About This Project
About This Site
Our goal for this site was to introduce our anticipated primary readers to the debate surrounding New Age, Cults, Christianity, religion, Constance Cumbey, and secondary readers to archival research. We hope that you’ve learned something interesting or fun by using this website. We also hope that the information and links provided here could furnish a resource for anyone interested in investigating these topics further. It is important to note the primary perspective in the archive is Constance's research for evidence that the New Age was eroding Christianity. Other perspectives on New Age are primarily missing.
In the creation of this site, we acknowledge that we are secondary archivists. The original curator was Constance Cumbey herself, whose meticulous research and expansive collection formed the basis for our own. Given Constance's diverse background and donation of ~ 87 linear feet, the following criteria was used to select the records we displayed in this archive:
- Was the record associated with the New Age?
- Did the record link to societal themes - religion, politics, education, health, and science?
This site was created for Patricia Garcia’s Introduction to Archive Studies course. Unless otherwise indicated, the documents listed on this site were found in the Bentley Historical Library.
About the Bentley
From the Bentley's About Page: "The Bentley Historical Library collects the materials for and promotes the study of the histories of two great, intertwined institutions, the State of Michigan and the University of Michigan. The Library is open without fee to the public, and we welcome researchers regardless of academic or professional affiliation.”
Constance Cumbey Papers Finding Aid
Deep Blue is the University of Michigan's permanent, safe, and accessible institutional repository for representing our rich intellectual community. Its primary goal is to provide access to the work that makes Michigan a leader in research, teaching, and creativity.
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