Thick description and fine texture : studies in the history of psychology / edited by David B. Baker.

Akron, Ohio : University of Akron Press, 2003.

xxii, 249 pages ; 24 cm

1st ed.

Thirty-five years of archival achievement : essays in honor of John A. Popplestone and Marion White McPherson / David B. Baker -- Introduction : Looking backward / John A. Popplestone and Marion White McPherson -- "Microhistory" and the history of psychology : "thick description" and "the fine texture of the past" / Michael M. Sokal -- Interviewing as a tool of the trade : a not-very-satisfactory bottom line / John C. Burnham -- Harry Hollingworth and the shame of applied psychology / Ludy T. Benjamin Jr. -- An insider's look at experimental psychology in America : the diaries of Walter Miles / C. James Goodwin -- Contextualizing documents, data, and controversies : working with the Henry Herbert Goddard papers / Leila Zenderland -- Three decades of historical and archival research on psychology and religion / Hendrika Vande Kemp -- Whatever happened to the brass and glass? The rise of statistical "instruments" in psychology, 1900-1950 / Ryan D. Tweney -- Archival adventures in the history of comparative psychology / Donald A. Dewsbury -- A tale of two institutions : York University's history of psychology program and the archives of the history of American psychology / Raymond E. Fancher.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-240) and index.