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Manuscript Register
Collection Dates:
(Bulk Dates: 1970 to 1989)
7.5 linear ft.
This document describes a collection of materials held
by the
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1420
Phone: 319-335-5921
Fax: 319-335-5900
e-mail: lib-spec@uiowa.edu
Posted to Internet: June 2002
Addenda: 1980, 1982,
1983, 1985, November
1985, 1987, 1988, April
1990
Acquisition Note: Gar Osten donated his papers to the University of Iowa Libraries in 1980.
Access and Restrictions: This collection is open for research.
Photographs: Box 2
Audio
Material: Box 1, 5
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Box
List
Lectures, 1979
-- 1980
Radio/Television Interview, 1972 -- 1977. Scripts
The Astrological
Chart of the United States from to 1776 to 2141
Early typescript -- with revisions and multiple page and chapter drafts (3 folders)
Original typescript submission
Original typescript submission (2 folders)
Sun-Sign
Books
Typescript
Typescript of graphs
Typescript corrections
1980 Addendum
"Chart of Jimmy Carter," typescript
Radio Interview,
February 18, 1975 -- typescript
Tape. Psychic reading,
1977
Tapes. Television
interviews -- "The Last Word," 1972 -- 1975
Television Interview, March 9, 1975
1982 Addendum
Audiotape, 1980. KCRG radio
"Theatre in
the United States: An Astrological History and Prediction," September
1980
Videotapes
"New Age Presentation," August 14, 1977
"Extremities," July 7, 1981 -- with Starla Smith
"Iowa Edition: Astrology"
Brian O'Brian interview with Gar Osten. KCRG Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (2 folders)
1983 Addendum (?)
Correspondence,
1973 -- 1982
Correspondence
with Lynda Benglis, 1974 -- 1982
"Lynda Benglis...."
Soho News (May 21, 1980), p.15
Photographs
Pincus-Witten, Robert, "Lynda Benglis: The Frozen Gesture." Artforum (Nov. 1974), pp. 54 -- 59
1983 Addendum
"Current Astrological
Findings and Conclusions" by Gar Osten, March 18, 1983
Raymond Gombach
lecture delivered at Gar Osten's home, May 23, 1983
Biographical note
Correspondence, 1972 -- 1982. Including letters from Harold E. Hughes, Alf M. Landon, George C. Wallace, Norman Rockwell, Margaret Chase Smith, Jonas Salk, Thomas F. Eagleton, Aldai Stevenson III, Olivia de Havilland, William Proxmire, Ferdinand E. Marcos, Edmund Muskie, Hubert H. Humphrey, Edward M. Kennedy, Walter E. Mondale, John C. Culver, H.R. Carter, Princess Grace de Monaco, Robert T. Anderson, Robert D. Ray, Billie Ray, Howard H. Baker, Terry E. Branstad, Roger W. Jepsen, and Roxanne Conlin.
Lectures
Given at University of Evansville, October 15, 1980
"Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship," March 18, 1983
Newspaper clippings, 1979 -- 1981
Videotapes
"Beyond the Five Senses," 1981
Mary Lou Varnum interview with Gar Osten. WOI-TV, Ames, IA, 1978 or 1979
1985 Addendum
Bequet, Russell. Correspondence, 1971 -- 1977
Correspondence:
1941 -- April 1943
May -- December 1943
1944
1945
1946
Press, radio, and
television. Correspondence, 1972 -- 1983
Take One.
Videotape of interview, IPBN, 1984
Worrall, Olga. Correspondence, 1974 -- 1979
Box 3
Afinson, Mary Ann,
1979
Agnew, Spiro T.,
1972. Printed material
Australia. Correspondence,
1977 -- 1982
"Between Heaven
and Hell." Typescript of manuscript, based upon Osten's army experiences
Bonomo Books, 1976
-- 1980
Clippings, n.d.
Correspondence:
1960 -- 1979
1983. Including letters from Charles Grassley, Roger Jepsen and Neal Smith
1984 -- 1985. Including letters from Charles Grassley, Roger Jepsen and Neal Smith
Undated
Cotter, Michael,
1978 -- 1985
Design work appearing
in magazines by Osten
"Front Lines"
(re: Larry Jordan), 1981 -- 1982
Gomback, Raymond
and Jayne. Photograph, 1981
Hellyer, Mary Beth,
1978
Hoffman Murders,
1978 -- 1979
International Management
Group, 1975 -- 1979
Lectures, 1984
-- 1985
Legal Contracts,
1975 -- 1979
Mozena, Mary, 1977
Osten, Gar:
Family history, 1851 -- 1977
Photo album
Photographs
Otten-Hall Murder Case, 1974 -- 1985
Parsons School of Design. Costume Drawings (2 folder)
Rutgers University Chart Study, 1980 -- 1981
Savitch, Jessica,
1981 -- 1985
Spoelberch, Jacques de, 1974 -- 1980
Stein and Day, 1974 -- 1982
Thompson, James H.W., 1968 -- 1985. Including an audiocassette tape
Wagner Disappearance Case, 1973 -- 1985
Acheampong, Ignatius
Kutu, 1979
Afinson, Mary Ann,
1979 -- 1980. Disappearance case
Atlanta Child Murders,
1981 -- 1982
Chiles, Connie.
Audiotape, trance reading, 1980
Delvallet, Thomas,
1979. Disappearance case
Faidy, Diana Hubert,
1983
Ford, Arthur. Audiotapes,
lectures, 1964 and 1966
Goetz, Donald Gerald,
1980. Murder case
Governor Branstad,
Governor Ray, and Mrs. Ray, 1979
Hoffman, Robert,
1976 -- 1980. Murder case
Kriegel, Dawn and
Daniel, 1979. Murder and bank robbery case
McCoy, David and
Frank Small, 1975. Murder/suicide case
Marcus, Drs. Stewart
and Cyril, 1976. Suicide case
Melham, T. Joseph,
1977 -- 1979
Miscellaneous astrological
charts and readings, 1973
Audiotapes, 1976. Past lives through hypnotic regressions
Transcripts of
past lives, 1976. Hypnotic regressions
Reading by Connie
Chiles, 1981. Concerning Osten's health
Ratliff, Helen,
1980. Missing persons case
Steiger, Brad,
1972 -- 1974. Savitch, Jessica. Audiotape, n.d.
Streckenbach, Anke,
1979 -- 1983. Disappearance case
Suskiewich, Thomas
E., 1980
Touchstone interview. Videotape, May 4, 1984
Correspondence:
1945, 1970 -- 1979. Including letters from Charles E. Grassley, Dick Clark, John Culver, Edward Mezvinsky, Harold E. Hughes, Robert T. Anderson, and Norman Rockwell
1980 -- 1984. Including letters from Roxanne Conlin and Charles E. Grassley
January -- July 1985. Including a letter from Tom Harkin
August -- December 1985. Including a letter from Charles E. Grassley
January -- March 1986
April -- July 1986
August -- December 1986, 1987
Undated. Including a letter from Eugene Olson (Brad Steiger)
Eychaner, Rich,
1983 -- 1984. Correspondence, charts, and clippings
Gosch, Johnny and
Eugene Martin, 1983 -- 1986
Correspondence, charts, and clippings relating to their disappearance
Gregory, Melissa
Lynn and Steven Joe Fisher, 1984 -- 1986. Correspondence and charts relating
to the double murder case
Heckle, Guy, 1973
-- 1974. Correspondence and charts relating to his disappearance
Huntly, Barbara
and Luis Sandoval, 1971 -- 1972. Correspondence and charts
Jarrod, Sandy,
1975 -- 1976. Correspondence and charts relating to his disappearance
LeSage, Robert,
1983 -- 1984. Charts and clippings relating to his murder confession
Martinko, Michelle,
1980. Correspondence, charts, and clippings relating to her murder
Milius, Paul Lloyd,
1968, 1974 -- 1975. Correspondence, charts, and clippings relating to his
MIA case
Moore, James, 1971
-- 1978. Correspondence and chart
Mould, Eric, 1974
-- 1975. Correspondence and charts relating to his disappearance/ kidnapping
Murphy, Kathleen,
1980, 1986. Correspondence, charts, and clippings relating to her murder
Myers, Dolores,
1983. Past life reading for Gar Osten
Njus, Camille,
1980. Correspondence, chart , and clippings relating to her murder
Osten, Louise Lena
(Gar Osten's mother), 1934 -- 1965. Birth certificate, driver's license, and
baptismal certificate
Osten, Gar, 1960
-- 1987. Birth certificate and passports
Perry, Corinne,
1984 -- 1986. Correspondence, charts, and clippings relating to her murder
Photographs, family
and friends
Reyhons, Joyce M., 1982. Character reading from Gar Osten's palm print
Robbins, Shawn,
1972 -- 1973. Correspondence, chart, and clipping
Thompson, Jim,
1981. Correspondence and chart relating to the charge of murder
Triggs, Michael
L. and Janet C. Lindstrom, 1983 -- 1985. Correspondence and charts
Wagstaff, Sam,
1974 -- 1980. Correspondence and charts
Wycoff, Steven, 1976, 1981, 1986. Correspondence and clippings
Box 9
The Astrological
Chart of the United States, by Gar Osten. Photocopy of the original
outline
Bartlett, Bob, 1986. Correspondence and charts relating to the Charles Manson
and son of Sam murders
Bontemps, Alain,
1985 -- 1986. Correspondence and chart of France
Bosek, Matthew. Murder at the Esoteric Fraternity:
Correspondence, 1973 -- 1986 and undated (2 folders)
Newspaper clippings,
1974
Carman, Mary
Lou, 1980. Correspondence relating to a disappearance
Cayce, Edgar.
Readings
Chase, Rod, 1973.
Correspondence, charts, and clippings
Clippings, 1972 -- 1986
Box 10
Clippings, 1987
and 1988
Correspondence:
1973 -- 1986
January -- August 1987
September -- December 1987. Including letters from Tom Harkin, Charles E. Grassley, and Neal Smith
January -- May 1988. Including letters from Neal Smith and Tom Harkin
June -- September 1988. Including letters from Edward M. Kennedy and Mother Teresa, M.C.
Undated
Autograph Album.
Including autographs of Walt Disney, Mickey Rooney, Shirley Temple, Clark
Gable, Christopher Morely, J. Edgar Hoover, and Jeanne Dixon
Biography, n.d.
Cameron, Montgomery F.:
Correspondence, 1966 -- 1989
Miscellaneous materials including obituaries, newspaper clippings, astrological charts, etc., 1965 -- 1989
Photographs
The Ugly Woman
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Astrological chart and analysis
Clippings. 1967, 1978, 1985 -- 1990 and undated
Correspondence:
1973, 1980 -- 1987. Including letters from Charles Grassley, Roger Jepsen, Luis Sandoval, William Randolph Hearst, and Mother Theresa
1988. Including letters from Terry Branstad and Lloyd Bentsen
1989. Including letters from Charles Grassley and Tom Harkin
Undated
The Dali Lama.
Miscellaneous materials including photographs and program from his visit to
Indiana University. 1987 -- 1989
The "Dr. Bob
Show." Background material and audiotape, 1988
"The Future of the Theater in the United States." Drama Review. Typescript with corrections and deletions, 1980
Gandhi, Mahatma.
Astrological chart
Higgenson, Harriet.
Correspondence, astrological charts, and interpretations for the United States
and the New York Stock Exchange. 1979 -- 1989 and undated
L'Ame Francaise: Cycles Et Archetypes (The French Soul: Cycles and Archetypes)
Translation of
paper on the astrological chart of France. 1985 -- 1987
"Lottery Winners."
Jupiter Magazine. Correspondence, typescript of article, background
material, notes and astrological charts, 1988 -- 1989
Meredith/Burda
Des Moines welcomes Jupiter Magazine, 1989
NASA Lecture. Background
materials, typescript of speech, and astrological chart, 1962 -- 1989
Photographs. Including
photos of Dwight and Maimie Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, and autographed
photos of Robert Redford, Marlena Dietrich, Victor Mature, and Jeanne Dixon
Salk, Jonas. Correspondence,
astrological chart, and analysis
Space-Time Forecasting.
Newsletter about the financial markets, 1979 -- 1989
Swatch of Dwight
Eisenhower's bedspread and drapes at the Gettysburg Farm. n.d.
Travel Brochures
Photographs
Gar Osten, undated
Shawn Robbin (psychic) and Gar Osten, New York City, February 1972. Taken by Barbara Seiler
Gar Osten, Hurley, MO, summer of 1976. Taken by National Enquirer photographer Deborah Borin