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Hamilton Family fonds

Hamilton Family fonds

The Hamilton Family fonds details Dr. T.G. (Thomas Glendenning) and Lillian Hamilton's investigations of psychic phenomena in their home in Winnipeg, Manitoba between 1918 and 1945. The images detail numerous aspects of spiritualism including telekinesis, teleplasm, trance states and various other psychic phenomena.

This site is comprised of over 700 images from the Hamilton Family photograph collection and over 1300 notes and accompanying documentation pertaining to seances held in the Hamilton's home. The entirety of the photograph collection has been digitized with the exception of duplicate photographs of the same image. It includes digital reproductions of photographs, stereo photographs, slides, negatives and glass slide negatives, as well as some accompanying textual records.

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: 185 Kelvin Street; A photograph of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton's home at 185 Kelvin Street in Winnipeg, Manitoba where the Hamilton's conducted seances., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84757, Luna Image ID - 119496

: 1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Other; A negative of an unidentified individual seated near a rod that is said to be charged with psychic energy during a seance dated ca. 1947-1951., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84922, Luna Image ID - 118823

: 1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Other; A photograph of a "rod" that is conveying psychic energy during a seance at the home of Sylvia Barber ca. 1950., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84708, Luna Image ID - 119484

: 1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Psychic Writing; A photograph of the letter written by the medium, Mary Marshall, while in a trance state and under the control of a spirit during a seance at the home of Sylvia Barber ca. 1947-1951., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84680, Luna Image ID - 119477, Any reproductions of this material may be restricted by copyright regulations. Please consult Archives staff for further information.

: 1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Psychic Writing; A photograph of the medium, Mary Marshall, writing a letter while in a trance state and under the control of a spirit during a seance at the home of Sylvia Barber on October 1, 1947., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84668, Luna Image ID - 119474

: 1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Psychic Writing; A photograph of a drawing of the train wreck that killed the spirit, Walter, done by the medium, Mary Marshall, in complete darkness while in a trance state and controlled by Walter during a seance at the home of Sylvia Barber in 1950., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84692, Luna Image ID - 119480

: 1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Psychic Writing; A negative of the medium, Mary Marshall, in a trance state prior to conducting psychic writing during a seance at the home of Sylvia Barber ca. 1947-1951. A teleplasmic mass appears on the wall behind her., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84906, Luna Image ID - 119533

: 1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Psychic Writing; A negative of the medium, Mary Marshall, in a trance state prior to conducting psychic writing at a seance at the home of Sylvia Barber ca. 1947-1951. A teleplasmic mass appears behind her on the wall., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84898, Luna Image ID - 119531

: 1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Psychic Writing; A negative of the medium, Mary Marshall, conducting psychic writing while in a trance state during a seance at the home of Sylvia Barber on February 1, 1950., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84902, Luna Image ID - 119532

: 1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Psychic Writing; A photograph of a drawing of two boots and a flower done by the medium, Mary Marshall, in complete darkness while in a trance state and controlled by the German spirit guide, "T.A.M.", during a seance at the home of Sylvia Barber on January 23, 1950., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84684, Luna Image ID - 119478

: 1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Psychic Writing; A negative of a drawing, presumably made by the medium, Mary Marshall, while in a trance state during a seance, presumable at the home of Sylvia Barber, dated ca. 1947-1951. The drawing resembles gears and is annotated with the phrase "keepthisforfutureus e"., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84918, Luna Image ID - 119536

: 1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Psychic Writing; A negative of a letter written by a medium, presumably Mary Marshall, while in a trance state at a seance, presumably at the home of Sylvia Barber, dated July 16, 1947., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84910, Luna Image ID - 119534

: 1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Psychic Writing; A photograph of the medium, Mary Marshall, writing a letter in complete darkness while under the control of the spirit, Walter, during a seance at the home of Sylvia Barber ca. 1947-1951., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84704, Luna Image ID - 119483

: 1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Psychic Writing; A photograph of the medium, Mary Marshall, writing a letter while in a trance state and under the control of a spirit during a seance at the home of Sylvia Barber on October 1, 1947., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84660, Luna Image ID - 119472

: 1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Psychic Writing; A photograph of the medium, Mary Marshall, with a teleplasmic mass, referred to as a voice box, attacehd to her ear as she prepared to write a letter while in a trance state during a seance at the home of Sylvia Barber on October 29, 1947., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84664, Luna Image ID - 119473

: 1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Psychic Writing; A photograph of the medium, Mary Marshall, writing a letter while in a trance state and under the control of a spirit during a seance at the home of Sylvia Barber on June 25, 1947., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84672, Luna Image ID - 119475

: 1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Psychic Writing; A photograph of a drawing of a key done by the medium, Mary Marshall, in complete darkness while in a trance state and controlled by the German spirit guide, "T.A.M.", during a seance at the home of Sylvia Barber on January 23, 1950., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84696, Luna Image ID - 119481

: 1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Psychic Writing; A photograph of a drawing of a ship done by the medium, Mary Marshall, in complete darkness while in a trance state and controlled by the spirit, Walter, during a seance at the home of Sylvia Barber ca. 1947-1951., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84688, Luna Image ID - 119479

: 1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Psychic Writing; A photograph of the medium, Mary Marshall, writing a letter while in a trance state and under the control of the spirit, Walter, during a seance at the home of Sylvia Barber on October 1, 1947., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84676, Luna Image ID - 119476, Any reproductions of this material may be restricted by copyright regulations. Please consult Archives staff for further information.

: 1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Psychic Writing; A negative of a letter written by a medium, presumably Mary Marshall, while in a trance state at a seance, presumably at the home of Sylvia Barber, dated July 16, 1947., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84914, Luna Image ID - 119535, Any reproductions of this material may be restricted by copyright regulations. Please consult Archives staff for further information.

: Group IX, #33 - Mass on Mrs. Marshall's Head; An 11" x 7" glass negative of the medium, Mary Marshall, with a teleplasmic mass enveloping her head during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on February 22, 1931., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84850, Luna Image ID - 119519

: Group V, #20g.1 - Amorphous Teleplasm; A 5" x 7" glass negative of the medium, Mary Marshall, with an amorphous teleplasmic mass attached to her face during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on August 18, 1929., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84790, Luna Image ID - 119504

: Group VI, #21b.1 - Trial Teleplasm (Enlarged, Wide Angle View); A 5" x 7" glass negative of an enlarged, wide-angle view of the medium, Mary Marshall, with a teleplasmic mass attached to her neck during a seance trial at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on September 8, 1929., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84794, Luna Image ID - 119505

: Group VII, #28f - Seance Room Following "Lucy" Face and Torso; A 5" x 7" glass negative of the seance room where the medium, Mary Marshall, teleplasmically materialized the body and torso of the spirit, Lucy, during a seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on March 10, 1930., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84814, Luna Image ID - 119510

: Group VIII, #29a.3 - "Sails"; A photograph of a teleplasmic mass that resembles the sails of a ship that hovered above the heads of the sitters during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on June 4, 1930., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84595, Luna Image ID - 119456

: Group VIII, #30 - First "Ship"; An 11" x 7" glass negative of the first teleplasmic materialization that resembled a ship that appeared during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on June 4, 1930., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84846, Luna Image ID - 119518, Any reproductions of this material may be restricted by copyright regulations. Please consult Archives staff for further information.

: Group VIII, #31 - Second "Ship"; An 11" x 7" glass negative of the second teleplasmic mass that resembled a ship that appeared during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on August 3, 1930., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84858, Luna Image ID - 119521, Any reproductions of this material may be restricted by copyright regulations. Please consult Archives staff for further information.

: Group XII, #43 - Hand Simulacrum, Second Exposure; An 11" x 7" glass negative of the medium, Mary Marshall, with a teleplasmic mass extending from her mouth that resembles a hand, seated next to the medium, Mercedes, during the second exposure of a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on April 27, 1932., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84862, Luna Image ID - 119522

: Group XV, #55 - "Umbrella" Teleplasm, First Exposure; An 11" x 7" glass negative of the medium, Mary Marshall, seated next to the entranced medium, Mercedes, with a teleplasmic mass enveloping her head that resembles an umbrella during the first exposure of a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on February 25, 1934., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84886, Luna Image ID - 119528

: Group XV, #61 - Mass on Cabinet Wall (Wide Angle View); A 5" x 7" nitrate negative of a wide-angle view of a teleplasmic mass attached to a cabinet wall behind the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on December 11, 1935., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84822, Luna Image ID - 119512

: Group XV, #61a - Mass on Cabinet Wall (Stereo View from Right); A 5" x 7" glass negative of a stereo view from the right of a teleplasmic mass attached to a cabinet wall behind the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on December 11, 1935., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84826, Luna Image ID - 119513, Any reproductions of this material may be restricted by copyright regulations. Please consult Archives staff for further information.

: Group XV, #61b - Mass on Cabinet Wall (Enlarged, Wide Angle View); A photograph of a teleplasmic mass attached to the cabinet wall behind the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes, during a seance at the home of Lillian Hamilton on December 11, 1935. Dr. Bruce Chown assumed control of the experiments and their photography following the death of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton earlier in the year., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84603, Luna Image ID - 119458

: Group XVI, #62 - Chown in Charge, First Exposure (Wide Angle); A 5" x 7" glass negative of a wide-angle view of the first exposure of a seance conducted by Bruce Chown at the home of Lillian Hamilton on June 8, 1936, in which a teleplasmic mass appeared on the cabinet above the medium, Mary Marshall. Ewan can be seen in a trance state., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84830, Luna Image ID - 119514

: Group XVII, #64c - Teleplasmic Voice Box on Medium's Head (Stereo View of Seance); A 5" x 7" glass negative of a stereo view of the seance conducted by H.A. Reed at the home of Lillian Hamilton on April 6, 1939 when a teleplasmic mass, referred to as the second "talking machine" of the spirit, Walter, appeared on top of the head of the medium, Mary Marshall., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84834, Luna Image ID - 119515, Any reproductions of this material may be restricted by copyright regulations. Please consult Archives staff for further information.

: Group XVII, #67 - Residue of "Screen"; A 5" x 7" nitrate negative of the teleplasmic residue from a screen-like mass that appeared in an earlier seance above the head of the medium, Mary Marshall, during a seance conducted by H.A. Reed at the home of Lillian Hamilton on May 28, 1939., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84838, Luna Image ID - 119516

: Group XVIII, #70 - Gaelic Script, Trance Writing by Mrs. Marshall; A photograph of a Gaelic script, written by the medium, Mary Marshall, while in a trance state during a seance held on October 22, 1942. The script is a poem written by Peter Campbell., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84494, Luna Image ID - 119434

: Group XVIII, #70 - Gaelic Script, Trance Writing by Mrs. Marshall, Annotation; An annotation detailing a Gaelic script, written by the medium, Mary Marshall, while in a trance state during a seance held on October 22, 1942. The script is a poem written by Peter Campbell., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84498, Luna Image ID - 119435

: Lillian Hamilton Portraits; A photograph of a portrait of Lillian Hamilton., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84737, Luna Image ID - 119491

: Lillian Hamilton Portraits; A photograph of a portrait of Lillian Hamilton., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84741, Luna Image ID - 119492

: Lillian Hamilton Portraits - One Year Old; A photograph of Lillian Hamilton at the age of one year, dated 1881., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84733, Luna Image ID - 119490

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