My pictures of Esalen July 2009:

http://imageevent.com/robertmendel/esalenmemories/esalenjuly2009

My pictures of Esalen April 2009: http://imageevent.com/robertmendel/esalenmemories/esalenapril2009

My pictures of Esalen November 2005: http://imageevent.com/robertmendel/esalenmemories/esalennovember2005

David Price's ephemera "Old Stuff from Esalen" - http://imageevent.com/robertmendel/esalenmemories/esalenstuffoldfromdavidprice

Esalen Center for Theory & Research - "Our Mission and History" -- http://www.esalenctr.org/display/aboutmenu.cfm

1967 -Esalen was incorporated as a non-profit institution in 1967. Increased attention came to the institute when The New York Times Magazine published an article entitled "Joy is the Prize: A Trip to Esalen Institute" by Leo E. Litwak on December 31, 1967.
http://tinyurl.com/NY-Times-1967-Joy-is-the-Prize (also downloadable in PART 2 folder)

1968-Jane Howard, a reporter for Life magazine, wrote some of the earliest stories about Esalen. As she explains in a book about her experience, "I had never heard of any of this until a little before January 27, 1968 when Life magazine sent me to Big Sur,California."
http://tinyurl.com/1968-Life-Magazine (also downloadable in PART 2 folder)

1969 - September - Crosby Stills Nash & Young Jam at Esalen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5A_xnH5B9w

1971-"Please Touch - A History of the Human Potential Movement" - Jane Howard - 1971. There is no excerpt available, but a this is a good book by the author of the Life Magazine Article (above):
A link to reader review on Amazon:
http://tinyurl.com/Please-Touch

1972 - Michael Murphy writes "Golf in the Kingdom." Murphy weaves a masterful tale of his round of golf with Shivas Irons, a mythical caddie/coach and through this experience Shivas helps him understand more about himself, his swing, and his life, and his place in the universe.
Excerpt: http://www.amazon.com/Golf-Kingdom-Esalen-Michael-Murphy/dp/0140195491#reader

1975 - Janet Lederman becomes the First Woman Director of Esalen. She advocates for children at Esalen and in 1977, Gazebo, Esalen's Nursery School, is founded. People Magazine Article About Janet from April 1978: http://tinyurl.com/1978-Janet-Lederman
The Gazebo School Park Early Childhood Program http://www.esalen.org/info/gazebo.html

1985-Esalen website - Interview w/ Dick Price - April 1985:
http://www.esalen.org/air/essays/dick_price.html

1985-NY Times Article "ESALEN WRESTLES WITH A STAID PRESENT" By DANIEL GOLEMAN
Published: December 10, 1985
(one month after the Death of Dick Price - concurrent w/ Soviet American Exchange Program, then at Esalen
http://tinyurl.com/ESALEN-NY-Times-1968

1992-"How to have an extraordinary life" - an interview with Michael Murphy, on his new book 'The Future of the Body. 1992 - Psychology Today
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/199205/how-have-extraordinary-life

1998-"Maps to Ecstacy" - Gabrielle Roth - 1998
It expands on the themes that have guided her: ways of transforming daily life into sacred art. Her work in teaching movement has been described as a marriage of art and healing.
Excerpt about her time at Esalen:
http://www.amazon.com/reader/1577310454?_encoding=UTF8&query=esalen#reader
(click on "next result" to see the 'Esalen" references in the book excerpt!)
& check out this:
http://tinyurl.com/Gabrielle-Roth-FLOW-class .....
http://tinyurl.com/Gabrielle-Roth-POWER-WAVE ......
http://tinyurl.com/Gabrielle-Roth-INNER-WAVE