Leary, Timothy
Person
Dates
- Existence: October 22, 1920 - May 31, 1996
Biographical Information
Timothy Leary was born on October 22, 1920 to parents Timothy Leary and Abigail Ferris. He earned his master's degree in psychology from Washington State University and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. Leary began lecturing at Harvard in 1959, while researching "the interaction of dimensions of personality and social relationships". Shortly after, he went on to start the Harvard Psilocybin Project with Richard Alpert, though due to poor experimental practice, the project shut down in 1963. Leary went on to be an instrumental - yet controversial - figure in raising awareness about potential therapeutic uses for psychoactive substances up until his death on May 31, 1996.
Sources: https://psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/timothy-leary https://www.biography.com/people/timothy-leary-37330
Sources: https://psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/timothy-leary https://www.biography.com/people/timothy-leary-37330
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Articles, 1978-2001
File — Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents
AHP Newsletter, Jean Millay guest editor, May 1979
King, Marjorie. "A Visit With Tim Scully." AHP Newsletter. December 1978 [photocopy and typed manuscript]
"The Return of Timothy Leary." The Sunday Star Bulletin. November 25, 1979 [photocopy]
"Thinking About Thinking: Examining the Structures of Education" by Jean Millay, printed in Perspective, October/ November 2001
Dates:
1978-2001
Correspondence describing Solomon's meetings with Timothy Leary and Humphry Osmond, April 23, 1963 - July 10, 1965
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 92, File 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The David Solomon papers contains Solomon's typescript for "Psychedelic Satire," a letter to Timothy Leary, other correspondence, a photocopy of Don Allen's talk on LSD, a poem, notes and correspondence pertaining to "Flight to Reality," Duncan Blewett's proposal for an "Institute for Studies in Normal Psychology, survey of a psychedelic questionnaire, description of a mescaline trip, materials pertaining to Solomon's friend, Robert Burdette.
Dates:
April 23, 1963 - July 10, 1965
Harvard Psilocybin Project records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 98
Abstract
The Harvard Psilocybin Project memos, reports and meeting minutes (1 folder; circa 1961-1962) documents the therapeutic use of psilocybin on inmates at the Concord Prison with Ralph Metzner, Richard Alpert, George Litwin, James Ciarlo, Mike Kahn, Gunther Weil, and Timothy Leary.
Dates:
circa 1961-1962; Other: Majority of material found in 1961-1962; Other: Date acquired: 09/10/2012
Harvard Research Group materials, 1962 - 1976
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 67, File 7
Scope and Contents
This file includes two folders that consist of materials related to Timothy Leary's Research Group at Harvard University in addition to the International Federation for Internal Freedom (IFIF) and the League for Spiritual Discovery. Materials include the text of a lecture by Timothy Leary; articles, reprints, photocopies about or authored by Timothy Leary and other colleagues; Research Program on Consciousness- Altering Substances, Newsletter No. 1, February 1962; International Federation for...
Dates:
1962 - 1976
Jean Millay and Timothy Leary, 1964-1973
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents
Photocopied photograph from the 1964 Big Sur, Esalon Conference
Photocopied photograph of Timothy Leary, possibly in his 80s
Photocopied photograph of Jean Millay and Timothy Leary when he was at Vacaville Prison, 1973
Article written by Timothy Leary in Playgirl
Postcard to Jean Millay from Timothy Leary
Letter from Wesley Hiler to Dr. Krippner about Jean Millay's edited tapes of conversations she had with Timothy Leary in Vacaville Prison
Dates:
1964-1973
Leary, Timothy and Joanna. Neurologic. Copyright 1973 by Betsy Klein, Jack Leary, Susan Martino, Michael Horowitz, Walter H. Clark, Bruce M. Margolin (photocopy), 1973
Item — Box: 13, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 1, Series 3, Sub-Series 6, File 1, Item 3
Scope and Contents
Inscription: 4/23/73, #61 of 500
Dates:
1973
Leary, Timothy and Walter Houston Clark. "Religious Implications of Consciousness Expanding Drugs," Religious Education. (reprint), May - June, 1963
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 1, Series 3, Sub-Series 2, File 12, Item 10
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes published and unpublished preprints, reprints, abstracts, and drafts of articles on the use of psychotropic substances as a therapeutic agent. It also includes book chapters, letters to the editor, and conference presentations.
Dates:
May - June, 1963
Leary, Timothy. "The Religious Experience: Its Production and Interpretation," The Psychedelic Review. (photocopy), undated
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 1, Series 3, Sub-Series 2, File 12, Item 9
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes published and unpublished preprints, reprints, abstracts, and drafts of articles on the use of psychotropic substances as a therapeutic agent. It also includes book chapters, letters to the editor, and conference presentations.
Dates:
undated
Novak, Steven J. "LSD before Leary: Sidney Cohen’s Critique of 1950s Psychedelic Drug Research." Isis 88, 1997
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSP 56, File 11, Item 12
Scope and Contents
Photocopy.
Dates:
1997
"The Seven Tongues of God" by Timothy Leary, 1964
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 69, File 2, Item 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Sanford Unger papers (1961-1974; 0.2 cubic feet) contains writings exploring the therapeutic potential of psychedelic substances. The collection also contains the correspondence between Aldous and Laura Huxley and Sanford Unger, and an excerpt from the 1966 CBS Reports feature, “LSD The Spring Grove Experiment.”
Dates:
1964
Typed letter to Timothy Leary referring to his visit to Millbrook, and his idea for a film, "The Visionaries", June 9, 1965
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 92, Item 2
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes throughout.
Dates:
June 9, 1965