Oral history interview with Ralph Tyler 1983
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- Name
- Tyler, Ralph W. (Ralph Winfred), 1902-1994 (Interviewee)
- Grossner, Isabel S (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Ralph Tyler 1983
- Abstract
- Intellectual background; recollections of Lyle Spencer through Tyler's position as chair of Science Research Associates' Educational Advisory Board, 1950- ; impressions of several products: Selective Service Qualifying examination, the Reading Laboratory, American College Testing Program; creation of the Spencer Foundation: finding board members, a chair and president; method of finding good resear ch and effective distribution of funds; description of Tyler's own work as Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.
- Collection Name
- Spencer Foundation project
- Subjects
- Educators; Educational tests and measurements; Endowments; Endowment of research; Tyler, Ralph W. (Ralph Winfred), 1902-1994; Spencer, Lyle Manley, 1911-1968; Science Research Associates; Center for Study of the Behavioral Sciences
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1983
- Note (Biographical)
- Educator.
- Note (Funding)
- Underwritten by the Spencer Foundation, Chicago, IL
- Note
- Interviewed by Isabel S. Grossner on June 17, 1983.
- Digitzed from analog recordings: Original available in the Columbia Center for Oral History, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries
- Note (Provenance)
- Ralph Tyler, Gift 1986
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13507615
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-jfak-wr70
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.