Inventory of copies of Richard Rose's notes, letters
by SH
Renumbered 9/24/2012
Item Date Pages / format Published - whole or part Scanned 9/24 Title Contents
Letters, notes, 1947, 1948
1 1947-1004-or-1104 5 pages typed Yes Yes Temptation Published May 2001 in TAT Forum here: tatfoundation.org/forum2001-05.htm#1
2 1948-0125 2 pages typed. From Alliance, Ohio No Yes (letter to "Friend Casimir") Reference to a meeting with him and Martin. Reference to a prior letter from Casimir dated 1/20/1948. Elaborate diplomacy regarding Rose's skepticism of Casimir's statements, referring to Masons. Proposal of telepathic experiments (see next letter). Martin's wife has asked him for a divorce.
3 1948-0228 2 pages typed. From Alliance, Ohio No Yes (letter to "Friend Casey") Notes and comments of telepathic experiments done by Rose, plus their dates (Jan-Feb 1948) Somewhat apologetic over the effort and results. Fortean Society, newspaper reports of UFO over Ohio, Rosicrucian group, comments on people in Rose's group.
Letters, group meeting minutes, investigations, 1957, 1958
Rose's letters are from 1674 High Street, Benwood
4 1957-0800 (month only, no day) 1 page typed No Yes The Cullens Case Rose summarizes his meeting of a Mr. and Mrs. Culllens of Georges Run, Ohio, who's deceased teenaged daughter had been materialized at a séance at Camp Chesterfield. They show Rose a "print" supposedly materialized from their daughter, posthumously.
5 1957-0817 1 1/8 pages typed No Yes Spiritualism Trip to Ephrata [Pennsylvania] to witness phenomena. Names of people attending. Camp Silver Bell. The only worthwhile part of he trip was a visit to the site of an unrelated mystic colony called The Cloister, now a museum.
6 1957-0909 2 pages typed No Yes Experiments in Hypnosis - Sitting #1 Howard Malcolm hypnotizes Phyllis Rose. Richard Rose hypnotoizes William Niven. Sitting 2 (p2) Malcolm hypnotizes Ed Hazlett and John Kopitke (spelled with K").
7 1957-0920 1 page handwritten No Sitting #3 Just lists the persons who could and could not attend, "Discussed possible procedure," plus address/phone # of 3 people.
8 1957-1004 2 pages typed No Sitting #4 - Benwood Group meeting notes; table tilting experiment, list of possibilities to be explored with hypnosis, notes on results of experiments, some conclusions.
9 1957-1015 - should this be 9/15? 1 page typed No Yes Table levitation (date wrong? session #2 is missing) Only 3 days before next meeting - date may be wrong? Description of table tilting experiment; an intelligence appears and is asked to identify itself.
10 1957-1018 1 page typed No Yes Sitting #5 - Steubenville - Kopitka's Rose hypnotizes some people and describes how; a table tilting experiment. Copitke spelled with "C"
11 1957-1101 and 1115 1 page typed No Yes Sittings #6 - Benwood - and #7 - Steubenville - Kopitka's Meeting at Rose's in Benwood; meeting at Copitke's in Stuebenville.
12 1957-1206 2 pages typed No Yes Celibacy meeting No experimentation; a discussion on celibacy. "Negro" minister Esau Williams. Mr D-A is against celibacy, Rose is for it. Rose read from Blavatsky. Rose details his views, something of a disertation, apparently composed after the meeting.
13 1958-0131 - year presumed 2 page handwritten, only a Steubenville address on p.2 No For Jan 31 Meeting Organizational steps. Kopitka spelled with a "K". Charity is asinine if we lack resources for our own development
14 1958-0203 1 page typed No (letter to Mr. Smith) Rose introduces himself to Smith; mentions a mutual acquaintence Mrs. Clara Sherrard. Invites Smith to join the group that meets in Steubenville and Benwood.
15 1958-0228 p. 1-3 3 pages typed. (4th page is re Julian Barclay - see next) No On The Objective Phase Of Seeking Knowledge Thru Experimentation Notes for the meeting of 2/28/1958. "We are all professedly eager to know but none willing to strain in the direction. And without effort there shall be no result." Inspiration, Aspiration, Perspiration.
16 1958-0228 p. 4 This is page 4 of above No Julian Magarey Barclay An interesting biographical sketch. If you gooigle the name you will find a book "The Messiah Speaks On Peace" by him.books.google.com/books/about/The_Messiah_Speaks_on_Peace.html?id=3KbQHAAACAAJ Rose figures he was born in 1905 or 1906; Ancestry.Com says 1907:records.ancestry.com/Julian_Magarey_Barclay_records.ashx?pid=121637715
17 1958-0401 1 page typed No Yes (letter to Mrs. & Joe Thompson) Has handwriting at top, not legible. Reference to meeting at Copitka's. Meeting tentatively set up for April 11. Rose is trying to get the group to be less social and more investigative. Has met Mr. and Mrs. Cullens (see 1957-August note below, "The Cullens Case").
18 1958-0420 1 page typed No (letter to Mrs. & Joe Thompson) Comments on recent meetings and some frustrations with same. Mentions Malcom and a Mrs. Yokum, from the Spiritualist church. Rose says he has thrown in the towell.
19 1958-06-approx undated - position in list based on next entry 3 pages handwritted No Letter to Rose from Paul Lambing about half is illegible. Lambing says that they went to Camp Chesterfield and it was an obvious fake that smelled to high heaven. Mentions Mr. Thompson, Malcom. Requests that if Rose and the group goes there, and they have parents still living, to say they are dceased and get the phony reaction. Note re D'Aliberti's.
20 1958-0706 5 pages typed, 1 page diagram No Yes Visit to Chesterfield, Indiana Spiritualist Camp Detailed notes of the séance.
21 1958-0903 4 pages typed Some Materialization at Ashley, Ohio, White Lilly Chapel Labor Day 9/1/1958 at 8 pm. List of people attending. Arrived early and spoke with Rev. Aldred, comments on his resistance to investigation, feuds with other mediums, feminine characteristics, detailed decription of all that transpired, Midget,etc., as recounted in public talks. Phenomena genuine, Alred and Fling are sincere. Rose's conclusions regarding mediums and investigations. Midget indicated tto be female, 3 feet high. More description of what transpired.
22 1958-0910 2 pages typed No Yes (letter to Mr. Aldred) Appears to be an attempt to smooth some feelings Aldred and Fling may have had in reaction to some skeptical remarks at the séance [White Lilly]; a wish to work again with her.
23 1958-0910 1/2 page typed No Yes (letter to Mr. Fling) An expression of thanks to Fling for the séance on Labor Day [White Lilly] and remarks to the "genuineness" of the phenomena observed.
Philosophical notes & writings - undated
Alphabetically
24 undated 2 pages typed No Yes A God From Australia [Julian Barclay] A very entertaining description of his first meeting with Julian Barclay (January, 1939) and conversations they had later.
25 undated 2 pages typed No Yes An Adventure into Poetry Comments on poetry and poets, plus some passages which my be quotes from other poets, e.g., Chidiock Tichborne.
26 undated 1 page handwritten N/A Yes Dragon of Wisdom, Poimandres A quote from Hermes Trismigustrus: ""The path to immortality is hard, and only a few find it. The rest await the Great Day …" etc.
27 undated 9 pages typed No Yes I Believe You. You Are Lying. Used for intensive on at least one occasion
28 undated 6 pages typed - page(s) missing at end. Page 6 ends mid-sentence at bottom No Yes Psycho - incomplete Rose details his complaint with modern psychology; we live in a sick society based on the "Infallibility of the Masses Syndrome", the "Equality Mania." This is weighty stuff and should be published if it isn't already.
29 undated 3 pages handwritten (p. 2 is one sentence only) No Yes Systems That Define Man "A system is proportionally acceptable to the degree to which it is able to answer questions not oly relative to ts own claims, but also in relation to unexplained phenomena …" Etc.
30 undated 2 pages typed No Yes The Ashram "The Ashram is a non-profit, non-sectarian School," etc., to visit or live permanntly. Three levels of work: resident, visitor, correspondent. Expenses are pro-rated; rent is based on season, minimum rent of "room or house trailer" is $15; donation of visitors is $5. Other remarks on donations.
31 undated 12 pages typed Yes, by Al Fitzpatrick Yes The Masturbation State of Mind Need to compare version with Al's rendition [in "Unpublished Writings", or in "Sex Connection"?]
32 undated 2 pages typed Yes - Search Within .Org Yes The Path To Truth - "First Paper" Communication requires language and thereby definition. Contrast of the Physical and the Abstract approaches.Those pursuing self-definition evidently feel it's possible tto know. Those with the Abstract approach presume it's not possible to the infinite with the finite mind.
33 undated 2 pages typed Yes - Search Within .Org Yes The Path to Truth - Group Work - this is part 2 of above See above
34 undated 1 page handwriten Yes Yes Vision Appears to be notes for material in Psychology of the Observer.
35 undated 2 pages handwriten Yes Yes What do we know for sure (the first bullet point) Early rendition of lecture of questions.
36 undated 1 page handwritten N/A Yes William Blake quotes Some quotes: "Eternity is in love with the production of time …" etc. "Anything capabable of being believed is an image of truth." "Metanoia chapter 2 page 34: Any world view is a creative tension between possibility and choice."
By other than Rose
n/a undated 10 pages typed N/A No A Procession of the Damned Not scanned. This is a copy of a writing by Charles Forte in "The Book of the Damned" - very interesting - which can be seen here:   sacred-texts.com/fort/damn/damn01.htm