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Spiritualism.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings DO NOT USE

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Caleb Carr letters

 Collection
Identifier: 2386
Abstract

Letters written to Caleb and Emily Pierce Carr of Hillsboro, Wisconsin, from family members in Genoa, Locke, and Elmira, New York.

Dates: 1856-1867.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Caleb Carr letters

Harry Houdini letters to Charles David Irwin

 Collection — Manuscript box 45 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065249926]
Identifier: 2136
Scope and content Two letters to Charles David Irwin of Brookline, Massachusetts. Houdini, who was then making an investigation of spiritualism, thanks Irwin for clippings concerning an expose which appeared in the Boston Transcript. In another letter Houdini thanks Irwin for photographs, one of which shows "two ghosts", and aks if he would like a spirit photograph of Abraham Lincoln and Houdini; and one letter from Burton Holmes (November 13, no year) to Irwin thanking him for an invitation and mentioning...
Dates: 1924.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Harry Houdini letters to Charles David Irwin

Hiram Corson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-12-449
Abstract The contents of thirty former scrapbooks containing letters, clippings, photographs, and printed materials relating to Corson's travels, life, and career; correspondence exchanged between Corson and colleagues on Shakespeare, Chaucer, Tennyson, Browning, and other figures of English literature; reviews of books and articles by Corson and other scholars; announcements, programs, letters, notes, and reviews pertaining to Corson's activities as public lecturer and reader; letters from friends...
Dates: 1842-1956.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Hiram Corson papers

Marcellus M. Cass papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 231
Scope and content

Written reports of seances held by Cass in Watkins Glen, New York; the favorite spirits are John Locke, St. Mark, St. Luke, Napoleon, Josephine Bonaparte, Confucius, Henry Clay, and Daniel Webster; Cass also wrote on Spirit Phenomena and other religious subjects.

Dates: 1877-1906.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Marcellus M. Cass papers

Paul Brunton papers

 Collection
Identifier: 8692
Scope and content

The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, biographical material and ephemera, bound volumes and original writings by Paul Brunton, including journals, notebooks and manuscripts.

Dates: 1925 - 2002
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Paul Brunton papers

Swift family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 19
Scope and content Letters of George L. Swift, including pictures of self and home, deeds, appraisals, bonds, mortgages, patent exam report, diary, poems, appointment in regiment of cavalry, insurance policy, notes, wills, inventory of estate, and lecture on spirit rapping. Correspondents include Job Pierce, Sabina Underwood, Hiram Swift, Herman Swift, and E.B. Swift; lithographs of H. L. Swift and W. A. Swift; and broadsides used by the Swifts to advertise their lectures on the "magnetic telegraph" and other...
Dates: 1723-1863.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Swift family papers

William T. Doty papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 751
Abstract

William T. Doty (1847-1936) was born in Sussex County, New Jersey. The William T. Doty papers (1842-1945, bulk 1864-1934) document William T. Doty’s career as a newspaper editor, journalist, agriculturist, historian, and politician. It contains manuscripts, notes and drafts, newspaper clippings, press releases, diaries, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera.

Dates: 1842 - 1945; Majority of material found within 1863 - 1934
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / William T. Doty papers

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