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He asked them to sign their books and send them to the APA; Within one year, he received 115 books, which he kept in his APA office. The autographed book collection formed the backbone of the APA Library for a decade.</p> <h2>1960s</h2> <hr /> <p>APA acquired three properties on R Street adjacent to 1700 18th Street to house a museum and offices at 1811 R Street, N.W. Housing a museum was one of the zoning requirements for this building, and most of the first floor was dedicated to this use. The building went up in the early 1960s and replaced three townhouses.</p> <figure class="c-figure"><img alt="APA Headquarters 1800 R Street" src="/getmedia/1bfa535d-87f7-4231-b6a9-b43533eea2ea/APA-Headquarters-1800-R-St.jpg" width="80%" /> <figcaption>1700 18th Street N.W.</figcaption> </figure> <h2>1961</h2> <hr /> <p>The APA library and archives greatly expanded its depth and significance when it received the personal library of Adolf Meyer, M.D.</p> <figure class="c-figure"><img alt="APA 1800 R Street Founders Room Library" src="/getmedia/6611e1fe-03eb-43ba-b9b3-6439f4423aa3/APA-1800-R-St-Founders-Room-Library.jpg" width="80%" /> <figcaption>APA's modern Founders Room and Library at 1700 18th St N.W., photographed when the Parsons Family owned the building.</figcaption> </figure> <h2>1966</h2> <hr /> <p>In 1966, the APA Museum and Library opened with inaugural exhibitions.</p> <figure class="c-figure"><img alt="Hammersley Outside 18 St Library" src="/getmedia/c179ca6b-750c-4cee-bec3-904208888b00/Hammersley-Outside-18St-Library.jpg" width="80%" /> <figcaption>Pictured above is APA Deputy Medical Director Donald Hammersley, M.D. and yew shrubs from cuttings of yews planted by Dorothea Dix at Trenton State Hospital, which she had helped establish and where she lived as honored guest during her last years. Dr. Hammersley joined APA staff in June 1961 and retired in January 1988. In addition to helping the APA build and move into this building, he directed the office of psychiatric services for many years and was the editor of the APA journal, hospital and community psychiatry, now Psychiatric Services.</figcaption> </figure> <h2>1980</h2> <hr /> <p>In 1980, the late Marion E. Kenworthy, M.D., bequeathed her extraordinary collection of rare books to APA, including books from mainly seventeenth- to nineteenth-century on witchcraft as well as early psychiatric texts.</p> <figure class="c-figure"><img alt="Marion E. Kenworthy, M.D." src="/getmedia/9fbdf0a1-b4e2-4a14-98ba-9d74844ad13d/Marion-Kenworthy-Portrait.jpg" width="60%" /> <figcaption>Marion E. Kenworthy, M.D.</figcaption> </figure> <h2>1982</h2> <hr /> <p>APA moved to 1400 K St. N.W., which included a library with rooms for rare books, reference, reading, and archives. The library served the needs of APA staff, researchers, and the general public.</p> <h2>1984</h2> <hr /> <p>APA dedicates the Logan and Daniel Blain Members Reading Lounge, which housed the periodicals collection in APA's new library at 1400 K St, M.D.</p> <figure class="c-figure"><img alt="Sabshin at 1984 Reading Room Dedication" src="/getmedia/112c9d2f-403a-43c5-9a19-52c0323814e4/Sabshin-at-1984-Reading-Room-Dedication.jpg" width="80%" /> <figcaption>Melvin B. Sabshin, M.D., who was APA's Medical Director from 1974 to 1997 is pictured at the dedication of the Logan and Daniel Blain Members' Reading Lounge in 1984.</figcaption> </figure> <h2>2002</h2> <hr /> <p>APA moves to headquarters at 1000 Wilson Boulevard in Arlington, VA.</p> <h2>2018</h2> <hr /> <p>APA moves back to Washington, D.C. to its new headquarters at 800 Maine Ave, S.W. and establishes the rare books room, historical exhibits from the APA Archives, and a digital web presence for the Library.</p> <figure class="c-figure"><img alt="A view inside the Melvin B. Sabshin Library and Archives at 800 Maine Ave, S.W." src="/getmedia/1741138c-a526-4af9-841d-4a2323fc997e/Inside-the-Library-and-Archives.jpg" width="80%" /> <figcaption>A view inside the Melvin B. 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