Carl Immanuel Erickson was a professor of Psychology at Washington State University (WSU). He obtained his B.A. from Iowa State Teachers College and his M.A. and Ph.D from the State University of Iowa. He was instrumental in forming the WSU (then Washington State College) chapter of Psi Chi. Professor Erickson was national President of Psi Chi from 1938 to 1940.
Psi Chi is an international honor society that seeks to encourage and maintain excellence in scholarship of individual members in all fields, particularly psychology, and to advance the science of psychology.
Source: Psi Chi at WSU
Collection includes Carl Immanuel Erickson’s correspondence related to the founding and activities of Psi Chi at WSU (then Washington State College), as well as Psi Chi newsletters and handbooks. Psi Chi is an international honor society for students of psychology. Carl Immanuel Erickson was a professor of Psychology at WSU and served as national President of Psi Chi from 1938 to 1940.
Collection is arranged chronologically by type of material.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
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Carl Immanuel Erickson Collection on Psi Chi, 1929-1959 (Cage 116)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Carl Immanuel Erickson donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries in 1962.
This collection was reprocessed in 2020. Gayle O’Hara revised the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards.
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