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Seymour Family papers, 1842-1947

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Container List

Series 1. ROBERT CURRAN, M.D. 1806-1872

Physical Description: 6 folders

Box 1, Folder 1

Biographical synopsis.

Scope and Content Note

compiled by his granddaughter, ECS; with an undated photograph, Louisville, KY

Box 1, Folder 2

Indiana Central Medical College, Indianapolis, etc. 1850-1851

Scope and Content Note

1) "Introductory Address," at the opening of the 2nd Session of the College, by RC; 2) catalog, listing RC as Professor of Physiology and General Pathology; 3) program of anniversary exercises, Indiana Asbury University (later, De Pauw University), listing RC as a speaker

Box 1, Folder 3

Correspondence pertaining to medical career. 1850-1852

Box 1, Folder 4

Methodist Episcopal Church, Indiana. 1842-1871

Scope and Content Note

1) certification of RC being ordained an Elder in the Church, by the Jeffersonville Station and by Bishop Matthew Simpson, (RC's friend, and a counsellor of Abraham Lincoln), 1842; 2) letter to Rev. RC, from William N. Daniel, Mount Vernon, Indiana, 1851; 3) 1854 letter by RC, asking to be relieved of position of Elder, which was refused; 4) a sermon, by Rev. RC, to Wall Street Episcopal Church, 1864; 5) proceedings of the Local Preachers' Association, containing a letter from RC, 1871

Box 1, Folder 5

Resolution upon the death of Dr. Robert Curran, passed in a special meeting of the Jeffersonville Academy of Medicine. 1872

Box 1, Folder 6

"Nosology of the diseases which have prevailed in Clark Co., Ind., since A.D. 1833, with remarks," by Robert Curran. 1872

Scope and Content Note

in: "Transactions of the Indiana State Medical Society"

Series 2. FRANCIS ASBURY SEYMOUR, M.D. 1843-1920

Physical Description: 11 folders

Box 1, Folder 7

Autobiographical synopsis. 1843-[1918]

Physical Description: eleven 5 x 9" handwritten pages, plus one-page typed summary

Box 1, Folder 8

Obituaries. 1920

Scope and Content Note

1) clipping from a Los Angeles newspaper (unidentified), dated in pencil Mar. 20, 1919 [sic]; 2) obituary and portrait, "The Bulletin, Los Angeles Country Medical Association", p. 10

Box 1, Folder 9

License to preach. 1861

Scope and Content Note

added written note: "This is to certify that Francis A. Seymour was licensed to exercise his gifts and graces as a local preacher in the Methodist E. Church South, by the Quarterly Conference of the Eight St. Station Louisville Conference, Louisville, December 23, 1861," signed: Thos. Bottomly, P.E.; added below in different hand: "The same Rev. Bottomly had baptized him in 1843."

Box 1, Folder 10

Kentucky School of Medicine, Louisville, KY. 1864-1868

Scope and Content Note

1) short note regarding FAS' M.D. degree; 2) announcement of 1864 graduates, including FAS; 3) letter about a lecture that was to have been given by FAS

Box 1, Folder 11

Certificate of membership, College of Physicians and Surgeons of the city of Louisville, KY. 1866

Scope and Content Note

issued Oct. 31, 1866

Box 1, Folder 12

Medical societies. 1866-1885

Scope and Content Note

1) admissions card to an entertainment for the American Medical Association, Baltimore, May 3, 1866; 2) pamphlet, "Transactions of the Indiana State Medical Society, 22nd annual session, 1872"; (for this item, see [Box 1 : 6]); 3) "Constitution of the Indiana State Medical Society, and letter of explanation, 1875"; 4) officers of the Los Angeles County Medical Association, showing FAS as president and chairman of the Library Committee, 1885

Box 1, Folder 13

Printed articles and editorials by FAS. 1881-1938

Scope and Content Note

1) nine items from the "Southern California Practitioner"; 2) one item from the "California Christian Advocate"; 3) one item from the "Louisville Medical News"; 4) one item, taken from FAS' diary, published in "The Bulletin, Los Angeles County Medical Association"; 5) one item in "Transactions of the Indiana State Medical Society", 1872 (see [Box 1 : 6] for the item); 6) officers of the Los Angeles County Medical Association, showing FAS as president, and chairman of the Library Committee, 1885

Box 1, Folder 14

Holograph essays by FAS.

Box 1, Folder 15

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Los Angeles.

Scope and Content Note

letterhead showing FAS as president

Box 1, Folder 16

Letter from William Williams Keen. 1914

Box 1, Folder 17

Photographs.

Scope and Content Note

1) 3 x 4" portrait, probably 1864; 2) 3 x 4" picture of medical diploma (2 copies); 3) 3 x 4", seated in armchair

Series 3. ELEANOR CURRAN SEYMOUR, M.D. 1877-1961

Physical Description: 5 folders

Box 1, Folder 18

Timeline. 1877-1947

Scope and Content Note

gives dates of birth, medical degree, positions, honors, interests

Box 1, Folder 19

Correspondence and gifts from S. Adolphus Knopf, M.D. 1936

Scope and Content Note

1) letter from Dr. Knopf; 2) "Heart Disease and Tuberculosis", by S. Adolphus Knopf. New York, 1936, inscribed to Dr. Eleanor Seymour by the author; 3) reprint, "Antituberculosis work in the United States," by S. Adolphus Knopf, in: "Medical Record", Oct. 31, 1936

Box 1, Folder 20

International College of Anesthetists. 1937

Scope and Content Note

certificate of fellowship and specialist in anesthesia

Box 1, Folder 21

Photographs. 1904, 1924, 1938

Scope and Content Note

1) 8 x 10", "California Hospital nurses," (n.d.); 2) 8 x 10", "Dr. C. L. Lawman with nurses at California Hospital" (n.d.); 3) "Health Dept. Staff, 1904. Dr. L. M. Powers, Dr. Sumner J. Quint, ass't, Dr. Ethel Monan [?]"; 4) 4 x 6" studio portrait of ECS (1924); 5) 3 x 5" snapshot, "Dr. Eleanor Seymour, 1938, Arizona"

Box 1, Folder 22

Pacific Coast Association of Anaesthetists. 1920

Scope and Content Note

8"-diameter circular crest of the organization, with note by ECS: "Pacific Coast crest designed by wife of Dr. Neil C. Frew [?], anaesthetist, now deceased,"

Series 4. MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS. 1800-1947

Physical Description: 11 folders

Box 1, Folder 23

Lecture admission cards, Univ. of Pennsylvania Medical Department. 1883-1886

Scope and Content Note

admitting J. R. Crawford, Jr. to lectures and practical instruction in a number of courses

Box 1, Folder 24

Matriculation cards, University of Pennsylvania Medical Dept. 1883-1886

Scope and Content Note

made out to J. R. Crawford, Jr.

Box 1, Folder 25

Illustrations of the Colleges of Medicine, USC, and UCLA. 1887, 1910

Scope and Content Note

a page from "The Practitioner" [?] (unidentified, no date) showing one building for the College of Medicine, USC in 1887, four separate buildings for the College of Medicine, UC, Los Angeles Department, in 1910, and portraits of G. W. Lasher, M.D. and Joseph Kurtz, M.D.

Box 1, Folder 26

Certificate from Board of Health, City of Los Angeles. 1893

Scope and Content Note

names Dr. Lulu T. Ellis the bacteriological examiner of cholera

Box 1, Folder 27

Theta Nu Epsilon, Los Angeles. 1899-1900

Physical Description: mounted 8 x 10" group photograph

Box 1, Folder 28

Newspaper clipping.

Scope and Content Note

5 column inches and portrait of Dr. W. Lemoyne Wills of Los Angeles from unidentified source

Box 1, Folder 29

"Christmas Jinks of 1913". 1913

Scope and Content Note

announcement for the Christmas program of the Los Angeles County Medical Association

Box 1, Folder 30

Obituary of Dr. Norman Bridge. 1925

Scope and Content Note

newspaper clipping, unidentified source

Box 1, Folder 31

Avicenna material. 1926-1927

Scope and Content Note

1) pages 27-32 cut from "The Syrian World", Dec. 1926: "Ibn Sina (Avicenna), physician, philosopher, poet," by F. I. Shatara; with pencil notation, "Rec'd ex P. Hitti M.D., Beirut, Syria, 1/31/27"; 2) two typed pages: a short note from the Editor of "The Bulletin" [presumably of the Los Angeles County Medical Association], followed by the transcript of a letter about Avicenna's tomb from M. Sa'eed, M.D., Teheran, to Dr. John William Shuman, Beirut and Los Angeles; 3) three photographs sent by Dr. Sa'eed, of the tomb and its inscriptions

Note

items were with the Seymour materials in an envelope labeled "Avicenna material, [?-undecipherable] Seymour Collection"

Box 1, Folder 32

California Medical-Economic Survey, 1934-1935. 1937

Scope and Content Note

subtitle: "Formal Report on Factual Data." [San Francisco], California Medical Association. 174 p.

Box 1, Folder 33

Material on vaccination. 1800, 1802

Scope and Content Note

1) reproduction mounted on cardboard of an 1802 cartoon ridiculing enemies of Edward Jenner and cow pox vaccination; 2) photocopy mounted on cardboard of a notice on "Kine pock institution," by Dr. B. Waterhouse; Cambridge, [Mass.] July 3, 1800

Box 1, Folder 34

Medical Women's Society of Los Angeles County, Branch Twenty-Three, American Medical Women's Association, Inc. 1947

Scope and Content Note

membership directory and by-laws

Container List

ROBERT CURRAN, M.D.

FRANCIS ASBURY SEYMOUR, M.D.

ELEANOR CURRAN SEYMOUR, M.D.

MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS.