Prescott Lecky papers, 1935-1946

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Series I. Prescott Lecky papers, 1935-1946



Box 1 Folder 1 Green notebook, 1935

(Blank book, "The Scribble-in Book," pages numbered in pencil, with Lecky's notes, quotes and lists.)


Box 1 Folder 2 Transcript of green notebook, 1940s

(Transcription of the green notebooke, with references to page numbers.)


Box 1 Folder 3 Reprint "Personal Counseling. The Theory of Self-Consistency in Personnel Problems", 1935

(Report of the Annual Meeting of the American College Personnel Association)


Box 1 Folder 4 "Individuality Record" questionnaire, 1937

(Incoming freshmen at Columbia had to complete the questionnaire as part of the entrance requirements.)


Box 1 Folder 5 Halbert Dunn's "Democracy in Everyday Life and the Job", 1938


Box 1 Folder 6 Transcript "Agreement - The Basis of Human Relations", 1938

(Under the heading "Unit Seven. April.")


Box 1 Folder 7 Reprint "Preventing Failure by Removing Resistance", 1938

(from the 1938 Yeabook of the New York Society for the Experimental Study of Education)


Box 1 Folder 8 Black notebook (or 1938 Calendar), 1938-1941

(A 1938 daily calendar notebook, printed for Robert Lecky, Jr. Inc., Insurance - Surety Bonds, with numbered pages, notes, quotes, lists and instructions for the typist)


Box 1 Folder 9 Draft of transcript of the black notebook, 1941

(With corrections and notes in pencil)


Box 1 Folder 10 Transcript of black notebook, 1941


Box 1 Folder 11 Transcript "A story of a scientific detective", undated


Box 1 Folder 12 Lecky family genealogy, 1945


Box 1 Folder 13 Courtney Campbell correspondence, 1941-1946

(from the Educational Press and Lecky's literary executor)