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Descriptive Summary

Historical Note

Scope and Contents

Arrangement

Restrictions

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Description of Series

Container List

Houston Public Library, Houston Metropolitan Research Center

V. P. Bernhard:

An Inventory of his Records at the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library



Descriptive Summary

CreatorBernhard, V. P.
TitleV. P. Bernhard
Inclusive Datesca. 1900-1930’s
IdentificationMSS 0026
Extent2 document boxes, 9 Folders; 1 linear foot
LanguageMaterials are in English.
RepositoryHouston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library

Historical Note

The collection of V. P. Bernhard’s manuscripts was prepared by V. P Bernhard, to be donated to the Houston Public Library, in the late 1930’s.

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Biographical Note

Mr. Bernhard was a journalist, columnist (“Life” [weekly column] for the Houston Labor Journal), poet, writer and philosopher metaphysic, who spent the greater part of his mature years (30 years) living and working in Houston, Texas. Before he came to Texas, he traveled the world, and arrived in America after joining the Salvation Army. His exact date and place of birth are unknown, but it is estimated that he was born in the late 1870’s in Denmark; his death is estimated in the 1930’s. That was when Mr. Bernhard prepared his manuscripts to be donated to the Houston Public Library. His creations, such as poems, songs, novels, as well as discussions, essays, compilations of articles, and even spiritual photographs, raise metaphysical issues, such as immortality, religion, relationship between God and man, and life after death. Mr. Bernhard’s works were inspired by his “spiritistic adventures” and were created in the traditions of metaphysics.

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Scope and Contents

The manuscript collection represents V. P. Bernhard’s original creative work, in the form of poems, songs, novels of fiction, as well as the discussions, essays, collections of articles, autobiography, and spiritual photographs.

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Arrangement

The collection is organized alphabetically, one item per folder. Box One contains five folders, and Box Two contains four folders.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

None.

Use Restrictions

None.

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Index Terms

Subjects
Cosmology
Immortality
Metaphysics
Parapsychology
Spirit photography
Spiritual life
Spiritualism

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

V. P. Bernhard Collection. Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library.

Acquisition Information

Donated by: Unknown, ca. 1930’s.

Processing Information

Processed by: Angel Parffrey, October 15, 2005.

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Detailed Description

 

Container List

BoxFolder
11A Passing Stranger. Being the Life Story of the Author (autobiography)
2Clarence Darrow Visits Me (a chapter from “A Passing Stranger”)
3Land of Twilight. The Story of a Dream People (fiction novel)
4Leaves from the Book of Life (38 essays)
5Life (a weekly columns’ collection)
BoxFolder
21Lyrics, Epics and Statics (songs and poetry collection)
2Romance of Religion and Realities of Life (non-fictional discussion of the different religions)
3Spirit Pictures (photographs of the author with his loved ones, those, who passed long time ago)
4Vagrant Thoughts of a Dying Man L’Envoy (meditations about Cosmic Moral Law)

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