Prince, Walter Franklin, 1863-1934

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Walter 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 American Society for Psychical Research. Photographs, [ca. 1890]-1946. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Soule, Minnie Meserve, d. 1937. Papers, 1906-1955. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Irving Hamlin papers concerning psychical research, 1910-1926. Houghton Library
referencedIn Bond, Frederick Bligh, 1864-1945. Correspondence, 1927-1937. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Allison, Lydia Winterhalter, 1880-1959. Papers, 1912-1949. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Prince, Walter Franklin, 1863-1934. Papers, [ca. 1907]-1937. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn American Society for Psychical Research. Miscellaneous material, 1905-1940. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
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 Hyslop, George Hall, 1892-1965. Papers, 1920-1933. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Rhine, J. B. (Joseph Banks), 1895-1980. Papers, 1925-1939. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Bird, J. Malcolm (James Malcolm), 1886-. Papers, 1925-1929. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf American Society for Psychical Research. Subject files, [ca. 1890-1953] Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
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 Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926. Letters, 1923. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Patience Worth collection, 1913-1984. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Abraham Aaron Roback papers, 1909-1965. Houghton Library
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associatedWith Allison, Lydia Winterhalter, 1880-1959. person
associatedWith American Society for Psychical Research. corporateBody
associatedWith American Society for Psychical Research (Founded 1906) corporateBody
associatedWith Bird, J. Malcolm (James Malcolm), 1886- person
associatedWith Bond, Frederick Bligh, 1864-1945. corporateBody
associatedWith Boston Society for Psychical Research. corporateBody
associatedWith Boston Society for Psychic Research. corporateBody
associatedWith Cantrell, Elizabeth. person
associatedWith Crandon, Mina Stinson, ca. 1890-1941. person
associatedWith Episcopal Church. corporateBody
associatedWith Fetter, Frank A. (Frank Albert), 1863-1949 person
associatedWith Griggs, Constance H. person
correspondedWith Hamlin, Irving. person
associatedWith Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926. person
associatedWith Hyslop, George Hall, 1892-1965. person
associatedWith Hyslop, James H. (James Hervey), 1854- person
associatedWith International Congress for Psychical Research. corporateBody
associatedWith Keeler, Pierre L. O. A. person
associatedWith Rhine, J. B. (Joseph Banks), 1895-1980. person
correspondedWith Roback, A. A. (Abraham Aaron), 1890-1965 person
associatedWith Soule, Minnie Meserve, d. 1937. person
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Massachusetts--Boston
Middle Atlantic States
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
Massachusetts--Boston
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Birth 1863

Death 1934

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