Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | American Psychological Association records, 1917-1986 |
|---|---|
| Inclusive Dates | 1917-1986 |
| Bulk Dates | 1940-1980 |
| ID No. | MSS51730 |
| Creator | American Psychological Association |
| Extent | 270,000 items |
| Extent | 725 containers |
| Extent | 290 linear feet |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009030 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm74051730 |
| Summary | Professional organization for psychologists founded in 1892 to advance psychology as a science, as a profession, and as a means of promoting human welfare. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, drafts of books, articles, and lectures, congressional testimony, reports, agendas, ballots, financial data, printed matter, and other records chiefly documenting the organization and management of the association's boards, committees, and publications. Includes the personal records of some of its executives. |