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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 XIV - List and Excerpts of Seances; List of seances held by T. G. Hamilton in March 1933. Excerpts from the seances of March 15 & 22, 1933 are included, as well as a photograph of the "Feather Teleplasm" of March 22, 1933., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 303537, Luna Image ID - 148964

: Group XIV - Photograph: "Shell" materialization; Annotated photograph from the seance of April 23, 1933: The "Shell" materialization. The photo is an enlargement made by the Eastmans in 1950., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 303701, Luna Image ID - 148980

: Group XIV - Photograph: "The Third Katie King Materialization"; Annotated photograph from the seance held on January 9, 1933: The third Katie King materialization., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 303310, Luna Image ID - 148952

: Group XIV - Seance Notes: "Dawn Draws in Darkness: "Lead Kindly Light""; Typed notes from the seance of April 9, 1933. Dawn produces the trance drawing, "Lead Kindly Light," in complete darkness., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 303584, Luna Image ID - 148966

: Group XIV - Seance Notes: "Message from Doyle"

: Group XIV - Seance Notes: "The High Priest Again Speaks"; Typed notes from the seance of April 12, 1933. The High Priest talks of the sacredness of beauty. A brief note about the mediums working towards a materialization at the seance of April 20, 1933, is included., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 303633, Luna Image ID - 148970

: Group XIV - Seance Notes: "The Materialization Appears"; Typed notes from the seance of April 23, 1933. What is said to be a lifeless form used to make Katie and Lucy visible in the material world is photographed during the sitting., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 303656, Luna Image ID - 148971

: Group XIV - Seance Notes: Victor's Last Sitting; Typed excerpt from the seance of January 16, 1933: Walter explains the importance of Dawn and Mercedes in the production of teleplasm., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 303336, Luna Image ID - 148954

: Group XIV - Seance Notes: Upcoming drawings; Typed notes from the seance of February 1, 1933. Walter and Lucy discuss an upcoming drawing., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 303366, Luna Image ID - 148957

: Group XIV - Seance Summaries; Summaries for seances held on January 4, 8 & 9, 1933, documenting the seances leading up to, and including, the third Katie materialization., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 303286, Luna Image ID - 148951

: Group XIV - Title page, "March - April 23, 1933"; Title page for the seances held by T. G. Hamilton in March to April 23, 1933., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 303433, Luna Image ID - 148961

: Group XIV, #49 - Third Katie Face and Veil (Enlargement); A photograph of an enlargement of the third teleplasmic materialization of the face and veil of the spirit, Katie King, which occurred behind the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes, during a seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on January 9, 1933., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84270, Luna Image ID - 119378

: Group XIV, #49 - Third Katie Face and Veil (Wide Angle); A wide-angle photograph of a seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on January 9, 1933, when the third teleplasmic materialization of the face and veil of the spirit, Katie King, occurred behind the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84266, Luna Image ID - 119377

: Group XIV, #49a - Third Katie Face and Veil (Stereo from Centre); A stereo photograph of a central view of a seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on January 9, 1933, when the third teleplasmic materialization of the face and veil of the spirit, Katie King, occurred behind the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84274, Luna Image ID - 119379

: Group XIV, #49b - Third Katie Face and Veil (Stereo from Right); A stereo photograph of a view from the right of a seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on January 9, 1933, when the third teleplasmic materialization of the face and veil of the spirit, Katie King, occurred behind the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84278, Luna Image ID - 119380

: Group XIV, #49c - Third Katie Face and Veil (Enlargement, Wide Angle); A wide-angle photograph of an enlargement of the third teleplasmic materialization of the face and veil of the spirit, Katie King, which hovered above the heads of the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on January 9, 1933., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84599, Luna Image ID - 119457

: Group XIV, #49d - Third Katie Face and Veil (Enlargement from Wide Angle); A wide-angle photograph of an enlarged view of the seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on January 9, 1933, when the third teleplasmic materialization of the face and veil of the spirit, Katie King, occurred behind the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes. Mrs. Poole, Lillian Hamilton, W.B. Cooper, and Ewan were also all present at this seance., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84282, Luna Image ID - 119381

: Group XIV, #49e - Third Katie Face and Veil (Enlargement); A photograph of an enlarged view of a seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on January 9, 1933, when the third teleplasmic materialization of the face and veil of the spirit, Katie King, occurred behind the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84286, Luna Image ID - 119382

: Group XIV, #49f - Third Katie Face and Veil (Side View); A 2" slide of a side view of the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes, with the third teleplasmic materialization of the face and veil of the spirit, Katie King, behind them during the seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on January 9, 1933., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84959, Luna Image ID - 118832

: Group XIV, #49g - Third Katie Face and Veil (close-up); A glass lantern slide of a close-up of the third materialization of Katie King's face masked by a veil during a seance at the home of Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on January 9, 1933., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 81891, Luna Image ID - 118847

: Group XIV, #49h - Third Katie Face and Veil (close-up); A 2" slide of a close-up of the third teleplasmic materialization of the face and veil of the spirit, Katie King, behind the medium, Mercedes, during the seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on January 9, 1933., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84963, Luna Image ID - 118833

: Group XIV, #49i - Third Katie Face and Veil (Wide Angle); A wide-angle photograph of a seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on January 9, 1933, when the third teleplasmic materialization of the face and veil of the spirit, Katie King, occurred behind the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84290, Luna Image ID - 119383

: Group XIV, #50 - "Feather Teleplasm" (Wide Angle); A wide-angle photograph of the seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on March 22, 1933, when a feather-like teleplasmic mass appeared behind the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84294, Luna Image ID - 119384

: Group XIV, #50a - "Feather Teleplasm" (Different Wide Angle); A different wide-angle photograph of the seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on March 22, 1933, when a feather-like teleplasmic mass appeared behind the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84298, Luna Image ID - 119385

: Group XIV, #50b - "Feather Teleplasm" (Stereo View from Left); A stereo photograph of a view from the left of the seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on March 22, 1933, when a feather-like teleplasmic mass appeared behind the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84302, Luna Image ID - 119386

: Group XIV, #50c - "Feather Teleplasm" (Stereo View from Right); A stereo photograph of a view from the right of the seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on March 22, 1933, when a feather-like teleplasmic mass appeared behind the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84306, Luna Image ID - 119387

: Group XIV, #51 - Supernormal Drawing of Christ; A photograph of a drawing of Jesus Christ that was drawn in complete darkness by the medium, Mary Marshall, while in a trance state during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on April 9, 1933., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84310, Luna Image ID - 119388

: Group XIV, #52 - Katie "Shell"; An 11" x 7" glass negative of the seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on April 23, 1933, when the teleplasmic materialization of the spirit, Katie King, in a shell-like encasement hovered above the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84878, Luna Image ID - 119526, Any reproductions of this material may be restricted by copyright regulations. Please consult Archives staff for further information.

: Group XIV, #52 - Katie "Shell" (Wide Angle); A wide-angle photograph of the seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on April 23, 1933 when the shell-like teleplasmic mass featuring the likeness of the spirit, Katie King, appeared behind the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84314, Luna Image ID - 119389

: Group XIV, #52a - Katie "Shell" (Stereo - Left); A stereo photograph of a view from the left of the seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on April 23, 1933 when the shell-like teleplasmic mass featuring the likeness of the spirit, Katie King, appeared behind the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84318, Luna Image ID - 119390

: Group XIV, #52b - Katie "Shell" (Stereo - Right); A stereo photograph of a view from the right of the seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on April 23, 1933 when the shell-like teleplasmic mass featuring the likeness of the spirit, Katie King, appeared behind the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes. An annotation states that nothing like this event had ever been photographed before in the history of psychical research., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84322, Luna Image ID - 119391

: Group XIV, #52c - Katie "Shell" (Enlargement from Stereo); An enlargement from a stereo photograph of the shell-like teleplasmic mass featuring the likeness of the spirit, Katie King, that appeared behind the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes, during a seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on April 23, 1933., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84326, Luna Image ID - 119392

: Group XIV, #53 - Katie's Finger; An 11" x 7" glass negative of the medium, Mary Marshall, seated next to the medium, Mercedes, with a teleplasmic mass attached to her mouth that contained the finger of the spirit, Katie King, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on November 12, 1933., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84882, Luna Image ID - 119527

: Group XIV, #53 - Katie's Finger (Wide Angle); A wide-angle photograph of the seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on November 12, 1933, in which a teleplasmic mass that contained the finger of the spirit, Katie King, attached itself to the face of the medium, Mary Marshall., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84330, Luna Image ID - 119393

: Group XIV, #53a - Katie's Finger (Stereo - Front); A stereo photograph of a frontal view of the seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on November 12, 1933, in which a teleplasmic mass that contained the finger of the spirit, Katie King, attached itself to the face of the medium, Mary Marshall., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84334, Luna Image ID - 119394

: Group XIV, #53b/53c - Katie's Finger (Enlargement); A photograph of an enlargement of the medium, Mary Marshall, with a teleplasmic mass that contained the finger of the spirit, Katie King, attached to her face during a seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on November 12, 1933., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84338, Luna Image ID - 119395

: Group XIV, #53b/53c - Katie's Finger (Side View); A photograph of a side view of the medium, Mary Marshall, with a teleplasmic mass that contained the finger of the spirit, Katie King, attached to her face during a seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on November 12, 1933., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84342, Luna Image ID - 119396

: Group XIV, #53b/53c - Unidentified Mass; A photograph of an unidentified seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton in which a teleplasmic mass appeared behind the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84346, Luna Image ID - 119397

: Group XIV, #54 - T'zan's Face (Wide Angle); A wide-angle photograph of a teleplasmic mass featuring the face of T'zan that appeared behind the mediums, Mary Marshall and Mercedes, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on December 20, 1933. T'zan was said to be the Chinese control of H.A. Reed., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84350, Luna Image ID - 119398

: Group XV - "Attendance Records of Seances"; Attendance records for the seances held at the Hamilton residence from May 14, 1933, to December 13, 1933., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 303902, Luna Image ID - 148984

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