Helen Wilmans Post scrapbook, 1900-1931.

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Creator

Wilmans, Helen, 1831-1907.

Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division

Extent

• .4 linear foot (1 box)

Access Restrictions

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Scope/Contents Note

Scrapbook contains correspondence, biographical sketches, copies of court decisions, photographs, and printed matter. Correspondence includes letters, 1900-1906, written by Wilmans Post, members of her family, and persons in the mental science movement. Also, biographicalinformation about Wilmans Post and others; copies of courtdecisions involving mental healing; photographs, 1900-1931,of Wilmans Post, her family, associates, and Florida views; and some mental science publications.

Biographical/Historical Note

Helen Wilmans Post (1831-1907) was an American journalist,publisher and proponent of the mental science movement which stressed control of mind over matter. She started her own paper, The Woman's World, and published a weekly magazine, Freedom.

Controlled Access Terms

• Wilmans, Helen, 1831-1907.
• Mental healing.
• Photographic prints.
• Scrapbooks.
• Healers.

Additional Creator Names

• Del Mar, Eugene.
• New York Mental Science Temple.