Curt John Ducasse family papers, 1897-1969.

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Curt John Ducasse family papers, 1897-1969.

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Consists of correspondence, lecture notes, manuscripts and galley pages, notes, horoscopes, a diary, legal papers, and financial papers, dating from 1897 to 1969, that document Curt John Ducasse's career and family life. The papers deal frequently, and in depth, with parapsychology, including extra sensory perception, mental telepathy, hypnotism, visual apparitions, ectoplasms, levitation, and reincarnation.

22 linear ft.

Brown University Archives, John Hay Library

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Ducasse, Curt John, 1881-1969

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Philosopher. Faculty member of Brown University, chair of the Dept. of Philosophy, 1930-1951; Dean of the Graduate School, 1947-1949. From the description of Curt John Ducasse family papers, 1897-1969. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122615904 ...

Brown University.

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In 1917 the university established the Brown War Records Bureau, whose intention was to "collect and preserve a record of all Brown men who are serving in the present war". Brown faculty, students and alumni who were in the military were asked to fill out a small card called "Are you in the war?" and to send original letters, clippings or photographs which "have any bearing on the service of Brown men in the war." This collection is partly a result of that effort. From the guide to t...