Records. Scientific Records, Inc.-Scientology (inclusive), 1920-1981.

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Records. Scientific Records, Inc.-Scientology (inclusive), 1920-1981.

Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning Scientific Records, Inc., a firm which marketed a recorded stop-smoking course, 1966-1967; Scientific Research and Civil Rights Foundation, a fund-raising foundation which supported legal action to force states to allow chiropractors, naturopaths and naprapaths to treat cancer patients, 1968-1971; "scientists" (file concerns Alfred Gelbert, a quack who claimed to be a chemist and physician, and offered treatment for deafness, cancer and other diseases, 1920-1927); and Scientology, an anti-AMA and anti-psychiatry religious cult, 1969-1981.

4 folders.

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