1937

Publications and Psychology DocumentsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
5 1
Plenk Storytelling Test
Photocopying of this document is not allowed.
1982
5 2
Critical Issues in Psychology
1999
5 3
Critical Issues Facing Children and Adolescents
2003
5 4
Plenk-Jones Scoring System
5 5
Thematic Apperception Test Report
1946
5 6
Agnes M. Plenk, Hold Fast to Dreams
1988
5 7
Norman S. Anderson Recognition Dinner
1980
5 8
Public Relations
1988-2003
5 9
The Children's Center
1977-1983
5 10
Brochures
1988-1996
5 11
Divorce
1989
5 12
Publication Agreement
2003
5 13
Publications by Plenk
1978-2003
5 14-15
Publications by Others
1956-2001
5 16
Ethics Committee of the Psychological Association
1985
5 17-19
University of Colorado
1998-2002
5 20-21
Miscellaneous Documents
1985-1998

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Behavioral assessment of children--Research--Utah--Salt Lake City
  • Child development--Research--Utah--Salt Lake City
  • Child psychologists--Utah--Salt Lake City--Archives
  • Child psychology--Research--Utah--Salt Lake City
  • Children--Services for--Utah--Salt Lake City
  • Hungarians--Utah--Salt Lake City--Archives
  • Women immigrants--Utah--Salt Lake City--Archives
  • Women psychologists--Utah--Salt Lake City--Archives

Personal Names

  • Plenk, Agnes M.--Archives

Corporate Names

  • Children's Center (Salt Lake City, Utah)--Research

Form or Genre Terms

  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
  • Correspondence
  • Examinations (documents)
  • Handbooks and manuals
  • Health surveys
  • Instructional and educational works
  • Manuscripts
  • Pamphlets
  • Serial publications