Dane Rudhyar Papers
An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University
Finding aid created by: -
Date: May 1987
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Finding aid created by: -
Date: May 1987
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| 16 Jul 2009 | converted to EAD (MRC) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Rudhyar, Dane, 1895-1985. |
| Title: | Dane Rudhyar Papers |
| Dates: | 1919-1973 |
| Quantity: | 3.75 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Papers of the American composer, painter, philosopher. Correspondence, and manuscript and published articles, books, and lectures relating to astrology, consciousness, the occult, self-realization, and theosophy. |
| Language: | Majority in English, a few items in French and Dutch. |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Dane Rudhyar (1895-1985), born Daniel Chennevière in Paris, was an author, composer and humanistic astrologer. Rudhyar studied at the Sorbonne, moved to New York in 1916, and became an American citizen in 1926. Although respected in astrological and New Age circles, he did not become generally well-known until the 1970s, when mainstream publisher Penguin Books published his The Practice of Astrology. Over the course of his life he wrote more than forty books and hundreds of articles on astrology and spirituality.
The Dane Rudhyar Papers consist of writings, artwork, printed material, and published material by and about Rudhyar.
Series are arranged in no particular order, but within each series material is arranged alphabetically.
Access Restrictions:
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Persons
Rudhyar, Dane, 1895-1985.
Subjects
Astrology.
Authors, American.
Consciousness.
Human beings.
Occultism.
Occultists -- United States.
Philosophers -- United States.
Self (Philosophy)
Self-realization.
Spiritual life.
Theosophy.
Genres and Forms
Articles.
Lectures.
Manuscripts for publication.
Occupations
Authors.
Occultists.
Philosophers.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Dane Rudhyar Papers
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Correspondence
Writings
Artwork by Rudhyar
Printed material
Miscellaneous
Published material
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Comfort, Will Levington | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Council, Paul - popular astrology | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Jones, Marc Edmund | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Kirsch, James | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Kunkel, Fritz | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Lewi, Grant, ed. Horoscope | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Miller, Henry 1945, 1960 (2 items, 1 copy) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Mott, Francis J. | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | —, Paul | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | re: Modern man's conflicts | ||||||||||
| Writings | |||||||||||
| Articles | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Aryan root-race and its sub-races 1937 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Ascension of man 1944 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Astrologer" surveys modern thought undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Call to occultists and theosophists undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Challenge of true philosophy undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Circuits of the moon 1943 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Civilization as food 1925 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Cosmic ideas in art undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Declaration of human interdependence 1943 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Descent into flesh undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Descent of power: an Aquarian key to the world in the making 1946? | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Easter meditation on Pluto 1944 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Film music for all men undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Framework of personality: The meridian polarities 1944 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Great American tradition 1943 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Great stations of life and truth undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Light which shineth in darkness 1944 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Lure of cosmic consciousness 1922 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Make way for creative men! undated (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Messengers of the new life 1944 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Mind on the threshold 1944 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Mystery of the 'first breath' 1946 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Mystery of the seed undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Mystery of the sun 1943 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | New mysticism of science 1937 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | New sovereignty 1945 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | New year for a new world 1943 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | On the death of war heroes 1942 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Organic democracy the answer to totalitarianism 1943 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Our field and our purpose of action 1924 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Our Piscean heritage and the task ahead for 'These Americas' 1943 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Power in defeat: The underground 1945 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Practice in consideration 1946? | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Problems of the emotional life 1948 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Production for plenty - for all, by all 1943 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Rebirth of Mercury 1943 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Reconstruction in truth 1945 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Secret doctrine 1923 | ||||||||||
| Seed for greater living | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1955-1956 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1957-1963, undated (7 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Steps to astrological wisdom 1945-1946, 1967-1968 (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Studies in modern psychology: The education to personality 1946-1947 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Study of psychological complexes 1947 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Synthesis - solidarity - service undated (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Thomas Paine, father of western democracy undated | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Toward the man of plentitude 1960 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Transfer of destiny 1964 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Trinity of diseases undated | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Way of creative accomplishment 1944 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Way Through: Twelve basic challenges and tests of individual existence 1961 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | When end meets beginning 1945 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Where do we stand 1960 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Why I wrote Fire out of stone 1963 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Work of civilization 1944 | ||||||||||
| Books | |||||||||||
| Astrology of America's destiny circa 1973 | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | First draft, not used - manuscript | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Manuscript - holograph | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Setting copy | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Corrected galley | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Miscellaneous production material | ||||||||||
| Faith that gives meaning to victory | |||||||||||
| Box 4 | Manuscript 1942, 1943 - holograph | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Revisions 1948 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Gifts of the spirit undated - manuscript (holograph and typescript copy) | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Gospel to individuals undated - manuscript (holograph and typescript copy) (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Lovely little ghost 1953 - manuscript (holograph) | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Meditations on universal themes (proposed) 1942-1946? - manuscript (holograph) (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Moon cycles and fortunes of life 1946 - published copy with revisions | ||||||||||
| New goals 1945-1946 | |||||||||||
| Box 4 | Manuscript, 5 chapters - holograph and typescript copy | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | Manuscript, 4 chapters - holograph and typescript copy | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | New mansions for new men 1935-1936 - manuscript (holograph and typescript copy) (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | Of stars, sex, and Henry Miller 1955 - manuscript (holograph) | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | Rana: an epic narrative - manuscript (typescript copy) (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | Transcendental movement in painting 1939 - manuscript (holograph) (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Triptych | |||||||||||
| Box 5 | Part I, Gifts of the spirit 1945-1946 - manuscript (holograph, typescript copy) and clipping | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | Part II, Challenges of the earth 1946-1947 - manuscript (holograph) | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | Part III, The Illumined road 1947-1948 - manuscript (holograph), original folder | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | When cosmic love awakens 1953 - manuscript (holograph) | ||||||||||
| Lectures | |||||||||||
| Box 6 | New images for modern times 1954 | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | New symbols for a global society 1966 | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | Quality of a creative leadership in the atomic age 1954 | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | Transpersonal way and the religious attitude 1954 | ||||||||||
| Lessons | |||||||||||
| Box 6 | Liberation through sound 1931 (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| About Rudhyar | |||||||||||
| Box 6 | Astrology of personality 1937 - comments | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | Faith that gives meaning to victory undated | ||||||||||
| Artwork by Rudhyar | |||||||||||
| Box 6 | "Storm gods," offset print undated | ||||||||||
| Printed material | |||||||||||
| By Rudhyar | |||||||||||
| Box 6 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | Minute scope, Nov/Dec 1963, Jan 1964 | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | Seed letter Sep 1958 | ||||||||||
| About Rudhyar | |||||||||||
| Box 6 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | Morang, A. / Dane Rudhyar, pioneer in creative synthesis 1939 (2 copies) | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | Programs, lectures, etc. | ||||||||||
| Miscellaneous | |||||||||||
| Box 6 | Dried petals | ||||||||||
| Published material | |||||||||||
| By Rudhyar | |||||||||||
| Box 7 | Astrologie Aanleg en Karakter 1950 | ||||||||||
| Box 7 | Faith that gives meaning to victory 1943 | ||||||||||
| Box 7 | Fire out of the stone circa 1963 | ||||||||||
| Box 7 | Gifts of the spirit circa 1956 | ||||||||||
| Box 7 | Lunation cycle circa 1967 | ||||||||||
| Box 7 | Modern man's conflicts 1948 | ||||||||||
| Box 7 | New mansions for new men 1946 | ||||||||||
| Box 7 | Rebirth of Hindu music 1928 (2 copies) | ||||||||||
| Box 7 | Rhapsodies 1919 | ||||||||||
| Box 7 | Rhythm of human fulfillment circa 1966 (2 copies) | ||||||||||
| Box 7 | Roc enflamme circa 1960 | ||||||||||
| Box 7 | Seed ideas, 2nd series: Will to destiny circa 1930 (2 copies) | ||||||||||
| By others | |||||||||||
| Box 8 | Bhagawad gita 1910 | ||||||||||
| Box 8 | Henry Cowell, a record of his activities 1934 | ||||||||||
| Box 8 | Edwin A. Fleisher collection of orchestral music in the Free Library of Philadelphia 1945 | ||||||||||
| Box 8 | Merrill, Arch / Our goodly heritage undated - signed by author | ||||||||||