Classics in the History of Psychology

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Classics in the History of Psychology is an effort to make the full texts of a large number of historically significant public domain documents from the scholarly literature of psychology and allied disciplines available on the World Wide Web. There are now over 25 books and about 200 articles and chapters on-line. The site also contains links to over 200 relevant works posted at other sites.

The target audience is researchers, teachers, and students of the history of psychology, both for use in their courses on the history of psychology, and for the purposes of primary academic research. To assist undergraduate teaching, in particular, original introductory articles and commentaries, written by some of the leading historians of psychology in North America, have been attached to a number of the most important works.

The initial set of documents was chosen by the Editor of the project, Christopher D. Green of York University, in consultation with a number of other professional historians of psychology. Many of the subsequent documents were selected in response to the requests of the site's users. See a more detailed history of the site below.

CHP would like to acknowledge the computer support of the Department of Psychology at York University, of the College of Education at Arizona State University, and the assistance of Dr. John Horan, who coordinated arrangements at ASU.

Daniel Denis
Mr. Denis is a Ph.D. student in the History & Theory of Psychology Graduate Programme in the Department of Psychology at York University. His academic supervisor is Christopher Green. He obtained his BA from Laurentian University (Ontario) in 1997, and his MA from York in 1999. He specializes in the history and theory of statistical practices in psychology. He worked with CHP from 1997 to 2002.

Mirisse Foroughé
Ms. Foroughé is a Ph.D. student in the History & Theory of Psychology Graduate Programme in the Department of Psychology at York University. Her academic supervisor is Christopher Green. She obtained his BA from York University in 1998, and her MA, also from York, in 2001. Her research interests include phenomenological psychology. She worked with CHP in 2000 and 2001.

Matthew Barnes
Mr. Barnes is an MA student in the History & Theory of Psychology Graduate Programme in the Department of Psychology at York University. His academic supervisor is Christopher Green. He obtained his BA from Mississippi State University in 1999. He is working on the historiography of psychology. He worked with CHP in 1999 and 2000.

Dan Aalbers
Mr. Aalbers is a Ph.D. student in the History & Theory of Psychology Graduate Programme in the Department of Psychology at York University. His academic supervisor is Thomas Teo. He obtained his BA from University of Nevada, Reno and his MA from Long Island University (NY). He was also the co-editor of the e-journal, Radical Psychology. He worked with CHP in 1998 and 1999.