Papers of Edward Jarvis, 1825-1888 (inclusive).

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Papers of Edward Jarvis, 1825-1888 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/281433167

Consists of correspondence, predominantly letters to Jarvis from colleagues and friends, concerning the care of patients and the administration of mental hospitals in Massachusetts and various other states. Other letters describe medical conditions in Army hospitals during the U.S. Civil War, procedures for compiling vital statistics, and personal and social matters. Correspondents include Henry Ingersoll Bowditch, Josiah Curtis, Samuel Gridley Howe, and John Hoskins Griscom among others. Also contains a fragment of Jarvis' report of a trip to England and Scotland.

8 boxes.

Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7253377

Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

Related Entities

There are 10 Entities related to this resource.

Browne, W.A.F. (William Alexander Francis), 1806-1885

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64184gc (person)

Griscom, John H. (John Hoskins), 1809-1874

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62242dv (person)

John Hoskins Griscom received his M.D. Degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1832. Following graduation he was appointed Assistant Physician of the New York Dispensary, becoming physician in 1834. From 1836 to 1840 he held the position of Professor of Chemistry at the New York College of Pharmacy. In 1842 he became City Inspector holding that position until becoming the Visiting Physician of New York Hospital the following year. He also served as the General Agent of t...

Curtis, Josiah, 1816-1883

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6087ctj (person)

U.S. naturalist and hygienist. From the description of Letter, 1861, Apr. 30 : Boston, to Hon. A. Walker, No. Brookfield. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35007185 ...

Jarvis, Charles, 1800-1826.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rv1w9f (person)

Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60c4v65 (person)

Physician, reformer, and husband of Julia Ward Howe. From the description of Papers, 1868. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 46344998 Humanitarian crusader for many causes including Greek freedom, education for the disabled, prison reform, abolition, and black suffrage, Howe founded the Perkins School for the Blind and was the chairman of the Massachusetts Board of State Charities. When just out of the Harvard Medical School, he went to Greece as an army surgeon...

Massachusetts medical society

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gj415v (corporateBody)

The Massachusetts Medical Society was founded in 1781. Early members of the society published its transactions and papers presented at meetings; in 1812 they began publishing New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery. In the early 19th century Harvard College and the society agreed that both organizations could examine candidates and award a degree or a certificate of approval, as appropriate. Committees of the society have been active in improving the quality of health care in Massachusetts. ...

Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62n9w4z (corporateBody)

The New England Asylum for the Blind was incorporated in Massachusetts in 1829; it opened in Boston in 1832 as the New England Institution for the Blind. It was sucessively renamed the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind in 1839, the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind in 1877, and the Perkins School for the Blind in 1955. The institution relocated in Watertown in 1912. From the description of Annual reports, 1851-1924. (Unknown). WorldCa...

Bowditch, Henry I. (Henry Ingersoll), 1808-1892

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sf3174 (person)

Henry Ingersoll Bowditch, the son of Nathaniel Bowditch and Mary Ingersoll Bowditch, was a physician, author and abolitionist from Salem, Massachusetts. From the description of Life in the woods for a fortnight : or a trip to Katahdin & Moosehead Lake in the summer of 1856. 1856. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 704274320 U.S. specialist in diseases of the chest. From the description of Henry Ingersoll Bowditch letter, 1882, Apr. 7, Boston, to Dr. S. McMurtry. ...

Jarvis, Edward, 1803-1884

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68g8wnf (person)

Physician; social statistician; author of books and articles on physiology, insanity, and social statistics; late in life, social historian of his native town, Concord, Mass. From the description of Houses and people in Concord, 1810 to 1820 : ms. / by Edward Jarvis, 1882. (Concord Public Library). WorldCat record id: 34166787 From the description of Traditions and reminiscences of Concord, Massachusetts, or, A contribution to the social and domestic history of the town, 177...

Snow, Edwin M. (Edwin Miller), 1820-1888

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g15zm2 (person)