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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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: Group XII, #44 - First Doyle, First Exposure (Wide Angle); A wide-angle photograph of the medium, Mary Marshall, with a teleplasmic mass attached to her face that contained the first materialization of the face of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle during the first exposure of a seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on May 1, 1932., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84194, Luna Image ID - 119359

: Group XII, #44a - First Doyle, First Exposure (Enlargement); A photograph of an enlarged view of the medium, Mary Marshall, with a teleplasmic mass attached to her face that contained the first materialization of the face of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle during the first exposure of a seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on May 1, 1932. Annotations state that this event was recorded by ten cameras, that Mrs. Marshall underwent rigorous preparation and control, and that four mediums were in a deep trance state simultaneously., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84198, Luna Image ID - 119360

: Group XII, #44b - First Doyle, First Exposure (Further Enlargement); A photograph of an enlarged view of the teleplasmic mass that was attached to the face of the medium, Mary Marshall, which contained the first materialization of the face of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle during the first exposure of a seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on May 1, 1932., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84202, Luna Image ID - 119361

: Group XII, #45 - First Doyle Residue, Second Exposure; A photograph of the medium, Mary Marshall, with teleplasmic residue attached to her mouth following the first materialization of the face of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in a teleplasmic mass during the second exposure of a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on May 1, 1932. The second exposure occurred five minutes following the first exposure., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84206, Luna Image ID - 119362

: Group XIII - "Victor Phones his Impressions"; The summary of a phone call made by the medium, Victor, on May 23, 1932, in regards to the identities of those in the ectoplasmic apparition photographed at the seance of the previous evening., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 302262, Luna Image ID - 148908

: Group XIII - "XIII - Second Doyle Series"; A textual document indicating the dates and apparitions covered in the collection of seances known as Group XIII. The coverage is from May 8, 1932, to August, 1932., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 302051, Luna Image ID - 148893

: Group XIII - Photograph: Face, Mask and Spinning Hand Phenomena; Photographs from the seance of May 22, 1932: an ectoplasmic apparition with a supernormal hand, face and mask., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 302223, Luna Image ID - 148906

: Group XIII - Seance Notes: "Cone Teleplasm. Wallace Writes Again"; Typed notes from the seance of May 18, 1932. The "cone teleplasm" is photographed during this sitting, and the spirit of Edgar Wallace writes through Mercedes in trance., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 302098, Luna Image ID - 148898

: Group XIII - Seance Notes: "Dawn Refuses to Come"; Photocopy of a document written by L. Hamilton about Dawn refusing to come to another seance during the summer and Walter insisting that she do so in order to produce another Doyle ectoplasm., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 302476, Luna Image ID - 148917

: Group XIII - Seance Notes: "Dawn Refuses to Come"; A document written by L. Hamilton about Dawn refusing to come to another seance during the summer and Walter insisting that she do so in order to produce another Doyle ectoplasm., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 302326, Luna Image ID - 148912

: Group XIII - Seance Notes: "Doyle Speaks"; Typed notes from the seance of May 15, 1932. A. C. Doyle speaks through Mercedes., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 302077, Luna Image ID - 148895

: Group XIII - Seance Notes: "Doyle Speaks. Prayer for Sign"; Typed notes from the seance of June 12, 1932. Doyle says he wants to be with the Hamiltons when they arrive in England and visit Mrs. Doyle. A spirit gives a moving prayer for a miracle to be performed., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 302318, Luna Image ID - 148910

: Group XIII - Seance Notes: "Face, Mask and Spinning Hand Phenomena"; Typed notes from the seance of May 22, 1932. An ectoplasmic apparition with a supernormal hand is photographed during the sitting., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 302172, Luna Image ID - 148903

: 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: "The Second Doyle Face"; Typed notes from the seance of June 27, 1932. A second photograph of Arthur Conan Doyle is taken. Walter discusses the spinning hand ectoplasm in further detail., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 302366, Luna Image ID - 148914

: Group XIII - Seance Notes: "Words of Encouragement"; Typed notes and trance script from the seance of May 8, 1932. The "Wanderer" gives words of encouragement., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 302064, Luna Image ID - 148894

: 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

: Group XIII, #46 - First "Cone" (Wide Angle); A wide-angle photograph of the medium, Mary Marshall, with the first teleplasmic materialization of a cone-shaped mass attached to her face during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on May 18, 1932., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84210, Luna Image ID - 119363

: Group XIII, #46a - First "Cone" (Enlargement); A photograph of an enlargement of the first teleplasmic mass that resembled a cone in shape and was attached to the face of the medium, Mary Marshall, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on May 18, 1932., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84214, Luna Image ID - 119364

: Group XIII, #47 - Second "Cone", Sir Oliver Lodge and Feda's Hand; A photograph of a seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on May 22, 1932, in which the medium, Mary Marshall, had the second cone-like teleplasmic mass attached to her face that contained the face of Sir Oliver Lodge, as well as Feda's hand., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84218, Luna Image ID - 119365

: Group XIII, #47 - Second "Cone", Sir Oliver Lodge and Feda's Hand; An 11" x 7" glass negative of the medium, Mary Marshall, seated next to the medium, Mercedes, with the second teleplasmic mass that resembled a cone attached to her face during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on May 22, 1932. The face of Sir Oliver Lodge and Freda's hand can be seen in this teleplasmic mass., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84870, Luna Image ID - 119524

: Group XIII, #47b - Second "Cone", Sir Oliver Lodge and Feda's Hand (Stereo to Right); A stereo photograph of a view to the right of a seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on May 22, 1932, in which the medium, Mary Marshall, had the second cone-like teleplasmic mass attached to her face that contained the face of Sir Oliver Lodge, as well as Feda's hand., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84222, Luna Image ID - 119366

: Group XIII, #47c - Second "Cone", Sir Oliver Lodge and Feda's Hand (Stereo to Left); A stereo photograph of a view to the left of a seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on May 22, 1932, in which the medium, Mary Marshall, had the second cone-like teleplasmic mass attached to her face that contained the face of Sir Oliver Lodge, as well as Feda's hand., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84226, Luna Image ID - 119367

: Group XIII, #47d - Second "Cone", Sir Oliver Lodge and Feda's Hand (Enlargement from Wide Angle); An enlargement of a wide-angle photograph of the second cone-like teleplasmic mass attached to the face of the medium, Mary Marshall, that contained the face of Sir Oliver Lodge, as well as Feda's hand during a seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on May 22, 1932., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84230, Luna Image ID - 119368

: Group XIII, #47e - Sir Oliver Lodge Portrait; A photo of a portion of an article written by Sir Oliver Lodge, that features a portrait of the author., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84234, Luna Image ID - 119369

: Group XIII, #48 - Second "Doyle"; An 11" x 7" glass negative of the medium, Mary Marshall, seated next to the medium, Mercedes, with a teleplasmic mass attached to her face that contained the second materialization of the face of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on June 27, 1932., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84874, Luna Image ID - 119525

: Group XIII, #48a - Second "Doyle" (Stereo); A stereo photograph of the medium, Mary Marshall, with the second teleplasmic materialization to feature the face of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle attached to her face during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on June 27, 1932., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84238, Luna Image ID - 119370

: Group XIII, #48a - Second "Doyle" (Wide Angle)

: Group XIII, #48b - Second "Doyle" (Enlargement from Wide Angle); An enlargement from a wide-angle photograph of the medium, Mary Marshall, with the second teleplasmic materialization to feature the face of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle attached to her face during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on June 27, 1932., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84246, Luna Image ID - 119372

: Group XIII, #48b.1 - Second "Doyle" Drawing; A drawing of the second teleplasmic materialization to feature the face of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was attached to the face of the medium, Mary Marshall, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on June 27, 1932., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84250, Luna Image ID - 119373

: Group XIII, #48b.2 - Second "Doyle" (Further Enlargement); A photograph of an enlargement of the second teleplasmic materialization to feature the face of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was attached to the face of the medium, Mary Marshall, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on June 27, 1932., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84254, Luna Image ID - 119374

: Group XIII, #48b.2 - Second "Doyle", Annotated Card (Further Enlargement); An annotated card by Lillian Hamilton that accompanied and described a photograph of an enlargement of the second teleplasmic materialization to feature the face of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was attached to the face of the medium, Mary Marshall, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on June 27, 1932, for an exhibition held by the Richardson Bros. Art Gallery., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84258, Luna Image ID - 119375

: Group XIII, #48c - Composite of Second "Doyle" and Portrait; A composite photograph of a portrait of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and one of an enlargement of the second teleplasmic materialization to feature the face of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was attached to the face of the medium, Mary Marshall, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on June 27, 1932. This composite photograph is intended to compare Sir Doyle's face with the face that appeared in the teleplasmic mass., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84262, Luna Image ID - 119376

: Group XIIIa - "Period of Various Phenomena"; A textual document indicating the dates and apparitions covered in the collection of seances known as Group XIIIa. The coverage is from October to December, 1932., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 302673, Luna Image ID - 148926

: Group XIIIa - "Victor's Report on the Coming Katie King Materialization Phenomena Based He Claims On What He has Seen Clairvoyantly at the Sittings"; A typed description of the coming materialization of Katie King according to Victor. Includes notes written by L. Hamilton., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 302821, Luna Image ID - 148940

: Group XIIIa - Seance Notes: "Ewan Talks on the Production of Teleplasm"; Typed notes from the seance of November 6, 1932. A spirit discusses mediumship and ectoplasm in great detail through Ewan., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 302737, Luna Image ID - 148930

: Group XIIIa - Seance Notes: "More About Katie Structure"; Typed notes from the seance of November 27, 1932. Preparation for an upcoming ectoplasmic apparition, Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 302795, Luna Image ID - 148937

: Group XIIIa - Seance Notes: "More Difficulties"; Typed notes from the seance of December 4, 1932. The ectoplasmic apparition created by Walter is unable to sustain itself. No photo is taken as a result., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 303008, Luna Image ID - 148943

: Group XIIIa - Seance Notes: "More Instructions"; Typed notes from the seance of November 30, 1932. Walter gives more instructions for an upcoming ectoplasm., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 302834, Luna Image ID - 148941

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