Medicine

Scope and Contents Papers of Dr. Montgomery Decater Lasley Boren and his sons David C., John C., and William G. Boren. From Carter County and East Tennessee. 1839-1909. Papers include family matters, correspondence, receipts, pension materials, distillery records, and a photograph album owned by M. D. L. Boren, which contains pictures of Union generals, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and Hesikiah Boring. Topics include farming, business, medical practice, distillation of alcoholic beverages, and the Civil...

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C. W. Crozier’s handwritten volume of notes on diseases. (Penciled note on inside cover says 1843-1844, Lexington, Ky.). Table of contents at front of volume. 1 volume. 293 pp.

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D. G. [David Glasgow] Farragut memo, ca. 1861 (Dated by seller). General Order re: “Hereafter Surgeons will only recommend to be sent North men with such diseases as make it necessary. Other cases will be sent to the Hospital at Key West and returned to their ships when cured.” D. G. Farragut, F. O. Western Gulf, Blckg. [Blockading] Squadron. ADS 1 pc. + note from seller. Farragut was an Admiral, U. S. N., in command of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron during the Civil War.

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Two pages of notes on a speech given by Dr. G. Devron to the American Public Health Association. Re: abattoirs/slaughter houses. No date. Petition to the State Board of Health containing names of 11 Knoxville area doctors. 1881. 1 p.

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Papers of Dr. Herbert Acuff, operator of the Acuff Clinic, Knoxville. Papers from ca. 1940s-early 1950s. Includes photographs of 1948 dinner honoring Dr. Acuff, medical articles by Dr. Acuff, and papers presented by Dr. Acuff.

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”Dr. John Mason Boyd” by Hattie Love, [speech] delivered at Blount Mansion on May 11, 1933. TS 6 pp. + one handwritten page by Mrs. Carrie Louise Boyd Lutz.

Scope and Contents Papers of Dr. Joseph C. Strong, Jr. (1808-1878), a physician in Knoxville who moved to Shelbyville in 1826, and back to Knoxville in 1847. Collection includes: a history of the Strong family; correspondence to Dr. Strong, 1827-1852; correspondence to Dr. Strong and Dr. Kain, 1829-1831; correspondence to Dr. Strong’s wife Sophronia, 1843-1845; correspondence about Dr. Strong, 1832-1839; Dr. Strong’s receipts, notes, settlements, 1830-1851; catalog of medicines; papers of Benjamin Rush Strong,...

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Dr. Wm. N. Lynn, Knoxville, 1919. Fellowship Certificate from the American Medical Association for 1919, signed by Drs. Arthur Dean Bevan and Alex. R. Craig. No. 11397. 1 printed form filled in and signed (6 x 8 inches). 1 pc.

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East Tennessee Medical Society list of senior and junior members, ca. 1845. Lists names and places of residence.

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Bill of Moses Armstrong for medical services. Signed note that payment was received in full by J. G. M. Ramsey. December 5, 1845. ADS 1 pc.

Scope and Contents Account books, ledgers, and day books from: H. T. Jarnagin (Jarnagin, Tenn., 1870s-1880s); Carmichael and Jarnagin (1890s); Harris and Jarnagin (Morristown, Tenn., 1880s); Carmichael and Craig (1890s); Harris and Jarnagin (Tampico, Tenn., 1871-1872). Collection also includes: Cash book of the Tennessee Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1922-1927; letter from F. C. Jarnagin written from Carson and Newman College, 1894; canceled checks of T. R. James, Morristown, Tenn;...

Scope and Contents Collection of Fain family papers from East Tennessee. Includes: diaries of Eliza Rhea Anderson Fain (1816-1892), dating from 1834 to 1892; military papers of Richard G. Fain; papers from the Mossy Creek Cotton Mill, 1862-1879; account books, Bible entries for Fain and Anderson families; photographs; almanacs; recipes; slaves to Liberia (folder 31); Rhea family genealogy; Elizabeth Rhea Anderson diary; Hiram Fain diary; patent medicine circulars; ephemera. 11 boxes of processed material....

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Handwritten volume of notes entitled ‘Lectures on Materia Medica.’ Thought to have been done by Joseph C. Strong.

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Knoxville Area Health Science Library Consortium (KAHSLC) meeting minutes, 1970s-1990s. 10 notebooks.

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J. Mathes, Attending Physician, note to George Pollard authorizing him to let Gains McMillan have one gallon of ardent spirits for medical purposes. July 3, 1862. ANS 1 p.

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Small manuscript volume of Dr. Thomas Andrew West. 3 3/4 x 12” 1 vol. containing handwritten medical cures and formulas. First 14 pages have been cut out (may have contained patient information). A few small loose items are inserted between the pages. No date.

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous papers of the families of James Coleman of Memphis, George D. Holmes of Covington, Tenn., and William King of Sumner County, Tenn. James Coleman material includes personal correspondence with wife Ellen and family, 1853-1859; re: his service with the Confederate Army (served with Gen. John C. Breckinridge); and his work with Western Union Telegraph Company in Memphis. George D. Holmes material includes personal; letters, 1846-1916. William King material includes letters re:...

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Small notebook (cover missing) with handwritten medical notes of Newton Franklin Phillips (1845-1883). Ca. 1869. He attended the University of Nashville, 1868-1869 Medicine.

Scope and Contents Four unrelated items (formerly cataloged as MM-nd-46). All photocopies. 1. Handwritten diphtheria medicine recipe. (Copied from Original in possession of Connie Yett, Sevierville, Tenn. May 1978). 1 p. 2. Entry certificate from the East Tennessee Agricultural Fair to Mrs. M. McMillan, one counterpane. October 1854. 1 pc. 3. Letter from W. C. Haun, Knoxville, to ‘Brother.’ June 17, 1864. ALS 3 pp. Lent for copying by Howard Haun, Plano Tex., May 1979. Re: old homeplace, has interest in an...

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1894 Physician’s visiting book (owner unknown--T.F. Fitzgerald?). Lists names, dates, charges.

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Receipt from Dr. Isaac Wright (author of Wright’s Family Medicine; Knoxville physician) for payment of medical fees due from the estate of Governor Joseph McMinn, deceased. Note by [Dr.] James King of Knoxville saying the fees charged were reasonable. Signed twice by Dr. Wright. 1826. ADS 1 pc. (2 pp.).

Scope and Contents Papers of Robert Houston of Knox County, Tenn,. Ca. 1793-1878. Includes: 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796 appointments of Robert Houston as Knox County Sheriff, signed by William Blount; pardon for Thomas Nelson, 17--; 1803 John Sevier and Robert Houston account; Stokely Donelson land sale certificate signed by F.A. Ramsey, 1800; Receipt from Andrew Jackson, 1803; note from William Blount, 1793; re: subscription to Knoxville Library, 1795; re: cessions of lands from the Indians, 1819; survey of Indian...

Scope and Contents Thomas Edward Roach (1937-1985) was a member of the East Tennessee Historical Society and an avid genealogist. He restored two structures on the National Register of Historic Places and donated a Shields family papers to the library. He wrote a number of local history articles published in the Grainger County News and the Jefferson Standard. These pieces and other writings were collected in “Gleanings from a Scrapbook” (1983). Tom started a periodical “East Tennessee Roots” and published a...

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Pharmacy record book (contains handwritten formulas) of W. A. McBath. Mr. William A. McBath was a “pioneer druggist” in Knoxville who died in June 1936 at age 70.

Scope and Contents Washington Co., Fall Branch, Tenn., 1887, Receipt for Medical services of Dr. M.F. Geralds, M.D., for services to Col. S.K.N. Patton (commander, 8th Tenn.. Vol Cav., U.S., Civil War). Recd. from son, Landon H. Patton, signed by Saml. D. Vincent. This is a receipt for medical services received on the estate of Col. Samuel Kelsey Nelson Patton, who died in late 1886. Col. Patton was a famous East Tenn. unionist and activist who served in the Tenn. legislature during and after the...

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William Burnett’s book, 1860s-1903, most entries in 1880s. Identified by donor as from Union County, Tenn. Includes handwriting practice and rules; accounts; physician’s records in 1890s. Binding is loose.