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Papers, 1929-1976
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| Collection Number: | MS C 332 |
| Creator: | Dennis, Wayne, 1905- |
| Title: | Wayne Dennis Papers
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| Dates: | 1929-1976 |
| Quantity: | 32 MS boxes and 9 vol. |
| Abstract: | Wayne Dennis (1905-1976) was born September 1, 1905 in Washington County, Ohio. He received his B.A. from Marietta College (1926) and his Ph.D. from Clark University (1930). He was known as one of the most distinguished psychologists and child development specialists of his generation. A sizable portion of the collection consists of children's drawings collected by Dr. Dennis in his cross-cultural studies of behavior and intelligence. |
Wayne Dennis (1905-1976) was born September 1, 1905 in Washington County, Ohio. He received his B.A. from Marietta College (1926) and his Ph.D. from Clark University (1930). He was known as one of the most distinguished psychologists and child development specialists of his generation. He retired in 1970 from academic life as professor emeritus of Brooklyn College, where he was professor and chair of the Department of Psychology from 1951 to 1962. He last directed the doctoral program in general psychology at the City University of New York from 1962-1964.
Dennis' academic career took him to several colleges and universities throught the South and East. His first position was assistant professor at the University of Virginia (1929-1942), but he also trained in cultural anthropology and was a social science research fellow at Yale (1936-1937). In 1942 he became professor and department head at Louisiana State University, while concurrently serving as a lieutenant in the Human Engineering Section of the Office of Naval Research. He left for the University of Pittsburgh in 1946 where he was again psychology department head. He then transferred to Brooklyn College.
Throughout his academic career, Dr. Dennis studied and researched abroad, most notably as Visiting Professor at the American University of Beirut (1955-56; 1958-59; 1964-65; 1974-75). There he compiled data for most of his important studies, combining his training in psychology and cultural anthropology. It was on a side trip to Tehran, Iran, during his first visit to the Middle East that he discovered the orphanages that would become the subjects of his field work on child development. It was also here that he began his many cross-cultural studies of performance on the Goodenaugh Draw-a-man test, which he ultimately combined into a set of mean IQs of typical children from some 50 cultures around the world.
Dr. Dennis spent his professional life exploring his thesis of child development and its emphasis on the predetermination of development, on the importance of maturation, and on the unimportance of experience in childhood development. His work helped coin the term "autogenic," a term used to describe the development of children's behavioral organizations without parental or other environmental tutelage. Dennis constantly questioned his own understanding and teachings, especially when he discovered evidence that contradicted his findings and beliefs. He died in July 1976 from complications following an automobile crash near his home in Doswell, Virginia.
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A sizable portion of the collection consists of children's drawings collected by Dr. Dennis in his cross-cultural studies of behavior and intelligence. Includes a large number of notes and printed matter on the subject of intelligence testing of children. Contains material Dr. Dennis was working with at the time of his death.
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Restrictions
Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access. For online customer service, please visit custserv@nlm.nih.gov.
Copyright
Copyright to the collection was transferred to the public domain. Contact the Reference Staff for details regarding rights. For online customer service, please visit custserv@nlm.nih.gov.
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| MeSH Subjects |
| | Child Development |
| | Mental Health |
| | Psychology |
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Dennis, Wayne. Wayne Dennis papers. 1929-1976. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.; MS C 332.
Gift from Mrs. Margaret Dennis, 1976.
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Papers, 1929-1976
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Box |
1 | | Guide to Collection |
1 | | Biographical Data and Bibliography |
1 | | Personal Data |
1 | | Autobiography - Wayne Dennis |
1 | | Newspaper Clippings - Dennis |
1 | | Early Poetry by Dennis |
1 | | Early Writings by Dennis |
1 | | "The Weekly Original" - High School Paper |
1 | | "The Olio" - College paper |
1 | | Nu Phi Fraternity - Data |
1 | | "Poems to Three Women" |
1 | | Poetry Anthology |
1 | | From Sam Hill to Sam Hill |
1 | | Dennis - Play "Holiday in Cairo" |
1 | | Group Values Through Children's Drawings - Reviews |
1 | | Children of the Creche - Reviews |
1 | | Newspaper Clippings of Interest to Dennis, |
1 | | Copyrights, |
1 | | NIMH Research Grant - Receipts and Correspondence, 1963-1969 |
1 | | Personal Correspondence |
1 | | Correspondence, unidentified |
1 | | Correspondence on the Founding of the American Psychological Association (E.G. Boring and Wayne Dennis) |
1 | | General Correspondence, A - B |
1A | | General Correspondence, C - Y |
1A | | Genealogy |
1A | | Notes on European Institutions |
| | Children's Drawings |
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1A | | | Alawi |
1A | | | Algeria |
2 | | | Algeria |
2 | | | Arabia |
2 | | | Aryar |
2 | | | Bedouins |
3 | | | Bedouins |
3 | | | Cambodia |
3 | | | Egypt |
4 | | | Egypt |
4 | | | England |
4 | | | Germany |
4 | | | Greece |
4 | | | Haiti |
5 | | | Haiti |
5 | | | Iran |
5 | | | Ireland |
5 | | | Israel |
6 | | | Korea |
7 | | | Lebanon |
8 | | | Lebanon |
9 | | | Lebanon |
10 | | | Lebanon |
10 | | | Mexico |
11 | | | Mexico |
11 | | | Mt. Jbaa |
11 | | | Puerto Rico |
11 | | | Primatives (various countries) |
11 | | | Russia |
11 | | | Saudi Arabia |
12 | | | Saudia Arabia |
12 | | | Scotland |
12 | | | South Africa |
12 | | | Sudan |
12 | | | Sweden |
12 | | | Syria |
13 | | | Syria |
14 | | | Syria |
15 | | | Syria |
15 | | | Taiwan |
15 | | | Thailand |
16 | | | Trinidad |
16 | | | Turkey |
16 | | | United States (Arizona) |
17 | | | United States (District of Columbia - Mississippi) |
18 | | | United States (Michigan - New York) |
19 | | | United States (New York - Virginia) |
20 | | | United States (Virginia) |
20 | | | Yugoslavia |
20 | | | Zaire |
20 | | | Nuns |
20 | | | Drawings Dr. Dennis was working with at time of death |
21 | | D.A.M. Lecture and Questions |
21 | | D.A.M. - American Adoptees |
21 | | American Adoptees - Data Sheets |
21 | | Drawings of Man, 1936, 1963, 1971 |
21 | | Multiple Drawings of a Man, |
21 | | Florence Goodenough |
21 | | Goodenough Scoring - Instructions and Norms |
21 | | Illustrations - Age Factor - Goodenough |
21 | | Age and Goodenough I.Q. |
21 | | D.A.M. I.Q. Summary and Conclusions |
21 | | Smiling in Profile and Full Face |
21 | | Smiling in Photographs |
21 | | Miscellaneous Data - Smiling |
21 | | Smiling Table |
21 | | Directions of Profiles |
21 | | Sex Comparisons in Content |
21 | | Fotostats of Plates |
21 | | Paper: Discussion of Drawings |
21 | | Examples of Poverty on Content and Errors in Children's Drawings |
21 | | Changes Over Time in D.A.M. |
21 | | RAtes of Gain in D.A.M. |
21 | | United States - Whites (Goodenough Scores) |
21 | | Creche - Goodenough Scores |
21 | | Photographs - Children of the Creche |
21 | | D.A.M. Tables |
21 | | D.A.M. Standardizations in Lebanon |
21 | | D.A.M. Scores - Varous Groups |
21 | | D.A.M. Zouk - Tables |
22 | | Brummana Dependents - Results of D.A.M. Tests |
22 | | Shoes Table |
22 | | Height, Shoes, and Modern Dress |
22 | | Weapons Table |
22 | | Age and D.A.M. Scores |
22 | | Contents of Drawings |
22 | | Rear View Pictures |
22 | | Contents of D.A.M. and D.A.W. |
22 | | Facial Profiles - Table |
22 | | Kinhshasa (Zaire), Scored for Race |
22 | | Number of Cases to be Scored |
22 | | Early Cultural Content |
22 | | Jerico - Jordan - Tables |
22 | | Literature and Children's Drawings |
22 | | Mopi Information - 1973 |
22 | | Medieval Prints and Notes on Subject |
22 | | Dennis Notes on Prehistoric Drawings |
22 | | Human Figure Drawings Around the World |
| | Dennis Notes |
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22 | | | Algiers |
22 | | | Cairo, Egypt |
22 | | | Kartoum, Sudan |
22 | | | Heidelberg, Germany |
22 | | | Gottenberg, Germany |
22 | | | Athens, Greece |
22 | | | Haiti |
22 | | | Aran Islands, Ireland |
22 | | | Ireland (Belgoode) |
22 | | | Beirut, Lebanon |
22 | | | Chiapas, Mexico |
22 | | | Mecca, Saudia Arabia |
22 | | | Edinburgh, Scotland |
22 | | | Bedowins, Syria |
22 | | | Hama, Syria |
22 | | | Damascus, Syria |
22 | | | Trinidad |
22 | | | Ankara, Turkey |
22 | | | United States - Blacks |
22 | | | United States - Hopi |
23 | | | United States - Navajo |
23 | | | United States - New York |
| | Uses Test |
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23 | | | Samples |
23 | | | Tables |
23 | | | Egypt |
23 | | | German |
23 | | | Athens, Greece |
23 | | | Brummana, Greece |
23 | | | Heidelberg, Germany |
23 | | | Hassidic |
23 | | | Ireland (Belgoode) |
23 | | | Lebanon (Zouk) |
23 | | | Mexico |
24 | | | Mexico |
24 | | | Saudia Arabia |
24 | | | Edinburgh, Scotland |
24 | | | Sweden |
| | Dennis Notes |
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24 | | | J. Elliotson |
24 | | | F. Galton |
24 | | | H. Gardiner |
24 | | | Hartley |
24 | | | H.L. Helmboltz |
24 | | | E. Hitzig and G. Fritsch |
24 | | | J. Loeb |
24 | | | I. Newton |
24 | | | Osler on Death |
24 | | | D. Spalding |
24 | | | E. Pinkler |
24 | | | Sully |
24 | | | J. Stanley |
24 | | | R. Woodworth |
24 | | | Leonardo da Vinci |
24 | | | W. Wundt |
25 | | | W. Wundt |
25 | | Reprint Photographs |
25 | | Reprints - A - C (Authors) |
26 | | Reprints - D - L (Authors) |
27 | | Reprints - M - Z (Authors) |
28 | | Stanford-Binet Norms of Intelligence |
28 | | New Studies of Low Intelligence |
28 | | Prevalence of Low Intelligence |
28 | | Some Ideas about Intelligence |
28 | | Causes of High Scores |
28 | | Groups with I.Q.'s above 79 |
28 | | Causes of low intelligence |
29 | | Significance of Low Scores |
28 | | Published and Unpublished Studies of Low I.Q. Groups |
28 | | I.Q. Means - Changes Over Time |
28 | | I.Q. re: Indians |
28 | | I.Q. Means and S.D.'s |
28 | | Rates of Mental Growth - Creche Groups |
28 | | American Negro - Goodenough I.Q.'s |
28 | | Sub-Saharan - African I.Q.'s, |
28 | | Goodenough Scores of Older Groups - Age 13+ |
28 | | Illiteracy Fotostats |
28 | | Illiteracy Data |
28 | | Human Figure Drawings Across Cultures and Across Time |
28 | | Rules for Scoring Word Association |
| | Word Association |
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28 | | | Zouk Foundlings |
28 | | | Dependents of Zouk |
28 | | | Zouk Extremes |
28 | | | St. V. de Paul Girls |
28 | | | Jbail Girls |
28 | | Miscellaneous Papers and Notes for the Book, Landmarks |
| | Research at Time of Death |
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29 | | | Notes - Australian Aboriginal Paintings |
29 | | | Belgoode Paper - Ireland, |
29 | | | Usayran - Beirut, Lebanon |
29 | | | Beirut, Lebanon |
29 | | | San Christobal, Mexico |
29 | | | Assar - Mecca, Saudia Arabia |
29 | | | Ankara, Turkey |
29 | | | Turkish X to S.D.'s |
29 | | | Report Study Near East |
| | Notes: Eskimo Drawings |
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29 | | | Prehistoric Drawings |
29 | | | Historical Papers |
29 | | | Correlations - Age 20-80 |
29 | | | Bigelow, Henry J. - Dr. Harlow's Case |
29 | | | Madison Meeting |
29 | | | Pot Scooting |
29 | | | Hand Holding |
29 | | Miscellaneous Papers and Notes |
| | Notes for Book on History of Psychology |
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29 | | | Selecting Notable Psychologists |
29 | | | Aristotle |
29 | | | Melville Ballard |
29 | | | Charles Bell |
29 | | | Chevreul |
29 | | | Fechner |
29 | | | G.S. Hall |
29 | | | James McKeen Cattell |
30 | | Journals - Adelle and Audrey |
31 | | Diaries |
31 | | Dennis Reprints |
32 | | Data on Levanese Adoptees |
32 | | Data on American Adoptees |
32 | | Intelligence Tests |
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