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Society for Research in Child Development Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 387

Abstract

Organizational records of the Society and material on membership, meetings, publications, and Society business.

Dates

  • 1920-1996

Extent

16.17 Linear Feet (39 boxes)

Creator

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Language of Materials

Collection materials primarily in English

Restrictions

Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access.

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Historical Note

The field of child development received formal recognition in 1922-23 through the appointment of a subcommittee on Child Development of the National Research Council. In 1925, under the direction of Robert S. Woodworth, an eminent experimental psychologist, this group became the Committee in Child Development with offices and staff in the National Academy of Sciences. The purpose of the committee was to integrate research activities and to stimulate research in child development. The committee awarded fellowships, initiated conferences, and sponsored publications. In 1927, 425 scientists were listed in the Directory of Research in Child Development and that same year the first volume of Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography was published. In 1933 the Committee on Child Development disbanded and its mandate passed to the newly organized Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD). The Society is a multidisciplinary, not-for-profit, professional association with a membership of approximately 5,300 researchers, practitioners, and human development professionals from over 50 countries.

The purposes of the Society are to promote multidisciplinary research in the field of human development, to foster the exchange of information among scientists and other professionals of various disciplines, and to encourage applications of research findings. Its goals are pursued through a variety of programs with the cooperation and service of its governing council, standing committees, and members. Membership is open to any individual actively engaged in research or teaching in human development or any of the related basic sciences, or otherwise furthering the purposes of the Society including graduate and undergraduate students engaged in at least half-time study in child development or a related field.

Collection Summary

Organizational records of the Society and material on membership, meetings, publications, and Society business. A bibliography of materials deaccessioned during processing are identified as "Separated Materials".

Additional Description

Abstract

Organizational records of the Society and material on membership, meetings, publications, and Society business.

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Provenance

Gift of the Society, 1982, Accessions #338, 419, 574, 1997-8.

Legislative material removed from collection:

House and Senate (joint) - Hearings

  1. Implementation plan for a national nutrition status monitoring system - joint hearing,1981
  2. Impact of the administration's proposed budget cuts on children - joint hearing, 1982

House and Senate (joint) - Laws

  1. Social security act, amendment, 1980
  2. Omnibus reconciliation act of 1980
  3. Omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1981

House - (no committee)

  1. Education amendments of 1980 - report, 1980

Joint House committee hearings

  1. Child abuse and day care - House of Representatives committee on ways and means andselect committee on youth, children, and families - joint hearing, 1985
  2. Sudden infant death syndrome - House of Representatives committee on post office andcivil service; committee on energy and commerce; committee on children, youth, and families - joint hearing, 1986
  3. Catastrophic health insurance: the needs of children - House of Representatives select committee on aging; select committee on children, youth, and families - joint hearing,1987
  4. The crack cocaine crisis - House of Representatives committee on narcotics abuse andcontrol; select committee on children, youth, and families - joint hearing, 1987
  5. Hispanic children, youth, and families: challenges, changes, and employment - House ofRepresentatives select committee on children, youth, and families; committee on education and labor - joint hearing, 1987

Committee on the Budget

  1. The congressional budget process - explanation, 1982
  2. President Reagan's fiscal year 1983 budget - report, 1982

Committee on Education and Labor

  1. Reauthorization of the higher education act and related measures, part 1 - hearings, 1979
  2. Oversight of public law 94-142 - the education for all handicapped children act, part 1 -hearings, 1979
  3. A compilation of federal education laws, vol II - 1983
  4. Indian education act-title IV - hearing, 1983
  5. Vocational technical education amendments of 1984 - report, 1984
  6. Impact of unemployment on children and families - hearing, 1984
  7. Juvenile justice, runaway youth, and missing children's act amendments of 1984 -hearing, 1984
  8. Hearings on a bill to make permanent certain child nutrition programs - hearings, 1984
  9. Handicapped children's protection act - hearing, 1985
  10. Reauthorization of the discretionary programs under the education of the handicapped act- hearings, 1986
  11. The education of the handicapped amendments of 1986 - hearings, 1986

Committee on Energy and Commerce

  1. Impact of budget cuts on children - background material, 1982
  2. Infant mortality rates: failure to close the black-white gap - hearing, 1984

Committee on Government Operations

  1. Child abuse and neglect and child sexual abuse programs - hearing, 1986
  2. Mismanagement of the office of human development services: undermining programs forchildren, the disabled, and the elderly - report, 1987

Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce

  1. Child health assurance act of 1979 - report, 1979

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

  1. Impact of budget cuts on federal statistical programs - hearing, 1982

Committee on Science and Technology

  1. The psychological and social sciences research support programs of the National ScienceFoundation - background report, 1977
  2. An agenda for a study of government science policy - report, 1984

Committee on Ways and Means

  1. The social security act and related laws - 1976
  2. Child abuse service programs - field hearings, 1980
  3. Major programs within the jurisdiction of the committee on ways and means - background material and data, 1983
  4. Programs within the jurisdiction of the committee on ways and means - backgroundmaterial and data, 1984
  5. Children in poverty - study, 1985

Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families

  1. Demographic and social trends: implications for federal support of dependent-careservices for children and the elderly - report, 1983
  2. U.S. children and their families: current conditions and recent trends - report, 1983
  3. Families in crisis: the private sector response - hearing, 1983
  4. Children, youth, and families: beginning the assessment - hearing, 1983
  5. Prevention strategies for healthy babies and healthy children - hearing, 1983
  6. Supporting a family: providing the basics - hearing, 1983
  7. Families and child care: improving the options - report, 1984
  8. Children, youth and families: 1983 - a year end report - report, 1984
  9. Federal programs affecting children - 1984
  10. Child care: exploring private and public sector approaches - hearing, 1984
  11. Teenagers in crisis: issues and programs - hearing, 1984
  12. Children, youth, and families in the southeast - hearing, 1984
  13. Teen parents and their children: issues and programs - hearing, 1984
  14. Children, youth, and families of the mountain west - hearing, 1984
  15. Child care: beginning a national initiative - hearing, 1984
  16. Children, youth, and families in the Midwest - hearing, 1984
  17. Children, youth, and families in the northeast - hearing, 1984
  18. Improving American education: roles for parents - hearing, 1984
  19. Working families: issues for the 80's - hearing, 1984
  20. Children's fears of war - hearing, 1984
  21. Child abuse: what we know about prevention strategies - hearing, 1984
  22. The new unemployed: long-term consequences for their families - hearing, 1984
  23. Paternal absence and father's roles - hearing, 1984
  24. Improving child care services: what can be done? - hearing, 1985
  25. Families with disabled children: issues for the 1980s - hearing, 1985
  26. Emerging trends in mental health care for adolescents - hearing, 1985
  27. Learning from the private sector: a dialogue with foundation executives - hearing, 1985
  28. Alcohol abuse and its implications for families - hearing, 1985
  29. Prevention of alcohol abuse in American families - hearing, 1985
  30. Violence and abuse in American families - hearing, 1985
  31. A family tax report card - staff report, 1985
  32. Opportunities for success: cost-effective programs for children - staff report, 1985
  33. Tax policy: how do families fare? - report, 1985
  34. Teen pregnancy: what is being done? a state-by-state look - report, 1985
  35. Tax policy: what do families need? - hearing, 1985
  36. Safety net programs: are they reaching poor children? - report, 1986
  37. A report on the activities of the select committee on children, youth, and families -report, 1986
  38. A family tax report card: round II - staff report, 1986
  39. Children and families in the south: trends in health care, family services, and the ruraleconomy - hearing, 1986
  40. Melting pot - fact or fiction? - hearing, 1986
  41. Child care: the emerging insurance crisis - hearings, 1986
  42. Child victims of exploitation - hearing, 1986
  43. Placing infants at risk: parental addiction and disease - hearing, 1986
  44. Children and families in poverty: beyond the statistics - hearing, 1986
  45. Work in America: implications for families - hearing, 1986
  46. The diversity and strength of American families - hearing, 1986
  47. Abused children in America: victims of official neglect - report, 1987
  48. A generation in jeopardy: children and AIDS - report, 1987
  49. U.S. children and their families: current conditions and recent trends, 1987 - report, 1987
  50. Federal program affecting children, 1987
  51. Child care: key to employment in a changing economy - hearing, 1987
  52. Race relations and adolescents: coping with new realities - hearing, 1987
  53. Continuing crisis in foster care: issues and problems - hearing, 1987
  54. Children's mental health: promising responses to neglected problems - hearing, 1987
  55. Alternative reproductive technologies: implications for children and families -hearing, 1987
  56. AIDS and young children: emerging issues - hearing, 1987
  57. Child abuse and neglect in America: the problem and the response - hearing, 1987
  58. The crisis in homelessness: effects on children and families - hearing, 1987
  59. Children instate care: ensuring their protection and support - hearing, 1987
  60. Preventing out-of-home placement: programs that work - hearing, 1987
  61. Florida's economic future and the child care crisis for families - hearing, 1987
  62. Changing economics in the south: preparing our youth - hearings, 1987
  63. Children and families in the Midwest: employment family services and the rural economy- hearing, 1987
  64. Divorce: the impact on children and families - hearing, 1987
  65. The continuing infant mortality crisis in Illinois part 1 - hearings, 1988
  66. Opportunities for success: cost effective programs for children, update, 1988 -report, 1988
  67. Continuing jeopardy: children and AIDS - staff report, 1988
  68. Report on the activities for the year 1987 - report, 1988
  69. The continuing infant mortality crisis in Illinois part 2 - hearing, 1988
  70. Infancy to adolescence: opportunities for success - hearing, 1988
  71. AIDS and teenagers: emerging issues - hearing, 1988
  72. Eating disorders: the impact on children and families - hearing, 1988
  73. A domestic priority: overcoming family poverty in America - hearing, 1988
  74. Youth and violence: the current crisis - hearing, 1988
  75. Parents: the missing link in education reform - hearing, 1988
  76. Children and families in poverty: the struggle to survive - hearing, 1988
  77. Double duty: caring for children and the elderly - hearing, 1988
  78. Young children in crisis: today's problems and tomorrow's promises - hearing, 1988
  79. American families in tomorrow's economy - hearing, 1988

Senate - (no committee)

  1. Community volunteer service act of 1983 - report, 1983

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

  1. Compilation of selected federal nutrition statutes - 1982
  2. Oversight on nutritional status of low-income Americans in the 1980s - hearing, 1983
  3. Evaluation and reauthorization of the special supplemental food program for women,infants and children [WIC] - hearings, 1984

Committee on the Budget

  1. Congressional budget reform - 1976

Committee on Human Resources

  1. Education for all handicapped children act, 1977 - hearings, 1977

Committee on the Judiciary

  1. Challenge for the third century: education in a safe environment - final report on thenature and prevention of school violence and vandalism - report, 1977
  2. Protection of children against sexual exploitation - hearings, 1978
  3. Homeless youth: the saga of "pushouts" and "throwaways" in America - report, 1980
  4. An investigation by children of the inappropriate incarceration of children - report, 1980
  5. Abolition of the office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention - hearing, 1981
  6. Missing children act - report, 1982
  7. Exploitation of children - hearing, 1982
  8. Exploited and missing children - hearing, 1982

Committee on Labor and Human Relations

  1. Oversight on education for all handicapped children act, 1980 - hearings, 1980
  2. Child abuse prevention and treatment and adoption reform act amendments of 1983 -hearings, 1983

Committee on Labor and Human Resources

  1. Oversight on education for all handicapped children act, 1979 - hearings, 1979
  2. Low-income energy assistance - hearing, 1981
  3. Fighting poverty: private initiatives and public assistance - hearing, 1981
  4. Health aspects of adolescent sex, 1982 - hearing, 1982
  5. Work ethic: materialism and the American family - hearing, 1982
  6. The extended family: society's forgotten resources - hearing, 1982
  7. Voluntarism in America: promoting individual and corporate responsibility -hearing, 1982
  8. Community volunteer service act of 1983 - hearing, 1983
  9. Broken families - hearing, 1983

Finance Committee

  1. Major federal expenditure programs under the jurisdiction of the Senate committee onfinance - background material, 1981
  2. Proposals for reduction in spending program under the jurisdiction of the Senate financecommittee, 1981

Collected publications removed from collection:

  1. Piagetian theory & the helping professions, 1978
  2. The status of children, youth, and families 1979, 1980
  3. International year of the child - report, 1980
  4. Older women: the economics of aging, 1981
  5. Science and engineering education: data and information - National Science Foundation,1982
  6. Women: a developmental perspective - Department of Health and Human Services, 1982Learning from experience: evaluating early childhood demonstration programs -National Research Council, 1982
  7. Early report vol. 12, no. 3 - University of Minnesota, 1985
  8. Our nation's children: the invisible constituency, 1982
  9. A corporate reader - work and family life in the 1980s - Children's Defense Fund, 1983
  10. Policy studies review vol. 2, spec. no. 1, 1983
  11. Improving national statistics on children, youth, and families - report - Child Trends,Inc., 1984
  12. Topics in early childhood special education 4:1 Spring, 1984
  13. Reducing poverty among children - U.S. Congress, 1985
  14. Family and economic well-being environmental scan - U.S. Department of Agriculture,1988
  15. Early childhood services: a national challenge - Ford Foundation, 1989
  16. Work and responsibilities: achieving a balance - Ford Foundation, 1989

General

Processed by
James Labosier
Processing Completed
Sept. 2002
Encoded by
John P. Rees

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Finding Aid to the Society for Research in Child Development Records, 1920-1996
Status
Unverified Partial Draft
Author
James Labosier
Date
Sept. 2002
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latn
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English
Edition statement
1.0

Revision Statements

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