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Dept. of Medicine and Surgery (University of Michigan) theses, 1851-1878

Title: Dept. of Medicine and Surgery (University of Michigan) theses 1851-1878

Theses written by University of Michigan Medical School students; subjects concern the theory and treatment of specific diseases, as well as the psychology of medicine, attitudes toward women and child rearing, the social standing of the physician, and medical practices during the mid-nineteenth century.

ArchivalResource: 57 rolls of microfilm: 1449 theses

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-87223?rgn=main;view=text View

Burd-Shippen Papers, 1708-1792

Title: Burd-Shippen Papers 1708-1792

James Burd (1726-1793) was well-known in colonial Pennsylvania through his role in the French and Indian War, as well as his connections to many of the colony's leading families (most notably the Shippen family). Initially starting out as a merchant in Philadelphia, Burd became increasingly involved with colonial affairs after moving to Lancaster County with his family in 1752. It would be on the frontier where Burd would make his mark first as a soldier, and later as a magistrate. The Burd-Shippen Papers consist mainly of letters and business documents sent to James Burd, with the bulk of the collection relating to the French and Indian War, 1754-1763, in which Burd served as an officer commanding troops at Fort Augusta and elsewhere. The 2.5 linear feet in the collection reflects all aspects of Burd's life in Pennsylvania as a merchant, soldier, and magistrate; as well as his involvement with the Shippen family professionally and personally. Intermixed with items sent to Burd are receipts to his wife Sarah Shippen Burd, and correspondence between Edward Shippen and James Hamilton regarding land matters and Indian affairs in Lancaster.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 Linear feet; 12 volumes

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B892-ead.xml View

Preston, Margaret Junkin, 1820-1897. Margaret Junkin Preston papers, 1812-1892, 1938, 1997.

Title: Margaret Junkin Preston papers, 1812-1892, 1938, 1997.

This collection chiefly consists of letters written by editors, authors, and Confederate leaders, and received or collected by Margaret Junkin Preston. Among these are letters from Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall"Jackson, John C. Calhoun, and Benjamin Rush. Other letter writers include Paul Hamilton Hayne, Jean Ingelow, Frances Eliza Grenfell Kingsley (Mrs. Charles Kingsley), Rose Kingsley, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, P. B. Marston, Thomas Nelson Page, Margaret Elizabeth Munson Sangster, Alexander Stephens, Mary Terhune (who wrote as Marion Harland), and John Greenleaf Whittier. Most of the letters are from the period, 1875-1892; only a few items are dated earlier than 1855. The collection also contains a manuscript copy of "Beechenbrook, a Rhyme of the War"; poems by Preston; and a poetry notebook, 1865-1869, with works by Preston and showing her many revisions. Occasional diary entries, interspersed in the poetry notebook, indicate that many of the poems were written during summer visits to Rockbridge Baths, near Lexington, Va., or the Hot Springs in Bath County, Va. Added to the collection in 1998 is a cumulative index, compiled by Mary P. Coulling, of Preston's published and unpublished poetry.

ArchivalResource: About 150 items (0.5 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24599967 View