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"Dr. Emmet Starr," Micah Pearce Smith, 1930 (C2106)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Biographical sketch of a Cherokee Indian educator, physician, Indian expert and clerk at the Book World, a second-hand book store in St. Louis, MO.
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Walter W. Dyer Papers, 1918 (R0041)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Walter W. Dyer Papers contains photocopies of fourteen letters written by Walter W. Dyer during his military service in World War I. Dyer was an Army teamster at Camp McArthur and Waco, Texas.
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Thomas Jefferson Eaton Papers, 1870-1947 (K0033)
0.20 c.f. (4 folders)
A bound formulary used by Dr. Eaton, a doctor/pharmacist in Kansas City, for reference in preparing various drugs, potions, and remedies. Also included is information on the Eaton, Chambliss, Brodie, and Fowler families.
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El Dorado Springs Chamber of Commerce Collection, no date (R1061)
(1 folder)
These are two promotional pamphlets for El Dorado Springs in Cedar County, Missouri. Included are descriptions of the town and its medicinal springs, with chemical analyses of the waters. The pamphlets are undated, but appear to be from the 1920s.
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Albert Lee Evans Medical Records, 1913-1914 (R0018)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Albert Lee Evans Medical Records contain a photocopy of an individual account book for medical services. Albert Lee Evans, a Bonne Terre, Missouri, physician who began practice in Saint Francois County in 1900.
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Maria L. Evans Papers, 1986-1988 (CA5831)
2 cubic feet
Noteservice notes and student synopses of lectures of first and second year courses at the University of Missouri School of Medicine. Courses include anatomy, microbiology, pathology, pharmacology, and others.
W.A. Evans Letter, 1929 (C2761)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a letter to [J.C.] Bay, from Chicago, IL, Jan. 1, 1929, concerning John Wesley Monette (1803-1851), a New Orleans physician.
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Armando R. Favazza Papers, 1957-2010s (CA6283)
6 cubic feet, 4 DVDs
Papers of a psychiatrist and author best known for his work in cultural psychiatry, nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), and religion. A Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Favazza began teaching at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1973.
John Feldmann Account Book, 1863-1871 (C0268)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Accounts of a physician of Hermann, MO, partly in German. Lists medical services such as extractions, lancing of abscesses, vaccinations, etc. Bills were paid in such commodities as cigars, wine, sugar and potatoes.
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Fountain of Health (Harris Springs, Mo.) Advertisement, 1886 (C2880)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Advertisement of a health spa.
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Kenkichi Furuichi Papers, 1921-1924 (K0358)
0.3 c.f.
Correspondence in both Japanese and English; some financial material; class notes; one photograph; and some ephemeral material. Furuichi graduated from the Kansas City-Western Dental College and was a dentist in Kansas City KS.
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James A. Gaines Papers, 1842-1876 (C0425)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Letters to Lou Bell and Jennie Bell Gaines from relatives and Confederate prisoner at Johnson's Island, OH, describing St. Louis, freed Blacks, and cholera epidemic; U.S. ARMY ARGUS-EXTRA with Price-Fremont letters on exchange of prisoners and protection of civilians; biography of Mortimer Gaines. Microfilm has over 300 receipts of Dr. Gaines, 1850s and 1860s.
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General Hospital Letter, 1917, 1959 (K1365)
.02 c.f.
General Hospital Letter contains a two-page letter written by Dr. Thomas F. Miller concerning personal affairs and personnel conditions at the hospital in August 1917. Also included are two unidentified photographs, dated August 1959.
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Bela Gondos Papers, 1987-2000 (K0807)
0.03 cubic foot (3 folders)
The Bela Gondos Papers contain eight presentations and essays written by Bela Gondos, a Holocaust survivor, about the Holocaust and Jewish culture and history. Several of them include biographical information and personal reflections along with historical information.
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Donald O. Granberg Papers, 1980-1982 (C4597)
1.0 cubic feet (17 folders)
Surveys and results of an abortion activism study conducted by a University of Missouri sociology professor in 1980.
Greater Kansas City Heart Association 1951 Heart Fund Scrapbook, 1950-1951 (K1247)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Greater Kansas City Heart Association 1951 Heart Fund Scrapbook is a single volume created by W.F. Shoemaker, campaign director of the 1951 Heart Fund and staff member of the Kansas City public relations firm Cumerford, Inc. The scrapbook includes clippings, printed material, and fundraising correspondence.
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Charles Claude Guthrie Sr. Scientific Papers, 1898-1970 (C3108)
23 cubic feet, 87 volumes
Correspondence, research notes, manuscripts, family history, reprints, and microscope slides of a physician, professor of physiology, inventor, and pioneer researcher in the field of vascular surgery with Alexis Carrel.
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H.W. Harper Chemists' and Druggists' Diary, 1876 (C4241)
0.25 cubic feet (1 folder)
A Chemists' and Druggists' Diary, 1876, which includes notations on weather, social life, and business in Boonville, Missouri.
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Alexis F. Hartmann Jr. Papers, 1884-2008 (S0341)
1.6 cubic feet
The Alexis F. Hartmann Papers contain correspondence, photographs, maps, and yearbooks documenting Hartmann's personal and professional life, including his career as a pediatrician at St. Louis Children's Hospital and a professor of pediatrics at Washington University.
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Lafayette Henson Papers, 1876-1938 (C0114)
0.3 cubic feet
Correspondence and other papers of a physician of Galena, MO, who graduated from the Missouri Medical College, St. Louis, in 1882. Class notes taken while a student at Missouri Medical College. Account book containing bills for medical attendance.
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Irma Lou Hirsch Papers, 1967-1975 (K0729)
4 c.f.
Hirsch was Assistant Director, Missouri Regional Medical Program, Kansas City Area Planning Office. Includes studies, surveys, various training programs, curriculum samples, committee reports, and articles that reflect the education and career mobility opportunities for students and professionals engaged in the allied health professions.
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"History of Nursing in Missouri," Louise Irby Trenholme, [1925] (C1274)
0.12 cubic feet (1 volume)
Written ca. 1925, the manuscript covers the history of nursing and nursing education. First published by Missouri State Nurses' Association in 1926.
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Home Health Care Alliance, Inc. Records, 1994-1999 (K0966)
7 c.f.
The Alliance recruited, trained, and placed in-home care providers with cooperating agencies. Organizational records includes financial records, contracts, educational programing, minutes, and case files.
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Hospice of Jefferson City and Mid-Missouri Records, 1983-1995 (CA5732)
7 cubic feet
Administrative and financial records of the organization.
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Spencer M. Hubbard Papers, 1849-1902 (R0676)
0.25 cubic foot (4 folders)
The Spencer M. Hubbard Papers contain the personal and business papers of Spencer M. Hubbard, physician and county clerk of Texas County, Mo. Also include is the medical account book of Spencer's father, Dr. John H. Hubbard, 1849-1852, and minutes of the Texas County Medical Association, 1888.
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Hughes/Simmons Drug Store Records, 1872-1960 (K0133)
27 MR
Business records of a drug store in Liberty, Missouri: daybooks; journals; want books; an inventory book; a poison register; and invoices for goods purchased by store, which display late nineteenth and early twentieth century illustrated letterheads with representations of the buildings and goods of the firms.
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J.N. Rupe and Sons (Edgerton, Mo.) Account Book, 1887-1903 (C2474)
0.15 cubic feet (1 volume)
Rupe was a general store owner and physician; both types of accounts are entered in the book.
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Jackson County Medical Society Collection, 1859-1938 (K0088)
2 c.f.
Notes on different medical societies, professional journals, medical colleges, and health facilities in the Kansas City Metropolitan area. Biographical sketches on physicians, surgeons, and some dentists in the area make up the bulk of the collection. Also included are miscellaneous papers and photographs.
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David S. Jacobs Collection, 1980, 2001 (K0923)
0.2 c.f.
Two medical volumes edited by Dr. Jacobs.
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Jefferson Davis Griffith Chapter-Association of Military Surgeons Records, 1936-1937 (K0112)
0.03 c.f.
Correspondence (primary of Major E.H. Trowbridge MD, president of the chapter) and membership rosters for the chapter. They deal primarily with the organization of the chapter and efforts to secure the National Convention of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States for Kansas City.
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John H. Walters Hospice of Central Missouri Records, 1975-1990 (C3926)
2.5 cubic feet
Records of the John H. Walters Hospice of Central Missouri. The collection consists of correspondence, financial and administrative records, committee reports, minutes, meeting agendas, memos, personnel records, organization and dissolution records, and miscellaneous.
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John J. Riordan Papers, 1917-1990 (C4383)
2.4 cubic feet (55 folders)
The John J. Riordan Papers document the World War I military career of a veterinary officer, his career as a professional veterinarian in Tarkio, Missouri, and his efforts to record his wartime experiences through writing his memoir, Horses, Mules and Remounts: The World War I Memoir of a Veterinary Officer.
Charles Montgomery Johnson Record Books, 1855-1905 (C0271)
4 rolls of microfilm
Collection of twelve daybooks, 1855-1900, and twelve ledger books, 1865-1905, which give a daily record of visits made and fees charged by Dr. Charles M. Johnson and other doctors who practiced with him in St. Charles, Missouri.
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Paul Nugent Johnstone Papers, 1956-1967 (K0138)
0.3 c.f.
Scrapbook kept by Johnstone, a noted physician in Kansas City, MO, of news clippings, correspondence and other material, and the professional reaction to his article, "Studies in the Etiology and Treatment of Acute Renal Failure."
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Kansas City Academy of Medicine Records, 1890-1924 (K0187)
0.1 c.f.
A history and minutes of the Academy, a competitor to the Jackson County Medical Society. Photographs, a calendar and a program are also included.
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Kansas City College of Veterinary Medicine Records, 1905 (K1029)
0.25 c.f.
Includes diplomas and class composite photographs.
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Kansas City Medical Library Club Records, 1911-1920 (K0186)
0.16 c.f.
The Kansas City Medical Library Club Records consist of subscription cards for the Kansas City Medical Library Club and miscellaneous correspondence and notes, dated 1911 to 1920.
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John H. Kinyoun Account Books, 1859-1898 (C3863)
0.16 cubic feet (1 folder, 7 volumes)
Six ledgers, cash book, and miscellaneous receipts, bills, certificates, and advertisements of John Hendricks Kinyoun, a doctor in Centerview, Johnson County, Missouri.
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Andrew Christy Knox Papers, 1900-1951 (K0510)
1 c.f.
Diaries, notebooks, some correspondence, and financial records of Knox, a physician in Kansas City, MO.
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Lafayette County Medical Association Book, 1879-1903 (C0860)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Minutes, register of doctors, accounts, copy of medical fee bill, and photograph. Association was located in Higginsville, Missouri.
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Lenoir-Nifong Family Papers, 1813-1955 (C3656)
1.6 cubic feet (44 folders)
The papers of a Boone County, Missouri, family with roots in North Carolina, include correspondence, genealogical information, and daybooks of a physician, Frank G. Nifong, who married Lavinia Bradford Lenoir.
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Eugene R. Lewis Papers, 1853-1901 (K0326)
0.24 c.f. (12 folders)
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings about the medical field, railroads, politics, and items Kansas City physician Lewis personally found interesting. Topics include the University of Kansas City Medical department (not to be confused with UMKC), various medical associations, historical sketches of people, papers written by Dr. Lewis, and the Women's Medical College of Kansas City, MO.
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Julius Lingenfelder Papers, 1876-1934 (C4167)
0.5 cubic feet (17 folders), 1 oversize volume
The papers of Dr. Julius Lingenfelder contain a typescript copy of his book, The Physician as Leader of the New Era, family correspondence, a scrapbook containing correspondence and news clippings, 1915-1920, and school certificates, including his medical diploma.
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Edward W. Lowrance Papers, 1934-1983 (C4641)
1.0 cubic feet (23 folders, 4 audio tapes)
The papers of a University of Missouri professor of anatomy include research data, professional and personal correspondence, teaching materials, University of Missouri records, photographs, and audio tapes.
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Thomas D. Luckey Papers, 1946-1966 (C3119)
3.5 cubic feet
The papers contain correspondence and miscellaneous reprints of a biochemist of the University of Missouri Medical School, whose fields of research included nutrition and metabolism of germ-free vertebrates, folic acid and related compounds in chick nutrition, and nutrition of zoo animals.
Thomas D. Luckey Papers, no date (CA4613)
13 cubic feet
Addition of research data, reference files, class lecture materials, and some correspondence of a professor of biochemistry interested in germ free research and nutrition. See also C3119.
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Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Papers, 1798-1981 (S0452)
25 cubic fet, 1321 folders, 268 photographs, 39 glass slides, 17 volumes
Edward Mallinckrodt was an Industrialist, scientist, and philanthropist in St. Louis. He Served as Mallinckrodt Chemical Works director (1901-1965), vice-president (1918-1928), and board chairman (1928-1965). The collection Documents family and business history, Mallinckrodt’s contributions to medicine, conservation, and education. Included in the collection are correspondence, reports, biographies, speeches, notes, scrapbooks, publications, blueprints, patents, and photographs.
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Maries County, Missouri Medical Register Records, 1871-1909 (R0319)
0.1 cubic foot (2 folders)
The Maries County Medical Register Records contain photocopies of registers, 1871-1900 and 1893-1909, of physicians, surgeons, pharmacists, and dentists in Maries County, Missouri. The registers list the dates and locations of medical training, or certificates granted by state boards in lieu of examinations.
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Martin Letters, 1892-1893 (C2021)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Health of Lizzie and Emma.
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Woodford Martin Papers, 1905-1926 (K0179)
1 MR
Patient register kept by Martin, a physician, in Savannah, and first official physician for Andrew County, MO. Lists the patient's names and the services he rendered. Indexed.