Rutgers Psychological Clinic Records

The records of the Rutgers Psychological Clinic are the papers maintained by Dr. Anna Starr, director of the clinic from 1944 to 1956. Included are clinical and annual reports dating from 1929-1957, statistics, files pertaining to the Rutgers Drawing Test, newspaper clippings, early history of the clinic, surveys, memos, speeches and correspondence pertaining to the twenty-fifth anniversary of the clinic, records on the participation in war activities, material relating to psychologiccal testing and speech therapy, films of testing methods, a scrapbook of clinic activities, and some records and writings of Henry E. Starr, director of the clinic from 1928 to 1935.

The collection consists of seven series: reports, statistics, the Rutgers Drawing Test, the Rutgers Psychological Clinic, Subject File, the personal scrapbook of Anna Starr and five film reels of testing methods.

With the Report Series are annual reports of the growth and development of the clinic. Also incuded are memos between both Anna Starr and her husband Henry Starr and those to the presidents and deans of the university. The Statistics Series includes in-depth correlation and analyses, especially of patients who lived in Middlesex County. In the Drawing Test series can be found a file on Margaret Moreau and her work in Latin America. Robert Wayne Jones' dissertation is included in this series. In the Rutgers Psychological Clinic series is a manuscript of Anna Starr's that chronicles the clinic's history. The Subject File series contains newspaper clippings and photographs. The War Activities folder includes letters by the Red Cross in Lyons, France, commending Dr. Starr for her contribution to children suffering the psychological effects of war. The Personal Scrapbook series contains an entire history of public opinion on the clinic and Dr. Starr. The film reels series is an invaluable record of Dr. Starrs testing methods and demonstrates her work with patients.