Character readings
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Sherman phrenological character readings of the White family
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/173
Scope and Contents
Five phrenological character readings taken by Charles M. Sherman on 1 and 2 Oct. 1873, Cleveland, N.Y., for Anna B. White and her four children.
Dates:
1873
John L. Capen phrenological character of M. D. Clark
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/112
Scope and Contents
Document describes personality and character traits of M. D. Clark based on a phrenological examination by John L. Capen, 10 July 1866.
Published as Horrocks, Thomas A. "Know thyself : a Phrenological Character Reading," Fugitive Leaves from the Historical Collections, ser. 3, vol. 2, no. 2 (1987), pp. 1-5.
Published as Horrocks, Thomas A. "Know thyself : a Phrenological Character Reading," Fugitive Leaves from the Historical Collections, ser. 3, vol. 2, no. 2 (1987), pp. 1-5.
Dates:
1866
Nelson Sizer phrenological character of C. R. Thombs
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/111-03
Scope and Contents
Document describes personality and character traits of C. R. Thombs based on phrenological examination by Nelson Sizer, [186-].
Dates:
undated
Nelson Sizer phrenological character of John B. Bancroft
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/111-01
Scope and Contents
Document describes personality and character traits of John B. Bancroft based on phrenological examination by Nelson Sizer, 24 Feb. 1854.
Dates:
1854
Nelson Sizer phrenological character of William Loewy
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/111-02
Scope and Contents
Document describes personality and character traits of William Loewy based on phrenological examination by Nelson Sizer, 23 May 1860. Reading reported by J. L. A.
Dates:
1860
Phrenological character reading of Mrs. D. C. Wismer
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/255
Scope and Contents
Typescript analysis describes temperament and characteristics of Mrs. D. C. Wismer, 1886 Nov. 12, by unnamed phrenologist at Fowler and Wells’ Phrenological Cabinet, New York, N.Y.
Dates:
1886
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