Spiritual Science Institute (Gray)

Not be confused with other Spiritual Science Institutes.

The Spiritual Science Institute was a Spiritualist séance group operated by the medium Mrs. Stoddard Gray, also known as Jennie A. Snyder, and her son, Dewitt C. Hough, at their home, No. 331 West 57th St., in New York during the early 1900s.

Classified advert from New York Tribune of 27 Oct. 1900

Advertising

• "SPIRITUAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE, 331 West 57th st. — Immortality demonstrated, spirit communion; materializations. Sunday and Wednesday evenings, 8 o'clock; Saturdays, 2. Mrs. STODDARD GRAY and son, DE WITT C. HOUGH. Conferences daily.", New York Tribue: 12, 27 Oct. 1900, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1900-10-27/ed-1/seq-12/ 

Press Coverage

• "MEDIUM BROKE THE FURNITURE - James K. Thompson, in a Trance, Mistook Favorite Pieces for the Spirits of Famous Men. HE ATTACKED AND BIT SON OF THE LANDLADY. There Was a Lively Fight, but the Fighting Medium Was Finally Dragged Away to Court and Held.", New York Evening World (New York, NY): 5, 26 Jan. 1904, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1904-01-26/ed-1/seq-5/ 
• "MEDIUM'S DEATH SUDDEN. Mrs. Gray Was to Give Seance for Detectives.", New-York Daily Tribune: 6, 4 Aug. 1904, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1904-08-04/ed-1/seq-6/