J. Gaither Pratt Papers, 1963

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J. Gaither Pratt Papers, 1963

http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/uaprattjg/

Pratt joined the psychology department at Duke in 1937 as an instructor and a member of the staff of parapsychology where he served for nearly 30 years. Contains two drafts of a manuscript entitled, This was published by Doubleday in 1964 under the title The Benign Revolution: An Insider's View of Parapsychology. Parapsychology: An insider's view of ESP.

0.5 Linear Feet; 500 Items

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University Archives, Duke University.

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Pratt, J. Gaither (Joseph Gaither), 1910-1979

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Joseph Gaither Pratt was born in Winston-Salem, NC on August 31, 1910 to Joseph M. and Mattis H. Pratt. He completed his academic training at Duke University: A. B. in 1931, M. A. in 1933 and Ph.D. in 1936. He married his wife Nellie in 1936, and they had four children. Pratt joined the psychology department at Duke in 1937 as an instructor and a member of the staff of parapsychology where he served for nearly 30 years. He left Duke in 1963 to join the University of Virginia School of Medicine. ...