Dates
Biography
Sir Alister Clavering Hardy (1896-1985), marine biologist, was Professor of Zoology, Hull University, 1928-42, Professor of Natural History, Aberdeen, 1942-46, and Linacre Professor of Zoology, Oxford, 1946-61. He founded the Religious Experience Research Centre at Manchester College Oxford in 1969. He joined SPR in 1949, and was President, 1965-69; Count Michael Perovsky-Petrovo-Solovovo (1868-1954), Russian-born psychical researcher, joined SPR in 1890 and participated in the Hallucinations Census, and later investigated mediums including Eusapia Palladino; Gardner Murphy (1895-1979), American psychologist and parapsychologist, joined SPR in 1927 and was President in 1949; Kathleen Agnes Robson Gay (1890-1969), parapsychologist, joined the SPR Council in 1950, and chaired the Sir Oliver Lodge Posthumous Test Committee.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9777/32/4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Published posthumously by Routledge & Kegan Paul, with a foreword by Colin Wilson
Dates:
1970
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS SPR/25
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection includes papers of individuals involved in psychical research, collections of papers relating to specific cases of paranormal activity, papers relating to the administration of the Society and also research and medium files. The collections include correspondence, notes, diagrams, drawings, photographs, newspaper articles and printed pamphlets.Held on deposit from the Society for Psychical Research since 1990.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to GDPR, material post-1932...
Dates:
1891-1968
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
