Manuscripts

Medical degree of Dr. George Suckley, from New York University

Description: A collection of 97 items from 1846 to 1890, it consists of correspondence and papers related to George Suckley's activities and interest in the field of natural history, especially ornithology. Some letters relate to the Northern Pacific Railroad Route Survey of 1853 to 1857. Correspondents include Spencer Fullerton Baird and John Cassin; there is also correspondence from James Graham Cooper regarding his collaboration with Suckley, and the publication of their book, The natural history of Washington territory.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1851 September
Call number: mssSU
Creator: Suckley, George (1830-1869)(Opens in new tab)
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George Suckley papers

Manuscripts

A collection of 97 items from 1846 to 1890, it consists of correspondence and papers related to George Suckley's activities and interest in the field of natural history, especially ornithology. Some letters relate to the Northern Pacific Railroad Route Survey of 1853 to 1857. Correspondents include Spencer Fullerton Baird and John Cassin; there is also correspondence from James Graham Cooper regarding his collaboration with Suckley, and the publication of their book, The natural history of Washington territory.

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George Suckley papers

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Cornell University Medical college at New York Hospital

Visual Materials

The Los Angeles County Medical Association (LACMA) collection of prints and ephemera contains over 200 printed items related to the medical profession, including satire, medical curiosities, significant figures in the history of medicine, architectural views of hospitals, and the early years of LACMA itself. Many of the prints are engravings, some are lithographs, and a small selection are reproductions printed during a later period. The collection also includes personal correspondence, medical certificates and photographs of members of LACMA from the 20th century. The materials date from 1644 to 1946, although the bulk of the material dates from the late 18th to early 19th centuries. The collection covers topics including medicine, health, pharmaceuticals, patent medicines, quacks and quackery spanning over five centuries, as well as social perspectives on both the practices and practitioners in these fields.

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William J. McDermott essay: "New York City Medical University"

Manuscripts

Miscellaneous papers, chiefly official documents and correspondence related to McDermott's career, particularly his military service. Included are orders, appointments, commissions, reports, requests and bills for medical supplies, and correspondence. The papers contain a report on the examination and treatment of those wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness, and a letter to his father describing the aftermath of the Battle of Cold Harbor and the Siege of Petersburg. There are also McDermott's credentials, his Masonic diplomas and correspondence, passports, certificates, and other documents. Also included are poems and an essay on the history of the City University of New York, written by McDermott, as well as, scattered family records, some daguerreotype portraits, an 1873 notebook containing formulas for medicines kept by Dr. John B. Crosby, and a petition signed by "Her Majesty's Protestant subjects" of St. John, New Brunswick, about a ban on secret societies, which was allegedly sought by "Roman Catholics" in order to "prevent Protestants meeting together to hold loyal associations," dated 1844.

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Smithsonian Institution records

Manuscripts

The collection comprises papers, mostly correspondence, documenting routine activities of the Smithsonian Institution; materials relating to the first Smithsonian secretaries -- Joseph Henry (1797-1878) and Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887), and miscellaneous items relating to the National Museum, Library, and encouragement of research.

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Group 1971: New York University Press (and some miscellaneous New York University)

Manuscripts

This collection contains of the business records of the Merrymount Press and the related papers of its founder Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941). The bulk of the collection consists of financial volumes; correspondence with customers, publishers, illustrators, craftsmen, and suppliers; bills; estimates; and scrapbooks with specimens of work. While the majority of the correspondence is comprised of letters, there are occasionally proofs, specimens, and cloth, paper, fabric samples, etc., found with the correspondence. The records reflect Updike's involvement with printing across the United States and in Europe, though much of his work was produced for clients in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York City. Some of the correspondence reflects Updike's personal interests including Rhode Island history and churches and charitable work with poor children as well as prison inmates.

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Medical degree of Dr. George Suckley, from New York University

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