The Doris Bergen papers are a compilation of manuscripts, published articles, conference presentations, research data, correspondence, notes, and primary source materials created or recorded by Dr. Doris Bergen throughout her four decades in the educational psychology and early childhood education fields. Original research data in these materials include written adult memories of childhood play, written observations of young children’s humor by parents and teachers, and elementary school student questionnaires on the problem-solving skills involved in projects using the LEGO Logo computer programming language. There are 100 VHS cassettes of recorded observations of preschool children and special needs children at play in the United States, China, and other countries. The bulk of the materials in this collection are dated between 1989 and 2010, during part of Dr. Bergen’s tenure at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

The Doris Bergen papers have been arranged into two series, both of which have been further divided into subseries. The materials are housed in 12 archival document boxes.