Sanford Unger papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 69
Sanford Unger papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 69
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.”
- Access Information
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This collection is open for research.
- Dates
- Creation: 1961 - 1974
- Extent
- 0.20 Cubic Feet (One half-width letter-size manuscript box)
- Related Names
- Unger, Sanford
- Huxley, Aldous
- Huxley, Laura Archera
- Language of Materials
- English
Typescripts , 1964 - 1970
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 69, File 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1964 - 1970
“The Current Scientific Status of Psychedelic Drug Research,” by Sanford Unger, Presentation delivered to the Conference on Methods in Philosophy and the Sciences, New York, 1964
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1964
“Electrical Brain Stimulation and LSD-Type Drugs: A Study Document Prepared for The National Council of the Churches of Christ,” by Sanford Unger, Conference on Church Renewal, 1967
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 69, File 1, Item 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1967
“A Study of The Religious Relevance of guided Psilocybin Session” (draft), by Joel Fort and Sanford Unger (Co-Principal Investigators), Glide Urban Center, San Francisco, 1970
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 69, File 1, Item 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1970
Publications , 1961 - 1974
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 69, File 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1961 - 1974
“The Hallucinogenic Fungi of Mexico: An Inquiry into the Origins of the Religious Idea Among Primitive Peoples” by R. Gordon Wasson, (photocopy from the Psychedelic Review), 1961
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 69, File 2, Item 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1961
“Mescaline, LSD, Psilocybin, and Personality Change, a Review,” by Sanford M. Unger, (reprint from Psychiatry: Journal for the Study of Interpersonal Processes, Volume 26, Number 2) , 1963
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 69, File 2, Item 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1963
- Related Names
- Unger, Sanford
“Do Drugs Have Religious Import” by Huston Smith (photocopy) , 1964
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 69, File 2, Item 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1964
"LSD and Psychotherapy: A Bibliography of the English-Language Literature" by Sanford M. Unger, 1964
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 69, File 2, Item 4
- Dates
- Creation: 1964
- Related Names
- Unger, Sanford
"The Seven Tongues of God" by Timothy Leary, 1964
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 69, File 2, Item 5
- Dates
- Creation: 1964
- Related Names
- Leary, Timothy
“Implications of LSD and Experimental Mysticism” by Walter N. Pahnke and William A. Richards, (Photocopy of a reprint from the Journal of Religion and Health, Volume 5, Number 3), 1966
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 69, File 2, Item 6
- Dates
- Creation: 1966
- Related Names
- Pahnke, Walter
- Richards, William A.
“Psychedelic Therapy Utilizing LSD in the Treatment of the Alcoholic Patient: A Preliminary Report,” by Alber A. Kurland, Sanford Unger, John W. Shaffer, and Charles Savage, (Reprint from the American Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 123, Number 10), 1967
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 69, File 2, Item 7
- Dates
- Creation: 1967
“LSD-Type Drugs and Psychedelic Therapy” by Sanford Unger, Albert A. Kurland, MD, John W. Shaffer, Charles Savage, Sidney Wolf, Robert Leihy, O. Lee McCabe, and Harry Shock (Reprint from Research in Psychotherapy, Volume 3), 1968
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 69, File 2, Item 8
- Dates
- Creation: 1968
- Related Names
- Unger, Sanford
- Kurland, Albert
- Savage, Charles (1918-2007)
“The Psychedelic Use of LSD: Reflections and Observations” by Sanford Unger (Reprint from Psychedelic Drugs) , 1969
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 69, File 2, Item 9
- Dates
- Creation: 1969
- Related Names
- Unger, Sanford
“The Experimental Use of Psychedelic (LSD) Psychotherapy” by Walter N. Pahnke, Albert A. Kurland, Sanford Unger, Charles Savage, and Stanislav Grof (Reprint from the Journal of the American Medical Association, Volume 212, Number 11), 1970
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 69, File 2, Item 10
- Dates
- Creation: 1970
- Related Names
- Pahnke, Walter
- Kurland, Albert
- Unger, Sanford
- Savage, Charles (1918-2007)
- Grof, Stanislav, 1931-
“Psychedelic (LSD) Therapy of Neurotic Disorders: Short Term Effects” by O. Lee McCabe, Charles Savage, Albert Kurland, and Sanford Unger, (Reprint from the Journal of Psychedelic Drugs, Volume 5, Number 1) , 1972
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 69, File 2, Item 11
- Dates
- Creation: 1972
- Related Names
- Unger, Sanford
- Savage, Charles (1918-2007)
- Kurland, Albert
"Stereospecific Actions of DOET (2,5-Dimethoxy-40Ethylamphetamine) in Man" by Solomon H. Snyder, Sanford Unger, Robert Blatchley, and Charles Barfknecht, 1974
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 69, File 2, Item 12
- Dates
- Creation: 1974
- Related Names
- Unger, Sanford
Correspondence with Aldous and Laura Huxley, 1963 - 1969
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSP 69, File 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1963 - 1969
"LSD: The Spring Grove Experiment," recorded excerpt, 1966
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 69, File 4
- Dates
- Creation: 1966
Citation
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MSP 69, Sanford Unger papers, Purdue University Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries
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MSP 69, Sanford Unger papers, Purdue University Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries https://archives.lib.purdue.edu/repositories/2/resources/30 Accessed January 21, 2025.