Dorothy Bell's Roots and Shoots: Theosophy in the United States, published by the Theosophical Society in America itself, is an institutional self account, not independent scholarly history. Its strength is that it comes from inside the movement it describes and can draw on institutional memory an outside historian might not have access to. Its limit is real and should be weighed directly: the Theosophical Society has its own interest in how its American history is told, so its own published account is not a neutral one and should be read alongside independent historical scholarship on the movement.
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Reliability Tier2
Tier 2: the Theosophical Society in America's own published account of its history in the United States, an institutional self-account written by and about the organization it describes, valuable for institutional memory but not independent scholarship and not neutral on its own historiography. NotesThe Theosophical Society in America's own published account of Theosophy's history in the United States; an institutional self-account, not independent scholarly history.
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AuthorDorothy Bell
PublisherTheosophical Society in America
URLhttps://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/roots-and-shoots-theosophy-in-the-united-states
Source TypeInstitutional
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This source names Americas directly: "Dorothy Bell's Roots and Shoots: Theosophy in the United States, published by the Theosophical Society in America itself, is an institutional self account, not independent scholarly history."
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This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Secret Societies, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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