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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 23 Collections and/or Records:

Sheldon Christian Collection

 Collection
Collection number: MS-150-18
Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence from his mother, wife, siblings, past girlfriends, friends, and colleagues, sermon scripts and notes for sermons, cue sheets for Illustrated Lectures with or without commentary, play scripts, and other miscellaneous items providing a window into the lives of a family in the early Depression years.

Dates: 2021-11-23

Sir Edwin Arnold Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Collection number: MS-150-10
Scope and Contents A collection primarily of correspondence. The exotic descriptions of India in the poetic works of Arnold, influenced by first-hand accounts, must have been alluring to aristocrats. Many of the British noblemen and relatives we eager for Arnold to attend dinners, lunches and other functions particularly to discuss The Light of Asia. Not all correspondences in the collection are dated but those that bare dates are from 1880-1898. A draft of one of his poem...
Dates: Created: 1880-1898

Victor and Cora Anderson Library

 Collection
Collection number: MS-150-7
Scope and Contents

This collection is a portion of the Anderson's library having been selected based on titles that were not currently in its parent collection New Age Movements, Occultism, and Spiritualism Research Library. A bibliography of the full library as well as the disposition of the items is planned. All titles in this collection have been cataloged separately.

Dates: Created: 1921-1998