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- 2011379338 abstract "Correspondence files, ranging from complaints from subscribers of non-receipt of issues of the Sphinx to news and gossip of the magic world. Includes business correspondence (particularly concerning advertising), a few Wilson family letters, and a few letters concerning prescribing medications and other matters concerned with pharmacy and medical practice. Letters concerning the activities of the Society of American Magicians and its branches and other magicians' groups are also present. Major magicians represented include Howard Thurston, Harry Houdini, Clinton Burgess, F.W. Conradi, and others.".
- 2011379338 accrualMethod "Bequest:".
- 2011379338 contributor B12248623.
- 2011379338 contributor B12248624.
- 2011379338 contributor B12248625.
- 2011379338 date "1905".
- 2011379338 description "Albert M. Wilson became a doctor and minister after failing as a magician. Later he became a pharmacist. He became editor of the Sphinx, a magic periodical, in 1904.".
- 2011379338 description "Bequest: Estate of Harry Houdini, April 1927.".
- 2011379338 description "Correspondence files, ranging from complaints from subscribers of non-receipt of issues of the Sphinx to news and gossip of the magic world. Includes business correspondence (particularly concerning advertising), a few Wilson family letters, and a few letters concerning prescribing medications and other matters concerned with pharmacy and medical practice. Letters concerning the activities of the Society of American Magicians and its branches and other magicians' groups are also present. Major magicians represented include Howard Thurston, Harry Houdini, Clinton Burgess, F.W. Conradi, and others.".
- 2011379338 description "The initial group of letters were given to Harry Houdini by Wilson in 1924 (cf. TLS, 15 Jul. 1924.) The early letters were roughly sorted (by Houdini or his librarian) alphabetically.".
- 2011379338 extent "4 boxes.".
- 2011379338 issued "1905".
- 2011379338 language "eng".
- 2011379338 provenance "The initial group of letters were given to Harry Houdini by Wilson in 1924 (cf. TLS, 15 Jul. 1924.) The early letters were roughly sorted (by Houdini or his librarian) alphabetically.".
- 2011379338 subject "Burgess, Clinton, 1880-1932 Correspondence.".
- 2011379338 subject "Conradi, F. W. (Friedrich Wilhelm), 1870-1944 Correspondence.".
- 2011379338 subject "Hofzinser, Johann Nepomuk, 1806-1875.".
- 2011379338 subject "Houdini manuscripts collection 1".
- 2011379338 subject "Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926 Correspondence.".
- 2011379338 subject "Magicians Correspondence.".
- 2011379338 subject "Society of American Magicians.".
- 2011379338 subject "Sphinx (Chicago, Ill.)".
- 2011379338 subject "Thurston, Howard, 1869-1936 Correspondence.".
- 2011379338 subject "Wilson, A. M. (Albert M.), 1854-1930 Correspondence.".
- 2011379338 title "Dr. Wilson of the Sphinx papers, circa 1905-1926 predominant 1921-1926.".
- 2011379338 type "text".