Cayce, Hugh Lynn
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1907 - 1982
Hugh Lynn Cayce was the oldest son of Edgar Cayce and a leading author and speaker on his father’s work and metaphysical subjects. He was born in Christian County, Kentucky in 1907. In 1930 he graduated from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. After graduation he worked briefly as the librarian for Atlantic University in Virginia Beach and volunteered as a Boy Scout Leader. Hugh Lynn married Sally Taylor (1905-1997) in 1941. They had two sons - Gregory and Charles Thomas Cayce. Hugh Lynn acted as liaison between the City of Virginia Beach and the United Service Organization during the early 1940s. From 1943 to 1945, he served in the 30th Special Service Unit of the United States Army, where he arranged recreation activities for service members and co-edited the Sunday Punch newspaper. On his return from Europe, he served the Association for Research and Enlightenment as manager and later as chairman of the board of trustees. He wrote the book Venture Inward, an examination of safe and unsafe methods of exploring personal psychic experiences. He was named First Citizen of Virginia Beach in 1964 and received the National Life Achievement Award from the Illinois Society for Psychic Research in Oak Park, Illinois in 1980. Hugh Lynn Cayce died on July 4, 1982.
Found in 127 Collections and/or Records:
articles [psychology] reprints, 1949 - 1960
File
Identifier: Folder 3:5
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:
1949 - 1960
Association News, 1948
File
Identifier: Folder 4B: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:
1948
Association News, 1949
File
Identifier: Folder 4B:8
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
Association of National Investigators Collection
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 7
Scope and Contents
This collection includes booklets, brochures, a charter, correspondence, lectures, financial records, inventories, membership applications, patient charts recording the medical history and treatments of patients admitted to the Cayce Hospital, postcards, and reports documenting the activities of the Association of National Investigators. The collection also includes the original print run of The New-Tomorrow journal (edited by Thomas Sugrue and Hugh Lynn Cayce).
Dates:
1925 - 1931
audio cassette and book [The Jesus I Knew: Talks on Christ and the Edgar Cayce Readings], 1984
File
Identifier: Folder 22:4
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:
1984
Cayce Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 1
Scope and Contents
The collection is primarily composed of paper materials, including correspondence, legal papers, and publications. Other materials include artifacts, certificates, news clippings, photographs, and audio-visual materials. The Hugh Lynn Cayce series comprises the majority of the collection.
Dates:
1855 - 2016
Found in:
The Edgar Cayce Foundation
/
Cayce Family Collection
conference publications, 1950
File
Identifier: Folder 13A: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:
1950
conference publications, 1961
File
Identifier: Folder 16:17
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
conference publications, 1963
File
Identifier: Folder 17:2
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:
1963
conference publications, 1965
File
Identifier: Folder 17:10
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:
1965