Ray D. Everson collection
Collection
Identifier: L295
Scope and Contents
This collection includes newspaper clippings, letters, photographs, pamphlets, ephemera, and two novels written by Kenneth Roberts, from Ray D. Everson in Indiana, ranging from 1917 to 1967, regarding water-witching, or dousing.
Dates
- 1917-1967
Creator
- Everson, Ray D. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
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Biographical Note
Ray D. Everson was an editor for the Indiana Farmer's Guide magazine. He purportedly had a talent for water-witching, or dowsing as some people call it. Water-witching is "a strange power of grasping a fork of wood and locating water a hundred feet underground" (Water Lines,1940).
Kenneth Roberts was an author who wrote a novel about water-witching titled, The Seventh Sense, which is about his time with Henry Gross and how to use a dowsing rod.
Kenneth Roberts was an author who wrote a novel about water-witching titled, The Seventh Sense, which is about his time with Henry Gross and how to use a dowsing rod.
Extent
0.3 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Mrs. Russell Williams on 1973/03/31.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2016/08/22 by Kori Nell. EAD finding aid created 2016/08/24 by Kori Nell. EAD finding aid revised 2024/12/19 by Brittany Kropf.
Creator
- Everson, Ray D. (Person)
- Roberts, Kenneth Lewis, 1885-1957 (Person)
- Title
- Ray D. Everson collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
