Ring stored his talks and lecture notes in manila envelopes which he labeled as to the conference or meeting title, date, and other information, or in labeled folders. The original folders and manila envelopes have been retained.

Abbreviations:

AAR – American Academy of Religion; ADEC – Association for Death Education & Counseling; APA – American Psychiatric Association; APA – American Psychological Association; ARE – Association for Research & Enlightenment; ARPR – Academy of Religion and Psychical Research; ASPR – American Society for Psychical Research; ASSNDP – Association for the Scientific Study of Near-Death Experience; ATP – Association for Transpersonal Psychology; CIIS – California Institute of Integral Studies; CPSU – The Society of Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters; EVA – Electronic Voice Phenomena; IANDS – International Association for Near-Death Studies; IIIHS – International Institute of Integral Human Sciences; ITC – International Transpersonal Conference; ITA –International Transpersonal Association; IONS – Institute of Noetic Sciences; LAD – Life at Death MNA –Massachusetts Nurses Association; NICABA – The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine; NYOC – New York Open Center; PRF – Psychical Research Foundation; SCSPR – Southern California Society for Psychical Research; SEN – Spiritual Emergence Network; SFF – Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship; SPR – Society for Psychic Research; SSSR – Society for the Scientific Study of Religion