Mildred Edith Burlingame Papers

Mildred Edith Burlingame Papers, 1909-1972

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Mildred Edith Burlingame, 1903-1988
Title: Mildred Edith Burlingame Papers
Dates: 1909-1972 (inclusive)
19091972
Quantity: 4 cubic feet
Collection Number: MG230 (collection)
Summary: Research and bibliographic notes on various aspects of psychology, copies of articles and other writings; letters from Burlingame's mother and sister; photographs (including transparencies, negatives, and mounted prints) of the Palouse Region, travels in the Pacific Northwest, and Burlingame's flower garden.
Repository: University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Originally named Edith Mildred, she was born in Ohio on December 20, 1903 to L. Lance and Anna (Lesh) Burlingame. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees from Stanford University and her doctorate from the University of Minnesota.

She was a research assistant at Stanford from 1925 to 1927, and a teaching assistant at Stanford from 1927 to 1930. She was an assistant professor at San Diego State College for Women from 1930 to 1938, and a professor of psychology at San Diego State College from 1938 to 1941. She came to the University of Idaho in 1942 and was an associate professor of psychology until her retirement in 1969.

She was active in several university organizations and community groups, including being branch and state president of the American Association of University Women, Phi Beta Kappa Society, and board member of the Latah County Historical Society. Her hobbies included gardening and photography. She died in Moscow on September 21, 1988.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The papers of Mildred Burlingame span the years 1909 to 1972, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1920 to 1968. The material includes notes on various aspects of psychology, letters from her mother and sister, and slides, negatives, and mounted photographs.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The papers were in labelled file folders when received. The correspondence was in chronological order, and the majority of the slides were in boxes or slide storage cases. Original folder headings were retained, as were the broad slide identifications. The original order of the slides was also retained.

The first series contains professional material and consists of bibliographies, typed excerpts and summaries of articles on various aspects of psychology, and notecards containing summaries of books and articles arranged by subject. Other items include Dr. Burlingame's transcript from Stanford, correspondence regarding teaching positions, and two publications of Dr. Burlingame.

The second series contains personal papers and is divided into two subseries, correspondence and slides. The correspondence consists of letters from her mother and her sister Lucille Day, with an occasional letter from her father, and other relatives. There are also, in the later years, Christmas cards with personal messages.

There are a great many slides arranged by subject. Included are Idaho scenes, slides of trips on the Snake River and Lake Chelan, California trips, vacations in British Columbia, many of the University of Idaho campus, U of I homecoming parades from 1948 to 1964, wild flowers and garden flowers, animals including her two cats, and slides of her retirement party. The 2"x2" slides were removed from the boxes in which they were kept and placed in archival slide storage pages, 20 slides to a page. The original order was maintained, and no attempt was made to bring slides from the same trip together if they were stored in separate cases. The large Rolleiflex slides were arranged by subject and placed in a small box.

Most negatives were separated by type of camera used, i.e. Practica and Rolleiflex, then arranged by year and roll number. Each negative strip is in a paper sleeve on which is written all identification. The remaining negatives, which include some early glass negatives of Stanford University, were arranged by subject.

The final items in this series are a group of black and white photographs which have been enlarged and mounted. As with the slides these are arranged by subject. A majority of the photographs are of Moscow and the Palouse region, although there are some of Mount Rushmore, Yosemite and Yellowstone National Parks, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and Waikiki Beach.

Acquisition Information

The papers of psychology professor Mildred Burlingame were donated to the University of Idaho Library by Charlotte Mohan in November 1985, with additional slides donated by the Latah County Historical Society in January 1986.

Processing Note

In the course of processing this material some items were discarded. These include processed checks, greeting cards without personal messages, and reprints of articles not by Dr. Burlingame. An envelope containing chips from Nez Perce arrowheads was offered to the Anthropology Department. In all the records were reduced by one cubic foot.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Professional Material , 1919-1956Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/1	Psychology 110: papers and notes 20 items	1926
1/2	History of psychology, tables and lists 16 items	1922-1928
1/3	Brain waves 25 items	1933-1938
1/4	Comparative psychology, bibliographies 14 items	undated
1/5	Delayed reaction 5 items	1922-1939
1/6	Experimental psychology 7 items	undated
1/7	Illusions, drawings 10 items	undated
1/8	Intelligence test data: Art 1 item	undated
1/9	Intelligence tests 16 items	1919-1935
1/10	Learning, bibliography and notes 23 items	undated
1/11	Learning, experimental material 50 items	undated
1/12	Motor learning - maze 41 items	undated
1/13	Neural function in learning 8 items	undated
1/14	Publications by Mildred Burlingame 2 items	1937-1940
1/15	Other professional material 6 items	1927-1956
1/16	Notecards 133 items	undated

Series II. Personal Papers , 1909-1972Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	A. Correspondence	1946-1956
Box/Folder
2/17	Notecards 31 items	1946-1947
2/18	Notecards 41 items	1948
2/19	Notecards 36 items	1949-1953
2/20	Notecards 36 items	1954
2/21	Notecards 42 items	1955
2/22	Notecards 43 items	1956
	B. Slides, Negatives, and Photographs	1909-1972
Box/Folder
2/23-24	Idaho 217 items	1948-1970
2/25-26	People, mainly family; My garden 247 items	1947-1964
2/27	Mt. Shasta, Stanford University, Crater Lake 98 items	1948-1963
2/28	Flowers, animals, and still lifes 60 items	1948-1963
2/29	North Idaho scenes 39 items	1955-1967
2/30-31	Short radius outside Moscow 140 items	1954-1969
2/32	Trip from Lake Chelan to Vancouver Island 99 items	July 1956
2/33	Snake River Trip 18 items	June 23, 1956
2/34	Garden flowers 80 items	1947-1964
3/35	Garden flowers 60 items	1947-1964
3/36	My cats 20 items	1958-1963
3/37-38	University of Idaho Homecoming Parades 257 items	1948-1964
3/39	Trips: Idaho, Oregon, California, British Columbia 77 items	1965
3/40	Lake Chelan 19 items	1966
3/41	North Idaho scenes 93 items	1950-1972
3/42	Retirement party 17 items	1969
3/43	Merrett, B.C. to Banff 40 items	1970
3/44	Twin Falls talent show 34 items	1975
3/45	University of Idaho campus 13 items	1953-1962
3/46	Olympic National Park 27 items	July 1969
3/47	Wild flowers 38 items	1948-1969
3/48	Assorted negatives 140 items	1909-1952
3/49	Rolleiflex slides 115 items	1957-1971
3/50	Practica negatives 115 items	1953-1960
3/51	Rolleiflex negatives 597 items	1957-1971
os/52	Moscow in winter 11 items	undated
os/53	Palouse region 13 items	undated
os/54	Other mounted photographs 7 items	undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Flowers -- Photographs
Psychology -- Study and teaching

Corporate Names

University of Idaho -- Faculty -- Records and correspondence

Geographical Names

Northwest, Pacific -- Description and travel -- Photographs
Palouse Region (Idaho and Wash.) -- Photographs

Occupations

Professor of psychology, University of Idaho, 1942-1969

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Burlingame, Mildred Edith, 1903-1988--Archives.

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