Correspondence, 1930-1996

Scope and content:

The Correspondence series contains mainly professional correspondence during and after La Barre's career at Duke. Because La Barre developed close friendships with fellow researchers and other professionals, much of the material contains personal as well as professional information. The materials are organized primarily by date in chronological order, but La Barre also collected the correspondence of certain correspondents separately, and this correspondence follows the yearly correspondence. It is arranged alphabetically by last name. Among these correspondents are George Devereux; Allen Ginsberg, the beat poet; Alexander Morin; Richard Evans Schultes; and Howard Stein.

At some point, La Barre re-read his correspondence and annotated the folders and, in some cases, individual letters with his summaries and comments on their contents. It is unclear exactly when these annotations were made. Because the folder annotations contained much information but were physically deteriorating, photocopies of LaBarre's folder comments have been made and inserted in the front of the corresponding folders.

Please note: there are two folders of personal correspondence in the Personal series. These letters are to and from family members, and were filed separately from the bulk of La Barre's correspondence.

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