Gertrude Maurin correspondence
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
- Creation: 1962-1983
Creator
- Maurin, Gertrude (Correspondent, Person)
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
Abstract
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.
Subject
- American Society for Psychical Research (Organization)
- Silva, Jose -- Correspondence (Author, Person)
- Manning, Matthew -- Correspondence (Author, Person)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Organization)
- Huxley, Aldous -- Correspondence (Correspondent, Person)
- Owen, A. R. G. (Alan Robert George) (Author, Person)
- Rhine, Louisa E. -- Correspondence (Correspondent, Person)
- Rhine, J.B. (Joseph Banks) -- Correspondence (Correspondent, Person)
- Mitchell, Edgar D. -- Correspondence (Author, Person)
- Carrington, Hereward -- Correspondence (Author, Person)
- Geller, Uri -- Correspondence (Author, Person)
- Levy, Walter J., Jr. -- Correspondence (Researcher, Person)
- Dixon, Jeanne (Other, Person)
- Sinclair, Upton (Author, Person)
- Velikovsky, Immanuel -- Correspondence (Author, Person)
- Jule Eisenbud, M.D. -- Correspondence (Author, Person)
- 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
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu