Guide to the Anthony Walsh Papers , 1965-2003

(bulk 1972-1996)


Salve Regina University Archives
100 Ochre Point Avenue
Newport, RI 02891
Tel: 401-341-2276
Fax: 401-341-2951
email: archives@salve.edu

Published in 2010

Collection Overview

Title: Guide to the Anthony Walsh Papers
Date range: 1965-2003, (bulk 1972-1996)
Creator: Walsh, Anthony Albert, 1940-
Extent: 1.25 linear feet (3 document boxes)
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence, articles, and papers relating to Anthony Walsh, professor of psychology at Salve Regina University (1976- ).
Physical location: Row 6, Unit 1, Shelf 5
Language of materials: English
Repository: Salve Regina University Archives
Collection number: RG 21.1

Scope & content

The Anthony Walsh papers deal primarily with Dr. Walsh's interactions with Salve Regina University and his published papers on the history of psychology. There are several newspaper articles about Dr. Walsh written throughout his career, as well as a large collection of documents and correspondence relating directly to his relationship with Salve Regina University and the Department of Psychology, such as his Curriculum Vitae, papers and correspondence relating to promotion and tenure, and correspondence from his time as chair of the Department of Psychology. Dr. Walsh has archived copies of his published papers along with publishing correspondence and rough drafts of several of these papers. A collection of correspondence and materials related to CHEIRON 14, which Dr. Walsh hosted at Salve Regina in 1982, is also included.

There is also a wealth of information on the first Salve Regina University Web site, designed by Dr. Walsh in 1996, including several print outs of the Web page. Also included are standards manuals for the web site design created by Dr. Walsh and correspondence and articles about the web site. Along with this information about the Salve Regina University Web site are correspondences and print outs of the Department of Psychology home page, also designed by Dr. Walsh and featured in the 1996 Internet World's Fair.

Access Points

Subject Names Subject Organizations Subject Topics Subject Topics Document Types Occupations

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in five series:

  • 1. Biographical Information (1965-1993)
  • 2. Salve Regina Papers and Correspondence (1976-1999)
  • 3. CHEIRON 14 (1980, 1982; bulk 1982)
  • 4. Salve Regina Website (1996-2003)
  • 5. Papers, Article and Related Correspondence (1965-1985)

Biographical note

Anthony Walsh, Ph.D., was born November 26, 1940 in Worcester, Mass. He attended Worcester Junior College and earned an Associate Degree in Liberal Arts in 1961. He then attended American International College in Springfield, Mass., and earned a Bachelor of Arts in General Psychology in 1964. He went on to earn a Master of Science in Clinical and Counseling Psychology and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Clinical and Counseling Psychology, both at Springfield College in Springfield, Mass., in 1967. In 1974, he earned his Ph.D. at the University of New Hampshire specializing in the History of Psychology and in Systematic Psychology.

He began his teaching career in 1966 as an Instructor of Psychology at Mitchell College in New London, Conn., and went on to teach at the University of New Hampshire, Durham and Dickinson College in Carlisle, Penn., before joining the Salve Regina University faculty in 1976. He has served as chair of the Department of Psychology from 1977 to the present (2010) and was promoted from Associate Professor of Psychology to Professor of Psychology in 1981. He spent four years as an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Brown University, from 1982-1986, while remaining a member of the Salve Regina faculty.

Dr. Walsh has done extensive research into the historical topic of phrenology which was a precursor to modern psychology and psychiatry. His interest in the history of medicine, particularly psychiatry, and psychology is apparent in his research and correspondence and a great many of his papers deal with these topics.

Additionally, Dr. Walsh developed a keen interest in computers, serving as a team member of the IBM and Salve Regina College conjoint "Technological Self-Study Team" in 1984-1985, a group concerned with the implementation of integrated technology at Salve Regina. Subsequently he served as Adjunct Professor of Information Systems Science at Salve Regina from 1986-1988. In 1996, Dr. Walsh created the first incarnation of the Salve Regina University Web site, a personal web site used in his teaching, and a Department of Psychology Web page, bringing Salve Regina and his department to the World Wide Web. He maintained the Salve web site until 1999 when a full-time web master was hired by the university. He still maintains his personal web site as well as the web site for his Department.

Access & Use

Access to the collection: Select items in this collection are restricted: certain identification badges and resumes revealing Dr. Walsh's social security number, tenure and salary information, and graded papers from Dr. Walsh's graduate studies courses. Folders containing restricted materials are marked with an asterisk (*) at the beginning of the folder title.
Use of the materials: Various copying restrictions apply, according to the Archives use policy. Requests for permission to pulish material from this collection should be directed to the Archivist. See also the Archive's copyright and publication statement. The University does not hold copyright to any of Dr. Walsh's published works.
Preferred citation: [Identification of item] in RG 21.1: Anthony Walsh papers, [Box #, Folder #], Salve Regina University Archives, McKillop Library, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI
Contact information: Salve Regina University Archives
100 Ochre Point Avenue
Newport, RI 02891
Tel: 401-341-2276
Fax: 401-341-2951
email: archives@salve.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: The bulk of the collection was donated by Professor Walsh in June of 2009 under accession number 2009.020; however, one folder was donated in 2008 under accession number 2008.048.
Accruals: Additional accruals are likely. There will likely be few materials relating to conferences hosted or attended by Dr. Walsh, if any. On the chance that any materials of this nature do come in, it may be best to expand Series 3 (CHEIRON 14) to include a broader variety of conference-related materials.
Processing information: The collection was processed by Brooke Bergantzel, Archives Intern, in 2009. Some duplicate records were discarded, and photocopies onto acid-free paper were made of newspaper articles. A video recording of the 1994 Commencement Ceremony was removed from the collection, due to availability elsewhere in the archive; Dr. Walsh read the names of graduates that year.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid prepared by Brooke L. Bergantzel.
Encoding: Finding aid encoded by Lauren A. Gage 2010 June 01
Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Additional Information

Related material: Related Material in the Salve Regina University ArchivesDepartment of Psychology recordsVHS Cassette Tape of the May 15, 1994 Commencement Ceremony at which Dr. Walsh read the names of graduates.Related Material in Other ArchivesThe Archives of the History of American Psychology

Inventory

Series 1. Biographical Information
This series is made up of articles published about Dr. Walsh many relating to his work with phrenology, several drafts of his resume and curriculum vitae and miscellaneous biographical materials such as graduation and special event programs and copies of official certificates. The identification cards in the Salve Regina awards and identification folder are restricted access, as are the salary and tenure information in the Application, salary, tenure, and promotion - Salve Regina University folder. Previously in the archive, the miscellaneous awards, certificates and identification badges and cards from Salve were received under accession number 2008.048 and have been integrated with the rest of the Anthony Walsh papers.

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 *Resumes and Curriculum Vitae
 1968-1993
Box 1, Folder 2 *Application, Salary, Tenure, and Promotion- Salve Regina University
 1976-1981
Box 1, Folder 3 Articles and Publications about Dr. Walsh
 1965-1992
Box 1, Folder 4 *Salve Regina Awards and Identification
 1986-1999
Box 1, Folder 5 Miscellaneous Biographical Materials
 1974-1977

Series 2. Salve Regina University
This series contains materials related to Dr. Walsh's employment at Salve Regina, including official correspondence with Salve Regina administration, correspondence relating to a sabbatical taken by Dr. Walsh to teach at Brown University in 1982, correspondence and reports relating to Salve Regina's Department of Psychology.

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 6 Official Correspondence with Salve Regina University Administration
 1976-1997
Box 1, Folder 7 Sabbatical at Brown University
 1982
Box 1, Folder 8 Correspondence and Reports Relating to the Psychology Department at Salve Regina
 1977-1997

Series 3. Cheiron
This series contains some information about Cheiron 14, a yearly convention of Cheiron: International Society for The History of The Behavioral and Social Sciences, hosted by Dr. Walsh at Salve Regina. Included is a list of pre-registered attendees, correspondence about the event-much of it thanking Dr. Walsh for doing such an excellent job-and materials produced for the event including a copy of the program and a folder assembled by Dr. Walsh relating to Newport, RI and the surrounding area for Cheiron attendees.

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 9 Cheiron 14
 1982

Series 4. Salve Regina Website
This material relates to the original Salve Regina University Web site, which was created by Dr. Walsh in 1996. Included are two articles about the main Web site and the Department of Psychology Web site, also designed by Walsh, correspondence about the Salve Regina Web site, Webgroup correspondence and agendas, and several website standards and operations manuals. Also included are printed copies of the main Salve Regina Web site and a few copies of the Department of Psychology Web page. It should be noted that Dr. Walsh used official University publications to supply much of the text for the website, including the 1995-96 Salve Regina University Sports Guide, a Graduate Extension Study Booklet from the mid-1990's, and a course list publication for the 1998 Summer Session at Salve Regina University.

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 10 Articles About the Salve Regina Web site Designed by Dr. Walsh
 1996
Box 1, Folder 11 Webpage Correspondence, including 1996 Internet World's Fair Information
 1996
Box 1, Folder 12 Webgroup Correspondence and Agendas
 1997
Box 2, Folder 1 Web site Standards and Operations Materials
 1996-1998
Box 2, Folder 2 Print Copy of Website
 1996 Apr 23-1996 Jul 24
Box 2, Folder 3 Print Copy of Website
 1996 Jul 24
Box 2, Folder 4 Print Copy of Website
 1996 Sep 6-2003 Sep 26
Box 2, Folder 5 Psychology Home Page
 1996-1997

Series 5. Papers, Articles and Related Correspondence
This series contains a few papers from graduate school written in 1965; because they contain evaluative comments and grades written by the course instructor, these student papers are restricted. This series also contains published papers from 1968-1985, with the bulk of the articles published in the mid-1970's. The article Heads and Headlines: The Phrenological Fowlers is included in the series with several rough drafts and a copy of the final paper, collected in reverse chronological order by Dr. Walsh. Also included in the series are several images of a phrenological display Dr. Walsh created in 1976-77. Also contains correspondence relating to the field of psychology-specifically Phrenology addressed to Dr. Walsh. Also contains research correspondence from several institutions. The bulk of this series is located in correspondence related to particular articles written by Walsh and each corresponding publisher during the publishing process.

Container Description Date
Box 2, Folder 6 Academic and Research Correspondence
 1975-1985
Box 2, Folder 7 Immediate Recall- Article for Psychological Reports- Publishing Correspondence
 1967-1968
Box 2, Folder 8 Submission to Psychological Reports and Correspondence
 1970-1971
Box 2, Folder 9 Article for Journal of the History of Medicine- Publishing Correspondence
 1971
Box 2, Folder 10 Book Review for the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences and Related Correspondence
 1973
Box 2, Folder 11 *Papers
 1965
Box 3, Folder 1 Psychological Reports
 1968 Apr
Box 3, Folder 2 Articles
 1966-1972
a. (1966). Sex Differences in the Differential Recall of Taboo and Neutral Words. The Journal of Psychology, 63, 219-227 [Two copies, official reprints].
b. (1968). Immediate Recall of “Good Impression Value” and “Bad Impression Value” Verbs: Preliminary Report. Psychological Reports, 22(2), 647-652 [Two copies, official reprints].
c. (1970). Introduction. Observations on the Deranged Manifestations of the Mind. By J. C. Spurzheim. Gainesville, FL: Scholars’ Facsimiles and Reprints. v-xiii [Two copies, official reprints].
d. (1970). Is Phrenology Foolish? A Rejoinder. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 6(4), 358-361 [Two copies, official reprints].
e. (1971). George Combe: A Portrait of a Heretofore Generally Unknown Behaviorist. Journal of the Behavioral Sciences, 7, 269-278 [Two copies, official reprints].
f. (circa 1971). George Combe: Phrenologist, Philosopher, and Liberal Reformer. [One copy, original paper. Unpublished work written at the University of New Hampshire, ungraded].
g. (1971). Contributions to the History of Psychology: XIII Bibliographia Phrenologica. Psychological Reports, 28, 641-642 [Three copies, two official reprints, one manuscript].
h. (1972). Introduction. Observations on Mental Derangement. By A. Combe. Delmar, New York: Scholars’ Facsimiles and Reprints. v-xv. [Two copies, official reprints].
i. (1972). The American Tour of Dr. Spurzheim. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 27(2), 187-205 [Two copies, official reprints].
j. (1972). Physiognomy Considered in Relation to Perceptual-Cognitive Processes. [One copy, original paper. Unpublished work written at the University of New Hampshire, ungraded].
k. (1972). [Review of the Book Heads and Headlines: The Phrenological Fowlers]. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 3(4), 439-451 [Two photocopies].
Box 3, Folder 3 Articles
 1973-1976
a. (1973). A Note on the Origin of ‘Modern’ Spiritualism. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 28(2), 161-171 [Two copies, official reprints].
b. (1974). Abstract: Johan Christoph Spurzheim and the Rise and Fall of Scientific Phrenology in Boston, 1832-1842. Dissertation Abstracts International: The Sciences and Engineering, 35(3), 1397-B-1398-B [Two photocopies].
c. (1975). Phrenology in the U.S.: A Reappraisal. Paper presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association [One copy, original paper].
d. (1975). Dictionary of Scientific Biography S.v., Johann Christoph Spurzheim, 12:1975, 596-597 [One draft copy, two original paper copies pre-publication, two photocopies of the entry within the dictionary].
e. (1976). Phrenology and the Boston Medical Community in the 1830’s. Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 50, 261-273 [Three copies, one original publication and two official reprints].
f. (1976). The ‘New Science of the Mind’ and the Philadelphia Physicians in the Early 1800’s. Transactions and Studies of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. 4th Ser., 43(4) [Two copies, official reprints].
Box 3, Folder 4 Articles
 1977-1979
a. (1977). Does Psychology Have a Authoritative Biographical Dictionary on the “Great Psychologists?” [Review of the Book Names in the History of Psychology: A Biographical Sourcebook]. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 13(1), 93-99 [Two photocopies].
b. (1978). Mollie Fancher: ‘The Brooklyn Enigma’. Newport, 1(2), 10-18 [Four copies, two original publication, two official reprint].
c. (1979). The Curious Trial of the “Durham Boy”. Newport 2(2), 4-8 [Four copies, two original publication, two official reprint].
Box 3, Folder 5 Articles
 1980-1985
a. (1982). When Heads were Headlines. [Four copies, two each from separate printings. Salve Regina University Department of Psychology internal publication].
b. (1984). Johann Christoph Spurzheim: In Memoriam. History of Psychology, 16(2), 1-6 [One copy, original publication].
c. (1985, February). Phrenology Applied: The Trial and Conviction of Major Mitchell. Communique, pp. 3-4 [One copy, original publication, with associated correspondence].
Box 3, Folder 6 Display and Paper Drafts
 1972, 1976-1977