Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Ruth-Inge Heinze papers,
- Dates:
- 1900-2007.
- Creators:
- Heinze, Ruth-Inge, creator.
- Abstract:
- Consists of personal and professional materials related to the life of Asian Studies scholar Ruth-Inge Heinze. The collection includes personal and professional correspondence and email, personalia, materials related to the Independent Scholars of Asia and the International Conference on Shamanism and Alternative Healing, writings, research, teaching materials, and ephemera. The collection is in English and German.
- Extent:
- 3.85 and (3 cartons, 1 oversize folder)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
- Ruth-Inge Heinze papers, BANC MSS 2017/120, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Biographical / historical:
- Ruth-Inge Heinze (1919-2017) was born in Berlin, Germany. She had a successful acting career in Berlin before immigrating to the United States. Heinze moved to the Bay Area in 1956, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1962. She founded the Art Repertory Theatre, which trained actors and produced German plays. Heinze received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in Asian Studies in 1974. She received a Fulbright to study Shamanism in Southeast Asia, and lived and traveled extensively in Asia for more than 30 years. Her books include Trance and Healing in Southeast Asia Today, Shamans of the Twentieth Century, and The Nature and Function of Rituals. Heinze taught courses in the psychology of shamanism and Eastern Psychologies at the Saybrook Institute, and was an adjunct faculty member at Mills Colleage, University of California, Berkeley, and the California Institute of Integral Studies. Heinze was founder and president of Independent Scholars of Asia. In 1984, she initiated the organization's annual meeting, the International Conference on the Study of Shamanism and Alternate Modes of Healing, to share insights in the field of alternate healing and preserve the integrity of shamanism.
- Arrangement:
- Carton 1: identification cards, family photographs, work and travel documents, materials related to German theater, address book, correspondence from Heinze's life in Germany and her early years in the United States, language cards, and audiotapes from the 2006 International Conference on Shamanism and Alternative Healing. Carton 2: biographical materials, astrological charts and writings, correspondence and email from the 1970s to 2007, writings, and research. Carton 3: research, materials related to the International Conference on the Study of Shamanism and Alternate Modes of Healing and the Independent Scholars of Asia (including newsletters), conference and course materials, flyers for events and workshops, and writings by others. Oversize Folder 1: illustrated broadside, stories in the life of Krishna, in Hindi.
- Physical description:
- 3.85 linear feet (3 cartons, 1 oversize folder)
- Note:
- COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE:
Access and use
- Restrictions:
- COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE:
- Preferred citation:
- Ruth-Inge Heinze papers, BANC MSS 2017/120, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481