Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The records of the American Psychological Association were given to the Library of Congress between 1967 and 1986.
Processing History
The records of the American Psychological Association were processed in 1968 and 1975 by C. Langston Craig and expanded and revised in 1992 by Joseph Sullivan and Paul D. Ledvina with the assistance of Jerry Bolling, Paul Colton, Kathleen Kelly, Lisa Madison, John Monagle, Andrew Passett, and Catherine Wilkins-Susynski. The finding aid was revised in 2009. The finding aid was updated in 2023 by Maria Farmer as part of a division-wide remediation project by the Inclusive Description Working Group.
Transfers
A phonodisc sound recording and recordings of oral history interviews have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division where they are identified as part of these records.
Other Repositories
Other records of the American Psychological Association are located at the Akron University Psychological Archives, Akron, Ohio.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, American Psychological Association Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.