Cayce, Edgar
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1877 - 1945
Edgar Cayce (1877-1945) was a photographer, Sunday School teacher, and one of the most documented psychics of the twentieth century. He was born on a farm outside Hopkinsville, Kentucky to Leslie Burr Cayce (1853-1937) and his wife Carrie Elizabeth Major Cayce (1855-1927). Edgar Cayce married Gertrude Evans (1880-1945) in 1903 after a seven-year engagement and settled in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He opened a photo studio which burned in 1906. Their first son Hugh Lynn was born in 1907. In 1911, a second son named Milton Porter died in infancy. Edgar Evans was born in 1918. From 1920-1922, Edgar Cayce and his business associates searched for oil in the San Saba area of Texas. When this venture failed, he moved the family to Selma, Alabama where he hired his long-time stenographer Gladys Davis Turner. In 1923, the family moved to Dayton, Ohio where Edgar hoped to build a clientele for his readings. Edgar subsequently met New York stockbroker Morton Blumenthal who helped finance the family's move to Virginia Beach in 1925. In 1927, Edgar and Morton established the National Association of Investigators and began construction of the Cayce Hospital. By 1931 the National Association of Investigators, the Cayce Hospital, and Atlantic University were dissolved. However, later that year, a group of supporters organized the Association for Research and Enlightenment. Thomas Sugrue's book There is a River (1942), along with Marguerite Bro's article in the Coronet Magazine entitled "Miracle Man of Virginia Beach” (1943), brought Edgar Cayce and his work to national prominence. He died on January 3, 1945.
Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:
membership letters, 1938
File
Identifier: Folder 11:1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates:
1938
membership letters, 1942
File
Identifier: Folder 11:13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates:
1942
Rudolph Johnson Collection
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 21
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence from Edgar and Hugh Lynn Cayce, A.R.E. and E.C.F. staff, and professional contacts. The collection also contains original copies of Johnson's readings given by Edgar Cayce.
Dates:
1944 - 1981
Found in:
The Edgar Cayce Foundation
/
Rudolph Johnson Collection
Special Edition: Auras: An Essay on the Meaning of Colors, 2008
Item
Identifier: Item 51:65
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes books, circulating files, pamphlets, and research bulletins published by the Association for Research and Enlightenment and the Edgar Cayce Foundation. In addition, it contains books collected by the Cayce family, publications related to those who received readings from Mr. Cayce, and manuscripts both published and unpublished related to the Cayce readings and/or Edgar Cayce's life.
Dates:
2008
The Searchlight, 1949
File
Identifier: Folder 4:2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates:
1949
The Searchlight, 1950
File
Identifier: Folder 4:3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates:
1950
The Searchlight, 1951
File
Identifier: Folder 4:4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates:
1951
The Searchlight, 1958
File
Identifier: Folder 4A:3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates:
1958
The Searchlight, 1959
File
Identifier: Folder 4A:4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates:
1959
The Searchlight, 1960
File
Identifier: Folder 4A:5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates:
1960