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Chellis Glendinning Papers, 1980-2020

21 Linear Feet (12 record center boxes, one portfolio, 14 manuscript boxes, and 1 oversize box)

Papers of activist, author, and licensed psychotherapist who is well-known in the field of ecopsychology and as a critic of the predominance of technology in society. Included are correspondence, manuscript material, photographs, serial publications and books.

This collection contains the papers of activist, author, and licensed psychotherapist Chellis Glendinning, a well-known ecopyschologist, anarchist, and bioregionalist. Much of her work concerns the negative impact of modern technology. Included are correspondence, manuscript material, photographs, serial publications and books.

The Correspondence series consists of letters from family, friends, and colleagues from the 1970s through 2008. Also included is a section of letters that focus on Glendinning's books. Newspaper and magazine clippings, flyers and broadsides related to the author's activities may be found in the Ephemera series.

Manuscript Material consists of notes and drafts of lectures, notes and research on a variety of projects, and material related to Glendinning's opera, De Un Lado al Otro, written in 2006 with Cipriano Vigil. Personal photographs and correspondence, make up the Family and Subject Files, which also holds early creative works as well as Glendinning's high school year book.

The Diaries series is made up of twenty of personal journals and diaries covering the years 1955-1978, while the Photographs series contains images of New Mexico, and Glendinning's childhood, family, travel, conferences, and friends.

The audiocassette tapes, compact discs, videotapes, and one DVD in the Audiovisual series document the author's lectures and paper presentations, complemented by several lectures by colleagues. The final two series, Serial Publications and Books, are comprised of issues of journals containing articles by Glendinning and copies of her books Off the Map: an Expedition Deep into Empire and the Global Economy (2002) and Waking Up in the Nuclear Age (1987).

The 2022 accretion consists of newly acquired materials dating largely from 2010-2020.

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2022 Accretion (majority within 2010-2020)

The Chellis Glendinning 2022 accretion consists of Glendinning's correspondence, writings, newspaper clippings, A/V materials, and photographs from 2010-2020.

The correspondence series includes letters, emails, and mailings from friends, readers, and institutions. Primary correspondents, who largely communicated with Glendinning via email, are sorted alphabetically by surname. Readers' letters are presented in their original order; letters from Peter Quince, whose correspondence Glendinning noted was very important to her, are separated from other readers' letters. The "Letters from Bolivia" series consists of emails Glendinning periodically sent en masse to friends to update them about her life in Bolivia. The "Erroneous assumptions…" series consists of emails about the 2019 Bolivian elections.

The Works series consists of manuscripts, scripts, research, ephemera, and interviews related to Glendinning's writings, readings, and performances across mediums. Of note are the numerous subject research files for her most recent book, In the Company of Rebels. Each subject research file contains research, interviews, and correspondence with an activist profiled in Rebels.

The Publicity series comprises media coverage and publicity for Glendinning's books and other works.

The bulk of the Clippings series is related to political news in Bolivia.

The Personal series largely consists of photographs of Glendinning and her friends and colleagues in Bolivia, New Mexico, and Vermont. Also included are documents related to her successful efforts to become a citizen of Bolivia.

Finally, the A/V materials series contains CDs and DVDs with recordings and backups of Glendinning's works and personal activities.

Chellis Glendinning Papers, 1980-2020
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