[Collection of article offprints on hypnosis] Barber, Theodore Xenophon

Various publishers, c. 1959-1975. 70 offprint articles and carbon copy typescripts ranging from 1 to 40 pages, chiefly by Barber alone or co-authored with a colleague. A handful of articles by authors other than Barber, including one by Dr. Charles Alaimo, a Buffalo, NY psychiatrist from whose estate this collection originates. Offprints kept in original envelopes mailed by Barber to Alaimo. Condition ranges from Near Fine to Good, with most tending toward better condition. Barber is best remembered as an early critic of the state model of hypnosis, and many of the articles represented here are devoted to proving that hypnotic effects can be better explained other than appealing to an altered state of consciousness. Article subjects include hypnosis as it relates to: pain, yoga, death, dreaming, taste, criminal behavior, and much more. Also included are several articles Barber wrote attempting to explain hypnotic effects by other scientific means. Barber died in 2005 after retiring in the mid-1980s from a long held position as chief psychologist at Framingham, MA s Cushing Hospital. He served as director at the Medfield Foundation through the 1960s and 70s, and early in his career worked at Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology and Harvard University. This is a sizable collection covering the main focus of his career, and much can still be learned from his critical appraisals of altered states of consciousness, free will, psychology, and brain biology. Barber is relatively well held institutionally, though most articles are in digital form, and many of the physical offprints are scarce.