meeting of the Council of Representatives of the American Psychological Association (APA). As the news of this new division traveled, many questions arose. Isn't there a division of group psychotherapy already in the APA? Why hasn't there been a division of group psychotherapy in the APA long before this? The primary answer to these questions is that group psychotherapy in this country had its organizational roots in the 1940s in two separate interdisciplinary organizations: the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) and the American Society for Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (ASGPP). These organizations were started in 1942 in New York City by Samuel Slavson and Jacob Levy Moreno, respectively. The strong competitive personalities of these individuals got in the way of coming together to form one organization, so they formed separate groups. Moreno's organization stressed the psychodrama Many people were involved in creating Division 49, but all of us involved in the division owe a debt to Arthur Teicher for his persistent efforts to begin the process and see it through to completion. With regard to the preparation of this chapter, thanks go to Richard Moreland, Division 49's archivist, for his editorial suggestions, and to Gladys Bishop for her valuable help in the preparation of this manuscript.