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Day 21: Our last day in Akron!

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Wow, time flies!  Tuesday was our last day at the Cummings Center for the History of Psychology.  We enjoyed lunch with the staff and our students shared what they learned.  Our students also posted their blog posts for you to enjoy!  Be sure to check them out to see the cool stuff they found in the archives.

Our group with the Center staff!

Our group with the Center staff!

Although it was time to go, we couldn’t leave without perusing some of the rare books in the cabinets that have surrounded us while we worked these last two weeks.

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The tiny book that Dov and Jenn are holding is oldest book in the collection — from 1533!  And the book that Alissa W is holding is a copy of a book by Wilhelm Wundt that belonged to William James!!! (Check out a blog post about it here.)

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The Center also has a second edition print of the Origin of Species by Darwin!

And then, it really was time to go!  Some students had to get to the airport!  Others had to do one last “only-in-Akron” activity (you are correct if you guessed that it was cruising by LeBron James’ house) before packing up for the drive back to Greenville.  All in all, a successful May X!

That’s all for this installment of Psychology in the Archives.  But until next time, you can get your history of psych fix by visiting the CHP blog: https://centerhistorypsychology.wordpress.com/

Day 17: Finished, for real this time!

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Huzzah!   WE DID IT!  The Schopler collection is officially processed!

We received a lot of behind-the-scenes help from the wonderful staff at the Cummings Center.  We couldn’t have done it without Rhonda Rinehart, the special collections manager,

Our group with Rhonda even the emotion display models are happy that we have finished!

Our group with Rhonda — even the emotion display models are happy that we have finished!

and Emily Gainer, the Special Collections Librarian.

The wall of boxes around Emily's desk has not kept us from asking her lots of questions!

The wall of boxes around Emily’s desk has not kept us from asking her lots of questions!

After finishing up we celebrated with some coffee at Starbucks!  We also met with Dr. Ray Stanley, a human factors psychologist, who spoke with us about what it is like working in an applied psychology field.

Our group with Ray Stanley At the Starbucks (which is also our regular breakfast spot!)

Our group with Ray Stanley at the Starbucks (which is also our regular breakfast spot)

Next up, finalizing the FUSE content and blog posts so that we can share all of the cool stuff that we have learned.  Stay tuned!  The adventure isn’t over quite yet!