Overview
Contains tarot card decks collected by the Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1900-1990
Language of Materials
English, French
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
.25 linear feet (1 box)Contains a variety of tarot deck sets, the majority of which date from the late twentieth century, along with one set of Le Grand Jeu de Mlle. Lenormand likely dating from the early twentieth century. Other sets include multiple versions of Aleister Crowley Thoth and Oswald Wirth tarot decks in English and French, as well as additional sets published mainly throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
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.
Arrangement
Materials have been minimally processed and have not been arranged.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2015M-85. Deposited by Julio Mario Santo Domingo III; received: 2012 April. Forms part of the Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection.
Processing Information
Processed by Betts Coup, 2019.
- Title
- Santo Domingo, Julio Maria, collector. Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library tarot cards, circa 1900-1990 (MS Am 3340): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2019 October 1
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03268
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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