Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Mark-Age collection
- Dates:
- 1960s-1980s
- Extent:
- 1 Linear Feet (1 carton)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Mark-Age collection, ARC Mss 61. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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About 100 printed self study courses and other pamphlets published by Mark-Age, Inc., most channeled through Nada-Yolanda and with an emphasis on flying saucers, meditation and psyhic development, and raising of man's spiritual consciousness.
- Biographical / historical:
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Mark-Age, Inc., or Mark-Age MetaCenter, Inc., was co-founded by Pauline "Nada-Yolanda" Sharpe and Charles Boyd Gentzel as an international nonprofit, spiritual-educational organization. Originally headquartered in Miami, Florida, they later operated out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida and finally Elk Valley, Tennessee.
Among their services were classes, seminars, and as sponsors for leaders in the growing metaphysical, self-help arena. Mark-Age has published books, booklets, courses, magazines, and audiocassettes for an international membership of individuals, churches, schools, universities, and independent study groups.
- Acquisition information:
- Provenance unknown.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-03-26 10:59:02 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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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 are 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@library.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 assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Mark-Age collection, ARC Mss 61. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062