The Mead Project
- As well as being a repository for online versions of material by the influential American social psychologist, George Herbert Mead (1863-1931), this site also archives work related to his, including that of many important early 20th century American psychologists, including J.R. Angell, J.M. Baldwin, J. Dewey, W. James, W.I. Thomas, & E.B. Titchener.
Chronology of Psychology - Milestones in the treatment of the mentally ill, history of psychological treatments and institutions, and notable persons and publications, from the Middle Ages through 1997.
Classics in Psychology 1855-1914: Historical Essays - Short essays introductory to 48 works central to the history of scientific psychology. Each essay places a given work in its intellectual context, summarizes its basic content, and assesses its general significance.
Forum for History of Human Science - The Forum for History of Human Science is an interest group within the History of Science Society, which brings together historians of economics, anthropology, psychology, sociology, and medicine.
Freud: A Socratic Statesman - Discusses Plato and Freud's description of the soul (psyche) in terms of an internal conflict for authority over the individual. Elaborates this into an understanding of internal politics.
Georg Elias Muller - Information on the life and works of this important pioneer of experimental/physiological psychology.
Gestalt Archive - Full text Gestalt psychology and Gestalt theory articles online (historical and contemporary articles).
Gestalt Theory Resources Center - Gestalt theory and Gestalt psychology resources - including a Gestalt Theory glossary, brief biographies of the founders of Gestalt Theory, and links.
HISTNEUR-L: The History of Neuroscience Internet Forum - Gateway and information about an Internet forum for announcements, inquiries and discussion on access to historical sources and their use and interpretation for all persons interested in neuroscience history.
The History of Phrenology on the Web - Although now generally considerd pseudoscience, phrenology, the popular Victorian science of the mind and brain, had an enormous historical impact on the development of psychology and neuroscience.
The History of Psychology - from the University of Dayton. Resources on many figures in the history of psychology, and history of psychology trivia.
The History of Psychology - Etext written by a professor in the Psychology Department at Shippensburg University, PA.
The History of Psychology - By William J. House. Links to an eclectic assortment of online texts from ancient times to the 20th century (Hammurabi's Code of Law to Koffka's Introduction to Gestalt Theory).
History of Psychology Timeline - Rather an eccentric selection of key events in the history of Psychology and related fields, from c.580 B.C. to 1997, and with something of a Brazilian bias. May be useful for beginners to get themselves oriented in the field.
History of the Brain - A timeline of the development of our understanding of the brain, from 4000 B.C. to 2000 A.D.
HTP Prints - The History and Theory of Psychology eprints archive. Gives access to online versions of articles in these areas. Registered users may also deposit appropriate material.
John B. Watson - Watson instigated the Behaviorist movement in psychology. This site contains biographical information about him and his career in psychology and, later, in advertising.
The Knight Dunlap Page - Information on Knight Dunlap, a significant, but largely forgotten pioneer of American Psychology.
Leonardo da Vinci's Contributions to Neuroscience - Includes anatomical drawings by Leonardo and extracts from his writings in brain function, plus Medieval and Renaissance diagrams of the brain, its ventricles, and their function in cognition.
Mary Whiton Calkins Deserves Her Ph.D. - Mary Whiton Calkins "The Mother of Psychology" attended Harvard at the turn of the 20th century. Help Kalamazoo College students obtain the doctorate that is rightfully hers. Site contains some biographical links.
The Max Wertheimer Page - Life and work of the founder of Gestalt Psychology, with Wertheimer links.
Neuroscience History Archives - Based at the UCLA Brain Research Institute. Identifies, collects, and preserves primary source material of twentieth century American neuroscience.
The Pre-History of Cognitive Science - An annotated bibliography of the models of human cognition of Berkeley, Burton, Hobbes, and Locke. (More thinkers from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries are promised.)
RETICULUM: Neuroscience History Resources - A gateway to events, associations, opportunities, and Internet resources for history and historians of basic, clinical, and behavioral neuroscience.
Rudolf Allers - Information about this Catholic disciple of Freud and Adler who made his own distinctive contributions to psychodynamic theory. Also provides information on related thinkers Anna Terruwe, Conrad W. Baars, and Louis Jugnet.
Squashed Descartes - Condensed edition of Descartes' 'Meditatione', with study notes and glossary
The Virtual Laboratory - A resource for the history of the human sciences (especially psychology) and the "experimentalization of life," archiving historical texts and images, as well as new essays. Site is in English, but much of the archived material is in German.
William James - Information on and readings from pioneering American psychologist William James.