- Creator
- Wilmans, Helen, 1831-1907
- Call number
- MssCol 2462
- Physical description
- .4 linear feet (1 box)
- Preferred Citation
- Helen Wilmans Post scrapbook, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
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. 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, biographical information about Wilmans Post and others; copies of court decisions involving mental healing; photographs, 1900-1931, of Wilmans Post, her family, associates, and Florida views; and some mental science publications.
Administrative information
Custodial history
Scrapbook was compiled in 1931 as a memorial to Wilmans Post.
Source of acquisition
Gift (transfer from General Research Division, 1985), Del Mar, Eugene, 1931Key terms
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Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328