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Papers, 1960-2003.

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Contains correspondence, manuscript drafts, notes, reports, articles, film reels, videotapes, and audiotapes resulting from Benson's research, administrative, and professional activities. Includes records from his work as a cardiologist and behavioral medicine specialist at Harvard Medical School, the Mind/Body Medical Institute and with other national and international organizations. The bulk of the collection documents Benson's role as President of the Mind/Body Medical Institute and contains correspondence, grant applications, notes, memoranda, proposals, and reports resulting from Benson's participation in studies promoting standards in behavioral medicine. Also includes records from Benson's involvement in conferences, lectures, and symposia concerning spirituality and healing, relaxation response and the placebo effect, mind/body connections, and Tibetan Medical practice; records from his publications on behavioral medicine, including his book, The Relaxation Response; and audiovisual materials documenting Benson's field research trips to India to study Tibetan g Tum-mo meditation.

14.1 cubic ft. in 12 record cartons, 7 flat document boxes, 2 oversize flat document boxes.

Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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