Title: |
Asch Center collection of Solomon Asch materials |
Repository: |
Drs. Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Center for the History of Psychology
Phone: 330-972-7285 http://www.uakron.edu/chp |
Creator: |
Asch, Solomon E. (Solomon Elliott), 1907- |
Dates: |
1955-1992 |
Quantity: |
1.33 linear feet |
Abstract: |
Solomon Asch was a pioneer in social psychology, well-known for his research on conformity. This small collection of various
materials from the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict includes awards Asch received for his work in
the field of social psychology as well as personal and professional photographs; some of Wolfgang Kohler. Asch's Emeritus
Professor of Psychology degree from the University of Pennsylvania is also part of this collection. The Archives of the
History of American Psychology also holds the Solomon Asch papers. |
Identification: |
p15960coll10/id/591 |
Location: |
Box M841; M2263 |
Language: |
The records are in English |
Solomon Asch was a world-renowned Gestalt psychologist and pioneer in social psychology. He was born in Warsaw, Poland and emigrated to the United States in 1920. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the College of the City of New York in 1928. Asch received both his M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1930 and 1932, respectively. He had been a professor of psychology at Swarthmore College for 19 years, working with psychologists including Wolfgang Kohler. Asch also taught at Brooklyn College, the New School for Social Research, and held visiting posts at Harvard and MIT. He was a Distinguished Professor of Psychology and director of the Institute for Cognitive Studies at Rutgers University from 1966-1972, when he joined the University of Pennsylvania. Asch received many awards and distinctions during his career, as well as serving in varied capacities for professional organizations. Asch served as associate editor for the journal Psychological Review from the years 1957 to 1962. Asch became famous in the 1950s for his experiments which demonstrated the power of conformity in groups. Asch's most famous experiments set a contest between actual physical reality and perceived social reality.
Asch died on February 20, 1996 at the age of 89.
In 1998 the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict was created to advance research, education and practice, and policy-relevant study in ethnic group conflict and political violence. The Center originated at the University of Pennsylvania, but now resides at Bryn-Mawr College.
This small collection of various materials from the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict includes awards Asch received for his work in the field of social psychology as well as some limited correspondence; personal and professional photographs, including some of psychologist Wolfgang Kohler; and 1992 and 1993 recipients of the Solomon Asch Award. A poster advertising a talk featuring Asch, Allen Ginsberg and others is also present.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
Related Material: Related MaterialThe Archives of the History of American Psychology holds the personal and professional manuscript papers of Solomon Asch.
Photographs have been transferred to the Still Images Collection in box V60. Asch awards and "Future of Freedom" lecture event poster, are located in box M2263 in the oversized stacks.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Cite as: [identification of item], [folder number, box number], Archives of the History of American Psychology, The Drs. Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Center for the History of Psychology - The University of Akron
This collection was acquired on November 5, 2009 from the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict through Dr. James O'Brien of Tidewater Community College.
This collection was processed by Rhonda Rinehart in November 2009. Updated by Samantha Hurst, October 2021.
A paper index to the materials in this collection was created by James O'Brien on September 15, 2009 and is located in box M841.
See the
Solomon E. Asch papers located at the Archives of the History of American Psychology.