Theos-Talk Archives (January 2002 Message tt00524)

That you so much for sharing your research. that's exacrly what I was
looking for. Yes, the telling numbers of total comings and goings is
sigificant vs. just annual census.

Larryn Thu, 31 Jan 02 16:15:53 +1100 <gregory@zeta.org.au> writes:
> In researching the influence of Leadbeater on the Adyar TS, I 
> accumulated 
> large amounts of membrship statistics and included an appendix on 
> membership figures in my PhD thesis. The following is a brief 
> summary of 
> the figures. For all sorts of methodological reasons (e.g. different 
> 
> "official" sources sometimes give different figures) they cannot be 
> regarded as definitive, and are drawn from a range of sources (e.g. 
> Annual Reports). I have figures for every year from 1907-1983, but 
> only 
> give sample years below. No accurate records exist for 1875-1906. 
> Josphine Ransom estimate 10000 as the memebrship in 1900.
> 
> Year
> 1907 14863
> 1910 20356
> 1915 25696
> 1920 36350
> 1925 41645
> 1928 45098
> 1930 39311
> 1935 30317
> 1940 23644
> 1945 29327
> 1950 32564
> 1955 32902
> 1960 33875
> 1965 31424
> 1970 31721
> 1975 34357
> 1980 34391
> 
> During what might be called the Great Krishnamurti Decade 
> (1923-1932) the 
> membership rose and fell, but the above figures don't really tell 
> the 
> full story: between 1923 and 1932, 47,800 members joined the Adyar 
> TS, 
> but 54,000 left it - a much more interesting statistic than the 
> simple 
> change in the overall number of members, especially since those who 
> left 
> included many members of long-standing.
> Where state census statistics exist, these provide interesting 
> additional 
> information. In 1916 the American Section of Adyar claimed 6648 
> members; 
> the US Bureau of Census figure for the same year was 5097. In 1911 
> the 
> Australia Section of Adyar claimed 1004 members, but the national 
> census 
> reported 781; in 1921 Adyar claimed 2168, but the census reported 
> 1102.
> 
> Dr Gregory Tillett
> 
> 
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