| Description | File contains 4- folders of material relating to the history of occupational Psychology and the National Institute of Industrial Psychology donated by Professor Sylvia Shimmin (1925-2004), First Chair of the British Psychological Society's Division of Occupational Psychology (DOP).
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Typed correspondence and recollections by various individuals relating to Sylvia Shimmin and Don Wallis' book '50 Years of Occupational Psychology in Britain' BPS, DOP Publishing, Leicester (1994).
The contributors include:
Mrs. E.Gould recollecting her time at the Applied Psychology Unit of the University of Edinburgh (1953-1956), 30/03/1990
David C.Duncan's recollections entitled 'NIIP as I knew it': A Critical review, 07/12/1989
Edward Elliott [writing to Don Wallis,co-author] recollecting his MOD career, the Cambridge APU and psychology in general, 1988
John Parry's recollections entitled 'Then and Now', April 1988
Isabel Blain's recollections entitled 'Occupational Psychology in Britain', September 1987
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folder III
2- page photocopy of an article by Dr.R.B.Buzzard, Research Director NIIP entitled 'The Current Research Programme of the National Institute of Industrial Psychology' taken from Bulletin of the International Association of Applied Psychology', 1963 [sent by Isabel Blain]
2- photocopied pages of obituaries for Dr.Richard Buzzard 1915-1980, Dr.C.B.Frisby Director NIIP 1902-1982 (written by Isabel Blain)
Winifred Raphael Asst.Director NIIP (written by Dr.C.B.Frisby) all taken from the Bulletin 1979-1982
7- page typescript pamphlet entitled 'The Work of the National Institute of Industrial Psychology', November 1968
9-page typescript NIIP document 'Report on Progress-September 21st to November 27th 1968', 28/11/68
12-page typescript NIIP Annual Report for the Y/E 30th September 1968
7-page typescript NIIP report entitled 'Liaison with Universities and Colleges of Advanced Technology and Long Term Plans for the Future Development of the Institute's Grant Aided Research' draft prepared by the Research Director, 13th June 1966
2- printed NIIP Annual Reports and Statements of Accounts for Y/E 30th September 1973 and 1974 with attachment- incorporating ' The Case for Reviving NIIP by the Director' (1973) and a supplement -'The Present State of Affairs' (1974), the 1973 accounts contain 2-press cuttings from 'The Times' concerning the threatened closure of the NIIP 1977
5-page glossy pamphlet entitled 'Future Plans' the text of a talk to the AGM of the NIIP, 4th March 1968 by R.B.Buzzard, Director
7-page NIIP pamphlet entitled 'Taking Stock: Review for a Jubilee' an address to the AGM (NIIP) 28th April 1971 by R.B.Buzzard
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folder IV
Material from Dr. Wendy Hollway, Birkbeck College concerning Rowntree's Cocoa Works and the NIIP as follows:
Typed correspondence from Dr.Hollway to W.T.Bushell, Rowntree Macintosh Archives concerning information on surviving records,
Photocopied material supplied from the Rowntree Macintosh Archive including:
Photocopied minutes of Rowntree's Central Council from 1919 to 1926, and 5-page photocopied text of a lecture delivered before the British Research Association of Great Britain by V.Moorrees of Rowntree and Co.Ltd entitled 'Industrial Psychology' 26th January 1928
10-page photocopied reprint entitled 'Industrial Psychology at Rowntree's Cocoa Works' by V.Moorrees (Rowntree's Head of Psychological Department) and C.H.Northcott (Labour Manager) from The Human Factor, May Issue, 1933
11-pages of photocopied minutes Rowntree Council Works Meetings' 1920-1922
25- pages of photocopied minutes Rowntree Council Works Meetings 1919-1926
6- page photocopied document 'Psychological Regulations of Rowntree's Psychological Department'
6-page computer copy of a memorandum report to Mr B.S.Rowntree from Mr.L.S.Hearnshaw (industrial investigator) conducting an investigation into the internal management of the NIIP, 25/11/36
1- page NIIP leaflet entitled 'The Work of the Institute'
2-page NIIP leaflet entitled 'What the Institute Does for Associate Firm Members'
3-page photocopy of a paper delivered to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1910 by Charles S.Myers M.D. entitled 'The Pitfalls of Mental Tests'
14-page document marked 'Chapter 3' entitled 'Industrial Psychology in Practice: The Case of Rowntree's'
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folder V
Typed correspondence from Sylvia Shimmin to Professor Graham Richards, BPS Centre for the History of Psychology (2001) enclosing copies of a query (correspondence) directed to Professor Don Wallis and his reply about the origins of War Office Selection Boards and their introduction to the British Army, 1996 [See BPS/004/01/12 article by John S Murphy]
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6- Audio Cassettes of sound interviews with:
A.P.O.Williams, undated
G. Randell, 10/05/1990 (A British Psychological Society Oral History Interview from 2010 is available: ref AUD/002/OHP68)
W.T.Singleton, 1950
D.Broadbent, 1988 ?
Alistair Heron, 1949-1963
P.Shipley, 23/04/1990
The 6-audio cassette interviews have been copied and deposited into the audio archive held at the British Psychological Society's History of Psychology Centre, Tabernacle Street, London. |