The Humanistic Psychology Archives (HPA) was established in 1986 and is located in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections. The purpose of HPA is to collect, organize, preserve and make available to researchers primary resources relating to humanistic psychology, its antecedents, and its development. HPA contains and solicits materials generated by the founders, pioneers, major individuals, organizations, centers, and institutions participating in humanistic psychology, including its historical, literary, social, and artistic aspects.
The Humanistic Psychology Archives has major collections relating to the Association for Humanistic Psychology (AHP), George I. Brown, James F.T. Bugental, and Stanley Keleman. Among these collections, the Rollo May Papers include extensive manuscript and audiovisual material from the well-known psychotherapist and popular author. The Abraham Maslow Collection contains articles, lists, and index; correspondence to and from Carl Rogers and Bertha Maslow. Also included in HPA are collections related to Carl R. Rogers, Virginia Satir, Stewart B. Shapiro, Bob Tannenbaum and John Vasconcellos. Altogether, its present holdings include nearly 200 collections.
Collecting Priorities
Materials considered for inclusion will pertain to humanistic psychology, including its philosophical and psychological antecedents, or related fields, such as psychosynthesis and transpersonal psychology. The collecting scope is international and focused on personal papers and institutional records from the twentieth century and later. Types of materials collected include, but are not limited to, correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, research files, memoranda and minutes, photographs, and audio and video recordings.
Exclusions
Materials generally not collected include:
- Materials not specifically pertaining to humanistic psychology
- Personal libraries or collections of books
- Other printed materials (except for copies with significant inscriptions or annotations), as well as photocopies of printed materials
Curator
David Gartrell
