An Invercargill School was established c1947 and ran until c1983.
Contains clippings of advertisements placed in newspapers, also one flyer for a lecture by Sutcliffe in 1954
Notes topics for weekly meetings, includes additional notes on 'Peace' in shorthand. List of contacts at back of book.
Folder of SSRL Invercargill material including: Coloured photograph of Herbert Sutcliffe Black and white wedding photograph of Herbert and Mrs Sutcliffe, photographer Rolf Keys, Hastings, inscribed on front 'To SSRL Invercargill. With radiant greetings. 26/2/55.' and on back 'Miss Henderson'. Copies of 1989 correspondence to Victoria University. 3 May 1973 Special Appeal to NZ Schools from Stella Murphy, Society Secretary Various affirmations, poems [3 p.] List of Radiant Living Schools 'History of the founding of radiant living' manuscript dated Founder's Day 19th Oct [1955] [3 p.] Clipping re death of Dr. Sutcliffe, 27 Oct 1971 Sutcliffe Schools of Radiant Living (SSRL) Invercargill records 1981-3: financial records, inwards correspondence, bank statements and annual report, Minutes of National AGM 1983 Health and Prosperity (3rd ed. Rev.) Notes of opening remarks and prayers, Aug-Oct 1961
Copies of lectures 'for class students only': Absolute truth: lesson 1; Higher Spiritual Science [blank Invercargill School letterhead paper laid in at back]; Summary of lessons on character types [3 copies] Copy of pamphlet titled 'The Knowles Method of Breath Training', issued by The Institute of Breathing, Peloha, Director Herbert Sutcliffe, n.d.
Includes: 'Health and Prosperity', 'Absolute Truth', 'Higher Spiritual Science', 'Physical Characteristics and mental tendencies' (3 copies)
Science of radiant living Course of lessons in self development and mental efficiency . . . copyrighted 1935. Annotated 'JMJ 18/3/80'. Booklet includes: Lesson. 1 Essential factors, Lesson 2. Universal laws govern human life Lesson 3. Remove all hates, Lessson 4. [Remove all hates continued], Lesson 5. Fundamentals of sound judgement, Lessson 6. Cleansing the mental deck for action, Lesson 7. Thought - its colossal power, Lesson 8. Thought in action, Lesson 9. Thought waves and thought training, Lesson 10. Living, thinking, deciding now, Lesson 11. Word vibration, Lesson. 12. Words and intelligence, Lesson 13. Constructive personality, Lesson 14. The attractive personality, Lesson 15. Radiant expression, Lesson 16. Analysing frustrations, Lesson 17. Dream analysis, Lesson 18. Dream analysis (part 2), Lesson 19. Accidents and incidents, Lesson 20. Overcoming circumstances, Lesson 21. Thought quality - the secret, Lesson 22. Habit forming, Lesson 23. Habit and memory training, Lesson 24. Renewing vitality and supply, Lesson 25. untitled. [Archivist's note: some have been annotated with dates over 1980-1981].
Various RRSL publications: Letters to students, bound copy of Series 1-6, 5th ed. 1943 Letters to Students, individual booklets: Series 1, 6th ed.; Series 2, 3rd ed.; Series 3, 4th and 5th ed.; Series 4 [no ed. statement]; Series 5, 4th ed. In 3rd ed. cover;Series 6, 4th ed. 1962, 40 pp. SSRL International Song book, 4th ed. Thirty minutes with God for use as a daily supply prayer, 1st ed., 1941 'Radiant inspirations' cards 1-6 'Radiant Living' issues, vol. 37 no. 3, Aug-Oct 1980, Mar, July, August, September, Oct 1988, June 1989 Personality problems: analysis and correction / Herbert Sutcliffe 4th ed. (Hastings, Hart Print, n.d.) Healing rays and consciousness / Herbert Sutcliffe (3rd ed. 1941) Thought, concentration and image building: radiant living letters for all who desire greater progress and happiness / Herbert Sutcliffe (4th ed. 1954) Radiant Living: summary of course of instruction in mental science or everyday psychology (copyright - for use by students only) / Herbert Sutcliffe (6th ed. 1947) The mind aspiring: a philosophy of radiant success / Herbert Sutcliffe ((Hastings: Hart Printing, 1967) Radiant living: summary of course of instruction in psycho-cosmology / Herbert Sutcliffe (copyright, for students only) 4th ed. (NZ: 1943) How to re-make your life: aspects of psychology for every day / Herbert Sutcliffe (8th ed.) (Napier: Swailes, 1952) Summary of course of instruction in health and propserity / Herbert Sutcliffe (3rd ed. Revised (for his class students only) (n.d.)
Miscellaneous non-Radiant Living material, including: several pamphlets from 'Mme. Mira Louise', Adelaide and Perth a tract titled 'My message to my people', 'God's chosen fast' / Arthur Wallis (Victory Press, 1972), Knowles Method of breath training, Science of Life booklets 6 and 11, 'My road to health: or my year in Shangri-la' / Teresa Mitchell (Ehret, 1960); pamphlets 'The mightiest, most mystical, paradox in human history' [annotated 'No. 1'] and 'The final possessors of 'The holy land' - Russia? United Nations? 'What sayeth the Scriptures?' by Rev. E. A. Larsen [annotated 'No. 2'], c1968? Thiese items will be catalogued individually onto the Central Library's catalogue when resources permit.