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Abstract: The Stanley Smith ("Smitty") Stevens Papers (1934-1981) contain biographical information, articles, and other publications. Stevens (1906-1973) was born in Ogden, Utah to Stanley and Adeline Smith Stevens. He went on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1925-1928 to Belgium and Switzerland. He attended the University of Utah, but transferred to Stanford University where in 1931 he received his A. B. degree. Originally pursuing medicine as a career, Stevens was admitted to Harvard Medical School, but he later changed to Psychology. Stevens received a Ph.D. in 1933 from Harvard University. He later became a professor and the director of the psychophysics laboratory at Harvard University.
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Administrative Information
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Donor Information :
Acq Method: donated by
Acq Name: Geraldine Stevens
Acq Date: 2001
Processing Information :
This collection was processed by Kate Kimball
on
2001.
Index Terms
These records are indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the J.Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. Researchers wishing to find related materials should search the catalog under these index terms.
Organizations:
Subjects:
Stevens, S. S. (Stanley Smith), 1906-1973 - Archives Psychophysics - Sources Psychophysiology - Sources Senses and sensation - Sources
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Restrictions
Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law. Materials must be used on-site. Two business days advance notice required. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, fragile condition of the material, or by the donor. No use of original audio-visual materials will be allowed; access copies will be made available for viewing.
Arrangement of the Records
Detailed Description of the Records
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1 :
Biographical Information and Articles, A-N
(1934-1972)
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1 :
Autobiographical Essay and Biographical Information
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2 :
"Adaptation Level vs. The Relativity of Judgment"
(1958)
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3 :
"The Apparent Reduction of Loudness"
(1955)
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4 :
"The Attributes of Tones"
(1934)
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5 :
"The Auditory Input-Output Function"
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6 :
"The Basis of Psychophysical Judgments"
(1963)
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7 :
"Binaural Summation of Loudness"
(1960)
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8 :
"Biological Transducers"
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9 :
"Brightness Function: Effects of Adaptation"
(1963)
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10 :
"Calculating Loudness"
(1957)
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11 :
"Calculation of the Loudness of Complex Noise"
(1956)
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12 :
"The Calculation of the Loudness of Noise"
(1956)
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13 :
"Calculating the Perceived Level of Light and Sound"
(1972)
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14 :
"Cardiac Acceleration in Emotional Situations"
(1937)
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15 :
"A Classification of Scales of Measurement"
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16 :
"Concerning the Form of the Loudness Function"
(1957)
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17 :
"Concerning the Measurement of Brightness"
(1966)
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18 :
"Concerning the Psychophysical Power Law"
(1964)
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19 :
"Cross-Modality Matching of Brightness to Loudness by 5 yr. Olds"
(1969)
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20 :
"Cross-Modality Validation of Subjective Scales for Loudness, Vibration, and Electric Shock"
(1959)
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21 :
"Critical Band Width in Loudness Summation"
(1957)
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22 :
"Decibels of Light and Sound"
(1955)
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23 :
"A Demonstration of Positive and Negative Visual After-Images"
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24 :
"The Development of Recorded Auditory Tests for Measuring Loss for Speech"
(1947)
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25 :
"The Direct Estimation of Sensory Magnitudes--Loudness"
(1956)
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26 :
"Duration, Luminance, and the Brightness Exponent"
(1966)
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27 :
"The Dynamics of Subjective Warmth and Cold"
(1963)
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28 :
"Effect of Glare Angle on the Brightness Function for a Small Target"
(1965)
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29 :
"The Emotional Responses: Changes of Heart-Rate in a Gun-Shy Dog"
(1938)
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30 :
"The Estimation of Loudness by Unpracticed Observers"
(1956)
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31 :
"Factors in the Production of Aural Harmonics and Combination Tones"
(1937)
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32 :
"Finger Span: Ratio Scale, Category Scale, and Just Noticeable Difference (JND) Scale
(1959)
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33 :
"Growth of Sensation on Seven Continua as Measured by Force of Handgrip"
(1960)
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34 :
Handbook of Experimental Psychology
(1951)
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35 :
"To Honor Fechner and Repeal His Law"
(1961)
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36 :
"Intensity Functions in Sensory Systems"
(1967)
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37 :
"Introduction: A Definition of Communication"
(1950)
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38 :
"Issues in Psychophysical Measurement"
(1971)
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39 :
"Is There a Quantal Threshold?"
(1961)
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40 :
"The Localization of Actual Sources of Sound"
(1936)
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41 :
"The Localization of Pitch Perception on the Basilar Membrane"
(1935)
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42 :
"The Localization of Pure Tones"
(1934)
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43 :
"Loudness Functions Under Inhibition"
(1967)
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44 :
"Loudness: A Product of Volume Times Density"
(1965)
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45 :
"Loudness, Reciprocality, and Partition Scales"
(1962)
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46 :
"Machines Cannot Fight Alone"
(1946)
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47 :
"The Masking of Pure Tones and of Speech by White Noise"
(1950)
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48 :
"Masking and Sensory Dynamics"
(1967)
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49 :
"The Masking of Speech by Sine Waves, Square Waves, and Regular and Modulated Pulses"
(1946)
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50 :
"Matching Functions between Loudness and Ten Other Continua"
(1966)
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51 :
"Measurement of Auditory Density"
(1964)
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52 :
"The Measurement of Loudness"
(1955)
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53 :
"Measurement and Man"
(1957)
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54 :
"Measurement, Psychophysics, and Utility"
(1959)
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55 :
"Measurement and Social Science"
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56 :
"Measurement, Statistics, and the Schemapiric View"
(1968)
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57 :
"A Mechanical Correlator"
(1938)
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58 :
"The Mechanism of Hearing by Electrical Stimulation"
(1939-1940)
folder
59 :
"Methods Measuring Speech Spectra"
(1947)
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60 :
"A Metric for the Social Consensus"
(1966)
folder
61 :
"The NAS- NRC (National Research Council) and Psychology"
(1952)
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62 :
"The Nature of Tonal Brightness"
(1936)
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63 :
"Neural Events and the Psychophysical Law"
(1970)
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64 :
"A Neural Quantum in Sensory Discrimination"
(1972)
folder
65 :
"The New Harvard Psychological Laboratories"
(1947)
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2 :
Articles, O-R
(1934-1974)
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1 :
"On the Averaging of Data"
(1955)
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2 :
"On the Brightness of Lights and the Loudness of Sounds"
(1953)
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3 :
"On the Halving and Doubling the Loudness of White Noise"
folder
4 :
"On Hearing by Electrical Stimulation"
(1937)
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5 :
"On Measurement of Sensation"
(1957)
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6 :
"On the Method of Bisection and its Relation to a Loudness Scale"
(1937)
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7 :
"On the Nature of Aural Harmonics"
(1936)
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8 :
"On the New Psychosis"
(1960)
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9 :
"On the Operation Known as Judgment"
(1966)
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10 :
"On the Pitch of Frequency-Modulated Tones"
(1938)
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11 :
"On the Predicting Exponents for Cross-Modality Matches"
(1969)
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12 :
"On the Problem of Scales for the Measurement of Psychological Magnitudes"
(1939)
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13 :
"On the Psychophysical Law"
(1957)
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14 :
"On the Theory of Scales and Measurement"
(1946)
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15 :
"On the Uses of Poidilitic Functions"
(1965)
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16 :
"On the Validity of the Loudness Scale"
(1959)
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17 :
"The Operational Basis of Psychology"
folder
18 :
"The Operational Definition of Psychological Concepts"
(1935)
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19 :
"Operations or Words?"
(1966)
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20 :
"Perceived Level of Noise by Mark VII and Decibels (E)"
(1971)
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21 :
"Perceptual Magnitude and its Measurements"
(1974)
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22 :
"The Phenomenon of Masking"
(1935)
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23 :
"Pitch Discrimination, Mels and Kock's Contention"
(1954)
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24 :
"Power-Group Transformations Under Glare, Masking, and Recruitment"
(1966)
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25 :
"Premodulation Clipping in AM Voice Communication"
(1947)
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26 :
"Problems and Methods of Psychophysics"
(1958)
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27 :
"Procedure for Calculating Loudness: Mark VI"
(1961)
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28 :
"A Psychological Scale of Weight and a Formula for Its Derivation"
(1948)
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29 :
"Psychological Writing, Easy and Hard"
folder
30 :
"Psychology: The Propaedeutic Science"
(1936)
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31 :
"Psychology and the Science of Science"
folder
32 :
"Psychophysics and the Measurement of Loudness"
(1968)
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33 :
"The Psychophysics of Sensory Function"
(1960-1961)
folder
34 :
"Psychophysics and Social Scaling"
(1972)
folder
35 :
Psychophysics, Review
folder
36 :
"Psychophysiological Acoustics: Pitch and Loudness"
(1936)
folder
37 :
"The Psychophysiology of Hearing"
(1936)
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38 :
"In Pursuit of the Sensory Law"
(1962)
folder
39 :
"The Quantification of Sensation"
(1959)
folder
40 :
"The Quantification of Tonal Volume"
(1962)
folder
41 :
"Le Quantitatif et La Perception"
(1968)
folder
42 :
"Quantifying the Sensory Experience"
folder
43 :
"The Quantum of Sensory Discrimination"
(1940)
folder
44 :
"Ratio Scales and Category Scales for a Dozen Perceptual Continua"
(1957)
folder
45 :
"Ratio Scales of Opinion"
(1968)
folder
46 :
"Ratio Scales, Partition Scales, and Confusion Scales"
(1960)
folder
47 :
"Rectilinear Rectification Applied to Voltage Integration"
(1942)
folder
48 :
"Regression Effect in Psychophysical Judgment"
(1966)
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49 :
"Relation of Brightness to Duration and Luminance under Light and Dark Adaptations"
(1964)
folder
50 :
"The Relation of Pitch to Frequency: A Revised Scale"
(1940)
folder
51 :
"The Relation of Pitch to Intensity"
(1934)
folder
52 :
"The Relation of Saturation to the Size of the Retinal Image"
(1934)
folder
53 :
"Review of Das Ohr Als Nachrichtenempfanger"
(1968)
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3 :
Articles, S-W
(1934-1973)
folder
1 :
"Saturation of Red: A Prothetic Continuum"
(1966)
folder
2 :
"A Scale of Apparent Intensity of Electric Shock"
(1958)
folder
3 :
"A Scale for the Measurement of a Psychological Magnitude: Loudness"
(1936)
folder
4 :
"A Scale for the Measurement of the Psychological Magnitude Pitch"
(1937)
folder
5 :
"Scaling of Apparent Viscosity"
(1964)
folder
6 :
Scaling of Saturation and Hue"
(1966)
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7 :
"The Scaling of Subjective Roughness and Smoothness"
(1962)
folder
8 :
"The Science of Noise"
(1946)
folder
9 :
"Sensory Scales of Taste Intensity"
(1969)
folder
10 :
"Sensory Power Functions and Neural Events"
folder
11 :
"Sensory Transform Functions"
(1962)
folder
12 :
The Ski & Me
(1966)
folder
13 :
"Some Similarities between Hearing and Seeing"
(1958)
folder
14 :
"El Sonido"
(1973)
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15 :
"Stability of Human Performance under Intense Noise"
(1972)
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16 :
"Subjective Hardness of Compliant Materials"
(1964)
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17 :
"Subjective Intensity of Coffee Odor"
(1960)
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18 :
"Subjective Scaling of Length and Area and the Matching of Length to Loudness and Brightness"
(1963)
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19 :
"The Surprising Simplicity of Sensory Metrics"
(1962)
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20 :
"A Switch for the Presentation of Electrically Generated Tonal Stimuli"
folder
21 :
"Table Relating Phons and Sones"
folder
22 :
"Tactile Vibration: Change of Exponent with Frequency"
(1968)
folder
23 :
"Tactile Vibration: Dynamics of Sensory Intensity"
(1959)
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24 :
"Theory of the Neural Quantum in the Discrimination of Loudness and Pitch"
(1941)
folder
25 :
"Tonal Density"
(1934)
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26 :
"Toward a Resolution of the Fechner-Thurstone Legacy"
(1961)
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27 :
"Transfer Functions of the Skin and Muscle Senses"
(1966)
folder
28 :
"Vision, Hearing and Aeronautical Design"
folder
29 :
"Voice Level: Autophonic Scale, Perceived Loudness, and Effects of Sidetone"
(1961)
folder
30 :
"The Volume and Intensity of Tones"
folder
31 :
"Warmth and Cold: Dynamics of Sensory Intensity"
(1960)
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4 :
General Materials
(1935-1981)
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1 :
American Psychological Association, "Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards"
(1960)
folder
2 :
Georg von Békésy, "The Ear"
folder
3 :
Hallowell Davis and Douglas A. Ross, "Selection of Hearing Aids"
(1945)
folder
4 :
Miguelina Guirao, "Perceived Vibration and the Loudness of Low-Frequency Tones"
(1975)
folder
5 :
C. E. M. Hansel, "The Market for Miracles"
(1967)
folder
6 :
Robert S. Harper, "The Laboratory of William James"
(1949)
folder
7 :
Edwin B. Newman, "Steven's Operationism"
(1973)
folder
8 :
Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory, Harvard University, Check-List of Reports
(1945-1961)
folder
9 :
Symposium before the American Otological Society, Articles
(1935)
folder
10 :
USA Standard
(1968)
folder
11 :
Miscellaneous
(1981)
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