http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8th8s31 No online items Preliminary Guide to the John C. Lilly papers M0786 Department of Special Collections and University Archives 2016 ; revised 2020 Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford 94305-6064 [email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Preliminary Guide to the John C. M0786 1 Lilly papers M0786 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Title: John C. Lilly papers Identifier/Call Number: M0786 Physical Description: 242 Linear Feet Physical Description: 154 box(es)(processed portion only) Date (inclusive): 1933-2012 Abstract: The John C. Lilly papers contain a variety of material from over fifty years of his research in marine biology, neuroscience, and related fields. Access to Collection The materials are open for research use. Later accessions to the collection may not be available until processed. Born-digital and audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy. Selected audiovisual media have been reformatted. Acquisition Information Purchased, 1996-2015. Accessions 1996-033, 2004-056, 2012-052, 2014-009, and 2015-096. Preserved media Audio has been digitally captured from reels in Box 79, 82, 99, 105, 106, 108 and 120. Videocassettes in Box 144 have also been transferred. Other media may have been transferred as well;, please contact department. Biographical / Historical John Cunningham Lilly (1915-2001) was a physiologist, biologist, and medical doctor known for his work with dolphins and interspecies communication, as well as research on the brain and consciousness which resulted in his invention of the isolation tank. Lilly was born the son of a banker in St. Paul, Minnesota. He attended the California Institute of Technology, graduating in 1938 with Physics and Biology degrees. He then attended medical school at Dartmouth and the University of Pennsylvania. During World War II, he conducted experiments on the physiological effect of high altitudes, which began his investigation into brain function. After the war he trained as a psychoanalyst and conducted brain research for the National Institutes of Health, including the development of techniques for electrical stimulation of the brain. In 1954 he devised a sensory deprivation tank, and later began self-administering LSD and other drugs in the solitude of the tank. Lilly's counterculture ideas and lifestyle made him contemporaries with such figures as Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, and Werner Erhard (all frequent guests at Lilly's home), but it also invited skepticism from more conservative scientists. His tank experiments led to an interest in aquatic life, especially cetaceans, and in 1959 he established the Communication Research Institute in Miami and the Virgin Islands to study the vocalizations of bottle-nosed dolphins. Further research into dolphin communication was conducted at the JANUS (Joint Analog Numerical Understanding System) Project in San Francisco, using computers to interpret dolphin speech. Lilly created the non-profit Human Dolphin Foundation in Malibu, California in 1976. He is the author of 19 books, including Man and Dolphin, The Center of the Cyclone, and an autobiography The Scientist, as well as hundreds of papers. Lilly retired to Maui in 1992 and died of heart failure at the age of 86. The John C. Lilly Research Institute continues his research. Preferred Citation [identification of item], John C. Lilly papers, M0786. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Processing Information Note Partially processed; listing does not represent entire collection. Publication Rights While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. Rights to the series of recordings in 12.1 Audiotape reels: Dolphin Research are owned by Stanford University. Subjects and Indexing Terms Animal communication Animal intelligence Physicians -- History. Preliminary Guide to the John C. M0786 2 Lilly papers M0786 Dolphins -- Behavior. Hallucinogenic drugs. LSD (Drug) Lilly, John Cunningham Series 1. Correspondence and files [A-Z] box 1, folder 1 Altes, R.A. box 1, folder 2 American Physiological Society box 1, folder 3 ANIMA box 1, folder 4 Animal Protection Institute USA box 1, folder 5 Animal Welfare Institute box 1, folder 6 American Cetacean Society box 1, folder 7 Atkinson, Dinni box 1, folder 8 Apple Computers box 1, folder 9 Janus Symbol Artwork box 1, folder 10 Australia, Whaling (Sir Sydney Frost) box 1, folder 11 Authors League box 1, folder 12 A Correspondence A box 1, folder 13 Batteau, Dwight box 1, folder 14 B Correspondence B box 1, folder 15 Richard Bach box 1, folder 16 Baker, Byrd (Mendocino Whale War) box 1, folder 17 Bantam Books box 1, folder 18 Bendix, Michael box 1, folder 19 AMASA & Barbara Bishop 81-82 box 55, folder 14 Benson, Paul box 1, folder 20 Blue Water Wetsuits box 2, folder 1 Boats box 2, folder 2 Bonny, Helen L. Dr. box 2, folder 4 Michael J. Bowers box 2, folder 6 Brandy Brandis box 2, folder 5 Brazier, Dr. M.A. box 55, folder 15 Brenner, Malcolm box 55, folder 16 Brenner, Malcolm, Some Observations on Aspects of Interspecies Communications between Man and Bottlenosed Dolphins, typescript 1970-1971 box 2, folder 8 Bridges, Jeff & Susan box 2, folder 7 Brochures box 2, folder 9 Brockman, John box 2, folder 10 Brown, Robin (Lure of the Dolphins) box 2, folder 11 Spencer Brown box 55, folder 17 Buhr, Bob box 2, folder 3 Bud Bottoms box 56, folder 1 Bullock, Theodore box 56, folder 2 Bullock, Theodore box 56, folder 3 Bullock, Theodore box 2, folder 12 C Correspondence C box 2, folder 13 California Pacific Adventures box 2, folder 14 Campbell, Douglas A. box 2, folder 15 Cannon Island box 2, folder 16 Cetacean Relations box 2, folder 17 Centre for Ocean Studies box 3, folder 2 Chimp Communication, Duane Rumbaugh box 3, folder 3 Chimp Communication, Roger Fouts box 2, folder 18 Barbara Clarke Correspondence Preliminary Guide to the John C. M0786 3 Lilly papers M0786 Series 1. Correspondence and files [A-Z] Lilly box 2, folder 19 Miscellaneous Cetacea Information box 2, folder 20 Computer Games/Dolphins Contacts etc. box 2, folder 21 Conger, Steven box 2, folder 22 Cohen, Sidney box 2, folder 23 Connecticut Cetacean Society box 56, folder 4 Coury, Fred box 2, folder 24 C Correspondence C box 2, folder 25 Cetus Article box 2, folder 26 Pete Cornell box 2, folder 27 Cousteau Society box 2, folder 28 Christian Science Monitor box 3, folder 1 Cybernetics box 3, folder 4 Dana Point Harbor box 3, folder 5 The Dawn of Atlas - Research Company, Marine Mammal vertebrae box 3, folder 6 Defenders of Wildlife box 3, folder 7 de la Flor, Francesca box 3, folder 8 Demetrios, Michael B. box 3, folder 9 di Suvero, Victor box 56, folder 5 di Suvero, Victor box 56, folder 6 di Suvero, Victor box 3, folder 10 Diercks, K.J. box 3, folder 11 Horace Dobbs box 3, folder 12 D Correspondence D box 3, folder 13 Digital Voice box 3, folder 14 Diving Information box 3, folder 15 Decus Membership box 56, folder 7 Dolger, Jonathan box 3, folder 16 Dolphin Research Center box 3, folder 17 Downing, Joseph, M.D. box 4, folder 1 Wade Doak box 4, folder 2 Dolphin Action and Protection Group, Cape Town, South Africa box 4, folder 3 Dolphin Embassy box 4, folder 4-5 Dolphin Brains - Peter Morgane box 4, folder 6 Dolphin Release 1983-1984 box 4, folder 7 Articles box 4, folder 8 Wholistic Health box 4, folder 9 Miscellaneous Correspondence box 5, folder 1 E Correspondence E box 5, folder 2 Institute of Echotechnics box 5, folder 3 Ed Ellsworth box 5, folder 4 Endangered Species Production box 5, folder 5 Environmental Defense Fund box 5, folder 6 Erhard, Werner box 5, folder 7 Erickson Educational Foundation box 5, folder 8 CRI - Erickson Project box 5, folder 9 Essentia box 5, folder 10 Evans, Bill 1983 box 56, folder 8 Evans, William box 56, folder 9 Evans, William box 5, folder 11 The Explorers Club box 5, folder 12 Extinction of Species box 5, folder 13 F Correspondence F box 5, folder 14 Film Proposals box 5, folder 15 Feynman, Richard box 5, folder 16 Florida Property box 5, folder 17 Pieter Folkens box 5, folder 18 Fortom-Gouin, Jean Paul box 5, folder 19 Friends of Cetacean List Preliminary Guide to the John C. M0786 4 Lilly papers M0786 Series 1. Correspondence and files [A-Z] Lilly box 5, folder 20 Friends of the Earth box 5, folder 21 Fundraising & Fundraisers box 5, folder 22 The Hunt Foundation box 5, folder 23 The Macarthur Foundation box 5, folder 24 G Correspondence G box 5, folder 25 Gazebo box 5, folder 26 General Whale box 5, folder 27 Amit Goswami, University of Oregon box 5, folder 28 Roedy Green box 6, folder 1 Greenpeace Foundation box 6, folder 2 Stan and Christina Grof, Spiritual Emergency Network box 56, folder 10 H correspondence box 6, folder 3 Haida Killer Whale box 6, folder 4 Hawaii - Sheraton box 6, folder 5 Hawaii - School box 6, folder 6 Tom Wilkes Hawaii Project box 6, folder 7 Herbert, Frank box 6, folder 8 Lou Herman box 6, folder 9 Holt, Sidney box 57, folder 1 Holt, Sidney box 6, folder 10 Albert Hoffman box 6, folder 11 Houston Tank Center box 6, folder 12 The Hunt Foundation box 6, folder 13 E.F.