1960s
A collection of primary sources relevant to the history of psychedelics which were originally produced in the 1950s. Sources are also classified according to format and content.
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A collection of primary sources relevant to the history of psychedelics which were originally produced in the 1950s. Sources are also classified according to format and content.
Timothy Leary's testimony during the Chicago Seven trial highlighted his controversial stance on psychedelics as tools for consciousness expansion.
Cohen’s 1966 UCLA speech on LSD in which he calls for “using the anthropological approach of insinuating a valuable drug of this sort into our culture.”
A recording of John C. Lilly's research on dolphins. Features sounds of Peter the dolphin after being given LSD.
Article in the January 3, 1963 issue of the News Call Bulletin about a Menlo Park woman’s positive experience with LSD-assisted psychotherapy.
Sidney Cohen’s 1965 UCLA speech on ESP and psychedelics.
Newspaper article from 1962 describing John C. Lilly’s research at the Communications Research Institute, where Lilly would later dose his dolphins with LSD.