Call Number:

C1501

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 2 boxes
• 0.8 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); , Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1906-1958 (inclusive)

Creator:

Langfeld, Herbert Sidney, 1879-1958

Form:

Correspondence -- 20th century, Diaries--20th century., Photographs., and Writings.

Abstract:

Herbert Sidney Langfeld (1879-1958) was an American professor of psychology and prominent academic. This collection includes his diaries, professional correspondence, drafts of lectures and notes, photographs, and various printed material.

Herbert Sidney Langfeld was born in Philadelphia, PA. He attended Haverford College and obtained a Ph. D. from the University of Berlin in 1909, after which he became a research fellow in psychology at Harvard University. From there he steadily worked his way up in academia, becoming a professor of Psychology and Director of the Psychological Laboratory at Princeton in 1924. He served as an editor for Psychological Monographs from 1931 to 1934, as well as for The Psychological Review from 1934 to 1947.

This collection consists of desk diaries, professional correspondence, manuscript material, printed material, and photographs of psychologist and Princeton professor Herbert Sidney Langfeld (1879-1958). Langfeld published frequently in academic journals such as The Psychological Review and Psychological Monographs (both of which he also edited at one point). Several offprints of his writings for these publications are included in the print materials. As the department chair for Psychology and psychological laboratory director at Princeton, as well as president of the American Psychological Association (1930), Langfeld delivered many lectures and addresses on the subject of psychology, and typed drafts of a few of his presentations are included in this collection's manuscript material. Amidst the correspondence are a few of Langfeld's professional exchanges, however, most of the letters are condolences received after his death.