Charles Alverson collection, 1958-1993.

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Charles Alverson collection, 1958-1993.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70976455

Holographs, typescripts and carbon typescripts of Alverson's writings, some in variant drafts, published and unpublished; some comedy sketches written for Marty Feldman; page proofs, notes, diaries and journals, printed pieces; photographs; financial records; tape recordings; Monty Python film "Life of Brian"; drafts of "Jabberwocky" and "Brazil" scripts written with Terry Gilliam; research notes and mss. for an unpublished book on the Synanon drug rehabilitation center; and 8 tape cassettes made during West Indian travels (1969).

39 linear ft.

Boston University. School of Medicine

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SNAC Resource ID: 8064813

Boston University. School of Medicine

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Alverson, Charles E.

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American author, journalist, and screenwriter; b. 1935. From the description of Charles Alverson collection, 1958-1993. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70976455 ...

Gilliam, Terry

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Synanon (Foundation)

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Synanon was founded by Charles Dederich, Sr. in 1958; originally named TLC (Tender Loving Care Club), the group was renamed Synanon and had its headquarters in Santa Monica, CA; Synanon's detoxification therapy attracted wealthy drug and alcohol abusers, and eventually the organization became a $30 million nonprofit organization; chapters sprang up in San Francisco, Tulare and Marin Counties, Detroit, and as far as Germany and Malaysia; Dederich declared Synanon a religion in 1974; Dederich was ...