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Center for the History of Psychology
http://centerhistorypsychology.wordpress.com/
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.
For more information, visit our website and keep up with us on Facebook.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 196 )
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Finding the Finding Aids
contributed by Lizette Royer Barton.Our online repository recently got a face lift. Did you notice? And since many of us are cooped up at home due to COVID-19 w... Read more
Posted on 02 April 2020 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
Digitizing the Walter R Miles Film Collection
contributed by Brittany Hujar – Intern at the CCHP.As a graduate student pursuing a Master’s in Library and Information Science, I knew I wanted to concentrate... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2020 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
Anne Anastasi: An Individual for the Ages
contributed by Lizette Royer Barton.In case you haven’t been following along, we’ve been been highlighting the first five women presidents of the American... Read more
Posted on 20 March 2020 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
Hower We Really Seeing History? My Experience as an Intern at Hower House
~ contributed by Janos Jalics, Museums Archives Studies student at the University of Akron completing a Capstone project at Hower House Museum under the... Read more
Posted on 19 March 2020 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
Dean Looks Like a Lady!
contributed by Lizette Royer Barton.If you read my last blog, Go with the Flo!, you’ll remember that I’m working backwards and highlighting the first five... Read more
Posted on 12 March 2020 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
Young People. Always at the Forefront of Change.
– contributed by Lizette Royer Barton.I have to start by saying that every day I am in awe of young people, both in the history of psychology and their... Read more
Posted on 20 February 2020 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
What Makes Us Human: Valentine’s Day Edition
contributed by Rhonda RinehartHumans are perhaps the only species that finds a need to not only define what love is, but to categorize it, measure it – and... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2020 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
Women Helping Women, Part I: Go with the Flo
– contributed by Lizette Royer Barton.The American Psychological Association was founded in 1892 and in the organization’s 128-year history the membership has... Read more
Posted on 27 January 2020 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
Perchance to Dream of Postcards
contributed by Dr. Jodi Kearns Dr. Hillary Nunn.Did you know that the Institute for Human Science and Culture publishes a second blog for the Cummings Center? Read more
Posted on 21 January 2020 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
Walk and Ski Watermark
– contributed by CCHP Reference Archivist Lizette Royer Barton.The much loved and much anticipated academic winter break is upon us. Shall we celebrate with som... Read more
Posted on 18 December 2019 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
Wertheimer Family Papers Open for Research
contributed by Emily Gainer and Anthony Greenaway.The Wertheimer Family Papers are now open to researchers! The papers, consisting of 141 boxes, document the... Read more
Posted on 18 November 2019 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
Creativity? There’s a Test for That!
-contributed by Ace Harrah.Before we get into the nitty gritty, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Ace, and I’m a new intern here at CCHP. Read more
Posted on 22 October 2019 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
Museum Day in the Archives
contributed by Lizette R. Barton Every year Smithsonian Magazine hosts Museum Day and through this program museums and cultural institutions across the country... Read more
Posted on 19 September 2019 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
#UACulture
The National Museum of Psychology is just one of several really cool cultural institutions on the University of Akron campus. Our cultural partners on campus... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2019 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
A Vacation Down the Rabbit Hole.
– contributed by CCHP Reference Archivist Lizette Royer Barton It’s July.It’s the National Recreation and Park Association’s Park and Recreation Month.Summer... Read more
Posted on 18 July 2019 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
Building Renovations Complete
-contributed by Emily Gainer Jodi Kearns.In 2010, the CCHP moved into the former Roadway building. Over the past 9 years, renovations have been made to... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2019 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
Virginia, Carl, and Me
–contributed by Arianna Iliff, graduate student assistant.By the time you read this, I will be gone…from graduate school! After two and a half years here at... Read more
Posted on 13 May 2019 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
Does This Face Ring a Bell?
– contributed by CCHP graduate student assistant Tori Deming. Over the past year I’ve been digitizing the Donald Dewsbury still image collection. Read more
Posted on 18 April 2019 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
How Animal Subjects Shaped Psychology: A Student Exhibit
contributed by Rose Stull Laura Loop, students in the Museums Archives Certificate Program.The students in Foundations of Museums and Archives II have been... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2019 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY -
Max Wertheimer and Family Scrapbooks
-contributed by Emily Gainer Nicole Merzweiler.During the past 11 months, we’ve started a large but important undertaking. I am processing the Wertheimer... Read more
Posted on 11 March 2019 HEALTH, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY