Yoga Institute of America papers, circa 1920-1998

Physical description: 24 linear feet (20 boxes, 1 oversize folder)

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M1135		In-library use
M1135 2000-031 BOX 1		In-library use
M1135 2000-031 BOX 2		In-library use
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M1135 2000-031 BOX 37		In-library use
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M1135 2000-031 BOX 40		In-library use
M1135 2000-031 FLAT BOX 26		In-library use
M1135 2000-031 FLAT BOX 27		In-library use
M1135 2000-031 FLAT BOX 36		In-library use
M1135 2000-031 HALF MANUSCRIPT BOX 41		In-library use
M1135 2000-031 MANUSCRIPT BOX 39		In-library use
M1135 SMALL MAP FOLDER 1		In-library use

Description

Creators/Contributors

Corporate Author: Yoga Institute of America
Contributor: Evans, Louise R.

Contents/Summary

Finding aid: Finding aid available online
Summary: Incoming correspondence to Sri D.R. Sukul, numerous manuscripts and pamphlets relating to eastern philosophies and religions (originally part of the library of the Yoga Institute of America), and material concerning nutrition and color and their effect on the mind and body (one of Sukul's primary interests). Also represented are personal projects that Evans was involved with, including the Famine Relief Program for India in 1967, research on John Howard Payne, and the Olympic Manufacturing Co. There are also some scrapbooks relating to her husband's tenure as publisher of a Stockton, California newspaper, 1938-1940. There are photographs of Sukul, a photo album of his visit to the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915, and an oil painting representing him.

Subjects

Subjects: Evans, Eugene B.; Payne, John Howard.; Sukul, Deva Ram.; Famine Relief Program for India.; Olympic Manufacturing Company.; Buddhism.; Color > Psychic aspects.; Symbolism of colors.; Hinduism.; Hindu philosophy.; Religion.; Yoga.

Bibliographic information

Earliest possible date: 1920
Latest possible date: 1998
Access: Open for research; material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Source: Gift of Louise Evans, 1998.
Note: Evans, secretary to the Yoga Institute of America while Sri Deva Ram Sukul was president, became president on Sukul's death on 12 Nov. 1965 when the headquarters was moved to her home in Santa Barbara from New York. It had been Evans' hope that the Yoga Institute library would eventually be associated with a research institution, and shortly before her death she arranged for the collection of books and papers to come to Stanford University. Sri Sukul wrote and published YOGA AND SELF CULTURE, UTTRA GITA, and YOGI DIETETICS, together with the OCCULT BODY CHART WITH COLOR PLATES. Sukul's family name was Shukla; he came from Guyana where the family had worked on a sugar plantation.

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