B.F. Skinner Foundation - Archival
Former Archival Committee Chair – Criss Wilhite
Criss Wilhite served as the chair of the Archival Committee from the summer of 2007 to the fall of 2010. The Foundation thanks Criss for the organizational work she performed so well. Through her efforts the Foundation obtained the archival treasures listed below.
In addition to providing archival materials under the Services part of this website, the Foundation has an archival committee to collect additional archival materials that might otherwise be lost or discarded. Ongoing provenance work categorizes and annotates the collection.
Archival Committee Mission and accomplishments 2007-2010.
The Archival Committee of the B. F. Skinner Foundation is dedicated to procuring text, notes, letters, film, tapes, brochures, photographs and other memorabilia related to the life and work of B. F. Skinner. Where resources permit, archived material is digitized and made available to the public on this website. To preserve films at the proper temperature and humidity, the Foundation has donated many of the original 35 mm reels to the Harvard University Film Archives.
Recent donations include the archival items listed below. Donor names are in parentheses. As time and resources permit, these items will be annotated, entered into archival databases, and made available to scholars.
1. Verbal summator: Original record and digital copy of the vague vowels that Skinner used like a verbal Rorschach test. The voice in the recording sounds like Skinner’s. (Gail Peterson)
2. Reel to reel audio tapes: Discussions between B. F. Skinner, Dr. Robert Erdman, and Dr. Frank Hovell (Frank and Mel Hovell)
3. Photocopy: FBI files on B. F. Skinner (Joe Wyatt)
4. 16mm movie reels pertaining to the history of behavior analysis (Eric Chubb):
Communique with B. F. Skinner
The Skinner Revolution A conversation with B. F. Skinner
Token Economy: Behaviorism Applied, The B. F. Skinner Series 1972
Cognition Creativity and Behavior, Research Press, 1972.
B. F. Skinner and Behavior Change, Research Press
5. Electronic copy: Brochure for B. F. Skinner’s visit to the Ohio State University (Bill Heward).
6. Packet of letters: Correspondence between B. F. Skinner and Sister Annette Walters (a friend from Susquehanna with whom Skinner kept in touch). (Terry Knapp)
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