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January 26, 2009
Archives of the History of American Psychology adds video collection to YouTube
The Archives of the History of American Psychology (AHAP) at the University of Akron has recently created a new YouTube channel to highlight some of its moving image collection. AHAP's moving image collection contains over 6000 films, ranging from research to home movies, and many of which are extremely rare. The videos currently on the YouTube channel highlight the work of Walter Miles, an experimental psychologist from Stanford University.
AHAP is a unique collection not only in the field of psychology and also as an archive, as AHAP is the only archive in the U.S. that specifically collects and preserves subject-related materials related and is also the largest of its kind in the world. The collection includes manuscripts from over 700 psychologists, apparatus, equipment, testing materials and other multimedia materials. Make sure to check back for more video clips from time to time.
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January 12, 2009
'LIFE' photo archive opened up through Google image search
Millions of photos from the LIFE Picture Collection Photo Archive (owned by Time, Inc.) dating from the 1860s - 1970s have been made available through Google image search (to browse categories or to search only these images, click here, or add the phrase 'source:life' to any Google image search will also limit the search. The search is however limited to 200 hits for some reason.
In browsing through the 1860s decade, there are around 150 images currently up, with some minimal descriptive info for each photo. These early photographs offer some unique perspectives into one of the more turbulent periods of American history. At the moment, there are some simple labels in place to broadly categorize people, place, event, and culture; as well as a link a more commercial interest of framed reprints.
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