Albert de Rochas Papers

Mss.Ms.Coll.106

Date: 1845-1921 1882-1908 | Size: 1.75 Linear feet

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Abstract

A military officer and civilian superintendent of the École Polytechnique in Paris, Albert de Rochas became one of the best known psychic researchers in late nineteenth century France. His interests centered on uncovering the laws behind psychic forces, somnambulism, magnetism and mesmerism, hypnotism, perception, and reincarnation. A prolific writer, he studied a number of Spiritualist and Spiritist mediums, including Maria Mayo (Lina), Eusapia Paladino, and D. D. Home. Despite the relatively small size of the collection, the papers of Albert de Rochas open an important window onto the development of psychic science in fin de siecle France and onto the cultural impact of Spiritualism. The collection includes a scattered, but valuable selection of correspondence with fellow psychic researchers, editors, mediums, and other individuals interested in psychic research, and a valuable set of 69 spirit and psychic photographs, that Rochas collected as evidence of psychic forces, and as documentation of séances, mediums, and "sensitives." Rochas' work on the exteriorization of sensibility and studies of Lina, Charles Bailey, and Paladino are relatively well documented, and his interests in the laws of psychic phenomena, reincarnation, and the exmigration of the living soul run throughout.

Background note

A military engineer and one of the leading psychic scientists in fin de siècle France, Albert de Rochas was involved in research into a wide range of esoteric topics, from the spirit mediumship of Eusapia Paladino to telepathy and telekinesis, hypnosis, human magnetism, somnambulism, reincarnation, and physical unfolding.

Born into an old Provencal family at Saint Firmin (Haute-Alpes) on May 20, 1837, Rochas entered the Lycée de Grenoble with the intention of studying literature, assuming that he would follow his father and grandfather into the law. When he discovered, however, that the law was less than intellectually stimulating, he switched to mathematics -- a subject at which he excelled -- and set his sights on a career in engineering. After winning the school's prix d'honneur in 1856, he entered the École Polytechnique in Paris to continue his education and to prepare for a career in the military.

In 1861, Rochas was commissioned as Lieutenant de Genie at Montpelier and quickly distinguished himself for his knowledge of the engineering and for his superb administrative abilities. Rising quickly through the ranks to Captain (1864), he was assigned to series of increasingly important assignments after the Franco-Prussian War, culminating in a stint as inspector of studies at the École Polytechnique and a short period as interim director. After earning a promotion to battalion commander in 1880, Rochas was made chief of engineers in 1887 and was given responsibility for updating and strengthening the fortifications around Grenoble.

A scholar at heart, Rochas first became interested in the technology of ancient and medieval engineering while working on the construction of fortifications in the Jura in 1865. His initial attempt at academic writing was a translation of Veterum Mathematicorum Opera (1693), an 11th century Alexandrian treatise on fortification and machines of war, after which he took detours into Hellenism and into the physics and mechanics used by Egyptian priests in constructing their temples. His research and writing were well respected by his scholarly peers, his translations of Greek texts earning him a medal from the Société des Études Grecques.

The work for which Rochas was best known, however, evolved out of an encounter in the mid-1860s with a young man who was susceptible to being magnetized. Even as he plunged into his research on ancient sciences and military history, Rochas applied himself with increasing vigor to the psychic and occult sciences. His first important book on psychic science, Les Forces non Definiés (Paris: Masson, 1887), defined the terms of much of his later research in seeking a scientific basis for occult phenomena. From the mid-1880s into the 1910s, Rochas produced a steady stream of articles and monographs to establish the basic principles behind the exteriorization of sensibility and presented what he was convinced was empirical proof for the existence of a magnetic fluid capable of acting directly on the central nervous system. In 1888, he declined a further promotion in the military to become civilian director at the École Polytechnique, probably because he wished to devote more time to his studies.

Eclectic and evolving, tinged with the Orientalist currents running through contemporary Theosophy and Spiritualism, Rochas touched upon a wide range of topics. Following his widely read work on ancient science, La Science des Philosophes at l'Art des Thaumaturges dans l'Antiquité (Paris: Masson, 1882), he turned to topics such as hypnotism (L'État Profond de l'Hypnose), death and reincarnation (Les Vies Successives, 1911; La Suspension de la Vie, 1913), telekinesis (Extériorisation de la motricité, 1896), and the physical basis of psychic experience (Les Fluides des Magnétiseurs, 1891; Extériorisation de la Sensibilité, 1895; Les Frontières de la Physique,1898; and Les Frontières de la Science, 1902-1904). He was particularly renowned for a series of experiments conducted with his friends General Thomassin, John Maxwell, De Watteville, and A. de Gramont on the famous Italian medium Eusapia Paladino in which they reported the materialization of spirit hands. His detailed study of the hypnotic subject, Maria Mayo (Mlle Lina), was part of an attempt to assess the influence of music upon human emotions and to measure the human physical response (Les Sentiments, La Musique, et les Gestes, 1900).

Rochas believed firmly that the scientific study of psychic phenomena would allay people of the fear of death and, by replacing faith with scientifically sound reason, would bring them into closer connection to God. He was named an honorary member of the Académie Delphinale, the Académies of Savoie, Blois, and Aix, and the Sociétéde Psychologie Scientifique of Munich, and was made a Chevalier in the Legion d'Honneur in 1875 and an officer in 1889. He died on September 2, 1914.

Scope and content

Despite the relatively small size of the collection, the papers of Albert de Rochas open an important window onto the development of psychic science in fin de siecle France and onto the cultural impact of Spiritualism. The collection includes a scattered, but valuable selection of correspondence with fellow psychic researchers, editors, mediums, and other individuals interested in psychic research, and a valuable set of 69 spirit and psychic photographs, that Rochas collected as evidence of psychic forces, and as documentation of séances, mediums, and "sensitives." Rochas' work on the exteriorization of sensibility and studies of Maria Mayo (Lina), Charles Bailey, and Eusapia Paladino are relatively well documented, and his interests in the laws of psychic phenomena, reincarnation, and the exmigration of the living soul run throughout.

Other aspects of Rochas' career are much less well documented. There is little of family interest in the collection, and only a few items pertaining to his interest in ancient history or engineering. His military career is also poorly documented, although the collection includes a number of letters from former colleagues in the military, some of a personal nature and others relating to military history.

Digital objects note

This collection contains digital materials that are available in the APS Digital Library. Links to these materials are provided with context in the inventory of this finding aid. A general listing of digital objects may also be found here.

Collection Information

Provenance

Acquired from John Gach Books, 2002.

Preferred citation

Cite as: Albert de Rochas Papers, American Philosophical Society.

Processing information

Catalogued by rsc, 2004.

Indexing Terms

Genre(s)

Photographs
Radiographs

Personal Name(s)

Aksakov, Aleksandr, 1832-1903
Bailey, Charles
Besant, Annie, 1847-1933
Buguet, Edouard-Isidore, 1840-
Foras, Eloi Amédée Jacques Fra
Hasdeu-Istrati, Bogdan Petrice
Henry, Charles
Lina
Mucha, Alphonse Marie, 1860-19
Nadar, Félix, 1820-1910
Orléans, Henri Philippe Marie,
Paladino, Eusapia, 1854-
Pelletier, Horace
Reichel, Willy
Rochas d'Aiglun, Albert de, 18
Rostoptchine, Lydie, 1837-1915
Schrenck-Notzing, Albert Phili
Tissot, James, 1836-1902
Van der Naillen, A. (Albert),
Visani Scozzi, Paolo

Subject(s)

Dreams
Ecstasy
Hypnotism
Magnetism
Mediums
Music -- Psychological aspects
Parapsychology
Psychology -- France
Reincarnation
Spirit photography
Spiritism -- France
Spiritualism -- France
Telepathy
Theosophy
X-rays

Collection overview


Series I. Correspondence	1845-1916; 1882-1908	1.25 lin. feet	Box 1-3	Request Series for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Series
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.

Series II. Photographs	1873-1921	0.5 lin. feet	Box 3	Request Series for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Series
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."

Detailed Inventory


Series I. Correspondence	1845-1916; 1882-1908	1.25 lin. feet	Box 1-3	Request Series for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Series
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	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Re: Lina Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:343692/
Adamovich, Elisabeth	1903 Dec. 18	2 items	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Hypnotism and photography. Carte de visite of Adamovich transferred to Ser. II (under Varenik and Vladimirov. Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:343698/
Aksakoff, Alexander -- Un cas de dématérialization partielle du corps d'un medium	n.d.	AMs, 28p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Mentions Guppy, Blavatsky, and others Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:343705/
Albarracin, Francisco	1902 April 11	ALS, 2p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Wishes to meet to discuss Rochas' psychological studies
Anastay, E.	1906 Apr. 29	ALS, 4p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Argus de la Presse	1896, 1905	2 newsclippings	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Arnould, Arthur	1894 Dec. 21	ALS, 3p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Theosophy
Astruc, S.	1889 Dec. 19	ALS, 2p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
With images taken from Rochas' "Les Sentiments, la Musique et le Geste" Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:351206/
Aubry, Desirée	n.d.	PC, 2p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Bader, G.	1897 July 9-17	2 ALsS	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Mme Eugenie Engel; translation of the Seherin von Prevorst
Bailey, Charles -- La Seima et Ame -- W. Britton Harvey	1908	AMs, 11p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
In English
Barruet, Elie	1900 Feb. 28-1901 Jan. 30	5 items	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Bartolomeis, Alissandro	n.d.	2 items	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Ghosts of living persons. In Italian
Bénezet, Alfred	1909 Dec. 30-1910 Feb. 11	4 items	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Berger, G.	n.d.	2p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
On Reincarnation.
Besant, Annie	1905 Oct. 7-Nov. 29	2 ALsS	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
On Reincarnation.
Bodroun, Fernand	n.d.	2p. (inc.)	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Instances of "exteriorization of sensibility" in séances with Mme Escalier, Mr. Tayons. Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:351212/
Boissans, Archdeacon	n.d.	ALS, 4p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Photographs and "projections."
Boissonet, A.	1902 Aug. 10	ALS, 3p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Borie, Albert -- Études physiognomiques [reading notes?]	n.d.	AMs, 4p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Bornier, Henri	1889 May 16	ALS 2p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
L'Art des Thaumaturges, Magnetism. Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:351215/
Bourget, Paul -- Le double de Maupanant	n.d.	AMs, 1p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Breazeale, Guillaume Eugène	1890 May 19	ALS, 1p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
From Belton, South Carolina. Wishes to study mathematics in Europe.
Briots, cas aux	1904 June 7	ALS, 2p. (inc.)	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Experiences with Mme Lay-Fonvieille.
Brouardel, P.	1889 Aug. 16	ALS, 1p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Cania, C.	1905 Jan. 29	ALS, 4p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
"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	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Caillard, Paul	1900-1916	4 items	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Calvé, E.	n.d.	ALS, 4p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:351218/
Carnot, Adolphe	1900 Nov. 6	Wedding invtitation	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:351223/
Cavaignac,	n.d. (Dec. 14)	ALS, 2p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Cazaux, Em de	1896 Dec. 28	ALS, 2p., printed flier	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Christmas-Dirckinck-Holmfeld, E. de	1895 Nov. 20	ALS, 4p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Psychic photography
Coillot, Col.	1895 Feb. 9	ALS, 2p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Collot, J.	1895 Feb. 8	ALS, 1p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Colson, R.	1889 Nov. 17	ALS, 2p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Combe, E.	1889 June 3	PC, 1p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Constantin, comte de	1898 Mar. 8	ALS, 2p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Magnetism.
Cotes, Jean	1900 April 11	ALS, 3p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Croula, Edward	1897 June 21	ALS, 2p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
"Doubles" of the living.
Crozat, Marie de	n.d.	ALS, 2p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dame Noire et Dame Blanche	n.d.	Newspaper clipping	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dariex, Dr.	1901 Mar. 25	ALS, 1p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Sending address of Schrenck-Notzing
Debron, Paul	1900-1901	7 ALsS	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
De la Crois, J. E.	1890 Jan. 17	ALS, 1p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Delanne, G.	1911 Apr. 4	ALS, 2p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Denizet, H.	1901 Jult 29	ALS, 3p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Des Snart, G. T.	n.d.	ALS, 3p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dessin a remettre a Devaux... [dessein d'un echelle double]	1839 June	Tech. drawing	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Deux Amis arrivent a Mégare...	n.d.	AMs, 33p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
On telepathy and psychic experiences
Doinel, Jules	1892 Mar. 23	ALS, 4p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dole, Berthe	1897 July 5-27	2 ALsS	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Magnetic experiences with her mother and others and practical results.
Dolat, M.	n.d.	ALS, 4p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Donop	1893 June 3	ALS, 4p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Echaguez, F.	n.d.	ALS, 6p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Interest in psychic experiences. From Spanish Embassy in Paris.
L'Écho du Merveilleux 12, no. 277	1908 July 15	Magazine	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
L'Écho du Merveilleux 13, no. 291	1909 Feb. 15	Magazine	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Psychic mag. With article by W. T. Stead
Ecstase	n.d.	20 items	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Fernandez, Federico	1898 Sept. 21	ALS, with trans.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
In Spanish, from Sec. of the Argentine Theosophical Society
Fevrier, J.	1890 Aug. 12	ALS, 2p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Flamion, J.	1897 Feb. 16	ALS, 5p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Psychic experiences.
Flammarion, Sylvie	1893 Jan. 22	ALS, 3p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Fontenay, Guillaume de	1910 Jan. 2-Feb. 11	2 ALsS	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Mentions Bailey and Richet.
Foras, Eloi Amédée Jacques François de	1876 Dec. 19	ALS, 4p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Foudrier, Adrien	1849 Oct. 16	ALS, 1p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Gaillard, M. -- Oisivetés de M. Vauban (Paris: J. Corréard, 1845)	1845	Pam., 137p. : ill.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
With extra sheets from "Sur l'usage que l'on peut faire des Galères en Bretagne."
Gacogne, E.	n.d.	ALS, 4p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Gobers, F.	1891 Jan. 30	ALS, 3p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Military service in Poland, Russia.
Goupil, Alexandre[?]	1909 Aug. 1	ALS and enclosure	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Paul Caillard, President
Grandhauy, Gerard	1888 Nov. 24	ALS, 4p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Gramont, A.	n.d.	ALS, 2p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Haemmerle, Agathe	1902 June 6	ALS, 4p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Hasdeu-Istrati, Bogdan Petriceicu	1895 Aug. 12-1899 Feb. 14	2 ALsS	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
See Series II for photographs enclosed.
Havet, L.	1882 Feb. 2	ALS, 2p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Henderson, E.	1890 Jan. 29	ALS, 2p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Henry, Charles -- Application de Nouveaux Instruments de Précision... à l'Archéologie (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1890)	1890	Pam., 31p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Henry, Charles -- Le Livre de l'Avenir	n.d.	Newspaper clipping	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Henry, Charles -- Sur une Loi Générale des Réactions Psycho-Motrices (Paris: Assoc. Française des Sciences, 1888)	1889	Pam., 37p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Hübbe-Scheliden, Wilhelm	1901 Apr. 14	PC, 1p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Ille[?], Ch. d'	1909 Oct. 14	ALS, 4p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Joire, Paul -- "Étude de Psychologie Musicale, L'Expression Pure des Sentiments et des Passions"	n.d.	8p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
With photos of Lina Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:351226/
Kardec, Allan -- Phénomènes Spirites Observés auGroupe Amitié de Lyon de 1884 à 1890 (Tours, 1895)	1895	Pam, 29p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Keil, Alfred	1903 May 25	ALS, 1p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Kjellman, F.	1889 Aug. 21	ALS, 2p.	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Human magnetism.
Labadye, cte de	n.d.	ALS, 2p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Lacombe, Mad. Frandoni	n.d.	ALS, 7p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Music and the sentiments. Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:351601/
Lacoste	1893 Aug. 10	ALS, 4p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Laffaut, C.	1889 May 9	ALS, 4p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Lagelouse, M.	1903 Mar. 10	ALS, 4p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Langalerud, G. de	1890 Feb. 2, 22	2 ALsS	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Le Bon, Gustave	n.d.	Pr. Invitation	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Lemoine, Emile	n.d.	ANS, 1p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Lina		2 folders	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Folder 1	1884	2 items	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:351608/
Folder 2	1901 Nov. 4	ALS, 2p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Includes 4 other items of uncertain relationship foldered together.
Linder	1894 Mar. 10	ALS with encl.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Encloses letter to Linder
Magnin, Emile	1904-1905	5 items	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:351627/
Marie(?)	1906 Jan. 21	ALS, 1p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Maugin, L.(?)	1888 Nov. 9	ALS, 2p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Maurice, C.	1900 July 10	ALS, 1p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Maxwell, Joseph	1905, 1910	2 items	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Includes copy of Maxwell's pam. Sur les Phénomènes de Hantise (Paris, 1905).
Mesnard, H.	1911 Mar. 28	ALS, 2p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Montorsaux, Georges	n.d.	ALS, 2p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Moskvitissoff, Barbe de	1897 Apr. 15	ALS, 3p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Moulins, L.	n.d.	ALS, 1p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Néon, Françcois de -- De Françcois de Néon, Courrier de Paris, Sue le Sueil du Mystère	n.d.	AMs, 6p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Occultism, notes	n.d.	AMs, 14 items	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Occultisme Pratique	n.d.	Pr. Ms, 6p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Olivier, Emile	1894 July 12	AMsS Poem, 3p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Orléans, Henri Philippe Marie, prince d'	n.d.	5 items	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Pelletier, Horace	1888-1890	6 ALsS	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Spiritualism and spiritualists
Perneuil, C. de.	1895-1897	2 ALsS	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Perrin, Maurice-Henri	1906 Apr. 7	ALS, 4p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Perrot, G.	1887 May 30	ALS, 4p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Pfeifer, Xaver -- "Des Goldenen Schnittes," Sphinx 4, 24 (1887): 369 ff.	1887	Pr. M, 28p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
In German
Pierrou(?), Gen.	n.d.	3 ALsS	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Pillot, J.	n.d.	ALS, 2p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Pinot, Anna	1893 May 22	ALS, 3p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Piore, L. C. Em.	1898 Apr. 22	ALS, 2p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Polosoff, N. de	1889 Aug. 16	ALS, 2p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Pont, Abbé de -- Réflexions à Propos des Origines du Patois de la Tarentaise (Paris, 1872)	1872	Pam., 24p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
A Propos de Rachel	n.d.	AMs, 4p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Reboux, Paul (?) -- Instinct des animaux	n.d.	AMs, 6p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
With newspaper clipping signed by Reboux.
Recherches expérimentales au sujet du Fantôme des Vivants	n.d.	Pr. Ms, 18p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Reichel, Willy	1909-1910	18 items	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Includes letter from Charles Bailey, T. Thomassins, H. Beckh
[Reichel, Willy]. Le Professeur Willy Reichel	1909	AMs, 11p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Ripault, A.	1897 Oct. 10	ALS, 4p., encl.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Revue Ampère 2 (1901)	1901	Pam.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Revue Suisse des Sciences Psychiques 1 (1913)	1913	Pam., 32p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Rochas D'Aiglun, Eugene Auguste Albert -- Les Doctrines Chimiques au XVIIe Siècle (Paris, 1888)	1888	Pam., 13p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Reprint.
Rochas D'Aiglun, Eugene Auguste Albert -- Les expériences très intéressants de M. de Rochas...	n.d.	AMs, 13p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Rochas D'Aiglun, Eugene Auguste Albert -- "Les Fantomes des Vivants," Sciences Psychique 5 (1905): 257-272	1895	Pr. Ms, 15p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Rochas D'Aiglun, Eugene Auguste Albert -- Psychic research. Notes	n.d.	AMs, 10p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Source uncertain.
Rochas D'Aiglun, Eugene Auguste Albert -- "Les sentiments, la musique et le geste," Journal d'Études Psychologiques	1901	Page proof	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Rochas D'Aiglun, Eugene Auguste Albert -- "Les vies successives"	n.d.	Pr. Ms, 4p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
[Rochas d'Aiglun, Edouard Eugène Louis de. Death notice]	1899 May 5	Pr. Ms, 1p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Rochas D'Aiglun, François Gabriel Henri -- Marriage contract with Marie Madeleine Claire Caillard	1901 Aug. 3	DS, 4p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Rossolowsko, W.	1901 May 20	ALS, 4p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Aksakoff's health. Translation of the Seherin von Prevorst.
Rostoptchine, Lydie	1900	4 items	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Includes 2 ALsS, ANS, List.
Rostoptchine, Lydie -- Une Matinée chez Madame Adam en 1900, par la contesse Lydie Rostoptchine	1900	AMs, 10p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
[Rothschild, James de]. Le Baron James de Rothschild	n.d.	Pr. Ms, 8p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
With frontis. engr. of Rothschild. Source uncertain, signed (in print) Morgand et Fatout.
Saint Antoine de Padove	n.d.	AMs, 12p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Probably part of longer mss (pages numbered beginning 5).
Sanchez, F.	1896 Dec. 20	ALS, 3p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Sassan, Angèle Autine	1897 June 6	ALS, 3p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
[Saul, H.]?	n.d.	3 ALsS	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Sausse, Henri -- Le Spiritisme à Lyon (Saint-Amand, Switzerland: Daniel-Chambon, 1905)	1905	Pam., 26p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Schrenk-Notzing, Albert Philibert Franz	1901 June 18		Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Schrenk-Notzing, Albert Philibert Franz -- "Telepathische experimente des Sonderausschusses der Psychologischen Gesellschaft zu München," Sphinx	1887	Offprint, 11p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Experiments with Lina. Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:351669/
Scymon, R.(?)	1885 Dec. 22	ALS, 4p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Sebert, Gen.	1892 May 4	ALS, 2p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Sue, Eugene	1846 Oct. 24	ALS, 4p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Letter to Eugene Sue from a German admirer, "E."
Sulzbach, M.	n.d.	ALS, 3p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Thesosophy	1905	3 items	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Tissot, James	1895 Oct. 28	ALS, 2p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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La Tribute Psychique no. 113 (1906)	1906 Sept.	Mag., 8p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
With article on seances with medium M. Miller.
La Tribute Psychique no. 116 (1906)	1906 Dec.	Mag., 8p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
More on medium Miller.
Ulmès, J. d'	1907 Feb. 15	ALS, 4p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Mention of Lina, "l'hypnotisée."
Valière, Laurent	1903 Nov. 12	ALS, 4p.	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Van der Naillen, A.	1902-1906	7 ALsS	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Mention of Thomassins, Bailey, Reichel, Miller; Spiritualism in California.
Van Rutten, A.	1897 June 8	ALS, 1p.	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Vaud(?) G.	1889 Mar. 11	ALS, 3p.	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Vaux-Royer, Rose M.	1901 June 14	ALS, 2p.	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Vicat, C.	1899 Apr. 27	ALS, 2p.	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Villeneuve, M. de	1895 July 4	ALS, 3p.	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Villewitz, T. de	1903 Feb. 26	ALS, 4p.	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Virien, Mis de	1895-1900	2 ALsS	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Compliments on Rochas' exteriorisation of sensibility.
Visani Scozzi, Paolo	1897-1898	3 ALsS	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
In Italian (one with translation into French). Re: Eusapia Paladino, Camille Flammarion.
Vitte, P.	1894-1896	6 ALsS	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Volpi, E.	1901 Nov. 18	PC, 1p.	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Waldner de Freundstein, Thuret contesse de	1902 Apr. 22-May 1	3 ALsS	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Mention of Eusapia Paladino.
Wallace, Alfred Russel -- "Étude sur les apparitions" Annales des Sciences Psychiques	n.d.	Pr. Ms., 30p.	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Watraszewski, Xavier de	1898 Sept. 18	ALS, 4p.	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Eusapia Paladino.
Wendelstadt, Albertine, baronne de	1900	5 items	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Willenewitz, M.	n.d.	ALS, 2p.	Box 2	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Wiszniewski	1898 Mar. 14-1900 July 25	2 ALsS	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Seances with Mme Corner, reference to William Crookes and Kaite King.
Witte, Gen.	1898 Sept. 21	ALS, 3p.	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Wladimiroff, Cécile de	1908 June 23	ALS, 3p.	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Wrchovsky, Guillaume	1907 Apr. 14	ALS, 3p.	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Hypnotism and regression; Indians.
Wulff, Gen.	1889 Dec. 29	ALS, 2p.	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Yve-Plessis, R.	1899 Dec. 23-26	3 items	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Miscellaneous	n.d.	11 items	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Miscellaneous: calling cards and invitations	n.d.	13 items	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Illegible and unidentified	1862 May 2-1910 Jan. 27	17 items	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File

Series II. Photographs	1873-1921	0.5 lin. feet	Box 3	Request Series for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Series
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	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Abstract: Four men sitting around table, "psychic force" visible in center of group and at top of photograph. Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/graphics:3848
Béraud, Marthe. Spirit Bien Boa	1905	2 silver prints	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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)		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Abstract: View of figure with hood and loose clothes. Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/graphics:3853
Blois. Extase religieuse par la premon de front	n.d.	Cab. card	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Brittlebank, A.. Dr. Flaschoen, "force psychique sortant de ses mains."	1875	Carte de visite	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Abstract: Full length view of Dr. Flaschoen sitting at desk, "psychic force" coming from his hands. Possibly the artist Gustave Flaschoen? Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/graphics:3844
Buguet, Edouard-Isidore, 1840-. Female spirit	1875	Carte de visite	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Female Spirit	1875	1 item(s)		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Abstract: Full length view of transparent figure of female in robes beside table. Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/graphics:3849
Buguet, Edouard-Isidore, 1840-. Dr. Puch et Mme Puch	1875	Carte de visite	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dr. Puch et Mme Puch	1875	1 item(s)		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Abstract: Full length view of man seated, with spirit in death pose behind him. Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/graphics:3846
Castellani, Federico. Photographe spirite du capitaine Volpi	n.d.	Cabinet card	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Volpi with female spirit.
Chowasky, Gen.	n.d.	Silver print	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
"Doubles" Photos sent by Delanne, taken of Mme. Lambert	1906	11 prints	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Ecstatic	n.d.	2 cartes, 2 enlargements	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
"Études photo magnétique d'hypnose"	n.d.	2 mounted albumens	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
One depicts Rochas and female hypnotic subject, the other a woman (hypnotized?) painting at an easel.
Fakir	n.d.	Printing out print	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Hasdeu-Istrati, Bogdan Petrice. Psychic photographs	1893	11 printing out prints	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Most enclosed in letter of 1895 Aug. 12
Karren, Mme. Musique. "Portrait de sensitif"	n.d.	Boudoir card	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Lina (photographs of 1. castle and 2. group of six persons in boat)	n.d.	2 mounted albumen prints	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Nadar. "Corps astral obtenu par trucage"	1893	5 boudoir cards	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Nadar astral portrait of Eugene Rochas, sitting.	ca. 1890	1 photograph(s)		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Abstract: Eugene Rochas seated, with "psychic force" surrounding him. Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/graphics:3847
Nadar astral portrait of Eugene Rochas, standing.	ca. 1890	1 photograph(s)		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Abstract: Full length view of man standing next to chair, "psychic force" surrounding him. Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/graphics:3845
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	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Medium J. R. Simoni of Cuba.
Paladino, Eusapia	1897 July 27	3 prints	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
"Radiographie. Plaque impressionié pendant la nuit par les affleuves de l'abbé Gobart"	1894	Mounted p.o.p.	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
"Souvenir de baptême de l'air"	1921 Sept. 28	Silver print	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
French officers in front of biplane.
Spirit photograph [unidentified image of two shrouded figures	n.d.	Printing out print	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Varenik and Vladimirov. Grn. Mickhail Efremovich Adamovich	n.d.	Carte de visite	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Virien, Mis de. X-radiograph of hand	1897 Nov.	Silver print	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Visani-Scozzi, Paolo. Psychic photos from seances with comtesse Mainardi and Ugo Donati	1898 Sept. 8-10	6 prints	Box 3	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Mounted in pairs with description.