[William G. Roll (1926- )]. ca. 1883-1992.

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[William G. Roll (1926- )]. ca. 1883-1992.

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This collection contains the papers of William G. Roll, a former psychology professor at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia, formerly known as West Georgia College. Roll was a prominent figure in the field of parapsychology, serving as president of the Parapsychological Association and helping create a nationally recognized psychology program at West Georgia College in the 1980s. In 1961, Roll became project director of the Psychical Research Foundation, which had been founded at Duke University by J. B. Rhine in 1960, and the PRF relocated to West Georgia College with him. Along with research and lecture notes, this collection contains Roll's library of parapsychology books and periodicals. The contents of Roll's library fall under the broad category of parapsychology, a field that investigates the existence and causes of psychic abilities. This was Roll's research area, and he conducted many experiments on people with supposed abilities, including several prominent cases. Several other terms describe this field as well, which can be found in the titles of various journals: paraphysics, psychical research, psi phenomena, and psi research.

24 boxes; 24 linear ft.

University of West Georgia, Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library

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University of West Georgia, Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library

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Roll, William G. (William George), 1926-2012

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William George Roll, Jr. was born on July 3, 1926 in Bremen, Germany, the son of William George Roll and Gudrun (Agerholm) Roll. He served with the Danish Resistance Forces during World War II from 1943 to 1945. On June 22, 1950, he married Murial Gold, and together they had three children. He received his B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1949, majoring in philosophy and psychology, after transferring from Holt Gymnasium in Denmark. A year later, Roll moved to E...