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Cook, John Loy, 1838-1878 (Sc 3709), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cook, John Loy, 1838-1878 (Sc 3709), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3709. Biographical data on John L. Cook, a physician of Henderson, Kentucky. Includes an 1878 article on yellow fever by Cook, published in the Louisville Medical News just prior to his death from the disease; a memorial address read before the McDowell Medical Society at Hopkinsville, Kentucky after his death; and information on his wife Annie.
Burrus, Swan Brasfield, 1855-1936 (Sc 3304), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Burrus, Swan Brasfield, 1855-1936 (Sc 3304), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3304. Letter to a Mr. Parker from Swan Burrus, State Line, Kentucky, referring to his children’s interest in an estate. He reminds Parker of his delivery of a bond as guardian for the three youngest children, and asks for further instructions. The letter is written on letterhead from the Office of Burrus Brothers, Drugs and General Merchandise, and bears an illustrated advertisement for Dr. Brown’s Family Remedies promising relief from a variety of complaints.
Carter, Tim Lee, 1910-1987 - Relating To (Sc 2931), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carter, Tim Lee, 1910-1987 - Relating To (Sc 2931), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2931. Materials relating to Tim Lee Carter, a Tompkinsville, Kentucky physician and member of the U.S. Congress from 1965-1981. Includes clippings, biographical data, correspondence relating to medical malpractice legislation, and programs, memoranda and publicity relating to the opening of the Carter Congressional Collection at Western Kentucky University. Also includes a pencil sketch of Carter.
Briggs, James A., 1831-1900 (Sc 1504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Briggs, James A., 1831-1900 (Sc 1504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1503. Dissertation titled "Medical topography and diseases of Warren County, Ky." written by James A. Briggs at the University of Nashville in 1851. He describes his belief in the causes of malaria, and discusses cholera and other maladies that struck Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky prior to 1850.
Mcivor, Wilfred J., B. 1897? (Mss 506), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcivor, Wilfred J., B. 1897? (Mss 506), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 506. Personal patient ledger (1931-1932) of Dr. W.J. McIvor, a physician practicing at Moseley Hospital in Henderson, Kentucky. Includes an unidentified photograph of a woman and the cover of an 1897 book on writing and engrossing.
Gaither, Joseph Gant, 1884-1968 (Sc 1239), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gaither, Joseph Gant, 1884-1968 (Sc 1239), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1239. Letter from Gant Gaither, a Hopkinsville, Kentucky physician, to Mary Leiper Moore of the Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University, discussing Gaither’s family, particularly Nathan Gaither, who practiced medicine in Adair County.
Washington, Rebecca (Smith), 1776-1861 (Sc 1254), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Washington, Rebecca (Smith), 1776-1861 (Sc 1254), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1254. Letter, 10 August 1835, written by Rebecca Washington, Logan County, Kentucky, to her daughter Jane Walker in Arkansas Territory. She vividly describes the cholera epidemic that has devastated the white and African American residents of Russellville and Logan County, and relates family news. Information about the letter is included.
Westerfield, William Peter, 1835-1916 (Mss 471), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Westerfield, William Peter, 1835-1916 (Mss 471), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 471. Diaries of William P. Westerfield, a Rochester, Butler County, Kentucky physician, recording the weather and local events from 1895-1915. Includes some Westerfield family data.
Orrahood, Marvin David, 1923-2000 (Mss 465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Orrahood, Marvin David, 1923-2000 (Mss 465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only Manuscripts Collection 465. Correspondence, primarily professional, or Dr. Marvin David Orrahood, a pathologist practicing in Owensboro, Kentucky. Includes Parts I-IV of a family history and genealogy, "The Family of Marvin David Orrahood II and Aline Joyce Orrahood," and a list of Owensboro physicians (Click on "Additional Files" below for scans).
Carter, Tim Lee, 1910-1987 (Mss 80), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carter, Tim Lee, 1910-1987 (Mss 80), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 80. Correspondence, photographs, audiotapes, film, clippings, general office files, and records of legislative proceedings relating to the political career of Tim Lee Carter, U.S. Representative (Republican) for Kentucky's Fifth Congressional District, 1965-1981.
Thomas, Richard Curd, 1838-1879 (Sc 675), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas, Richard Curd, 1838-1879 (Sc 675), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 675. Statement of Richard Curd Thomas, a Bowling Green, Kentucky physician, to George Stayton, itemizing charges for visits, overnight stays, prescriptions and an obstetrics case.
Richardson, Samuel Bainbridge, 1803-1864 (Sc 707), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Richardson, Samuel Bainbridge, 1803-1864 (Sc 707), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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
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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
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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.
Chism Family Papers (Sc 603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chism Family Papers (Sc 603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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.
Lewis, John Alexander, B. 1841 (Sc 520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lewis, John Alexander, B. 1841 (Sc 520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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.
Louisville Medical School - Louisville, Kentucky - Notes (Sc 321), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Louisville Medical School - Louisville, Kentucky - Notes (Sc 321), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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
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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.
Jackson, Alfred Metcalfe (Sc 306), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jackson, Alfred Metcalfe (Sc 306), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 306. Account book of Alfred Metcalfe Jackson, a physician in South Carrollton, Kentucky.
Pusey, William Allen, 1865-1940 (Sc 238), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pusey, William Allen, 1865-1940 (Sc 238), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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.
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 2480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 2480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2480. Brief notes of an interview conducted by Nancy Disher Baird on 11 December 1975 with Dr. Zacharia Keele Jones, an African American physician of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Jones mentions his family, early life, education and influences. He also names other African American physicians who practiced in Bowling Green.
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 2480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 2480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2480. Brief notes of an interview conducted by Nanch Disher Baird on 11 December 1975 with Dr. Zacharia Keele (Z.K.) Jones, an African American physician of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Jones mentions his family, early life, education and influences. He also names other African American phyicians who practiced in Bowling Green.
Richardson, Lewis George, 1829-1906 (Sc 207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Richardson, Lewis George, 1829-1906 (Sc 207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 207. Copy of 1 February 1852 letter from Lewis George Richardson, a medical student at the University of Louisville, to his father, Reverend George Richardson, Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky. He writes of his schooling, the Louisville winter, and his prospects for the future. Also includes a biographical sketch of Dr. Richardson written by a grandchild.
South, Lillian Harreld, 1879-1966 (Sc 2180), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
South, Lillian Harreld, 1879-1966 (Sc 2180), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2180. Application to secure historical highway marker for Bowling Green, Kentucky native Lillian H. South, a female physician with a distinguished career as State Bacteriologist with the Kentucky State Board of Health. Includes application and supporting material.
Westerfield, William P., 1835-1916 (Sc 2139), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Westerfield, William P., 1835-1916 (Sc 2139), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Microfilm copy of professional diaries kept by Westerfield, a Rochester, Kentucky physician, for 1895, 1900, 1902, 1904, 1908 and 1910-1915. The diaries record weather conditions and local fires as well as births, marriages, deaths, accidents, illnesses and surgery in which Westerfield was professionally involved. Includes a typescript with biographical information, description of the diaries, and listings of the births, marriages, deaths, operations, accidents, illnesses and fires recorded therein.
Mckenney, John Oscar, 1879-1946 (Sc 2122), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mckenney, John Oscar, 1879-1946 (Sc 2122), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2122. Three notebooks of John Oscar McKenney, a Beaver Dam, Kentucky physician. The books contain notes on physiology and on the characteristics, diagnosis and treatment of illnesses and diseases.
Schroeder, Ralph Louis, 1885-1976 (Sc 1971), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Schroeder, Ralph Louis, 1885-1976 (Sc 1971), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1971. Letter, 14 February 1930, from Ralph Louis Schroeder, a physician, to Dorothy Blocher, Owensboro, Kentucky discussing details about automobiles and the furniture and equipment in his office. Also includes a brief biography of Schroeder.
Rash, Otway Watkins, Jr., 1876-1966 (Sc 1970), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rash, Otway Watkins, Jr., 1876-1966 (Sc 1970), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1970. Medical diplomas and business papers of Otway Watkins Rash, Jr., an Owensboro physician, including deed, U.S. Internal Revenue inventory form for opium and other narcotics, U.S. Treasury Department still registry form, stock certificate, and letters to Mrs. Grace Rash containing family information, especially on her Welsh relatives.
Barclay, David Porter, 1826-1862 (Sc 1914), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barclay, David Porter, 1826-1862 (Sc 1914), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1504. Dissertation of David P. Barclay, submitted to the University of Nashville for the Doctor of Medicine degree and entitled "Dysentery of Warren and Simpson Counties, Ky., 1854.” He offers his hypothesis about the cause of a dysentery epidemic in 1854 in Simpson and Warren counties in Kentucky.
Gingles Collection (Mss 21), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gingles Collection (Mss 21), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 21. Dr. John Thomas Gingles, Kirksey, Calloway County, Kentucky, account books, 1866-1870, 1872-1875, 1880, 1884-1885. Account book, 1851-1878, probably his father's, James A. Gingles. Typescript of 1946 paper entitled "Vitamin Therapy" by his son Dr. Hunter W. Gingles, Hardburly, Perry County, Kentucky. Also includes a University of Louisville Medical School commencement booklet, 1915, letters, receipts, and four copies of the "Murray Weekly News", 1886-1887.