Finding aid for the Edith D. Neimark papers


Title:
Edith D. Neimark papers
Repository:
Drs. Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Center for the History of Psychology
Phone: 330-972-7285
http://www.uakron.edu/chp
Creator:
Neimark, Edith D.
Dates:
1956-1992
Bulk dates:
1980-1990
Quantity:
0.66 linear feet (2 boxes)
Abstract:
This small collection contains the professional papers, correspondence and manuscript reviews of child psychologist Edith Neimark.
Identification:
p15960coll10/id/18
Location:
Boxes M2950-M2951
Language:
The records are in English

Biography of Edith D. Neimark

Edith Neimark, born in 1928, received both a Bachelors degree in 1948 and a Masters degree in Psychology in 1952 from Skidmore College. In 1952, she received a PhD in psychology from Indiana University, and went on to teach child psychology from 1964 to 1970. Neimark served as Chair of the psychology department at Douglass College from 1966 to 1971, retiring in 1991.

Scope and Content

The Edith D. Neimark papers include predominantly reviews of child development manuscripts. Also present in this collection is a small amount of professional correspondence, as well as information regarding Neimark's attempts at founding "The Formal Operator" newsletter.

Statement of Arrangement

The Edith D. Neimark papers are arranged into folders by topic within each box.

Restrictions on Use

Manuscript reviews are restricted due to privacy concerns. See CHP staff for details.

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Restrictions on Access

Manuscript reviews are restricted due to privacy concerns. See CHP staff for details.

Subject Headings

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Child psychologists
Child psychology
Developmental psychology
History of psychology
Psychologists
Psychologists United States
Psychology
Psychology--History
Psychology--History--20th century

Persons:

Neimark, Edith D.

Material Types:

Information resources--Reviews
Manuscripts
Manuscripts, American
Newsletters

Titles:

Journal of applied developmental psychology
Journal of educational psychology
Merrill-Palmer quarterly
The formal operator

Preferred Citation

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

Detailed Description of The Collection


Box M2950 / Folder 1
Record correspondence, 1956-1991


Scope and Content: This folder contains various documents and reviews of manuscripts between the years of 1959-1974.Short descriptions of each of the items in the folder are listed below:Typewritten review of The Psychology of Learning by B.R. Bugelski.Letter to Neimark from D. O. Hebb requesting a review of a manuscript.Letter from Neimark to the American Psychological Foundation nominating J. R. Kantor for the Gold Medal Award.Copy of the manuscript The Structure and Development ofCausal - Experimental: From Early Adolescence to Youth with handwritten notes in the margins.Review of the manuscript AThe Structure and Development of Causal - Experimental...


Box M2950 / Folder 2
Requests for The Formal Operator, 1977-1979




Box M2950 / Folder 3
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1977-1978


Scope and Content: Includes correspondence regarding The Formal Operator newsletter, and some newsletter samples.


Box M2950 / Folder 4
Infant Behavior and Development manuscript reviews., 1981-1992


Scope and Content: This folder contains reviews of manuscripts submitted for possible publication in Infant Behavior and Development.


Box M2950 / Folder 5
Child Development manuscript reviews, 1970-1979


Scope and Content: This folder contains reviews of manuscripts submitted for possible publication in Child Development from 1970 to 1979.


Box M2950 / Folder 6
Child Development manuscript reviews, 1980


Scope and Content: This folder contains reviews of manuscripts submitted for possible publication in Child Development in 1980.


Box M2950 / Folder 7
Child Development manuscript reviews, 1981


Scope and Content: This folder contains reviews of manuscripts submitted for possible publication in Child Development from 1981.


Box M2950 / Folder 8
Child Development manuscript reviews, 1982-1984


Scope and Content: This folder contains reviews of manuscripts submitted for possible publication in Child Development from 1982 to 1984.


Box M2951 / Folder 1
Child Development manuscript reviews, 1985


Scope and Content: This folder contains reviews of manuscripts submitted for possible publication in Child Development from 1985.


Box M2951 / Folder 2
Child Development manuscript reviews, 1986-1990


Scope and Content: This folder contains reviews of manuscripts submitted for possible publication in Child Development from 1986 to 1990.


Box M2951 / Folder 3
Archives de Psychologie, 1978-1981


Scope and Content: This folder contains assorted documents regarding the Archives de Psychologie, including and invitation to Neimark to join their Comite de Lecture.


Box M2951 / Folder 4
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology manuscript reviews, 1981-1985


Scope and Content: This folder contains reviews of manuscripts submitted for possible publication in the Journal of Applied and Developmental Psychology from 1981-1985.


Box M2951 / Folder 5
Developmental Psychology manuscript reviews, 1980-1985


Scope and Content: This folder contains reviews of manuscripts submitted for possible publication in Developmental Psychology from 1980-1985.


Box M2951 / Folder 6
Developmental Psychology manuscript reviews, 1986-1992


Scope and Content: This folder contains reviews of manuscripts submitted for possible publication in Developmental Psychology from 1986-1992.


Box M2951 / Folder 7
Journal of Educational Psychology manuscript reviews, 1981-1983


Scope and Content: This folder contains reviews of manuscripts submitted for possible publication in Journal of Educational Psychology from 1981-1983.


Box M2951 / Folder 8
Various manuscript reviews, 1984-1991


Scope and Content: This folder includes manuscript reviews from Memory and Cognition and Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.


Box M2951 / Folder 9
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly manuscript reviews, 1981-1991


Scope and Content: This folder contains reviews of manuscripts submitted for possible publication in Merrill-Palmer Quarterly from 1981 to 1991.


Box M2951 / Folder 10
Miscellaneous Documents, 1971-1991


Scope and Content: This folder contains miscellaneous documents from the years 1971-1991.A short description of each of the items in the folder is listed below:Letter to Neimark from the Personality & Cognition Research Review Committee asking Neimark to review a research grant application titled, A Children's Learning and Mother-Child-Interaction.Neimark's review of the research grant application, Children's Learning and Mother-Child-Interaction.Two reviews of a manuscript titled, Developmental Effects of Categorical Grouping and Verbalization in the Recall of Pictures submitted to the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.Letter to author of Developmental Effects of Categorical Grouping...Reviews of revised manuscript titled, Rule Analysis of Judgements of Covariations between Events; submitted to Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, and letter to author.Reviews of a manuscript titled The Psychology of Separation Through the Life Cycle; submitted to American Psychologist along with reviewing guidelines.Letter to the author of The Psychology of Separation Through the Life Cycle.Reviews for the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology of a manuscript titled, Egocentrism and Ego-Resiliency: Longitudinal Examination of Personality Characteristics From EarlyChildhood to Adolescence.Letter to author of manuscript Egocentrism and Ego-Resiliency...Letter announcing a new journal, Cognition and Instruction.Reviews for Cognition and Instruction of a manuscript titled The Effects of Cognitive-Process Instruction on College Students Reasoning Skills and letter to the author.Review of an untitled manuscript.Review for International Journal of Behavioral Development of a manuscript titled Formal Reasoning Skills of Secondary School Students and their Subject Matter Preferences.Review for Cognitive Development of a manuscript titled Early Developments in Logical Reasoning..., and letter to author with handwritten note in margin.Review for Human Development of an untitled manuscript.Letter to the author of an untitled manuscript submitted to Human Development.Letter from Neimark to P. R. Dasen giving a review of an untitled manuscript.Review for Journal of Cross- Cultural Psychology of a manuscript titled, The Development of Formal Operations in Nigerian Adolescents.Review for International Journal of Psychology of a manuscript titled African University Students and Formal Operational Reasoning.Reviews for Human Development of a manuscript titled, The Gou Protocol Revisited: A Piagetian Contextualization of Critique.Letter from the editor of Human Development to the author of the manuscript The Gou Protocol Revisited... Letter from Henry M. Levin, editor of Review of Educational Research, asking Neimark to review a manuscript.Handwritten letter to Neimark from Stuart W. Cook, discussing his retirement and other personal subjects.


Box M2951 / Folder 11
Psychological Reports manuscript reviews, 1980-1987


Scope and Content: This folder contains reviews of manuscripts submitted for possible publication in Psychological Reports from 1980 to 1987.


Box M2951 / Folder 12
NIE-NSF Research Project application materials, 1978


Scope and Content: This folder includes materials for a research application to the National Science Foundation.