Walter Franklin Prince Correspondence
Scope and Contents
The correspondence of a parapsychologist. The letters sent to Walter Franklin Prince refer to religious matters, speeches, monuments, and minerals. Included is a signed letter from Walter Franklin Prince dated May 5, 1926 to Mr. S.O. Worthen in regard to the founding of the Boston Society for Psychic Research.
Dates
- 1886-1926
Creator
- Prince, Walter Franklin, 1863-1934 (Person)
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Biographical Note
Walter Franklin Prince, a parapsychologist, was born in Detroit, Maine in 1863 and died in Boston, Massachusetts in 1934. He was graduated at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary in 1881, received the degrees of A.B. in 1896 and Ph.D. in 1899 from Yale, and that of B.D. from Drew Theological Seminary in 1897. He preached for a number of years, holding pastorates of Methodist Episcopal churches in Maine and Connecticut and of Protestant Episcopal churches in Brooklyn, New York; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and San Bernardino, California. His church social work led to a study of abnormal psychology and psychic research. From 1917 to 1923 he was associated with the American Society for Psychical Research. He was one of the founders of the Boston Society for Psychic Research in 1925 and served as its executive research officer and editor of its publications, having resigned from the American Society for Psychical Research.
Extent
1 folder (26 Items)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The correspondence of a parapsychologist. The letters sent to Walter Franklin Prince refer to religious matters, speeches, monuments, and minerals. Included is a signed letter from Walter Franklin Prince dated May 5, 1926 to Mr. S.O. Worthen in regard to the founding of the Boston Society for Psychic Research.
General
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- Boston Society for Psychic Research
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Parapsychologists -- Massachusetts -- Boston Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Walter Franklin Prince Correspondence
- Status
- No Additional Box Or Folder List For This Small Collection
- Date
- 2012
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- Language of description note
- English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
