Correspondence and Papers on the Legal Registration of Psychologists

Mixed unsorted correspondence and papers - reports, cuttings, articles, memoranda, etc. - relating to the registration of psychologists. (Much of this seems to be papers of Dr Hetherington who was the Scientific and Professional Secretary of the British Psychological Society). The material includes and covers the following:

The registration of psychologists in New Zealand, 1964 and 1970
Registration discussions in Australia
General views registration, licensing and regulation in professions and trades and on registration of psychologists in Britain
Organisation, structure and membership rules of the BPS
Draft versions of the BPS registration proposal documents 1979-1980 (document 4 "Guidelines for the Professional Practie of Registered Psychologists"; document 3 "The Professional Psychologists Act 19--"; document 2 "The argument for registration"; document 1 "Introductory note for members of the Society"; SAB Mar 1979 discussion of legal registration meeting notes; design of the referendum for the registratin of psychologists; "Some possible consequences of the non-registration of psychologists"; "Possible costs of registration")
Papers of the (Professional Affairs Board) Committee on the Legal Registration of Psychologists in the UK including discussion papers for meetings, 1980
"A Consultative Paper on the Form of a Registration Act: The British Psychological Society: Steering Committee on Registration" article in the Bulletin of The British Psychological Society (1982) 35, 110-115
"Registration of psychologists: Political realities and the way forward: A Progress Report" article in the Bulletin of The British Psychological Society (1983) 36, 380-381
"Recommendations for the Registration of Psychologists. The British Psychological Society: Steering Committee on Registration", article in the Bulletin of The British Psychological Society (1984) 37, 1-7
BPS Council explanatory memorandum on a series of votes to revise the Royal Charter, Statutes and Rules of the Society in relation to the maintaining of a non-statutory Register of Chartered Psychologists 1985 and booklet containing entire schedule of amendments to the charter, statutes and rules, Mar 1985
Papers of and circulars for the Steering Committee on Registration
Status and definition of educational psychologists
Legal registration formal documents (filed together as samples) 1978-1980

1964-1985

1 file (in 4 parts)

Deposited in the library at Wellcome Collection by the British Psychological Society in February 2009.

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