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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Am 2950

Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library collection on Peter Stafford's Magic grams: inquiries into psychedelic consciousness

General Note

Contains some of Peter Stafford's writing and collages related to Magic grams: inquiries into psychedelic consciousness. Writing includes a photocopy of an unpublished typescript collection of 13 interviews with "psychedelic pioneers", including Ram Dass, Albert Hofmann, and Timothy Leary, with an autograph manuscript account of the book's origins by Stafford, 2007 May 4, and inscription on title-page. Also includes a duplicate photocopied typescript without annotations, a typescript draft of The Psychedelic Readings and Coloring Book Project in its original folder with a bookplate for the Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library, and a typescript draft of an essay, LSD and the Law. Collages are composed of magazine scraps, photographs, manuscript and printed excerpts, with note on wrapper: Peter Stafford's Collages Magic Grams.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1982-2007

Restrictions on Access

Access to collages is restricted: fragile. Please consult curatorial staff.

Extent

1.3 linear feet (2 boxes)

Biographical / Historical

Peter Stafford (1939-2007) was an American writer and author of the Psychedelics Encyclopedia.

Arrangement

Minimally processed.

Ownership and Custodial History

Deposit, Julio Santo Domingo III, April 2012.

Ownership and Custodial History

Forms part of the Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Julio Santo Domingo III. Method of acquisition--Deposit. Date of acquisition--2012 April. Accession numbers--2013M-49 and 2013M-63.

Processing Information

Minimal description derived from existing records and converted to online finding aid, Betts Coup, 2020.

A related collection, formerly identified as MS Am 2956, was physically and descriptively incorporated into this one by Aurora Charlow, 2023 May.

Alma ID - Collages (Absorbed Record)

990139159510203941

Title
Santo Domingo, Julio Mario, 1957-2009, collector. Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library collection on Peter Stafford's Magic grams: inquiries into psychedelic consciousness, circa 1982-2007 (MS Am 2950): Guide
Status
completed
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Date
November 16, 2018
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
eng
EAD ID
hou04829

Repository Details

Part of the Houghton Library Repository

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