Guide to the Esalen Archives of Extraordinary Human Functioning HPA Mss 53
Arrangement by David C. Gartrell, description completed by Andrew Harman 2024.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
3/28/2024
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
Phone Number: (805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Title: Esalen Archives of Extraordinary Human Functioning
Identifier/Call Number: HPA Mss 53
Physical Description:
63.75 Linear Feet
(51 cartons)
Date (inclusive): 1930-1990
Date (bulk): 1965-1985
Abstract: This collection contains the Esalen Archives of Extraordinary Human Functioning.
Language of Material:
English
.
The collection is open for research. This collection is stored offsite. Advance notice is required for retrieval. Service
copies of audiovisual items may need to be made before viewing or listening.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Esalen Center, 2003.
This collection is arranged by material type and author.
- Series 1, Photocopies
- Series 2, Index cards
The Esalen Center is a holistic learning and global retreat center focusing on human potential through experience, education,
and research offering public workshops and conferences.
https://www.esalen.org/
The archive consists of photocopied articles that were part of a research project conducted from 1976 to 1992. According to
a letter from the president and CEO Sharon Thom to the Stanford Center for Research in 1996 (included in the first folder,
Box 1), the archive is "diverse, covering the physiological and psychological effects of meditation, research in the fields
of sports, philosophy, religion, cultural influences, volition, and many other subjects.
[Identification of Item] Esalen Archives of Extraordinary Human Functioning, HPA Mss 53. Department of Special Research Collections,
UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
This collection contains the Esalen Archives of Extraordinary Human Functioning. Materials include 9286 folders containing
photocopied articles pertaining to human movement, organized by author and numbered in sequential order. Also included are
four cartons of index cards.
This collection contains reprints of copyrighted materials. Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong
to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library.
All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17
of the U.S. Copyright Code and may be retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department
of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University
of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and
is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or their assignees for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
box 1, box 2, box 3, box 4, box 5, box 6, box 7, box 8, box 9, box 10, box 11, box 12, box 13, box 14, box 15, box 16, box 17, box 18, box 19, box 20, box 21, box 22, box 23, box 24, box 25, box 26, box 27, box 28, box 29, box 30, box 31, box 32, box 33, box 34, box 35, box 36, box 37, box 38, box 39, box 40, box 41, box 42, box 43, box 44, box 45, box 46, box 47
Series 1, Photocopies 1930-1990
Physical Description: 47 Linear Feet(47 cartons)
Language of Material: English.
This series contains 47 cartons of photocopies articles comprising the Esalen Archives. A box-level inventory with first and
last authors in each box has been created and can be found here:
Esalen Archives of Extraordinary Human Functioning container list.
box 48, box 49, box 50, box 51
Series 2, Index cards
Physical Description: 4 Linear Feet(4 cartons)
Language of Material: English.