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Papers, [ca. 1876]-1921.

Title: Papers, [ca. 1876]-1921.

Correspondence with Richard Hodgson, H. Norman Gardiner, William James, and others; files on investigations of public and private mediums, including M. Gaule, Edgar Cayce, Fox sisters, Imogine Eldridge, Mrs. Smead, (Mrs. Willis M. Cleveland), and Margaret B. Weldon; manuscript articles by Hyslop on spiritualism, crystal gazing, social and political issues, and other matters; scrapbook of clippings of articles by Hyslop.

ArchivalResource: 8.9 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155491222 View

Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe additional papers

Title: Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe additional papers

Primarily professional correspondence of biographer and editor M. A. De Wolfe Howe.

ArchivalResource: 35 boxes (9 linear feet)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00489/catalog View

Letters to William James from various correspondents and photograph album, 1865-1929.

Title: Letters to William James from various correspondents and photograph album, 1865-1929.

Letters to American philosopher and psychologist William James and some to his wife, Alice Howe Gibbens James. Also includes a James family photograph album.

ArchivalResource: 11 boxes (4.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00109/catalog View

Chaloner, John Armstrong, 1862-1935. John Armstrong Chaloner papers [manuscript], 1898-1911.

Title: John Armstrong Chaloner papers [manuscript], 1898-1911.

Papers consist of a lengthy essay or letter, 1907; assorted correspondence including letters to or from Rose Kilmer Page, Adaline E. Jackson, Abbie G. Legg, Mary Stacha Young (Mignonette Cordoba) and other women seeking financial favors. Of interest is a letter "sent out surreptitiously" from the Manhattan State Hospital, 1898, to W.A. Hersey of the Brooklyn Eagle and letters to Geeorge Gordon Battle, 1898, from another patient. The collection also contains assorted clippings; bills and receipts; business correspondence, especially with F.H. Treacy of the Roanoke Rapids Machine Shops; and a letter from James Hervey Hyslop enclosing articles of incorporation for the American Institute for Scientific Research [of psychic phenomena].

ArchivalResource: 75 (circa) items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/648013373 View

Charles Eliot Norton papers

Title: Charles Eliot Norton papers

This archive contains letters addressed to Charles Eliot Norton from about 1845 to1908. Norton was a Harvard graduate (A.B. 1846) and professor of the History of Fine Arts at Harvard from 1874 to 1898, with a special interest in the study and translation of Dante. Many of the letters in this collection deal with art and with Dante. In addition he knew a great many prominent figures in both England and the United States, especially those in the political field and the literary and artistics fields. His correspondence with these people often touches upon their public and their private lives. From 1863 to 1868 Norton was joint editor with his friend James Russell Lowell of the North American review. The letters addressed to him as editor are marked in this index by a star (*) and the folders containing them are stamped with a red N.A.R.(=North American Review). In 1898 Norton's opposition to the Spanish-American war led Senator George F. Hoar to criticize him. A list of some of the letters Norton received commenting on this controversy is at the end of this index. Referenced throughout the finding aid is the Excavations at Delphi (scrapbook folder) with a folder designation, such as f.1, f.2, and so on. All folders can be found at item number 5308.

ArchivalResource: 15 linear feet (45 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00083/catalog View

William James correspondence, 1856-1910.

Title: William James correspondence, 1856-1910.

Correspondence and a few compositions of American philosopher and psychologist William James.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00130/catalog View

Keeler, Charles Augustus, 1871-1937. Papers of Charles Augustus Keeler, 1895-1944.

Title: Papers of Charles Augustus Keeler, 1895-1944.

The collection consists of the personal, business and literary papers of Charles Augustus Keeler (1871-1937).

ArchivalResource: Approximately 1,700 pieces.19 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122584807 View

Irving Hamlin papers concerning psychical research, 1910-1926.

Title: Irving Hamlin papers concerning psychical research, 1910-1926.

Irving Hamlin's copy of "The Strange Experience of Mrs. Rockway" by Psychicticus, with letters to him, including one from William James, and printed material concerning this and other cases of parapsychological phenomena.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.05 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02301/catalog View

Hyslop, James H. (James Hervey), 1854-. James H. Hyslop papers, 1886-1910.

Title: James H. Hyslop papers, 1886-1910.

Papers consisting primarily of Hyslop's manuscripts on ethics. Also, three certificates of membership in professional societies.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/496102575 View

Records, 1882-1966.

Title: Records, 1882-1966.

Contains records of American Society for Psychical Research and predecessor organizations, including the American Society for Psychical Research, 1885-1889, Society for Psychical Research-American Branch, 1889-1907, and American Institute for Scientific Research, Section B, 1907-1922. Records of first American Society for Psychical Research and Society for Psychical Research-American Branch include correspondence of Weston D. Bailey, 1899-1906, and with George B. Dorr, Henry James, William James, Richard Hodgson, and others concerning psychical research and society business; other correspondence, 1882, 1904; miscellaneous reports of sittings with mediums, flyers for meetings, and anti-psychic flyers, 1888-1904; and questionnaires on feelings about life after death, 1904. AISR records include correspondence of James Hyslop, 1906-1912, and Miles Dawson, 1910-1922; other correspondence and reports, 1909-1923; financial reports, 1919-1920; minutes of Board, 1904-1922; and miscellaneous circulars, notices, flyers, and brochures. ASPR records include minutes, 1922-1966; correspondence, and reports concerning case investigations and other matters, 1923-1935; editorial files of publications committee, particularly of Frederick Bligh Bond, 1928-1932; and correspondence, reports, clippings, and other material concerning medium Margery (Mina Stinson Crandon), 1924-1927.

ArchivalResource: 3.4 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155507438 View

Autograph File, H

Title: Autograph File, H

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 11 linear feet (22 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01431/catalog View

Hyslop, James H. (James Hervey), 1854-. Papers, 1896-1927.

Title: Papers, 1896-1927.

This collection contains thirty brief letters written by Hyslop to Miss Gertrude O. Tubby in New York City during the years 1909-1919. The letters concern the maintenance of the office of the American Society for Psychical Research. A brief letter of February 12, 1896, from Hyslop to Richard Hodgson seems also to relate to psychical matters. Also included in the collection is a printed brochure, dated 1927, describing the James H. Hyslop Foundation, established in memory of Hyslop and devoted to the study and healing of psychical disorders. Dr. Titus Bull was president of the Foundation.

ArchivalResource: 34 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41579871 View

Papers, 1887-1906.

Title: Papers, 1887-1906.

Correspondence (including later transcriptions of letters, 1877-1904) with Cynthia J. Capron, W.S. Davis, J.H. Hyslop, and others concerning relations with spiritualists, exposing fradulent mediums, research in telepathy, American Society for Psychical Research business, and other matters; correspondence, reports, flyers, and other material on public mediums, including Miss C. Leonard, Bert Reese, the Bangs sisters, May Pepper, Florence Cook, and John Slater; minutes of Committee on Experimental Psychology, 1887-1888.

ArchivalResource: 1.7 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155488038 View

Patience Worth collection, 1913-1984.

Title: Patience Worth collection, 1913-1984.

Material concerning spirit Patience Worth who wrote poetry and other literature through Pearl Lenore Curran, and later others, on Ouija board. Includes correspondence of James H. Hyslop, Emily Hutchings, Pearl Lenore Curran, John H. Curran, T.H. MacQueary, and W.F. Prince; manuscript articles, and clippings concerning Patience Worth; records of sessions; and research files of Ruth Potter Duel concerning Patience Worth.

ArchivalResource: 1.1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155495348 View

Subject files, [ca. 1890-1953]

Title: Subject files, [ca. 1890-1953]

Correspondence, photographs, reports, and other material compiled by James Hyslop, Richard Hodgson, Walter Prince, and others. Subjects covered include apparitions, automatisms, coincidental dreams, psychic healing, hauntings, occult miscellany, obsession, slate writing, predictions, physical phenomena, out-of-body experiences, telepathy, telekinesis, and spirit photography.

ArchivalResource: 14.6 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155509298 View

Papers, [ca. 1907]-1937.

Title: Papers, [ca. 1907]-1937.

Correspondence, notes, lectures, and other material concerning Boston Society for Psychical Research, American Society for Psychical Research, Episcopal Church, psychical research in the U.S. and abroad, and International Congress for Psychical Research, 1923-1927; correspondence, photographs, and satyric drawings by Constance H. Griggs; files on investigations of mediums, especially Elizabeth Cantrell, including James Hyslop's files on her, Margery (Mina Stinson Crandon), and Pierre L.O.A. Keeler, a slate writing medium.

ArchivalResource: 6.2 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155497198 View

Irving Hamlin papers concerning psychical research, 1910-1926.

Title: Irving Hamlin papers concerning psychical research, 1910-1926.

Irving Hamlin's copy of "The Strange Experience of Mrs. Rockway" by Psychicticus, with letters to him, including one from William James, and printed material concerning this and other cases of parapsychological phenomena.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.05 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02301/catalog View

Century Company records

Title: Century Company records

The Century Company published the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, which was widely regarded as the best general periodical of its time, performing a role as cultural arbiter during the 1880s and 1890s. It was founded in New York City in 1881 and also published the children's magazine St. Nicholas, dictionaries, and books. The Century Company records date from 1870 to the 1930s and chiefly contain correspondence with contributors, readers, public figures, and literary agents. A number of manuscripts and proofs in the collection are extensively edited and taken with annotations on letters provide a detailed record of the outlook, standards, and functions of the company.

ArchivalResource: 60.4 linear feet; 151 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/504 View

Papers, 1906-1955.

Title: Papers, 1906-1955.

Correspondence of James Hyslop, Walter F. Prince, Carolyn Guinan, J.B. Rhine, and others concerning mediumship of Mrs. Soule; transcripts of seances, originals and transcripts of automatic writing; and transcriptions of earlier seances, annotated by W.P. Bentley, 1955.

ArchivalResource: 6.4 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155499333 View

Miscellaneous material, 1905-1940.

Title: Miscellaneous material, 1905-1940.

Transcripts of alleged spirit messages from God through George Ziegler, n.d.; correspondence and seance transcripts regarding John Tickner, medium, 1918-1919; manuscripts concerning psychic experiences by V. Bernard and Foster McLain (Paul Caruthers Morris), 1936; report by William Morris on mediumship of Mrs. Piper, 1905; transcripts of sittings with medium Lillian Barit, 1940; SURVEY OF PSYCHICAL RESEARCH IN EUROPE by Jocelyn Pierson, n.d.; correspondence of Walter F. Prince, Gardner Murphy, Gertrude Ogden Tubby, and Frederick Edwards concerning report by Tubby on communication of spirit of James Hyslop through Mrs. Soule, and other matters, 1923-1930.

ArchivalResource: .9 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155495334 View