Richard Zakia collection on Ted Serios 1967-1974, 2005

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Richard Zakia collection on Ted Serios 1967-1974, 2005

Richard Zakia collection on Ted Serios 1967-1974, 2005

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/757936020

Materials related to Richard Zakia's investigation of Ted Serios's claimed ability to be able to imprint mental images on camera film. The collection includes a few pieces of correspondence discussing Zakia's project, as well as photographs and photographic negatives of Serios's failed attempts. Also included are clippings and publications discussing Serios's talent. The Richard Zakia collection on Ted Serios includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, and published material. The correspondence in the collection discusses Zakia's participation in a project where a team of RIT researchers tried to prove the legitimacy of Serios's skill. In several of the letters, Zakia stated that the team found that Serios's claims were untrue and had discovered how he was faking it. The collection also includes photographs from Serios's failed attempts to produce "thoughtographs" while participating in the study at RIT. In addition, the collection contains clippings from various sources discussing Serios's talent. There are also clippings related to Jule Eisenbud's book, The World of Ted Serios, and the material discussed therein. For instance, one clipping shows a picture of a Russian Vostok rocket. In his book, Eisenbud claims that Serios was able to produce a mental image of a Russian Vostok rocket even though no other picture existed at the time (Eisenbud, 1967, p. 26). Also in the collection are a copy of Eisenbud's book, signed by Ted Serios; Mind Power or Hoax: An Analysis of the Phenomenon Labeled "Thoughtography"; and the October 1967 issue of Popular Photography that includes an article on Ted Serios.

0.25 linear feet (1 document box)

RIT Library, Wallace Library