E. Norman Pearson

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E. Norman Pearson as newly elected TSA vice president, 1936.

E. Norman Pearson was a writer and lecturer associated with the Theosophical Society in America.

Activities with the Theosophical Society

In 1936 Pearson was elected vice president of the American Section, working with president Sidney A. Cook.

Photography and microfilming

Mr. Pearson was also quite a photographer. At Olcott, he and Joy Mills set up a dark room in the bathroom of guest room #8, and developed their own film.[1] While in Adyar, Pearson assisted Katherine Beechey with the photograph collection in the Adyar Archives, and also set up a dark room and an "apparatus" for microfilming.[2]

Writings

The Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals lists 121 articles by or about Mr. Pearson. He also wrote books:

  • Space, Time, and Self. Adyar, Madras: Theosophical Publishing House, 1964.
  • Let's Look at Life. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Press, 1954.

Notes

  1. Joy Mills in interview with Janet Kerschner. February, 2013 in Krotona. Miss Mills' personal photo albums are in the Theosohical Society in America Archives.
  2. Katherine Beechey letter to Boris de Zirkoff. November 19, 1956. Boris de Zirkoff Papers. Records Series 22. Theosophical Society in America Archives.