FW: B. F. Skinner's 1940 Christmas Greetings Card
Morris, Edward K.
Dear Colleagues,
I picked up the postcard below on E-Bay a few years ago. B. F. Skinner designed it. I do not know if he printed it himself. He sent it from Minneapolis, MN as his Christmas card for 1940. He was then a faculty member at the University of Minnesota. A bonus: This particular card was addressed to “Drs. Shakow & Rosenzweig, Worchester State Hospital, Worchester, Mass.” It was postmarked “3:00 pm December 23, 1940.” Its first class postage was a penny.
Happy holidays.
Ed
P.S. The card antedated Skinner’s canonical 1945 article, “The Operational Analysis of Psychological Terms.”
P.P.S. Much of the humor would have been lost if Skinner had graphed the greetings as a cumulative record. Graphs depend on purposes.
P. P.P.S. The postcard may also be viewed at the Historian’s Corner link of the website of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies. See Historians’ Corner | Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies
Katharine Milar
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