Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: La Barre, Weston, 1911-1996
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content: Raoul Weston La Barre papers
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content: Raoul Weston La Barre papers / Series 2: Peyote Studies
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1941-1968
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.1976-057, Subseries 2.1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Arranged alphabetically by correspondent or institution with which the correspondent was affiliated.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Some of the material in this sub-series is related to La Barre's continued study of and interest in peyotism. Additional materials refer to his interest in the "drug culture" of the 1960's. Much of the material concerns problems, editorial and otherwise, encountered in publishing various manuscripts, especially the third edition of The Peyote Cult. There is substantial correspondence with and involving the Shoe String Press. Material of a professional nature dealing with peyote in general and its relationship to the Native American Church in particular is included. Also included is correspondence from/to acquaintances made on field trips in Oklahoma and material on publishing issues.