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Gertrude Maurin correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0405
Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence from Gertrude Maurin with Dr. Joseph Banks Rhine, Dr. Louisa E. Rhine, Dr. Marie Higbee Avery, and other individuals connected with the Duke University Parapsychology Laboratory, the Institute for Parapsychology, and the Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man in Durham, North Carolina. Most of the correspondence is incoming, although a few manuscript drafts of outgoing letters exist. Generally, the correspondence concerns Miss Maurin’s support of the institutions. Also included are letters from her attorney and bankers.

Dates

  • 1962-1983

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from the Gertrude Maurin Correspondence must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Biographical / Historical

Gertrude Maurin graduated from Rice University in 1922. She was a long-time supporter and donor to the Duke Parapsychology Lab, later named the Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man (FRNM) and the Institute for Parapsychology. Maurin had a long correspondence with Dr. Joseph Banks Rhine, head of the institute. Maurin mentioned in her letters both her ESP and her apport experiences. She donated more than $20,000 to the institute over a 20 year span.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet ( (1 box))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

This collection contains correspondence from Gertrude Maurin with Dr. Joseph Banks Rhine, Dr. Louisa E. Rhine, Dr. Marie Higbee Avery, and other individuals connected with the Duke University Parapsychology Laboratory, the Institute for Parapsychology, and the Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man in Durham, North Carolina. Most of the correspondence is incoming, although a few manuscript drafts of outgoing letters exist. Generally, the correspondence concerns Miss Maurin’s support of the institutions. Also included are letters from her attorney and bankers.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was a gift donated by Miss Gertrude Maurin on June 17, 1987.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Gertrude Maurin correspondence, 1962-1983
Status
Completed
Date
2009
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
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Houston Texas 77005 USA

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