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Agnes Mero Plenk papers, 1947-2004
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Plenk, Agnes M.
- Title
- Agnes Mero Plenk papers
- Dates
- 1947-2004 (inclusive)19472004
- 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
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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
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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
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| 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
Finding aid created by Sabrina Baksh Riches and Rebecca Airmet.
2005 (last modified: 2018 and 2024)
