Yoga Institute of America Papers, circa 1920-1998

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Summary

Title:
Louise Evans Eastern philosophy collection [Yoga Institute, etc.]
Dates:
circa 1920-1998
Abstract:
Incoming correspondence to Sri D.R. Sukul, numerous manuscripts and pamphlets relating to eastern philosophies and religions (originally part of the library of the Yoga Institute of America), and material concerning nutrition and color and their effect on the mind and body (one of Sukul's primary interests). Also represented are personal projects that Evans was involved with, including the Famine Relief Program for India in 1967, research on John Howard Payne, and the Olympic Manufacturing Co. There are also some scrapbooks relating to her husband's tenure as publisher of a Stockton, California newspaper, 1938-1940. Material from the Yoga Institute's library includes numerous East Indian book dealer catalogs and a large pamphlet collection on yoga and its practitioners. There are photographs of Sukul, a photo album of his visit to the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915, and an oil painting representing him.
Extent:
24.0 Linear feet 20 manuscript boxes, 1 mf
Language:
Preferred citation:

[identification of item], COLLECTION NAME (CALL#). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Biographical / historical:

Evans, secretary to the Yoga Institute of America while Sri Deva Ram Sukul was president, became president on Sukul's death on Nov. 12, 1965 when the headquarters was moved to her home in Santa Barbara from New York. It had been Evans' hope that the Yoga Institute library would eventually be associated with a research institution, and shortly before her death she arranged for the collection of books and papers to come to Stanford University.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Louise Evans, 1998; Accn 2000-031.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Religion
Names:
Evans, Louise R.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Sarah Boyle
Date Prepared:
circa 1920-1998
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2014-05-15T15:45-0700

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Preferred citation:

[identification of item], COLLECTION NAME (CALL#). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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