Reading California
Art, Image, and Identity,
1900-2000
Los Angeles County
Museum of Art
University of California Press.
America's Communal Utopias
Donald E. Pitzer
The University of North Carolina Press.
Krotona Series formed source reference for the film documentary "Under the Hollywood Sign" by Hope Anderson.
Joseph E. Ross
Selected Citations
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Joseph graduated from the Human Relations Center in Goleta California, now called Joseph Campbell University, located in Carpenteria, California to become an advisor in the field of marriage and family counseling.
Due to his is interest in Theosophy he came to the Krotona Institute of Theosophy in Ojai, California where he resided from 1968 to 1973. Widening his interest, he began collecting letters, articles and photograph of theosophical leaders, to document its history. During the Fall and Winter Terms 1978-79, was a guest lecturer at the Krotona Institute.
In 1980-89, Ross began writing articles for theosophical journals, and traveled several months a year with renowned Indian dancer, Srimati Rukmini Devi, as her secretary, visiting educational centers around the world. In 1989, he founded El Montecito Oaks Press, Inc., to publish his first book, Krotona of Old Hollywood, Volume I, 1866-1913. (See a full bibliography with publication information to the right.)
He currently resides in Taormina, California where he maintains the Ross Collection and is working on future titles.
Due to his is interest in Theosophy he came to the Krotona Institute of Theosophy in Ojai, California where he resided from 1968 to 1973. Widening his interest, he began collecting letters, articles and photograph of theosophical leaders, to document its history. During the Fall and Winter Terms 1978-79, was a guest lecturer at the Krotona Institute.
In 1980-89, Ross began writing articles for theosophical journals, and traveled several months a year with renowned Indian dancer, Srimati Rukmini Devi, as her secretary, visiting educational centers around the world. In 1989, he founded El Montecito Oaks Press, Inc., to publish his first book, Krotona of Old Hollywood, Volume I, 1866-1913. (See a full bibliography with publication information to the right.)
He currently resides in Taormina, California where he maintains the Ross Collection and is working on future titles.
Bibliography
Krotona Series
Other works
Titles in Progress
Several more volumes of the Krotona Series.