Bowers, John Henry FamilyPapers 1854-1949

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Bowers, John Henry FamilyPapers 1854-1949

Correspondence, account books, medical notebooks, a literary notebook, scrapbooks,and news clippings comprise the John Henry Bowers Family Papers, 1854-1949, whichrelate to both Bowers’ career as a physician and his family affairs.

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