| Level | Item |
| Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure) | OLLAdd/212 |
| Title | Notes for Oliver Lodge written by J. Arthur Hill |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Date | c 1911 |
| Description | 5 pages reflecting Lodge's interest in spiritualism and psychic research these papers are titled 'Notes for Sir Oliver Lodge's private information' and contain a brief list of psychics and an account of an experience with a medium named Watson. The first two pages consist of the names of medium's and sitter's and a brief assessment and description of some of them. They are primarily based in Halifax and the names noted with pseudonyms are: Miss MacDonald (Miss McCreadie), Watson (Aaron Wilkinson), Frank Knight (W.E. Jenkinson), Joseph Oddy (J.W. Nicholl), Miss Napier (Miss Marriott). The final three pages of the notes contain the report of a sitting with the medium Watson and how he contacted the dead mother of their mutual acquaintance, 'Knight'. The notes are clearly written by someone close to Lodge since they have a personal tone, presumably by John Arthur Hill (1872-1951) author of the book in which these notes were found and for whom Oliver Lodge wrote the introduction. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Physical Description | This item was found inserted in the book 'New Evidences in Psychical Research', 1911, by J. Arthur Hill, located in the Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections department at classmark r BF 1371. |