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Collection Creator:
La Barre, Weston, 1911-1996  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1959-1970
Scope and Contents:
This sub-series includes various miscellaneous materials such as reprints, pamphlets, and newspaper and magazine clippings emphasize the use of drugs in contemporary society (the 1960s), hallucinogenic drugs in general and mescal and peyote in particular. There is also a "Ku Kluck Klan" broadside warning against the use of "peyota". Other materials include listings of expenses for the summers of 1935 and 1936, sample questionnaires for gathering information about peyote meetings, diagrams of peyote altars, and a resolution of the Native American Church denouncing treatment by the press dated October 2, 1932.
Collection Restrictions:
Some of the materials in the collection are covered by copyright as of April 1976. Access to the Raoul Weston La Barre papers requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
The Raoul Weston La Barre papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.1976-057, Subseries 2.4
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Raoul Weston La Barre papers
Raoul Weston La Barre papers / Series 2: Peyote Studies
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3cc9e2db5-e67d-43c1-a835-54fe077396eb
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-1976-057-ref885