Mail Fraud
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Brinkler, G. H. to Lillian Bonham, 1913-1914
File — Box 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Three letters from a self-proclaimed "food expert" G. H. Brinkler. An article from the American Medical Association was published in the October 1914 issue of JAMA and a 1915 book highlighting a federal investigation into Brinkler's fraudulant mail order business.
Dates:
1913-1914
Clay Burton Vance astrology reading collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31210026673614]
Identifier: MS-079
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,...
Dates:
November 1911
Found in:
Manuscript Collections