Marriot Library Manuscripts LogoThe S. S. Stevens Papers
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Summary Description
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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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.
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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.
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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
    box  1 : Biographical Information and Articles, A-N (1934-1972)
      folder  1 : Autobiographical Essay and Biographical Information
      folder  2 : "Adaptation Level vs. The Relativity of Judgment" (1958)
      folder  3 : "The Apparent Reduction of Loudness" (1955)
      folder  4 : "The Attributes of Tones" (1934)
      folder  5 : "The Auditory Input-Output Function"
      folder  6 : "The Basis of Psychophysical Judgments" (1963)
      folder  7 : "Binaural Summation of Loudness" (1960)
      folder  8 : "Biological Transducers"
      folder  9 : "Brightness Function: Effects of Adaptation" (1963)
      folder  10 : "Calculating Loudness" (1957)
      folder  11 : "Calculation of the Loudness of Complex Noise" (1956)
      folder  12 : "The Calculation of the Loudness of Noise" (1956)
      folder  13 : "Calculating the Perceived Level of Light and Sound" (1972)
      folder  14 : "Cardiac Acceleration in Emotional Situations" (1937)
      folder  15 : "A Classification of Scales of Measurement"
      folder  16 : "Concerning the Form of the Loudness Function" (1957)
      folder  17 : "Concerning the Measurement of Brightness" (1966)
      folder  18 : "Concerning the Psychophysical Power Law" (1964)
      folder  19 : "Cross-Modality Matching of Brightness to Loudness by 5 yr. Olds" (1969)
      folder  20 : "Cross-Modality Validation of Subjective Scales for Loudness, Vibration, and Electric Shock" (1959)
      folder  21 : "Critical Band Width in Loudness Summation" (1957)
      folder  22 : "Decibels of Light and Sound" (1955)
      folder  23 : "A Demonstration of Positive and Negative Visual After-Images"
      folder  24 : "The Development of Recorded Auditory Tests for Measuring Loss for Speech" (1947)
      folder  25 : "The Direct Estimation of Sensory Magnitudes--Loudness" (1956)
      folder  26 : "Duration, Luminance, and the Brightness Exponent" (1966)
      folder  27 : "The Dynamics of Subjective Warmth and Cold" (1963)
      folder  28 : "Effect of Glare Angle on the Brightness Function for a Small Target" (1965)
      folder  29 : "The Emotional Responses: Changes of Heart-Rate in a Gun-Shy Dog" (1938)
      folder  30 : "The Estimation of Loudness by Unpracticed Observers" (1956)
      folder  31 : "Factors in the Production of Aural Harmonics and Combination Tones" (1937)
      folder  32 : "Finger Span: Ratio Scale, Category Scale, and Just Noticeable Difference (JND) Scale (1959)
      folder  33 : "Growth of Sensation on Seven Continua as Measured by Force of Handgrip" (1960)
      folder  34 : Handbook of Experimental Psychology (1951)
      folder  35 : "To Honor Fechner and Repeal His Law" (1961)
      folder  36 : "Intensity Functions in Sensory Systems" (1967)
      folder  37 : "Introduction: A Definition of Communication" (1950)
      folder  38 : "Issues in Psychophysical Measurement" (1971)
      folder  39 : "Is There a Quantal Threshold?" (1961)
      folder  40 : "The Localization of Actual Sources of Sound" (1936)
      folder  41 : "The Localization of Pitch Perception on the Basilar Membrane" (1935)
      folder  42 : "The Localization of Pure Tones" (1934)
      folder  43 : "Loudness Functions Under Inhibition" (1967)
      folder  44 : "Loudness: A Product of Volume Times Density" (1965)
      folder  45 : "Loudness, Reciprocality, and Partition Scales" (1962)
      folder  46 : "Machines Cannot Fight Alone" (1946)
      folder  47 : "The Masking of Pure Tones and of Speech by White Noise" (1950)
      folder  48 : "Masking and Sensory Dynamics" (1967)
      folder  49 : "The Masking of Speech by Sine Waves, Square Waves, and Regular and Modulated Pulses" (1946)
      folder  50 : "Matching Functions between Loudness and Ten Other Continua" (1966)
      folder  51 : "Measurement of Auditory Density" (1964)
      folder  52 : "The Measurement of Loudness" (1955)
      folder  53 : "Measurement and Man" (1957)
      folder  54 : "Measurement, Psychophysics, and Utility" (1959)
      folder  55 : "Measurement and Social Science"
      folder  56 : "Measurement, Statistics, and the Schemapiric View" (1968)
      folder  57 : "A Mechanical Correlator" (1938)
      folder  58 : "The Mechanism of Hearing by Electrical Stimulation" (1939-1940)
      folder  59 : "Methods Measuring Speech Spectra" (1947)
      folder  60 : "A Metric for the Social Consensus" (1966)
      folder  61 : "The NAS- NRC (National Research Council) and Psychology" (1952)
      folder  62 : "The Nature of Tonal Brightness" (1936)
      folder  63 : "Neural Events and the Psychophysical Law" (1970)
      folder  64 : "A Neural Quantum in Sensory Discrimination" (1972)
      folder  65 : "The New Harvard Psychological Laboratories" (1947)
    box  2 : Articles, O-R (1934-1974)
      folder  1 : "On the Averaging of Data" (1955)
      folder  2 : "On the Brightness of Lights and the Loudness of Sounds" (1953)
      folder  3 : "On the Halving and Doubling the Loudness of White Noise"
      folder  4 : "On Hearing by Electrical Stimulation" (1937)
      folder  5 : "On Measurement of Sensation" (1957)
      folder  6 : "On the Method of Bisection and its Relation to a Loudness Scale" (1937)
      folder  7 : "On the Nature of Aural Harmonics" (1936)
      folder  8 : "On the New Psychosis" (1960)
      folder  9 : "On the Operation Known as Judgment" (1966)
      folder  10 : "On the Pitch of Frequency-Modulated Tones" (1938)
      folder  11 : "On the Predicting Exponents for Cross-Modality Matches" (1969)
      folder  12 : "On the Problem of Scales for the Measurement of Psychological Magnitudes" (1939)
      folder  13 : "On the Psychophysical Law" (1957)
      folder  14 : "On the Theory of Scales and Measurement" (1946)
      folder  15 : "On the Uses of Poidilitic Functions" (1965)
      folder  16 : "On the Validity of the Loudness Scale" (1959)
      folder  17 : "The Operational Basis of Psychology"
      folder  18 : "The Operational Definition of Psychological Concepts" (1935)
      folder  19 : "Operations or Words?" (1966)
      folder  20 : "Perceived Level of Noise by Mark VII and Decibels (E)" (1971)
      folder  21 : "Perceptual Magnitude and its Measurements" (1974)
      folder  22 : "The Phenomenon of Masking" (1935)
      folder  23 : "Pitch Discrimination, Mels and Kock's Contention" (1954)
      folder  24 : "Power-Group Transformations Under Glare, Masking, and Recruitment" (1966)
      folder  25 : "Premodulation Clipping in AM Voice Communication" (1947)
      folder  26 : "Problems and Methods of Psychophysics" (1958)
      folder  27 : "Procedure for Calculating Loudness: Mark VI" (1961)
      folder  28 : "A Psychological Scale of Weight and a Formula for Its Derivation" (1948)
      folder  29 : "Psychological Writing, Easy and Hard"
      folder  30 : "Psychology: The Propaedeutic Science" (1936)
      folder  31 : "Psychology and the Science of Science"
      folder  32 : "Psychophysics and the Measurement of Loudness" (1968)
      folder  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)
      folder  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)
      folder  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)
    box  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)
      folder  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)
      folder  15 : "Stability of Human Performance under Intense Noise" (1972)
      folder  16 : "Subjective Hardness of Compliant Materials" (1964)
      folder  17 : "Subjective Intensity of Coffee Odor" (1960)
      folder  18 : "Subjective Scaling of Length and Area and the Matching of Length to Loudness and Brightness" (1963)
      folder  19 : "The Surprising Simplicity of Sensory Metrics" (1962)
      folder  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)
      folder  24 : "Theory of the Neural Quantum in the Discrimination of Loudness and Pitch" (1941)
      folder  25 : "Tonal Density" (1934)
      folder  26 : "Toward a Resolution of the Fechner-Thurstone Legacy" (1961)
      folder  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)
    box  4 : General Materials (1935-1981)
      folder  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)