psychologjictures was started in 2003 by the Dutch historian of psychology Peter van Drunen. As former director of the Archives of Dutch Psychology and researcher and teacher of the history of psychology, Van Drunen has since the early 1990s been actively engaged in promoting the use of pictorial sources in the history of psychology. His activities in this area include the exhibition ‘Put to the test’, on the history of psychology testing, a slide series on the same topic, contributions to The Illustrated History of Psychology, and picture research for an number of books, including A social history of psychology (Jansz & Van Drunen, Eds., 2003). 

psychologjictures is a direct offspring of long-standing interest in the use of pictorial materials in the history of psychology. It was initiated to help historians of psychology find their way to pictorial resources. psychologjictures is based in Amsterdam, and related to the Archives of Dutch Psychology.