THE TEMPLE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES FOR GUIDED IMAGERY AND MUSIC (GIM)

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In July 2001, Dr. Helen Bonny donated all of her unpublished papers, audiotapes, LPs, videos, and various other materials on her work to Paley Library of Temple University. With this donation, the Special Collections Department of the library, and the Music Therapy Program at Temple have established an archive specifically devoted to GIM. At the same time, selected materials were also donated by Marilyn Clark, Linda Keiser Mardis, the Bonny Foundation, and the Association for Music and Imagery. Additional contributions to the archives may be made by other members of the GIM community at any time. (See below for instructions).
The purpose of the archive is twofold: to insure the legacy of Helen Bonny and her original method of Guided Imagery and Music, and to stimulate proponents of her method to make further developments in theory, research and practice. To accomplish this, the library has begun the process of: 1) preserving the originals of all materials contributed to the archive, while also making copies of them in other formats that will not decay; 2) cataloging the entire contents of the archive, using standard library systems; 3) making materials from the archives available to all interested parties, as appropriate to the nature of the materials and their intended use, and to the extent possible within financial constraints; and 4) continually adding relevant materials to the archive that will serve its purposes.

These materials may be housed in the archives or in the circulating collection of the library. Materials in the archives may be accessed on a special website to be established, or they will be available only for use in the library; materials in the circulating collection may be borrowed, or made available through legal photocopy. Altogether then, the GIM holdings at Paley consists of:

• All unpublished speeches, papers, and notes of Helen Bonny. Most of these will be digitized and made available on a website to be established for the archive.
• All original tapes created by Helen Bonny, and the LPs she used to create them. Because of copyright issues, these will be available only for use in the library.
• All published works of Helen Bonny, including articles and books. These will be in the permanent circulating collection of the library, and may be borrowed at any time. Also, within copyright laws, photocopies of articles or book sections may be obtained from the library upon request.
• All videos of Helen Bonny. Because of copyright issues, these will be available only for use in the library.
  Unpublished papers and published papers of AMI fellows pertaining to GIM. Most of these will be digitized and made available on a website to be established for the archive.
• All published articles and books on GIM. These will be in the permanent circulating collection of the library, and may be borrowed at any time. Also, within copyright laws, photocopies of articles or book sections may be obtained from the library upon request.
• All issues of the Journal of the Association for Music and Imagery. These will be available for use in the library. Also, within copyright laws, photocopies of articles may be obtained from the library upon request.
• Newsletters and various organizational papers of: the Institute for Consciousness and Music, the Institute for Music and Imagery, the Association for Music and Imagery, and the Bonny Foundation. These may be used in the library; and photocopies may be obtained by request.
  Other materials deemed pertinent.
  

Accessibility to the archive varies according to the user and how the material has been made available by the library. Specifically:
- All faculty and students of Temple University (including all disciplines and departments) have full library privileges and complete access to the archive. They will be able to borrow circulating books and materials, use all materials in the archives, request legal photocopies of materials that do not leave the library, and gain complete access to the website.
- All faculty and students from the host of universities belonging to two library consortiums (PALCI and RLIN) will have the same library privileges and access as those cited above for Temple faculty and students.
Individuals may go to any library near them and, through interlibrary loan, borrow all circulating books and materials from Paley. Upon request, they may also obtain legal photocopies of noncirculating materials in Paley.
All individuals will have full access to the website to be developed.
Any individual who wishes to use the materials at Paley library may sign in at the main entrance to the library, present a photo ID of any kind, and be admitted to the archive, any weekday, 9-5.
To contribute relevant materials to the archive, please send the materials to Dr. Kenneth Bruscia, Boyer College of Music 012-00, Temple University, 2001 North 13th St. Philadelphia PA 19122. The materials must be accompanied by a cover letter which gives a complete list of the materials, including title(s) and brief description(s), along with the following statements:
I hereby confirm that I have full ownership of the materials listed, and have legal authority to donate originals or copies of them to Temple University's Paley Library.
I hereby retain (or relinquish toTemple) copyright ownership of these materials.
I hereby convey these materials to Temple's library as an unrestricted gift to its GIM archive or circulating collection.
I hereby give permission to Temple's library to make these materials available to the public as the library deems appropriate, without conferral with me.
Printed name and signature of donor, and date of donation.