File on Gurdjieff kept by Carl Zigrosser, 1923-1963, n.d.

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File on Gurdjieff kept by Carl Zigrosser, 1923-1963, n.d.

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There is no correspondence from Gurdjieff in this file. These files reflect Zigrosser's years of involvement with a Gurdjieff circle in New York City and his extensive study of Gurdjieff's teachings. Included are letters Zigrosser to his wife Florence King from France in 1927. At this time, Zigrosser visited the Gurdjieff Institute and sent detailed descriptions of the compound and life there, including diagrams. The bulk of the material concerns the intellectual circle of Gurdjieff followers Zigrosser was involved with in New York City: meeting announcements, schedules for public readings, membership lists,invitations to movement classes, movement brochures, summary lecture and reading notes (1923-1933) kept by Zigrosser based on the teaching of Gurdjieff and Orage, and copies of brochures put out by the Institute. There are also circular letters from Gurdjieff and the Institute, and regular requests for funds. There is a quantity of correspondence from members of the New York circle, detailing reaction to the frequent requests for money coming from Gurdjieff, problems within the circle and letters concerning events. There are letters from A. R. Orage, A. Salzmann, Israel Solon, Louise March, Jessamin Howarth, Muriel Draper, Louis Goepfert and Rita Romilly Benson. Other material includes newspaper clippings, an obituary for Gurdjieff, clippings of Zigrosser's writings about Gurdjieff and a photograph of Gurdjieff taken by David Hare in 1932.

93 items (312 leaves and 3 pamphlets).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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