MARC Record from Library of Congress

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008 110601i18551887xx 000 0 eng
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040 $aDLC$cDLC$edacs
050 00 $aHoudini manuscripts collection 3
100 1 $aColeman, Benjamin.
245 10 $aBenjamin Coleman papers,$f1855-1887.
300 $a1 box.
351 $aCorrespondence, Spirit writings, Seance reports, and Transcriptions. Also present is the correspondence file in which some of the letters were placed.
545 $aBenjamin Coleman was a leading British spiritualist and author of Spiritualism in America (first published 1861.)
520 2 $aPapers chiefly of Benjamin Coleman; appears to have been part of a correspondence file. Correspondents include Epes Sargent and Charles F. Livermore. The Transcriptions consist of original typescripts and 2 carbons of most of the collection contents. The spirit writings are of Benjamin Franklin and Estelle Livermore (wife of Charles F. Livermore). The Seance reports are those of the Livermores and of some sessions held at "Mr. Stanford's" (Thomas Welton Stanford?).
561 $a"I bot this in a lot + placed it here." [signed] H[oudini].
541 $cBequest:$aEstate of Harry Houdini, April 1927.
600 10 $aColeman, Benjamin$vArchives.
600 10 $aSargent, Epes,$d1813-1880$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLivermore, Charles F.$vCorrespondence.
650 0 $aSpiritualism$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSpiritualists$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aSeances.
650 0 $aSpirit writings.
700 1 $aSargent, Epes,$d1813-1880.
700 1 $aLivermore, Charles F.
700 1 $aLivermore, Estelle$c(Spirit)
700 1 $aFranklin, Benjamin,$d1706-1790$c(Spirit)
710 2 $aHarry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC