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:
The Searchlight, 1961
File
Identifier: Folder 4A:6
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:
1961
The Searchlight, 1962
File
Identifier: Folder 4A:7
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:
1962
Thomas Sugrue Collection
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 17
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the professional life of Thomas Sugrue, author, lecturer and journalist. Materials include articles, books, book promotional material, correspondence, lecture materials, magazines, manuscripts, a map, newsclippings, notes, pamphlets, and poetic works. He is most widely known as the author of There Is A River (1942), the first biography of Edgar Cayce. The collection consists of research and manuscripts created during the writing process of There Is A River, as well as...
Dates:
1928 - 1980
Found in:
The Edgar Cayce Foundation
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Thomas Sugrue Collection
What I Believe, 1963
Item
Identifier: Item 48:20
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:
1963
What I Believe, 1968
Item
Identifier: Item 48:46
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:
1968
What I Believe , 1972
Item
Identifier: Item 50:11
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:
1972
What I Believe, 1978
Item
Identifier: Item 50:55
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:
1978
What I Believe, 1979
Item
Identifier: Item 50:57
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:
1979