Abstract The collection consists of correspondence and an astrological life reading created by Clay Burton Vance, a conman in the early 20th century who became well known internationally for selling false astrological readings. Vance, which was the pseudonym of Elmer Sidney Prather, would sell personal "Complete Life Readings" to people for a large fee, but provided them with a mass produced reading instead. Materials in the collection include a letter from Vance to a Miss E.B. Bell of Nunthorpe,...