John Ballard collection, circa 1970s

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Creators:: Ballard, John
Abstract:: Materials collected by John Ballard that relate to New Age, Human Potential, and other spiritual and religious movements.
Extent:: 5 linear feet (5 cartons)
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: [Identification of Item], John Ballard collection, ARC Mss 21. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Scope and content:: Collection of newsletters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, correspondence, and various ephemera and promotional material relating to the New Age movement, consciousness, transformation, Human Potential Movement, transpersonal psychology, holistic health, Eastern religions, new spiritual movements, and the esoteric world. The majoirity of the files are related to groups and organizations headquartened and functioning in California. The collection was compiled by John Ballard in the 1970s.
Acquisition information:: Gift of John Ballard, 1991.
Arrangement:: The collection maintains its original order and is arranged alphabetically by title.
Physical location:: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Consciousness
Holistic medicine
Human potential movement
New Age movement
Occultism
Religions
Spirituality
Transpersonal psychology
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence
Newsletters
Pamphlets
Printed ephemera
Promotional materials
Names:: Ballard, John -- Archives
Places:: Asia -- Religion

Access and use

Restrictions:: The collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of Item], John Ballard collection, ARC Mss 21. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:: UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US