and Louisa Rhine, but not a substantial amount. There is scattered correspondence between Schmeidler and J. The research data relating to the Garrett settings was never published. Schmeidler also published an article about her proxy settings with Chapman. Schmeidler collaborated with Swann, Heyman, Lewis, and Moss on the research topics listed above and co-authored journal articles which were published as a result of their research. Included are: Gardner Murphy, Schmeidler's mentor and the person who first interested her in psychical research Ingo Swann, who studied PK (psychokinesis) effects on temperature Caroline Chapman, a psychic with whom Schmeidler conducted proxy settings Eileen Garrett, a psychic who was president of the Parapsychology Foundation Inc., and with whom Schmeidler conducted proxy settings Steve Heyman, who studied the effect of time and impatience on ESP abilities Betty Humphrey, who worked in the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory in the late 1940s and early 1950s and used drawings as her ESP targets Larry Lewis, who attempted to find out if ESP hones into a target like sonar and Thelma Moss, who studied a house haunting. The following correspondents, researchers, and subjects are generally represented throughout the Correspondence and Research Files Series. Later documentation in the sheep/goat research includes data and correspondence by Murray Melnick and Christopher Scott pertaining to their study of earlier tabulations of Schmeidler's sheep/goat research. She determined through several cycles of ESP card-guessing experiments that 'sheep' (persons who believed that success was possible in ESP tasks) scored higher than 'goats' (those who rejected the possibility of success). Reflected in much of the research is the work for which Schmeidler is most notable, the development of the metaphor of the sheep and goats.

One is able to see how researchers collaborate with each other to evaluate the value of networking and mentoring to study the role of women in parapsychology and to become aware of groups and institutes interested in the study of ESP, such as the American Society for Psychical Research, the Duke University Parapsychology Laboratory, and the Parapsychology Foundation, Inc. The value of the collection may be viewed from several perspectives. There are very few personal papers located in the collection. This data formed the basis of her published journal articles and books about how various factors and traits affect a person's extrasensory perception (ESP) abilities. The research data located in the Research Files consists primarily of information which Schmeidler gathered through her work with students and colleagues as an experimental psychologist and parapsychologist. The bulk of the collection consists chiefly of Research Files but also includes Correspondence and Writings. Schmeidler Papers span the period 1943-1983.

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