Guide to the W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz Papers , 1894-1961 M0278
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1999; revised 2022 and 2023
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz Papers
Creator:
Evans-Wentz, W. Y. (Walter Yeeling)
Identifier/Call Number: M0278
Identifier/Call Number: 1019
Physical Description:
10.2 Linear Feet
(11 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1894-1977
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Estate of Walter Y. Evans-Wentz, 1978.
Biographical / Historical
Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz helped to develop Western understanding of Oriental religions, primarily Tibetan Buddhism. He was
born February 2, 1878 in Trenton, New Jersey where he spent his childhood, completing elementary school in June, 1892. After
less than two years of high school, Wentz decided to become a journalist. He dropped out and enrolled in commercial courses
at business colleges in Jacksonville, Florida and Trenton, New Jersey. Working his way across the United States in various
newspaper offices, he followed his family, who had recently settled in La Mesa, California, westward. Having decided that
he was not well-suited to journalism, he arrived in Palo Alto in the academic year 1901-1902, hoping to gain admittance to
the recently--established Stanford University.
Since Wentz had not completed high school, he was forced to make up deficiencies through special studies under various tutors.
In May 1902 he passed an exam in English composition at Stanford, thus enabling him to submit an application for admittance
to the University as a special student. Wentz graduated in Autumn 1906 (the graduation ceremonies having been postponed due
to the severe earthquake that had demolished many of Stanford's buildings in April); he was elected Phi Beta Kappa. While
at Stanford, Wentz wrote many poems, several extolling California in general and Stanford in particular, that were published,
as were a couple of essays, in the
Sequoia a student literary publication. As a Stanford undergraduate, Wentz strongly believed that mankind had a great potentiality
for spiritual and moral goodness if educated men would actively work to alleviate the social ills. He was impressed with Mrs.
Leland Stanford's dream that the University's Memorial Church would encourage the students' highest spiritual ideals without
being involved in denominational squabbles. Having been raised a Unitarian in the tradition of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Wentz
fit right in with the religious ideals fostered at Stanford. In his senior year he helped found the Social Service Club and
served as its first president with Chaplain Gardiner as the advisor. Only a month after its founding, the Club had its first
opportunity for social action by helping the victims of the San Francisco Earthquake find food and shelter.
Wentz majored in English and became interested in Celtic influences on English literature. His advisor, Professor Newcomer,
encouraged Wentz to pursue this interest by working for a Master's degree during the academic year 1906-1907. Another professor
with a great influence on Wentz's development, William James, was a visiting professor at Stanford in the spring semester
1906 and taught an introductory course in Philosophy. From James, Wentz developed an interest in the study of religious experience
and the philosophical idea of a panpsychic reality permeating all of human existence. What was always a philosophical possibility
for James became a religious probability for Wentz. After receiving his M.A. in June 1907, Wentz went to Europe. He earned
the Docteur-es-Lettres in 1909 at the University of Rennes for literary work in the field of Celtic folk-lore. At this time
Wentz affirmed his own part-Celtic ancestry by adding Evans to his name. A year later he earned his Bachelor of Science in
Anthropology from Oxford University for work on the Celtic fairy-faith. Evans-Wentz combined his literary work on Celtic folklore,
which was begun at Stanford and concluded in France, with his anthropological study of Celtic religion and overlaid with a
panpsychical theory to explain the data in his first book,
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries (London: Oxford University Press, 1911).
Between 1911 and 1917, Evans-Wentz traveled extensively through the Mediterranian countries, documenting the religious experiences
of many peoples. He spent three years in Egypt, not only studying Islamic faith, but also examining some of the Coptic documents
of the early Christian gnostic communities and some of the ancient Egyptian texts from Karnak.
His five-year sojourn in India, Sikkim, and Ceylon between 1917 and 1922 provided the material for his most important works.
These years were for the most part not spent in the theoretical study of Tibetan Buddhism, but rather in living it to attempt
to experience the life of the people on their own terms. He climbed mountains with pilgrims who were imploring the deities
to cure them of their maladies, visited various ashrams, and became a Buddhist novice monk in Sikkim between 1920 and 1922.
Despite his close proximity to the religious rituals of the Indian people, he always remained the carefully-trained anthropologist
who evaluated his data in a scholarly manner, attempting to illuminate the Buddhist religious experience in light of Western
religious phenomena. In recognition of his contribution to scholarship the honorary degree of Doctor of Science in Comparative
Religion was conferred by Oxford University in 1931. Thus, when Evans-Wentz first met Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup in Sikkim, he
recognized the Lama as a Buddhist scholar whose piety was beyond question. At the time of their first encounter, the Lama
was involved in translating several important Tibetan Buddhist texts into English. Evans-Wentz eventually edited these manuscripts
so that they would be intelligible to the Western reader. These translations provided the material for Evans-Wentz's four
most important books,
Tibet's Great Yogi, Milarepa;
The Tibetan Book of the Dead;
Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines; and
The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation (first published in London by Oxford University Press in 1928, 1929, 1935, and 1954, respectively). Together these four books
have gone through at least fifteen printings or editions and there are translations of some of these works in at least five
foreign languages. The years between 1922 and Evans-Wentz's death at the age of 87 on July 17, 1965 were spent editing these
four books and writing a fifth book,
The Sacred Mountains of the Western World (unpublished). His consuming vocation was to improve understanding between the East and the West. He traveled frequently
between Oxford University, the United States, and India. In order to continue his work he laft a large portion of his estate
to Stanford University. The fund provides an annual lectureship in his name on topics in the field of Oriental religion, philosophy,
and ethics.
Thomas V. Peterson and William A. Clebsch
August 1970
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item] W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz Papers , M0278, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford y Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Related Materials
SC0821 Evans-Wentz collection, the research Ken Winkler did in preparation for his biography of W.Y. Evans-Wentz.
M0205 Evans-Wentz Buddhism and Eastern Religions Collection -- textual works assembled during Evans-Wentz's travels relating
to the religions of Asia (principally Sri Lanka, and also China, Tibet, and other parts of Southeast Asia).
M2008 Ed Reither collection of Evans-Wentz correspondence and ephemera
M1135 Yoga Institute of America
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, books, notes, printed material, ephemera, and photographs pertaining to Mahayana Buddhism. Also contains materials
pertaining to Evans-Wentz's education.
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Box 1, folder 1
Correspondence A-B 329167
Scope and Contents note
(inc. G. Warrington [UNK])
Box 1, folder 2
Correspondence C 329165
Scope and Contents note
(includes Chang, Chen-Chi 10/1955 to 7/1957 7 TLS [UNK] enc. [UNK] 1 ALS [UNK]
Vow of Mahamudra by Dorge Tcc from E-W to Bollingen Foundation concerning Chang
ALS from D. T. Suzuki to Chang concerning E-W)
General note
[UNK]
Box 1, folder 3
Correspondence D 329163
Scope and Contents note
(includes Dhammashnna, Nun ANS [UNK] Tcc
The Guru Ngrjuna)
Box 1, folder 4
Correspondence E-F-G 329161
Box 1, folder 5
Correspondence Lama Govinda 329159
March 1955 to June 1964
Scope and Contents note
ALS (1) TLS (8) ACS (1) Tcc
Thanka of the Eight Forms of Guru Padmasambhava
Box 1, folder 6
Correspondence H-J 329157
Box 1, folder 7
Correspondence J-K 329155
Box 1, folder 8
Correspondence L-M 329153
Scope and Contents note
(includes letter from T.E. Lawrence 10/12/1916 ALS)
Box 1, folder 9
Correspondence Mc-N 329151
Box 1, folder 10
Correspondence O-P 329149
Box 1, folder 11
Correspondence Q-R 329147
Box 1, folder 12
Correspondence S 329145
Scope and Contents note
(includes Spiegelberg, Frederick 2/1952 to 10/1961 TLS (3) [UNK] TMs
Tibetan Block Prints)
Box 1, folder 13
Correspondence E. T. Sturdy 329143
June 1931 - May 1950
Scope and Contents note
(includes ALS from Ambrose Sturdy (son) [UNK] ALS from R.J.R. Scott (son-in-law) to Mrs. Stokes)
Box 2, folder 1
Correspondence T-U-V 329141
Scope and Contents note
(includes Verrill, Ruth 3/1959 to 5/1959 ALS (2) Msp of symbols cc A Proposal for Designation by William Coxon
Box 2, folder 2
Correspondence Henry Tate 329139
February 1960 to July 1960
Container Summary: TLS (10)
Box 2, folder 3
Correspondence VIP's 329137
June 1954 to April 1957
Container Summary: TLS (7) TL (2)
Box 2, folder 4
Correspondence W-Z 329135
Container Summary: ALS (2)
Scope and Contents note
(includes Waters, Frank 4/1957 to 7/1963 TLS (2) & Wentz, Lillian (sister-in-law) 2/1901 to 3/1901
Box 2, folder 5
Correspondence Unidentified 329133
Box 2, folder 6
Correspondence By E-W 329131
October 1927 to March 1965
Box 2, folder 7
Correspondence W/father 329129
June 1899 to June 1900
Box 2, folder 8
Correspondence Legal miscellany 329127
February 1878 to September 1960
Box 2, folder 9
Correspondence Concerning E-W 329125
March 1938 to February 1964
Scope and Contents note
(inc. Frank Waters to G.W. Boss)
Box 2, folder 10
Misc. writings by E-W 329103
A Voyage from SAn Diego to San Francisco Ams 329123
May 12, 1902
The Science of Environment reprint from The Theosophical Forum 329121
May 1942
Right Views Versus Wrong Views: A Confutative Critique of
The Tibetan Book of the Dead printed by the Griffin & Richmond Printing Co., Ltd, Ontario, Canada
329119
Remarks made by E-W at the conclusion of Dr. John Gayner Banks' lecture on Contemporary Religion Tms 329117
September 25, 1944
Confidence and Peace and Security reprint from The Theosophica Forum, 329115
Nov-45
Tibet's Great Yogi Milarepa reprinted from The Maha Bodhi 329113
April - May 1950
Confidence, Peace and Security
World Buddhism
329111
September 1943
Foreward to
Immortal Man by John N. East Ams
329109
July 1960
Foreward (The Light from the East) to
The American Philosopher Tms
329107
Foreward to a volume of American-born messages from Meher Baba of India Tms (1) Tcc (1) Ams (1) 329105
Box 2, folder 11
Misc. articles by others 329095
The Appeal, unidentified author T
329101
Ibbotson, Ruth,
The Art of Meditation Tms
329099
Extracts from
The Theosophical Society - address delivered by Col. H. S. Olcott, President Theosophical Society Tcc
329097
Box 3, folder 1
Diaries: 329093
1894, 1895, 1896, Jan 1897 - May 1899
Box 3, folder 2
Diaries: 329091
May 26, 1899-Jun 30, 1899, Jun 30, 1899-Aug 9, 1899, Aug 10, 1899-Jun 1, 1900, Jun 1, 1900-Jul 15, 1900
Box 3, folder 3
Diaries:
Jul 19, 1900-Aug 23, 1900, Aug 1900-Sep 1901, Sep 1901-Feb 1902, Jan 1902-Oct 2, 1903
Box 3, folder 4
Bank book 329089
1939-1943
Notes on Ultra-violet rays 329085
Books referring to my books for library 329083
Container Summary: (1p list)
Notes on Mrs. McCollum's health lectures, San Diego, 329079
1943
Bibliography and notes of readings in San Diego: Notes on Dr. Hononseck's lectures on health 329077
On Mexico (Scholastic note book) 329075
Book I: notes on readings 329073
Container Summary: (blue notepad)
Notes on readings 329071
Container Summary: (Memorandum - brown notepad)
Notes on lectures by T.R. Gaines 329069
1961
Notes on Mrs. Holmes lectures 329067
1942
Box 4, folder 1
Essays & papers (academic) 329065
1902-1903
Box 4, folder 2
Essays & papers (academic) 329063
1904
Box 4, folder 3-4
Essays & papers (academic) 329061
1905
Certificate for promotion from seventh grade, Trenton, NJ 329059
1892
Recommendation for High School Teacher's Certificate, Stanford 329057
190[UNK]
Duplicate recommendaton for High School Teacher's Certificate 329055
Stanford University Fifteenth Annual Commencement program, 329053
1906
Phi Beta Kappa - Beta of California Chapter in Stanford booklet 329051
Envelope from Harvard University addressed to E-W 329049
To whom it may concern letter from David Starr Jordan, Stanford 329047
Sep-22
Container Summary: (copy)
To whom it may concern letter from O.L. Elliott, Stanford 329045
1922
Container Summary: ([UNK])
To whom it may concern letter from J. E. McDowell, Stanford 329043
Sep-22
Container Summary: (copy)
Certificate of Composition for University Dues from University of Oxford, February 329041
1931
University Registry letter, Oxford 329039
March 1930
Maha Bodhi Society of India Diploma 329037
February 1956
Ballot for election of officers, class of 329035
1906 dated Sept 1905
Calling card of E-W of Jesus College, Oxford and Stanford Univ 329033
Phi Beta Kappa Notice 329031
April 1906
Envelope from county superintendent of schools, Los Angeles to E-W 329029
Envelope marked 1906 commencement 329027
Certificate from University of Oxford for Bachelor of Science plus envelope 329025
June 1910
Certificate of Phi Beta Kappa membership, Fairclough and Elliott o Stanford, 329023
April 12, 1906
Diploma from The Universal Brotherhood and Theosophical Society 329021
January 6, 1903
Box 4, folder 6
Fragment of Oxford Graduation gown 329017
Box 4, folder 7
Articles on Eastern & other Religions by E-W & others 328949
Preface to
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
329015
Container Summary: (specimen pages)
Review of
Tibet's Great Yog Milarepa by H. Lee Shuttleworth
329013
Review in Reviews and Notices of
Tibet's Great Yog Milarepa
329011
Dharmapala, Angarika The,
The Buddhist Empire of Asoka the Great
329009
1909
Evans-Wentz, W.Y., La
Idea de La Reencarnacion
329007
Sheet listing three books on Tibetan Religion and Yoga Practices by E-W 329005
Edge, H.T. Reincarnation and Christianity article 329003
H.P., Simplicity of the Fundamental article 329001
Theosophical items of Interest to both sides 328999
Hansen, Louis A., Why I am a Vegetarian 328997
Container Summary: pamphlet
Essene School of Life List of Publications 328995
Smith, Joseph, The Prophet Joseph Smith Tells His Own Story 328993
English 8 - requirements in English 8 class 328991
Schmiedeler, Edgar, Birth Control A Catholic View in
Reader's Digest
328989
1943
Abbreviations used in marking themes 328987
Reincarnation, The Theosophical Society, publisher 328985
Introduction to
Tibet's Great Yog Milarepa by W. Y. Evans-Wentz
328983
Program for Unitarian Church, Bard Hall, San Diego, CA 328981
Bogey - publication at Stanford Univ
328979
Who are the Mahatmans?, The Theosophical Society, publishers 328977
Van Norman, Louis E., Our Need for an Inner Sanctuary - condensation of a lecture 328975
The Three Wars, presented by Chas. V. Gridley Camp, No. 104 328973
Sinica, 328971
May 1929
Container Summary: pp 63, 64, 71 72, 91, 92, 93, 94 and 2 illus.
Suddhammachari, Sister,
Jaya Mangala Gth
328969
Container Summary: pamphlet
Holdridge, Herbert C., A Message to the North American Indians 328967
Lawrence, D. H., De-Bunking the Mexican Indian 328965
Gaskill, Gordon, Ceylon: Isle of Delight 328963
Verrill, Ruth Mrs. - notebook with thirty one pages of notes 328961
Hoskin, Clarence, Tricks of Indian Monkeys on Jungle Roads 328959
Cohen, J. M., The Craft of Dying - Cohen on
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
328957
Stover, Allan J. The Rhythm of Life 328955
March 1945
Office notes from
The Canadian Theosophist
328953
Jan 1945
Keeler, Clyde, The Worship of Ishtar Among the Cuna Indians of San Blas pamphlet 328951
1955
Box 4, folder 8
Calling cards & misc. items 328927
Box of visiting cards 328947
Note of address of Mrs Victel 328945
Various calling cards 328943
Picture of Manila Cathedral 328941
Drawing of two Oriental warriors on handmade paper 328939
Oriental characters on handmade paper 328937
Map with photographs surrounding the map 328935
Program of the play
Johnson Over Jordan by J. B. Priestley-Saville Theatre
328933
Bookcover of
The Tibetan Book of the Dead by E-W
328931
Bookcover of
Masked Gods by Frank Waters
328929
Tibetan rough translation of
The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation
328925
Biography of Lobzang M. Darji 328923
Tibetan Book of Liberation 328919
Container Summary: Notebook I
Tibetan Book of Liberation 328917
Container Summary: Notebook II
Tibetan Book of Liberation 2nd Revision (complete text)
328915
I Chelaship: its Nature & its Tests; the Pledge; the Paramitas; the Exalted Eightfold Path; Esoteric Discipline 328913
II The Esoteric or Oriental School 328911
Notes & Abstracts & Poems 328909
American Indian Lore 328907
Guru Pema's Life 328905
Container Summary: I, II, III, IV, V, VI Notebooks
Translation of
The Brief Precepts composed by Ugen Peme
328903
Art of Prayer to the
Bodhisattvas
328901
The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation translated text
328899
Notes (1) from Sarat Chandra Das, Tibetan-English Dictionary Calcutta, 328897
1902
Notes (3) from Sarat Chandra Das, Tibetan-English Dictionary 328895
Extracts & notes from
The Urga Manuscript in translation
328891
Box 5, folder 4-5
Notes and booklets on nutrition 328835
McCollum Laboratories Food Guide 328887
McCollum 21-Day Miracle Menu 328885
Brochure for A New Way of Life by Thomas Gaines 328883
Notes to Lectures by Thomas Gaines, Mss [UNK] 328881
June 10, 1948
Container Summary: 1p of added notes
Notes on Curing Certain Tropical Diseases Mss 328879
Description of Lord of Heal ing Tibetan Painting by Almora, U.P., India Mss 328877
March 11, 1940
Extracts from the Sutra of the Lord of Healing Mss by Almora U.P. possibly 328875
Gaines, Thomas, Secrets of Cosmic Power 328873
1947
Certificate of E-W for completion of course in Health Science by Paul C. Bragg 2/18/43 in envelope 328871
Bragg, Paul
Health-Vitality Youthfulness and Long Life through Nutritional Awakening
328869
Container Summary: Ten pamphlets 2/2/43, 2/3/43, 2/4/43, 2/5/43, 2/7/43, 2/8/43, 2/9/43, 2/10/43, 2/11,43, 2/12/43
Advertisement for Life-Transforming course of Health by Thomas Gaines 328867
Gaines, Thomas Scientific Breathing Principles lecture 328865
June 10, 1948
Gaines, Thomas, The Art of Sight Improvement 328863
June 11, 1948
Gaines, Thomas, 20 Important Food Facts 328861
June 12, 1948
Gaines, Thomas, Special List of Corrective Meals 328859
Gaines, Thomas, Rejuvenation, Youth & Beauty 328857
June 14, 1948
Gaines, Thomas Poise, Relaxation, Inner Peace, Brain Rejuvenation: 328855
June 14, 1948
Gaines, Thomas Success is for You 328853
June 15, 1948
Gaines, Thomas Health and Healing of Body and Mind 328851
June 15, 1948
Devi, Indra
Class Notes on Yoga softcover book with photograph of Devi
328849
The Life and Resurrection of Jesus the Christ Coptic Fellowship of America
328847
The Chemistry of Food and its Application for Health Coptic Fellowship of America
328845
Proper Nutrition and Food Value Coptic Fellowship of America
328843
Health and Beauty Coptic Fellowship of America
328841
Bragg, Paul C.
Colitis & Ulcers
328839
1940
Gaines, Thomas,
The Miracle Month
328837
1944
Preface to the First American Edition by E-W Tms (1) cc (3) 328833
Foreward by Geoffrey Hodson Tms 2pp, cc 5pp (1) cc 200 (2) 328831
General note
with ms corrections
Box 6, folder 2
The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation Tcc with ms corrections with cover
328827
Box 6, folder 3
Cuchama and Sacred Mountains Tcc with cover
328825
Box 6, folder 4
Photographs which are the illustrations in
Cuchama and Sacred Mountains with descriptions of illustrations
328823
Box 6, folder 5
Loose typed pages with ms notes of
Cuchama and Sacred Mountains
328821
Box 6, folder 6
Cuchama and Sacred Mountains Tcc without cover
328819
Box 7, folder 1
Incomplete Tms of
Coochama & Sacred Mountains with cover
328817
Box 7, folder 2
Extra cc pp of
Coochama & Sacred Mountains I
328815
Extra cc pp of
Coochama & Sacred Mountains II
328813
Box 7, folder 3
Ainyahita in Pearls by Otoman-Zar-Adusht-Hanish 328811
Container Summary: 1p original and cc and cover
Box 7, folder 4
Misc. handwritten notes by E-W I 328809
Misc. handwritten notes by E-W II 328807
Box 7, folder 5
Stanford letters and writings (photocopies)
1922
Box 8, folder 1
Maps & building plans 328785
Map of tracts of isolated U.S. land applied for by E-W and newspaper Notice for Publication-Isolated Tract Public Land Sale 328805
Map and description of land at Barrett Junction for sale by E-W 328803
Plan for week-end house 328801
Plan for the yoga Vidyalaya, at Birbhadra, Rishi Kesh, U.P. India (with neg) 328799
Plan for pergola and surrounding grounds 328797
Plan for house 328795
June 24, 1929
Large handmade map of land 328793
Description of size of unidentified lot and house and cost 328791
Description of boundary of plot leased to E-W: area 35.26 328789
Mineral maps in area around Mt. Tecate 328787
Container Summary: (oversize file)
Box 8, folder 2 part I
Newspaper clippings & Newspapers 328757
The Buddhist World (Colombo)
328779
April 30, 1952
The Buddhist World (Colombo) see p21 for article by E-W Let There Be Understanding
328777
April 30, 1952
The Buddhist World (Colombo)
328775
August 20, 1952
The Buddhist World (Colombo) p7 Seek that Wisdom by E-W
328773
December 14, 1953
The Buddhist World (Colombo) The Vatican Condemns What Ceylon Advocates by E-W
328771
September 2, 1953
The Buddhist World (Colombo)
328769
July 23, 1952
Misc. newsclippings 328767
1904 59 1965
Misc. clippings concerning E-W and his family (brother and father) including a letterto the editor on Peace and War by E-W
articles Let There be Further Understanding, Seek That Wisdom, The Vatican Condemns What Ceylon Advocates
328765
New York Herald Study of the Great-Russo-Japanese Campaign in Manchuria 328763
September 11, 1904
Newspaper photos of Japanese and Russians 328761
1904
The Bulletin: San Francisco map of the All-Rail Route across Europe and Asia 328759
September 18, 1902
San Francisco Chronicle, 328783
June 3, 1934
The Morning Post (London)
328781
July 28, 1922,
Le Journal d'Egypte, Cairo, 328755
December 15, 1938
Le Journal d'Egypte, Cairo, 328753
February 8, 1939
Le Journal d'Egypte, Cairo, 328751
February 8, 1939
Le Journal d'Egypte, Cairo, 328749
February 11, 1939
Le Journal d'Egypte, Cairo, 328747
February 11, 1939
Unidentified paper Filipino Fighter Victim of Ring Battle 328745
The Christian Science Monitor 328743
June 9, 1943
The Buddhist World Colombo article by E-W
328741
December 3, 1952
The Buddhist World Colombo article by E-W
328739
September 2, 1953
The Buddhist World Colombo article by E-W
328737
December 14, 1953
The San Diego Union 328735
March 8, 1953
The San Diego Union 328733
March 22, 1953
The Christian Science Monitor 328731
July 6, 1959
Box 8, folder 3 Part II
Photographs (Photographs of Indian (East) Schactar & priests 328729
Box 8, folder 4
Gold watch belonging to E-W 328727
Box 8, folder 5
photographs and postcards
Photo: Annie Besant by Wiele & Klein, Madras. 328725
(8/4/18)
The Adyar Album, views of the headquarters of the Theosophical Society. Adyar, Madras. 328723
Container Summary: (26 pp)
Six colored [Burmese?] postcards. 328721
Mitry's Photo studio envelope containing: 328719
Scope and Contents note
4 [Arab?] group photos, one person of whom is probably Wentz.
1 shoulder & head view of Wentz, printed as postcard.
Kodak film wallet containing: 328717
Scope and Contents note
11 black & white photos of [Northern India?]
Postcard photo of Mt. Chocorua (N.H.) 328715
Light green envelope containing 8 miscellaneous Egyptian postcards. 328713
Wrapped in tissue: 328711
Scope and Contents note
2 photos, taken by Charlie, June 1918.
1 photo of Vivian and Cedric at Lloyds neck...
1 Postcard of Ceylon 328709
In large envelope, 4 mounted photos of Ceylonese (?) deities, identified on backs. 328707
Box 8, folder 6
Miscellaneous, including letters, notes and printed material. 328665
Scale of life composition, printed. 328705
Sudhakar to E-W, postcard. 328703
1919, Feb 18,
Shradohanandu Sangosi [?] to Sir, ALs. 328701
1919, Feb 21,
Times of Ceylon newsclipping re E-W in Ceylon as archaeologist. 328699
1917, Dec 18,
but similar to above. 328697
undated
Shrandhananda Sangosi [?] to Sir, ALS, with cover. 328695
1919, Feb 18,
Freyda Dorntof [?] to Friend, ALS, with cover. 328693
undated, Sep 17
Small note book, starts with Hymn to Ra, 328691
Container Summary: 18 pp.
4 printed cards for Sat Yudi Mandli: or Society of hastening the coming of God's kingdom. 328689
6.8., Lal Chand, letter copied re Gopal Krishna Sfo L. Hakam Chand Patni. 328687
1918,
14.2. Gopal Krishna, Lahore, letter copied 328685
1919,
envelope. 328683
1919, Feb 2,
18.2, Hari Lhusau Mukherjee to Wentz, ALS. 328681
1919,
8.2, [G.C.?] Mukherjee to Wentz, 2 pp ALS with (same sheet) continuation 328679
1919,
Container Summary: (2 pp)
envelope. 328677
1919, Feb 2,
Small green notebook with Wentz' notes on Shakti & Shakta 328675
Scope and Contents note
(Sir John Woodroffe... 1918)
Anton Niedermeier [?] to Wentz, ALS. 328673
1918, Dec 27,
Oxford University Press bill, with enclosed calling cards. 328671
Receipt for money order payable to J. H. Fussell. 328669
n.b. - the old cloth on this ms., adorned with the sun in centre and four crescent moons, symbols of Buddhism, is the covering
which was on the ms. when it came from the monastery. stamp for the disabled Ceylon Men's fund.
328667
Box 8, folder 7
4 Descriptions of art work and scrolls, [Art and scrolls not available.] Includes translation of Chinese Imperial poem copied
by Tsao Wen Chih.
328661
undated
Box 8, folder 8
Tirukalukundrum Patchi Dharisana Chart. Viadras: Counian Press, 15th ed.
328659
1918
Container Summary: 4,000 copies.
Box 8, folder 9
The English Club of Stanford University certificate
Ashtavakra Gita, Trans. by Hari Prasad Shastri
328657
Baba, Meher,
Life at Its Best, foreward by E-W
328655
Baptist, Egerton C.,
Meditation on 4 Sublime States
1955
Berner, H. Charles,
A Manual for Guiding a Person Through the After Death Experience
328653
Bhagwat, Professor, N.K.,
The Dhammapada
328651
Blavatsky, H.P.,
Studies in Occultism, No. VI
328649
Buddhism and Science, Buddhist Publication Society
328647
Cotton-Clad Mila: The Tibetan Poet-Saint's Life in Pictures, Columbia Univ. Press
328641
Estele, Dr.,
Urinary Disorders of Prostatic Origin
328637
Evans-Wentz,
Le Livre Tibétain de la Grande Libération
1954
Five Hymns to Sri Arunachala, Niranjananda Swamy Publisher 328635
Container Summary: (2copies)
First Steps in Occultism, Theosophical Publishing Society
328633
Good and Evil, Theosophical University Press, Point Long, California
328631
Goodwin and White,
The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis
1900
General
From Course Greek I
Hood, Tom,
The Rhymester
328629
James, Laura DeWitt,
The Word Went Forth
328627
Jesus College of Oxford: List of Old Members 328625
Krishnamurti, J.
At The Feet of the Master
328623
La Lengua Aymara, Hermana Mayor de la Quichua Mendoza (J. P. Harrington)
328621
1945
Lewis, L.A.
Ancient Secret Wisdom
328619
Luce E Ombra, Linotipia Veronese Ghidini E. Fiorini-Verona article by E-W
328617
Moss, Charles M.,
A First Greek Reader
328615
Narada Thera,
The Buddhist Doctrine of Rebirth
1936
Nimalasuria, Dr. A., ed,
Buddha The Healer
328613
Osborne, Arthur
Ramana Arunachala
328611
Ramanasramaim,
Advaita Bodha Deepika
328607
Pancha Sila: The Five Precepts, Theosophical Publishing House
328601
Shelton, Herbert M.
The Spirit of Right Living
328599
Sinha, J. Wettha,
The Four Retentions of Memory
328597
Sinnett, A.P.
The Occult World
328595
Suggestions to Homesteaders and Persons Desiring to Make Homestead Entries, Washington Gov. Printing Office
328593
The American Philosophy Series: Oriental Philosophies, Russell F. Moore Co. Publishers foreward by E-W 328591
The Canadian Theosophist, Vol XXIII, No. 6., Hamilton, see p1 328589
August 1942
The Canadian Theosophist, Vol XXIII, No. 10, Hamilton, see p1 328587
December 1942,
The Canadian Theosophist, Vol XXIII, No. 11, Hamilton, see p1 328585
January 1943
The Canadian Theosophist, Vol XXIV, No. 1, Hamilton, see p11 328583
March 15, 1943
The Canadian Theosophist, Vol XXIV, No. 7, Hamilton, see p202 328581
September 1943
The Canadian Theosophist, Vol XXVII, No. 1, Hamilton, article by E-W p6 328579
March 1946,
The High History of the Holy Grail, translated by Sebastian Evans Vol. two
328577
The Jewel of Trancendental Wisdom (The Diamond Sutra) A.F. Price Trans. foreward by E-
328575
The Junior Theosophist, Vol. VIII, No 9, article by E-W p159 328573
May 1938,
The Last Word: The Sutra of the Teachings Left by the Buddha, Pub. by Koyata Yamamota
328571
The Listener Vol XLIII, No. 1096, 328569
January 1950
The Maha Bodhi, Vol. 61, Nos. 5-6, article by E-W, p61 328567
May-June
The Maha Bodhi, Vol. 49, No. 10 328565
October 1941
The Maha Bodhi, Vol. 58, Nos. 4-5, article by E-W, p113 328563
April-May
The Maha Bodhi, Vol. XXX, No. 7 328561
July 1922
The Maha Bodhi, Vol. 44 No. 2, article by E-W p49 328559
February 1936
The Maha Bodhi, Vol. 62, No. 8, 328557
August 1954
The Theosophist magazine Vol. XVII, No. 1-3
Oct.-Dec. 1895
The Theosophical Forum, with contributions by E-W
Scope and Contents
Vol. XVII No. 6 (December 1940); Vol. XIX No. 6 (Dec. 1941); Vol. XXIV No. 11 (Nov. 1945)
The Yale University Library Gazette
January 1961
The Middle Way, Vol. 21, No. 3, with article by E-W
Sept-Oct. 1946
The Western Political Quarterly Vol. VI, No. 2
June 1953
Tourism in Netherland India
1935-1936
Thimm, Franz,
Spanish Self-Taught
1953
Entries in original FA that did not show up in the boxes
Coyas, Arturo,
Appelton's New Spanish-English and English-Spanish Dictionary
328645
Collier, John,
Indians of the Americas
328643
Ramsey, M. Montrose,
A Spanish Grammer
328605
Ramsey, M. Montrose,
Modern Spanish
328603
Box 10, folder 1
letters sent to Sri Deva Ram Sukul Accession no. 1991-058
1951-1958
Related Materials
Sri Deva Ram Sukul and Louise Evans were involved with the Yoga Institute of America, the records of which are housed at Stanford
(M1135).
Box 10, folder 3
clippings and letters (mostly photocopies)
map-folder 11
Photo of Seventeenth International Congress of Orientalists, Oxford, 328609
1928
Box 12, folder 1
Carpe Diem Fine Books description of 2023-106 addenda
Box 12, folder 2
Pilgrim and the clear light: the biography of Dr. Walter Y. Evans-Wentz, Ken Winkler
2013
Box 12, folder 3
Correspondence and clippings about Louise C. Evans
1955-1977
Box 12, folder 4
Correspondence
1951-1964
Scope and Contents
The correspondence is primarily from W.Y. Evans-Wentz to Sri Deva Ram Sukul and Louise C. Evans.
Box 12, folder 5
W.Y. Evans-Wentz correspondence to Louise C. Evans
1955-1964
Box 12, folder 6
Stanford agreement with Louise C. Evans
1977