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- 1939-1989 (Creation)
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3 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Ida Holden retired from her job at Mirror Group Newspapers in 1959 and from then onwards began to experience thought transference that she believed were from Cecil King and Lord Northcliffe.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0096 MS 1083 1939-1989 Collection (fonds) 3 boxes Holden , Ida , fl 1962-1987
Ida Holden retired from her job at Mirror Group Newspapers in 1959 and from then onwards began to experience thought transference that she believed were from Cecil King and Lord Northcliffe.
The material was donated to the Institute of Psychiatry by Ida Holden's niece, Ms P.Owens. The collection was forwarded to Senate House Library shortly afterwards.
Collection including 30 envelopes of negatives showing the demolition of Geraldine and various sites and railway stations around London: manuscript and typescript notes on index cards and envelopes recording information on Cecil King and Lord Northcliffe, and on thought transference messages allegedly received from them; 2 boxes of audio tapes of radio interviews with Cecil King and Lord Northcliffe and of programmes on thought transference and Extra Sensory Perception; books entitled When Men Talk Truth and Lord Northcliffe's Return by Hannen Swaffer, both annotated by Holden (n.d.).
No further arrangement at present.
Open for research
No documents may be photocopied at present.
English
Box listed. A pdf copy is attached to the collection level description on the University of London Research Library Services archives catalogue.
Entry compiled by Stefan Dickers. Updated by Richard Temple Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997. November 2004. Harmsworth , Alfred Charles William , 1865-1922 , 1st Viscount Northcliffe , newspaper proprietor x Northcliffe , 1st Viscount Holden , Ida , fl 1962-1987 King , Cecil Harmsworth , 1901-1987 , publisher Mysticism Parapsychology Railway stations Transport infrastructure
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The material was donated to the Institute of Psychiatry by Ida Holden's niece, Ms P.Owens. The collection was forwarded to Senate House Library shortly afterwards.
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Scope and content
Collection including 30 envelopes of negatives showing the demolition of Geraldine and various sites and railway stations around London: manuscript and typescript notes on index cards and envelopes recording information on Cecil King and Lord Northcliffe, and on thought transference messages allegedly received from them; 2 boxes of audio tapes of radio interviews with Cecil King and Lord Northcliffe and of programmes on thought transference and Extra Sensory Perception; books entitled When Men Talk Truth and Lord Northcliffe's Return by Hannen Swaffer, both annotated by Holden (n.d.).
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No further arrangement at present.
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Open for research
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No documents may be photocopied at present.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Box listed. A pdf copy is attached to the collection level description on the University of London Research Library Services archives catalogue.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
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- English