New Vrindaban (Commune)

Scope and Contents Records regarding Kirtanananda Bhaktipada Swami (Keith Gordon Ham), a founding member and leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) or "Hare Krishna" religious movement. Most of the material in the collection regards his involvement with the community of New Vrindaban in Marshall County, West Virginia and the controversies and legal problems that arose during his term of leadership there. The collection also contains biographical information regarding Bhaktipada,...

Scope and Contents This collection contains records pertaining to the community of New Vrindaban in Marshall County, West Virginia and its founder Kirtanananda Bhaktipada Swami (Keith Gordon Ham), a member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) or "Hare Krishna" religious movement, until his expulsion in 1987. Compiled by Henry Doktorski, a former resident of New Vrindaban and author of several books on the subject, the collection includes records which provide insight into...

Overview

Records of WWVU, a Morgantown television station. Includes motion picture film and related sound footage (597 cans of 16mm footage in 66 boxes), video tapes (42 boxes), and slides for locally produced programming documenting the social, political, cultural, natural, and historic landscape of West Virginia for broadcast on WWVU, a Morgantown television station. WWVU later became WNPB, a station of West Virginia Public Broadcasting. Some programs in the collection were produced by WNPB.