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Titcomb, John M., B. 1814? (Sc 756), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Titcomb, John M., B. 1814? (Sc 756), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 756. Medical remedies and recipes collected in a small notebook of John M. Titcomb of Baltimore, Maryland.
Short, Charles Wilkins, 1794-1863 (Sc 2638), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Short, Charles Wilkins, 1794-1863 (Sc 2638), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2638. Bound typescript copies of letters written by Charles Wilkins Short, Lexington, Kentucky, chiefly to his uncle, William Short, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Topics include the medical practice and his brother-in-law, Dr. Dudley.
Lawson, H. M. (Sc 728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lawson, H. M. (Sc 728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 728. Medical report written by H. M. Lawson, surgeon, on the back pages of Regulations for the Medical Department of the Confederate States Army (Richmond, 1861). He describes the camp conditions and health problems of the 51st Regiment, Georgia Volunteers at Pocotaligo, South Carolina.
Coombs, Samuel Williams, 1830-1882 (Sc 2602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Coombs, Samuel Williams, 1830-1882 (Sc 2602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2602. Bound photocopy of the holographic personal diary of Samuel Williams Coombs, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, detailing medical school, and his day-to-day life.
Richardson, Samuel Bainbridge, 1803-1864 (Sc 707), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Richardson, Samuel Bainbridge, 1803-1864 (Sc 707), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 707. Account book, 1848-1859, of a physician at Louisville Kentucky, which contains records, accounts and occupations of patients; a letter regarding debts owed to the doctor, 1855; a photographic negative of one page of the account book, 1850; and a newspaper article about the account book, 1951.
Schickel, Joseph Herman, 1913-1992 (Mss 416), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Schickel, Joseph Herman, 1913-1992 (Mss 416), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 416. This collection contains Dr. Joseph Schickel’s personal papers and files. The majority of the collection regards Dr. Schickel’s medical practice in Burkesville, Kentucky, and his extensive community work throughout Cumberland County, Kentucky.
Murphey, G. N. (Sc 441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Murphey, G. N. (Sc 441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 441. Copy of application, Bowling Green, Kentucky, for a license to practice medicine in Kentucky.
Mcdowell, Ephraim, 1771-1830 - Relating To (Sc 2551), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcdowell, Ephraim, 1771-1830 - Relating To (Sc 2551), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2551. First day of issue cover for stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of the first successful ovariotomy, performed by Ephraim McDowell. Includes a brief printed history of the surgery, as well as a printed letter from the Danville, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce announcing the commemorative stamp.
Chism Family Papers (Sc 603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chism Family Papers (Sc 603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans including slave items (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 603. Chiefly business papers of the Chism family of Monroe County, Kentucky, with most of the papers being those of J. T. Chism (1810-1884). Includes slave items, 1808, 1856 (2); letters pertaining to the pork industry and trade, 1867-1880 (36); doctor’s letters containing medical instructions for patient and prescriptions, 1863-1864 (4); receipts for goods sold to Union forces, 1863-1864 (8); and miscellaneous items.
Halcomb, Warren G. (Sc 587), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Halcomb, Warren G. (Sc 587), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 587. Ciphering book of Warren G. Halcomb’s of Caswell County, North Carolina, which he kept from 11 September 1809 to 15 July 1815. Other entries in the book include a few family names and dates, personal business notes, and a recipe for the cure of rheumatism. Loose items, 1840-1854, found in the book concern the slave trade, 1840 and 1849.
Anderson, Oliver Hazard Perry, 1813-1845 (Sc 521), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Anderson, Oliver Hazard Perry, 1813-1845 (Sc 521), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 521. Photocopy of letter, 21 December 1842, from Oliver Hazard Perry Anderson, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, to Orlando Brown, Frankfort, Kentucky, in which he relates his experiences as a patient dwelling in the cave as a treatment for consumption. The original letter is owned by The Filson Club, Louisville, Kentucky, and was published in The Filson Club Quarterly, vol. 20, p. 302-307.
Lewis, John Alexander, B. 1841 (Sc 520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lewis, John Alexander, B. 1841 (Sc 520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 520. Printed pamphlets and typescripts, one with holographic corrections, or speeches and papers read before the Kentucky State Medical Association and the Kentucky State Medical Society by John Alexander Lewis, a physician of Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky.
Lloyd, John Uri, 1849-1936 (Sc 458), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lloyd, John Uri, 1849-1936 (Sc 458), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 458. Letter written by John Uri Lloyd, Cincinnati, Ohio, to John Stuart Groves, Wilmington, Delaware, regarding Lloyd’s writings about certain diseases.
Johnson, John R., 1893-1974 & Andrew Wilson Johnson, B. 1896 (Mss 392), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Johnson, John R., 1893-1974 & Andrew Wilson Johnson, B. 1896 (Mss 392), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 392. Letters written by John R. Johnson and Andrew Wilson Johnson to their parents in Wooster, Ohio, during the brothers’ military service in World War I and Andrew’s attendance at Ohio State University.
Bowling Green Warren County Medical Society Alliance, 1952-2011 (Mss 402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Warren County Medical Society Alliance, 1952-2011 (Mss 402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 402. Organizational materials including constitution, by-laws, membership directories and scholarship files for the Bowling Green Warren County Medical Society Alliance of Bowling Green, Kentucky. The bulk of the collection relates to the two Western Kentucky University nursing scholarships granted by the group: the Newman & Lena Harris Scholarship and the Maydelle Johnson Funk Scholarship.
Louisville Medical School - Louisville, Kentucky - Notes (Sc 321), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Louisville Medical School - Louisville, Kentucky - Notes (Sc 321), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 321. Notebook kept by an unidentified student at the Louisville (Kentucky) Medical School. Includes notes of lectures given by professors Yandell, Miller, Gross, Palmer, Rogers, Flint and Smith.
Winlock, Joseph F. (Sc 269), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Winlock, Joseph F. (Sc 269), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 269. Account book of Dr. Joseph F. Winlock, physician of Greensburg, Kentucky, containing accounts of patients, some ailment cures and a small notebook probably carried by the doctor with entries to be copied into account book.
42th Annual Wku Student Research Conference, Student Research Council, Western Kentucky University
42th Annual Wku Student Research Conference, Student Research Council, Western Kentucky University
Student Research Conference Select Presentations
No abstract provided.
Jackson, Alfred Metcalfe (Sc 306), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jackson, Alfred Metcalfe (Sc 306), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 306. Account book of Alfred Metcalfe Jackson, a physician in South Carrollton, Kentucky.
Laude, Jan (Fa 68), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Laude, Jan (Fa 68), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 68. Thesis: “A Contemporary Female Psychic: A Folkloristic Study of A Traditional Occupation” by Jan Laude in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts, Department of Folk and Intercultural Studies at Western Kentucky University.
Beeckler, Diane M. (Fa 65), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Beeckler, Diane M. (Fa 65), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 65. [Folk medicine] Collection contains correspondence, magazine entries, and a book concerning traditional cures and preventions for the common cold, flu and other illnesses. There are several responses from Kentuckians from across the state. These cures were collected by Diane Beeckler for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Mason-Jones, Lisa (Fa 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mason-Jones, Lisa (Fa 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 38. [Midwifery] Oral history project by Lisa Mason-Jones with Jean Pence concerning Mrs. Pence’s role as a midwife at the Medical Center in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Project was completed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Includes index, tape summary, and transcription.
Pusey, William Allen, 1865-1940 (Sc 238), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pusey, William Allen, 1865-1940 (Sc 238), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 238. Chiefly letters from Dr. William Pusey’s widow to Mary T. Moore, Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University, related to Dr. Pusey’s published works. Includes typescripts of letters commenting on Dr. Pusey’s efforts to prevent the spread of venereal diseases during World War I.
Ua60/5 Wku Dental Hygiene Class Of 2012, Wku Dental Hygiene
Ua60/5 Wku Dental Hygiene Class Of 2012, Wku Dental Hygiene
WKU Archives Records
Members of the 2012 dental hygiene class: Nikki Kennedy, class representative; Ashley O'Bannon, historian, Kelsey Morrison, secretary; Courtney Jamison, vice president; Alyssa Nantz, president; Sarah Lynch, treasurer; Hannah Murrey, historian; Alicia Azimipour, SADHA representative; Christie Woods, class representative; Lyndi Adler, Kelly Daughters, Casey Frost, Kayla Ginn, Deanna Gipson, Azra Hajrick, Kayla Jenkins, Samantha Johnson, Chad Jones, Brittney Kennedy, Kristen McCubbins, Jessica Mounce, Mikell Nelson, Morgan Poore, Whitney Rion, Devon Russell, Heather Sprouse and Traci Walker.
Ua1c11/47 Wku Dental Hygiene Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/47 Wku Dental Hygiene Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Photographs of WKU dental hygiene graduates removed from Junior American Dental Hygienist's Association scrapbooks as well as class composites.