Papers of William Romaine Newbold
Transcripts of Piper Sittings
Correspondence: Richard Hodgson , Secretary of American Branch of Society for Physical Research.
Notebooks containing ciphers, Odes of Solomon Correspondence concerning Bacon cipher, 1920’s
2 envelopes: R.C. Kent, proofs and. correspondence
11 folders on ciphers
“Charts of Alphabets-Duplicates” (photostats)
Empty envelope: “Bacon photos of MS examination after July 8”
Photostat and printed description of Hanging Temple Picture (Tibetan)
Notebooks:
1. Voy. 82, Voy. 66, Green Lion
2. Bacon, Bibliographical notes in Europe, Misc. notes, Grosseteste de Cometis, Guillaume do St. Cloud
3. Secretum Secretorum, Trium Verborum, pt. I
4. Names of Planets-Text of Nebula, Anular Ecl
5. Oxford Story Revised, Reputation of the Green Lion
6. Voynich’s Astr. Ms, Steele’s, Lull notes Key et al
7. The Green Lion
Box 1
Notebooks (cont.)
8. Oxford Story
9. Cards-Philobiblon Club, April 28
Box 2
[Ring-binder note: “Envelopes do not have same contents as Newbold’s notation on outside indicates. Most are photostats, but with these are mixed some mss notes and correspondence.”]
Record office mss (Photostats)
R. G. Kent-Bacon materials
“Nothing Baconian”-includes correspondence, notes on Christian archaeology, clippings
Photostats of various mss and key photostats and notes
Oversize package-see shelf list
Photostats of Norwich and other mss
Original mss of the Newbold-Piper Sitting May 4, 1894, June 8, 1895
May 4-June 23, 1894
June 25, 26-1894
June 27- Nov. 7, 1894
Original mss of the Newbold-Piper Sitting May 4, 1894, June 8, 1895 (cont.)
May 7-June 17, 1895
June 18-21, 1895
Box 4
June 27-28, 1895
July 1-8, 1895
June 13-July 8, 1895 (This package contains a description of these sittings written by Dr. Newbold himself)
3 folders come from H.B. 1919, 1923, 1924