www3.uakron.edu/ahap

 

Archives of the History of American Psychology

The University of Akron

 

Carl P. Duncan, Papers, (1921-1999)

 

RECORDS DATES: 1972 – 1978

 

VOLUME: .5 linear feet (M3420)

 

PROCESSED BY: Mark Bloom

 

DATE: October 2006

 

RESTRICTIONS: No restrictions

 

 

Biographical Note:

 

Carl Porter Duncan was born December 27th, 1921.  He received his Doctorate of Philosophy in Psychology from Brown University, Rhode Island in1947. He also accepted a teaching position in the Department of Psychology from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois that year.  Duncan was president of the Midwestern Psychological Association in 1966 and a past Fellow of the American Psychological Association’s Society for the History of Psychology.

 

 

Scope and Content:

 

This collection contains Duncan’s diploma from Brown University, Curriculum Vitae of former students and letters from former students and colleagues on the occasion of his 25th year teaching at Northwestern University.  Also of note are letters from attendees of the 1929 International Congress of Psychology at Yale reminiscing about the speakers.

 

 

Inventory

 

Doctorate of Philosophy Diploma

Former Students Curriculum Vitae

Letters celebrating his twenty-fifth year teaching at Northwestern

Research regarding the 1929 International Congress of Psychology

Brief case of Carl P. Duncan