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In 1937 David Pablo Boder founded the Psychological Museum in Chicago, perhaps the first such institution of its kind in psychology. This article describes the events surrounding the establishment of that museum and the psychological exposition held in 1938 to promote it. Although the Museum’s influence was largely confined to the Chicago area, it does stand as the initial example of contemporary museum and archival efforts in psychology.
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This article is a revised version of a paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, August 1978. Much of the material for this account was taken from the Boder Papers which are part of the Archives of the History of American Psychology, University of Akron. The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of John Popplestone and Marion W. McPherson in the preparation of this article.
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Benjamin, L.T. David Boder’s Psychological Museum and the Exposition of 1938. Psychol Rec 29, 559–565 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03394644
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