The materials listed in this document are available for research at the University of Record Series Number Illinois Archives. For more information, email [email protected] or search http://www.library.illinois.edu/archives/archon for the record series number. Biographical Sketch of Charles Egerton Osgood, Educator - Psychologist Born: 20 November 1916, Somerville, Massachusetts Married: 27 June 1939, Cynthia Luella Thornton Children: 2 Education: Dartmouth, 1939, BA Dartmouth, 1962, D.Sc. Yale, 1945, Ph.D. 1945-46 Research Associate, Yale 1946-49 Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Connecticut 1949-52 Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Illinois 1952-84 Professor of Communications and Psychology, University of Illinois 1957-84 Director of Communications Research Center, University of Illinois Associations: Guggenheim fellow Fellow, Center Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto Member, American Psychological Association (president, 1962-63) American Academy of Arts and Sciences National Academy of Sciences AAUP Linguistic Society of America Phi Beta Kappa Sigma Xi Major themes developed and researched: Psycholinguistic research and theory Cross-cultural research on affective meaning and attribution of feelings Psycho-social dynamics and the prospects for mankind For galleys of an autobiography published in Vol. VII of A History of Psychology in Autobiography (1980), see Box 25. Source: Who's Who in America, 43rd ed. (1984-85), Chicago: Marquis, 1984. 13/5/20 Communications Communications Research Charles E. Osgood Papers, 1939-82 Box 1: Personal correspondence, A - Z (8 folders), 1950-81 Institute of Communications Research, sabbatical leaves, Battelle consulting and professional work; Osgood genealogy and Charles Osgood Wood; Hadly Cantril Memorial Fund Award; Dartmouth College, Philip Osgood; Interamerican Psychology Award; International Linguistic Association; American Psychological Association; Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award; peace movement Permissions to use copyrighted material, 1983 Interview with R.W. Rieber, 1980-81 82 pp., Psycholinguistics interview (1977-79) The MacAdam/Jozef Cohen Affair, 1975-77 Guggenheim sabbatical, 1972-73 Cross-cultural research Biographical & Autobiographical Sketches of Osgood, Obituary Satires of Osgood Osgood-Vita, 1964 Publications List, 1966 Travel, 1964-22 National Academy of Science, 1972, 1975 Hamburg Affair, 1974-75 Stolen suitcase in Germany Kurt Lewin Award, 1970-71 Psychology Today - Hall, 1973, 1975 Parade Magazine article by M. Gershen, 1972 Sabbatical, University of Hawaii, 1964 University of California, San Diego, 1956-63 Dartmouth Commencement, 10 June 1962 University of Illinois - Job, 1949, 1959 Defense Department, Wilbur Schramm, 1958-59 Basic research in social sciences Consulting, HEW, USAF, Battelle Memorial Institute, universities, 1953-70 Semantics, arms control AI/SAB Facility, security clearance, 1945-63 Project Michelson Advisory Committee (PMAC)/Hawaii, 1964-65 U.S. Naval Ordinance Test Station Arms Control & Disarmament Agency (ACDA) I-III (3 folders), 1964-71 Osgood was appointed to the Social Science Advisory Board of ACDA in 1964;material includes ACDA publications, annual reports, 1962, 1963, conduct guidelines for ACDA employees and correspondence between Osgood & ACDA CIA involvement on campus, 1977 MK Ultra & Soc. for Investigation of Human Ecology Box 2: Correspondence (A - Suci) A, 1955-74 BA-BE, 1958-64, 1976 BF-BZ, 1955-73 C, 1957-81 D, 1955-75 E, 1955-67, 1974, 1977 F, 1951-75, 1981 G, 1950-77 John R. Gregory, 1957-64 H, 1952-74 Davis Howes, 1955-65 I, 1964, 1977 J, 1949-64 James J. Jenkins, 1954-63 K, 1952-74 Includes letters to President John F. Kennedy, - 1963, suggesting the need for gradualism and federalization of racial reforms to prevent violence L, 1952-76, 1981 Mc, 1957-63, 1975 MA-ME, 1952-76 MF-MZ, 1950-71 Rolf B. Meyersohn, 1958 Contains a 1958 photo of Meyersohn & copies of his speeches and articles Charles Morris, 1953-66, 1972 C. Scott Moss, 1952-67 Includes Moss autobiographical account of his stroke N, 1952-74 O, 1953-71 P, 1955-74 Q, 1954-55, 1960-61 R, 1951-76 SA-SH, 1949-79 SI-SM, 1952-73 SN-SP, 1951-69 SQ-SZ, 1949-73, 1981 Leslie Sargent, 1957-58 Wilbur Schramm, 1951-70 George Suci, 1952-74 Box 3: 13/5/20 4 Correspondence (T - XYZ) T, 1955-74 Percy H. Tannenbaum, 1952-75 U, 1954, 1961 V, 1949-59, 1967 W, 1949-76 Kelly Wilson, 1954-76, 1981 XYZ, 1961-63, 1969 Letters of Reference A, 1967-79 B, 1962-81 Kay Brock, 1975-80 C, 1960-76 Roger Chaffin, 1972-80 D-E, 1965-79 Judy Deloache, 1972-73 E, 1962-81 G, 1964-69 H & I, 1966-79 Rumjahn Hoosain, 1974-81 I, 1971-73 K, 1960-79 L, 1967-80 M, 1965-80 N, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1979 O, 1954, 1967-68, 1974-77 O-R, 1970, 1974-75 Larry Richards, 1969, 1973-74 Meredith Richards, 1972-79 S, 1965-80 T-U, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1980 Christine Tanz, 1975, 1977 Stuart Umpleby, 1967-68, 1970-72 V-Z, 1967-69, 1972-73, 1975, 1977-79 Correspondence at Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, 1958-59 Institute of Communications Research, Correspondence concerning personal secretary, 1970 Staff (active), correspondence and evaluation materials, 1958-76 Former staff, correspondence, 1964-79 Staff, correspondence, 1962-80 Correspondence concerning appointments (2 folders), 1954-76 13/5/20 5 Box 4: ICR Correspondence Archer, William Kay, 1971-76 Bobren, Howard, 1964-66 Brewer, Bill, 1969-73 Chapin, Roger and Whipple, Mary, 1971-72 Chu, Godwin C., 1963 Feldman, Sheldon, 1961-63 Fishbein, Martin, 1962-69 Fodor, Jerry, 1962 Forster, Ken, 1962-68 Hamilton, Herbert, 1961-64 Hart, Robert, 1968-69 Hoosain, R., 1969-70 Jakobovits, Leon, 1960-68 Lees, Robert, 1961-70 Levelt, Willem, 1964-66 Maclay, Howard, 1955-65 Miron, Murray, 1954-64 Nasir, Sari J., 1960 Parker, Edwin B., 1959-63 Pecjack, Vid, 1967 Smythe, Dallas, 1953-63 Steinberg, Danny, 1966-69 Umpleby, Stuart, 1971 Ware, Ed, 1958-68 Wiggins, Nancy, 1965-76 Wilkins, Marilyn, 1965-66 Wolfe, Sharon, 1961-71 ICR staff, sociological, 1958-62 Institute staff meetings, 1957-60 Research plans and proposals, 1955-57 Institute Committee (work programs), 1950-54 Institute, budgetary, 1955-63 Institute, all day meetings, 1960-62 Institute, organization, 1953-60 Institute Advisory Committee, 1957 ICR job requests, 1957-71 ICR post doctoral, 1962-66 Job openings elsewhere, 1957-71 Requests for information about the Institute, 1960-64 ICR reprint exchange, address list, 1963 13/5/20 6 Correspondence C, 1960-67 M, 1963-67 Letters by others re assistantships & research. Departmental Business (2 folders), 1950-71 Includes 1963-64, 1967-68 annual reports. Department of Psychology Advisory Committee, minutes, 1949-62, 1965, 1981 Undergraduate Advising Information, 1966 Center for Research in Social Psychology (Crisp), 1959-61 Includes annual reports, 1960-61. Committee on Public Information, minutes & correspondence, 1954-56 Council of Professors, minutes and by-laws, 1965 Department of Psychology, curriculum, 1950-51, 1969 Department of Psychology Experimental Division Communications, 1975-77 Ph.D. Students Correspondence, 1965-71, 1973, 1979-80 Division of Experimental Psychology Memoranda, 1951 Division of Social Psychology, minutes and memos, 1950-51, 1953, 1966 Evaluation Committee, faculty and graduate students, minutes & memos, 1952, 1954-56, 1965-66 Box 5: Staff Promotions, William F. Brewer (2 folders), 1971, 1973-74, 1980 Proposed Research on Subliminal Advertising, 1957-58 Departmental Business, 1972-75, 1980 1972 program evaluation reports, minutes & memos Proseminar Committee, 1950 Senior Honors Course, social issues, 1965 Staff correspondence, 1956-59, 1961-67, 1971-72 Dulaney, Triandis and others. College of Communications, correspondence, 1975, 1977, 1980 College of Journalism and Communications, 1957-62 Meetings, minutes & memos Illinois Survey Research Facility Proposal, 1962-63 Visiting Staff, Manfred N. Wettler correspondence, 1970 Visiting Staff, Norman Ginsburg, J.F. Kess, correspondence, 1973-75 Proposed "Case Studies of Ethical Problems in Mass Communications," 1977 Psycholinguistics Colloquium, correspondence, 1975-76 Comparative Psycholinquistics Institute visitors, correspondence, 1962, 1969, 1971-72, 1974, 1977 Correspondence with Thomas Bever, 1967-68 Psycholinguistics 426, 1956-73 13/5/20 7 Lecture notes, syllabus, correspondence Linguistics program, 1952-76 Memoranda & correspondence Linguistics & Psycholinguistics, 1953-61 Correspondence & meetings Linguistics staff, 1961-77 Vitae, correspondence re prospective staff Internal Relations/teaching, 1970 Correspondence re course Psycholinguistics Seminar, Indiana University, 1953 Linguistics Institute, Indiana University, 1951-79 Research Institutes & Papers, 1957-77 Maclay & Sleator, "Responses to Language: Judgments of Grammaticalness," 1960 McGuire, Wm. J. & Demetrius Papageorgis, "Selective Immunization Against Persuasion, Report II, & the Relative Efficacy of Various Types of Prior Belief - Defense in Producing Immunity Against Persuasion," 1960 Hamilton, Herbert, "The U.N. & the Public: A Multidimensional Analysis of the Meanings of a Social Institution" Taylor, W.L. & H. Kumata, "Unipolar vs. Bipolar Semantic Differentials," 1957 "The D-Method of Factoring" "SWPCP-Suci Cross Cultural Generality of SD" "SWPCP - Control of SD's" Suci, George J. & Percy H. Tannenbaum, "Relationship Between Perceptions of Political Concepts & Roting Behavior" "CP File" (Crackpot), correspondence, 1960-77 Theses proposals, 1954 Most