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Clark Tibbitts papers, 1926-1985

6 linear feet

Gerontologist, lecturer in social research, and director of the Institute for Human Adjustment at the University of Michigan. Professional files, especially concerning the Institute, the University Board on University Policies, the Bureau of Psychological Services, and the University Fresh Air Camp; also photographs.

The Clark Tibbitts Papers, 1926-1969, are arranged into four principal series corresponding to the major activities of Tibbitts's career in the fields of sociology and gerontology. There are also eight smaller series (plus an addition to a series) received subsequent to the accessioning of the bulk of the papers.

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Institute for Human Adjustment, 1938-1968

The Institute for Human Adjustment (IHA), whose records form the bulk of this collection, was an independent agency established in 1937 under the auspices of the University of Michigan by a gift of Mary Rackham and the Rackham Fund. Its dual purpose was to provide service and to extend educational opportunities beyond the classroom via practicums and research in the discipline of psychology.

The Institute for Human Adjustment (IHA) series covers the period 1938-1955; Tibbitts was director of the Institute from 1938 to 1948. IHA was composed of several functional divisions, the most significant of which are represented by the following subseries: Administration, Bureau of Psychological Services, Fresh Air Camp, Social Science Research Project-Flint, Visible Speech Project, Speech Clinic, and Speech Clinic--Veterans Administration. The papers document divisional activities in treatment, research, and education, focusing on areas of childhood and adolescent problems, personal counseling, vocational guidance, and rehabilitation of the handicapped. Materials found in each of these subseries include minutes, annual reports, correspondence and memoranda, financial statements and budgetary information, project proposals and reports, grant requests, publicity, and brochures.

Clark Tibbitts papers, 1926-1985
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Administration, 1938-1955

The Administration subseries, 1938-1955, includes correspondence, memoranda, and reports. Policies for all the divisions are discussed in the Executive Committee materials as well as the Manual of Administrative Procedures and Policy: Admission of Patients files. While topical areas of concern are more fully documented in other series, the following files are significant: regarding the provision of vocational guidance to area schools: see "Services to Schools - Report to Provost" and vocational guidance to veterans, see "Research - Reports, 1946-1947"; regarding research and services for the handicapped, see "Conference (Counseling the Adult Blind), 1947," "Proposal for a Demonstration in Psychological Evaluation of the Handicapped, 1948," and "Proposal for Establishment of a Rehabilitation Training Program, 1948." Counseling and testing services are referred to in all files.

In: Clark Tibbitts papers, 1926-1985Institute for Human Adjustment, 1938-1968
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