Bowers, John Henry, family, papers, 1854-1949.

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Bowers, John Henry, family, papers, 1854-1949.

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

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