Ames, Louise Bates. <br/><br/>
Louise Bates Ames papers, 1915-1996  (bulk 1950-1975). 

 - 14,000  items. 52  containers. 20.4  linear feet. 
 -  Arranged in 11 series.  Series 1: Family Correspondence, 1915-1975; Series 2: Special Correspondence, 1935-1975; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1941-1974; Series 4: "Parents Ask" Newspaper Column, 1954-1968; Series 5: Writings, 1947-1974; Series 6: Miscellany, 1922-1975; Series 7: 1977 Addition, 1937-1977; Series 8: 1984 Addition, 1940-1983; Series 9: 1987 Addition,1941-1986; Series 10: 1988 Addition, 1941-1988; and Series 11: 1996 Addition, circa 1945-1996. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, diaries, speeches, lectures, manuscripts of articles and books, subject files, bibliography, biographical material on the Bates family, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers pertaining primarily to Ames's career as a child psychologist.  Documents her work at the Yale Clinic of Child Development and the Yale Child Study Center, as cofounder and codirector of the Gesell Institute of Child Development, and as an author of books and newspaper columns on child behavior.  Includes general correspondence of the Gesell Institute; correspondence of Ames's associate, Frances L. Ilg; reports; articles for and correspondence relating to Child Behavior and Parents Ask, the columns written by Ames and Ilg; the Robert M. Zingg papers from the institute's archives; and other papers relating to the institute.  Also includes material on Ames's work (1970-1971) with the U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare and the White House Conference on Children.  Correspondents include Annie E. Bates, Joan Ames Chase, James T. Culbertson, Fitzhugh Dodson, Paul H. Elicker, Arnold Gesell, Gerhard Alden Gesell, Eric W. Johnson, Len Lye, Margaret Mead, Guy S. Métraux, Ruth W. Métraux, Daniel P. Moynihan, Vance Packard, Evelyn Goodenough Pitcher, Richard L. Slosson, and Benjamin Spock. 
<br/><br/><br/>In part, photocopies. <br/>[S.l.]. 
<br/><br/><br/>Some photographs <br/>Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <br/>transferred to <br/>Sound and video recordings <br/>Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. <br/>transferred to 
<br/><br/><br/>Child psychologist and educator.  Born 1908; died 1996. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011005 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 79010868  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bates, Annie E.--Correspondence.<br/>Chase, Joan Ames--Correspondence.<br/>Culbertson, James T. 1911- --Correspondence.<br/>Dodson, Fitzhugh, 1923- --Correspondence.<br/>Elicker, Paul H.--Correspondence.<br/>Gesell, Arnold, 1880-1961 --Correspondence.<br/>Gesell, Gerhard Alden, 1910-1993 --Correspondence.<br/>Johnson, Eric W.--Correspondence.<br/>Lye, Len, 1901-1980 --Correspondence.<br/>Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978 --Correspondence.<br/>Métraux, Guy S. (Guy Serge) --Correspondence.<br/>Métraux, Ruth W.--Correspondence.<br/>Moynihan, Daniel P. 1927-2003 --Correspondence.<br/>Packard, Vance, 1914-1996 --Correspondence.<br/>Pitcher, Evelyn Goodenough--Correspondence.<br/>Slosson, Richard L.--Correspondence.<br/>Spock, Benjamin, 1903-1998 --Correspondence.<br/>Bates family.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. <br/>Gesell Institute of Child Development.<br/>Yale University. Child Study Center. <br/>Yale University. Clinic of Child Development. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Meeting Names: </label><br/>White House Conference on Children Washington, D.C.)  (1970 : 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Child development.<br/>Child psychology.<br/>Mental health facilities--Connecticut--New Haven.<br/>Advice columns.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Child psychologists.<br/>Educators.