{"value"=>"<p>Between 1960 and 1976, Leary was appointed as a Lecturer at Harvard's Center for Personality Research and conducted his most famous studies; was dismissed from Harvard; founded other organizations based in Mexico and then Millbrook, New York, to continue his psychedelic research; was arrested twice for possession of marijuana; founded the Timothy Leary Defense Fund; married Nena von Schlebrügge and Rosemary Woodruff; ran for Governor of California; was incarcerated at the California State Prison from which he escaped and fled to Algeria; met Joanna Harcourt-Smith in Switzerland and separated from Rosemary; was apprehended in Kabul and sent to Folsom Prison; and wrote several books and articles. It is during this period that Leary became a public figure-notorious, controversial, and an icon for certain strains of the emerging counterculture.</p> <p>The records in this series were generated by Leary's activities from his appointment at Harvard until his release from prison in 1976. The series has been arranged into eleven subseries.</p> <p>The first four subseries (IV.A. though IV.D.) contain records generated during Leary's work under the auspices of Harvard, Internal Foundation for Internal Freedom (IFIF), Castalia Foundation, and the League for Spiritual Discovery (LSD). Except for Harvard, Leary helped establish each of these organizations; each were founded to continue the work of the previous organization, so the division of each organization's work and records is not completely distinct.</p> <p>The Timothy Leary Defense Fund was formed in 1966 shortly after Leary's first arrest for marijuana possession. Fund records (subseries IV.E.) represent the efforts of Leary's friends, colleagues, and supporters to build a legal case on Leary's behalf, as well as instigate a broader review of the drug laws then in place. The Exile subseries (IV.F.) contains records produced while Leary was a fugitive living in Algeria and Switzerland. The Starseed Information Center records (IV.G.) reflect its purposes: to publish Leary's writings and advocated for his cause, primarily during his second prison term from 1973 to 1976. Starseed was primarily administered by Joanna Harcourt-Smith.</p> <p>The Name Files (IV.H.) and General Correspondence (IV.I.) were groups of files established by Leary. They each include material that span the entire time frame covered by the series. The Writings subseries (IV.J.) consists of drafts, notes, and other material related to particular books, articles, subjects, or ideas. The Personal and Legal files (IV.K.) are an amalgamation of otherwise unsorted files relating to Leary's personal life and legal issues during the entire period, and includes his writings and correspondence from both of his stints in prison.</p> <p>Generally, writings and correspondence connected directly with the institutions or distinct time periods represented by subseries are filed within those subseries, though researchers should also thoroughly check the subseries that span the entire period (IV.H-IV.K) when researching any particular event or phase in Leary's activities.</p>"}