Sanford Unger papers
Scope and Contents
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
- Creation: 1961 - 1974
Creator
- Unger, Sanford (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material is in English.
Access Information
This collection is open for research.
Copyright and Use Information
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Biographical Information
Sanford Unger received his BA from Anitoch College in 1953, his MA from Cornell University in 1955, and his PhD from Cornell University in 1960. Unger served as a research scientist at the National Institutes of Health from 1960 to 1965 and Chief of Psychosocial Research at the Maryland State Psychiatric Research Center from 1965 to 1973. He also was an adjunct faculty member at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from 1966 to... 1992. Unger has published several articles including “LSD and Psychotherapy: A Bibliography of the English-Language Literature,” “Mescaline, LSD, Psilocybin, and Personality Change,” “The Use of LSD: Reflections and Observations” and has co-authored articles such as “Psychedelic (LSD) Therapy of Neurotic Disorders: Short Term Effects” and “The Experimental Use of Psychedelic (LSD) Psychotherapy.”
Note written by
Extent
0.20 Cubic Feet (One half-width letter-size manuscript box)
Arrangement
Collection material is arranged by subject.
Acquisition Information
Collection donated by Sanford Unger, June 19, 2009.
Subject
- Huxley, Aldous (Correspondent, Person)
- Huxley, Laura Archera (Correspondent, Person)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Alcoholism -- Treatment
- Altered states of consciousness in literature
- Brain stimulation
- Documentary film
- Hallucinogenic drugs -- Therapeutic use -- History
- Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience
- Hallucinogens -- Therapeutic use
- LSD (Drug) -- Therapeutic use -- History
- Mysticism -- Psychology
- Mysticism -- Psychology
- Psilocybin -- Therapeutic use -- History
- Psychedelic medicine
- Psychedelic psychiatry
- Psychotherapy patients
- Title
- Sanford Unger papers
- Status
- Under Review
- Author
- Kristin Leaman and Serena Potter
- Date
- 2018-02-14
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Edition statement
- Second edition. Collection description was first completed September 2011.
Repository Details
Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository
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