Overview
Contains records relating to the Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library, a library of psychoactive drug-related literature created in 1970 by Michael D. Horowitz, Cynthia Palmer, William Dailey, and Robert Barker in San Francisco that later was purchased by Julio Mario Santo Domingo and became part of the Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1970-2003
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
19 linear feet (19 boxes)Contains records relating to the Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library, a library of psychoactive drug-related literature created in 1970 by Michael D. Horowitz, Cynthia Palmer, William Dailey, and Robert Barker in San Francisco that later was purchased by Julio Mario Santo Domingo and became part of the Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library. Materials documents relating to the Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library collection and the management thereof. Additional items the Library's catalog cards.
Biographical / Historical
The Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library is the world’s largest private collection of material on altered states of mind. The collection was formed by Julio Mario Santo Domingo Jr. (1957–2009), an investment advisor who resigned his business interests to devote himself to collecting. Part of the Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library was the collection of the former Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library, a library of psychoactive drug-related literature created in 1970 by Michael D. Horowitz, Cynthia Palmer, William Dailey, and Robert Barker in San Francisco. It was named for Fitz Hugh Ludlow, author of the first full-length work of drug literature by an American. The collection was purchased in 2001 by Julio Mario Santo Domingo and made part of the Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library in Geneva, Switzerland in 2003.
Arrangement
Collection has been minimally processed. Materials have not been arranged.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2012M-76. Deposit, Julio Santo Domingo III, April 2012. Forms part of the Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection.
Processing Information
Processed by Betts Coup, 2019.
Processing Information
These materials are currently labeled without the call number and were not renumbered at the time of processing.
- Title
- Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library. Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library records, circa 1970-2003 (MS Am 3304): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2019 July 26
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03186
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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