The New Year at the Library The Library Itself The Third Garrett Library Fellow, Wim Kramer The Library Fellowship Program The Library Visiting Scholar Program The New Year at the Library During the Fall of 2007, Library staff focused on evaluating and cataloging several new donations received by the Library in 2007, including the significant library of the late Exceptional Human Experiences Network founder, Rhea A. White. When the Library is ready to resume its event schedule, a notice will be posted here. Check back often! The Library Itself The Eileen J. Garrett Library is located at 308 Front Street in Greenport, New York, on the North Fork of Long Island. Click on the button “Library Basics” above for more information, including directions to the library, and current library hours. When the Library was located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the New York Times (June 5, 2000) had this to say: “The Eileen J. Garrett Library of the Parapsychology Foundation … is stocked with more than 10,000 volumes on matters ranging from ghosts and poltergeists, psychic spies and healing research to spiritualism. It is a place where just about any assumption might be contemplated, and where psychic phenomena are accorded the respect that they have yet to receive in the material world beyond the tastefully appointed brownstone on East 71st Street.” For more information on the Library’s collections, click on the buttons above. The Third Eileen J. Garrett Library Fellow Wim Kramer of the Netherlands will be in residence in the Eileen J. Garrett Library from the 20th of February to the 1st of March, 2008. Kramer’s objective for his week in residence in Greenport, New York, is to mine the Foundation’s holdings for materials relevant to his on-going work on the history of parapsychology in the Netherlands. Boasting a very rich history in psychical research and parapsychology, some aspects of the Netherland’s history are well known to the field such as the Van Dam experiments conducted by Heymans in 1920, Dr. W. H. C. Tenhaeff’s research on Dutch psychic Gerard Croiset between 1946 and 1980, and the experimental work carried out at the Parapsychology Laboratory in Utrecht from 1971 to 1989. As is often the case, well-known aspects are only a small part of the story. Many — sometimes even very interesting — aspects of the history of parapsychology in The Netherlands have never been documented until recently. In previous research, Kramer has been able to show that the first ever experimental laboratory of parapsychology operated in Amsterdam between 1906 and 1908 and was run by Mr. Floris Jansen. His laboratory research methodology was far ahead of his time and in some instances was sufficiently well-conducted so as to fulfil the standards of today. In another project, Kramer was also able to reconstruct the rise in 1935 and fall in 1941 of the Parapsychology Laboratory of the Dutch Society for Psychical Research. This laboratory was also located in Amsterdam and was operated under the guidance of Dr. W. H. C. Tenhaeff. Some of the work conducted at the time was novel. An example is the EEG research conducted by Dr. Franke and published in mainstream medical journals. A third interesting historical study in which Kramer has been engaged focuses on the life and works of Dr. E. A. Greven, the first official professor in Parapsychology in The Netherlands. Greven’s name and professorship were deliberately left out of the historical record (a story in itself). Kramer was able to reconstruct Greven’s life and works through intense historical research through old newspapers, various archives and in interviews. Kramer’s main research topic is, however, the life and works of Prof. Dr. W. H. C. Tenhaeff (1894–1981). Although his name is well known in the field and most elder statesmen and women have definite opinions about the man and his work, in fact, very little is actually known about Tenhaeff and his work. Even less is known about his once world-famous Institute of Parapsychology at Springweg 5 in Utrecht. Tenhaeff was active in the field of Parapsychology for over sixty years, publishing over a dozen books and numerous articles, most of them in Dutch. A few of his titles were translated into either English, German or Italian. However, after Tenhaeff died and the University closed his institute in 1980, his staff destroyed all documents, correspondence and research files and sold off the library to a second-hand bookdealer. This tragic act makes the work of any historian interested in Tenhaeff extremely difficult. Kramer, who is working on a dissertation on the Professor as well as a detailed bibliography of all his books and articles, has been forced to look for archival materials located elsewhere. Some of the materials are held by the Institut für Grenzegebiete der Parapsychologie und Psychohygiene in Freiburg and, Kramer hopes, more materials may be found in the archives of the Foundation. Because Tenhaeff was involved in the 1953 Parapsychology Foundation International Congress on Parapsychological Studies, it is likely that the Foundation’s holdings will be very useful for Kramer. The Foundation looks forward to his tenure at the Library in Greenport. For more information on previous Library Fellows, click here. About the Eileen J. Garrett Library Fellowship The Parapsychology Foundation has developed the Eileen J. Garrett Library Fellowship to allow serious students or teaching, research and other professionals to take advantage of the unique collection assembled at the Eileen J. Garrett Library in Greenport, New York. Housed in a welcoming facility in a charming oceanside village on the North Fork of Long Island, the holdings of the Library include 12,000 titles, over 100 journals, and over 500 audio/video tapes on topics related to the scientific study of psychic phenomena. More specifically, the Library includes: the main international journals in parapsychology, both past and present, in complete runs; the best books and monographs in the field, past and present; the best general works on the topic including popular journals and magazines; Masters and PhD dissertations; strong holdings on such related areas as dreams, altered states of consciousness, shamanism, and religious practices, among others; complete sets of the Parapsychological Association’s Proceedings of Presented Papers and Research in Parapsychology, Advances in Parapsychological Research, the Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, the Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research as well as the proceedings of all the Parapsychology Foundation’s international conferences; the Foundation’s monograph and pamphlet series and the titles of Helix Press; a good collection of non-English language journals and books primarily in Italian, French, Spanish and German; biographies and autobiographies of researchers, psychics and mediums; works on the history, sociology, psychology and anthropology of the paranormal; an electronic catalog and a variety of print finding aides which will allow the successful applicant to search the collections by author, title and subject; a vertical file of reprints and magazine articles going back to the 1950s; an audio-visual listening and viewing room; and an archive, among other resources. Parapsychology Foundation’s Executive Director, Lisette Coly, and Foundation staff members, Drs. Carlos S. Alvarado and Nancy L. Zingrone will be on hand through-out the Fellow’s stay to provide assistance and consultation. (For more information on the staff of the Foundation click here.) The Eileen J. Garrett Library Fellowship is a competitive fellowship program that includes a 7-day residency in Greenport, New York. The successful applicant will receive reimbursement for round-trip economy transportation via air, rail or bus, free accommodation in the Foundation’s charming one-bedroom corporate apartment within easy walking distance of the Library and the village center of Greenport with its shops, restaurants, cinema, and waterfront attractions. A $30-per-day food stipend to cover 9 days will also be provided as well as free photocopying, and a 20% discount on any purchases in the Foundation’s in-library book shop, Psi Mart á la Carte. The successful Fellow is expected to make his or her own travel plans to Greenport although Foundation staff stand ready to be consulted. If the successful applicant is not a US citizen, it will be the applicant’s responsibility to obtain the necessary travel visas, should any be required. Fellows will be expected to be in residence in the Library on the weekdays during their 7-day stay, although evening and weekend library hours can also be scheduled at the Fellow’s convenience. On the weekend during their Fellowship stay, however, the Fellow is also free to travel to near-by New York City at his or her own expense for a little sight-seeing using either the Long Island Railroad or the Hampton Jitney bus system, or to the Hamptons on the South Fork of Long Island via the ferry system. The terminals for rail and bus and for the ferry to the Hamptons are all within easy walking distance of the library. At Orient Point, a brief taxi ride away, a ferry is also available to New London, Connecticut. (For railroad and bus schedules click here and scroll down.) >strong>The next Library Fellowship will be offered in 2009. More details will be posted as the time approaches. To apply for the Eileen J. Garrett Library Fellowship, applicants must either be students aged 21 years or older, or teachers, instructors, professors, researchers or other professionals. (Past and current Foundation grant and award recipients, International and Student Affiliates, as well as individuals affiliated with PF Member Organizations are also eligible to appy.) If the applicant is a student, they must submit a Library Fellowship Application Form, an essay which states their reasons for wanting to use the resources of the Garrett Library, and two letters of reference from individuals who know the quality of their academic work. If the applicant is a teacher, instructor, professor, researcher or other professional, they must submit a Curriculum Vitae and a cover letter that describes the work they wish to accomplish during the Fellowship. The Eileen J. Garrett Library Visting Scholar Program The Eileen J. Garrett Library Visiting Scholar Program was inaugurated to accommodate individuals who obtain their own grant support for an extended visit to Greenport. Depending on the length of stay and the time of year, in some cases the Foundation can extend the hospitality of its corporate apartment to the Visiting Scholar if it is available. Otherwise the Foundation does not provide travel assistance, expense reimbursement or other financial support to the successful applicant. If any scholars, researchers, artists, writers or post-graduate students are interested in the possibility of being considered for a one-month or shorter stay at the Library in future years, please write directly to the Foundation’s Executive Director, Lisette Coly, at the postal address listed below, or email her at office@parapsychology.org For information on previous Visiting Scholars, click here.

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