Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Timothy Leary archive purchased by New York Public Library

 
 

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via Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin on 6/22/11

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The New York Public Library has purchased some 335 boxes of papers, videotapes, photographs and other items from the estate of Timothy Leary.

From the New York Times:

The material documents the evolution of the tweedy middle-aged academic into a drug guru, international outlaw, gubernatorial candidate, computer software designer and progenitor of the Me Decade's self-absorbed interest in self-help. The archive will not be available to the public or scholars for 18 to 24 months, as the library organizes the papers. A preview of the collection, however, reveals a rich record not only of Leary's tumultuous life but also of the lives of many significant cultural figures in the '60, '70s and '80s.

(thanks, Pesco!)



 




 
 

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