Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The records of the Bollingen Foundation, an endowment established to publish books and provide funds for scholarly projects, were given to the Library of Congress between 1973 and 1990. Part I of the records was donated by the foundation in 1973 and 1976. Princeton University Press, final publisher of books in the Bollingen Series, donated Part II of the records between 1978 and 1990. Part III of the records was donated by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 2004.
Processing History
Part I of the records was arranged and described in 1976 by Joseph Sullivan and Michael Miller. Additional material received between 1978 and 1990 was processed in 1996 by Nan Thompson Ernst with the assistance of Deloris Butler, George Combs, Patrick Kerwin, Lisa Madison, and Brian McGuire. Part III of the records was arranged and described in 2010 by Nan Thompson Ernst. Material relating to C. G. Jung's "Protocols," previously processed as part of these records, have been transferred to the C. G. Jung Papers in the Manuscript Division. The finding aid was revised in 2010. An oversize series was added to Part I by Matthew Darby in 2024 to account for rehousing of that material.
Transfers
Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Some books have been transferred to the Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Audio recordings and motion picture films have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the Bollingen Foundation Records. Patrons are encouraged to contact these divisions in advance of a research visit.
Related Material
Related collections in the Manuscript Division include the papers of William McGuire (see https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010195)
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Roman numeral designating the Part followed by a colon and container number, Bollingen Foundation Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Major Numerical Subheadings
100--Organization and history
| 101-6 | Charter, bylaws, and tax exemptions |
| 107 | Minutes |
| 108 | Agenda |
| 109 | Consultants |
| 110 | General correspondence |
| 111 | Trustees |
| 115 | Officers |
| 120 | Treasurer's reports |
| 130 | Congressional inquiry, 1951-1954 |
| 140 | Other foundations |
| 145 | Bollingen Foundation reports |
| 160 | Personnel |
[200s--these numbers not used]
300--General
| 320 | C. G. Jung |
| 340 | Ezra Pound, Bollingen Prize for poetry controversy |
400--Fellowship program
| 430 | General |
| 440 | Advisers' reports |
| 470 | Correspondence and other material |
| 480 | Applications--rejected |
500--Contributions to institutions
| 560 | Individual grants |
| 580 | Applications--rejected |
600--Publication program
| 600.01 | General correspondence |
| 605 | Editorial minutes |
| 607 | Editorial and production staff |
| 609 | Translators |
| 610 | Bollingen Series catalogs |
| 620 | Bollingen Series publishers |
| 620.01 | Pantheon Books |
| 620.02 | Routledge & Kegan Paul, Ltd. |
| 620.03 | Princeton University Press |
| 640 | Other publishing organizations |
| 670 | Bollingen Series titles--correspondence and other material relating to |
| 675 | Books never completed |
| 680 | Manuscripts rejected |
700--Special projects (projects requiring greater financial aid than was available under the fellowship program)