Paranormal Studies: Archival Collections

Located in Norrköping, Sweden, this is the largest collection of research materials on UFO's and the paranormal in the world. It comprises over 29,000 book titles, over 73,000 periodical issues belonging to 12,000 annual volumes, as well as UFO reports, clippings, media files, images, and objects. Founded in 1974 as Archives for UFO Research, the organization changed its name to Archives for the Unexplained (AFU) in 2013 to reflect the broadening of its overall mission.

Over 50 manuscript and rare book collections, including the Hamilton Family Fonds and the collections from the Survival Research Institute of Canada, plus selected UFO materials (The Falcon Lake UFO Files).

"The Parapsychology Laboratory records span the years 1919-1984... Included are personal papers of J. B. Rhine, J. G. Pratt, L. E. Rhine and other Laboratory staff, as well as professional correspondence, research records, legal and financial papers, clippings, and photographs." ... The collection reveals a comprehensive picture of the Laboratory while it was located at Duke University (1930-65).

Notable collections:
--papers of Ingo Swann who coined the term “remote viewing,” along with his book collection;
--the David Wayne Hooks library which originated from the Psychical Research Foundation;
-- the papers of scholar Sidney Jourard, who founded the American Association for Humanistic Psychology; Carmi Harari, who founded the Division of Humanistic Psychology within the American Psychology Association;
--the papers of former University of West Georgia professor and expert in poltergeists, William G. Roll;
--the papers of Anne C. Richards who served on Association for Humanistic Education (AHE), trustee for the Field Psych Trust, and surveyed University of West Georgia students’ attitudes towards sexuality from 1981-1999.
--the papers of psychologist Edith Weisskopf-Joelson who studied schizophrenia, alienation and logotherapy.

Dedicated to the history of parapsychology and the spiritualistic movement in the Netherlands, HJBF possesses significant library and archival holdings on these topics.

Archives relating to psychic investigations, magic, and the paranormal.

"The Anomaly Archives is the lending library of the Scientific Anomaly Institute, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that seeks:
--Preservation and dissemination of scientific research into anomalous phenomena
--Research and analysis of accumulated collections
--Education of the public regarding scientific investigations into these phenomena."

Housed in the archival collections at Louisiana State University.

A number of archival collections on UFOlogy.including the papers of William E. Jones, Director Emeritus of Ohio MUFON.

Contains the papers of UFO researcher Dr. James E. McDonald as well as a number of other collections of interest.

This collection includes documents, reports, journals, research papers, international newsletters, and books gathered during Edward U. Condon's with the Gemini mission at NASA and his commissioned study of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs). Material related to UFOs is from Condon's involvment in “The Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects,” a research project commissioned by the US Air Force office of Scientific Research in Colorado.

The Eileen J. Garrett Parapsychology Foundation Collection contains more than 12,000 volumes and more than 100 periodicals, including rare books on and early journals devoted to psychical research. The collection emphasizes the literature of contemporary parapsychology and those publications that approach the subject from objective and analytical points of view.

The library also maintains strong sections on the history of psychical research and parapsychology, including early Spiritualism, mysticism and relevant philosophical works, as well as on mediumship, apparitions, hauntings, poltergeists, near-death and out-of-body experiences, experimental research on extrasensory perception, psychokinesis and precognition. A number of relevant encyclopedias, doctoral dissertations on parapsychological topics, introductory textbooks, and biographies of researchers, psychics and mediums are also on hand.

From Alaska to Arizona, from Florida to Labrador, UFO sightings were reported from within North America and even around the world. They are documented in these files. Very few photographs are included in these records. Instead these are text descriptions of encounters or sightings during the years 1947 to 1969. Names of people involved in the sightings are excluded. Sightings are arranged chronologically, then by location.

Countries releasing UFO-related documentation