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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 - "Black Hawk" Statue; A page from an annotated photo album featuring a photocopy of a photograph of a statue entitled "Black Hawk", which was created by Lorenzo Taft and is located in Oregon, Illinois. Black Hawk was said to be of the guides used by the medium, Mary Marshall, during seances., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83276, Luna Image ID - 119171

: 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, 1930-1951 - Mrs. Poole's Letter to Lillian Hamilton; A page from an annotated photo album featuring a photograph of a letter written by the medium, Mrs. Poole, to Lillian Hamilton, dated November 15, 1930, in which Mrs. Poole describes her recollections of an event., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83296, Luna Image ID - 119175

: 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

: Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - #69, Sir Edward Reed; A page from an annotated photo album labeled #69 featuring a photocopy of a photograph of Sir Edward Reed that was given to his nephew, Henry P. Reed., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83251, Luna Image ID - 119166

: Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - #69, Sir Edward Reed (Annotation); The reverse side of a page from an annotated photo album labeled #69 featuring an annotation relating to the opposide side of a photocopy of a photograph of Sir Edward Reed that was given to his nephew, Henry P. Reed., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83255, Luna Image ID - 119167

: Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - Elizabeth M. (Mrs. Poole); A page from an annotated photo album featuring a portrait of the medium, Elizabeth M. (Mrs. Poole)., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83155, Luna Image ID - 119143

: Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - Sir Edward Reed; A page from an annotated photo album consisting of a photocopy of a photograph of Sir Edward Reed, who would later appear in a face-bearing teleplasmic mass during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on February 28, 1940., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83145, Luna Image ID - 119140

: Group I - "Attendance Records of Seances."; A textual document listing the people who attended the seances organized by T. G. Hamilton from May 1928 to May 1935. Recorders and scrutineers are grouped separately., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 282412, Luna Image ID - 153129

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