Finding Aid to the Elizabeth A. Rauscher Papers
Jessica Tai
The Bancroft Library
2023
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Elizabeth A. Rauscher papers
Creator:
Rauscher, Elizabeth A.
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2012/222
Physical Description:
10 linear feet
(21 boxes, 1 carton, 1 oversize box)
Physical Description:
6 sound cassettes
Physical Description:
1.797 GB
(19 files)
Date (inclusive): 1930-2019
Date (bulk): 1970-2009
Abstract: This collection documents the life and work of American physicist and parapsychologist Elizabeth A. Rauscher. Materials include
personal papers, professional papers, and research material.
Physical Location: Many Bancroft Library collections are stored off-site and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language of Material:
English
.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research with the exception of original archival audiovisual media in Carton 1 which is restricted
from playback due to fragility. Inquire with Bancroft Public Services regarding the creation of reading room viewing copies
of audiovisual items.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Elizabeth A. Rauscher, November, 2012.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged in the following series: I. Personal papers, II. Professional papers, III. Research material.
Biographical / Historical
Elizabeth A. Rauscher (1937-2019) was an American physicist and parapsychologist. Rauscher attended the University of California,
Berkeley for her Masters and PhD in nuclear physics. She was a former researcher with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Stanford Research Institute, and NASA. Rauscher was President of Tecnic Research
Laboratories from 1979-1988 and Tecnic Research Laboratory of Apache Junction, AZ from 1988-2004. Rauscher was a professor
of physics and general science at John F. Kennedy University from 1978-1984 and professor and graduate student adviser in
the department of physics at the University of Nevada, Reno from 1990–1998. Rauscher co-founded the Berkeley Fundamental Fysiks
Group, an informal group of physicists who met weekly to discuss quantum mysticism and the philosophy of quantum physics.
Rauscher had an interest in psychic healing, faith healing, exploring altered states of consciousness, and developing links
between Eastern philosophy and quantum physics. Her contributions to parapsychology involve developing a theory of multidimensional
geometry to explain remote viewing experiences. She was part of the initiation of the Psychotronics Association, a group of
academics seeking to unify metaphysics and physics.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Elizabeth A. Rauscher papers BANC MSS 2012/222, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Jessica Tai in 2023. Materials were rehoused in archival boxes and described at the file level.
The Elizabeth Rauscher digital files were received on 2 optical disks. The files were scanned for viruses using Malwarebytes.
Forensic disk images of the source media were made by Library staff using AccessData FTK Imager and logical copies were created
using the Digital Archivist's Resource Tool (DART). Archivists extracted and analyzed the files in FTK and TreeSize Professional,
screening material for personal identifiable information (PII).
dig002_Monitoring and Prediction of Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions is a video extracted from a corrupt optical disk. 29:20
minutes of the original 49:30 minutes are accessible.
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the life and work of American physicist and parapsychologist Elizabeth A. Rauscher. Materials include
personal papers, professional papers, and research material. The collection contains personal papers including photographs,
family history, poetry, and artwork. Professional papers include patents, teaching material, reports, conference material,
and writings. Research material includes notes, working files, correspondence, and work and research conducted by Rauscher
and the Tecnic Research Laboratory.
Conditions Governing Use
Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction
of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions,
privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Parapsychology
Physicists
Women physicists
Women physicists -- United States
Women scientists
Born digital
Audiocassettes
Rauscher, Elizabeth A.
Personal papers
1930-2011
Scope and Contents
Personal papers including material related to Rauscher's family, photographs, poetry, audiocassettes, and artwork.
box 1
Photographs (prints, photocopies, and reproductions)
approximately 1930s-2011
Physical Description: 18 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes personal, childhood, and conference photographs. Includes images documenting Rauscher's projects and research activities.
box 2
Photographs
1999-2008
Physical Description: 5 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes travel and conference photographs, and images documenting Rauscher's projects and research activities.
box 2
Family material (photocopies)
approximately 1940s-2000s
Physical Description: 7 folders
box 2
Artwork by Rauscher (reproductions)
approximately 1950s-1990s
Physical Description: 6 folders
box 1 (oversize)
Artwork by Rauscher (reproductions)
approximately 1950s-1990s
box 3
Poetry (photocopies)
1955-2003
box 3
Correspondence
1985
Scope and Contents
Letter from Rebecca Alban Puharich (Rebecca Alban Hoffberger), including court documents from her divorce to Henry K. Puharich.
carton 1
Audiocassettes
approximately 1980s-1990s
Physical Description: 6 sound cassettes
Professional papers
1960-2019
Scope and Contents
Includes biographical information, patents, correspondence, teaching material, inventions, and conference material. Also includes
authored and co-authored papers by Rauscher, as well as writings by others.
carton 1
Reports
1983-1990
Physical Description: 3 folders
box 3
Conference programs and presentations
approximately 1970s-2000s
Physical Description: 14 folders
box 4
Conference programs and presentations
2005-2008
Physical Description: 8 folders
box 5
Conference programs and presentations
2008-2010
Physical Description: 2 folders
box 15
Conference proceedings
1985-2010
Physical Description: 2 folders
box 5
Biographical material
approximately 2000s
box 5
Correspondence (photocopies)
1971-2008
box 5
European and United States patents
1988-2012
Physical Description: 5 folders
box 5
Professional files
approximately 1970s-2011
Physical Description: 4 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes materials documenting Rauscher's directorship, teaching, research, and inventions.
box 6
Professional files
approximately 1980s-2000s
Physical Description: 8 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings, articles, notes, and other material documenting Rauscher's teaching, research, and inventions.
carton 1
Professional files: T-1050
approximately 1980s-2000s
Physical Description: 4 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes reports, budget materials, notes, and other material related to the invention of the model T-1050 pre-seismic magnetic
and electronic detector.
box 1 (oversize)
Professional files: T-1050
approximately 1980s
Scope and Contents
Includes diagram and data log related to the invention of the model T-1050 pre-seismic magnetic and electronic detector.
box 6
Teaching and lecture files
1966 - approximately 2000s
Physical Description: 7 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes material documenting Rauscher's teaching, lectures, and presentations.
box 1 (oversize)
Philosophy of Science course poster
approximately 1971-1973
box 7
Writings
1965-1994
Physical Description: 11 folders
box 8
Writings
approximately 1960s-1990s
Physical Description: 8 folders
box 9
Writings
approximately 1970s-1990s
Physical Description: 4 folders
box 10
Writings
approximately 1966-2000s
Physical Description: 13 folders
box 11
Writings
approximately 1970s-2000s
Physical Description: 6 folders
box 12
Writings
1968-approximately 2010s
Physical Description: 17 folders
box 13
Writings
approximately 2000s-2010s
Physical Description: 12 folders
box 14
Writings
1977-approximately 2010s
Physical Description: 15 folders
box 15
Writings
1966-2009
Physical Description: 3 folders
carton 1
Writings
1988-1993
Physical Description: 2 folders
digital_folder 001
Orbiting The Moons of Pluto: Complex Solutions to the Einstein, Maxwell, Schrodinger and Dirac Equations by Elizabeth Rauscher
and Richard Amoroso
2010
Physical Description: 7.29 MB(12 files)
digital_folder 002
Lecture: Monitoring and Prediction of Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions
2006
Physical Description: 1.79 GB(7 files)
Research material
1950-2019
Scope and Contents
Includes proposals, research notes, diagrams, data, contract work, and other material related to Rauscher's research activities
and work with the Tecnic Research Laboratory.
box 15
Research notes and working files
approximately 1980s-1990s
box 16
Research notes and working files
approximately 1960s-2000s
Physical Description: 13 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes original and photocopied correspondence, notes, clippings, equations, and diagrams.
box 17
Research notes and working files
approximately 1950s-2010s
Physical Description: 9 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes original and photocopied data, notes, diagrams, and writings.
box 18
Research notes and working files
approximately 1960s-2000s
Physical Description: 11 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes original and photocopied correspondence, data, diagrams, equations, and annotated writings.
box 20
Research notes and working files
approximately 1960s-2010s
Physical Description: 10 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes original and photocopied clippings, correspondence, diagrams, equations, notes, and writings.
carton 1
Research notes and working files
1957-approximately 2000s
Physical Description: 8 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes original and photocopied correspondence, proposals, reports, clippings, diagrams, and data.
box 19
Parapsychology research
approximately 1960s-1990s
Physical Description: 3 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes original and photocopied notes, clippings, writings, data, and diagrams related to Rauscher's parapsychology research.
box 19
Phoenix study
approximately 1980s
Physical Description: 2 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes original and photocopied notes, data, and photographs. Also include negatives and slides.
box 21
Contract work and research
approximately 1970s-1990s
Physical Description: 5 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes original and photocopied contracts, correspondence, and reports, related to Rauscher's and Tecnic Lab's contract
work. Research and projects on topics including electromagnetic fields, geomagnetic pulsations, theoretical physics analysis,
and non invasive pain eliminators.
carton 1
Contract work and research
approximately 1980s-2007
Physical Description: 2 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes original and photocopied notes, correspondence, contracts, reports, budgets, and clippings related to Rauscher's
and Tecnic Lab's contract work. Research and projects on topics including anti-terrorist disabling weapons, acoustic cannon
weapon technology, ultrasensitive non-superconducting sensors, and magnetic piezoelectric resonators.
