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Center for the History of Psychology
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The Center for the History of Psychology at The University of Akron is home to a vast collection of materials documenting the history of psychology and related human sciences. The Center houses the Archives of the History of American Psychology as well as a museum of psychology, and provides a variety of educational programs related to both library and information science and the history of the human sciences. The collections are comprised of the personal papers of more than 700 psychologists, over 1500 instruments and apparatus, 12,000 three-dimensional and paper-and-pencil tests, 5,000 moving image items, 4,000 audio recordings, 20,000 photographs and still images, 30,000 grey literature documents, and more than 50,000 monographs.
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LATEST ARTICLES ( 196 )
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Thursdays with Ben
-Contributed by Shelley BlundellLast semester, Kent State doctoral student Shelley Blundell spent each Thursday at the CHP working with the Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2013 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
Happy Holidays from the CHP (and Vineland!)
-Contributed by Cathy Faye and Lizette Royer Barton.The holiday season is here! That gives us a good excuse to spend some fun time digging through our... Read more
Posted on 21 December 2012 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
Something for Everyone at the CHP!
-Contributed by Lizette Royer Barton.Recently, Jodi brought several students from her Information Literacy course to the Center to learn about archives and... Read more
Posted on 18 December 2012 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
Sigmund Koch Papers: The Journey Begins
-Contributed by Emily GainerEmily Gainer has been the Special Collections Librarian at the CHP since May, 2012. A big part of her job is processing manuscript... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2012 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
Here Comes Santa Claus?
-Contributed by Michelle Breckon.Michelle Breckon has now completed her internship working with still images at the Center for the History of Psychology. In... Read more
Posted on 05 December 2012 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
Why You Should Practice Good Penmanship
-Contributed by Michelle Breckon.Do you remember when you were little, and you were learning how to write? Your teacher taught you how to properly form each... Read more
Posted on 27 November 2012 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
A Day in the Life of a CHP Practicum Student
-Contributed by Michelle Breckon Today I’m going to guide you through one of my days working as a practicum student in the CHP’s Still Images Collection so you... Read more
Posted on 07 November 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Night at the Archives with the Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio
Contributed by Molly Bagatto. To celebrate Archives month and the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouts USA, the CHP hosted a “Night at the Archives” for 27 fourth-... Read more
Posted on 05 November 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Card Catalog? What’s a Card Catalog?
-Contributed by Emily Gainer Library research has changed dramatically since 1983. Or has it? I pondered this question while looking at books to add to the CH... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
It’s Friday! Who Wants to Play Gobolinks?
-Contributed by Michelle Breckon. While scanning CHP photographs of various apparatus and psychologists, I found a fun game buried in the collection, and I... Read more
Posted on 05 October 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
What-is-it Wednesday? Answer Revealed!
-Contributed by Cathy Faye. Yesterday, we posted a visual quiz to the CHP facebook page, showing the image below and asking the pressing question: what is it?... Read more
Posted on 27 September 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Alberta Banner Turner Featured for Archives Month
-Contributed by Lizette Royer Barton and Emily Gainer. Each year, the Society of Ohio Archivists (SOA) creates a poster to celebrate Archives Month, which is... Read more
Posted on 14 September 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Happy Birthday Julia!
-Contributed by Lizette Royer Barton. Julia Child is my hero. She was 6’2” tall. She wore a size 12 shoe. She volunteered for the OSS during WWII and traveled... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
What Was Maslow Reading (and What Are You Reading)?
-Contributed by Jodi Kearns Many of you learned about Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs in your basic Psych 101 course. But did you know Maslow was also an... Read more
Posted on 27 July 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Psychological Assessment at the Ohio State Penn
Contributed by Jodi Kearns. The Ohio State Penitentiary stood in downtown Columbus for 150 years and held the likes of poet O. Henry and Dr. Sam Sheppard. Read more
Posted on 12 July 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Notes in the Margin
-Contributed by Emily Gainer. Most libraries frown on writing in books. At the CHP, we like to see the handwritten notes psychologists have made in the books... Read more
Posted on 29 June 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY