05. Archives of the Impossible

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Raw footage of the documentary "American Visionary: The Story of Barbara Marx Hubbard," opening for research Jan. 1, 2025.

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The collection includes background files, correspondence, field notes, and press documents collected by Vallee between 1960 and 2015.

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Contains correspondence, transcripts related to The Communion, and correspondence and reviews of Strieber's other works.

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Documents, reports, and audio-visual materials reflecting the career of Edwin C. May, a nuclear physicist by training, worked as a research scientist on the Cognitive Science Program, better known as Stargate, at Stanford Research Institute and Science Applications International Corporation from 1975 to 1985, and as project director from 1985 to 1995.

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The Richard F. Haines Ufology papers includes documents that cover the period between the 1970s and 2010s. It includes personal and professional correspondence, administrative documents of NARCAP and drafts of its research projects, Haines' own drafts and printouts for conference presentations. It also contains a large set of UFO photos with notes and photo analysis, and well as audio tapes with interviews of UFO witnesses, primarily commercial and military pilots.

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This collection documents Stevens' UFO investigations, business history, and communications. There are correspondence files, reference material, cassette tapes, audiovisual materials, and photographs.

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This material was a part of Dr. John E. Mack's systematic research project at Harvard University through the 1990s to 2004, related to experiences of alien abduction.

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This collection includes archival material and circa 300 books and journals related to the career of Stewart Alexander, a medium, living in the UK. The primary content is recorded seances led by Stewart Alexander. Formats of the archival material include audio cd's, reel to reel audiotape, audiocassettes, newsclippings, correspondence, videotapes. Books and journals will be cataloged separately and discoverable through the library's online catalog at library.rice.edu.

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Newsclippings, reports and symposia, pop culture ephemera, book catalogs, and correspondence documenting public interest in ufology in the 1990s and 2000s. Brenda Denzler is the author of a book entitled "Lure of the Edge: Scientific Passions, Religious Beliefs, and the Pursuit of UFOs," published in 2001 by University of California Press.

Content Description Print publications of Stanley Krippner, and related correspondence, arranged in order by date of publication.Many of the folders in the first half of this collection (especially the earliest pubs) contain historically-valuable, ancillary documents that are related to that specific publication. For example, there are letters written between Prof. Krippner and the book editor or between authors of book chapters (often these are well-known individuals in their respective fields)....