Inventory of copies of Richard Rose's notes, letters |
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Renumbered 9/24/2012
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Published - whole or
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Scanned
9/24 |
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Letters,
notes, 1947, 1948 |
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1947-1004-or-1104 |
5 pages typed |
Yes |
Yes |
Temptation |
Published May 2001 in TAT Forum
here: tatfoundation.org/forum2001-05.htm#1 |
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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. |
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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 |
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4
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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. |
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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. |
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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"). |
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1957-0920 |
1 page handwritten |
No |
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Sitting #3 |
Just lists the persons who could and could not attend,
"Discussed possible procedure," plus address/phone # of 3 people. |
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1957-1004 |
2 pages typed |
No |
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Sitting #4 - Benwood |
Group meeting notes; table tilting experiment, list of
possibilities to be explored with hypnosis, notes on results of experiments,
some conclusions. |
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1957-1015 - should this be 9/15? |
1 page typed |
No |
Yes |
Table levitation (date wrong?
session #2 is missing)
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Only 3 days before next meeting - date may be wrong?
Description of table tilting experiment; an intelligence appears and is asked
to identify itself. |
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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" |
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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. |
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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. |
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1958-0131 - year presumed |
2 page handwritten, only a Steubenville address on p.2 |
No |
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For Jan 31 Meeting |
Organizational steps. Kopitka spelled with a
"K". Charity is asinine if we lack resources for our own
development |
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1958-0203 |
1 page typed |
No |
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(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. |
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1958-0228 p. 1-3 |
3 pages typed. (4th page is re Julian Barclay - see
next) |
No |
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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. |
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1958-0228 p. 4 |
This is page 4 of above |
No |
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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 |
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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"). |
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1958-0420 |
1 page typed |
No |
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(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. |
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1958-06-approx undated - position in list
based on next entry |
3 pages handwritted |
No |
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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. |
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1958-0706 |
5 pages typed, 1 page diagram |
No |
Yes |
Visit to Chesterfield, Indiana Spiritualist Camp |
Detailed notes of the séance. |
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1958-0903 |
4 pages typed |
Some |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Philosophical
notes & writings - undated |
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Alphabetically
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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undated |
9 pages typed |
No |
Yes |
I Believe You. You Are Lying. |
Used for intensive on at least one occasion |
28
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undated |
6 pages typed - page(s) missing
at end. Page 6 ends mid-sentence at bottom
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No |
Yes |
Psycho - incomplete
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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"?] |
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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. |
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undated |
2 pages typed |
Yes - Search Within
.Org |
Yes |
The Path to Truth - Group Work - this is part 2 of above |
See above |
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undated |
1 page handwriten |
Yes |
Yes |
Vision |
Appears to be notes for material in Psychology of the
Observer. |
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undated |
2 pages handwriten |
Yes |
Yes |
What do we know for sure (the first bullet point) |
Early rendition of lecture of questions. |
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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 |
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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 |
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