Papers of R. Gordon Wasson 1931-1986. 1931-1986.

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Papers of R. Gordon Wasson 1931-1986. 1931-1986.

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Contains correspondence and other materials relating to Wasson's career as an amateur mycologist and author. Also contains correspondence relating to etymological, literary, and political interests. With his wife, Valentina, and mycologist Roger Heim, Wasson researched the ceremonial use of mushrooms by the Mazatec Indians of Mexico in the 1950's. Upon retiring in 1963, Wasson began Far Eastern field investigations relating to his thesis that the Indian soma plant was the Amanita muscaria. Wasson was a research fellow in Ethnopharmacology at the Harvard Botanical Museum. He dies Dec. 23, 1986.

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Harvard University, Botany Libraries

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