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Cage 803
Olsen, Leroy C.
Leroy Olsen Papers
1948-1984
1 linear foot of shelf space
2 boxes
Project reports, master's thesis and dissertation, and other scholarship by Leroy C. Olsen, professor of education at Washington State University.
Collection materials are in English.
Leroy Olsen (1921-1984) was a professor of education at Washington State University from 1955 to 1984. He was born and raised in North Dakota, and served in the United States Navy in the Pacific during World War II, surviving the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After the war, he attended the University of North Dakota, earning undergraduate and graduate degrees (Bachelor of Philosophy in psychology, 1948; Master of Science in psychology, 1949; Doctor of Education in counseling and educational psychology, 1955).
This collection consists of documents related to Leroy Olsen's research in educational psychology. It includes his master's thesis and dissertation, reports of government-funded studies, and unpublished manuscripts.
This collection is arranged in a single series.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
[Item Description]
Leroy Olsen papers, 1948-1984
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections,
Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The Olsen family donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries in 2013, via Ruth Funabiki (MS.2013.29).
This collection was processed by Cheryl Gunselman.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
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Washington State University -- Faculty -- Archives
Picture interpretation tests
Students -- Psychology
Colleges and Universities
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1
1949
A Comparative Study of Hull's Postulates and Previous Experimental Learning (M.S. thesis by Olsen)
1
2
1955
Rorschach Patterns of Successful College Students (Ph.D. dissertation by Olsen)
1
3
circa 1948
Psychodiagnostics (collection of Rorschach plates)
1
4
1966
Development and Standardization of a Projective Occupational Attitudes Test (final report by Olsen, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare)
1
5
1968
Development of a Projective Technique for Obtaining Educationally Useful Information Indicating Pupils' Attitudes Toward Work and Occupational Plans (final report by Olsen and Venema, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare)
1
5
1968
An Investigation of the Efficacy of Vicarious Group Counseling (final report by Olsen and Melchert, Washington State Department of Public Instruction)
1-2
6-9
circa 1966
Student Personnel Services: Two and Four Year Colleges (unpublished book-length manuscript by Olsen)
2
10
circa 1958
Emphasis and Trends in the Areas of Personnel and Guidance (unpublished article by Olsen)
2
11
1971 and undated
Other writings
2
12
1948-1955
Diplomas
2
13
1984
Obituaries and memorial certificate