Administrative/Biographical Note
The Parapsychology Foundation was founded in 1951 by trance medium, Eileen J. Garrett
(1893-1970) and Republican congresswoman from Ohio, Frances P. Bolton (1885-1977)
in order to fund the study of paranormal phenomena through academic and scientific
research. It is one of the world’s largest research libraries and collections dedicated
to the study of parapsychology and psychical research. Since 1951, the Parapsychology
Foundation has funded hundreds of research projects and academics from across the
world. The materials were assembled to support impartial scientific inquiry into psychical
aspects of human nature such as telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and psychokinesis
which were largely ignored by the academic community. After Garrett’s passing in 1970,
her daughter, Eileen Coly, and granddaughter, Lisette Coly, also joined the organization
in 1969. Since 2012, Lisette Coly serves as the current Foundation President with
Garrett’s great-granddaughter, Anastasia Damalas, who serves as the Executive Director.
Provenance Information
Provenance and Acquisition Information
Accession MSS2022-04.
Processing Note
Collection was donated to Special Collections by Lisette Coly in August 2022.
Descriptive Rules Used
Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)
Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015): The processing manual used in Special Collections for all descriptive platforms, including
PastPerfect.
Access & Use
Finding Aids
Finding Aid is not available.
Access Conditions
This collection is open for research. There are no restricted materials.
Conditions Governing Reproductions and Use
Permission is required for all reproduction requests. Copyright is maintained by the
creator.
Subject Headings
Creators
Bolton, Francis Payne Bingham, 1885-1977
Garrett, Eileen J. (Eileen Jeanette), 1893-1970
Subjects
American Society for Psychical Research.
Apparitions.
Clairvoyance.
Consciousness.
Extrasensory perception.
Ghosts.
Mediums.
Metaphysics.
Mysticism.
Occult.
Paranormal phenomena.
Parapsychological Association.
Parapsychology Foundation, New York.
Parapsychology.
Psychical research Psychics.
Psychics.
Psychokinesis.
Remote viewing (Parapsychology)
Rhine Research Center
Seances
Shamanism.
Society for Psychical Research (Great Britain)
Spiritualism.
Supernatural.
Survival.
Telepathy.
Trance
