What's in the CHOP Collection?

This collection, owned by Graham Richards, contains material from psychology and associated fields such as:

• linguistics, 
• sociology, 
• human evolution
• philosophy.

The particular focus of the collection is the history and development of the study of psychology and it includes many rare historical materials, the oldest of which is Edward Reynolds' A Treatise of the Soule of Man, published in 1640. Also included are 19th Century English texts related to the emergence of psychology as a discipline.

Areas of 20th Century psychology in which the collection is particularly strong include:

• race and racism issues, 
• popular psychologists of the inter-war period, 
• child development and education, 
• social psychology and personality.  

Collection details

• Material types: Printed books, pre-1850 printed books, serials, artefacts (testing equipment)
• Collection coverage: International
• Dates: c.1600-
• Languages: English, Latin, German, Russian language materials
• Cataloguing status: The catalogue is presently available as text html files under Author Alphabetical and Subject Alphabetical listings.  

Collections and Archives within Special Collections

Other collections and archives which exist inside the Special Collections collections.

• Arts Archive
• Badminton Collection
• Centre for the History of Psychology (CHOP) Collection
• Ceramic History Collection
• Dorothy Thompson Collection
• Eysenck Collection
• Iris Strange Collection
• Local Studies Collection
• Mining Collection
• Rare Books Collection
• Staffordshire Film Archive
• Stoke-on-Trent (South) Constituency Labour Party Archive
• Victoria Theatre Collection   

More information about Special Collections

Details of collections are available by searching via the Library Catalogue.

Opening times for Special Collections are 9am to 5pm weekdays by prior arrangement at the Help Desk.