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MS/150. New Age Movements, Occultism, and Spiritualism Research Library (NAMOSRL)

 Record Group Term
Collection number: MS/150
Contains individual archival collections, books, periodicals, ephemera, paraphernalia, and research notes related to New age movements, occultism, magic and witchcraft, personal transformation, astrology, spiritualism, & shamanism. There are two parts of the collection: 1. records and papers of people and organizations that could and do stand alone as unique archival collections which will be described individually; 2. books, periodicals, study notes, and other ephemera collected to support its scope. Guy Frost the creator of this collection continues to seek out, accept as donations, and grow with as much digitization of source material as possible for this library.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Lester Lear Astrology Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-150-19
Scope and Contents This collection contains the horoscope charts, notes on aspects and transits, dating from 1930 to 1940 (bulk from around 1936) for various people living in the United States responding to advertisements or via word-of-mouth. The collection also contains correspondence and business agreements with Evangeline Adams Studios, including a copy of the MOA designating Lear and the Independent Syndicate rights to distribute horoscopes to newspapers for publication. Astrology periodicals, teaching...
Dates: 1919 - 1940