| Level | File |
| Ref No | BPS/001/3/02/01/01 |
| Title | BPS Council Papers 1946 |
| Date | 1946 |
| Extent | 1 box |
| Description | Papers for British Psychological Society Council Meetings 1946
16 April 1946 Minutes includes letter re Psychologists in Government Service, appointments to BPS Committees; editors for new statistical publication [British Journal of Statistics], donation to Durham Cathedral for arranging visit during the annual meeting; new members and associates, proposed annual meeting in Louvain; library exchanges; subscription to arrange Internal Congress Meeting on Mental Health at Oxford August 1947; request to discuss proposed symposium on the uses and abuses of psychology
25 May 1946 Agenda, Minutes, Papers includes report on proposed new statistical publication [British Journal of Statistics]; new members and associates including eleven candidates for the Australian Branch; report on public relations by T H Pear, rules of the Committee of Professional Psychologists; membership if the Scientific Film Association; excess copies of the British Journal of Psychology; request by the Central Council for Health Education [later Health Education Council, later Health Education Authority, later Health Development Agency] that the British Psychological Society become an affiliated organisation; proposal 1947 AGM to be held at Louvain, location for the library, invitation for Professor Katz to lecture on Sweden during the war; report on fire at BPS headquarters at Tavistock House; request for grant by C J Adcock (1904-1987) to cover computing costs for statistical research
29 June 1946 Agenda, Minutes, Papers includes draft announcement of proposed new statistical publication [British Journal of Statistics]; draft letter to the Minister of Education on the shortfall of training of educational psychologists; resolution of the Social Psychology concerning request for BPS library to be recalled back to London and that foreign books be purchased routinely; Spearman Memorial Fund - monies to support statistical research either a prize or the 'purchase and upkeep of a computing machine'; staffing costs and arrangements; applications for membership; proposal from Penguin books for a dictionary of psychology; proposed psychological section of the Association of Scientific Workers AScW trade union [later ASTMS Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs]
22 July 1946 Agenda, Minutes, Papers includes applicants to the Committee of Professional Psychologists (Mental Health); representation of psychologists on the Home Office Advisory Council on Delinquency, Officer travel expenses; relaxation Committee of Professional Psychologists experience requirement until 1950 because of shortage of training facilities - two years experience in lieu of six months full time training; revised letter to Minister concerning supply and training of educational psychologists; applications for membership; National Council for Mental Health child guidance conferences in Switzerland; dictionary of psychology, Experimental Psychology Society; proposal to hold International Congress of Psychology; agree to affiliate with the Central Council for Health Education; request for funding for the Council for Curriculum reform [declined]; sending microfilms of Society journals to China via the British Council; death of George Dumas; proposed new general interest psychology journal for members instead of British Journal of Psychology General;
28 September 1946 Minutes and Papers includes proposed new journal for members instead of British Journal of Psychology General; proposed journal for the general public; applications for membership; appointment of Gladys Blunt as Secretary on resignation of Miss Betty Addinsell after 15 years; Extended General Meeting [later Annual Conference] result of vote to go but decision that too expensive to have annual conference 1947 at Louvain; International Congress of Psychology at Edinburgh in 1948 to be instead of annual conference; grant for publishing British Journal of Monograph 'A Study of Musical Appreciation' by Herbert Wing; proposal that coordinate with the National Central Library [later British Library] concerning Foreign psychology texts; application for the formation of the New Zealand Branch; proposal Australian Journal; cooption of members to the Committee of Professional Psychology (Mental Health); letter to the Minister of Education concerning supply and training of Educational Psychologists; missing minutes after fire
2 November 1946 Agenda Minutes and Papers includes changes to the letter to letter to the Minister of Education concerning supply and training of Educational Psychologists and appointment of delegation to meet Ministerial delegates, changes in staffing, applications for members; location for AGM to be Bergman Osterberg Physical Training College, Depford; use of part of the office as library reading room; reject of suggestion to publish Reynolds News Child Advice Bureau list of Child Guidance Clinics in the British Journal of Psychology; paper supply for journals; publication of Beatrice Edgell's history of the Society, cost of providing tea at Society meetings; election of fellows and Associates; proposed tribute to Cyril Burt in recognition of his knighthood; corporate membership of the National Foundation for Educational Research in England and Wales [NFER]; programme of general 'The Uses and Abuses of Psychology in Present Day Society (Flugel) and section meetings November 1946
7 December 1946 Agenda Minutes includes Spearman and Myers memorial funds to be used to purchase books for the library; creation of a library committee; grading of psychologists employed by the Air Ministry; applications for membership; overdraft due to cost of replacing equipment lost in fire; nomination for President; invitation to Professor Michotte to attend AGM; relations with the Association of Scientific Workers; representation at a meeting to draw up the constitution of the National Association for the Welfare of Spastics [should be British Council for the Welfare of Spastics later merged with National Spastics Society to become Spastics Society; part for Sir Cyril Burt.] |
| Notes | The History of Psychology Centre is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our users. Be aware that our catalogue contains historic terminology relating to mental health which could be considered offensive. The terminology exists within the original record and has been retained to inform users on viewpoints at the time. It in no way reflects the attitudes of the cataloguers or the British Psychological Society. |
June 1946 First meeting after fire of May 1946 which destroyed British Psychological Society records
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| Language | English |
| Related Material | BPS/001/3/01 BPS Council Minutes
BPS/001/12/02/04 British Journal of Statistical Psychology
BPS/001/11/01 BPS Press and Publications Committees
BPS/001/9/01/02/01 BPS Council - Library Reports
BPS/002/2/01/08 Committee of Professional Psychologists Mental Health
BPS/001/12/01/03/05/01 Monograph Supplements Before 1966 (1948-1965) |
| RelatedRecord | BPS/001/12/02/04 |
| BPS/001/11/01 |
| BPS/001/19/01/02/01 |
| BPS/002/2/01/08 |
| BPS/002/2/06/08 |
| BPS/001/12/01/03/05/01 |
| AccessConditions | Registered Users by Appointment Only. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Location | 13: BPS History of Psychology Centre, London |
| Term | Educational psychology |
| AdminHistory | The British Psychological Society Executive Committee became the Council in 1919. In 2002 Trustee status of the Council was transferred to an expanded Board of Directors named the Board of Trustees, although a Representative Council exists it does not have the executive power but had five representatives on the Board. |
| Copyright | Subject to the condition of the original, copies may be supplied for private research use only on receipt of a signed undertaking to comply with current copyright legislation. Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Head of the History of Psychology Centre and Archives and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. Where possible, assistance will be given in identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material |
| Rules | Description compiled in line with the following: ISAD (G) General International Standard Archival Description MAD3 Third Edition 2000 |
| ArchNote | Compiled by Claire Jackson BPS Archivist History of Psychology Centre. |