22 Sep Preserving Historical Collections of Parapsychology

Below you will find a quick overview of our recent PHCP meetings.

PHCP | 2020

The next PHCP meeting will be held in Utrecht, Spring 2020.

We are currently busy preparing this meeting, more information will follow soon on this page.

Stay tuned!

PHCP | 2018

The success of the previous Preserving Historical Collections of Parapsychology (PHCP) was followed by a second PHCP in 2018. From May 11 – 13 2018, the PHCP | 2018 meeting was held in Winnipeg, Canada. The topic of this meeting was “Moving forward in preserving the historical collections of Parapsychology”, as simply preserving the historical collections of Parapsychology is not sufficient—a more proactive solution needed to be deliberated.

Nowadays, we face questions on what to collect, how to reach a wider audience, and best practices on digitizing records and raising funds. This meeting aimed to find answers to a broader question: How will the historical collections of Parapsychology move forward in the future?

This meeting functioned as a platform for discussion on practical matters for librarians, archivists and other professionals who have the responsibility of preserving these paranormal collections. Programme

 

 

PHCP | 2014

From June 12 – 14, 2014 the conference: Preserving Historical Collections of Parapsychology (PHCP 2014) was held in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The goal of this first international meeting was to bring together researchers, archivists, librarians and other professionals who are concerned about the large number of unique collections that are at risk of disappearing in the fields of Parapsychology, Spiritualism, and psychical research. At the PHCP | 2014 conference, thirteen lectures were given by expert speakers from across Europe, Canada, and the US.

 

Abstracts of these lectures and additional articles from the researchers who were unable to come to Utrecht are published in a brochure, which can be downloaded by clicking here.

 

 

Eberhard Bauer
(Germany)

Historical Parapsychological Research at the IGPP: An Overview of Its Library Holdings and Archival Collections
Presentation

 

Marty Bax
(The Netherlands)

Secret Knowledge: Esoteric Archives in the Netherlands
Presentation

 

Ingrid van der Bij
(The Netherlands)

What, Why and How to Preserve Archives
Presentation

 

Andreas Fischer
(Germany)

The Paranormal in Photography and Art: Research in the Context of Exhibitions
Presentation

 

Brandon Hodge
(United States)

Preserving the Physical Artifacts of Psychical Research
Presentation

 

Wim Kramer
(The Netherlands)

The Het Johan Borgman Fonds Archives Project: Goals, Progress and Lessons Learned
Presentation

 

Wilfried Krugel
(Germany)

In Search of “Hanussen”

Presentation not available

 

Walter Meyer zu Erpen
(Canada)

The Archives of Parapsychology: Why Even Bother?; The Preservation of Related Archives in Canada; and Demonstration of the Functionality of WISE Wiki.
Presentation

 

Leslie Price
(United Kingdom)

The Impact of the PsyPioneer Project
Presentation

 

Anna Rademakers
(The Netherlands)

Parapsychological Collections in the Dutch National Library
Presentation

 

John Reed
(United States)

The Role of the World Institute for Scientific Exploration (WISE) in the Preservation of Parapsychology Literature and Collections
Presentation

 

René Schurte
(Switzerland)

Two collections of Parapsychology and Esotericism the Zentralbibliothek Zürich
Presentation

 

Shelley Sweeney
(Canada)

“Prime Motivator: The Thomas Glendenning Hamilton Family Fonds as Stimulus for Acquiring Parapsychological Collections”
Presentation