Manuscripts

James N. O'Neill notebook

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Description: James N. O'Neill's notebook contain miscellaneous remarks and drawings about medicine. Some of the subjects that O'Neill touches upon include comments on fractures, thyroids, gonorrhea, and gastric surgeries. There are also a number of loose leaves that are contained in an envelope at the back of the volume. Written in pen.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: after 1930.
Call number: mssHM 80502
Creator: O'Neill, James N(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: On long-term loan from the Los Angeles County Medical Association, 1992.
Associated organization: Los Angeles County Medical Association,
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Letters and essays of Owen Hugh O'Neill

Manuscripts

The majority of the letters are written by Owen Hugh O'Neill to his father and brother, Malachy O'Neill, who were still living in Kilross, Ireland. The letters discuss his trip to California including his stay at Fort Bridger, Wyo., and his arrival in Salt Lake City, Utah, with Johnston and the newly appointed Governor Alfred Cumming. O'Neill makes observations regarding the mounting confrontation between the U.S. Government and Army, Brigham Young, and the Mormon Church. In his other letters, some of which are to various friends, O'Neill discusses the Civil War and his life in California. In his letter dated 1863, Oct. 24, Malachy O'Neill discusses Ireland's view of the Civil War and the mass numbers of the Irish immigrating to the United States. The essays, which are not dated, seem to be have been written by O'Neill while he was a student and deal with various subjects such as mathematics and how to write an essay. Also included is a notebook kept by O'Neill regarding mathematics and sailing

mssHM 66359-66377

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Surgical notes: notebook

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This notebook contains handwritten surgical notes (30 pages) by a Dr. Carmen (first name is unknown), probably in California. The notes are undated but the approximate date is 1856. The subjects vary and include: colds, burns, blood vessels, aneurysms, small pox, cancer and many others. There are also a few pages of "General Remarks." The volume also contains a 12-page index near the back of the notebook. Most of the volume is blank. On the inside front cover is a note about the provenance of the notebook.

mssHM 80415

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Central Pacific and leased railroads notebook

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Notebook contains information about locomotivesm cars, steamers, and barges throughout the United States. There are two loose items in the inside back cover.

mssHM 84276

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Jack London notebook

Manuscripts

Although this was originally Jack London's high school geometry notebook, London used it as a scrapbook after the original use. Most of the notebook pages have bits of paper glued onto them with quotes, lists of names (surnames, female names, male names, etc.), as well as lists of words in their vernacular such as "White Southern Vernacular," "Low Irish Vernacular," "California Spanish Vernacular," etc. Most of that material is typewritten but there is also handwritten material by London in the notebook. There are still several pages with mathematical equations in London's hand. Handwritten on the cover: "Jack London - Geometry" and "A.U.A.-'96."

mssHM 80607

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Wärmelehre: autograph notebook

Manuscripts

These notes, which are in German, were written by Loránd Eötvös most probably while he was attending the University of Heidelberg. In the notebook Eötvös includes notes regarding: heat; themodynamics; comparisons of water, alcohol and mercury thermometers; linear expansion of glass and various metals from 0 to 100 degrees Celsius; and the thermal expansion of solids and gases. It is illustrated with pen-and-ink sketches of laboratory apparatus and a few diagrams. The text of the last page breaks off in the middle of a sentence suggesting that Eötvös continued his notes in another notebook.

mssHM 71157

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Richard Bentley notebook

Manuscripts

It is conjecture that the author of this notebook is Richard Bentley ("R. Bentley" appears on the verso of the second flyleaf). The volume includes several essays including "Sanderson's Hydrostaticks," "De Microscopiis," "De Telescopiis," and "Demonstrations of the 6th Axiom in Dr. Isaak Newton's Opticks." There are also 8 pages of notes regarding mathematics.

mssHM 72871

James N. O'Neill notebook

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