Scope and content
The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, biographical material and ephemera, bound volumes and original writings by Paul Brunton, including journals, notebooks and manuscripts.
Dates
- 1925 - 2002
Creator
- Brunton, Paul, 1898-1981. (Person)
Language of Material
In English.
Conditions Governing Access
Access to Folder 2 in Box 88 restricted until 2046.
Biographical / Historical
Paul Brunton was a British author who devoted his life to communicating the spiritual teachings and practices of Eastern traditions in a form suited to the contemporary Western reader. He wrote eleven books, and travelled to lecture and to interview hundreds of teachers, fakirs, saints, and sages around the globe. After retiring, he continued his philosophical writing for several decades. Most of it is contained in this archive.
Extent
27 cubic feet.
1 mapcase folders.
General
Website to the digital complement of the Paul Brunton papers https://www.pbarchives.org/
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu