The American Religions Collection (ARC), much of which was assembled by J. Gordon Melton, primarily documents non-mainstream religions in America. The collection contains monographs, manuscript collections and serials. Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions (6th ed., Gale Research, 1999) provides descriptive references to the various religious groups and, to a considerable extent, the collection is organized along the lines of the Encyclopedia.

Material gathered or written by Bertha Merritt in preparation for her thesis, including a typewritten analysis of the records of witchcraft trials in Alsace, and photographs and postcards of villages in the region where the trials were held.

The Cornell University Library Witchcraft Collection is an online selection of titles from the Cornell University Library's extensive collection of materials on Witchcraft. The Witchcraft Collection is a rich source for students and scholars of the history of superstition and witchcraft persecution in Europe. It documents the earliest and the latest manifestations of the belief in witchcraft as well as its geographical boundaries, and elaborates this history with works on canon law, the Inquisition, torture, demonology, trial testimony, and narratives. Most importantly, the collection focuses on witchcraft not as folklore or anthropology, but as theology and as religious heresy.

These titles were originally digitally scanned from microfilm by Primary Source Microfilm and the images were returned to Cornell University. For more information, please visit the About page.

Current Online Holdings:

• 104 monographs
• 23,220 pages

Letter from Stephen A. McNallen and statement of beliefs. Part of the Wilcox Collection of Contemporary Political Movements.

Archival Material: Mixed materials. Wilcox Collection of Contemporary Political Movements.

A collection of correspondence, manuscripts, calendars, and periodicals from an Old Dianic/Faerie Faith High Priestess.

Private archive of materials on the development of Paganism, particularly in Britain. Open to qualified researchers. For more information and research permission, contact Professor Hutton.

"Lisa Marshall Bashert is a lesbian feminist witch from Ypsilanti, Michigan. She was involved in various causes and local organizations, especially relating to gay-lesbian activism in Michigan. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan and a life-partner of Beth Bashert. The Bashert collection consists almost entirely of her journals which are a combination of diaries, musings and other personal reflections about such topics as her sexuality, her personal relationship, and her involvement in feminist, lesbian, and pagan organizations."

These materials were gathered between 1989 and 1995 in various parts of the United States, but especially in the Southwest and New England. They were collected as part of an ethnographic study of the New Age practice called "channeling," essentially a contemporary version of spirit meduimship in which human beings serve as channels for information said to come from a range of spiritual beings. This project culminated in several journal articles, book chapters, and one monograph, The Channeling Zone: American Spirituality in an Anxious Age (Harvard University Press, 1997).

This collection contains a wide variety of materials related to New Age topics. The sources are mostly taken from Flagstaff and Sedona, but also contain materials from all over the Colorado Plateau region, specifically in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, and Wyoming. These sources include flyers for various conferences and businesses, periodicals with New Age themes, websites and newspaper articles relating to extraterrestrial sightings, alternative religion, magic, astrology, tarot, and related topics.

See: Series Six, Neopagan, 1974-2004.

The vertical files contain material compiled on over 900 organizations spanning the types of religious groups that grew in the United States during the period from the early 1960s to the late 1990s. Files vary in amounts, types, and dates of material, though most will be 1975-1985. Included materials may be correspondence, newsletters, pamphlets, brochures, events flyers, promotional material, newsclippings, or research papers. Files may include few items or be more extensive. No file is comprehensive for any organization. Files do not include internal organization records.

"Collection contains manuscripts of Starhawk's published and unpublished books, collected published and unpublished print material, articles and periodicals, computer discs, and general files which include working files, photographs, art work, and notebooks."

Voices from the Pagan Census provides unprecedented insight into the expanding but largely unstudied religious movement of Neo-Paganism in the United States. Helen A. Berger, Evan A. Leach, and Leigh S. Shaffer present the findings of "The Pagan Census," which was created and distributed by Berger and Andras Corban Arthen of the Earthspirit Community. Analyzing the most comprehensive and largest-scale survey of Neo-Pagans to date, the authors offer a portrait of this emerging religious community, including an examination of Neo-Pagan political activism, educational achievements, family life, worship methods, experiences with the paranormal, and beliefs about such issues as life after death.

A collection of religious groups whose practices evolved from Great Britain's Wicca movement of the 1940s, Neo-Paganism spread to the United States in the 1960s. While the number of people who identify themselves with the religion has continued to rise, quantitative study of Neo-Paganism has been difficult given the movement's lack of centralized leadership and doctrine and its development as scattered, independent groups and individuals. Endorsed by all major Neo-Pagan leaders, "The Pagan Census" generated a demographically diverse response. In contrast to most previous surveys, which were limited to Neo-Pagan festivals, this survey incorporates input from the large population of practitioners who do not participate in such events.

Keenly anticipated by the academic and Neo-Pagan communities, the results of the census provide the most in-depth information about the group yet assembled. Comparing Neo-Pagans with American society at large, Berger, Leach, and Shaffer show that although the two groups share certain statistical characteristics, there are differences as well. The scholars also identify variations within the Neo-Pagan population, including those related to geography and to the movement's multiple spiritual paths.

Noffke's papers include administrative materials along with 2,000 audiotapes and cassettes that reflect his role as producer and radio host.

Typescript (carbon copy) Accession no.: 1105. 6 leaves ; 28 cm.

A four lecture series by Pauline Lind on research she conducted from 2006-2008 about Pagan Books, Pagan Community, and Pagan History. This series of lectures was recorded in late 2008 at The Woolshed, Pukerua Bay, New Zealand.