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Title: Walter Y. Evans-Wentz collection
Identifier/Call Number: SC0821
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1894-1993
Summary: Collection pertains to research Winkler did in preparation for his biography of W. Y. Evans-Wentz. The photocopied source
materials on Evans-Wentz include his letters to Lama Govinda, 1955-62; his "Notes for an Autobiography" 1920; one letter from
Carl Jung, 1950; several published articles by Evans-Wentz; and the diary of Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup (in English and Tibetan)
1894. Winker's papers include letters received, 1979-93; three notebooks on his research, 1977-86; two of his published articles
on Evans-Wentz; and the copyright certificate for his book PILGRIM OF THE CLEAR LIGHT. Correspondents include John Blofeld,
Lama Anagarika Govinda, Peter Matthiessen, and T. T. Samdup (son of Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup who worked with Evans-Wentz). The
collection also includes an audiotape of recollections of Evans-Wentz by Warren Ault, who knew him when he was at Oxford (1907-08);
and photographs of Evans-Wentz, the houses he lived in, scenes in Almora (India) in 1979, and Mount Cuchama, property near
San Diego that Evans-Wentz owned.
creator:
Winkler, Ken.
creator:
Winkler, Ken.
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Walter Y. Evans-Wentz Collection (SC0821). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Ken Winkler, a Peace Corps worker in India, 1964-66, and the Czech Republic, 1995-96, is the author of two biographies, PILGRIM
OF THE CLEAR LIGHT: THE BIOGRAPHY OF DR. WALTER EVANS-WENTZ (1982) and A THOUSAND JOURNEYS: A BIOGRAPHY OF LAMA ANAGARIKA
GOVINDA (2002), and a novel, THE FURIES ARISE: A NOVEL OF THE INDIAN MUTINY (1984).
Collection pertains to research Winkler did in preparation for his biography of W. Y. Evans-Wentz. The photocopied source
materials on Evans-Wentz include his letters to Lama Govinda, 1955-62; his "Notes for an Autobiography" 1920; one letter from
Carl Jung, 1950; several published articles by Evans-Wentz; and the diary of Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup (in English and Tibetan)
1894. Winker's papers include letters received, 1979-93; three notebooks on his research, 1977-86; two of his published articles
on Evans-Wentz; and the copyright certificate for his book PILGRIM OF THE CLEAR LIGHT. Correspondents include John Blofeld,
Lama Anagarika Govinda, Peter Matthiessen, and T. T. Samdup (son of Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup who worked with Evans-Wentz). The
collection also includes an audiotape of recollections of Evans-Wentz by Warren Ault, who knew him when he was at Oxford (1907-08);
and photographs of Evans-Wentz, the houses he lived in, scenes in Almora (India) in 1979, and Mount Cuchama, property near
San Diego that Evans-Wentz owned.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Blofeld, John, 1913-1987
Evans-Wentz, W. Y. (Walter Yeeling), 1878-1965
Govinda, Anagarika Brahmacari.
Govinda, Anagarika Brahmacari.
Matthiessen, Peter.
Matthiessen, Peter.
Winkler, Ken.