| Level | File |
| Ref No | BPS/001/3/02/01/14 |
| Title | BPS Council Papers 1959 |
| Date | 1959 |
| Extent | 1 box |
| Description | Papers for British Psychological Society Council Meetings 1959
31 January 1959 Agenda, Minutes Papers includes applications for membership, associateship and Fellowship; articles in the press about testing, and educational psychologists view of school leavers; draft programme for Annual conference 1959 Cambridge; correspondence with Fountain Hospital concerning training for Griffiths scale [see Council Papers 1958]; Mental Health Bill [Working Party on Mental Illness and Mental Defect]; report on Working Party on Drug Addiction; 'Psychology in the Training of Medical Students in Great Britain' paper by L S Hearnshaw given at XIII International congress of Applied Psychology Rome 1958 and 'The Teaching of Normal Psychology in the Medical Curriculum' paper by L S Hearnshaw for the Training Committee; Instruction of Medical Students in Normal Psychology'; draft letter to members on subscriptions; draft rules on access to and use of the Society's archives; Scottish Division of Professional Psychologists working party on the part played by the psychologist in the ascertainment procedure adopted by Education Authorities in Scotland Enquiry, publication of evidence to Home Office Committee on Children and Young Persons;
28 February 1959 Agenda
2 May 1959 Agenda, Minutes include defamation in journals, publication of evidence to Home Office Committee on Children and Young Persons; appointments to Committees; illness of Miss Blunt; proposed Journal of Clinical and Social Psychology;
4 July 1959 Agenda, Minutes includes committee membership, new terms of reference for Working Party on Drug Addiction; Registration of the Society in New Zealand, proposed International Congress on Mental Deficiency in London in 1960; request for copies of the Bulletin by the British Museum [Library], applications for membership, associateship and Fellowship, libel insurance; sponsorship of a journal Voprosi Psychologii with Russian translations; illness of Miss Blunt; proposed Parliamentary and Scientific Society event; grant for Journal monographs
3 October 1959 Agenda, Minutes, Papers includes applications for membership, associateship and Fellowship; copyright and access to archives; Report on the congress of Royal Society of Health 27 April - 1 May 1959; libel insurance; Report of the Committee on the Rating of Charities and Kindred Bodies; solicitors opinion on deposit of Bulletin in the British Library; proposed incorporation of New Zealand branch; minutes of new Journal in Social and Clinical Psychology; finance report; accounts as at 31 December 1959; appointments of members to Mental Health Review Tribunals; membership of Standing Mental Health Advisory Committee
5 December 1959 Agenda, Minutes, Papers includes applications for membership, associateship and Fellowship; Voprosi Psychologii editorial board, deposit of Bulletin in British Museum (library); Australian Branch Commonwealth Medical Benefits; New Zealand Branch incorporation, microfilming of Society Journals; affiliation to Biological Council; Fountain Hospital concerning training for Griffiths scale; working party on consumer research, World Mental Health Year 1960; Annual Accounts at 31 December 1959;
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| 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. |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | BPS/001/3/01 BPS Council Minutes
BPS/001/11/04/03/01 BPS Consultations 1946-1959
BPS/001/11/04/03/01/02 Evidence to Home Office Committee on Children and Young Persons
BPS/001/12/02/06 British Journal of Clinical and Social Psychology |
| RelatedRecord | BPS/001/11/04/03/01/02 |
| BPS/001/11/04/03/01 |
| BPS/001/12/02/06 |
| AccessConditions | Registered Users by Appointment Only. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Location | 13: BPS History of Psychology Centre, London |
| 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. |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
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