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Description: This collection contains several drafts of Edward Anthony Spitzka's manuscript "A Study of the Brain of the Late Major J.W. Powell," as well as the material he gathered to write the manuscript such as "testimonial" letters about Powell's character by various respondents who knew him. The respondents include university presidents, geologists, authors, anthropologists, ethnologists, etc. Some notable authors are: Franz Boas, Swan Burnett, Henry H. Donaldson, Charles Fletcher, W.J. McGee, F.W. Putnam, and Dr. D.S. Lamb. Also included are printed copies of Spitzka's article (one is a proof copy), notes, drawings of Powell's brains, a printed biography of Powell, and a typed draft of Spitzka's paper "Cerebral Characteristics of Distinguished Men with Special Reference to the Late Major J.W. Powell."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1903
Call number: mssSpitzka
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Correspondence and printed matter

Manuscripts

This collection contains several drafts of Edward Anthony Spitzka's manuscript "A Study of the Brain of the Late Major J.W. Powell," as well as the material he gathered to write the manuscript such as "testimonial" letters about Powell's character by various respondents who knew him. The respondents include university presidents, geologists, authors, anthropologists, ethnologists, etc. Some notable authors are: Franz Boas, Swan Burnett, Henry H. Donaldson, Charles Fletcher, W.J. McGee, F.W. Putnam, and Dr. D.S. Lamb. Also included are printed copies of Spitzka's article (one is a proof copy), notes, drawings of Powell's brains, a printed biography of Powell, and a typed draft of Spitzka's paper "Cerebral Characteristics of Distinguished Men with Special Reference to the Late Major J.W. Powell."

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Edward Anthony Spitzka collection regarding John Wesley Powell's brain

Manuscripts

This collection contains several drafts of Edward Anthony Spitzka's manuscript "A Study of the Brain of the Late Major J. W. Powell," as well as the material he gathered to write the manuscript such as "testimonial" letters about Powell's character by various respondents who knew him. The respondents include university presidents, geologists, authors, anthropologists, ethnologists, etc. Some notable authors are: Franz Boas, Swan Burnett, Henry H. Donaldson, Charles Fletcher, W. J. McGee, F. W. Putnam, and Dr. D. S. Lamb. Also included are printed copies of Spitzka's article (one is a proof copy), notes, drawings of Powell's brains, a printed biography of Powell, and a typed draft of Spitzka's paper "Cerebral Characteristics of Distinguished Men with Special Reference to the Late Major J. W. Powell."

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Edward Anthony Spitzka report

Manuscripts

This short report contains a list of Spitzka's published papers from June 1902 to March 1903. It is addressed to the "Executive Committee of the Alumni Association of the College of Physicians and Surgeons," Columbia University. The list includes Spitzka's article about J. W. Powell's brain. The document is signed twice by Spitzka.

mssHM 83829

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Edward Anthony Spitzka medical school scrapbook

Manuscripts

This volume contains approximately 50 assorted documents, both pasted down and laid-in, plus an additional 12 pages or so of manuscript text in Spitzka's hand (including a few pieces of correspondence). The majority of the items relate to Spitzka's medical school course work at Columbia University including class descriptions and exam questions.

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Manuscripts

Collection of correspondence, papers, and ephemera related to the life and professional work of Dr. Edward Anthony Spitzka and his father Dr. Edward Charles Spitzka. The chief subjects covered are: neurology, criminology, psychiatry and behavioral psychology and brain morphology.

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