Albert de Rochas Papers
Mss.Ms.Coll.106
Series I. Correspondence | 1845-1916; 1882-1908 | 1.25 lin. feet | Box 1-3 | |
Although incomplete, even fragmentary, Rochas' correspondence touches on a wide range of his interests in psychic research between about 1885 and 1910, including some scarce published articles from the psychic and popular press and several pamphlets on topics of interest. In most cases, correspondents are represented by only one or two letters lacking Rochas' replies. Pieced together, however, these provide an outline of his major research interests and of his connections to other significant psychic researchers in France, Germany, Italy, and elsewhere, such as Albert Philibert Franz Schrenk-Notzing, Willy Reichel, Bogdan Hasdeu-Istrati, and Alexander Aksakoff. Rochas also maintained correspondence with a number of artists and writers, including James Tissot, Alphonse Mucha (although there are no letters from Mucha present). Concerned with documenting Spiritualist séances and exploring the underlying basis of psychic phenomena, Rochas received a regular influx of letters from other investigators describing their experiences and experiments. His colleagues kept Rochas informed of the activities of the mediums Eusapia Paladino and Charles Bailey, of research conducted in Italy, France, Germany, Australia, and the United States (see A. Van der Naillen), and there are excellent accounts of experiences with somewhat lesser known operators such as Mme Escalier (see Fernand Boudron), Mme. Adam (see the fascinating 10 page account of psychic occurrences at a seance by Lydie Rostoptchine), Mme Corner, and the Theosophist Mme Blavatsky. More unusual is the letter of M. Lagelouse, who writes that she has been persecuted for eight years, and who sends the names of friends near the moon to vouch for her. The Orientalism that marked Spiritualism and Spiritism in the latter decades of the 19th century can be seen throughout the Rochas Papers, not only in the correspondence with or about Theosophists. There are excellent letters on reincarnation from G. Berger, C. Cania, and Annie Besant (the Theosophist), and there is a hint of it in his interest in the possibility of the exmigration of the living soul (see Alexandre Goupil's Cas de vision fantomale and Cas de vision fantomale d'un vivant) and his work on Ecstasy. There is a considerable quantity of material on the sensitive Maria Mayo (Lina) -- Schrenck-Notzing's subject -- and on the physiological effect of music (see e.g. Frandoni Lacombe, Atelier Mucha). Among the miscellaneous items of note are a wonderful letter by the Danish military engineer E. Christmas-Dirckinck-Holmfeld on spirit photography, and a small number of letters from otherwise unidentified persons (e.g. Berthe Dole) who wrote to share their personal psychic experiences. | ||||
Adam, Mme | 1901 Feb. | 2 items | Box 1 | |
Re: Lina Access digital object: | ||||
Adamovich, Elisabeth | 1903 Dec. 18 | 2 items | Box 1 | |
Hypnotism and photography. Carte de visite of Adamovich transferred to Ser. II (under Varenik and Vladimirov. Access digital object: | ||||
Aksakoff, Alexander -- Un cas de dématérialization partielle du corps d'un medium | n.d. | AMs, 28p. | Box 1 | |
Mentions Guppy, Blavatsky, and others Access digital object: | ||||
Albarracin, Francisco | 1902 April 11 | ALS, 2p. | Box 1 | |
Wishes to meet to discuss Rochas' psychological studies | ||||
Anastay, E. | 1906 Apr. 29 | ALS, 4p. | Box 1 | |
Argus de la Presse | 1896, 1905 | 2 newsclippings | Box 1 | |
Arnould, Arthur | 1894 Dec. 21 | ALS, 3p. | Box 1 | |
Theosophy | ||||
Astruc, S. | 1889 Dec. 19 | ALS, 2p. | Box 1 | |
Atelier Mucha -- Premier Essai d'un Ballet: Avec Gestes et Pas Déterminés par les Actions Réflexes de la Musique sur l'Organisme Humain
| 1899 Dec. 3 | Pr. program, 6p. | Box 1 | |
With images taken from Rochas' "Les Sentiments, la Musique et le Geste" Access digital object: | ||||
Aubry, Desirée | n.d. | PC, 2p. | Box 1 | |
Bader, G. | 1897 July 9-17 | 2 ALsS | Box 1 | |
Mme Eugenie Engel; translation of the Seherin von Prevorst | ||||
Bailey, Charles -- La Seima et Ame -- W. Britton Harvey | 1908 | AMs, 11p. | Box 1 | |
Account of Bailey's "Miracles à Melbourne." Includes newspaper clipping "La disavventura del medium Bailey e de' suoi 'ignicolori'" (in Italian). | ||||
Barrett-Lennard, H. | 1900 Jan. 1 | ALS, 2p. | Box 1 | |
In English | ||||
Barruet, Elie | 1900 Feb. 28-1901 Jan. 30 | 5 items | Box 1 | |
Bartolomeis, Alissandro | n.d. | 2 items | Box 1 | |
Ghosts of living persons. In Italian | ||||
Bénezet, Alfred | 1909 Dec. 30-1910 Feb. 11 | 4 items | Box 1 | |
Mention of Charles Bailey, Aksakoff, Reichel, Fontenay, publications. "Nous continuons ici nos expériences." Dematerialization. | ||||
Bénezet, Jeannemaire | 1908 Dec. 15-1909 Jan. 5 | 3 ALsS | Box 1 | |
Berger, G. | n.d. | 2p. | Box 1 | |
On Reincarnation. | ||||
Besant, Annie | 1905 Oct. 7-Nov. 29 | 2 ALsS | Box 1 | |
On Reincarnation. | ||||
Bodroun, Fernand | n.d. | 2p. (inc.) | Box 1 | |
Instances of "exteriorization of sensibility" in séances with Mme Escalier, Mr. Tayons. Access digital object: | ||||
Boissans, Archdeacon | n.d. | ALS, 4p. | Box 1 | |
Photographs and "projections." | ||||
Boissonet, A. | 1902 Aug. 10 | ALS, 3p. | Box 1 | |
Borie, Albert -- Études physiognomiques [reading notes?] | n.d. | AMs, 4p. | Box 1 | |
Bornier, Henri | 1889 May 16 | ALS 2p. | Box 1 | |
L'Art des Thaumaturges, Magnetism. Access digital object: | ||||
Bourget, Paul -- Le double de Maupanant | n.d. | AMs, 1p. | Box 1 | |
Breazeale, Guillaume Eugène | 1890 May 19 | ALS, 1p. | Box 1 | |
From Belton, South Carolina. Wishes to study mathematics in Europe. | ||||
Briots, cas aux | 1904 June 7 | ALS, 2p. (inc.) | Box 1 | |
Experiences with Mme Lay-Fonvieille. | ||||
Brouardel, P. | 1889 Aug. 16 | ALS, 1p. | Box 1 | |
Cania, C. | 1905 Jan. 29 | ALS, 4p. | Box 1 | |
"Si chaque changement de personalité serait un Entité nouvelle qui se présente, vous seriez trompé!" Magnetism, reincarnation. | ||||
Cahagnet, Alphonse -- Les Arcanes de la Vie Future Dévoilés
| n.d. | Printed pam, 4p. | Box 1 | |
Caillard, Paul | 1900-1916 | 4 items | Box 1 | |
Calvé, E. | n.d. | ALS, 4p. | Box 1 | |
Access digital object: | ||||
Carnot, Adolphe | 1900 Nov. 6 | Wedding invtitation | Box 1 | |
Access digital object: | ||||
Cavaignac, | n.d. (Dec. 14) | ALS, 2p. | Box 1 | |
Cazaux, Em de | 1896 Dec. 28 | ALS, 2p., printed flier | Box 1 | |
Christmas-Dirckinck-Holmfeld, E. de | 1895 Nov. 20 | ALS, 4p. | Box 1 | |
Psychic photography | ||||
Coillot, Col. | 1895 Feb. 9 | ALS, 2p. | Box 1 | |
Collot, J. | 1895 Feb. 8 | ALS, 1p. | Box 1 | |
Colson, R. | 1889 Nov. 17 | ALS, 2p. | Box 1 | |
Combe, E. | 1889 June 3 | PC, 1p. | Box 1 | |
Constantin, comte de | 1898 Mar. 8 | ALS, 2p. | Box 1 | |
Magnetism. | ||||
Cotes, Jean | 1900 April 11 | ALS, 3p. | Box 1 | |
Croula, Edward | 1897 June 21 | ALS, 2p. | Box 1 | |
"Doubles" of the living. | ||||
Crozat, Marie de | n.d. | ALS, 2p. | Box 1 | |
Dame Noire et Dame Blanche | n.d. | Newspaper clipping | Box 1 | |
Dariex, Dr. | 1901 Mar. 25 | ALS, 1p. | Box 1 | |
Sending address of Schrenck-Notzing | ||||
Debron, Paul | 1900-1901 | 7 ALsS | Box 1 | |
De la Crois, J. E. | 1890 Jan. 17 | ALS, 1p. | Box 1 | |
Delanne, G. | 1911 Apr. 4 | ALS, 2p. | Box 1 | |
Denizet, H. | 1901 Jult 29 | ALS, 3p. | Box 1 | |
Des Snart, G. T. | n.d. | ALS, 3p. | Box 1 | |
Dessin a remettre a Devaux... [dessein d'un echelle double] | 1839 June | Tech. drawing | Box 1 | |
Deux Amis arrivent a Mégare... | n.d. | AMs, 33p. | Box 1 | |
On telepathy and psychic experiences | ||||
Doinel, Jules | 1892 Mar. 23 | ALS, 4p. | Box 1 | |
Dole, Berthe | 1897 July 5-27 | 2 ALsS | Box 1 | |
Magnetic experiences with her mother and others and practical results. | ||||
Dolat, M. | n.d. | ALS, 4p. | Box 1 | |
Donop | 1893 June 3 | ALS, 4p. | Box 1 | |
Echaguez, F. | n.d. | ALS, 6p. | Box 1 | |
Interest in psychic experiences. From Spanish Embassy in Paris. | ||||
L'Écho du Merveilleux 12, no. 277 | 1908 July 15 | Magazine | Box 1 | |
L'Écho du Merveilleux 13, no. 291 | 1909 Feb. 15 | Magazine | Box 1 | |
Psychic mag. With article by W. T. Stead | ||||
Ecstase | n.d. | 20 items | Box 1 | |
Includes manuscript notes on ecstasy and divination in antiquity and 4 printed articles: "A propos de reves prémonitaires et de paramnésie;" "Faits anormaux;" "De la folie religieuse;" "Phénomenes Mystiques" (from Le Voile d'Isis) | ||||
Faure-Biguet, P. | 1894 Dec.-1904 June 10 | 3 items | Box 1 | |
Fernandez, Federico | 1898 Sept. 21 | ALS, with trans. | Box 1 | |
In Spanish, from Sec. of the Argentine Theosophical Society | ||||
Fevrier, J. | 1890 Aug. 12 | ALS, 2p. | Box 1 | |
Flamion, J. | 1897 Feb. 16 | ALS, 5p. | Box 1 | |
Psychic experiences. | ||||
Flammarion, Sylvie | 1893 Jan. 22 | ALS, 3p. | Box 1 | |
Fontenay, Guillaume de | 1910 Jan. 2-Feb. 11 | 2 ALsS | Box 1 | |
Mentions Bailey and Richet. | ||||
Foras, Eloi Amédée Jacques François de | 1876 Dec. 19 | ALS, 4p. | Box 1 | |
Foudrier, Adrien | 1849 Oct. 16 | ALS, 1p. | Box 1 | |
Gaillard, M. -- Oisivetés de M. Vauban (Paris: J. Corréard, 1845) | 1845 | Pam., 137p. : ill. | Box 1 | |
With extra sheets from "Sur l'usage que l'on peut faire des Galères en Bretagne." | ||||
Gacogne, E. | n.d. | ALS, 4p. | Box 1 | |
Gobers, F. | 1891 Jan. 30 | ALS, 3p. | Box 1 | |
Military service in Poland, Russia. | ||||
Goupil, Alexandre[?] | 1909 Aug. 1 | ALS and enclosure | Box 1 | |
Encloses "Cas de vision fantomale" and "Cas de vision fantomale d'un vivant." | ||||
Gordon-Setter-Club -- Programme et Reglement des Field-Trials de 1891
| 1891 | Pam., 8p. | Box 1 | |
Paul Caillard, President | ||||
Grandhauy, Gerard | 1888 Nov. 24 | ALS, 4p. | Box 1 | |
Gramont, A. | n.d. | ALS, 2p. | Box 1 | |
Haemmerle, Agathe | 1902 June 6 | ALS, 4p. | Box 1 | |
Hasdeu-Istrati, Bogdan Petriceicu | 1895 Aug. 12-1899 Feb. 14 | 2 ALsS | Box 1 | |
See Series II for photographs enclosed. | ||||
Havet, L. | 1882 Feb. 2 | ALS, 2p. | Box 1 | |
Henderson, E. | 1890 Jan. 29 | ALS, 2p. | Box 1 | |
Henry, Charles -- Application de Nouveaux Instruments de Précision... à l'Archéologie (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1890) | 1890 | Pam., 31p. | Box 1 | |
Henry, Charles -- Le Livre de l'Avenir | n.d. | Newspaper clipping | Box 1 | |
Henry, Charles -- Sur une Loi Générale des Réactions Psycho-Motrices (Paris: Assoc. Française des Sciences, 1888) | 1889 | Pam., 37p. | Box 1 | |
Hübbe-Scheliden, Wilhelm | 1901 Apr. 14 | PC, 1p. | Box 1 | |
Ille[?], Ch. d' | 1909 Oct. 14 | ALS, 4p. | Box 1 | |
Joire, Paul -- "Étude de Psychologie Musicale, L'Expression Pure des Sentiments et des Passions" | n.d. | 8p. | Box 1 | |
With photos of Lina Access digital object: | ||||
Kardec, Allan -- Phénomènes Spirites Observés auGroupe Amitié de Lyon de 1884 à 1890 (Tours, 1895) | 1895 | Pam, 29p. | Box 1 | |
Keil, Alfred | 1903 May 25 | ALS, 1p. | Box 1 | |
Kjellman, F. | 1889 Aug. 21 | ALS, 2p. | Box 1 | |
Human magnetism. | ||||
Labadye, cte de | n.d. | ALS, 2p. | Box 2 | |
Lacombe, Mad. Frandoni | n.d. | ALS, 7p. | Box 2 | |
Music and the sentiments. Access digital object: | ||||
Lacoste | 1893 Aug. 10 | ALS, 4p. | Box 2 | |
Laffaut, C. | 1889 May 9 | ALS, 4p. | Box 2 | |
Lagelouse, M. | 1903 Mar. 10 | ALS, 4p. | Box 2 | |
Has been persecuted for eight years; sends names of friends near the moon to vouch for her. | ||||
Lamontas, Marie de | n.d. | 5 ALsS | Box 2 | |
Langalerud, G. de | 1890 Feb. 2, 22 | 2 ALsS | Box 2 | |
Le Bon, Gustave | n.d. | Pr. Invitation | Box 2 | |
Lemoine, Emile | n.d. | ANS, 1p. | Box 2 | |
Lina | 2 folders | Box 2 | ||
Folder 1 | 1884 | 2 items | Box 2 | |
Lina M. was a young woman with whom, Schrenk-Notzing conducted experiments in thought transferrance. Includes pam: Premier Essay d'un Ballet and copy of Bulletin de l'Imprimerie et de la Librarie, Oct. 25, 1884. Access digital object: | ||||
Folder 2 | 1901 Nov. 4 | ALS, 2p. | Box 2 | |
Includes 4 other items of uncertain relationship foldered together. | ||||
Linder | 1894 Mar. 10 | ALS with encl. | Box 2 | |
Encloses letter to Linder | ||||
Magnin, Emile | 1904-1905 | 5 items | Box 2 | |
Includes 2 ALsS, PC, and 2 pams: "'Magdeleine' Étude sur le Geste au Moyen de l'Hypnose" and "De l'Interprétation artistique" (with photos of Lina). Access digital object: | ||||
Marie(?) | 1906 Jan. 21 | ALS, 1p. | Box 2 | |
Dariex has recommended Rochas as the person to give permission to reproduce photographs of "doubles." Author is editor of Nice Illustré. | ||||
Les Matérialisations
| 1906 | Pr.Ms, 18p. | Box 2 | |
Maugin, L.(?) | 1888 Nov. 9 | ALS, 2p. | Box 2 | |
Maurice, C. | 1900 July 10 | ALS, 1p. | Box 2 | |
Maxwell, Joseph | 1905, 1910 | 2 items | Box 2 | |
Includes copy of Maxwell's pam. Sur les Phénomènes de Hantise (Paris, 1905). | ||||
Mesnard, H. | 1911 Mar. 28 | ALS, 2p. | Box 2 | |
Sending a photograph taken by new process. Includes note and envelope that may not be related. | ||||
Meyerson, Émile -- Les Travaux de M. Charles Henry sur une Théorie Mathématique de l'Expression (Paris: Armand Collin, 1890) | 1890 | Pam., 5p. | Box 2 | |
Montorsaux, Georges | n.d. | ALS, 2p. | Box 2 | |
Moskvitissoff, Barbe de | 1897 Apr. 15 | ALS, 3p. | Box 2 | |
Moulins, L. | n.d. | ALS, 1p. | Box 2 | |
Néon, Françcois de -- De Françcois de Néon, Courrier de Paris, Sue le Sueil du Mystère | n.d. | AMs, 6p. | Box 2 | |
Occultism, notes | n.d. | AMs, 14 items | Box 2 | |
Occultisme Pratique
| n.d. | Pr. Ms, 6p. | Box 2 | |
Olivier, Emile | 1894 July 12 | AMsS Poem, 3p. | Box 2 | |
Orléans, Henri Philippe Marie, prince d' | n.d. | 5 items | Box 2 | |
Includes 3 ALsS, newspaper clipping on Orleans, and calling card for Robert d'Orleans. Mentions Eusapia Paladino. | ||||
Peaucellier, Gen. | 1888 Sept. 26 | Pr. Circ. LS, 3p. (2 cies) | Box 2 | |
Pelletier, Horace | 1888-1890 | 6 ALsS | Box 2 | |
Spiritualism and spiritualists | ||||
Perneuil, C. de. | 1895-1897 | 2 ALsS | Box 2 | |
Perrin, Maurice-Henri | 1906 Apr. 7 | ALS, 4p. | Box 2 | |
Perrot, G. | 1887 May 30 | ALS, 4p. | Box 2 | |
Pfeifer, Xaver -- "Des Goldenen Schnittes," Sphinx 4, 24 (1887): 369 ff. | 1887 | Pr. M, 28p. | Box 2 | |
In German | ||||
Pierrou(?), Gen. | n.d. | 3 ALsS | Box 2 | |
Pillot, J. | n.d. | ALS, 2p. | Box 2 | |
Pinot, Anna | 1893 May 22 | ALS, 3p. | Box 2 | |
Piore, L. C. Em. | 1898 Apr. 22 | ALS, 2p. | Box 2 | |
Polosoff, N. de | 1889 Aug. 16 | ALS, 2p. | Box 2 | |
Pont, Abbé de -- Réflexions à Propos des Origines du Patois de la Tarentaise (Paris, 1872) | 1872 | Pam., 24p. | Box 2 | |
A Propos de Rachel | n.d. | AMs, 4p. | Box 2 | |
Reboux, Paul (?) -- Instinct des animaux | n.d. | AMs, 6p. | Box 2 | |
With newspaper clipping signed by Reboux. | ||||
Recherches expérimentales au sujet du Fantôme des Vivants
| n.d. | Pr. Ms, 18p. | Box 2 | |
Reichel, Willy | 1909-1910 | 18 items | Box 2 | |
Includes letter from Charles Bailey, T. Thomassins, H. Beckh | ||||
[Reichel, Willy]. Le Professeur Willy Reichel | 1909 | AMs, 11p. | Box 2 | |
Ripault, A. | 1897 Oct. 10 | ALS, 4p., encl. | Box 2 | |
Revue Ampère 2 (1901) | 1901 | Pam. | Box 2 | |
Revue Suisse des Sciences Psychiques 1 (1913) | 1913 | Pam., 32p. | Box 2 | |
Rochas D'Aiglun, Eugene Auguste Albert [Biographical entry in Dictionnaire Biographique Internationale des écrivains des Artistes...] | n.d. | Pr. Ms, p.53-56 | Box 2 | |
Rochas D'Aiglun, Eugene Auguste Albert -- Les Doctrines Chimiques au XVIIe Siècle (Paris, 1888) | 1888 | Pam., 13p. | Box 2 | |
Includes loose illus. showing points of connection between points on the face and parts of the body and newspaper clipping "Malades et médecins -- Curieuse étude de M. Albert de Rochas," Sept. 27, 1890. | ||||
Rochas D'Aiglun, Eugene Auguste Albert -- "Enrégistrement photographique des êtres et radiations de l'espace," Lumière no. 329 (1908) | 1908 | Pam. (2 copies), 8p. | Box 2 | |
Reprint. | ||||
Rochas D'Aiglun, Eugene Auguste Albert -- Les expériences très intéressants de M. de Rochas... | n.d. | AMs, 13p. | Box 2 | |
Rochas D'Aiglun, Eugene Auguste Albert -- "Les Fantomes des Vivants," Sciences Psychique 5 (1905): 257-272 | 1895 | Pr. Ms, 15p. | Box 2 | |
Rochas D'Aiglun, Eugene Auguste Albert -- "Nouvelles expériences relatives au coprs astal et au rapport magnétique," La Vie Nouvelle
| n.d. | Newspaper clipping, 2p. | Box 2 | |
Rochas D'Aiglun, Eugene Auguste Albert -- Psychic research. Notes | n.d. | AMs, 10p. | Box 2 | |
Notes of "suggestions abstraits," transport of sensibility, photographic evidence. | ||||
Rochas D'Aiglun, Eugene Auguste Albert -- "Le Rêve" | n.d. | AMs and Pr. Ms, 15p. | Box 2 | |
Source uncertain. | ||||
Rochas D'Aiglun, Eugene Auguste Albert -- "Les sentiments, la musique et le geste," Journal d'Études Psychologiques
| 1901 | Page proof | Box 2 | |
Rochas D'Aiglun, Eugene Auguste Albert -- "Les vies successives" | n.d. | Pr. Ms, 4p. | Box 2 | |
[Rochas d'Aiglun, Edouard Eugène Louis de. Death notice] | 1899 May 5 | Pr. Ms, 1p. | Box 2 | |
Rochas D'Aiglun, François Gabriel Henri -- Marriage contract with Marie Madeleine Claire Caillard | 1901 Aug. 3 | DS, 4p. | Box 2 | |
Rossolowsko, W. | 1901 May 20 | ALS, 4p. | Box 2 | |
Aksakoff's health. Translation of the Seherin von Prevorst. | ||||
Rostoptchine, Lydie | 1900 | 4 items | Box 2 | |
Includes 2 ALsS, ANS, List. | ||||
Rostoptchine, Lydie -- Une Matinée chez Madame Adam en 1900, par la contesse Lydie Rostoptchine | 1900 | AMs, 10p. | Box 2 | |
[Rothschild, James de]. Le Baron James de Rothschild | n.d. | Pr. Ms, 8p. | Box 2 | |
With frontis. engr. of Rothschild. Source uncertain, signed (in print) Morgand et Fatout. | ||||
Saint Antoine de Padove | n.d. | AMs, 12p. | Box 2 | |
Probably part of longer mss (pages numbered beginning 5). | ||||
Sanchez, F. | 1896 Dec. 20 | ALS, 3p. | Box 2 | |
Sassan, Angèle Autine | 1897 June 6 | ALS, 3p. | Box 2 | |
[Saul, H.]? | n.d. | 3 ALsS | Box 2 | |
Sausse, Henri -- Le Spiritisme à Lyon (Saint-Amand, Switzerland: Daniel-Chambon, 1905) | 1905 | Pam., 26p. | Box 2 | |
Schrenk-Notzing, Albert Philibert Franz | 1901 June 18 | Box 2 | ||
Schrenk-Notzing, Albert Philibert Franz -- "Telepathische experimente des Sonderausschusses der Psychologischen Gesellschaft zu München," Sphinx
| 1887 | Offprint, 11p. | Box 2 | |
Experiments with Lina. Access digital object: | ||||
Scymon, R.(?) | 1885 Dec. 22 | ALS, 4p. | Box 2 | |
Sebert, Gen. | 1892 May 4 | ALS, 2p. | Box 2 | |
Sue, Eugene | 1846 Oct. 24 | ALS, 4p. | Box 2 | |
Letter to Eugene Sue from a German admirer, "E." | ||||
Sulzbach, M. | n.d. | ALS, 3p. | Box 2 | |
Thesosophy | 1905 | 3 items | Box 2 | |
Includes AMs, Phénomênes de régressions de la mémorie and ALsS from D. A. Corumes (Mar. 25, 1905) and C. Remise (May 23, 1905) | ||||
Thomassins, Gen. | 1892 Nov. 20 | ALS, 1p. | Box 2 | |
Tissot, James | 1895 Oct. 28 | ALS, 2p. | Box 2 | |
Access digital object: | ||||
La Tribute Psychique no. 113 (1906) | 1906 Sept. | Mag., 8p. | Box 2 | |
With article on seances with medium M. Miller. | ||||
La Tribute Psychique no. 116 (1906) | 1906 Dec. | Mag., 8p. | Box 2 | |
More on medium Miller. | ||||
Ulmès, J. d' | 1907 Feb. 15 | ALS, 4p. | Box 2 | |
Mention of Lina, "l'hypnotisée." | ||||
Valière, Laurent | 1903 Nov. 12 | ALS, 4p. | Box 3 | |
Van der Naillen, A. | 1902-1906 | 7 ALsS | Box 3 | |
Mention of Thomassins, Bailey, Reichel, Miller; Spiritualism in California. | ||||
Van Rutten, A. | 1897 June 8 | ALS, 1p. | Box 3 | |
Vaud(?) G. | 1889 Mar. 11 | ALS, 3p. | Box 3 | |
Vaux-Royer, Rose M. | 1901 June 14 | ALS, 2p. | Box 3 | |
Queries on telepathy and psychic research from the Bureau of Psychic Research f the One Hundred Year Club. | ||||
Viard, G. | 1904 Jan. 23 | ALS, 3p. | Box 3 | |
Vicat, C. | 1899 Apr. 27 | ALS, 2p. | Box 3 | |
Villeneuve, M. de | 1895 July 4 | ALS, 3p. | Box 3 | |
Villewitz, T. de | 1903 Feb. 26 | ALS, 4p. | Box 3 | |
Virien, Mis de | 1895-1900 | 2 ALsS | Box 3 | |
Compliments on Rochas' exteriorisation of sensibility. | ||||
Visani Scozzi, Paolo | 1897-1898 | 3 ALsS | Box 3 | |
In Italian (one with translation into French). Re: Eusapia Paladino, Camille Flammarion. | ||||
Vitte, P. | 1894-1896 | 6 ALsS | Box 3 | |
Volpi, E. | 1901 Nov. 18 | PC, 1p. | Box 3 | |
Waldner de Freundstein, Thuret contesse de | 1902 Apr. 22-May 1 | 3 ALsS | Box 3 | |
Mention of Eusapia Paladino. | ||||
Wallace, Alfred Russel -- "Étude sur les apparitions" Annales des Sciences Psychiques
| n.d. | Pr. Ms., 30p. | Box 3 | |
Watraszewski, Xavier de | 1898 Sept. 18 | ALS, 4p. | Box 3 | |
Eusapia Paladino. | ||||
Wendelstadt, Albertine, baronne de | 1900 | 5 items | Box 3 | |
Willenewitz, M. | n.d. | ALS, 2p. | Box 2 | |
Wiszniewski | 1898 Mar. 14-1900 July 25 | 2 ALsS | Box 3 | |
Seances with Mme Corner, reference to William Crookes and Kaite King. | ||||
Witte, Gen. | 1898 Sept. 21 | ALS, 3p. | Box 3 | |
Wladimiroff, Cécile de | 1908 June 23 | ALS, 3p. | Box 3 | |
Wrchovsky, Guillaume | 1907 Apr. 14 | ALS, 3p. | Box 3 | |
Hypnotism and regression; Indians. | ||||
Wulff, Gen. | 1889 Dec. 29 | ALS, 2p. | Box 3 | |
Yve-Plessis, R. | 1899 Dec. 23-26 | 3 items | Box 3 | |
Miscellaneous | n.d. | 11 items | Box 3 | |
Miscellaneous: calling cards and invitations | n.d. | 13 items | Box 3 | |
Illegible and unidentified | 1862 May 2-1910 Jan. 27 | 17 items | Box 3 | |
Series II. Photographs | 1873-1921 | 0.5 lin. feet | Box 3 | |
Rochas evidently placed a great importance on photography as a means of documenting elusive spiritual and psychic phenomena, and the Rochas Papers includes 69 photographs depicting spirits, psychic forces, séances, mediums, and "sensitives" taken between ca.1875 and 1900. Spirit photographs seem to have been of particular interest, and his papers include two interesting images taken by the famed (and debunked) Parisian Eugène Buguet, two prints of the spirit Bien Boa (a "Brahmin" materialized by the medium Marthe Béraud), and several other images, the most intriguing of which was taken in Elizabeth, N.J., of Elena de Obarrio, in which her guardian spirit and the spirit of her sleeping (and very much alive) brother also appear. This image was taken by, or with the assistance of the Cuban medium J. R. Simoni. Rochas also kept photographs of a séance conducted by Guy de Fontenay with Eusapia Paladino at Montfor l'Amaury, July 1897, including two cabinet cards of a séance in progress and a psychically-produced image of Paladino's face. Less common are a suite of photographs that demonstrate the reality of psychic forces. A fine carte de visite of Gustave Flaschoen taken by the British photographer Brittlebank displays the "force psychique sortant de ses mains," while three cartes provide a dramatic illustration of psychic force being generated by a circle held by the medium John Beattie in Bristol, England. The photographs Rochas collected of "sensitives" reflect his interests in the physical effects of art and music and his interest in the experience of religious or spiritual ecstasy. Other images document psychic forces in less concrete ways. The collection includes a series of 11 images associated with the Romanian psychic investigator Bogdan Hasdeu-Istrati (see also his correspondence), 11 "doubles" of Mme. Lambert, sent to Rochas by the editor G. Delanne, and the image by Mme de Valpinson are generally difficult to interpret visually, while in those of Paolo Visani Scozzi (apparently mounted for public display) one can see dim faces arising from amorphous psychic clouds. Rochas was also not coincidentally interested in x-radiography, acquiring a very early (March 1897) x-radiograph of a hand, apparently kept as demonstration that photography could reveal structures otherwise hidden to the eye. Equally interesting are several images taken by the photographer Nadar, including five boudoir cards of Rochas himself with an astral body "obtenu par trucage." | ||||
Beattie, John, 1820-1883.
"Photo obtenu par Mr. J. Beattie, en 1872, à Bristol Reçu de lui en Oct. 1873. A. Aksakof" | 1873 Oct. | 4 cartes de visite | Box 3 | |
Depicting spirit circle with psychic force emanating from hands. Also includes halftone reproduction of three of the images. | ||||
Séance with John Beattie, medium. | 1872 | 1 item | ||
Abstract: Four men sitting around table, "psychic force" visible in center of group and at top of photograph. Access digital object: | ||||
Béraud, Marthe.
Spirit Bien Boa | 1905 | 2 silver prints | Box 3 | |
Photos taken of spirit on Indian Brahmin materialized by medium Eva C. (Marthe Béraud) before investigator Charles Richet. | ||||
Spirit of Bien Boa appearing to medium Marthe Beraud. | ca. 1890 | 1 photograph(s) | ||
Abstract: View of figure with hood and loose clothes. Access digital object: | ||||
Blois.
Extase religieuse par la premon de front | n.d. | Cab. card | Box 3 | |
Brittlebank, A..
Dr. Flaschoen, "force psychique sortant de ses mains." | 1875 | Carte de visite | Box 3 | |
Abstract: Full length view of Dr. Flaschoen sitting at desk, "psychic force" coming from his hands. Possibly the artist Gustave Flaschoen? Access digital object: | ||||
Buguet, Edouard-Isidore, 1840-.
Female spirit | 1875 | Carte de visite | Box 3 | |
Female Spirit | 1875 | 1 item(s) | ||
Abstract: Full length view of transparent figure of female in robes beside table. Access digital object: | ||||
Buguet, Edouard-Isidore, 1840-.
Dr. Puch et Mme Puch | 1875 | Carte de visite | Box 3 | |
Dr. Puch et Mme Puch | 1875 | 1 item(s) | ||
Abstract: Full length view of man seated, with spirit in death pose behind him. Access digital object: | ||||
Castellani, Federico.
Photographe spirite du capitaine Volpi | n.d. | Cabinet card | Box 3 | |
Volpi with female spirit. | ||||
Chowasky, Gen. | n.d. | Silver print | Box 3 | |
"Doubles" Photos sent by Delanne, taken of Mme. Lambert | 1906 | 11 prints | Box 3 | |
Ecstatic | n.d. | 2 cartes, 2 enlargements | Box 3 | |
"Études photo magnétique d'hypnose" | n.d. | 2 mounted albumens | Box 3 | |
One depicts Rochas and female hypnotic subject, the other a woman (hypnotized?) painting at an easel. | ||||
Fakir | n.d. | Printing out print | Box 3 | |
Hasdeu-Istrati, Bogdan Petrice.
Psychic photographs | 1893 | 11 printing out prints | Box 3 | |
Most enclosed in letter of 1895 Aug. 12 | ||||
Karren, Mme. Musique. "Portrait de sensitif" | n.d. | Boudoir card | Box 3 | |
Lina (photographs of 1. castle and 2. group of six persons in boat) | n.d. | 2 mounted albumen prints | Box 3 | |
Nadar.
"Corps astral obtenu par trucage" | 1893 | 5 boudoir cards | Box 3 | |
Nadar astral portrait of Eugene Rochas, sitting. | ca. 1890 | 1 photograph(s) | ||
Abstract: Eugene Rochas seated, with "psychic force" surrounding him. Access digital object: | ||||
Nadar astral portrait of Eugene Rochas, standing. | ca. 1890 | 1 photograph(s) | ||
Abstract: Full length view of man standing next to chair, "psychic force" surrounding him. Access digital object: | ||||
Nadar.
"Photographie du corps fluidique de Mme Lambert (deux fantomes de droites)" and "Photographie du corps astral de Mme. Lambert" | 1893 June 3 | 2 boudoir cards | Box 3 | |
Obarrio, Elena de. Mlle Elena de Obarrio incarnée. Spirite 1o son Gardien (à gauche) 2o son jeune frère (à droite, celui-ci dormait à cet instant dans sa maison située à 300 pas de la fotografie. Elizabet, New Jersey" | 1875 Nov. | Carte de visite | Box 3 | |
Medium J. R. Simoni of Cuba. | ||||
Paladino, Eusapia | 1897 July 27 | 3 prints | Box 3 | |
3 photos from seance with Guy de Fontenay at Montfor l'Amaury, July 1897: 2 cabinet cards of seance at table, psychic impression of face. | ||||
Picardy, Charles.
Unidentified miniatures | n.d. | 2 silver prints | Box 3 | |
"Radiographie. Plaque impressionié pendant la nuit par les affleuves de l'abbé Gobart" | 1894 | Mounted p.o.p. | Box 3 | |
"Souvenir de baptême de l'air" | 1921 Sept. 28 | Silver print | Box 3 | |
French officers in front of biplane. | ||||
Spirit photograph [unidentified image of two shrouded figures | n.d. | Printing out print | Box 3 | |
Valpinson, Mme de "[illeg.] obtenu par Mme de Valpinson. Je ne sais comment. Avec des plaques du Dr. Egbert Müller, Berlin..." | n.d. | Boudoir card | Box 3 | |
Varenik and Vladimirov.
Grn. Mickhail Efremovich Adamovich | n.d. | Carte de visite | Box 3 | |
Virien, Mis de.
X-radiograph of hand | 1897 Nov. | Silver print | Box 3 | |
Visani-Scozzi, Paolo. Psychic photos from seances with comtesse Mainardi and Ugo Donati | 1898 Sept. 8-10 | 6 prints | Box 3 | |
Mounted in pairs with description. |