1954

Item — Volume: 66

Scope and Contents

From the Series: The Jones Family Papers, spanning from 1881 to 1968, contains 45 rpm records, photographs, correspondence, financial records in the form of patient cards and ledgers, notebooks, patient records and personal records.

The collection is divided into six series. Series I. Audiovisual consists of a seven 45 rpm record series on cardiac auscultation and photographs of Anderson Porter’s place of birth, the home where William Notly “lived once”, a medical office, and a man who is possibly one of the four Jones men. Also included is a print of A. A. Robinson’s “A student’s dream.”

Series II. Correspondence spans the years 1874 to 1938 and consists of general correspondence from members of the Jones family, and a subseries of letters from James Porter Jones to his wife, Elizabeth.

Series III. Financial Records, dates from 1881to 1968 sand is comprised of general financial records, ledgers and cards documenting what patients owed for each appointment and their overall balance. Some records are unbound. Series IV. Notebooks, 1927 to 1936, consists of notebooks with small amounts of notes, notes about clinical pathology, possibly from a lecture; and notes written on loose scrap paper.

Series V. Patient Records, covering the years 1921 to 1968, holds records that James Porter kept on babies he delivered, Anderson Porter Jones’ patient record ledgers, and patient cards. The patient cards include information such as the patient's name, place of residence, diagnosis, and treatment.

Series VI. Personal Records, spanning from 1890 to 1940, includes Anderson Porter’s and Latimer Porter’s automobile licenses; some items documenting the tuition for the Delphian Society, of which Latimer Porter’s wife, Mary Louise, was a member; materials related to the formal medical education of Anderson Porter and James Porter; a Masonic textbook; a medical directory that lists both Latimer Porter and James Porter on page 177; an obituary of AP Jones; a Selective Service Medal certificate for James Porter; American Red Cross bulletins; the Ritchie County Chapter of the American Red Cross graduation program; and general printed materials. Of note are several buttons and medals, including two from the American Red Cross and an Eastern Star Pin, and a ribbon with red crosses.