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Advocate Research and Education Foundation records

 Collection — Box: 14
Identifier: 7310

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The collection is divided into four series: Advocate Research and Education Foundation and Advocate Experience Correspondence and Memos' and Alphabetical Subject File; Facilitator Information Sheets; and an Audio and Video cassette series. The Facilitator Information Sheets are restricted until 2041.

Dates

  • 1978-1981.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

In the 1970s, David B. Goodstein created the Advocate Research and Education Foundation, a non-profit structure through which to conduct the "Advocate Experience." Initially the Experience was a one-weekend seminar similar to Werner Erhard's EST, only targeted at a gay audience. The foundation was eventually combined with the Mariposa Education and Research Foundation.

Extent

12.5 cubic feet. (12.5 cubic feet.)

Abstract

The collection pertains chiefly to the Advocate Experience, an EST-derived seminar for lesbians and gays founded by David B. Goodstein. The contains various materials from 1978 to 1981 of the Advocate Research and Education Foundation Board and the Advocate Experience staff, and manuals pertaining to the Advocate Experience and the Outrageous Experience (a seminar for instructors).

SERIES LIST

Series I. Correspondence (incoming and outgoing)
Boxes 1-4
Series II. Alphabetical Subject File
Boxes 5-9
Series III. Advocate Experience Facilitator Information Sheets
Boxes 10-12
Series IV. Advocate Experience Audio and Video Cassettes and Slides
Box 13

RELATED MATERIAL

David B. Goodstein papers, #7311.

Physical Description

Correspondence, financial records, registration files, topical seminar background material, "facilitator information sheets," audio and video cassettes, slides.

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Phil McCray
Date completed:
September 1991
EAD encoding:
Mireille Lee, April 2000
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Phil McCray
Date
2000
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
ENG

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)