Edwin R. Guthrie papers, 1921-1974
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Guthrie, Edwin R. (Edwin Ray), 1886-1959
- Title
- Edwin R. Guthrie papers
- Dates
- 1921-1974 (inclusive)19211974
- Quantity
- ca. 5.53 cubic ft
- Collection Number
- 1433
- Summary
- Correspondence, reports, news articles, speeches and writings and subject files of UW Professor of psychology, university administrator and author
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Professor of psychology, University of Washington, university administrator, author.
Edwin Ray Guthrie born 1886, died 1959. Besides his professorship in psychology, Guthrie served as Dean of the Graduate School and Director of Academic Personnel. During 1942, Dr. Guthrie was associated with a special study group in the War Department Psychological Warfare Branch studying propaganda and leadership, some of it leading to the published work on the "American Soldier."
Content Description
Correspondence, reports, news articles, speeches and writings and subject files of UW Professor of psychology, university administrator and author.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
Organized into 4 accessions.
- Accession No. 1433-001, Edwin Guthrie papers, 1925-1954
- Accession No. 1433-002, Edwin Guthrie papers, 1921-1958
- Accession No. 1433-003, Edwin Guthrie papers, 1925-1974
- Accession No. 1433-004, Edwin Guthrie papers, 1946-1950
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Accession No. 1433-001: Edwin Guthrie papers, 1925-1954
0.62 cubic feet (2 boxes)Scope and Content: Correspondence, reports, news articles, etc.
Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Mrs. Edwin R. Guthrie, 1970-09-03
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Description: Biographical ItemsContainer: Box/Folder 1/1, Accession 1433-001
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Description: Miscellaneous Correspondenceapproximately 20 items
Scope and Content: Correspondents include Aldwell, Thomas T., American Association of University Professors, American Psychological Association, Carnegie Corporation, Tolman, Edward C.
Dates: 1925-1954Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Accession 1433-001 -
Description: Reports from: American Universities Field Staff, IncoporationContainer: Box/Folder 1/3-4, Accession 1433-001
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Description: Writings, including: The Paradoxes of Mr. Russell (Ph. D., 1914), Psychological Warfare, no t.p., The Nature of a State University, Common Ground Between Physiology and Psychiatry in teaching and researchContainer: Box/Folder 1/5-9, Accession 1433-001
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Description: Writings of others
General Notes: including a paper by Thomas G. Hermans
Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Accession 1433-001 -
Description: Photographs2 itemsDates: 1942Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Accession 1433-001
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Description: U.S. War Department Psychological Warfare Branch: CorrespondenceDates: 1942Container: Box/Folder 1/12-13, Accession 1433-001
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Description: U.S. War Department Psychological Warfare Branch: Correspondence
Scope and Content: Correspondents include: Alport, Gordon, American Psychological Association, Boring, Edwin G., Cantril, Hadley, Carmichael, Leonard, Hilgard, E. R., Lumsdaine, Arthur, Murdock, George P., Ruch, Floyd L., Sulzberger, Arthur Hays, U.S. War Department. Psychological Warfare Branch.
Dates: 1942Container: Box/Folder 2/1-2, Accession 1433-001 -
Description: U.S. War Department Psychological Warfare Branch: Reports and MiscellaneousContainer: Box/Folder 2/3, Accession 1433-001
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Description: U.S. War Department Psychological Warfare Branch: Leadership MaterialsContainer: Box/Folder 2/4, Accession 1433-001
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Accession No. 1433-002: Edwin Guthrie papers, 1921-1958
1.25 cubic feet (3 boxes)Scope and Content: Correspondence, speeches and writings, subject series; 1921-1958.
Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Mrs. Peter M. Guthrie. Northfield, Minnesota. No date.
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Series 1: Incoming Correspondence
Other Descriptive Information
General Notes: These five folders from this series were returned to Peter Guthrie, August 3, 1983
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Description: Guthrie, Helen M.28 itemsDates: 1950-1951Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Accession 1433-002
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Description: Guthrie, Peter M.Dates: 1946-1952Container: Box/Folder 1/2-5, Accession 1433-002
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Series 2: General Correspondence
General Notes: Arranged in alphabetical order.
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Description: A-B22 items
Scope and Content: Correspondence with Allen, Chauncey N., American Association for the Advancement of Science, American-Scandinavian Foundation, Baldock, Edgar C., Banks, Louise T., Barry, Mina T., Barteau, Charles E., Bennington College, Bernard, L.L., Bishop, Frances, Bishop, Jane, Boring, Edwin G., Brotemarkle, Robert A., Brown Marsh W. (Mrs.), Burks, Horace, Burtt, Harold E.
Dates: 1933-1944Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Accession 1433-002 -
Description: C-D23 items
Scope and Content: Correspondence with California Education Department, California University Los Angeles Book Store, Carmichael, Leonard, Carpenter, C.P., Carter, Goldie, Casey, Ralph D., Children's Orthopedic Hospital, Congdon, Emeline, Conklin, Hilah R., Continental Mortgage and Loan Company, Davis, Frank C., Davis, Frederick B., Detchon, D.H., Dille, J.M., Dockeray, F.C.
Dates: 1933-1945, undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/7, Accession 1433-002 -
Description: E-G24 items
Scope and Content: Correspondence with Edwards, Allen L., Elliott, R.M., Evans, J.E., Farnsworth, Paul R., Farrar and Rinehart Incoporated, Fernald, Grace, Fernberger, S.W., Ford, Adelbert, Frida Harbor Consolidated Schools, Gaede, John, Gaudet, Frederick J., Gazzam, Warren L., Gilliland, A.R., Gray, D.J., Greider, Vance, Griffith, William, Guilford, J.P.
Dates: 1933-1945Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Accession 1433-002 -
Description: H29 items
Scope and Content: Correspondence with Haggard, W.W., Haley, B.F., Hall, Calvin, Hardin, Homer, Harper and Brothers, Harriman, Philip L., Harrison, Frances, Hartmann, J., Hasler, W.T Jr., Herz, Martin F., Holt (Henry) and Company, Hopkins, M.J., Hull, Clark L., Humphreys, Llody G., Hunting, Leonard.
Dates: 1933-1945Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Accession 1433-002 -
Description: I-M28 items
Scope and Content: Correspondence with Information Bulletin, Irving, J.A., Jaqua, Ernest J., Janecke, Jean, Jensen, Kai, Johnson, William A., Kattsoff, L., Keezer, Dexter M., Kennedy, Van Dusen, Lange, Orvie V., Langfeld, Herbert S., Leyda, Florence, Likert, Rensis, Lingnan University, McAbee, Ralph B., Macbride, Philip D., Maccoby, Eleanor, McGoldrick, Michael, MacKenzie, Vernon, McNaughton, William.
Dates: 1933-1954Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Accession 1433-002 -
Description: M-O26 items
Scope and Content: Marshall, Mary, Martin, Charles E. [SEE ALSO: Folder 2-3], Martina, Rosalie, Mears, Eliot G., Metfessel, Milton, MiIls College, Moore, A.D., Munro, William B., Murphy, Gardner, National Education Association of the United States, National Research Council, National Tuberculosis Association, Northeastern University, Ohio State University, Olson, Lloyd (Mrs.).
General Notes: see also folder 2/3
Dates: 1933-1949Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Accession 1433-002 -
Description: P-R20 items
Scope and Content: Parent-Teachers Association. Snohomish, Paterson, Donald G., Powers, Francis F., Prentice-Hall Incorporated, Princeton University, Psychological Review, Radford, Anne, Raudenbush, G.C., Razran, Gregory S., Reed, Hazel, Reinecke, Esther, Rhode, Charlotte E., Richards, John S., Richardson, M.W., Ridout, Frances, Roberts, W.H.
Dates: 1933-1944Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Accession 1433-002 -
Description: S31 items
Scope and Content: Seamans, Herbert, Sears, Robert R., Seashore, Carl E., Seashore, Robert H., Seattle. Public Library, Seidenfeld, Morton A., Shemanski, A., Shrum, G.M., Simmons Saw and Steel Company, Simon, Walter B., Skinner, Charles E., Smith, Irma, Sontag, L. W., Stanford University Press, Sterling, J.E. Wallace, Stevenson, Harold, Stewart, Blair, Stone, Calvin P., Stritmatter, Joseph, Sutermeister, R.A., Swanbeck, Godfrey W., Swedine, Elmer.
Dates: 1933-1947, undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/13, Accession 1433-002 -
Description: T-U17 items
Scope and Content: Taylor, George E., Thistlethwaite, Donald L., Thompson, W.F., Tolman, Edward C., Tryon, Robert C., U.S. Senate Magnuson, Warren, G.
Dates: 1934-1958Container: Box/Folder 1/14, Accession 1433-002 -
Description: Van, T.C.3 itemsDates: 1957Container: Box/Folder 1/15, Accession 1433-002
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Description: V-Y24 items
Scope and Content: Vermont University, Vetter, George B., Voeks, Virginia, Warren, Howard W., Washington Emergency Relief Administration, Washington State College, Holland, E.O., Washington Western State Hospital (Steilacoom), Washington Children's Home Society, Watkins, Hattie R., Westinghouse Research Laboratory, Whitman, Eunice, Whitten, Madeline L., Wiley, W. Bradford, Williamson, E.G., Wilson, D.P., Wolfle, Dael L., Woman's Century Club Yakima, Woodrow, Herbert, Yacorzynski, George, Yale Laboratories of Psychobiology
Dates: 1933-1958Container: Box/Folder 1/16, Accession 1433-002 -
Description: Unidentified12 itemsDates: 1933-1958Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Accession 1433-002
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Series 3: Interdepartmental Correspondence
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Description: A-E15 items
Scope and Content: Animal Biology Department Svihla, Arthur, Arts and Sciences College, Chemistry Department Thompson, Thomas G., Comptroller's Office Wahlstrom, Nelson A., Dean of Women's Office, Drama School Hughes, Glenn, Economics and Business College Preston, Howard, Education College Powers, Francis F.
Dates: 1933-1946Container: Box/Folder 2/1, Accession 1433-002 -
Description: E-P27 items
Scope and Content: Engineering College. Tyler, Richard G. English Dept. Harrison, Joseph B. Extension Service Faculty Secretary Far Eastern Department Germanics Dept. Vail, Curtis C.D. History Department Home Economics School Librarianship School Library Mines College. Roberts, Milnor Oceanography Dept. Thompson, Thomas G. Philosophy Department
Dates: 1933-1947Container: Box/Folder 2/2, Accession 1433-002 -
Description: Political Science Department Martin, Charles E.16 items
General Notes: see also folder 1/11
Dates: 1944-1947Container: Box/Folder 2/3, Accession 1433-002 -
Description: President's Office: Spencer, M. Lyle, Winkenwerder, Hugo12 itemsDates: 1933-1934Container: Box/Folder 2/4, Accession 1433-002
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Description: President's Office: Sieg, Lee P.Dates: 1937-1946Container: Box/Folder 2/5-6, Accession 1433-002
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Description: P-Z19 items
Scope and Content: Public Administration Bureau Webster, Donald H., Radio Committee Powers, Francis F., Regents Schwellenbach, Lewis B., Registrar, Sociology Department Woolston, Howard B., University Press, Zoology Department, Unidentified
Dates: 1933-1947Container: Box/Folder 2/7, Accession 1433-002
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Series 4: Intradepartmental Correspondence
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Description: Intradepartmental Correspondence5 itemsDates: 1945-1946Container: Box/Folder 2/8, Accession 1433-002
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Series 5: Speeches and Writing
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Description: Chapters in General Psychology: General Correspondence Appleton D. and Company Wickware, F.G.12 itemsDates: 1921-1922Container: Box/Folder 2/9, Accession 1433-002
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Description: Readers' commentsDates: 1921-1922Container: Box/Folder 2/10-11, Accession 1433-002
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Description: "Conditioning as a Principle of Learnign" Readers' comments4 itemsDates: 1930Container: Box/Folder 2/12, Accession 1433-002
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Description: "The Evaluation of Teaching"1 item
General Notes: see also folders 3/3-15
Dates: 1951Container: Box/Folder 2/13, Accession 1433-002 -
Description: "The Evaluation of Teaching--A Progress Report"3 items
General Notes: see also folders 3/3-15
Dates: 1954Container: Box/Folder 2/14, Accession 1433-002 -
Description: The Psychology of Learning Readers' comments15 itemsDates: 1934-1936Container: Box/Folder 2/15, Accession 1433-002
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Description: Speeches and Writings by other authorsDates: 1955-1958Container: Box/Folder 2/16-18, Accession 1433-002
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Series 6: News Releases
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Description: U.S. War Department Psychological Warfare BranchDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/19-21, Accession 1433-002
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Series 7: Miscellany
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Description: Miscellany4 itemsDates: 1935-1943Container: Box/Folder 2/22, Accession 1433-002
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Series 8: Subject Series
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Description: Carman (Nellie M.) Scholarship Applicants Study5 itemsDates: 1954-1955Container: Box/Folder 3/1, Accession 1433-002
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Description: Catalysts, Klankers and Monday Clubs3 itemsDates: 1955-1956Container: Box/Folder 3/2, Accession 1433-002
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Description: Evaluation of Teaching Project: General Correspondence5 items
General Notes: see also folders 2/13-14
Dates: 1953-1958Container: Box/Folder 3/3, Accession 1433-002 -
Description: Evaluation of Teaching Project: Interdepartmental Correspondence10 items
General Notes: see also folder 3/10
Dates: 1950-1954Container: Box/Folder 3/4, Accession 1433-002 -
Description: Evaluation of Teaching Project: Reports2 itemsDates: 1950-1958Container: Box/Folder 3/5, Accession 1433-002
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Description: Evaluation of Teaching Project: MiscellanyContainer: Box/Folder 3/6-8, Accession 1433-002
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Description: Evaluation of Teaching Project: Evaluation Charts14 itemsContainer: Box/Folder 3/9, Accession 1433-002
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Description: Evaluation of Teaching Project: Faculty Comments10 items
General Notes: see also folder 3/4
Container: Box/Folder 3/10, Accession 1433-002 -
Description: Evaluation of Teaching Project: Faculty InterviewsContainer: Box/Folder 3/11-13, Accession 1433-002
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Description: Evaluation of Teaching Project: Statistics23 itemsContainer: Box/Folder 3/14, Accession 1433-002
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Description: Evaluation of Teaching Project: Student Interviews15 itemsContainer: Box/Folder 3/15, Accession 1433-002
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Description: Faculty Salaries Data17 itemsDates: 1927-1946Container: Box/Folder 3/16, Accession 1433-002
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Description: Student Papers3 itemsDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 3/17, Accession 1433-002
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Description: Washington University Graduate Publications Committee Interdepartmental Correspondence2 itemsDates: 1943Container: Box/Folder 3/18, Accession 1433-002
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Description: Accession No. 1433-003: Edwin Guthrie papers, 1925-19742.83 cu.ft.
Scope and Content: Correspondence, speeches and writings, notes, subject files, clippings; ca. 1925-1974.
Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Dr. and Mrs. Peter Guthrie (via Norman Johnston), 1975-12-01
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Accession No. 1433-004: Edwin Guthrie papers, 1946-1950
0.83 cubic feet (2 boxes)Scope and Content: Correspondence, 1946-1950.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users, but access to portions of the collection is restricted. Contact Special Collections for details.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Donor unknown, probably 1971.
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Description: General Correspondence24 foldersDates: 1947-1949Container: Box 1, Accession 1433-004
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Description: Subject Series: Allen, Raymond B.Dates: 1947-1951Container: Box 2, Accession 1433-004
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Description: Subject Series: American Association For the Advancement of ScienceDates: 1948Container: Box 2, Accession 1433-004
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Description: Subject Series: American Council on Education. Pacific Coast Committee2 foldersDates: 1947-1949Container: Box 2, Accession 1433-004
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Description: Subject Series: American Psychological AssociationDates: 1949Container: Box 2, Accession 1433-004
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Description: Subject Series: Articles of InterestDates: 1947-1948Container: Box 2, Accession 1433-004
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Description: Subject Series: Educational PsychologyDates: 1950Container: Box 2, Accession 1433-004
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Description: Subject Series: Gellerman, LouisDates: 1947-1949Container: Box 2, Accession 1433-004
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Description: Subject Series: Hawaiian CruiseDates: 1950Container: Box 2, Accession 1433-004
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Description: Subject Series: InvitationsDates: 1949Container: Box 2, Accession 1433-004
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Description: Subject Series: Psychology of LearningDates: 1951Container: Box 2, Accession 1433-004
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Description: Subject Series: Speaking EngagementsDates: 1949Container: Box 2, Accession 1433-004
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Description: Subject Series: TravelDates: 1949Container: Box 2, Accession 1433-004
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Description: Subject Series: Yale Council PlanContainer: Box 2, Accession 1433-004
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Description: WritingsDates: 1948-1951Container: Box 2, Accession 1433-004
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Description: Letters of Recomendation
Restrictions on Access: Restricted
Dates: 1949Container: Box 2, Accession 1433-004
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Allen, Raymond B. (Raymond Bernard), 1902-1986
- Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970
Corporate Names
- American Association for the Advancement of Science. Pacific Division. Executive Committee
- American Psychological Association
- Carman (Nellie M.) Scholarship Committee
- Gazzam (Warren L.) Foundation
- Social Science Research Council. Pacific Coast Regional Committee
- U.S. National War Labor Board. Twelfth Region
- UW. Academic Personnel Office
- UW. Association of University Instructors
- UW. Dept. of Psychology
- UW. Graduate Publications Committee
- UW. Graduate School
- UW. Graduate School Deanship Selection Committee
- UW. Graduate School Organization Committee
- UW. Graduate School Research Committee
- UW. Health Program Committee
- University of Washington. Academic Personnel Office
- University of Washington. Dept. of Psychology
- University of Washington. Graduate School
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Guthrie, Edwin R. (Edwin Ray), 1886-1959 (creator)
