Prince, Walter Franklin, 1863-1934
Variant namesWalter Franklin Prince, a parapsychologist, was born in Detroit, Maine in 1863 and died in Boston, Massachusetts in 1934. He was graduated at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary in 1881, received the degrees of A.B. in 1896 and Ph. D. in 1899 from Yale, and that of B.D. from Drew Theological Seminary in 1897. He preached for a number of years, holding pastorates of Methodist Episcopal churches in Maine and Connecticut and of Protestant Episcopal churches in Brooklyn, New York; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and San Bernardino, California. His church social work led to a study of abnormal psychology and psychic research. From 1917 to 1923 he was associated with the American Society for Psychical Research. He was one of the founders of the Boston Society for Psychic Research in 1925 and served as its executive research officer and editor of its publications, having resigned from the American Society for Psychical Research.
From the description of Correspondence, 1886-1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 55608856
Parapsychologist and clergyman, of Boston, Mass.
From the description of Scrapbook, 1908. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70976051
Episcopal minister and psychical researcher.
From the description of Papers, [ca. 1907]-1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155497198
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| referencedIn | Photographs, [ca. 1890]-1946. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1906-1955. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Irving Hamlin papers concerning psychical research, 1910-1926. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Correspondence, 1927-1937. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1912-1949. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Papers, [ca. 1907]-1937. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Miscellaneous material, 1905-1940. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | [Player File. Prince, Walter Farr, 1883- / compiled by the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.]. | National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1920-1933. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1925-1939. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1925-1929. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Subject files, [ca. 1890-1953] | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Prince, Walter Franklin, 1863-1934. Correspondence, 1886-1926. | Raymond H. Fogler Library | |
| referencedIn | Fetter, Frank A. (Frank Albert), 1863-1949. Fetter mss., 1875-1988. | Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington) | |
| creatorOf | Prince, Walter Franklin, 1863-1934. Scrapbook, 1908. | Maine Historical Society Library | |
| referencedIn | Letters, 1923. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Patience Worth collection, 1913-1984. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Abraham Aaron Roback papers, 1909-1965. | Houghton Library |
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Birth 1863
Death 1934
