Norman Charles Meier (1893-1967) obtained his undergraduate degree and M.A. from the University of Chicago and his PhD, in 1926, from the University of Iowa. He taught at the University of Iowa from 1922 until his retirement in 1964. Working under the direction of Carl E. Seashore, Meier prepared the Meier-Seashore Art Judgment Test, which was first published in 1929. This is the examiner’s manual for a 1942 version of the test, which by then was entitled The Meier Art Tests I. Art Judgment. The record sheet for the test, published in 1940, is 1989.0710.30. Both were published by the Bureau of Educational Research and Service of the University of Iowa.
For a general discussion of testing at the University of Iowa, with references, see 1990.0034.086.
References:
American Psychological Association, 1962 Directory, ed. James Q. Holsopple, Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 1962, p.484.
Clark, Gilbert, Zimmerman, Enid, and M. Zurmuehlen, Understanding Art Testing: Past Influences, Norman C. Meier's Contributions, Present Concerns, and Future Possibilities, Reston, Va.: National Art Education Association, 1987.
Meier, N. C., Aesthetic Judgment as a Measure of Art Talent, PhD. Dissertation, University of Iowa, 1926.
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