Numbered contents held in single brown envelope. NB: see also Anita Gregory: Matthew Manning Investigation MS SPR/22

1 – Copy of letter to George Owen from Derek Manning dated 27 May 1971; concerns ‘renewed outbreak of poltergeist activity’
2 – Copy of letter from George Owen to Derek Manning dated 2 June 1971; concerns poltergeist activity re Matthew Manning
3 – Copy of letter from George Owen to the Headmaster of Oakham school dating 2 June 1971; concerns poltergeist activity re Matthew Manning
4 – Copy of letter from Derek Manning to George Owen dated 29 July 1971; concerning Matthew Manning with mention of Douglas Johnson
5 – Copy of letter from Derek Manning to George Owen dated 3 August 1971; concerns new poltergeist activity and automatic writing
6 – Copy of letter from [George Owen] to Derek Manning dated 16 August 1971; comments on new poltergeist activity and report of meeting with Douglas Johnson
7 – Copy of report titled ‘Investigation into Phenomena in an alleged haunted house, carried out between 25th., August and Sunday 29th., 1971, by Matthew Manning, Andrew Burn and Michael Lane.’
8 – Copy of letter from Derek Manning to George Owen dated 14 September 1971; concerns Matthew Manning, telepathy, and automatic writing
9 – Copy of letter from Matthew Manning to George Owen dated 15 September 1971; concerning poltergeist activity, clairvoyance, and further psychical topics
10 – Copy of letter from George Owen to Derek Manning dated 25 September 1971; concerning possible experiments with Matthew Manning with mention of D. J. West
11 – Letter from George Owen to D. J. west re Matthew Manning dating 27 September 1971
12 – Letter from D. J. West to George Owen dated 5 October 1971 re Matthew Manning
13 – Letter from George Owen to D. J. West dated 8 October 1971 re West’s response
14 – Letter from George Owen to D. J. West dated 14 October 1971re transcripts of Matthew Manning correspondence
15 – Letter to Matthew Manning dated 15 October 1971 re psychical experiences
16 – Letter from Matthew Manning to D. J. West dated 17 October 1971 re ESP experiment; attached is copy of test with Owen’s signature at bottom
17 – Letter from D. J. West to Matthew Manning re ESP letter
18 – Letter from D. J. West to George Owen dated 20 October 1971 re ESP test
19 – Letter from D. J. West to Matthew Manning dated 1 November 1971 re ESP test/experiment
20 – ‘D. J. West’s first interview with the Manning family […] on Wednesday, 3rd November 1971’ report
21 – Handwritten report titled ‘Matthew Manning interviewed in Vigaim(?)’s Room Trinity College by W.A.H. Rushton 24/12/1971’
22 – Letter from Matthew Manning to D. J. West dated 31 December 1971 re ESP testing and automatic writing
23 – Letter from D. J. West to Matthew Manning dated 20 January 1972 re automatic writing
24 – Letter from D. J. West to George Owen dated 20 January 1972 re Matthew Manning update
25 – Letter from D. J. West to Matthew Manning dated 20 January 1972 re automatic writing samples
26 – Letter from Matthew Manning to D. J. West dated 23 January 1972 re ESP testing
27 – Letter from D. J. West to Matthew Manning dated 25 January 1972 re ESP testing
27 (ii) – List of words for ESP testing
28 – Letter from Matthew Manning to Prof Hough dated 21 February 1972; concerns automatic drawings
29 – Letter from D. J. West to George Owen dated 25 February 1972 re Matthew Manning update
30 – Letter from George Owen to D. J. West dated 11 March 1972 re Matthew Manning general
31 – Letter from D. J. West to George Owen dated 11 May 1972 re Matthew Manning and BBC
32 – Letter from George Owen to D. J. West dated 2 June 1972; general update with mention of Mannings
33 – Letter from George Owen to Matthew Manning c.1972; general update with a mention of Anglo Saxon work(s?); on recto of letter is a written answer to ‘Question Number 15’ about a sonnet by Edmund Spencer
34 – Letter from John Beloff to D. J. West dated 22 May 1972 asking about Matthew Manning and connection to BBC
35 – Letter from D. J. West to John Beloff dated 26 May 1972 re Matthew Manning with mention of Adrian Parker
36 – Letter from Jocelyn Ryder-Smith to D. J. West dated 12 May 1972 concerning Matthew Manning, automatic writing, and possible future testing
37 – Collection of photocopied automatic writings of Matthew Manning dated 7 April 1972
38 – Letter from Jocelyn Ryder-Smith to D. J. West dated 9 June 1972 re questioning Matthew Manning
39 – Photocopies of questions and answers set to Matthew Manning re various spirit contacts
40 – Copy of questions post to Matthew Manning from Philip Styles with answers
41 – Letter from D. J. West to Jocelyn Ryder-Smith dated 12 June 1972 re Matthew Manning and ESP
42 – Letter from Jocelyn Ryder-Smith to D. J. West dated 5 July 1972 re visit to Matthew Manning
43 – Copies of Matthew Manning’s responses to letter ESP test with comments; further questions and answers re ESP/automatic writing; copies of relevant press cuttings
44 – Letter from D. J. West to Jocelyn Ryder-Smith dated 10 July 1972 re disappointment with Matthew Manning ESP results
45 – Press Cutting from Daily Mail dated 16 September 1974
46 – Press Cutting from Daily Mail dated 17 September 1974
47 – Press Cutting from Daily Mail dated 18 September 1974
48 – Copy of press cutting from Psychic News c.1974-77
49 – Press cutting from Woman to Woman 13 November 1976
50 – Copy of press cutting from Cambridge Evening News 3 December 1977
51 – Press Cutting from ? dated mid-to-late c.1970s
52 – Press Cutting from ? dated December 1976
53 – Copy of press cutting from ? dated mid-to-late c.1970s
54 – Psychic News dating 19 October 1974
55 – Psychic News dating 26 October 1974
56 – Psychic News dating 23 November 1974
57 – Press Cutting from Psychic News dating 21 December 1974
58 – Press Cutting from Psychic News dating 26 April 1975
59 – Press Cutting from Psychic News dating 14 June 1975
60 – Psychic News dating 12 July 1975
61 – Press Cutting from Psychic News dating 29 November 1975
62 – Psychic News dating 31 January 1976
63 – Psychic News dating 7 February 1976
64 – Psychic News dating 14 February 1976
65 – Press Cutting from Psychic News dating 28 February 1976
66 – Letter from Derek Manning to [Eleanor] O’Keeffee [sic] dating 1 December 1989 re Matthew Manning’s room
67 – Letter from Mary Rose Barrington to Derek Manning dating 8 December 1989 re photographs of Matthew Manning’s room
68 – Letter from Vernon Harrison to Eleanor O’Keeffe dating 12 December 1989 re photographic records of Matthew Manning’s room
69 – Letter from Vernon Harrison to Eleanor O’Keeffe dating 22 January 1990 re photographic records of Matthew Manning’s room
70 – Letter from Vernon Harrison to Eleanor O’Keeffe dating 28 February 1990 re photographic records of Matthew Manning’s room
71 – Letter from Vernon Harrison to Eleanor O’Keeffe dating 3 March 1990 re photographic records of Matthew Manning’s room
72 – Letter from Arthur Oram to Derek Manning dating 12 March 1990 re photographing Matthew Manning’s room
73 – Letter from Vernon Harrison to Eleanor O’Keeffe dating 8 May 1990 re photographing Matthew Manning’s room
74 – Letter from Vernon Harrison to Eleanor O’Keeffe dating 15 January 1991 re catalogue of photographs taken of Matthew Manning’s room
75 – ‘Catalogue of Signatures on the Walls of Queen’s House Linton, Cambridgeshire photographed on 1990 February 19 & 20’ compiled by Vernon Harrison 12 January 1991; incl. nine (9) photographs of signature
76 – ‘Signatures on the Walls of Queen’s House […] Some account of a photographic expedition to record them’ by Vernon Harrison 28 April 1990