Esalen Archives of Extraordinary Human Functioning, 1930-1990, bulk 1965-1985

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Summary

Title:
Esalen Archives of Extraordinary Human Functioning
Dates:
1930-1990, bulk 1965-1985
Abstract:
This collection contains the Esalen Archives of Extraordinary Human Functioning.
Extent:
63.75 Linear Feet (51 cartons)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item] Esalen Archives of Extraordinary Human Functioning, HPA Mss 53. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains the Esalen Archives of Extraordinary Human Functioning. Materials include 9286 folders containing photocopied articles pertaining to human movement, organized by author and numbered in sequential order. Also included are four cartons of index cards.

Biographical / historical:

The Esalen Center is a holistic learning and global retreat center focusing on human potential through experience, education, and research offering public workshops and conferences. https://www.esalen.org/

The archive consists of photocopied articles that were part of a research project conducted from 1976 to 1992. According to a letter from the president and CEO Sharon Thom to the Stanford Center for Research in 1996 (included in the first folder, Box 1), the archive is "diverse, covering the physiological and psychological effects of meditation, research in the fields of sports, philosophy, religion, cultural influences, volition, and many other subjects.

Acquisition information:
Gift of the Esalen Center, 2003.
Arrangement:

This collection is arranged by material type and author.

  • Series 1, Photocopies
  • Series 2, Index cards

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Arrangement by David C. Gartrell, description completed by Andrew Harman 2024.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-06-07 15:20:12 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. This collection is stored offsite. Advance notice is required for retrieval. Service copies of audiovisual items may need to be made before viewing or listening.

Terms of access:

This collection contains reprints of copyrighted materials. Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and may be retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.

All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assignees for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item] Esalen Archives of Extraordinary Human Functioning, HPA Mss 53. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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