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Contains 11 Collections and/or Records:
Series 3. Family papers, 1806-1949
Series — Container: 3
Identifier: Series 3
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The S. Weir Mitchell Papers, spanning 1788 to 1949, contain Mitchell's correspondence, travel journals, diaries, literary notebooks, and manuscripts of his speeches, poems, and unpublished autobiography. The bulk of the collection concerns Mitchell's family life and literary career, but also present is material pertaining to Mitchell as a physician, such as correspondence with his British and American colleagues and records of his studies of patients with nerve injuries. The collection also...
Dates:
1806-1949
Subseries 3.1. Mitchell, John Kearsley (1798-1858), 1806-1858
Sub-Series — Container: 3
Identifier: Series 3_1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The S. Weir Mitchell Papers, spanning 1788 to 1949, contain Mitchell's correspondence, travel journals, diaries, literary notebooks, and manuscripts of his speeches, poems, and unpublished autobiography. The bulk of the collection concerns Mitchell's family life and literary career, but also present is material pertaining to Mitchell as a physician, such as correspondence with his British and American colleagues and records of his studies of patients with nerve injuries. The collection also...
Dates:
1806-1858
Biographical information, 1853, 1858
File — Container: 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: Series 3_1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The S. Weir Mitchell Papers, spanning 1788 to 1949, contain Mitchell's correspondence, travel journals, diaries, literary notebooks, and manuscripts of his speeches, poems, and unpublished autobiography. The bulk of the collection concerns Mitchell's family life and literary career, but also present is material pertaining to Mitchell as a physician, such as correspondence with his British and American colleagues and records of his studies of patients with nerve injuries. The collection also...
Dates:
1853, 1858
Personal papers, 1826-1855
File — Container: 3, Folder: 2
Identifier: Series 3_1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The S. Weir Mitchell Papers, spanning 1788 to 1949, contain Mitchell's correspondence, travel journals, diaries, literary notebooks, and manuscripts of his speeches, poems, and unpublished autobiography. The bulk of the collection concerns Mitchell's family life and literary career, but also present is material pertaining to Mitchell as a physician, such as correspondence with his British and American colleagues and records of his studies of patients with nerve injuries. The collection also...
Dates:
1826-1855
Lecture tickets from Ayr Academy, the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, and Jefferson Medical College, 1806-1853
File — Container: 3, Folder: 3
Identifier: Series 3_1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The S. Weir Mitchell Papers, spanning 1788 to 1949, contain Mitchell's correspondence, travel journals, diaries, literary notebooks, and manuscripts of his speeches, poems, and unpublished autobiography. The bulk of the collection concerns Mitchell's family life and literary career, but also present is material pertaining to Mitchell as a physician, such as correspondence with his British and American colleagues and records of his studies of patients with nerve injuries. The collection also...
Dates:
1806-1853
Diary of trip to China. Includes an account of the trans-Atlantic voyage and descriptions of Macao and Canton, China; recounts interactions with the native people of Sumatra and Java, and provides a detailed explanation of the Malay language, 1817, 1819
File — Container: 3, Folder: 4
Identifier: Series 3_1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The S. Weir Mitchell Papers, spanning 1788 to 1949, contain Mitchell's correspondence, travel journals, diaries, literary notebooks, and manuscripts of his speeches, poems, and unpublished autobiography. The bulk of the collection concerns Mitchell's family life and literary career, but also present is material pertaining to Mitchell as a physician, such as correspondence with his British and American colleagues and records of his studies of patients with nerve injuries. The collection also...
Dates:
1817, 1819
Letters to Matilda Mitchell, 1819-[circa 1855]
File — Container: 3, Folder: 5
Identifier: Series 3_1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The S. Weir Mitchell Papers, spanning 1788 to 1949, contain Mitchell's correspondence, travel journals, diaries, literary notebooks, and manuscripts of his speeches, poems, and unpublished autobiography. The bulk of the collection concerns Mitchell's family life and literary career, but also present is material pertaining to Mitchell as a physician, such as correspondence with his British and American colleagues and records of his studies of patients with nerve injuries. The collection also...
Dates:
1819-[circa 1855]
Letter to Alexander H. Mitchell, 1833
File — Container: 3, Folder: 6
Identifier: Series 3_1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The S. Weir Mitchell Papers, spanning 1788 to 1949, contain Mitchell's correspondence, travel journals, diaries, literary notebooks, and manuscripts of his speeches, poems, and unpublished autobiography. The bulk of the collection concerns Mitchell's family life and literary career, but also present is material pertaining to Mitchell as a physician, such as correspondence with his British and American colleagues and records of his studies of patients with nerve injuries. The collection also...
Dates:
1833
Letters to Elizabeth K. Mitchell, 1833-1850
File — Container: 3, Folder: 7
Identifier: Series 3_1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The S. Weir Mitchell Papers, spanning 1788 to 1949, contain Mitchell's correspondence, travel journals, diaries, literary notebooks, and manuscripts of his speeches, poems, and unpublished autobiography. The bulk of the collection concerns Mitchell's family life and literary career, but also present is material pertaining to Mitchell as a physician, such as correspondence with his British and American colleagues and records of his studies of patients with nerve injuries. The collection also...
Dates:
1833-1850
Letters to S. Weir Mitchell, 1849-[1853?]
File — Container: 3, Folder: 8
Identifier: Series 3_1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The S. Weir Mitchell Papers, spanning 1788 to 1949, contain Mitchell's correspondence, travel journals, diaries, literary notebooks, and manuscripts of his speeches, poems, and unpublished autobiography. The bulk of the collection concerns Mitchell's family life and literary career, but also present is material pertaining to Mitchell as a physician, such as correspondence with his British and American colleagues and records of his studies of patients with nerve injuries. The collection also...
Dates:
1849-[1853?]
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