John E. Mack archives

Collection

Identifier: MS 1066

Staff Only

Finding aid note: Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval.

Content Description

This material was a part of Dr. John E. Mack's systematic research project at Harvard University through the 1990s to 2004. There is also some related material from the late 1980s when Dr. Mack first encountered ideas of alien abduction and related experiences. Formats include reports, correspondence, email, interview recordings, photographs, videorecordings, and more. John E. Mack Archives LLC (JEMA) has divided John Mack’s materials between Rice University’s Fondren Library Woodson Research Center and Harvard Medical School’s Countway Library.

Dates

Creation: 1970 - 2010

Conditions Governing Access

This material is currently being processed. It will be open for research, with the exception of private data which will be restricted until it can be anonymized or until 2074.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from the material must be cleared through the copyright holder. Please contact woodson@rice.edu for guidance.

Biographical / Historical

Dr. John E. Mack, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Pulitzer Prize-winning author lived October 4, 1929 – Sep 27, 2004. He spent his career examining how a sense of connection develops across cultures and between individuals, and how these connections alter people’s worldviews. (Source: http://johnemackinstitute.org/biography-of-john-e-mack/)

Extent

150 Linear Feet (150 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

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.