Finding aid for the Robert M. Boynton papers
Title:
Robert M. Boynton papers
Repository:
Drs. Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Center for the History of Psychology
Phone: 330-972-7285
http://www.uakron.edu/chp
Creator:
Boynton, Robert M.
Dates:
1957-1990
Quantity:
0.75 linear feet
Abstract:
 Founder of the Center for Visual Science, Robert Boynton contributed work on physiological optics to the fields of psychology and visual perception. This small collection contains some of this work in the form annotated papers that Boynton authored as well as reports he completed for the U. S. Air Force.
Identification:
p15960coll10/id/61
Location:
Boxes M3421-M3422
Language:
The records are in English

Biography of Biography or History

Robert Boynton was born in 1924 in Evanston, Illinois. He received his doctorate of philosophy from Brown University in 1952. That same year he started teaching as an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Rochester in New York. Boynton founded the Center for Visual Science in 1963 where he continued his work studying color vision using psychophysics. He joined the faculty at the University of California, San Diego in 1974. Boynton continued working on physiological optics there until he retired in 1991.

Scope and Content

This very small collection consists of reports Boynton completed for the U.S. Air Force, his annotated visual science papers and reprints of papers that he published. Also of interest are histories Boynton wrote of institutions he was associated with, his autobiography, and other biographical information.

Statement of Arrangement

This collection is arranged by folder in each box.

Restrictions on Use

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

Restrictions on Access

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

Subject Headings

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

Subjects:

Color vision
History of psychology
Physiological optics
Psychologists
Psychology
Psychophysics
Visual perception

Persons:

Boynton, Robert M.

Organizations/Corporations:

University of Rochester
University of Rochester. Center for Visual Science

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

Acquisition Information

The Robert Boynton papers were acquired by the Center for the History of Psychology from Robert Boynton in 2001.

Detailed Description of The Collection


Box M3421 / Folder 1
Laboratory Studies Pertaining to Visual Air Reconnaissance, 1957 April




Box M3421 / Folder 2
Overlap as a Predictor of Form Discrimination Under Suprathreshold Conditions, 1973




Box M3421 / Folder 3
Annotated Visual Science Papers, Volumes 1-5, 1990




Box M3422 / Folder 1
History of Rochester Department of Psychology, undated




Box M3422 / Folder 2
History of Rochester Department of Psychology, undated




Box M3422 / Folder 3
History of the Center for Visual Science, undated




Box M3422 / Folder 4
More about Bob than most people will want to know, undated


Scope and Content: Boynton autobiography


Box M3422 / Folder 5
Miscellaneous biographical information, undated