Overview
William John Crozier (1892-1955), psychologist and physiologist, taught at Harvard University from 1927 until his death in 1955. Crozier’s papers include correspondence and notes for lectures at Harvard and elsewhere. Subjects of correspondence relate to the new building of the Institute of Biology, circa 1930, to the Journal of General Physiology, and to contract work for the United States Air Force.
Dates
- Creation: 1918-1965 and [undated]
Researcher Access
The Papers of William John Crozier are open for research with the following exceptions: Harvard University records are restricted for 50 years. Student and personnel records are closed for 80 years. Requires further review by the archivist; please see reference staff for details.
Extent
4.71 cubic feet (13 document boxes, 2 pamphlet binders, 1 accordion folder)The collection includes correspondence and notes for Crozier's lectures at Harvard and elsewhere. Subjects of correspondence relate to the new building of the Institute of Biology, circa 1930, to the Journal of General Physiology, and to contract work for the United States Air Force. Also includes correspondence with individuals on a variety of topics, including Crozier’s unfinished research.
Biographical note on William John Crozier
William John Crozier (1892-1955), psychologist and physiologist, taught at Harvard University from 1927 until his death in 1955. He received his BA in physical chemistry and biochemistry from the College of the City of New York in 1912 and received his PhD in zoology from Harvard University in 1915. Crozier then spent the next three years researching the behaviors of marine organisms at the Bermuda Biological Station. He taught as assistant professor of physiology at the University of Illinois Medical School from 1918 to 1919; in 1919, he was named assistant professor of zoology at the University of Chicago; from 1920 to 1925, he was professor and head of the department of zoology at Rutgers University. In 1925, Crozier was named associate professor and head of the Department of General Physiology at Harvard University, then became a full professor in 1927. During World War II, he served in the United States Air Force in the Pacific as an Operations Analyst. Over the course of his career, Crozier published 300 papers, the majority of which were in the Journal of General Physiology, of which he served as editor for many years. Crozier died in 1955.
Arrangement
This collection was arranged in ten series by the archivist:
- General folder, [undated] (HUG 4308)
- Correspondence, Chronological File, 1918-1924 (HUG 4308.4)
- Correspondence, 1923-1955 (HUG 4308.5)
- Correspondence, Subject File, 1918-1955 (HUG 4308.7)
- Correspondence and Papers Relating to New Building for the Institute of Biology, 1929-1932 (HUG 4308.8)
- Correspondence, Journal of General Psychology, 1924-1932 (HUG 4308.10)
- Correspondence, Journal of General Psychology, 1918-1955 (HUG 4308.11)
- Correspondence, Air Force Contract, 1950-1953 (HUG 4308.12)
- Notes for Lectures, 1918-1955 (HUG 4308.15)
- Correspondence on Unfinished Research, [undated] (HUG 4308.25)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Biological Libraries, 1957.
Processing Information
This finding aid was created by Olivia Mandica-Hart in August 2020. Information in this finding aid was assembled from legacy paper inventories and container management data. The collection was not re-examined by the archivist. Titles enclosed in brackets were devised by the archivist.
- Title
- Crozier, W. J. (William John), 1892-1955. Papers of William John Crozier, 1918-1965 and [undated] : an inventory
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Harvard University Archives
- Date
- July 27, 2020
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hua64020
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard University Archives Repository
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