John S. Billings correspondence in the New York Public Library, 1866-1913.

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John S. Billings correspondence in the New York Public Library, 1866-1913.

Contains copies of letters and related documents, chiefly personal. Correspondents include James R. Chadwick, Irving Fisher, Robert Fletcher, S. Weir Mitchell, William Pepper, Charles Smart, Edwin Snow, and George M. Sternberg.

1.68 linear ft. (4 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6825399

National Library of Medicine

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Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913

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U. S. Army surgeon and founder of the Army Medical Library. From the description of John Shaw Billings letters, 1891, Apr. 13 and May 13, New York City, to W.R. Benjamin. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34992422 1860. Graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, with A.B., M.A. From the description of General correspondence June 1862-Oct. 1901 [microform]. (Alma Public Library). WorldCat record id: 7883610 The Adjutant General of the Army had re...

New York Public Library

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The New York Pubic Library purchased Arthur A. Schomburg's collection of books, pamphlets, prints and photographs in 1926 with funds from the Carnegie Corporation and housed at the 135th Street Branch Library of The New York Public Library. L. Hollingsworth Wood was appointed in 1925 by the Board of Trustees of The New York Public Library to purchase and provide guidelines for the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature. Members of the Advisory Committee of the Arthur A. Schomburg Collection, i...