Series 1 Personal and Biographical Materials 1908-1955
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1:1 Photographs 1908-1946
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Theos Bernard 1909-1920s
Theos Bernard 1920s-1930s
Crable/Harwood (unidentified) 1890s-1900s
Clarkstown Country Club (various) 1920s-1930s
Theos Bernard (Bachrach portraits) 1930s
Theos Bernard and Viola Wertheim Bernard 1934
New Mexico and Western United States 1935
New Mexico and Western United States 1935
Gordon Family 1935-1940
New York, Arizona, California 1936
India (Taj Mahal) 1936
India 1936-1937
Viola Wertheim Bernard 1936
Yogis (India) 1936
Yogis and Sadhus (India) 1936
Bengal, Sikkim, and Tibet 1937
Publicity Photos 1937
Publicity Photos of Theos Bernard (2 negatives) 1937
Blodgett (Geo. W.) Sculpture of Theos Bernard 1938
Trendong Shapé (bkras mthong zhabs pad) 1938
New York 1938-1941
Publicity Photos 1939
New York World's Fair 1939
Publicity Photos 1940s
Santa Barbara 1940s
Property in Santa Barbara (12 negatives) 1940s
Tibetland 1940s
Clara Spring 1940s
Ganna Walska, etc. 1940s
Hatha Yoga (dissertation plates) 1943
Hatha Yoga poses for dissertation (33 negatives) 1943
Jonathan Gordon 1945
Theos Bernard and Helen Graham Park (portraits) 1946
Photographs (Unidentified) undated
Business card logos (2 negatives) 1940s
Manjusri, in Tibet Jamyang, The God of Wisdom. Illustration from Emil Schlagintweit’s, Buddhism in Tibet (page 65) (1 negative) 1940s
1:2 Passports and Personal Certificates 1908-1954
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Passports, Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates 1908-1954
1:3 Diplomas and Professional Certificates 1920-1943
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Certificates and Diplomas 1922-1936
Certificates and Diplomas 1929-1939
1:4 Miscellaneous 1908-1955
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Memorabilia 1920s-1930s
Grand Canyon 1935
Memorabilia 1936-1937
Dental X-Rays 1936
Sinus X-Rays 1938
Illustrations of six chakras 1940
Memorabilia 1940s
Bookplate circa 1935
Business Cards circa 1945
Cardiologist's Report 1935-1936
Circumnavigator's Club Certificate of Membership 1938
War Ration Book and related items 1940s
Horoscopes undated
Series 2 Writings 1936-1947
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2:1 Academic 1922-1943
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Introduction to Tantrik Ritual (Columbia Univ. M.A. thesis, draft) 1936
Introduction to Tantrik Ritual (Columbia Univ. M.A. thesis, draft) 1936
Introduction to Tantrik Ritual (Columbia Univ. M.A. thesis, final) 1936
[Tantrik Yoga] (Columbia Univ. Ph.D. dissertation, draft) undated
Tantrik Yoga: A Clinical Report (Columbia Univ. Ph.D. dissertation, draft) 1943
Report of the Examining Committee on the Theos Bernard dissertation 1943
Hatha Yoga (Columbia Univ. Ph.D. dissertation, draft) 1943
2:2 Professional 1938-1939
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The Wheel of Life (draft) undated
Sipa Khorlo (draft plus notes) undated
Sipa Khorlo (draft) undated
Sipa Khorlo (draft) undated
Sipa Khorlo (draft) undated
The Wheel of Life (drafts) undated
Tibetan Wheel of Life (draft plus notes) undated
Tibetan Wheel of Life (drafts) undated
Tibetan Wheel of Life (Review of Religion offprints) 1939
2:3 Popular 1938-1947
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Family Circle 1938-1939
Beta Kappa Journal 1938
Asia Magazine 1939
NBC Artists Service 1939
Arizona Alumnus 1937, 1939
Heaven Lies Within Us undated
Notes on "Penthouse of the Gods" (book illustrations) undated
The Art of Reflection (draft) undated
Hindu Philosophy (draft) 1944
Hindu Philosophy (draft) 1944
Hindu Philosophy (draft) 1945
Hindu Philosophy (draft) 1945
Philosophical Foundations of India (draft) 1945
Philosophical Foundations of India (draft) 1945
Philosophical Foundations of India (draft) 1945
Philosophical Foundations of India (glossary plus notes) undated
Tibetan Grammar (notes) undated
Tibetan Grammar (draft) undated
Tibetan Grammar (draft) undated
A Simplified Grammar of Literary Tibetan (draft) 1945
A Simplified Grammar of Literary Tibetan (galleys) undated
2:4 Unpublished 1938-1947
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Book Review: Ronald Kaulback, Salween 1938
The Oxford of Asia undated
Tibetan Saga undated
Tibetan Saga (plates list) undated
The True Nature of Things (handwritten draft) undated
The True Nature of Things (draft) 1942
The True Nature of Things (draft) 1942
The True Nature of Things (excerpts) undated
The True Nature of Things (notes) undated
[Yoga] (handwritten excerpt) undated
[Yoga] (draft) undated
[Yoga] (draft) undated
[Yoga] (draft) undated
Untitled Manuscript (handwritten draft plus notes) undated
Series 3 Lectures and Interviews 1938-1943
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3:1 Lecture Materials 1938-1943
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"Penthouse of the Gods" lecture 1938
Lectures 1939
Pierre Lectures 1939
Lectures 1940
Lectures 1941
Lectures 1942
Lectures 1943
Lectures undated
Lectures undated
3:2 Lecture Materials Undated
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Psychological Basis of Yoga (notes) undated
Lecture Notes undated
Lecture Notes undated
Lecture Notes undated
Lecture Notes undated
Lecture "Rationale Behind Yoga" undated
Seminar "How to Live Yoga Today" undated
Physiological Yoga undated
Academy of Tibetan Literature undated
3:3 Radio Interviews 1938-1939
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Radio Interviews (Transcripts) 1938-1939
Series 4 Research Materials 1934-1947
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4:1 Notes on Published Works 1934-1936
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Notes: Arthur Avalon, Principles of Tantra undated
Notes: Arthur Avalon, Serpent Power undated
Notes: Caraka-samhita (Kaviratna Transl.) undated
Notes: Yoga Literature undated
4:2 Topical Notes 1934-1936
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Notes: Anahata undated
Notes: Kundalini undated
Notes: Manipura undated
Notes: Muladhara undated
Notes: Sahasara undated
Notes: Svadhisthana undated
Notes: Vishuddha undated
Notes: Miscellaneous undated
4:3 India and Tibet Materials 1936-1937
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Theosophical Society (Madras) Lineage Figures 1936
Prints of Bengali Gurus 1937
Postcards of Ellora (British Museum) 1937
Tibetan Vocabulary Cards undated
Diary 1 1937
Diary 2 1937
Diary 3 1937
Directions from Lhasa to Ganden 1937
Notes on 16mm Film Footage 1937
Notes on Bhagavad-Gita (K.S. Ramaswami transl.) undated
Notes: Cultural Heritage of India (1936) undated
Notes: Miscellaneous undated
Notes: Tibetan Book of the Dead undated
Notes: Tibetan Vocabulary and Grammar 1937
Notes: Tibetan Vocabulary and Grammar undated
Notes: L. Austin Waddell, Sikkim undated
Theos Bernard's personal library card catalog undated
Glossary on Hindu/Tibetan gods/goddesses/words undated
4:4 New York and California Materials 1938-1943
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Notes: Miscellaneous Books undated
Notes: Wheel of Life undated
Notes: Changing Asia undated
Tibetan Collection Appraisal 1940
4:5 California and India Materials 1943-1947
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bde chen snying po (1878-1941), lam rim chung ngu myur lam bshad lung zin bris (translation) undated
Notes: Miscellaneous (handwritten) undated
Insurance List for Acquisitions 1947
Transcription of Evans-Wentz's translation of Bardo Thodal 1947
4:6 Acquisitions
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Prints Various India 1936-1937
Tibetan Calendar - Tibetan Mirror Press 1937
Newspapers - yul phyogs so so'i gsar 'gyur me long dge (with addressed mailing envelope) 1936-1940
Series 5 Organizational Papers and Notes 1938-1948
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5:1 American Institute of Yoga/Pierre Health Studios Materials 1938-1941
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Brochure Drafts - Pierre Health Studios 1938-1941
Miscellaneous Notes - American Institute of Yoga 1938-1941
5:2 Tibetan Text Society 1942-1948
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By-laws, Articles Of Incorporation 1945-1946
Correspondence 1946
Draft documents, seals, etc. circa 1945
Minutes undated
Series 6 Correspondence 1934-1947
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6:1 Christmas and New Year's Cards 1937-1939
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Christmas cards, envelopes and enclosure 1937
Correspondence: Cover letter to Christmas card 1937
New Year's card 1937
New Year's card 1939
Correspondence: Cover letter to Christmas card 1939
6:2 Correspondence with Glen A. Bernard 1934-1947
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Correspondence: Glen A. Bernard 1934-1937
6:3 Correspondence with Viola Wertheim Bernard 1930s-1940s
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Correspondence: Viola Wertheim Bernard 1930s-1940s
6:4 Papers and Correspondence regarding Viola Wertheim 1938-1944
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Papers and Correspondence re: divorce and trust fund 1938-1944
6:5 Papers and Correspondence with Crable/Gordon Family 1937-1942
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Correspondence: Aura Gordon 1937
Correspondence: Gordon Family 1939
Correspondence: Francis Crable 1940-1942
6:6 Papers and Correspondence regarding Donovan Lawsuit 1941
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Correspondence: Birrell and Dimmock 1941
6:7 Correspondence with Ganna Walska (neé Hanna Puacz) 1941-1946
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Correspondence: Ganna Walska 1942
Correspondence: Ganna Walska 1943
Correspondence: Ganna Walska 1944
Correspondence: Ganna Walska 1945
Correspondence: Ganna Walska 1945
Correspondence: Ganna Walska 1946
Correspondence: Ganna Walska (notes and letters) 1940s
Correspondence: Ganna Walska (telegrams) 1941-1946
6:8 Papers and Correspondence regarding Ganna Walska
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Papers regarding Ganna Walska Divorce 1946
6:9 Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence 1937-1947
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Correspondence: Frederick Spencer Chapman 1937
Correspondence: Tsarong Shapé, Dasang Damdul (tsha rong zhabs pad, zla bzang dgra' 'dul) 1938-1944
Correspondence: B. Bhimasena Rao 1941
Correspondence: Dr. Milton Raisbeck 1941-1945
Correspondence: Dundul Namgyal "George" Tsarong (bdud 'dul rnam rgyal tsha rong) 1944-1947
Tsarong (photographs) 1944
Correspondence: Kaviraj Narendranath Bidyanidhi 1947
Correspondence: Miscellaneous 1947
6:10 Papers and Correspondence with Public Relations Firm 1938
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Correspondence: W. Colston Leigh 1938
6:11 Correspondence with Gendun Chopel [Chopel, Chhophel] (dge 'dun chos 'phel)
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Correspondence: Gedun Chopel 1941-1944
6:12 Correspondence with Gegen Tharchin (dge rgan mthar phyin) 1937-1947
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Correspondence: Gegen Tharchin 1937-1947
6:13 Correspondence with Col. Charles A. Lindbergh 1937
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Correspondence: Col. Charles A. Lindbergh 1937
6:14 Miscellaneous Professional Correspondence
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Correspondence: British Mission (Lhasa) 1937
Correspondence: Church of Scotland Guild Mission 1937
Correspondence: Clarkstown Country Club 1937
Correspondence: N.I. Ellicott 1937
Correspondence: Miscellaneous Telegrams 1937
Correspondence: Tibetan Letters to FDR 1937
Correspondence: William Chamberlain and Motion Picture Distributors 1937
Correspondence: William Chamberlain and Newspaper Syndicates 1937-1939
Correspondence: Miscellaneous (Tibetan and Chinese) 1937-1940s
Correspondence: FDR Administration 1938
Correspondence: Trendong Shapé (bkras mthong zhabs pad) 1938
Correspondence: Miscellaneous (regarding films) 1938
Correspondence: NBC 1939
Correspondence: S.K. Jinorasa 1940-1941
Correspondence: Lowell Thomas 1940-1946
Correspondence: Book Publishers 1942-1946
Correspondence: Library of Congress 1945
Correspondence: Carl Dorese 1946-1948
Correspondence: Edward Schramm 1946
Correspondence: Nicholas Roerich 1947
Correspondence: Thos. Cook and Sons 1947
Correspondence: Miscellaneous Professional 1938-1947
Correspondence: Ashbel R. Welch 1945
Correspondence: Ashbel R. Welch undated
Correspondence: Unidentified undated
6:15 Books and Lectures: Correspondence and Related Papers 1938-1947
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Correspondence: Hatha Yoga 1943-1946
Lecture Tour Itinerary 1938-1940
Lecture Tour Announcements 1938-1942
Lecture Announcements (non-tour) circa 1938
Lecture Tour Press Releases undated
Lecture Tour Programs and Flyers 1938-1939
Lecture Tour Contracts 1938
Lecture Tour Contracts 1939
Lecture Tour Contracts 1940
Correspondence: Twentieth Century India 1946-1947
6:16 Correspondence: Miscellaneous 1947
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Correspondence: Siliguri Station Master 1947
6:17 Correspondence Received Unsolicited (Fan Mail) or Posthumously 1938-1950s
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Correspondence: Miscellaneous Fan Mail 1938-1947
Correspondence: Posthumously Received 1950s
6:18 Correspondence Received, But Neither Authored nor Addressed 1930s-1950
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Correspondence: Gegen Tharchin (dge rgan mthar phyin) and Statesman Newspaper (Calcutta) 1937
Correspondence: John E. Mock 1937
Correspondence: W.Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz/Herbert Schneider 1938
Correspondence: Viola Wertheim Bernard 1930s
Correspondence: Helen Graham Park 1947-1950
Correspondence: Ganna Walska 1941-1945
Series 7 Newspaper Clippings ca. 1937-1955
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Newspaper clippings ca. 1937-1946
Newspaper clippings ca. 1937-1946
Newspaper clippings ca. 1937-1946
Clipping scrapbook about Theos Bernard 1937-1939
Clipping scrapbook about Theos Bernard, compilation commenced December 1937 1937
Clipping scrapbook about India, Tibet, Yoga (RESTRICTED) 1937-1939
Series 8 Glen Agazia Bernard 1884-1976
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8:1 Personal and Family Biographical Materials 1884-1976
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Glen Bernard (photographs) 1884-1920s
Glen Bernard (photographs) 1920s-1976
Glen Bernard and unidentified person (3 negatives) undated
Atal Behari Ghosh [Atal Bihari Ghose] (photographs) 1920s-1935
Atal Behari Ghosh [Atal Bihari Ghose] (1 negative) 1935
Clyde Bernard (photographs) undated
Irven Bernard (photographs) undated
Pierre Arnold Bernard (photographs) undated
Sukumar Chatterji (photographs) 1923
Swami Vivekananda (photographs) undated
Hatha Yogi Wassan (photographs) undated
India (photographs) 1935-1936
Bernard Family, various (photographs) 1870s-1920s
Bernard Family, unidentified (photographs) undated
Unidentified Persons (photographs) undated
Tibetan Collection Appraisal Photographs 1950s-1960s
Tibetan Collection Appraisal Photographs (4 negatives on 1 strip) 1950s-1960s
La Cresenta (21 negatives) undated
Unidentified. Statue [of Buddha?] and unidentified interiors. (3 negatives) 1935
Unidentified. Includes elderly man seated in lotus position, woman behind coat check counter. (3 negatives) 1935
Passports, Family Notes, Business cards undated
Horoscopes 1926-1942
Wills and Deeds 1967
Death Certificate 1976
Glen Bernard Estate Documents 1965-1977
Clyde Bernard Estate Documents 1967-1978
Ray Bernard Estate Documents 1965-1967
Memorabilia 1900s-1930s
Palm Prints 1932
Appraisal of Theos Bernard Collection 1948
Tibetan Collection Catalogue 1948
Catalogue of Tibetan Manuscripts 1950s
Catalogue of Theos Bernard Library undated
Documents pertaining to Transferal of Theos Bernard Trust Fund to Glen A. Bernard 1955
8:2 Research Materials and Documents
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Dharmaratna, Satvotpatti Vinischaya (translation) [1902, 1900s]
Vira Sadhana: International Journal of the Tantrik Order (excerpts) circa 1905
Printed Matter, re: Pierre Arnold Bernard circa 1910
A Lecture Given at Columbia University 1911
J.L. Triwedi, How to Attain Manhood and Womanhood 1914
Jagadish Chatterji, Kashmir Shaivism [1914, undated]
Lecture Notes: Sukumar Chatterji 1922
Lecture Notes: Sukumar Chatterji (transcription) 1922
Lecture Notes: Sukumar Chatterji 1922
Lecture Notes: Sukumar Chatterji 1922, 1964
Lecture Notes: Sukumar Chatterji, Hindu Systems 1924
Lecture Notes: Sukumar Chatterji undated
Outline: Advanced Course on "Divine Will Healing" Swami Yogananda 1925
Anapana Sati (notes) circa 1927
Rasayan Sar (plus notes) 193x
Notes: Yoga Vasistha 1930s
Regeneration of Sexual Fluids (book excerpt) [1934-1939]
Notes: Nyaya 1923
Acquisitions (India) 1935-1936
Newspaper Clippings on Yoga, Medicine, etc. 1937
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletins 1938
Claude Bragdon, "Yoga for the West" 1939
Notes for Theos Bernard 1946
Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) 1951
Vedanta Society of California 1951-1952
Notes: Alex Wayman, "Explanation of Dependent Origination" 1956
Course Materials (unidentified) undated
Barnhart System of Vita Breathing undated
Miscellaneous Illustrations and Drawings undated
Notes: Astrology undated
Notes: Ayurvedic Medicine and Rasa undated
Notes: Samkhya undated
Notes: Vedanta undated
Notes: Yoga undated
Tantrik Doctrine of Duality in Unity undated
The Yogi Cleaning Breath undated
8:3 Unpublished Writings 1942, 1943, 1964, undated
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Fundamental Laws of Tibetan Buddhism 1943
Contraceptives undated
Astrological Writings undated
Man, A Symbol of Nature undated
Mind: Its Mastery undated
History of Karmic Literature undated
Miscellaneous Writings on Yoga undated
Quintessence of the Psychology and Physiology of Sex Relations undated
The Rationale of Sex undated
The Rationale of Sex undated
Rebirth, Regeneration of Representative Cognition undated
Science of Life undated
Science of Nutrition undated
Selective Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Yoga undated
Sunlight Diet undated
The Path of Purity 1942
Therapeutic Abortion undated
Tibetan Medicine undated
Tibetan Medicine undated
World System, or Investigation of the Ultimate Being undated
8:4 Correspondence 1910s-1960s
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New Year's cards 1959-1961
Correspondence: Viola Wertheim Bernard 1937
Correspondence: Aura Crable 1910s
Correspondence: W.Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz 1932-1936
Correspondence: Manly P. Hall undated
Correspondence: Persons in India 1926-1929
Correspondence: Persons in India 1926-1929
Correspondence: Persons in India 1930-1932
Correspondence: Persons in India 1935-1937
Correspondence: Persons in India 1938-1949
Correspondence: Hans Nordewin von Koerber 1934-1938
Correspondence: Helen Graham Park 1947-1960s
Correspondence regarding Theos Bernard's books 1949-1963
Correspondence: Philosophical Library 1951
Theos Bernard Copyright Transfer 1953
Correspondence: Library of Congress 1954
Correspondence regarding Theos Bernard Estate 1954-1957
Correspondence regarding Theos Bernard Tibetan Collection 1955-1963
Correspondence: Ray Bernard 1958-1965
Correspondence: Blanche DeVries 1963
Correspondence: La Varnie undated
Correspondence: Miscellaneous undated
Series 9 Gertrude Eleanore (Howell) Murray 1910-1998
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9:1 Personal and Biographical Materials 1920s-1990s
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Eleanore Murray Portraits 1920s-1950s
Eleanore Murray Portrait 1920s-1950s
Unidentified photos undated
Eleanore Murray 1950s-1990s
Miscellaneous photos undated
Property and house scenes undated
Personal and Biographical Documents 1910-1998
Scrap book (including newspaper clippings) circa 1921
Diaries 1925, 1944
9:2 Correspondence 1940s-1990s
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Map (California, Tourist) undated
Correspondence: Henry Miller 1959
Correspondence: Viola Wertheim Bernard 1980s-1990s
Correspondence: Carol Lingham 1980s-1997
Correspondence: Julian Don Alexander II 1989-1992
Correspondence: Georg Feuerstein 1989-1990s
Correspondence regarding Theos Bernard Collection 1940s-1990s
Correspondence: Miscellaneous Personal 1940s-1990s
9:3 Photographs 1930s-1940s
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Loose photographs 1930s-1940s
Scrapbook 1930s-1940s
Series 10 Unidentified and Miscellaneous Materials Undated
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Unidentified text fragments undated
Unidentified text fragments undated
Unidentified artwork and prints undated
Unidentified artwork undated
Miscellaneous research materials undated
Miscellaneous maps undated
Book cover paste-up (Philosophical Foundations of India) undated
Posters of photographs of India by Raymond Burnier undated
Drawings and artwork undated
Charts relating to yoga undated
Maps of India, Tibet, etc. undated
Histomaps of history, religion, and evolution undated