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Title: Nineteenth-Century Almanacs Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MS113
Contributing Institution:
Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Language of Material:
French
English
Physical Description:
3.0 items
Date: 1891, 1893, 1894
Conditions Governing Access Note
Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections.
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[Identification of item], Nineteenth-Century Almanacs Collection, MS113, Department of Archives and Special Collections,
William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University.
This artifical collection consists of three
almanacs from the 1890s, one in English and one in French from the Dr.
J. C. Ayer and Company; and one (in English) from the
"Dr. J .H. McLean Medicine Company." The latter was probably not a doctor, but a druggist, who dispensed liniments and medicines and who died
in 1886. Ayer (1818-1878) was a doctor and druggist, who developed many medicines, usually publicized in his almanac, published
in numerous languages.
The almanacs in this collection contain information on the weather, lunar tables, orbits of planets, and other astronomical
information. More importantly, the almanacs stand an interesting souce on late nineteenth-century popular medicine and understandings
of health. Intended to sell medicine, the almanacs describe various medicines and their effect on maladies ranging from scrofula,
to consumption (tuberculosis), to ague (malaria). The almanacs provide great detail on the etiology of such afflictions, and
their cures and cares, often with great detail on how maladies affect men and women differently.
Arrangement
The almanacs are stored in individual folders in one box. Their titles are as follows:
- Ayer's American Almanac. 1891
- Dr. J. H. McLean's Almanac. 1893
- Almanach français d'Ayer. 1894
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ayer , J. C. (James Cook), 1819-1878
McLean 1829-1886, J. H. , (James Henry)
Almanacs--American
Almanacs--French
Medicine History 19th Century Almanacs
Medicine--History--19th-Century--Almanacs
Pharmacy -- United States -- History -- 19th century