Scope and Contents
These papers were given to the library by Prof. Dittes as he approached retirement. They document his long and noteworthy academic career at Yale. Series I, Correspondence, provides a glimpse of issues and activities that have been important to Dittes over the past half century. Series II, Writings, includes sermons, talks, lectures, published articles, papers written while Dittes was a student, unpublished papers, and reviews. Series III, Course-Related Materials, provides a good overview of courses taught by Dittes from 1955 to 1999. Series IV, Personal and Biographical Material, includes autobiographical writings and other material documenting Dittes' life and work.
Dates
- 1944-2003
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of James E. Dittes
Arrangement
- I. Correspondence
- II. Writings
- III. Course-Related Materials
- IV. Personal and Biographical material
Extent
4.5 Linear Feet (9 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
This collection documents the academic career of Yale professor James E. Dittes. Dittes received his B.D. and Ph.D. from Yale and taught Pastoral Theology and the Psychology of Religion at Yale beginning in 1955.
Biographical / Historical
- 1926 December 26
- Born in Cleveland, Ohio
- 1949
- B.A., Oberlin College
- 1954
- B.D., Yale University Divinity School
- 1955
- M.S., Yale University, Department of Psychology
- 1958
- Ph.D., Yale University, Department of Psychology
- 1955-68
- Instructor to Associate Professor, Psychology of Religion, Yale University
- 1959-65
- Executive Secretary, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
- 1966-71
- Editor, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
- 1968-84
- Professor, Psychology of Religion, Yale University
- 1969-75
- Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Religious Studies, Yale University
- 1975-82
- Chairperson, Department of Religious Studies, Yale University
- 1984-2002
- Professor, Pastoral Theology and Psychology, Yale University
- Appointed Roger J. Squire Professor of Pastoral Counseling in 2001
- 2009 August 24
- Died in Hamden, CT
- Title
- Guide to the James E. Dittes Papers
- Author
- Compiled by Martha Lund Smalley
- Date
- 2001, 2012, 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared According To Local Divinity Library Descriptive Practices
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Yale Divinity Library Repository