Atheist Resources Guide

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Non-Electronic Information Sources

Pathfinder: Atheism & Freethought

Non-Electronic Information Sources

SCOPE: This brief list of encyclopedias, dictionaries, bibliographies, biographies, monographs, periodicals, libraries with special collections, and organizations may be used to identify materials about atheism and freethought. This list is to help users begin finding non-electronic sources of information and is not meant to be an exhaustive list of resources.

Encylopedias & Dictionaries

McCabe, Joseph. A Rationalist Encyclopedia: A Book of Reference on Religion, Ethics and Science. 1948. 2nd ed: London: Watts, 1950.

Odell, Robin, and Tom Barfield, comps. A Humanist Glossary. London: Pemberton, 1967.

Stein, Gordon. The Encyclopedia of Unbelief. 2 vols. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus, 1985.

-arranged alphabetically with bibliography, publishers, and magazines of related materials.

Bibliographies

Brown, Marshall G., and Gordon Stein. Freethought in the United States: A Descriptive Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1978.

Freethought in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth: A Descriptive Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1981.

Stein, Gordon. Atheism: A World Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1990.

Stein, Gordon. God Pro and Con: A Bibliography of Atheism. New York: Garland,1990.

Biographical Materials

A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Rationalists. London, Watts, 1920.
-provides names and dates of freethinkers.
McCabe, Joseph. A Biographical Dictionary of Ancient, Medieval and Modern Freethinkers. Girard, Kans: Haldeman-Julius, 1945.
-contains names and dates of freethinkers.
Wheeler, Joseph Mazzini. A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations. London: Progressive, 1889.

Related Monographs

Budd, Susan. Varieties of Unbelief. London: Heinemann, 1977.

Lewis, Joseph. An Atheist Manifesto. New York: Freethought, 1966.

O'Hair, Madalyn Murray. What on Earth is an Atheist! New York: Arno, 1972.

Putnam, Samuel P. Four Hundred Years of Freethought. New York: Truth Seeker,1894.

-covers American freethought in great detail.

Related Periodicals

American Atheist

Freethought Today

Society of Separationists

Atheist

Humanist

Truth Seeker

Libraries With Related Collections

Charles E. Stevens American Atheist Library and Archives Inc.
7215 Cameron Rd, Austin, TX 78761
(512) 458-1244
-contains 20, 000 volumes on atheism and freethought.
Society of Separationists.
2210 Hancock Dr, Austin, TX 78756
-contains materials on atheism, agnostics, and humanists.
University of Wisconsin
Memorial Library, 728 State St., Madison, WI 53706
-contains special collection on British atheism and freethought

Organizations

American Atheist Women (AAW)
Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Executive Director
PO Box 140195
Austin, TX 78714-0195
(512) 458-1244

American Atheists
Jon Murray, President
PO Box 140195
Austin, TX 78714-0195
(512) 458-1244

Atheists United (AU)
Kenneth H. Bonnell, President
PO Box 5329
Sherman Oaks, CA 91413
(818) 785-1743

Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF)
PO Box 750
Madison, WI 53701
(608) 256-8900

Prison Atheist League of America (PALA)
Arnold Via, President
PO Box 140195
Austin, TX 78714
(512) 458-1244

Society of Separationists (SOS)
Jon Murray, President
PO Box 2117
Austin, TX 78768
(512) 458-3342
United World Atheists (UWA)
Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair, President
7215 Cameron Rd., Ste. A
Austin, TX 78752
(512) 458-1244

Developed by:
Heather Crump
College of Library & Information Services
University of Maryland at College Park
May 12,1995

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