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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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: 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 - #70, Original Gaelic Script; A page from an annotated photo album labeled #70 featuring a Gaelic script that was written by the medium, Mary Marshall, while in a trance state during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on October 22, 1942., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83237, Luna Image ID - 119163

: Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - #70, Original Gaelic Script Translation; A page from an annotated photo album labeled #70 featuring the English translation of the poem, "The Sky Lark", by Peter Campbell, which the medium, Mary Marshall, wrote in Gaelic while in a trance state during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on October 22, 1942., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83242, Luna Image ID - 119164

: 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 - Final Face-Bearing Teleplasm; A page from an annotated photo album featuring photographs of Elizabeth Poole and of the medium, Mary Marshall, with the last face-bearing teleplasmic mass, which, among others, contained the face of Mrs. Poole, hovering to her left during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on February 28, 1940., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83140, Luna Image ID - 119141

: Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - Five-Face Teleplasm Description; A page from an annotated photo album featuring a typed description of the five-face teleplasm that appeared during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on February 28, 1940. The faces were identified as Hugh Reed's brother, Sir Edward Reed, Elizabeth Poole, Dr. J.A. Hamilton, and a funny face that the spirit control, Walter, played on Mr. Reed., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83132, Luna Image ID - 119138

: Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - Four-Face Mass Enlargement; A page from an annotated photo album featuring a photograph of a teleplasmic mass that materialized during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on February 28, 1940 that contained the faces of L.H. Reed's brother, Sir Edward Reed, Elizabeth Poole, and an unidentied individual (later identified as Dr. J.A. Hamilton)., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83136, Luna Image ID - 119139

: Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - Notes on Seance of May 22, 1939, Page 1; A page from an annotated photo album featuring the first page of typed notes written by Lillian Hamilton detailing the seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on May 22, 1939 in which the faces of Dr. Hamilton and his former love, Lucy Clelland, appeared in a teleplasmic mass., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83196, Luna Image ID - 119153

: Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - Notes on Seance of May 22, 1939, Page 2; A page from an annotated photo album featuring the second page of typed notes written by Lillian Hamilton detailing the seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on May 22, 1939 in which the faces of Dr. Hamilton and his former love, Lucy Clelland, appeared in a teleplasmic mass., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83200, Luna Image ID - 119154

: 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

: Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - The Four Face Teleplasm; A page from an annotated photo album featuring a photograph of the medium, Mary Marshall, and a teleplasmic mass hovering above her head that contained the faces of four individuals and appeared during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on February 28, 1940., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83247, Luna Image ID - 119165

: Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - Writing of Entranced Elizabeth M.; A page from an annotated photo album featuring a reprint of a sample of writing done by the medium, Elizabeth M. (Mrs. Poole) while entranced., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83150, Luna Image ID - 119142

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - "Levitations by Psychic Force (Telekinesis)"; A page from an annotated photo album featuring a number of clippings detailing the photographs of the levitating table during seances at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton. The top clipping is titled "Levitations by Psychic Force (Telekinesis).", Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82375, Luna Image ID - 118952

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Experiment C; A page from an annotated photo album featuring a photograph, labeled as Experiment C, of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton, D.B. MacDonald, and the medium, Mrs. Poole, attempting to prevent the movement of the table and chair via telekinesis during a seance at Dr. Hamilton's home in March 1923., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82426, Luna Image ID - 118964

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Experiment E

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Experiment F; A page from an annotated photo album featuring a photograph of a table pressing against a heavy screen as the table was moved via telekinesis by the medium, Mrs. Poole, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton in April 1926. This event is referred to as Experiment F., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82458, Luna Image ID - 118972

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Experiments A & B; A page from an annotated photo album featuring photographs of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton and the medium, Elizabeth M., during experiments at Dr. Hamilton's home designed to levitate a table through telekinesis., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82379, Luna Image ID - 118953

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - In Seance Room; A page from an annotated photo album entitled "April 1925. In Seance Room" featuring a photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, "charging" a table with psychic energy during a seance with Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton, Dr. J.A. Hamilton, Lillian Hamilton, and H.A.V. Green at T.G. Hamilton's home in April 1925., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82438, Luna Image ID - 118967

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - J. Malcolm Bird; A page from an annotated photo album featuring a photograph of the observer, J. Malcolm Bird, the medium, Mrs. Poole, and Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton as Mrs. Poole levitates a table during a seance at Dr. Hamilton's home on March 1, 1926. A description of Mr. Bird's careful examinations of the seance room and a quote from Camille Flammarion are also featured., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82408, Luna Image ID - 118960

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Levitation & Inversion; A page from an annotated photo album entitled "Telekinesis - Levitation & Inversion," which features a photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, levitating and inverting a table while J. Malcolm Bird, the observer, and Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton, the host of the seance, look on during the seance held in March 1926., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82462, Luna Image ID - 118973

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Levitation Sideways; A page from an annotated photo album featuring photographs of the medium, Mrs. Poole, levitating a table in a sideways direction and through no contact with the table, while Dr. Ross Mitchell and Dr. A.M. Davidson observe, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on May 30, 1926., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82418, Luna Image ID - 118962

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Levitation and Inversion; A page from an annotated photo album entitled "Levitation and Inversion, April 5, 1925," which features a photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, levitating and inverting a table during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on April 5, 1925., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82442, Luna Image ID - 118968

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Levitation and Inversion; A page from an annotated photo album featuring one photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, levitating and inverting a table during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on January 24, 1926, and another photograph of Mrs. Poole levitating a table at Dr. Hamilton's home on May 16, 1926., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82400, Luna Image ID - 118958

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Levitation and Partial Inversion; A page from an annotated photo album entitled "Oct. 26, 1927. Levitation and partialinversion [sic]," which features a photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, levitating and inverting a table while Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton and the observer, Dr. Gordon Chown, look on during a seance at Dr. Hamilton's home on October 26, 1927., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82391, Luna Image ID - 118956

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Non-Contact Levitation; A page from an annotated photo album entitled "November 27, 1927. Non-contact levitation," which features a photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, levitating a table without making contact with the table during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on November 27, 1927, as well as a quote from Charles Richet., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82395, Luna Image ID - 118957

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Non-Contact Partial Inversion and Sideways Levitation; A page from an annotated photo album featuring a photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, levitating a table in a sideways motion and partially inverting the table during a seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on March 25, 1926., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82470, Luna Image ID - 118975

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Non-Contact Sideways Levitation; A page from an annotated photo album featuring a photograph of the medium, Mrs. Elizabeth Poole, levitating a table in a sideways direction without making contact with the table while the observer, Dr. Webster, looks on during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on March 20, 1927., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82422, Luna Image ID - 118963

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Preparing Table for Movement Behind Screen; A page from an annotated photo album featuring two photographs of the individuals involved in a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton in March 1926 and their preparations of a table for movement behind a screen., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82404, Luna Image ID - 118959

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Professor Fleming; A page from an annotated photo album featuring a photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, levitating a table onto herself and between Professor Fleming, the observer, and Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton, the host of the seance. A description of Professor Fleming's doubts and a quote from Sir William Crooks are also featured., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82413, Luna Image ID - 118961

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Seance Room Diagram; A page from an annotated photo album featuring a diagram of the seance room in Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton's home and the arrangements for the experiments with the medium, Mary M., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82383, Luna Image ID - 118954

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Sideways Ejection; A page from an annotated photo album entitled "Telekinesis - Sideways Ejection," which features a photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, moving a table in a sideways motion via telekinesis following her "charging" of the table during a seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on March 28, 1926., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82466, Luna Image ID - 118974

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Sideways Levitation

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Surges of Trance; A page from an annotated photo album featuring a graph that charts the surges of a trance., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82474, Luna Image ID - 118976

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Table Tilt; A page from an annotated photo album featuring a photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, tilting a table via telekinesis as experimenter, D.B. MacDonald, looks on during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton in July 1923., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82430, Luna Image ID - 118966

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Telekinesis 1925; A page from an annotated photo album entitled "Telekinesis 1925" featuring a photograph of Mr. Wither standing in front of a cabinet to act as a barrier to the table within as the medium, Mrs. Poole, attempts to move the table via telekinesis during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton in 1925., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82446, Luna Image ID - 118969

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Unusual Incidents in the Trance; A page from an annotated photo album featuring a graph tracing unusual incidents in a trance., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82478, Luna Image ID - 118977

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - View of Seance Room from Cabinet; A page from an annotated photo album entitled "View of the Seance Room As Seen from the Cabinet," which features a photograph of the camera equipment utilized during seances at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82387, Luna Image ID - 118955

: Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Woollensak Stereo; A page from an annotated photo album entitled "July, 1923 - Woollensak Stereo, View of Table experiment" featuring a stereo photograph of D.B. MacDonald attempting to depress a table that the medium, Mrs. Poole, is tilting via telekinesis during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton in July 1923., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82434, Luna Image ID - 118965

: Annotated Photo Album, Trance - #28, Lucy and Richet Quote; A page from an annotated photo album labeled as #28 and featuring a photograph of a spirit materialization named Lucy that appeared at a seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on March 10, 1930, plus a quote from Professor Charles Richet., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82507, Luna Image ID - 118984

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