Transcripts of 1966 Interviews Now Available
Remembering Ella Young, Interviews by James D. Cain, is now available as an eBook or paperback, published by Tulsk Productions.
Despite her influence and timely message, very little documentary evidence of Young’s life exists. Ten years after her death in 1956, historian James Cain interviewed six of Young’s friends, recording first-hand memories. Ella Young Remembered makes the transcripts of these interviews available for the first time.
Photographer Ansel Adams recounts her spiritual mentorship. Sexologist Gavin Arthur reveals her early contributions to secret neo-pagan traditions. Her neighbors John and Gudrun Grell remember philosophical conversations and UFO sightings. Educator W. W. Lyman recounts her friendships with literary and bohemian celebrities. Her friend Jane Thompson paints a picture of her “strange feyness,” and her final hours.
The actual recordings of the Cain interviews have sometimes been difficult to find online, but last year the Cain family uploaded them to the Internet Archive, where they will be preserved.
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