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Hamilton Family Fonds (Mss 14, Pc 12, Tc 70 (A.79-21, A.79-41, A.79-52, A.79-56, A.79-65, A.80-08, A.80-25, A.81-09, A.86-56, A12-109)) University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections Finding Aid - Hamilton Family fonds (Mss 14, Pc 12, Tc 70 (A.79-21, A.79-41, A.79-52, A.79-56, A.79-65, A.80-08, A.80-25, A.81-09, A.86-56, A12-109)) Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Printed: March 23, 2017 Language of description: English University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections 330 Elizabeth Dafoe Library Winnipeg Manitoba Canada R3T 2N2 Telephone: 204-474-9986 Fax: 204-474-7913 Email: [email protected] http://umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/ http://umlarchives.lib.umanitoba.ca/index.php/hamilton-family-fonds Hamilton Family fonds Table of contents Summary information ...................................................................................................................................... 8 Administrative history / Biographical sketch .................................................................................................. 8 Scope and content ........................................................................................................................................... 9 Notes ................................................................................................................................................................ 9 Access points ................................................................................................................................................. 10 Collection holdings ........................................................................................................................................ 10 Mss 14, Pc 12, Tc 70 (A.79-21, A.79-41, A.79-52, A.79-56, A.79-65, A.80-08, A.80-25, A.81-09, A.86-56, A12-109)-A2012-109, PC 12, Hamilton Family fonds (1928-1977) ......................................................... 10 Mss 14, Pc 12, Tc 70 (A.79-21, A.79-41, A.79-52, A.79-56, A.79-65, A.80-08, A.80-25, A.81-09, A.86-56, A12-109)-A2012-109, PC 12-PC 12 (A12-109), Hamilton Family fonds (1928-1977) .......... 12 "Intention and Survival" and "Is Survival a Fact?" Reviews 1970, 1977 ............................................. 13 Photograph of Margaret Hamilton Bach ca. 1950s? ............................................................................. 13 Prints of "Intention and Survival" Plates 1928-1932 ............................................................................ 13 Mss 14, Pc 12, Tc 70 (A.79-21, A.79-41, A.79-52, A.79-56, A.79-65, A.80-08, A.80-25, A.81-09, A.86-56, A12-109)-TC 70, Hamilton Family fonds (1977-1986) ............................................................................. 13 I. Interviews & Lectures: 1977-1986 ...................................................................................................... 15 Interview with M.H.B. by Jack St Jean, CKY radio, 1977, 1 1 side 1 - 2. Interview w/ M.H.B. by Ray Torgrud, CKY T.V., September 1977, side 2. ...................................................................................... 15 M.H.B. lecture re: T.G.H.'s work to Winnipeg Spiritualist 2 Church, Sept 14, 1986. ......................... 15 II. Radio Shows - TGH : 1981-1984 ....................................................................................................... 15 Morningside item, re: T.G.H., April 18, 1981. 242' of tape, side 1, side 2 blank. (long leader, cassette cued). ...................................................................................................................................................... 15 ibid. side 2 Stravinsky music. ............................................................................................................... 16 Laird Rankin re: T.G.H. - CBC radio, Feb, 1984, side 1. Side 2 - blank. ............................................ 16 III. Radio shows - Psychic Phenomena: 1983-1984; n.d. ....................................................................... 16 Ideas, Sept 15, 1983 - final segment of "The Enchanted Boundary". .................................................. 16 NOVA, Jan 1, 1984 - Targ & Puthoff; Moebius, T.K.; PK & Human Behaviour. .............................. 16 Arthur Ford, Life Beyond Death, two cassettes. .................................................................................. 16 IV. Music Recitals: 1979 ......................................................................................................................... 16 M.H.B. music recital, June 1979. Includes Greensleves. ..................................................................... 16 V. MSS re: TC 70: .................................................................................................................................. 17 Correspondence re: Morningside Cassette (see tapes 3 & 4). .............................................................. 17 Ideas script re: "The Enchanted Boundary". ......................................................................................... 17 University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections Page 2 Hamilton Family fonds Mss 14, Pc 12, Tc 70 (A.79-21, A.79-41, A.79-52, A.79-56, A.79-65, A.80-08, A.80-25, A.81-09, A.86-56, A12-109)-PC 12, TC 70, Hamilton Family fonds (1919-1986) ................................................................. 17 2" Slides ................................................................................................................................................... 20 2" slide register - compiled by Margaret Hamilton Bach(?) ................................................................ 20 Photograph register - compiled by Margaret Hamilton Bach(?) .......................................................... 20 Slides re: Telekinesis - 2 sheets. ........................................................................................................... 20 Slides re: Trance - 1 sheet. ................................................................................................................... 20 Slides re: Teleplasm - 13 sheets. .......................................................................................................... 20 Glass Lantern Slides ................................................................................................................................ 20 Telekinesis - slide #'s: 4-5, [5a-5b], 8, 10-12, 17, 18, 20-21, [26a] - [26c]. ......................................... 20 Trance slides #'s: 27-29, [29a], 30-31, 33-35, 40-43, [44] - [49]. ........................................................ 21 Group I slide #'s: 1-3, 5, 5d. ................................................................................................................. 21 Group II slide #'s: 6a, 7a-8, 9, 9b, 10b- [10d], 11a, 12c. ..................................................................... 21 Group III slide #'s: 13d, 15a, 15c, 16b, 16c, 16e, 17c, 17e. ................................................................. 21 Group IV slides #'s: 18c, 18e, 18g, 18h. .............................................................................................. 21 Group V slide #'s: 19c, 20b, 20e. ......................................................................................................... 21 Group VI slides #'s: 22b, 22c, 22e, 22f, 23a, [24], 24c, 24d1, 24d2, 25c, 25d. ................................... 21 Group VII slides #'s: 27a, 27b, 28b, 28c, 28d, 28e. ............................................................................. 21 Group VIII slides #'s: 30, 30c, 31b. ..................................................................................................... 21 Group IX slides #'s: 32b, 32f, 32g, 32h, 33, 33a, 33b, 33d, 34, 34b, 34f, 34g. .................................... 22 Group X slides #'s: 4 36, 37b. .............................................................................................................. 22 Group XI slides #'s: 38a, 38c, 39a. ...................................................................................................... 22 Group XII slides #'s: 40b, 40c, 41a, 42b, 43a-45. ................................................................................ 22 Group XIII slides #'s: 46-47, [47.1], 47d, 48b. .................................................................................... 22 Group XIV slides #'s: 49e, 49g, 50, 51, 52a, 52c, 53b. ....................................................................... 22 Group XV slides #'s: no slides ............................................................................................................. 22 Group XVI slides #'s: no slides ............................................................................................................ 22 Group XVII slides #'s: 66a. .................................................................................................................. 22 Group XVIII slides #'s: 68-69b. ........................................................................................................... 23 The following slides do not correspond with the 2" slides, but are directly related to the Hamilton experiments and were taken using Hamilton camera equipment. ........................................................ 23 T.G.H. Lecture Series: - used by T.G.H. 1926-34, .............................................................................. 23 Psychic History - General - (1880-1910): ............................................................................................ 23 Psychic History - British: .....................................................................................................................
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