Research Catalog

Title

Timothy Leary papers, 1910-2009.

Author

Leary, Timothy, 1920-1996.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• R U Sirius.
• Ram Dass.
• Babbs, Ken.
• Barlow, John Perry.
• Barritt, Brian.
• Barron, Frank, 1922-2002.
• Bauer, James.
• Bieberman, Lisa.
• Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.
• Chase, Barbara.
• Chase, Zachery.
• Clark, Walter Houston, 1902-
• Dettering, Richard.
• Fargo, Brian.
• Ferguson, Frank.
• Flynt, Larry.
• Gardner, Eric.
• Getty, Aileen.
• Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997.
• Guccione, Bob, Jr.
• Hallis, Howard.
• Harcourt-Smith, Joanna.
• Haring, Keith.
• Hitchcock, Peggy.
• Hoffman, Abbie.
• Hollingshead, Michael.
• Horowitz, Michael.
• Huxley, Laura Archera.
• Itkin, Michael Francis.
• Itō, Jōichi, 1966-
• Jourgensen, Al, 1958-
• Kesey, Ken.
• Kleps, Art.
• Krassner, Paul.
• Leary, Timothy Francis.
• Lee, Paul A.
• Liddy, G. Gordon.
• Lilly, John Cunningham, 1915-2001.
• Litwin, George H.
• Martino, Susan.
• Mayo, Jean.
• Metzner, Ralph.
• Palmer, Cynthia.
• Robbins, Tom.
• Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996.
• Weil, Gunther M. (Gunther Martin)
• Wilson, Robert Anton, 1932-2007.
• Wisdom, Gabriel.
• Woodruff, Rosemary.
• Hofmann, Albert.
• Futique Trust.
• Futique, Inc.
• Kaiser Foundation.

Description

265.65 linear feet (610 boxes, 11 oversized folders, 22 tubes); 67 audio files; 1.78 Gigabytes (4,096 computer files)

Summary

Timothy Francis Leary, Jr. (1920-1996), a psychologist and writer, became known as an advocate for the use of psychedelic drugs and a counterculture icon. The Timothy Leary papers contain records created and accumulated by Leary over his entire life, as well estate records created after his death. The papers comprehensively document his life and activities: as a child, student, professional psychologist, lecturer and researcher at Harvard, unaffiliated psychedelic guru, prisoner, escapee, exile, and futurist.

Donor/Sponsor

Funds for processing provided by the Futique Trust.

Subjects

• Psychedelic art
• Millbrook (N.Y.)
• League for Spiritual Discovery
• Newton (Mass.)
• Interplay Entertainment Corporation
• LSD (Drug)
• Underground press publications
• Diaries
• Printed ephemera
• Psychedelic art > United States > 20th century
• Psychology > Philosophy
• Neo-American Church
• Legal documents
• Communal living
• Futurologists > 20th century
• Lecture notes
• Born digital
• New Age movement
• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Extrasensory perception
• Research notes
• Libertarianism
• Screenplays
• Video recordings
• Psychologists > 20th century
• Photographs
• Cannabis > Law and legislation > United States
• Counterculture
• Psychology, Experimental
• Neuropsychology
• Human experimentation in psychology
• Poets, American > 20th century
• Brotherhood of Eternal Love
• Electronic Arts (Firm)
• Outsider art
• Manuscripts for publication
• Sound recordings
• Halllucinogenic drugs > Research > United States > 20th century
• Letters (correspondence)
• Software
• Scrapbooks
• Sexual freedom > United States
• Mescaline
• Authors, American > 20th century
• Bohemianism > California
• Drugs > Religious aspects
• Drafts (documents)
• Realia
• Calendars

Genre/Form

• Born digital.
• Calendars.
• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Diaries.
• Drafts (documents)
• Lecture notes.
• Legal documents.
• Letters (correspondence)
• Manuscripts for publication.
• Outsider art.
• Photographs.
• Printed ephemera.
• Psychedelic art.
• Realia.
• Research notes.
• Scrapbooks.
• Screenplays.
• Software.
• Sound recordings.
• Video recordings.

Access (note)

• Electronic Records are available for onsite use only. Electronic records in unknown or unreadable file formats are closed until proper emulation or migration solutions can be determined. Audio and video recordings are unavailable pending preservation transfer. Some of these materials were previously digitized and are available through the Internet Archive's Timothy Leary Archive: https://archive.org/details/Tim_Leary_Archive.

Additional Formats (note)

• Selected sound and video recordings were previously digitized and are available through the Internet Archive's Timothy Leary Archive: https://archive.org/details/Tim_Leary_Archive.

Terms of Use (note)

• Copyright for material created by Leary retained by the Futique Trust.

Call Number

MssCol 18400

OCLC

864683605

Author

Leary, Timothy, 1920-1996.

Title

Timothy Leary papers, 1910-2009.

Restricted Access

Electronic Records are available for onsite use only. Electronic records in unknown or unreadable file formats are closed until proper emulation or migration solutions can be determined. Audio and video recordings are unavailable pending preservation transfer. Some of these materials were previously digitized and are available through the Internet Archive's Timothy Leary Archive: https://archive.org/details/Tim_Leary_Archive.

Additional Formats

Selected sound and video recordings were previously digitized and are available through the Internet Archive's Timothy Leary Archive: https://archive.org/details/Tim_Leary_Archive.

Terms Of Use

Copyright for material created by Leary retained by the Futique Trust.

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Finding aid

Added Author

R U Sirius.

Ram Dass.

Babbs, Ken.

Barlow, John Perry.

Barritt, Brian.

Barron, Frank, 1922-2002.

Bauer, James.

Bieberman, Lisa.

Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.

Chase, Barbara.

Chase, Zachery.

Clark, Walter Houston, 1902-

Dettering, Richard.

Fargo, Brian.

Ferguson, Frank.

Flynt, Larry.

Gardner, Eric.

Getty, Aileen.

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997.

Guccione, Bob, Jr.

Hallis, Howard.

Harcourt-Smith, Joanna.

Haring, Keith.

Hitchcock, Peggy.

Hoffman, Abbie.

Hollingshead, Michael.

Horowitz, Michael.

Huxley, Laura Archera.

Itkin, Michael Francis.

Itō, Jōichi, 1966-

Jourgensen, Al, 1958-

Kesey, Ken.

Kleps, Art.

Krassner, Paul.

Leary, Timothy Francis.

Lee, Paul A.

Liddy, G. Gordon.

Lilly, John Cunningham, 1915-2001.

Litwin, George H.

Martino, Susan.

Mayo, Jean.

Metzner, Ralph.

Palmer, Cynthia.

Robbins, Tom.

Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996.

Weil, Gunther M. (Gunther Martin)

Wilson, Robert Anton, 1932-2007.

Wisdom, Gabriel.

Woodruff, Rosemary.

Hofmann, Albert.

Futique Trust.

Futique, Inc.

Kaiser Foundation.

Research Call Number

MssCol 18400