Finding aid for the Knight Dunlap papers


Title:
Knight Dunlap papers
Repository:
Drs. Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Center for the History of Psychology
Phone: 330-972-7285
http://www.uakron.edu/chp
Creator:
Dunlap, Knight, 1875-1949
Dates:
1898-1947
Quantity:
2.64 linear feet
Abstract:
Dunlap, an early researcher in behaviorism and psychobiology, completed much of his experimental work at Johns Hopkins University, and was a junior colleague of behaviorist John B. Watson. The Knight Dunlap papers include personal and professional correspondence and reflect his work at Johns Hopkins.
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Identification:
p15960coll10/id/1379
Location:
Boxes M565-M570.3
Language:
The records are in English

Biography of Knight Dunlap

Knight Dunlap was born on November 21, 1875 in Diamond Spring California. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of California at Berkeley. After a year of graduate school, he transferred to Harvard where he received his Masters and doctorate degree. Dunlap then returned to Berkeley as an instructor.

In 1906, Dunlap joined George M. Stratton at John Hopkins University where he developed most of his research in behaviorism and psychobiology.. Much of his experimental work was completed at John Hopkins.The department of psychology split in 1916 and Dunlap headed to the Homewood Division where he remained until 1936.

Dunlap was the chair of anthropology and psychology for the Medical Research Laboratory of the Air Service during World War I, and his research in the Army piqued his interest in the field of the vestibular system. Dunlap returned to the University of California at Los Angeles where he developed graduate instruction and a laboratory.

Dunlap died in 1949.

Scope and Content

The Knight Dunlap papers include professional and personal correspondence from the years 1926-1947, including letters from John B. Watson. Papers, notes and reviews written by Dunalp, including book reviews and manuscripts from radio talks and other speeches are also present in this collection.

Statement of Arrangement

This collection is arranged into folders by topic.

Restrictions on Use

Some restrictions on use apply; consult CHP staff for details.

Restrictions on Access

Some access restrictions apply; consult CHP staff for details.

Separated Material: Separated Material

Newspaper article titled "Can Science Determine your Baby's Career Before it can Talk?" (1922) located in Map Case 1, Drawer 10.


Subject Headings

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Behaviorism (Psychology)
Eugenics
History of psychology
Parapsychology
Psychobiology
Psychologists
Psychologists, American
Psychologists--United States
Psychology
Psychology--History
Psychology--History--20th Century

Persons:

Dunlap, Knight, 1875-1949

Organizations/Corporations:

Johns Hopkins University

Material Types:

Correspondence
Manuscripts
Manuscripts, American

Preferred Citation

Cite as: [identification of item], [folder number, box number], Archives of the History of American Psychology, The Drs. Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Center for the History of Psychology - The University of Akron