Harvard Psilocybin Project records
Scope and Contents
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. Provenance: This collection of mimeographed papers are from the Timothy Leary Archives and were given by the Executors of the Leary Estate (Futique) to Michael Horowitz in partial payment for his performing an appraisal of the Leary Archives in 2008.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1961-1962
- Other: Majority of material found in 1961-1962
- Other: Date acquired: 09/10/2012
Creator
- Metzner, Ralph (Person)
- Leary, Timothy (Person)
Extent
1.00 folders
Language of Materials
English
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.
Source of Acquisition
Flashback Books Canada (Michael Horowitz)
Method of Acquisition
Purchased from Flashback Books Canada (Michael Horowitz)
Subject
- Massachusetts Reformatory (Concord, Mass.) (Organization)
- Harvard University (Organization)
- Title
- Harvard Psilocybin Project records
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Kristin Leaman
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository
504 Mitch Daniels Boulevard
West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
archives@purdue.edu