Finding aid for the Raymond F. Gale papers
Title:
Raymond F. Gale papers
Repository:
Drs. Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Center for the History of Psychology
Phone: 330-972-7285
http://www.uakron.edu/chp
Creator:
Gale, Raymond F. (Raymond Floyd), 1918-2005
Dates:
1962-1983
Quantity:
.66 linear feet (Two letter-size document cases)
Abstract:
 The Raymond F. Gale papers largely contain book and article manuscripts, particularly for Gale's Developmental Behavior publication.
Identification:
p15960coll10/id/1478
Location:
Boxes M311, M311.1
Language:
The records are in English

Biography of Raymond F. Gale

Raymond F. Gale was a professor of humanistic psychology at Ball State University from 1962 until his retirement in 1983. Prior to his faculty appointment he had served as director of counseling at Ball State's Burris Laboratory, following several years of work as a teacher and school counselor in Illinois public schools, that included Dean of Faculty at Wayland Academy in Wisconsin from 1955-1957. Gale's research and writing focused on humanistic psychology, developmental psychology, and self-actualization.

Scope and Content

The Raymond F. Gale Papers represent Gale's focus on developmental psychology and self-actualization. Included are early typescripts for what would later become Developmental Behavior: A Humanistic Approach to Becoming as well as typescripts for several unpublished works.

Statement of Arrangement

The Raymond F. Gale papers are arranged in folders by topic within two record storage boxes.

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:

Developmental psychology
Humanistic psychology
Psychologists
Psychology
Psychology, History
Self-actualization (Psychology)

Persons:

Gale, Raymond F. (Raymond Floyd), 1918-2005

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

Processing Information

The Raymond F. Gale papers were processed by Ruth Scibiur in April 2012.


Other Finding Aid

Additional Raymond F. Gale materials are located at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/ft4t1nb19s/entire_text/

Detailed Description of The Collection


Box 311 / Folder 1-13
Developmental Psychology: A Phenomenological Approach to Becoming, undated


Scope and Content: Early typescripts for what would be re-titled as Developmental Psychology: A Humanistic Approach to Becoming, published in 1969. Folders contain book front matter to chapter 14.


Box 311.1 / Folder 1
Professional Career Materials, 1969-1980


Scope and Content: Materials in this folder include Gale curriculum vita, Educational Psychology course materials, lecture notes, creative teaching grant report.


Box 311.1 / Folder 2
Unpublished Manuscripts, undated


Scope and Content: 1. Existential Model of the Person 2. The Humanistic Model of the Person 3. The Humanistic Nature of the Person 4. Learning to Become a Person: Validating Your Identity 5. The Person as a Perceiver 6. The Person as a Striver 7. To Be and to Become: Meeting Our Self-Actualizing Needs 8. Toward Becoming an Authentic Person 9. Toward Psychological Becoming 10. The Humanistic Approach in Contemporary Psychology 11. Humanistic Perspectives and the Modern School 12. Challenges of Existential Thinkers


Box 311.1 / Folder 3
Written Works, undated


Scope and Content: 1. The Effects of an Organized Study of Transactional Analysis and Value Clarification upon the Self-Concept and Self-Actualizing Behavior. 2. Self-Images of College Students as Related to Selected Factors in their Developmental Fields. 3. Love as a Creative Personal Risk (with accompanying materials). 4. Let the Real You Step Forward. 5. Facilitating Learning: A Humanistic Approach. 6. Developmental Behavior: A Humanistic Approach to the Emerging and Actualizing Self (with accompanying materials). 7. Coping with the Human Realities of Your Life: Toward Expanded Psychological Health. 8. Humanistic Behavior: An Approach to General Psychology


Box 311.1 / Folder 4
Cross-Cultural Studies, 1974-1983


Scope and Content: Folder contains newspaper clippings and written works related to Gale's cross-cultural studies during his professional career.