Samuel P. Hayes collection

Creator:

Perkins School for the Blind, collector; Samuel P. Hayes, collector

Date Range:

1916-1954, bulk 1940s-1950s

Call Number:

AG33

Abstract:

The Samuel P. Hayes Collection contains publications by and about S.P. Hayes documenting his work as a psychiatrist and his work creating the Hayes-Binet Tests of Intelligence for the Blind. It also contains correspondence and a gift in appreciation of his work. Books from his collection document related to intelligence and psychology have handwritten annotations and underlined words or passages.

Extent:

3 linear feet, 1 full size, and one 1/2 size manuscript box 2 books, and 1 oversized silver tray.

Language:

English

Processed by:

Original unknown; updated in 2019 by Jen Hale to include accession 2019-06. Scope and contents, detailed item list, and abstract added

Biographical/Historical notes:

Dr. Samuel P. Hayes (1874-1958), was a consultant psychologist for Perkins School for the Blind from 1921-1940 and was resident staff psychologist and Director of Teacher Training from 1940-1958. Hayes is credited with creating the first psychological testing tool for measuring the mental ability of children with visual impairment. He adapted the Stanford-Binet testing program to create the Hayes-Binet Tests of Intelligence for the Blind in 1942, which was instrumental in demonstrating to the world that there is no significant difference in intelligence between individuals with visual impairments and those without. These tests were used in both the Lower and Upper schools at Perkins and ultimately used throughout the world. The Perkins-Binet tests succeeded the Hayes-Binet tests in 1980 but have since been taken off the market.

Sources of information:

McGinnity, B.L., Seymour-Ford, J. and Andries, K.J. (2004) Kindergarten. Perkins History Museum, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA.

Brubaker, Robert G., 2007, pp. 1542, “Perkins-Binet Tests of Intelligence for the Blind.” A Reference for the Education of Children, Adolescents, and Adults with Disabilities and Other Exceptional Individuals, Volume 3.

“Samuel P. Hayes Research Library.” The Lantern (Internet Archive), March 1975, pp. 18-19.

“Tests and Measurements for the Blind.” The Lantern (Internet Archive), March 15 1955, pp. 2-4.

Restrictions:

None

Copyright:

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Perkins School for the Blind, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Credit line/Citation:

AG33 Samuel P. Hayes Collection. Perkins School for the Blind Archives, Watertown, MA.

Scope/Contents:

This collection documents the writings of Perkins Psychologist Samuel P. Hayes, as well as writings about him related to intelligence testing for the blind, his influence on the field and in the case of the two letter books and an inscribed silver tray—appreciation from his colleagues. The bulk of the collection consists of publications that span the 1920s through the 1950s. The books are from Hayes personal library and cover the measurement of intelligence and psychoanalysis.

Arrangement:

Key to Abbreviations (any names that may have been abbreviated)

B1:F1 = Box 1: Folder 1

S.P. Hayes = Samuel P. Hayes

2 Series, 5 boxes arranged chronologically

• Series 1: Publications, 1916-1956
• Series 2: Letter books, 1952, 1954
• Series 3: Artifact, 1954
• Series 4: S.P. Hayes Book Collection, 1916, 1924

Related collections:

AG80 Hayes-Binet and Perkins-Binet Tests of Intelligence for the Blind Collection. Perkins School for the Blind Archives, Watertown, MA.

Container List:

Series 1: Publications, 1916-1956

Box 1

• B1:F1: A mental survey of the Ohio State School for the Blind, 1916
• B1:F2: The psychological monographs, 1916
• B1:F3: Condensed guide for the Stanford revision of the Binet-Simon tests, 1920
• B1:F4: 4th-7th Year of Research Work reprinted from the Annual Report of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind, 1920-1923
• B1:F5: Publications of the research department, circa 1924, 1926 [Includes Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind]
• B1:F6: The teachers forum, 1929, 1931, 1939
• B1:F7: Mount Holyoke College publications by S.P. Hayes, 1936, 1938
• B1:F8: Outlook for the blind ,The teachers forum, 1942, 1943, 1951
• B1:F9: Journal of genetic psychology, 1944, 1945
• B1:F10: Outlook for the blind ,The teachers forum and various publications, 1949, 1951
• B1:F11: “A list of references upon the attempts at measuring the intelligence of blind children,” after 1949
• B1:F12: A manual for the psychological examination of the adult blind, by S. P. Hayes and M. K. Bauman, 1951
• B1:F13: The lantern, featuring S.P. Hayes and his work, 1955
• B1:F14: A consideration of the work of S. P. Hayes in relation of the individual blind child, after 1949

Series 2: Letter Books, 1952, 1954

Box 2

• B2: Bound correspondence and ephemera written to S.P. Hayes, 1952
• B2: Bound correspondence and notes, written to S.P. Hayes, 1954
• B2: F3: List of names engraved on silver presentation tray, 1954

Series 3: Artifact, 1954

Box 3

Large silver tray with engraved names, presented to S.P. Hayes, 1954  

Series 4: S.P. Hayes Book Collection, 1916, 1924

Box 4

The Measurement of Intelligence, by Lewis M. Terman, 1916

Box 5

An Outline of Psychoanalysis by J.S. Van Teslaar, 1924

Provenance:

Perkins School for the Blind, except for accession 2019-06 which was donated by a relative and was formerly part of Hayes own collection of books.

Subject headings:

• Perkins School for the Blind.
• Perkins School for the Blind–History.
• Hayes, Samuel P. (Samuel Perkins), 1910-
• Psychological tests for children