Guide to the W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz Papers , 1894-1961 M0278

Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1999; revised 2022 and 2023
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Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz Papers
Creator: Evans-Wentz, W. Y. (Walter Yeeling)
Identifier/Call Number: M0278
Identifier/Call Number: 1019
Physical Description: 10.2 Linear Feet (11 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1894-1977

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of the Estate of Walter Y. Evans-Wentz, 1978.

Biographical / Historical

Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz helped to develop Western understanding of Oriental religions, primarily Tibetan Buddhism. He was born February 2, 1878 in Trenton, New Jersey where he spent his childhood, completing elementary school in June, 1892. After less than two years of high school, Wentz decided to become a journalist. He dropped out and enrolled in commercial courses at business colleges in Jacksonville, Florida and Trenton, New Jersey. Working his way across the United States in various newspaper offices, he followed his family, who had recently settled in La Mesa, California, westward. Having decided that he was not well-suited to journalism, he arrived in Palo Alto in the academic year 1901-1902, hoping to gain admittance to the recently--established Stanford University.
Since Wentz had not completed high school, he was forced to make up deficiencies through special studies under various tutors. In May 1902 he passed an exam in English composition at Stanford, thus enabling him to submit an application for admittance to the University as a special student. Wentz graduated in Autumn 1906 (the graduation ceremonies having been postponed due to the severe earthquake that had demolished many of Stanford's buildings in April); he was elected Phi Beta Kappa. While at Stanford, Wentz wrote many poems, several extolling California in general and Stanford in particular, that were published, as were a couple of essays, in the Sequoia a student literary publication. As a Stanford undergraduate, Wentz strongly believed that mankind had a great potentiality for spiritual and moral goodness if educated men would actively work to alleviate the social ills. He was impressed with Mrs. Leland Stanford's dream that the University's Memorial Church would encourage the students' highest spiritual ideals without being involved in denominational squabbles. Having been raised a Unitarian in the tradition of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Wentz fit right in with the religious ideals fostered at Stanford. In his senior year he helped found the Social Service Club and served as its first president with Chaplain Gardiner as the advisor. Only a month after its founding, the Club had its first opportunity for social action by helping the victims of the San Francisco Earthquake find food and shelter.
Wentz majored in English and became interested in Celtic influences on English literature. His advisor, Professor Newcomer, encouraged Wentz to pursue this interest by working for a Master's degree during the academic year 1906-1907. Another professor with a great influence on Wentz's development, William James, was a visiting professor at Stanford in the spring semester 1906 and taught an introductory course in Philosophy. From James, Wentz developed an interest in the study of religious experience and the philosophical idea of a panpsychic reality permeating all of human existence. What was always a philosophical possibility for James became a religious probability for Wentz. After receiving his M.A. in June 1907, Wentz went to Europe. He earned the Docteur-es-Lettres in 1909 at the University of Rennes for literary work in the field of Celtic folk-lore. At this time Wentz affirmed his own part-Celtic ancestry by adding Evans to his name. A year later he earned his Bachelor of Science in Anthropology from Oxford University for work on the Celtic fairy-faith. Evans-Wentz combined his literary work on Celtic folklore, which was begun at Stanford and concluded in France, with his anthropological study of Celtic religion and overlaid with a panpsychical theory to explain the data in his first book, The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries (London: Oxford University Press, 1911).
Between 1911 and 1917, Evans-Wentz traveled extensively through the Mediterranian countries, documenting the religious experiences of many peoples. He spent three years in Egypt, not only studying Islamic faith, but also examining some of the Coptic documents of the early Christian gnostic communities and some of the ancient Egyptian texts from Karnak.
His five-year sojourn in India, Sikkim, and Ceylon between 1917 and 1922 provided the material for his most important works. These years were for the most part not spent in the theoretical study of Tibetan Buddhism, but rather in living it to attempt to experience the life of the people on their own terms. He climbed mountains with pilgrims who were imploring the deities to cure them of their maladies, visited various ashrams, and became a Buddhist novice monk in Sikkim between 1920 and 1922. Despite his close proximity to the religious rituals of the Indian people, he always remained the carefully-trained anthropologist who evaluated his data in a scholarly manner, attempting to illuminate the Buddhist religious experience in light of Western religious phenomena. In recognition of his contribution to scholarship the honorary degree of Doctor of Science in Comparative Religion was conferred by Oxford University in 1931. Thus, when Evans-Wentz first met Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup in Sikkim, he recognized the Lama as a Buddhist scholar whose piety was beyond question. At the time of their first encounter, the Lama was involved in translating several important Tibetan Buddhist texts into English. Evans-Wentz eventually edited these manuscripts so that they would be intelligible to the Western reader. These translations provided the material for Evans-Wentz's four most important books, Tibet's Great Yogi, Milarepa; The Tibetan Book of the Dead; Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines; and The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation (first published in London by Oxford University Press in 1928, 1929, 1935, and 1954, respectively). Together these four books have gone through at least fifteen printings or editions and there are translations of some of these works in at least five foreign languages. The years between 1922 and Evans-Wentz's death at the age of 87 on July 17, 1965 were spent editing these four books and writing a fifth book, The Sacred Mountains of the Western World (unpublished). His consuming vocation was to improve understanding between the East and the West. He traveled frequently between Oxford University, the United States, and India. In order to continue his work he laft a large portion of his estate to Stanford University. The fund provides an annual lectureship in his name on topics in the field of Oriental religion, philosophy, and ethics.
Thomas V. Peterson and William A. Clebsch
August 1970

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item] W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz Papers , M0278, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford y Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Related Materials

SC0821 Evans-Wentz collection, the research Ken Winkler did in preparation for his biography of W.Y. Evans-Wentz.
M0205 Evans-Wentz Buddhism and Eastern Religions Collection -- textual works assembled during Evans-Wentz's travels relating to the religions of Asia (principally Sri Lanka, and also China, Tibet, and other parts of Southeast Asia).
M2008 Ed Reither collection of Evans-Wentz correspondence and ephemera
M1135 Yoga Institute of America

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, books, notes, printed material, ephemera, and photographs pertaining to Mahayana Buddhism. Also contains materials pertaining to Evans-Wentz's education.

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Box 1, folder 1

Correspondence A-B 329167

Scope and Contents note

(inc. G. Warrington [UNK])
Box 1, folder 2

Correspondence C 329165

Scope and Contents note

(includes Chang, Chen-Chi 10/1955 to 7/1957 7 TLS [UNK] enc. [UNK] 1 ALS [UNK] Vow of Mahamudra by Dorge Tcc from E-W to Bollingen Foundation concerning Chang
ALS from D. T. Suzuki to Chang concerning E-W)

General note

[UNK]
Box 1, folder 3

Correspondence D 329163

Scope and Contents note

(includes Dhammashnna, Nun ANS [UNK] Tcc The Guru Ngrjuna)
Box 1, folder 4

Correspondence E-F-G 329161

Box 1, folder 5

Correspondence Lama Govinda 329159 March 1955 to June 1964

Scope and Contents note

ALS (1) TLS (8) ACS (1) Tcc Thanka of the Eight Forms of Guru Padmasambhava
Box 1, folder 6

Correspondence H-J 329157

Box 1, folder 7

Correspondence J-K 329155

Box 1, folder 8

Correspondence L-M 329153

Scope and Contents note

(includes letter from T.E. Lawrence 10/12/1916 ALS)
Box 1, folder 9

Correspondence Mc-N 329151

Box 1, folder 10

Correspondence O-P 329149

Box 1, folder 11

Correspondence Q-R 329147

Box 1, folder 12

Correspondence S 329145

Scope and Contents note

(includes Spiegelberg, Frederick 2/1952 to 10/1961 TLS (3) [UNK] TMs Tibetan Block Prints)
Box 1, folder 13

Correspondence E. T. Sturdy 329143 June 1931 - May 1950

Scope and Contents note

(includes ALS from Ambrose Sturdy (son) [UNK] ALS from R.J.R. Scott (son-in-law) to Mrs. Stokes)
Box 2, folder 1

Correspondence T-U-V 329141

Scope and Contents note

(includes Verrill, Ruth 3/1959 to 5/1959 ALS (2) Msp of symbols cc A Proposal for Designation by William Coxon
Box 2, folder 2

Correspondence Henry Tate 329139 February 1960 to July 1960

Container Summary: TLS (10)
Box 2, folder 3

Correspondence VIP's 329137 June 1954 to April 1957

Container Summary: TLS (7) TL (2)
Box 2, folder 4

Correspondence W-Z 329135

Container Summary: ALS (2)

Scope and Contents note

(includes Waters, Frank 4/1957 to 7/1963 TLS (2) & Wentz, Lillian (sister-in-law) 2/1901 to 3/1901
Box 2, folder 5

Correspondence Unidentified 329133

Box 2, folder 6

Correspondence By E-W 329131 October 1927 to March 1965

Box 2, folder 7

Correspondence W/father 329129 June 1899 to June 1900

Box 2, folder 8

Correspondence Legal miscellany 329127 February 1878 to September 1960

Box 2, folder 9

Correspondence Concerning E-W 329125 March 1938 to February 1964

Scope and Contents note

(inc. Frank Waters to G.W. Boss)
Box 2, folder 10

Misc. writings by E-W 329103

 

A Voyage from SAn Diego to San Francisco Ams 329123 May 12, 1902

 

The Science of Environment reprint from The Theosophical Forum 329121 May 1942

 

Right Views Versus Wrong Views: A Confutative Critique of The Tibetan Book of the Dead printed by the Griffin & Richmond Printing Co., Ltd, Ontario, Canada 329119

 

Remarks made by E-W at the conclusion of Dr. John Gayner Banks' lecture on Contemporary Religion Tms 329117 September 25, 1944

 

Confidence and Peace and Security reprint from The Theosophica Forum, 329115 Nov-45

Container Summary: (3)
 

Tibet's Great Yogi Milarepa reprinted from The Maha Bodhi 329113 April - May 1950

Container Summary: (2)
 

Confidence, Peace and Security World Buddhism 329111 September 1943

 

Foreward to Immortal Man by John N. East Ams 329109 July 1960

 

Foreward (The Light from the East) to The American Philosopher Tms 329107

 

Foreward to a volume of American-born messages from Meher Baba of India Tms (1) Tcc (1) Ams (1) 329105

Box 2, folder 11

Misc. articles by others 329095

 

The Appeal, unidentified author T 329101

 

Ibbotson, Ruth, The Art of Meditation Tms 329099

 

Extracts from The Theosophical Society - address delivered by Col. H. S. Olcott, President Theosophical Society Tcc 329097

Box 3, folder 1

Diaries: 329093 1894, 1895, 1896, Jan 1897 - May 1899

Box 3, folder 2

Diaries: 329091 May 26, 1899-Jun 30, 1899, Jun 30, 1899-Aug 9, 1899, Aug 10, 1899-Jun 1, 1900, Jun 1, 1900-Jul 15, 1900

Box 3, folder 3

Diaries: Jul 19, 1900-Aug 23, 1900, Aug 1900-Sep 1901, Sep 1901-Feb 1902, Jan 1902-Oct 2, 1903

Box 3, folder 4

Bank book 329089 1939-1943

 

Address books 329087

Container Summary: (2)
 

Notes on Ultra-violet rays 329085

Container Summary: (1P)
 

Books referring to my books for library 329083

Container Summary: (1p list)
 

Notes on readings 329081

 

Notes on Mrs. McCollum's health lectures, San Diego, 329079 1943

 

Bibliography and notes of readings in San Diego: Notes on Dr. Hononseck's lectures on health 329077

 

On Mexico (Scholastic note book) 329075

 

Book I: notes on readings 329073

Container Summary: (blue notepad)
 

Notes on readings 329071

Container Summary: (Memorandum - brown notepad)
 

Notes on lectures by T.R. Gaines 329069 1961

 

Notes on Mrs. Holmes lectures 329067 1942

Box 4, folder 1

Essays & papers (academic) 329065 1902-1903

Box 4, folder 2

Essays & papers (academic) 329063 1904

Box 4, folder 3-4

Essays & papers (academic) 329061 1905

Box 4, folder 5

Education 329019

 

Certificate for promotion from seventh grade, Trenton, NJ 329059 1892

 

Recommendation for High School Teacher's Certificate, Stanford 329057 190[UNK]

 

Duplicate recommendaton for High School Teacher's Certificate 329055

 

Stanford University Fifteenth Annual Commencement program, 329053 1906

 

Phi Beta Kappa - Beta of California Chapter in Stanford booklet 329051

 

Envelope from Harvard University addressed to E-W 329049

 

To whom it may concern letter from David Starr Jordan, Stanford 329047 Sep-22

Container Summary: (copy)
 

To whom it may concern letter from O.L. Elliott, Stanford 329045 1922

Container Summary: ([UNK])
 

To whom it may concern letter from J. E. McDowell, Stanford 329043 Sep-22

Container Summary: (copy)
 

Certificate of Composition for University Dues from University of Oxford, February 329041 1931

 

University Registry letter, Oxford 329039 March 1930

 

Maha Bodhi Society of India Diploma 329037 February 1956

 

Ballot for election of officers, class of 329035 1906 dated Sept 1905

 

Calling card of E-W of Jesus College, Oxford and Stanford Univ 329033

 

Phi Beta Kappa Notice 329031 April 1906

 

Envelope from county superintendent of schools, Los Angeles to E-W 329029

 

Envelope marked 1906 commencement 329027

 

Certificate from University of Oxford for Bachelor of Science plus envelope 329025 June 1910

 

Certificate of Phi Beta Kappa membership, Fairclough and Elliott o Stanford, 329023 April 12, 1906

 

Diploma from The Universal Brotherhood and Theosophical Society 329021 January 6, 1903

Box 4, folder 6

Fragment of Oxford Graduation gown 329017

Box 4, folder 7

Articles on Eastern & other Religions by E-W & others 328949

 

Preface to The Tibetan Book of the Dead 329015

Container Summary: (specimen pages)
 

Review of Tibet's Great Yog Milarepa by H. Lee Shuttleworth 329013

 

Review in Reviews and Notices of Tibet's Great Yog Milarepa 329011

 

Dharmapala, Angarika The, The Buddhist Empire of Asoka the Great 329009 1909

 

Evans-Wentz, W.Y., La Idea de La Reencarnacion 329007

 

Sheet listing three books on Tibetan Religion and Yoga Practices by E-W 329005

 

Edge, H.T. Reincarnation and Christianity article 329003

 

H.P., Simplicity of the Fundamental article 329001

 

Theosophical items of Interest to both sides 328999

 

Hansen, Louis A., Why I am a Vegetarian 328997

Container Summary: pamphlet
 

Essene School of Life List of Publications 328995

 

Smith, Joseph, The Prophet Joseph Smith Tells His Own Story 328993

 

English 8 - requirements in English 8 class 328991

 

Schmiedeler, Edgar, Birth Control A Catholic View in Reader's Digest 328989 1943

 

Abbreviations used in marking themes 328987

 

Reincarnation, The Theosophical Society, publisher 328985

 

Introduction to Tibet's Great Yog Milarepa by W. Y. Evans-Wentz 328983

 

Program for Unitarian Church, Bard Hall, San Diego, CA 328981

 

Bogey - publication at Stanford Univ 328979

 

Who are the Mahatmans?, The Theosophical Society, publishers 328977

 

Van Norman, Louis E., Our Need for an Inner Sanctuary - condensation of a lecture 328975

 

The Three Wars, presented by Chas. V. Gridley Camp, No. 104 328973

 

Sinica, 328971 May 1929

Container Summary: pp 63, 64, 71 72, 91, 92, 93, 94 and 2 illus.
 

Suddhammachari, Sister, Jaya Mangala Gth 328969

Container Summary: pamphlet
 

Holdridge, Herbert C., A Message to the North American Indians 328967

 

Lawrence, D. H., De-Bunking the Mexican Indian 328965

 

Gaskill, Gordon, Ceylon: Isle of Delight 328963

 

Verrill, Ruth Mrs. - notebook with thirty one pages of notes 328961

 

Hoskin, Clarence, Tricks of Indian Monkeys on Jungle Roads 328959

 

Cohen, J. M., The Craft of Dying - Cohen on The Tibetan Book of the Dead 328957

 

Stover, Allan J. The Rhythm of Life 328955 March 1945

Container Summary: 2pp
 

Office notes from The Canadian Theosophist 328953 Jan 1945

Container Summary: 2pp
 

Keeler, Clyde, The Worship of Ishtar Among the Cuna Indians of San Blas pamphlet 328951 1955

Box 4, folder 8

Calling cards & misc. items 328927

 

Box of visiting cards 328947

 

Note of address of Mrs Victel 328945

 

Various calling cards 328943

Container Summary: (10)
 

Picture of Manila Cathedral 328941

 

Drawing of two Oriental warriors on handmade paper 328939

 

Oriental characters on handmade paper 328937

 

Map with photographs surrounding the map 328935

 

Program of the play Johnson Over Jordan by J. B. Priestley-Saville Theatre 328933

 

Bookcover of The Tibetan Book of the Dead by E-W 328931

 

Bookcover of Masked Gods by Frank Waters 328929

Box 5, folder 1-3

Notebooks 328889

 

Tibetan rough translation of The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation 328925

 

Biography of Lobzang M. Darji 328923

 

Quotations 328921

 

Tibetan Book of Liberation 328919

Container Summary: Notebook I
 

Tibetan Book of Liberation 328917

Container Summary: Notebook II
 

Tibetan Book of Liberation 2nd Revision (complete text) 328915

 

I Chelaship: its Nature & its Tests; the Pledge; the Paramitas; the Exalted Eightfold Path; Esoteric Discipline 328913

 

II The Esoteric or Oriental School 328911

 

Notes & Abstracts & Poems 328909

 

American Indian Lore 328907

 

Guru Pema's Life 328905

Container Summary: I, II, III, IV, V, VI Notebooks
 

Translation of The Brief Precepts composed by Ugen Peme 328903

Container Summary: (1)
 

Art of Prayer to the Bodhisattvas 328901

Container Summary: (2)
 

The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation translated text 328899

 

Notes (1) from Sarat Chandra Das, Tibetan-English Dictionary Calcutta, 328897 1902

 

Notes (3) from Sarat Chandra Das, Tibetan-English Dictionary 328895

 

Glossary 328893

 

Extracts & notes from The Urga Manuscript in translation 328891

Box 5, folder 4-5

Notes and booklets on nutrition 328835

 

McCollum Laboratories Food Guide 328887

 

McCollum 21-Day Miracle Menu 328885

 

Brochure for A New Way of Life by Thomas Gaines 328883

 

Notes to Lectures by Thomas Gaines, Mss [UNK] 328881 June 10, 1948

Container Summary: 1p of added notes
 

Notes on Curing Certain Tropical Diseases Mss 328879

Container Summary: 4pp
 

Description of Lord of Heal ing Tibetan Painting by Almora, U.P., India Mss 328877 March 11, 1940

 

Extracts from the Sutra of the Lord of Healing Mss by Almora U.P. possibly 328875

Container Summary: 4pp
 

Gaines, Thomas, Secrets of Cosmic Power 328873 1947

Container Summary: 1p
 

Certificate of E-W for completion of course in Health Science by Paul C. Bragg 2/18/43 in envelope 328871

 

Bragg, Paul Health-Vitality Youthfulness and Long Life through Nutritional Awakening 328869

Container Summary: Ten pamphlets 2/2/43, 2/3/43, 2/4/43, 2/5/43, 2/7/43, 2/8/43, 2/9/43, 2/10/43, 2/11,43, 2/12/43
 

Advertisement for Life-Transforming course of Health by Thomas Gaines 328867

Container Summary: 1p
 

Gaines, Thomas Scientific Breathing Principles lecture 328865 June 10, 1948

Container Summary: 1p
 

Gaines, Thomas, The Art of Sight Improvement 328863 June 11, 1948

Container Summary: 1p
 

Gaines, Thomas, 20 Important Food Facts 328861 June 12, 1948

Container Summary: 2pp
 

Gaines, Thomas, Special List of Corrective Meals 328859

Container Summary: 1p
 

Gaines, Thomas, Rejuvenation, Youth & Beauty 328857 June 14, 1948

Container Summary: 1p
 

Gaines, Thomas Poise, Relaxation, Inner Peace, Brain Rejuvenation: 328855 June 14, 1948

Container Summary: 1p
 

Gaines, Thomas Success is for You 328853 June 15, 1948

Container Summary: 1p
 

Gaines, Thomas Health and Healing of Body and Mind 328851 June 15, 1948

Container Summary: 1p
 

Devi, Indra Class Notes on Yoga softcover book with photograph of Devi 328849

Container Summary: 20pp
 

The Life and Resurrection of Jesus the Christ Coptic Fellowship of America 328847

Container Summary: 11pp
 

The Chemistry of Food and its Application for Health Coptic Fellowship of America 328845

Container Summary: 9pp
 

Proper Nutrition and Food Value Coptic Fellowship of America 328843

Container Summary: 8pp
 

Health and Beauty Coptic Fellowship of America 328841

Container Summary: 7pp
 

Bragg, Paul C. Colitis & Ulcers 328839 1940

Container Summary: 14pp
 

Gaines, Thomas, The Miracle Month 328837 1944

Container Summary: 64pp
Box 6, folder 1

The Fairy Faith 328829

 

Preface to the First American Edition by E-W Tms (1) cc (3) 328833

 

Foreward by Geoffrey Hodson Tms 2pp, cc 5pp (1) cc 200 (2) 328831

General note

with ms corrections
Box 6, folder 2

The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation Tcc with ms corrections with cover 328827

Box 6, folder 3

Cuchama and Sacred Mountains Tcc with cover 328825

Box 6, folder 4

Photographs which are the illustrations in Cuchama and Sacred Mountains with descriptions of illustrations 328823

Box 6, folder 5

Loose typed pages with ms notes of Cuchama and Sacred Mountains 328821

Box 6, folder 6

Cuchama and Sacred Mountains Tcc without cover 328819

Box 7, folder 1

Incomplete Tms of Coochama & Sacred Mountains with cover 328817

Box 7, folder 2

Extra cc pp of Coochama & Sacred Mountains I 328815

 

Extra cc pp of Coochama & Sacred Mountains II 328813

Box 7, folder 3

Ainyahita in Pearls by Otoman-Zar-Adusht-Hanish 328811

Container Summary: 1p original and cc and cover
Box 7, folder 4

Misc. handwritten notes by E-W I 328809

 

Misc. handwritten notes by E-W II 328807

Box 7, folder 5

Stanford letters and writings (photocopies) 1922

Box 8, folder 1

Maps & building plans 328785

 

Map of tracts of isolated U.S. land applied for by E-W and newspaper Notice for Publication-Isolated Tract Public Land Sale 328805

 

Map and description of land at Barrett Junction for sale by E-W 328803

 

Plan for week-end house 328801

 

Plan for the yoga Vidyalaya, at Birbhadra, Rishi Kesh, U.P. India (with neg) 328799

Container Summary: (1)
 

Plan for pergola and surrounding grounds 328797

Container Summary: (4)
 

Plan for house 328795 June 24, 1929

Container Summary: (2)
 

Large handmade map of land 328793

 

Description of size of unidentified lot and house and cost 328791

 

Description of boundary of plot leased to E-W: area 35.26 328789

 

Mineral maps in area around Mt. Tecate 328787

Container Summary: (oversize file)
Box 8, folder 2 part I

Newspaper clippings & Newspapers 328757

 

The Buddhist World (Colombo) 328779 April 30, 1952

Container Summary: 16pp
 

The Buddhist World (Colombo) see p21 for article by E-W Let There Be Understanding 328777 April 30, 1952

Container Summary: 8pp
 

The Buddhist World (Colombo) 328775 August 20, 1952

Container Summary: 10pp
 

The Buddhist World (Colombo) p7 Seek that Wisdom by E-W 328773 December 14, 1953

Container Summary: (11)
 

The Buddhist World (Colombo) The Vatican Condemns What Ceylon Advocates by E-W 328771 September 2, 1953

Container Summary: (19)
 

The Buddhist World (Colombo) 328769 July 23, 1952

Container Summary: 4pp
 

Misc. newsclippings 328767 1904 59 1965

 

Misc. clippings concerning E-W and his family (brother and father) including a letterto the editor on Peace and War by E-W articles Let There be Further Understanding, Seek That Wisdom, The Vatican Condemns What Ceylon Advocates 328765

 

New York Herald Study of the Great-Russo-Japanese Campaign in Manchuria 328763 September 11, 1904

 

Newspaper photos of Japanese and Russians 328761 1904

Container Summary: (7)
 

The Bulletin: San Francisco map of the All-Rail Route across Europe and Asia 328759 September 18, 1902

Box 8, folder 2 Part II

Newspapers (cont.)

 

San Francisco Chronicle, 328783 June 3, 1934

Container Summary: 6pp
 

The Morning Post (London) 328781 July 28, 1922,

Container Summary: 12pp
 

Le Journal d'Egypte, Cairo, 328755 December 15, 1938

 

Le Journal d'Egypte, Cairo, 328753 February 8, 1939

 

Le Journal d'Egypte, Cairo, 328751 February 8, 1939

 

Le Journal d'Egypte, Cairo, 328749 February 11, 1939

 

Le Journal d'Egypte, Cairo, 328747 February 11, 1939

 

Unidentified paper Filipino Fighter Victim of Ring Battle 328745

 

The Christian Science Monitor 328743 June 9, 1943

 

The Buddhist World Colombo article by E-W 328741 December 3, 1952

 

The Buddhist World Colombo article by E-W 328739 September 2, 1953

 

The Buddhist World Colombo article by E-W 328737 December 14, 1953

 

The San Diego Union 328735 March 8, 1953

 

The San Diego Union 328733 March 22, 1953

 

The Christian Science Monitor 328731 July 6, 1959

Box 8, folder 3 Part II

Photographs (Photographs of Indian (East) Schactar & priests 328729

Container Summary: (9)
Box 8, folder 4

Gold watch belonging to E-W 328727

Box 8, folder 5

photographs and postcards

 

Photo: Annie Besant by Wiele & Klein, Madras. 328725 (8/4/18)

 

The Adyar Album, views of the headquarters of the Theosophical Society. Adyar, Madras. 328723

Container Summary: (26 pp)
 

Six colored [Burmese?] postcards. 328721

 

Mitry's Photo studio envelope containing: 328719

Scope and Contents note

4 [Arab?] group photos, one person of whom is probably Wentz.
1 shoulder & head view of Wentz, printed as postcard.
 

Kodak film wallet containing: 328717

Scope and Contents note

11 black & white photos of [Northern India?]
 

Postcard photo of Mt. Chocorua (N.H.) 328715

 

Light green envelope containing 8 miscellaneous Egyptian postcards. 328713

 

Wrapped in tissue: 328711

Scope and Contents note

2 photos, taken by Charlie, June 1918.
1 photo of Vivian and Cedric at Lloyds neck...
 

1 Postcard of Ceylon 328709

 

In large envelope, 4 mounted photos of Ceylonese (?) deities, identified on backs. 328707

Box 8, folder 6

Miscellaneous, including letters, notes and printed material. 328665

 

Scale of life composition, printed. 328705

 

Sudhakar to E-W, postcard. 328703 1919, Feb 18,

 

Shradohanandu Sangosi [?] to Sir, ALs. 328701 1919, Feb 21,

 

Times of Ceylon newsclipping re E-W in Ceylon as archaeologist. 328699 1917, Dec 18,

 

but similar to above. 328697 undated

 

Shrandhananda Sangosi [?] to Sir, ALS, with cover. 328695 1919, Feb 18,

 

Freyda Dorntof [?] to Friend, ALS, with cover. 328693 undated, Sep 17

Container Summary: 2 pp
 

Small note book, starts with Hymn to Ra, 328691

Container Summary: 18 pp.
 

4 printed cards for Sat Yudi Mandli: or Society of hastening the coming of God's kingdom. 328689

 

6.8., Lal Chand, letter copied re Gopal Krishna Sfo L. Hakam Chand Patni. 328687 1918,

 

14.2. Gopal Krishna, Lahore, letter copied 328685 1919,

Container Summary: 2 pp.
 

envelope. 328683 1919, Feb 2,

 

18.2, Hari Lhusau Mukherjee to Wentz, ALS. 328681 1919,

Container Summary: 2 pp
 

8.2, [G.C.?] Mukherjee to Wentz, 2 pp ALS with (same sheet) continuation 328679 1919,

Container Summary: (2 pp)
 

envelope. 328677 1919, Feb 2,

 

Small green notebook with Wentz' notes on Shakti & Shakta 328675

Scope and Contents note

(Sir John Woodroffe... 1918)
 

Anton Niedermeier [?] to Wentz, ALS. 328673 1918, Dec 27,

Container Summary: 4 pp
 

Oxford University Press bill, with enclosed calling cards. 328671

 

Receipt for money order payable to J. H. Fussell. 328669

 

n.b. - the old cloth on this ms., adorned with the sun in centre and four crescent moons, symbols of Buddhism, is the covering which was on the ms. when it came from the monastery. stamp for the disabled Ceylon Men's fund. 328667

Box 8, folder 7

4 Descriptions of art work and scrolls, [Art and scrolls not available.] Includes translation of Chinese Imperial poem copied by Tsao Wen Chih. 328661 undated

Box 8, folder 8

Tirukalukundrum Patchi Dharisana Chart. Viadras: Counian Press, 15th ed. 328659 1918

Container Summary: 4,000 copies.
Box 8, folder 9

The English Club of Stanford University certificate

Box 8, folder 10

Photographs 328639

Box 9

Books and periodicals

 

Ashtavakra Gita, Trans. by Hari Prasad Shastri 328657

 

Baba, Meher, Life at Its Best, foreward by E-W 328655

 

Baptist, Egerton C., Meditation on 4 Sublime States 1955

 

Berner, H. Charles, A Manual for Guiding a Person Through the After Death Experience 328653

 

Bhagwat, Professor, N.K., The Dhammapada 328651

 

Blavatsky, H.P., Studies in Occultism, No. VI 328649

 

Buddhism and Science, Buddhist Publication Society 328647

 

Cotton-Clad Mila: The Tibetan Poet-Saint's Life in Pictures, Columbia Univ. Press 328641

 

Estele, Dr., Urinary Disorders of Prostatic Origin 328637

 

Evans-Wentz, Le Livre Tibétain de la Grande Libération 1954

 

Five Hymns to Sri Arunachala, Niranjananda Swamy Publisher 328635

Container Summary: (2copies)
 

First Steps in Occultism, Theosophical Publishing Society 328633

 

Good and Evil, Theosophical University Press, Point Long, California 328631

 

Goodwin and White, The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis 1900

General

From Course Greek I
 

Hood, Tom, The Rhymester 328629

 

James, Laura DeWitt, The Word Went Forth 328627

 

Jesus College of Oxford: List of Old Members 328625

 

Krishnamurti, J. At The Feet of the Master 328623

 

La Lengua Aymara, Hermana Mayor de la Quichua Mendoza (J. P. Harrington) 328621 1945

 

Lewis, L.A. Ancient Secret Wisdom 328619

 

Luce E Ombra, Linotipia Veronese Ghidini E. Fiorini-Verona article by E-W 328617

 

Moss, Charles M., A First Greek Reader 328615

 

Narada Thera, The Buddhist Doctrine of Rebirth 1936

 

Nimalasuria, Dr. A., ed, Buddha The Healer 328613

 

Osborne, Arthur Ramana Arunachala 328611

 

Ramanasramaim, Advaita Bodha Deepika 328607

 

Pancha Sila: The Five Precepts, Theosophical Publishing House 328601

 

Shelton, Herbert M. The Spirit of Right Living 328599

 

Sinha, J. Wettha, The Four Retentions of Memory 328597

 

Sinnett, A.P. The Occult World 328595

 

Suggestions to Homesteaders and Persons Desiring to Make Homestead Entries, Washington Gov. Printing Office 328593

 

The American Philosophy Series: Oriental Philosophies, Russell F. Moore Co. Publishers foreward by E-W 328591

 

The Canadian Theosophist, Vol XXIII, No. 6., Hamilton, see p1 328589 August 1942

 

The Canadian Theosophist, Vol XXIII, No. 10, Hamilton, see p1 328587 December 1942,

 

The Canadian Theosophist, Vol XXIII, No. 11, Hamilton, see p1 328585 January 1943

 

The Canadian Theosophist, Vol XXIV, No. 1, Hamilton, see p11 328583 March 15, 1943

 

The Canadian Theosophist, Vol XXIV, No. 7, Hamilton, see p202 328581 September 1943

 

The Canadian Theosophist, Vol XXVII, No. 1, Hamilton, article by E-W p6 328579 March 1946,

 

The High History of the Holy Grail, translated by Sebastian Evans Vol. two 328577

 

The Jewel of Trancendental Wisdom (The Diamond Sutra) A.F. Price Trans. foreward by E- 328575

 

The Junior Theosophist, Vol. VIII, No 9, article by E-W p159 328573 May 1938,

 

The Last Word: The Sutra of the Teachings Left by the Buddha, Pub. by Koyata Yamamota 328571

 

The Listener Vol XLIII, No. 1096, 328569 January 1950

 

The Maha Bodhi, Vol. 61, Nos. 5-6, article by E-W, p61 328567 May-June

 

The Maha Bodhi, Vol. 49, No. 10 328565 October 1941

 

The Maha Bodhi, Vol. 58, Nos. 4-5, article by E-W, p113 328563 April-May

 

The Maha Bodhi, Vol. XXX, No. 7 328561 July 1922

 

The Maha Bodhi, Vol. 44 No. 2, article by E-W p49 328559 February 1936

 

The Maha Bodhi, Vol. 62, No. 8, 328557 August 1954

 

The Theosophist magazine Vol. XVII, No. 1-3 Oct.-Dec. 1895

 

The Theosophical Forum, with contributions by E-W

Scope and Contents

Vol. XVII No. 6 (December 1940); Vol. XIX No. 6 (Dec. 1941); Vol. XXIV No. 11 (Nov. 1945)
 

text in Sinhala

 

The Yale University Library Gazette January 1961

 

The Middle Way, Vol. 21, No. 3, with article by E-W Sept-Oct. 1946

 

The Western Political Quarterly Vol. VI, No. 2 June 1953

 

Tourism in Netherland India 1935-1936

 

Thimm, Franz, Spanish Self-Taught 1953

 

Entries in original FA that did not show up in the boxes

 

Coyas, Arturo, Appelton's New Spanish-English and English-Spanish Dictionary 328645

 

Collier, John, Indians of the Americas 328643

 

Ramsey, M. Montrose, A Spanish Grammer 328605

 

Ramsey, M. Montrose, Modern Spanish 328603

Box 10, folder 1

letters sent to Sri Deva Ram Sukul Accession no. 1991-058 1951-1958

Related Materials

Sri Deva Ram Sukul and Louise Evans were involved with the Yoga Institute of America, the records of which are housed at Stanford (M1135).
Box 10, folder 2

2 prints (same) undated

Box 10, folder 3

clippings and letters (mostly photocopies)

map-folder 11

Photo of Seventeenth International Congress of Orientalists, Oxford, 328609 1928

Box 12, folder 1

Carpe Diem Fine Books description of 2023-106 addenda

Box 12, folder 2

Pilgrim and the clear light: the biography of Dr. Walter Y. Evans-Wentz, Ken Winkler 2013

Box 12, folder 3

Correspondence and clippings about Louise C. Evans 1955-1977

Box 12, folder 4

Correspondence 1951-1964

Scope and Contents

The correspondence is primarily from W.Y. Evans-Wentz to Sri Deva Ram Sukul and Louise C. Evans.
Box 12, folder 5

W.Y. Evans-Wentz correspondence to Louise C. Evans 1955-1964

Box 12, folder 6

Stanford agreement with Louise C. Evans 1977