[Ads-l] Fw: Antedating of "Dianetics" and "Dianetic"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Back on February 26, 2025 Fred posted about text contained in a letter
from L. Ron Hubbard to John W. Campbell dated December 9, 1949 which
contained the term "Dianetics". The letter appeared in The Complete
Collection of the John W. Campbell Letters (Microfilm, Reel 2).

While searching in the Internet Archive I found a copyright
registration card for "Dianetics; the science of mind" which
apparently is dated December 1, 1949. Follow the link to see a scan of
the registration card.

Title: 1946-1954 Copyright Registration Cards (A-N)
From: United States Copyright Office
Note: The copyright registration cards from the United States
Copyright Office. Each collection is a drawer of cards.
Database: Internet Archive at archive.org

https://archive.org/details/CopyrightCards1946-1954/19461954HOWS-HUBBD/page/n1153/mode/1up?q=Dianetics

[Begin excerpt]
HUBBARD, L. RON
Dianetics; the science of mind.
1 v. (C) 1Dec1949; AA141062.
[End excerpt]


On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
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> In my citation below, "in Alec Nevada-Lee Astounding (1984)" is not accurate.  A better source is "in The Complete Collection of the John W. Campbell Letters (Microfilm, Reel 2)."
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> Fred Shapiro
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> Subject: Antedating of "Dianetics" and "Dianetic"
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> dianetics (OED 1950)
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> 1949 L. Ron Hubbard Letter to John W. Campbell Jr. 9 Dec. in Alec Nevala-Lee Astounding (1984)
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> No psychiatrist to date has been able to look at Dianetics and listen long enough to find out the fundamentals, Dianetic explanations being dinned out by his educational efforts about Freud.
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> dianetic (OED 1951)
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> See above.
>
> Fred Shapiro
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> Subject: Antedating of "Dianetics" and "Dianetic"
>
> dianetics (OED 1950)
>
> 1949 L. Ron Hubbard Letter to John W. Campbell Jr. 9 Dec. in Alec Nevala-Lee Astounding (1984)
>
> No psychiatrist to date has been able to look at Dianetics and listen long enough to find out the fundamentals, Dianetic explanations being dinned out by his educational efforts about Freud.
>
> dianetic (OED 1951)
>
> See above.
>
> Fred Shapiro
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