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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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: Group II - Extracts from the Letter of Rev. Bickle-Haynes; The typed extracts from the letter of Reverend Bickle-Haynes, an Octogenarian Minister of Louth, Lancashire, England, one of Spurgeon's original young preachers. Included is a handwritten note in the margin: "Many of the words of the original could not be made out - hence the blanks, last page mislaid.", Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 285570, Luna Image ID - 153219

: Group III - Letter to J. Malcom Bird; A letter to J. Malcom Bird, secretary of the American Society of Psychical Research from Lilian Hamilton. The letter summarizes the research and seances conducted by T. G. Hamilton during 1928 and 1929 with the introduction of Mary Marshall to the group. A note is included at the end of the letter stating that Mr. Bird visited the Hamitlon's in 1926., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 288563, Luna Image ID - 153322

: Group XVI - Letter to Margaret Hamilton; A letter from W. R. Wood to M. Hamilton discussing the seance of January 31, 1934, where he took notes., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 305549, Luna Image ID - 149050

: Letter to Margaret Hamilton Bach from Lillian Hamilton; A typed letter sent to Margaret Hamilton Bach from her mother detailing the manifestations of Christ through the medium, Elizabeth Poole, in 1925, and Isabel from 1936 to 1939. The letter includes excerpts from seances and is dated September 25, 1939., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 307897, Luna Image ID - 149361

: Miscellaneous Prints #2 - Letter from Jean Conan Doyle to Mary Marshall; A photograph of a letter written by Jean Conan Doyle to the medium, Mary Marshall, dated November 21, 1932, in which Ms. Conan Doyle expresses her pleasure with the mediumship of Ms. Marshall., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84550, Luna Image ID - 119447

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Hamilton Family fonds