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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 IV, #18f - Fourth Spurgeon Face Residue, Second Exposure; A photograph of the medium, Mary Marshall, with teleplasmic residue attached to her mouth from the mass that was attached to her face that featured the fourth materialization of the face of C.H. Spurgeon during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on May 1, 1929. The residue appeared in this second exposure, which was taken two minutes after the face appeared., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83730, Luna Image ID - 119243

: Group IV, #18g - Comparative Spurgeon Composite; A composite photograph designed for comparative purposes of the four teleplasmic masses that featured the face of C.H. Spurgeon and of portraits of C.H. Spurgeon., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83734, Luna Image ID - 119244

: Group IV, #18g.1 - C.H. Spurgeon Portrait; A photograph of a portrait of C.H. Spurgeon., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83738, Luna Image ID - 119245

: Group IV, #18g.2 - C.H. Spurgeon Portrait; A photograph of a portrait of C.H. Spurgeon., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83742, Luna Image ID - 119246

: Group IV, #18h - Trance Writing Resembling C.H. Spurgeon Sermon; A glass lantern slide of some writing done by the medium, Mary Marshall, while in a deep trance during a seance at the home of Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on April 26, 1931. The writing is said to be much like the last sermon preached by Baptist evangelist, C.H. Spurgeon., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 81882, Luna Image ID - 118845

: Group IX - "Records IX - Katie King"; A textual document indicating the dates and apparitions covered in the collection of seances known as Group IX. The coverage is from November 12, 1930 to February 25, 1931., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 297502, Luna Image ID - 148659

: Group IX - Photographs: "Katie King"; Annotated photographs from the seance of November 12, 1930. An ectoplasmic apparition of Katie King is photographed in the cabinet. A photo of Katie King in life is included for comparison., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 297534, Luna Image ID - 148517

: Group IX - Seance Notes: "Katie Face + Viel Photographed"; Typed notes from the seance of November 12, 1930. The ectoplasmic apparition of Katie King's face and viel is photographed during this sitting., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 297506, Luna Image ID - 148660

: Group IX - Seance Notes: "R. L. S. Writes through Mercedes"; Typed notes from the seance of December 7, 1930. Stevenson, Stead, Doyle and Flammarion communicate through Mercedes' automatic writing., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 297573, Luna Image ID - 148522

: Group IX, #32 - Katie King Face, Veil, Hair (Wide Angle); A wide-angle photograph of the teleplasmic materialization of the face, veil, and hair of Katie King that hovered above the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes (in a deep trance state), and the other sitters at a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on November 12, 1930., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83989, Luna Image ID - 119307

: Group IX, #32a - Katie King Face, Veil, Hair (Side View); A photograph of a side view of the teleplasmic materialization of the face, veil, and hair of Katie King that hovered above the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes (in a deep trance state), and the other sitters at a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on November 12, 1930., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83993, Luna Image ID - 119308

: Group IX, #32b - Katie King Face, Veil, Hair (Wide Angle, Poor Focus); A wide-angle photograph of the teleplasmic materialization of the face, veil, and hair of Katie King that hovered above the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes (in a deep trance state), and the other sitters at a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on November 12, 1930. The photograph is poorly focused., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83997, Luna Image ID - 119309

: Group IX, #32c - Katie King Face, Veil, Hair (Wide Angle, Good Focus); A wide-angle photograph of the teleplasmic materialization of the face, veil, and hair of Katie King that hovered above the medium, Mercedes (in a deep trance state), and the other sitters at a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on November 12, 1930., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84001, Luna Image ID - 119310

: Group IX, #32d - Katie King Face, Veil, Hair (Stereo View); A stereo photograph of the teleplasmic materialization of the face, veil, and hair of Katie King that hovered above the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes (in a deep trance state), and the other sitters at a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on November 12, 1930., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84005, Luna Image ID - 119311

: Group IX, #32e - Katie King Face, Veil, Hair (Second Stereo View); A 5" x 7" glass negative of a second stereo view of the teleplasmic materialization of the face, veil, and hair of the spirit, Lucy, hovering above the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on November 12, 1930., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84818, Luna Image ID - 119511, Any reproductions of this material may be restricted by copyright regulations. Please consult Archives staff for further information.

: Group IX, #32f - Katie King Face, Veil, Hair (Enlargement of Face); A photograph of an enlarged view of the teleplasmic materialization of the face, veil, and hair of Katie King that appeared during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on November 12, 1930., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84009, Luna Image ID - 119312

: Group IX, #32g - Katie King Face, Veil, Hair (Enlargement); A photograph of an enlargement of the teleplasmic materialization of the face, veil, and hair of Katie King that hovered above the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes (in a deep trance state), and the other sitters at a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on November 12, 1930., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84013, Luna Image ID - 119313

: Group IX, #32h - Katie King Face, Veil, Hair (Enlargement); A photograph of an enlargement of the teleplasmic materialization of the face, veil, and hair of Katie King that hovered above the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes (in a deep trance state), and the other sitters at a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on November 12, 1930., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84017, Luna Image ID - 119314

: Group IX, #32h - Katie King Face, Veil, Hair, Annotated Exhibition Card; An annotated card by Lillian Hamilton that accompanied a photograph of an enlargement of the teleplasmic materialization of the face, veil, and hair of Katie King that appeared at a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on November 12, 1930 for an exhibition at the Richardson Bros. Art Gallery. The card stated that the photograph was taken by a battery of cameras, that Katie King had been dead for nearly two hundred years, and that she had previously materialized before Sir William Crookes., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84025, Luna Image ID - 119316

: Group IX, #32h - Katie King Face, Veil, Hair, Notes; A photocopy of notes detailing the seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on November 12, 1930 in which a teleplasmic materialization of the face, veil, and hair of Katie King occurred., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84021, Luna Image ID - 119315

: Group IX, #32i - Portrait of Katie King; A photograph taken by Sir William Crookes of a portrait of Katie King as she appeared before him in the 1870s., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84030, Luna Image ID - 119317

: 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 IX, #33 - Mass on Mrs. Marshall's Head (Stereo View); A stereo photograph 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 - 84034, Luna Image ID - 119318

: Group IX, #33a - Mass on Mrs. Marshall's Head (Wide Angle); A wide-angle photograph 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 - 84038, Luna Image ID - 119319

: Group IX, #33b - Mass on Mrs. Marshall's Head (Wide Angle); A wide-angle photograph 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 - 84042, Luna Image ID - 119320

: Group IX, #33c - Mass on Mrs. Marshall's Head (Enlargement, Wide Angle); A wide-angle enlargement of a photograph 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 - 84046, Luna Image ID - 119321

: Group IX, #33d - Mass on Mrs. Marshall's Head (Enlargement, Side View); A photograph of an enlarged side view 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 - 84050, Luna Image ID - 119322

: Group IX, #34 - Katie's Shining Garment (Wide Angle, Centre View); A wide-angle photograph of a central view of the medium, Mercedes, enveloped in a teleplasmic materialization of a shining garment and veil that belonged to the spirit, Katie King, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on February 25, 1931., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84054, Luna Image ID - 119323

: Group IX, #34a - Katie's Shining Garment (Wide Angle, Right of Centre); A wide-angle photograph of view to the right of centre of the medium, Mercedes, enveloped in a teleplasmic materialization of a shining garment and veil that belonged to the spirit, Katie King, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on February 25, 1931., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84058, Luna Image ID - 119324

: Group IX, #34b - Katie's Shining Garment (Wide Angle, Left of Centre); A wide-angle photograph of a view to the left of centre of the medium, Mercedes, enveloped in a teleplasmic materialization of a shining garment and veil that belonged to the spirit, Katie King, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on February 25, 1931., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84061, Luna Image ID - 119325

: Group IX, #34b - Katie's Shining Garment, Annotation (Wide Angle, Left of Centre); A photocopy of an annotation detailing the circumstances surrounding a wide-angle photograph of a view to the left of centre of the medium, Mercedes, enveloped in a teleplasmic materialization of a shining garment and veil that belonged to the spirit, Katie King, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on February 25, 1931., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84065, Luna Image ID - 119326

: Group IX, #34c - Katie's Shining Garment (Aerial View); An aerial photograph, taken with a camera attached to the ceiling of the seance room, of the medium, Mercedes, enveloped in a teleplasmic materialization of a shining garment and veil that belonged to the spirit, Katie King, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on February 25, 1931. Five mediums were said to be entranced at this moment. Dr. Bruce Chown was present to verify the results of the seance., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84069, Luna Image ID - 119327

: Group IX, #34d - Katie's Shining Garment (Stereo, Left of Mercedes); A stereo photograph of a view to the left of the medium, Mercedes, who was enveloped in a teleplasmic materialization of a shining garment and veil that belonged to the spirit, Katie King, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on February 25, 1931., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84073, Luna Image ID - 119328

: Group IX, #34e - Katie's Shining Garment (Stereo, Right of Mercedes); A stereo photograph of a view to the right of the medium, Mercedes, who was enveloped in a teleplasmic materialization of a shining garment and veil that belonged to the spirit, Katie King, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on February 25, 1931., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84077, Luna Image ID - 119329

: Group IX, #34f - Katie's Shining Garment (Enlargement from Stereo); An enlargement from a stereo photograph of the medium, Mercedes, enveloped in a teleplasmic materialization of a shining garment and veil that belonged to the spirit, Katie King, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on February 25, 1931., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84081, Luna Image ID - 119330

: Group IX, #34g - Mercedes' Face & Katie's Hair and Veil (Enlargement); A photograph of an enlarged view of the face of the medium, Mercedes, enveloped in a teleplasmic materialization of the hair and veil of the spirit, Katie King, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on February 25, 1931., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84085, Luna Image ID - 119331

: Group IX, #34h - Material of Katie's Shining Garment (Enlargement); A micro-photograph of an enlarged view of the material of the teleplasmic materialization of Katie King's shining garment that enveloped the medium, Mercedes, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on February 25, 1931., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84089, Luna Image ID - 119332

: Group IXa - "Attendance Records of Seances"; Attendance records for the seances held by T. G. Hamilton from December 14, 1930, to June 10, 1931., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 297951, Luna Image ID - 148666

: Group IXa - "Instructions Written by WalterThrough Dawn Prior to the Photo of the Shining Garment"; A typed transcript of the instructions written at the seance of February 18, 1931, by Walter through the medium, Dawn (Mary Marshall), prior to the photo of the shining garment., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 298313, Luna Image ID - 148678

: Group IXa - "Records VI - The Shining Garment"; A textual document indicating the dates and apparitions covered in the collection of seances known as Group IXa. The coverage is from December 14, 1930 to February 4, 1931., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 297936, Luna Image ID - 148665

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