Dept. of Psychology (University of Michigan) records, 1926-1989.

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Dept. of Psychology (University of Michigan) records, 1926-1989.

Series includes: history, 1936-1986, containing reports, departmental review files, publication, "Psychology at Michigan: The Pillsbury Years, 1897-1947," and photographs; Administrative Committees files, 1960-1989; Budget files, 1970-1988; Course Materials, 1926-1977; Subdiscipline files, 1969-1985, consisting of records in different areas (clinical, combined program, community, social psychology, etc.); Topical Administration files, 1944-1988; Faculty files, 1959-1989; and Student information. 1966-1988, concerning in part opposition to the Vietnam War, 1966-1967.

3.75 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7361272

Bentley Historical Library

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University of Michigan. Department of Psychology

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Psychology as a separate course of study was not recognized in the United States until the last quarter of the nineteenth century. At the University of Michigan, the Department of Psychology was officially formed in 1929, but instruction in psychology or "Mental Philosophy" as it was called, was available from the Department of Philosophy from 1852. Many prominent figures in early American psychology taught at the University of Michigan. President Tappan, who was professor of mental...

Pillsbury, W. B. 1872-1960.

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