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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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: Annotated Photo Album, 1930-1951 - Mary Marshall's Letter to Lillian Hamilton; Detatched notes from a page of an annotated photo album featuring a typed copy of a letter written by the medium, Mary Marshall, to Lillian Hamilton, dated April 20, 1944, regarding sittings of seances., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83314, Luna Image ID - 119179

: Annotated Photo Album, 1930-1951 - Mary Marshall's Letter to Lillian Hamilton (Annotation); Detatched notes from a page of an annotated photo album featuring an annotation on the reverse side of a typed copy of a letter written by the medium, Mary Marshall, to Lillian Hamilton, dated April 20, 1944, regarding sittings of seances., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83318, Luna Image ID - 119180

: Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - Black Hawk and Son Clipping; A clipping of a painting by John Jarvis entitled Black Hawk and Son., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82572, Luna Image ID - 119000

: Group VIII - Seance Notes: Sitting in Boston; Typed notes from the seance of April 5, 1930, in Boston. A spirit named Walter appears, but refuses to identify himself with the Walter X of Winnipeg., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 295983, Luna Image ID - 148580

: Group XIII - Seance Notes: "Sitting with Mrs. Singleton - England"; Annotation written on the back of a photocopy of the typed notes from the seance of August 7, 1932, at Mrs. Singleton's residence in England., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 302513, Luna Image ID - 148921

: Group XIII - Seance Notes: "Sitting with Mrs. Singleton - England"; Typed notes from the seance of August 7, 1932, at Mrs. Singleton's residence in England. Supernatural hands are witnessed. Spirits from Hamilton seances come through., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 302517, Luna Image ID - 148922

: Group XIII - Seance Notes: Seance with Mrs. Singleton, London; Typed notes from the seance of September 7, 1932, held at the Singleton residence in London, England. Supernatural hands type a message from Doyle on the reflectograph., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 302530, Luna Image ID - 148925

: Psychic Phenomena II, #1 - Self-Playing Accordion; A glass lantern slide of a diagram of an accordion that played by itself during a seance with Sir William Crookes and the medium, Daniel Dunglas Home., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82129, Luna Image ID - 118893

: Psychic Phenomena XII, #1

: Psychic Phenomena XII, #26 - Margery, Boston Experiments; A glass plate negative of a diagram of Dr. Richardson's voice-control appartus, which was a piece of psychic equipment used with the medium, Margery, during seances with Dr. Crandon., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82307, Luna Image ID - 118936

: Psychic Phenomena XII, #27 - Margery, Boston Experiments; A glass plate negative of a diagram of the detailed view of a piece of psychic equipment called the glass mouth-piece, which was used in seances with Dr. Crandon and the medium, Margery., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82311, Luna Image ID - 118937

: Psychic Phenomena XII, #28 - Margery, Boston Experiments; A glass lantern slide of the head, hand, and foot controls used to control the mediumship of Margery during seances with Dr. Crandon., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82315, Luna Image ID - 118938

: Trance #40 - Graph of Stages of Trance Condition; A reproduction of a graph that traces the several stages of the trance condition., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83482, Luna Image ID - 119540

: Trance #41 - Graph of Constant Features of Average Trance Condition; A graph indicating some of the more constant features of the average trance condition and comparing the objective and subjective features of the trance condition., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83486, Luna Image ID - 119541

: Trance #42 - Graph of Progressive Development of Trance, Stages 1-4; A graph tracing the first four stages of the progressive development of the trance condition., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83494, Luna Image ID - 119543

: Trance #42a - Graph of Progressive Development of Trance, Stages 5-6; A graph tracing stages five and six of the progressive development of the trance condition., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83500, Luna Image ID - 119544

: Trance #43 - Graph of Eight Control Periods of Trance Development; A photograph of a graph of the eight control periods of trance development in March 1927., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83506, Luna Image ID - 119545

: Walter II, #2 - Thumbprints of Walter; A glass lantern slide comparing diagrams of the normal positive and mirror-reversed positive thumbnail imprints of the spirit, Walter., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82084, Luna Image ID - 118882

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