Finding aid for the Church of Scientology publications, correspondence, and other material 6275
Bo Doub -- with collection-level notes adapted from the seller, Walkabout Books.
USC Libraries Special Collections
2023 March
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Church of Scientology publications, correspondence, and other material
Creator:
Church of Scientology International
Identifier/Call Number: 6275
Physical Description:
0.21 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1963-1967
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: 1
A collection of printed and manuscript materials gathered and written by an unidentified New York woman in her early twenties
while she was exploring the Church of Scientology during the 1960s. The collection includes 18 printed publications, 13 mimeographed
policy letters and other memoranda from the Hubbard Communications Office, three completed "Personality Analysis" self evaluations,
a two-page typed manuscript describing the woman's "gains from first auditing intensive," a typed and mimeographed testimonial
letter she wrote describing how Scientology changed her life for the better, a nine-page handwritten manuscript--apparently
an assignment--describing her first several "assists," and more than 60 pages of her handwritten notes on Scientology texts
and coursework. The printed publications include several issues of the official newsletters
Ability (published in Washington, D.C., with most or all text by L. Ron Hubbard) and
The Auditor (published at Saint Hill Manor in England), as well as a
Scientology Training Course Manual and a packet of materials advertising a new series of training courses titled "The Route to Total Power." The identity of
the woman who created and compiled the material in this collection is unknown. The woman's name was redacted (crossed out)
from all documents that identified her. The documents were redacted prior to the USC Libraries' acquisition of the collection.
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items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Walkabout Books, February 28, 2023.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Church of Scientology publications, correspondence, and other material, Collection no. 6275,
Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cults -- Psychological aspects -- Archival resources
Cults -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Dianetics -- Archival resources
Psychology -- United States -- Archival resources
Scientologists -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Scientology -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Correspondence
Memorandums
Notes
Promotional materials
Publications (documents)
Newsletters
Training manuals
Church of Scientology International -- Archives
Hubbard, L. Ron (La Fayette Ron), 1911-1986 -- Archives