Betty Grover Eisner papers, 1927-2002.

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Betty Grover Eisner papers, 1927-2002.

The papers include detailed narrative reports on Eisner's use of LSD and other drugs in conjunction with psychotherapy; audio tapes of drug sessions; numerous articles and conference papers as well as drafts of two books by Eisner; dream journals, free association writing, and other personal writing; legal papers; and professional and family correspondence. Prominent correspondents include Sidney J. Cohen, Herman Denber, Albert Hoffman, Krishnamurti, Anais Nin, Ron Sandison, and Lewis Terman.

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Terman, Lewis M. (Lewis Madison), 1877-1956

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Lewis Madison Terman was a professor of psychology at Stanford from 1916 to 1956 (emeritus 1942-1956). He was a member of numerous national education, psychology and science organizations and was the author or co-author of a number of books. Terman was born in Johnson County, Indiana, January 15, 1877. He received an A.B. and A.M. from Indiana University and his Ph.D. from Clark University. He died December 21, 1956. From the description of Lewis Madison Terman papers, 1910-1959. (Un...

Nin, Anaïs, 1903-1977

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The complex and diverse prose of Anaïs Nin mirrors her life. She published nonfiction, journals, short stories, novels, and erotica, and worked as a model, a dancer, and a psychoanalyst. Most of her prose was influenced by surrealism, and features an experimental style and psychological themes. The publication of her diaries, begun at the age of eleven as an open letter to her departed father, brought her fame and made her a sought-after lecturer. Her artistic prose, colorful life, and relation...

Sandison, Ronald

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Denber, Herman C. B. (Herman Cecil B.), 1917-

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Hofmann, Albert, 1906-2008

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Krishnamurti, J. (Jiddu), 1895-1986

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Jiddu Krishnamurti was a spiritual lecturer and author who, as a teenager was hailed as the "coming Messiah" by the Theosophical Society. In his early 30s he renounced his role and spent the rest of his life traveling the world teaching his spiritual beliefs. From the description of Jiddu Krishnamurti papers, 1935-1975. (San Diego State University Library). WorldCat record id: 243798959 Biographical Note Jiddu Krishnamurt...

Cohen, Sidney, 1910-

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Sidney Cohen (1910-1987) was born in New York City in 1910, graduated as a pharmacist from Columbia Univ. in 1930, and received his medical degree from Bonn University in Germany in 1938. After completing an internship in Jamaica, Long Island, and New York, Cohen entered the U.S. Army and served in the Pacific Campaign, eventually becoming a Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, from which he retired in 1963. After the war, Sidney Cohen completed an internal medicine residency. He then became the A...

Eisner, Willard D.

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Eisner, Betty Grover, 1915-

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Betty Grover Eisner (1915-2004), a clinical psychologist best known for her experiments with LSD and other psychoactive drugs, earned a B.A. in political science from Stanford University in 1937 and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1956. Shortly after graduating, she conducted LSD experiments with Dr. Sidney Cohen at a Veterans' Administration hospital in Los Angeles. Later, Eisner established a private psychotherapy practice in Santa Monica. Afte...