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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Gerald Heard papers
Creator:
Heard, Gerald
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1054
Physical Description:
1 unknown
(41 boxes and 2 oversize boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1932-1971
Abstract: Henry Fitzgerald Heard (October 6, 1889-August 14, 1971) was interested in parapsychology, Vedanta, philosophy, and religion.
He took honors in history at Cambridge, 1911, where he also did his postgraduate work in philosophy of religions. He lectured
at Oxford University and on the radio and wrote
Ascent of Humanity. He later founded Trabuco College as a center for spiritual studies. As Gerald Heard, he wrote philosophical works such as
The Emergence of Man and
The Creed of Christ. Under the name H.F. Heard, he wrote mysteries. The collection consists of Heard's manuscripts of published and unpublished
books, correspondence, tape recordings of Heard's lectures, lecture notes, articles, books from Heard's library, photographs,
and ephemera. It also includes manuscripts by others as well as an oil painting of Heard by Aldous Huxley (1933).
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material:
English
.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
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Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Collection is restricted from copying. Requests must be sent directly to trustees.
[Identification of item], Gerald Heard Papers (Collection 1054). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jay Michael Barrie, 1978-1987.
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Processed by Manuscripts Division staff.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
1720419
Born Henry Fitzgerald Heard on October 6, 1889 in London, England; took honors in history at Cambridge, 1911, where he did
postgraduate work in philosophy of religions from 1911-1912; lecturer at Oxford University; lectured on the radio 1929-1971;
wrote
Ascent of Humanity; came to the United States in 1937 with Aldous Huxley; was briefly chairman of the Department of Historical Anthropology
at Duke; moved to California, working with the Society of Friends and the Pacific Coast Institute of International Affairs;
directed Conference of the Spiritual Life, La Verne College, 1941; founded Trabuco College as a center for spiritual studies;
as "Gerald Heard," wrote philosophical works such as
The Emergence of Man and
The Creed of Christ; wrote mysteries under the name "H.F. Heard;" died August 14, 1971 in Santa Monica, California.
Collection consists of Heard's manuscripts of published and unpublished books, correspondence, sixteen boxes of tape recordings
of Heard's lectures, lecture notes, articles, books from Heard's library, photographs, and ephemera related to Heard's interests
in parapsychology, Vedanta, philosophy, and religion. Includes manuscripts by others as well as an oil painting of Heard by
Aldous Huxley (1933).
Arranged in the following series:
- Tape recordings of lectures (Boxes 1-16).
- Lecture notes (Boxes 16-22).
- Articles (Boxes 22-24).
- Miscellaneous articles (Box 24).
- Unidentified manuscripts (Box 24).
- Manuscripts of published and unpublished books (Boxes 25-28, 31).
- Explorations, a record (Box 28).
- Manuscripts by others (Box 28).
- Correspondence (Boxes 29, 36-38).
- Ephemera (Boxes 29-30).
- Photographs (Boxes 32-33).
- Books (Boxes 34-35, 39-41).
- Recordings of Gerald Heard (Box 42).
- Portraits (Box 43).
Aldous Huxley Papers (Collection 2009). Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Archives.
Audio recordings.
Parapsychology -- Archives.
Philosophy and religion -- Archives.
Heard, Gerald, 1889-1971--Archives.