The Harry Price Timeline

Harry Price Timeline - 1930-1935

Harry Price & Related Events		World Events
1930	January 2 Séance No. 15 with Rudi Schneider January 6 Séance No. 16 with Rudi Schneider January 7 Séance No. 17 with Rudi Schneider January 9 Séance No. 18 with Rudi Schneider January 14 Séance No. 19 with Rudi Schneider January 16 Séance No. 20 with Rudi Schneider January 20 Séance No. 21 with Rudi Schneider April The Smiths leave Long Melford and move to Norfolk June HP interviews Fred Cartwright at Sudbury June HP tests German medium Frau Lotte Plaat October 7 'R101' séance with Eileen Garrett October 16 Rev. Lionel Foyster & wife Marianne move into Borley Rectory November HP approaches SPR with offer of merger with NLPR November 26 HP attends dinner at Göttingen University December Termination of National Laboratory's lease of 16 Queensbury Place, South Kensington HP has first meeting with Helen Duncan Rudi Schneider - A Scientific Examination of his Mediumship is published
1931	February Annual General Meeting of SPR turn down HP's offer February National Laboratory moves to 13 Roland Gardens, South Kensington March 9 Helen Duncan engaged by London spiritualists for sittings April 27 HP meets with Helen Duncan & arranges series of sittings May HP becomes Vice-President of the Magician's Club May 4 'Friendly' séance with Helen Duncan May 14 Séance No. 2 with Helen Duncan May 21 Séance No. 3 with Helen Duncan May 28 Séance No. 4 with Helen Duncan June 4 Séance No. 5 with Helen Duncan July HP attends séances with Rudi Schneider in Austria July Regurgitation and the Duncan Mediumship is published September 29 The Misses Bull visit HP & urge him to go to Borley again October 1 Rev. Foyster invites HP to Borley October 9 Visit of W.H. Salter to Borley October 13 HP and K.M. Goldney visit Borley - HP witnesses 'wine into ink' trick & parts on bad terms with Foysters December Visit by Dom Richard Whitehouse to Smiths in Norfolk American SPR terminate HP's appointment as Foreign Research Officer December 4 HP begins testing Pasquale Erto
1932	Marianne Foyster works at a flower shop in Wimbledon for 18 months & visits Borley at weekends January 8 HP writes to Mr Smith saying he would like to go to Borley again but Foysters will not permit it January 23 G.P.J. L'Estrange visits Borley February 3 Rudi Schneider returns to London February 9 Third series of sittings with Rudi Schneider begins at NLPR February 11 Séance No. 2 with Rudi Schneider February 12 'Talking mongoose' case begins February 16 Séance No. 3 with Rudi Schneider February 17 Séance No. 4 with Rudi Schneider February 18 Séance No. 5 with Rudi Schneider February 23 Séance No. 6 with Rudi Schneider February 25 Séance No. 7 with Rudi Schneider March 1 Séance No. 8 with Rudi Schneider March 3 Séance No. 9 with Rudi Schneider March 8 Séance No. 10 with Rudi Schneider March 10 Séance No. 11 with Rudi Schneider March 15 Séance No. 12 with Rudi Schneider March 17 Séance No. 13 with Rudi Schneider March 22 Séance No. 14 with Rudi Schneider March 24 Séance No. 15 with Rudi Schneider March 29 Séance No. 16 with Rudi Schneider March 31 Séance No. 17 with Rudi Schneider April HP believed to have visited Borley between April & November - reason unknown April 5 Séance No. 18 with Rudi Schneider April 7 Séance No. 19 with Rudi Schneider April 12 Séance No. 20 with Rudi Schneider April 14 Séance No. 21 with Rudi Schneider April 19 Séance No. 22 with Rudi Schneider April 21 Séance No. 23 with Rudi Schneider April 26 Séance No. 24 with Rudi Schneider April 28 Séance No. 25 with Rudi Schneider - HP takes photograph of Rudi apparently breaking control May 3 Séance No. 26 with Rudi Schneider May 5 Séance No. 27 with Rudi Schneider May 6 Rudi Schneider leaves London June 17 Night on Brocken June 21 HP & C.E.M. Joad receive freedom of Halberstadt September 15 HP sleeps in 'haunted bed' at Chiswick museum with C.E.M. Joad
1933	Leaves From a Psychist's Case-Book is published October Formal offer to University of London to equip a Department of Psychical Research October 18 HP holds dinner at Hotel Splendide in honour of René Sudre November 29 University of London Board of Studies in Psychology reports favourably on new Department of Psychical Research
1934	January 3 University of London accepts HP's proposal 'in principle' June 6 University of London Council for Psychical Investigation is formed December 5-10 Exhibition of rare books on magic from HP's library is given at Roland Gardens
1935	January 7 HP investigates Karachi's Indian Rope Trick with R.S. Lambert & the BBC July 30 HP visits Isle of Man with R.S. Lambert to investigate 'taking mongoose' case August 19 HP writes to Everard Feilding stating his wish to visit Borley again September 9 First fire-walking experiment with Kuda Bux at Carshalton September 17 Second fire-walking experiment with Kuda Bux October The Foysters leave Borley Also in 1935 - HP becomes first Chairman of National Film Library (British Film Institute) HP produces talking film Psychical Research for Movietone News

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