Robert Fletcher papers, 1830-1912.

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Robert Fletcher papers, 1830-1912.

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Contains correspondence, testimonial volume of letters and photos, documents, diplomas and certificates, drafts of published works, lectures, clippings, genealogical data, and miscellaneous printed matter. The testimonial volume (1906) contains an index. Correspondents include James Bryce, Raymond Crawford, S.D. Gallaudet, R. Garofalo, Adolphus W. Greely, Henry M. Hurd, S.P. Langley, Edward S. Morse, William M. Ord, Sir William Osler, George A. Otis, Charles Rice, Joseph T. Rothrock, George H. Thomas, and Robert S. Woodward. Signatures on documents include names of Rutherford B. Hayes, Andrew Johnson, Abraham Lincoln, and Edwin Stanton.

1.68 linear ft. (4 MS. boxes, and case items)

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Library of the Surgeon General's Office (U.S.)

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Walter Drew McCaw, 1863-1939, was a career Army medical officer. After training at the Medical School of Virginia and Columbia University Medical School, he joined the Army Medical Department in 1884. He served in various posts in the west and south, in Cuba during the Spanish American war, and in the Philippines afterward. He was appointed director of the Library on October 3, 1903. McCaw left his position in 1913 to resume active duty in the Philippines. From the description of Lib...

Fletcher, Robert, 1823-1912

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Principal Assistant Librarian of the Librarian of the Library, 1876-1912. Dr. Robert Fletcher joined the Library of the Surgeon General's office in 1876 where he assisted Dr. John Shaw Billings in compiling the Library's Index-Catalogue, the first volume of which appeared in 1880. From 1879-1899 he served as co-editor and later (1903-1911) as editor-in-chief of the Index Medicus. Despite thirty-five years of work on these bibliographies, Dr. Fletcher also found time for many contributions to the...