Claire Myers Owens collection, 1868-1983.

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Claire Myers Owens collection, 1868-1983.

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Correspondence; manuscripts; drafts; notes; published writings; video and audio recordings of lectures and interviews; transcriptions of interviews and radio scripts; diaries; legal and financial records; photographs; biographical information and family histories; book reviews; articles and newsclippings about Owens; and artifacts. Correspondence consists of letters to and from family and friends, colleagues in the human potential movement, distinguished scholars in the fields of religion and psychology, publishers, and editors. Owens's memorabilia, consisting of personal and professional diaries (1910-1982), photographs of Owens with family and friends at various stages of her life, clothing and accessories, address books, and school mementos lend another view to the life of Owens. Correspondents include: Louise Ames, James Branch Cabell, Stanley R. Dean, Havelock Ellis, Raul Da Silva, Charles Gelatt, Jean Houston, Aldous Huxley, C.G. Jung, Sinclair Lewis, Abraham Maslow, H.L. Mencken, F.S.C. Northrop, Raymond Prince, Kenneth Ring, Bertrand Russell, Edmund Sinnott, Doree Smedley, Charles Tart, Carl Van Doren, John White, Dwain Wilder, the C.G. Jung Foundation, the Association for Transpersonal Psychology, Texas Woman's University, and the Zen Center. Also includes the papers of Owens's parents, Coren Lee and Susan Myers, consisting of correspondence, legal records, and miscellaneous; and the personal papers of Harry Thurston Owens, Claire's third husband.

28 cubic ft.

Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7001954

Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library

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