British Psychological Society Internal

The British Psychological Society internal, institutional, records comprises core material relating to the operations and activities of the Society since its foundation in 1901.

1901-2004

44 boxes, 10 oversize boxes/volumes

Alphabetical by subject into imposed series.

BPS/1/1 Minutes (of General Meetings)
BPS/1/2 Minutes (of General Meetings)
BPS/1/3 Central (mainly Council minutes)
BPS/1/4 Committees of the BPS
BPS/1/5 BPS Examination Boards
BPS/1/6 BPS Events
BPS/1/7 Finance, I.T. and Premises
BPS/1/8 Funds
BPS/1/9 Membership and Subscriptions
BPS/1/10 Miscellaneous I
BPS/1/11 Miscellaneous II
BPS/1/12 Publications and Publishing
BPS/1/13 Workshops
BPS/1/14 Working Parties
BPS/1/15 Annual Reports and Royal Charter (held by the BPS. See also 1/3/13)
BPS/1/16-18 BPS Scrapbooks

Deposited in the library at Wellcome Collection by the British Psychological Society in February 2009, with the exception of PSY/BPS/1/3/11, PSY/BPS/1/12/4, PSY/BPS/1/13 and PSY/BPS/1/14/1-3 which are stored at "Location 10": Crown Records Management (remote storage) Middlesex, and PSY/BPS/1/14/11 which is stored at the BPS History of Psychology Centre, London. PSY/BPS/1/15 is stored either at Location 10 or 13 (contact the BPS for verification)

The British Psychological Society was establised in 1901 at University College London.

A summary history of the Society, its structure, activities and policies, can be viewed on the BPS website under the "History and Research" pages. See: http://hopc.bps.org.uk.

Compiled by the Cataloguing Project Archivist at the British Psychological Society History of Psychology Centre, with minor editing by Wellcome staff.