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Guide to the Santa Barbara Parapsychology Collection

Preliminary arrangement and description by Special Collections staff, latest revision A. Demeter
Department of Special Collections
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
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Santa Barbara Parapsychology Collection, ca. 1955-1987 [bulk dates 1970-1980]

Collection number: ARC Mss 48

Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara
Processed by:
Preliminary arrangement and description by D. Tambo
Date Completed:
February 22, 2012
Encoded by:
A. Demeter
© 2012 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Santa Barbara Parapsychology Collection
Dates: ca. 1955-1987
Bulk Dates: 1970-1980
Collection number: ARC Mss 48
Creator: Phillips, David T.
Collection Size: 6.6 linear feet (4 cartons, 1 document box and 1 half-sized document box).
Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Abstract: Newsletters, magazines, catalogs, flyers, articles, records of experiments, correspondence, subject files, and other material, mainly printed, collected by Santa Barbara resident Dr. David T. Phillips and primarily pertaining to parapsychology-related groups, studies, and issues in Santa Barbara, southern California, and elsewhere in the United States.
Physical location: Annex 2.
Languages: English

Access Restrictions

Box 6 restricted pending staff review. Collection is stored off-site; advance notice required for retrieval.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special 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

Santa Barbara Parapsychology Collection. ARC Mss 48. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Donor unknown; donated via Gordon Melton, 9/29/05.

Scope and Content Notes

Newsletters, magazines, catalogs, flyers, articles, records of experiments, correspondence, subject files, and other material, mainly printed, collected by Santa Barbara resident Dr. David T. Phillips and primarily pertaining to parapsychology-related groups, studies, and issues in Santa Barbara, southern California, and elsewhere in the United States.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into the following sections:
  • Research - by subject area; notes, test data, etc. Includes materials on Phillips' Glendan Company and their product the Acupointer.
  • Subject files - includes articles, clippings, etc. on parapsychology and related areas.
  • Organizations - flyers, brochures, some newsletters, etc.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Phillips, David T.
Glendan Company
Parapsychology.
Psychics.
Metaphysics.
California.

Related Materials in Special Collections

Have transferred large runs of serials like Rosicrucian Forum to ARC Serials. These can be searched in the library catalog.
See also:
  • Records relating to parapsychology in the American Religions Collection, ARC Mss 1.
  • File on the parapsychology program at UCSB in the UCSB College of Letters and Science Records, UArch 66.
  • Books and serials on parapsychology in the American Religions Collection, searchable in the library catalog.
 

Research

Box 1: 1

11 November 1974 (experiment data)

 

Acupointer

Box 1: 2

Advanced literature - Master copies, 1972-1973

Box 1: 3

Advertising, 1972-1973

Box 1: 4

Digest of Chiropractic Economics, Today's Chiropractic, 1972-1973

Box 1: 5

Magazine list for Acupointer advertising, n.d.

Box 1: 6

Production, n.d.

Box 1: 7

Bibliographic materials - Parapsychology, 1973

Box 1: 8

Bibliographic materials - D. T. Phillips, 1978-1980

Box 1: 9

"Caucasian Yoga Walewski," 1973

Box 1: 10

Chinese parapsychology research, 1982

Box 1: 11

Clairvoyance Test Method, 1971-1974

Box 1: 12

Conferences, 1973-1981

 

Correspondence

Box 1: 13

B - incl. Raymond Bayless, 1972-1974

Box 1: 14

C - incl. James Crenshaw, 1973-1974

Box 1: 15

D-G - incl. John Duke, 1973-1974

Box 1: 16

H-J - incl. Hastings Associates, 1973-1980

Box 1: 17

K-L - incl. Kabrina Kincade, Irving Laucks, 1972-1976

Box 1: 18

M-R, 1972-1984

Box 1: 19

S - incl. Spurnley, 1955-1980

Box 1: 20

T-Z - incl. Charles Tart, Frances Zeff, 1973-1977

Box 1: 21

Uphoff, Walter, 1972-1973

Box 1: 22

Criminology proposal, 1974

Box 1: 23

Current (experiment data), 1971-1978

Box 1: 24

Dean, Douglas; John Mihalasky, 1965-1972

Box 1: 25

ESP testing, 1974

Box 1: 26

Harrison - Biofeedback and Self-Hypnosis, Dec. 1979

Box 1: 27

History (experiment data), 1971-1974

Box 1: 28

International Cooperation Council - Directory, 1978

Box 1: 29

Kirlian photography, n.d.

Box 1: 30

Manual for Introductory Experiments in Parapsychology, Louisa E. Rhine, Institute for Parapsychology, n.d.

Box 1: 31

MCTS (Modular Communications Testing System), 1976

Box 1: 32

Morris, Robert - Circuits, 1975-1976

 

Notebooks

Box 2: 1

UCSB Parapsychology, plethysmograph, Agi Ban / D. T. Phillips, Dec. 1974

Box 2: 2

Glendan, David T. Phillips, Dec. 1978-Dec. 1979

Box 2: 3

Audio circuits, 1982-June 1984

Box 2: 4

Experiments, July 1984-Nov. 1985

Box 2: 5

Experiment data, 1973

Box 2: 6

PK, n.d.

Box 2: 7

Santa Barbara Technology Model 1700 - Parts / order / production planning, 1975

Box 2: 8

Parapsychology Information Network, 1983

Box 2: 9

Paratronics Electronics for Parapsychology, 1981

Box 2: 10

PK Study I, 1969-1975

Box 2: 11

PK Study II, 1977-1978

 

Psychometry testing, Richard Spurnley

Box 2: 10

General, 1973

Box 2: 11

ESP handwriting ("ESPelling"), 1973

Box 2: 12

ESP scanning / triangulation, 1974

Box 2: 13

Psychometric ESP Training Manual, c. 1974

Box 2: 14

Psychometry score sheets, 1974

Box 6: 1

Release forms (confidential)

Box 6: 2

Police and parapsychology (confidential)

Box 2: 15

Research data, notes, 1975-1979

Box 2: 16

"SCSPR/AjPR," 1972-1973

Box 2: 17

Survival proposal, 1970-1974

Box 2: 18

Synchronicity, Consciousness, and the Quantum, 1974

Box 2: 19

Thermograph studies, n.d.

Box 2: 20

UCSB psychic / teaching, 1972-1975

Box 2: 21

Williamson, Sherry, 1973

Box 2: 22

Miscellaneous, 1974-1975

 

Subject Files

Box 2: 23

Acupuncture, 1971-1973

Box 3: 1

Acupuncture (cont.)

Box 3: 2

AHP (Association for Humanistic Psychology), 1982

Box 3: 3

Art, n.d.

Box 3: 4

Astroprojection, 1975

Box 3: 5

Aurobindo, 1972

Box 3: 6

Bach, Richard, 1972

Box 3: 7

BFT (Bio-Feedback Training) / mind training, n.d.

Box 3: 8

Book & film catalogs, 1971-1981

Box 3: 9

Brain waves / ESB (electrical stimulation of the brain), 1970-1976

Box 3: 10

Cabalah, 1978

Box 3: 11

Castaneda, Carlos, 1973

Box 3: 12

Communication with animals, 1974-1981

Box 3: 13

Communications / electronics, 1973-1975

Box 3: 14

Death, 1975-1983

Box 3: 15

The Digest of Chiropractic Economics, 1973

Box 3: 16

Dowsing, 1976-1977

Box 3: 17

Education and parapsychology, 1972-1980

Box 3: 18

Electro-bioluminescence (EBL), n.d.

Box 3: 19

ESP (Extra-sensory perception), 1974-1985

Box 3: 20

ESP Orbit, 1972-1973

Box 3: 21

EST (Erhand Seminars Training), 1975

Box 3: 22

Geller, Uri, 1973-1974

Box 3: 23

Ghosts, haunting/poltergeists, c. 1976

Box 3: 24

Human Behavior: The Newsmagazine of the Social Sciences, 1978

Box 3: 25

Innerspace Foundation, 1979

Box 3: 26

Kirlian photography, 1972-1974

Box 3: 27

Krishnamurti, 1985

Box 3: 28

Magicians, 1973-1980

Box 3: 29

Mathematics, 1975-1983

Box 3: 30

Mead, Margaret, 1970-1974

Box 3: 31

Medical Self-Care, 1979

Box 3: 32

Medicine and parapsychology, 1970-1976

Box 3: 33

Mediums, 1975

Box 3: 34

Meher Baba, n.d.

Box 3: 35

Mystic Trader, n.d.

Box 3: 36

Navajo, 1977

Box 3: 37

Police and psychics, 1973-1987

Box 3: 38

Premonition, 1975-1980

Box 3: 39

PSE (Psychological Stress Evaluator), 1976

Box 3: 40

Psience, n.d.

Box 3: 41

Psychic ...Exploring the Extended Nature of Man, 1972

Box 3: 42

Psychic healing / faith healing, 1974-1975

Box 3: 43

Psychic phenomena / general parapsychology, 1966-1981

Box 3: 44

The Psychic Researcher & Spiritualist Gazette, 1973

Box 3: 45

Psychics, 1974-1980

Box 3: 46

Psychokinesis, n.d.

Box 3: 47

Psychology Today, 1973-1976

Box 3: 48

Publications (reviews, advertisements, notes on), 1973-1982

Box 3: 49

Pyramids, 1972

Box 3: 50

Quantum physics, n.d.

Box 3: 51

Reincarnation, 1976-1978

Box 3: 52

Santa Barbara Magazine, 1978

Box 3: 53

Santeria, 1988

Box 3: 54

Science of Mind, 1974

Box 3: 55

Senoi people, 1981

Box 3: 56

Spying and parapsychology, c. 1977-1979

Box 3: 57

Stanford Research Institute, 1973-1980

Box 3: 58

Superstition, 1974

Box 3: 59

Tape recorder voices, 1972

Box 3: 60

Transcendental meditation, 1970-1974

Box 3: 61

Yoga, 1973-1977

Box 3: 62

Zepell, Nathan, 1974-1975

Box 3: 63

Zetetic Scholar, c. 1978

Box 3: 64

Zygon: The Journal of Religion & Science, 1979

Box 3: 65

Miscellaneous, 1971-1979

 

Organizations

Box 3: 66

Academy of Parapsychology, Healing & Psychic Sciences, El Cajon, CA, n.d.

Box 3: 67

Academy of Parapsychology and Medicine, Los Altos, CA, 1973

Box 3: 68

ALPHA-PSIgenics Research Institute, Inc., North Hollywood, CA, 1977

Box 3: 69

American Parapsychological Research Foundation, Sherman Oaks, CA, n.d.

Box 4: 1

American Society for Psychical Research, Inc., New York, NY, 1970-1981

Box 4: 2

Aquarian Educational Group, Agoura, CA, n.d.

Box 4: 3

A.R.E. (Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc.), Virginia Beach, VA, c. 1980-1981

Box 4: 4

Association for Humanistic Psychology, San Francisco, CA, 1985

Box 4: 5

Association for the Integration of Man, Everett, WA, 1976

Box 4: 6

Association for the Integration of the Whole Person, Los Angeles, CA, 1976

Box 4: 7

Association for the Scientific Study of Near-Death Phenomena, Inc., East Peoria, IL, n.d.

Box 4: 8

Association for the Understanding of Man, n.d.

Box 4: 9

Astara, Upland, CA, 1980-1983

Box 4: 10

La Bérgerie - Inner Space Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA, 1979-1981

Box 4: 11

Biometric Research Foundation, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA, 1958

Box 4: 12

Blaisdell Institute (Claremont University Center), Claremont, CA, 1981

Box 4: 13

Brotherhood of Temple B'nai B'rith, Santa Barbara, CA, 1980

Box 4: 14

California Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Menlo Park, CA, n.d.

Box 4: 15

California Society for Psychical Study, Inc., Berkeley, CA, c. 1979

Box 4: 16

Center for the Healing Arts, Los Angeles, CA, 1977-1980

Box 4: 17

Dialogue House, New York, NY, 1980

Box 4: 18

East West Academy of Healing Arts, San Francisco, CA, 1977

Box 4: 19

Ernest Holmes Memorial Research Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, n.d.

Box 4: 20

Esalen Institute, San Francisco, CA, 1974

Box 4: 21

Far Horizons Theosophical Sierra Camp, Ojai, CA, c. 1980

Box 4: 22

Foundation for the Study of Consciousness, Santa Barbara, CA - Nous Letter: Studies in Noetics, 1974

Box 4: 23

Healing Center of the Advanced Spiritual Church of all Religions, North Hollywood, CA, 1981

Box 4: 24

Health Integration Center, Santa Monica, CA, c. 1980

Box 4: 25

Holistic Life University, San Francisco, CA, 1980

Box 4: 26

Holmes Center for Research in Holistic Healing, Los Angeles, CA, 1980-1981

Box 4: 27

Human Dimensions Institute / West, Ojai, CA, 1980

Box 4: 28

Human Freedom Center, n.d.

Box 4: 29

Humanistic Psychology Institute, San Francisco, CA, 1976-1980

Box 4: 30

Illinois Society for Psychic Research, Oak Park, IL, 1980

Box 4: 31

Institute of Human Development, Ojai, CA, 1985

Box 4: 32

Institute of Noetic Sciences, 1973-1981

Box 4: 33

Institute for Parapsychology, Durham, NC, c. 1980-1984

Box 4: 34

Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge, Los Altos, CA, c. 1980

Box 4: 35

International Association for Near-Death Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 1981

Box 4: 36

International Cooperation Council - Santa Barbara area, CA, 1979

Box 4: 37

International Health Alliances, Inc., Cotati, CA, n.d.

Box 4: 38

Ishi Research Center for Consciousness Studies, Cambridge, MA, 1973

Box 4: 39

Japanese Society for Parapsychology, Tokyo, Japan, 1979

Box 4: 40

John F. Kennedy University, Institute for Mystical and Parapsychological Studies, Orinda, CA, 1979

Box 4: 41

Mandala Society, Del Mar, CA, 1979-1981

Box 4: 42

Mankind Research Unlimited, Inc., Washington, DC, n.d.

Box 4: 43

Meditation Center, Durham, NC, n.d.

Box 4: 44

Midori-Land, Inc. / Abrahamsen, Applegate, OR, 1973

Box 4: 45

Midwest Psi Research Institute, Northbrook, IL, 1981

Box 4: 46

Mind Frontiers, Chicago, IL, n.d.

Box 4: 47

Mobius Society, Los Angeles, CA, 1986-1987

Box 4: 48

Naropa Institute, Boulder, CO, 1975

Box 4: 49

National Academy of Applied Awareness, Inc., Hollywood, CA, n.d.

Box 4: 50

National Center for the Exploration of Human Potential, La Jolla, CA, n.d.

Box 4: 51

New Age Forum of Santa Barbara, CA, c. 1980

Box 4: 52

New Horizons (radio program), KPFA, San Francisco, CA, 1980

Box 4: 53

Nyingma Institute, Berkeley, CA, 1980

 

Parapsychological Association, Durham, NC

Box 4: 54

General, 1977-1985

Box 4: 55

PA Convention, 1975

Box 4: 56

Parapsychology Research Group, Inc., San Francisco, CA, 1981-1985

Box 4: 57

Phenomenological Sciences Institute, 1972

Box 4: 58

Phoenix Associates, Palo Alto, CA - Phoenix: New Directions in the Study of Man, 1979-1981

Box 4: 59

Progressions Growth Center, Santa Barbara, CA, 1981

Box 4: 60

Psi Network, Santa Barbara, CA, c. 1985

 

Psi SEARCH

Box 4: 61

General, 1974-1981

Box 4: 62

Psi-SEARCH Exhibition, with the California Museum of Science and Industry, 1974

Box 4: 63

Psychical Research Foundation, Chapel Hill & Durham, NC, 1979-1981

Box 4: 64

Quality Longevity Research Institute, Pasadena, CA, 1980

Box 4: 65

Rajneesh Meditation and Growth Institute, Lucerne Valley, CA, c. 1982

Box 4: 66

Research Association for Regeneration, Berkeley, CA, n.d.

 

Rosicrucian Order, San Jose, CA

Box 4: 67

General, c. 1963-1975

Box 4: 68

Rosicrucian pamphlets, c. 1974

Box 5: 1

Santa Barbara Parapsychology Research Society, CA, n.d.

Box 5: 2

Santa Barbara Zen Priory, CA, 1981

Box 5: 3

Shanti Nilaya, Escondido, CA, 1980

Box 5: 4

SISAM (Società Internazionale per lo Studio dell'Altra Medicina), Italy, 1973

Box 5: 5

Sivananda Ashram Yoga Camp, Val Morin, Quebec, 1979

Box 5: 6

Society for Psychical Research, London, England, 1981-1982

Box 5: 7

Sonoma Institute, Bodega, CA, 1980

Box 5: 8

Southern California Society for Psychical Research, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA, 1972-1975

Box 5: 9

Spectrum Foundation, San Francisco, CA, 1982

Box 5: 10

Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship, Inc., Independence, MO / Evanston, IL, 1974-1982

Box 5: 11

Survival Research Foundation, Towson, MD, 1977-1979

 

Theosophical Society

Box 5: 12

Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, IL, 1981

Box 5: 13

Theosophical Society in America, Wheaton, IL, c. 1973-1974

Box 5: 14

Theosophical Society in Los Angeles, CA, n.d.

Box 5: 15

Touch for Health Foundation, Pasadena, CA, 1980

Box 5: 16

UDC, Canoga Park, CA, n.d.

Box 5: 17

Universal Mind Science Church, Long Beach, CA, n.d.

Box 5: 18

Vereins für Tonbandstimmenforschung (VTF), Düsseldorf-Wersten, Germany, 1976-1977

Box 5: 19

Well Spring, Phoenix, AZ, n.d.

Box 5: 20

World Institute of Avasthology, Ojai, CA, 1976

Box 5: 21

World Institute Council, New York, NY, 1974

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