Preliminary Inventory of the John Beloff Papers, 1963-2001
[top]Descriptive Summary
TitleJohn Beloff Papers,
1963-2001
Creator
Beloff, John
Extent
26 Linear Feet
19,050 Items
Repository
19,050 Items
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsCollection is open for research; however, some of the materials in this collection are not immediately accessible, because they require further processing before use.
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collection.
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Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have
not been transferred to Duke University. For more
information, consult the copyright section of the
Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], John Beloff Papers,
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library,
Duke University.
Provenance
Received as a gift in 1992, 1995, 1999 and
2002.
Processing Information
Preliminary processing by Staff
Completed October 26, 1999
Additions minimally processed by Elizabeth
Arnold
Last updated April 14, 2003
Encoded by Lisa Stark; Joshua A. Kaiser
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
Parts of this collection are unprocessed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
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Biographical Note
Parapsychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Edinburgh; editor of the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research.
[top]Collection Overview
Collection (acc.#s 92-098, 95-096, 99-337) (17,150
items, 23 linear feet; dated 1963-1999) contains
correspondence, research materials, unpublished papers,
other manuscripts, files relating to professional
associations and journals, printed matter, and talks
reflecting Beloff's work in the field of parapsychology.
These items reflect Dr. Beloff's connections with
parapsychologists throughout the world, including North
America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia, including J.B.
Rhine. Container lists have not been created for accessions
from 1992 and 1995.
The addition (acc# 2002-0245) (1900 items, 3
linear feet; dated [1980s]-2001) consists primarily of
correspondence files, reflecting Dr. Beloff's connections
with parapsychologists throughout the world ([1980s]-2001).
Also includes some manuscripts of articles/papers.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- Beloff, John.
- Psychical research.
- Parapsychology--Research.
- Parapsychology--Research--Periodicals.
- Parapsychologists--United States--Correspondence.
- Mind and body.
- Parapsychology.
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Preliminary Description of Collection
Accession #1999-0337
Benor
Editorial
Correspondence
Referees
1993/1994
David Ellis
Tony Cornell -
Alan Gauld
Eisenbud - Lomax
Vernon
Harrison
Michael Coleman
1992-1995
U.T. Place
EUROP-PA
Mark
Zilberman
Gardner-Stepanek-Keil
1987/1992
Imich Prize
1992/1993
Raymond Bayless
1989-92
Amorim
1990/1991
Box 2
Lampeter
1987/88 IISD
Relentless
Question
1987-1993
McFarland
Dorothy E. Warren
1991-1994
(2
folders)
Guy Playfair
1986-1994
Brazil -
Carvalho
Willis
Harman
Sommerhoff G
Cambridge
Conference
Winawer
MacLellan
Argentina/
Mexico
South America/
Brazil
SPR Council
Fulvia Cariglia
San Marino
Conference
He, Hong
Beijing
Alastair
MacLellan
F.S. Roberts
1995-
Box 3
American Miscellaneous
Correspondence
Peter Mulacz
1989-1995
John
Smythies
Roy Willis
Colin Wilson
Susan Blackmore
1990-1995
Alexander Imich
1990-1995
Journal
1992
Indian Parapsych.
1983/1985 Misc.
Yale
Conference
Takeshima
Stevenson
Philosophers Misc.
1988/1992
Shang-Hai
Correspondence
Hansen
Misc.
Psychologists
Flew-Taylor
C. Tort
(2
folders)
Misc.
Philosophers
Hoyt Edge -
Michael
Gross
Stafford Betty -
Paula
Freeborn
Box 4
Smythies (
U. of Virginia) Press
1986-1989
(2
folders)
Mostyn Gilbert -
Fraser Nicol
1989/90
Italian
Parapsychologists
1975-92
International Conference on
Parapsychology
Peoch
Chinese
Parapsychology
1982-1988
Soviet
Parapsychologists
Misc.
1985/1989 F.R.N.M.
Brian Inglis
"Miscellaneous"
Renee Hanes -
Obituary,
1992
Shari Cohn
1984-1993
(2
folders)
Journal Corr.
1993
Journal Corr.
1991-Oct.
1993
Referees
1992
SPR Conference
1993
&
1994-1995/1996
Vasilescu
SPR Research Grants
Box 5
1989-1990
China
Nancy & Carlos
1982-1987
Mary Coyne
Cox Supplement
1992
Chinese Symposium
1987
Athlone
PA
1991/1992
Conference SPR
1991/1992
Journal
1994
Fryer-Oram Expt.
Breederveld
1986-1991
Stevenson &
Beloff
Paper
Dale Stout
1980-1987
Marian Nester
1985/1993
Frank Roberts
1989-1992
(2
folders)
Imich Essay &
Imich
1987-1991
Cox
1985/1994
Box 6
Warnambool...
(2
folders)
D.J. Ellis
1990/1992
Serena Roney-Dougal
1983/1993
F.S. Roberts
(2
folders)
Thalbourne
1991
Colin Wood
William
Godwin
Accession 2002-0245
Correspondence
Correspondence:
Beloff Conference
Brian MacKenzie,
1989-[present]
Massimo Palidoro
Richard Wiseman--Hertfordshire
Michael Thalbourne,
1993-[present]
Alejandro Parda
Shari Cohn
John Randall
Skeptics,
1990-1996--Kendrick Frazier,
Paul Kurtz et.al.
George Owen--Canada
Michael Ward
Box 2
Correspondence:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint before use.]
[Technical Services staff needs to
reformat for use copy of computer disk before use.]
David Lorimer--Beyond the
Brain
Nicholas Greaves
Jon Taylor
Reviews
Swift, H.
Dean Radin
U.S.A.
Koestler--Jewish Literary
Society--Michael Scammell
Australia and New Zealand,
1990-[present]
Box 3
Correspondence:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint before use.]
Japan
Adetunji
Song, Kong Zhi-Shen, Han
Chang
Africa
Braude
Personal
Correspondence
Lay Folk--General
Interest
Randi and Assorted Skeptics,
1990-[present]
Tim Haigh, Simon Forsyth--The
Psychic World and Psychic News
Frank Dilley
Cranks Misc.
Adrian Parker--Current
Correspondence
John Smythies
Box 4
Correspondence:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint before use.]
Kerala--India
Germany
East European
Parapsychologists
Russian
Kappers--Amsterdam
Netherlands
Breederveld and Dutch Misc.
1992--SRU Belgian
Spain--Portugal
Hygen--Oslo
Alex Imich
Box 5
Correspondence:
[Attention: Contains pictorial
material.]
Paul Edwards
South America
Paul Smith
Rhine Research Center--Richard
Broughton
Peter Mulacz
Carlos Alvarado
Titus Rivas
Jack Sarfatti
Annekatrin Puhle--Adrian
Parker
Smythies/Neuro-philosophy
Houran and Lange
Emily Cook
Misc. Correspondence--arising
from publication
