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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Ellenberger, C. Leroy
- Title:
- C. Leroy Ellenberger Correspondence Concerning Immanuel Velikovsky
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/3j333499s
- Dates:
- 1978-1984
- Size:
- 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of the correspondence of C. Leroy Ellenberger, one-time advocate and now critic of Immanuel Velikovsky, which relate to an article he published in the journal Kronos regarding the publication of Velikovsky's Stargazers and Gravediggers: Memoirs to Worlds in Collision (1983).
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists of letters to and from Ellenberger related to an article he published in the journal Kronos that focused on the then-recent publication of Velikovsky's Stargazers and Gravediggers: Memoirs to Worlds in Collision (1983). Correspondents include those affiliated with Macmillan Publishers and academics who had published reviews of Worlds in Collision upon its publication in 1950: Freeman Dyson, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, J. Randall Williams, George Platt Brett, E. M. Thorndike, Charles L. Skelley, Henry B. McCurdy, Wasley S. Krogdahl, and Frank K. Edmondson. Also included is a copy of a letter from Immanuel Velikovsky to Freeman Dyson.
- Arrangement
Original order was maintained during 2016 processing.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Ellenberger, C. Leroy
Charles Leroy Ellenberger (born 1942) was a one-time advocate and now critic of controversial psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author, Immanuel Velikovsky and his works on catastrophism. Ellenberger served as senior editor of the Velikovskian journal Kronos; but around 1984, he began publishing criticisms, having concluded that Velikovsky's scientific claims were baseless.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Gift of C. Leroy Ellenberger in 2016. (AM 2016-56)
- Appraisal
No materials were separated during 2016 processing.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Faith Charlton in February 2016. Finding aid written by Faith Charlton in February 2016.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Credit this material:
C. Leroy Ellenberger Correspondence Concerning Immanuel Velikovsky; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/3j333499s
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1
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- Subject Terms:
- Pseudoscience -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Science -- History -- 20th century -- Sources. - Names:
- Brett, George P. (George Plat), 1893-1984
Dyson, Freeman J.
Edmondson, Frank K. (Frank Kelly), 1912-2008
Krogdahl, Wasley Sven, 1919-2009
McCurdy, Henry B.
Skelley, Charles L.
Thorndike, Edward M.
Velikovsky, Immanuel, 1895-1979
Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich, Freiherr von, 1912-2007
Williams, J. Randall, 1913-2007
