Believest Thou This (2)
Content Description
In August 1955 Alfred Robinson and Pearl Robinson gave the University of Idaho Library many Psychiana related items including four large boxes which were to remain sealed for 25 years. These boxes were opened in January 1980 and the contents sorted; the material is now contained in seven file boxes. Included in the three boxes of correspondence are letters between Psychiana headquarters and students in eighteen countries. Carbon copies of Psychiana's replies are attached to most of the original letters from students. The letters from students which Robinson used in his publications are marked with quotation marks; occasionally words were changed or sentences rearranged. The remaining boxes contain copies of all the Psychiana lessons, copies of Psychiana Weekly and other similar publications, typescripts of speeches and articles by Frank Robinson, broadsides used in advertising, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, a scrapbook of clippings kept by Robinson, and photographs.
This is a very important collection not only for those researching Dr. Frank B. Robinson and the impact of Psychiana, but also for those interested in non-orthodox religion. Anyone interested in effective advertising methods would also find this collection useful.
The contents of each section of this collection are described in the following Description of Series.
Dates
- Creation: 1929-1951
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 8 linear feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Description
This second version of "Believest Thou This" bears no resemblance to the previous manuscript of the same name. It was written by Frank B. Robinson in 1946; only one chapter, both original and carbon typescript, 21 pages in length, exists. The title page for the original is missing, but the carbon title page is included with the manuscript.As in "Believest Thou This" (1) Robinson describes his car as a two-toned green Cadillac. Some of the incidents which he relates are found in other published works, but there are several other amusing anecdotes which are worth mentioning. On page six he relates that he was in Virginia to see an ill student when he was detained by police as a suspected bank robber--the robber also had a two-toned green Cadillac. He was taken to police headquarters where he was identified by an F.B.I. agent familiar with his work. When he told the police his mission he was given a police escort to the next town where his student lived. Other interesting incidents related in this short manuscript include Robinson's meetings with President Roosevelt (pp. 14-15), Billy Sunday (pp. 17-18), and an unidentified pair of evangelists in California (pp. 19-20).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository