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{"value"=>"C. A. Tripp papers"}
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{"value"=>"The C. A. Tripp papers date from the 1940s to 2013 and document Tripp's writings and research on human sexuality (with an emphasis on homosexuality) and his collaboration with Alfred Kinsey. The majority of the collection is comprised of correspondence, drafts, and research files."}
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{"value"=>"<p>C. A. Tripp papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
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{"value"=>"Tripp, C. A.", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Clarence Arthur \"C. A.\" Tripp (1919-2003) was a psychologist and sex researcher closely affiliated with Alfred Kinsey. Tripp was born in Denton, Texas in 1919 and studied photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He was a staff member in the Eastman Kodak Company's research department before working on propaganda films for 20th Century Fox during World War II.</p> <p>Tripp's interests began to shift to psychology and after the war, he traveled to Alfred Kinsey's Institute for Sex Research. Kinsey would serve as a mentor, collaborator, and friend until Kinsey's death. Tripp provided his photography skills to several of Kinsey's research studies on sexual behavior and other Kinsey Institute projects.</p> <p>Tripp pursued formal education in psychology and received an undergraduate degree from the New School for Social Research in 1953 and a doctorate in clinical psychology from New York University in 1957. Tripp's dissertation and early professional work focused on graphology. He was affiliated with entrepreneur Huntington Hartford's Handwriting Institute in New York City from 1954 to 1964 (serving as its director) and he wrote and published on handwriting analysis. At the same time, Tripp opened a private practice and from 1955 to 1964 taught at the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center. Interested in researching a number of psychological and physiological aspects of sexuality, Tripp formed Psychological Research Associates, Inc., in 1972 and served as its director.</p> <p>Tripp's observations as a practicing psychologist and his analysis of data and research conducted by Kinsey and others informed his influential book <span class=\"title\">The Homosexual Matrix</span> (1975). This scholarly work sold half a million copies and provided a new research-based perspective on same sex attraction. He worked on revising the book and used his research to respond to and refute the claims of other researchers, most notably the work of Alan P. Bell, Martin S. Weinberg, and Sue Kiefer Hammersmith.</p> <p>Much of Tripp's own research was predicated by Kinsey's groundbreaking work and Tripp repeatedly circled back to Kinsey's research. When James H. Jones published a biography of Kinsey in 1997, Tripp took issue with Jones' characterization of Kinsey and Kinsey's research and in response drafted a manuscript entitled <span class=\"title\">Doors Behind Doors, Wheels Within Wheels.</span></p> <p>Before his death in 2003, Tripp conducted extensive research into theories and speculations about Abraham Lincoln's sexuality and had finished an unpublished book-length manuscript. The research and Tripp's manuscript were published posthumously as <span class=\"title\">The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln</span> in 2005.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The C. A. Tripp papers date from the 1940s to 2013 and primarily contain correspondence, writings, and research files that document his professional career. Some material relates to Tripp's estate and the publication of <span class=\"title\">The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln</span> after Tripp's death.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The C. A. Tripp papers are arranged in six series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/23206#c1392463'>Series I: Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1940s-2003</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The correspondence provides insight into Tripp's working relationships with other psychologists, sex researchers, and professional acquaintances. The majority of the correspondence is between Tripp and Sixt Kapff (an Italian associate of both Tripp and Kinsey), Tripp and Kinsey, and Kapff and Kinsey. The letters between Tripp and Kinsey discuss details of their research collaborations and Kinsey's visits to New York City. In 1951 Kapff wrote to Kinsey expressing an interest in his sex research and Kapff began to provide Kinsey with data and information about his own sexual activities. Kapff provided Tripp with copies of this correspondence with Kinsey. Tripp and Kapff's own letters discuss Tripp's research and Kapff's observations about sexual practices and mores in Italy and India.</p> <p>Other frequent correspondents include Professors David Gwyn Jeffreys and Wayne Dynes and Kinsey Institute director Paul Gebhard. There is also one file of correspondence with Theodore Reik. Tripp's early professional work at the Handwriting Institute is documented through correspondence, much of it with Huntington Hartford, founder of the Handwriting Institute.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/23206#c1392483'>Series II: Alfred Kinsey</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1920s-1998</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series II: Kinsey consists of general material about Kinsey and Tripp's contact with the Kinsey Institute. More detailed and substantial Kinsey and Kinsey Institute items can be found in Series I.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/23206#c1392491'>Series III: Writing and Research</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1952-2013</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>33 boxes; 37 computer files (1.16 Megabytes)</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Tripp's wide-ranging research interests are reflected in the Writing and Research series which contains material on the psychological and physiological aspects of human sexuality, with an emphasis on homosexuality; pedophilia; child abuse; and early sexual experiences among other topics. Tripp's research files primarily consist of printouts of typed notes and transcripts, summaries of secondary sources, and some data printouts; some are highlighted and annotated.</p> <p>The bulk of the research subsection contains files that could not be associated with any particular research or writing project. The writings subsection pertains to Tripp's book length projects, research articles, and unpublished writings. For <span class=\"title\">The Homosexual Matrix</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln</span>, and Tripp's joint research with Fritz Fluckiger on the sexual substrate there are drafts, correspondence, and research files related to these discreet projects. The Lincoln-related files include drafts and correspondence generated after Tripp's death. A copy of Tripp's dissertation is also available (b. 24 f.2). There is also considerable material documenting Tripp's criticism of the Kinsey biography written by James H. Jones.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/23206#c1392601'>Series IV: Subject Files</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1947-2002</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series IV: Subject Files largely document Tripp's time as director of the Handwriting Institute and lectures he delivered from 1968 through the 1990s. Tripp's early professional work at the Handwriting Institute is documented through correspondence, much of it with Huntington Hartford, founder of the Handwriting Institute. There are also several files pertaining to Tripp's associate Fritz Fluckiger.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/23206#c1392625'>Series V: Personal</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1950s-1990s</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series V: Personal contains photographs; two curriculum vitaes; and Tripp's diplomas and professional licenses. The photographs are primarily of Tripp with his family and friends, but there are portraits of Kinsey and Theodore Reik.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/23206#c1392635'>Series VI: Estate Files</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1950s-2013</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The estate files pertain to the administration of Tripp's property and literary assets.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Norman Shaifer, C. A. Tripp Literary Trust, 2015.</p>"}
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Susan M. Kline</span>, <span class=\"date\">2015</span></p>"}
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combined
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1940
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1940
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2013
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1940
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2013
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28.71 linear feet (49 boxes); 1.16 mb (37 computer files)