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{"value"=>"MssCol 23962", "type"=>"local_call"}
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{"value"=>"1932-2015", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1932/2015"}
{"value"=>"1961-1996", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1961/1996"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Michael Horowitz collection on Timothy Leary"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"24 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"9.28 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Manuscripts and Archives</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Michael Horowitz (1938- ), an archivist, author, and publisher, was Timothy Leary's archivist and safeguarded Leary's papers following his 1970 escape from prison. The Michael Horowitz collection on Timothy Leary reveals Horowitz's role as archivist, the history of the archive (most notably its seizure by the FBI in 1975), and his relationship with Leary. Horowitz's position on the role of archivists and archival neutrality is well documented. Much of the correspondence and other writings are attributed to Leary."}
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{"value"=>"English"}
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{"value"=>"Horowitz, Michael, 1938-", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Michael Horowitz (1938- ) is an archivist, author, publisher, and was Timothy Leary's archivist. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and involved in New York's counterculture before moving to San Francisco in 1967.</p> <p>Horowitz, who has a background in rare books, and Robert Barker, a fellow book collector, first met at the Altamont Speedway Free Festival in 1969. Horowitz and Barker founded the Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library in 1970, in San Francisco, by merging their collections of drug-related materials. The library was a rich resource for studying psychoactive drug use, the largest library of its kind.</p> <p>Following Timothy Leary's 1970 imprisonment in California, Leary's wife Rosemary Woodruff contacted Horowitz and Barker about her husband's archive, which was in filing cabinets in the couple's garage. Woodruff, aware that Leary would likely try to escape prison, wanted to ensure the archive's safety (due to the government's surveillance of Leary's activities), met with Horowitz and Barker in May 1970 and the two agreed to take custody of Leary's papers.</p> <p>After Leary's escape from prison, Horowitz communicated with Leary through a post office box, receiving letters under the name \"Bodhisattva.\" Although the United States government was very interested in investigating Leary and his associates, it was not until 1975 that the FBI seized the archive when Leary's wife Joanna Harcourt Smith and FBI agents arrived at Horowitz's home to remove the archives. Horowitz, in his grand jury testimony, declared the neutrality of archivists and importance of archival work. In response to the seizure, he formed the Archival Reality Committee Advocating the Neutrality of Archivists (ARCANA) and circulated the Archivist's Bill of Rights. After the government returned the archives, Horowitz remained Leary's archivist. His annotated bibliography of Timothy Leary was published in 1988.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Michael Horowitz collection on Timothy Leary was created and maintained by Horowitz. Much of the correspondence and other writings are attributed to Leary. The collection documents Leary's relationship with his archivist and Horowitz's role as archivist, especially after the Leary archives were seized by the FBI. Overall, the files demonstrate Horowitz's care in maintaining the collection.</p> <p>The majority of the correspondence is with Horowitz, Rosemary Woodruff, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Barker, Robert Anton Wilson, B.H. Friedman, and Wayne Benner.</p> <p>Writings include those by Leary (many are original typescripts with annotations by Leary) and reflections by Horowitz on how he got involved with the archives, the events surrounding the seizure, the history of the archives, and notes on his interactions with Leary including visits to prison and Switzerland. Horowitz's Archivist's Bill of Rights and ARCANA (Archival Reality Conference Advocating Neutrality of Archivists) reflect his opinion on the professional ethics of archivists.</p> <p>One of Leary's earliest writings, written in 1932 at age twelve, is a list of his ambitions located in box 1; in 1983 Leary checked off the items he had accomplished. His other writings include \"Neurologic,\" \"7 Liberations,\" \"7 Oppressions,\" and \"The Periodic Table of Energy\" and various published and unpublished drafts from the 1980s. Horowitz's Timothy Leary bibliography project and Leary's <span class=\"title\">Chaos and Cyberculture</span> are well-represented with multiple drafts, notes, and correspondence.</p> <p>A grouping of materials pertains to Leary's ideas on futuristic migration to space, specifically files on Starseed, Terra II, and the CHIP project. Two small silicon chips imprinted with a binary code message from higher intelligence, \"The Starseed Transmission\" are located in box 1.</p> <p>There is one photo album in box 8 containing mostly personal photos of Leary, Horowitz, and their families. Boxes 14 to 16 contain clippings about Leary from mainstream and underground publications; Horowitz arranged these in chronological order by year. Other materials compiled by Horowitz include posters, flyers, and ephemera.</p> <p>A detailed listing of items included in the collection can be found as an Additional Resource.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection is loosely organized into four sections based on Horowitz's description of the materials.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Purchased from Michael Horowitz, 2016.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Susan M. Kline</span>, <span class=\"date\">2016</span>.</p>"}
- date_start
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1932
- keydate
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1932
- date_end
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2015
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1932
- date_inclusive_end
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2015
- date_bulk_start
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1961
- date_bulk_end
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1996
- extent_statement
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9.28 linear feet (24 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Michael Horowitz collection on Timothy Leary, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}