Descriptive Summary
Administration Information
Biographical Note
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: James Fulton Percy papers
Dates: 1854-1965
Dates: bulk 1890-1946
Collection Call Number: mssPercy
Creator:
Percy, James F., 1864-1946
Extent:
210 items in two boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2203
Fax: (626) 449-5720
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This small collection consists of materials by and about Dr. James Fulton Percy, of Los Angeles, California.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
Administration Information
Access
Collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information,
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Publication Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and
obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], James Fulton Percy papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Acquisition Information
On long-term loan from the Los Angeles County Medical Association, 1992.
Biographical Note
James Fulton Percy was a Los Angeles physician who specialized in cancer treatment, and the use of cauterization. Born in
New Jersey, he received his medical degree at New York University, and developed the surgical instrument known as Percy cautery
in 1904.
Scope and Content
This small collection consists of materials by and about Dr. James Fulton Percy. Nearly half of this collection is comprised
of offprints of medical articles written by Dr. Percy, particularly about cancer treatment using cauterization. Also included
are papers and a report on cancer treatment. There is also a small amount of biographical information about Dr. Percy, including
data sheets and bibliographies, certificates, material about Dr. Percy's wife Roberta, and eulogies, obituaries and papers
pertaining to the New York University alumni hall fund in his name. In addition are Dr. Percy's own comments on his 1913 visit
to the Paris School of Medicine. There are also many photographs, including: portraits of Dr. Percy, photographs marked for
publication by the Los Angeles County Medical Association for inclusion in its Bulletin, portraits and group portraits, two
dauguerreotypes of Dr. Percy's female ancestors. Included is an original drawing used in one of Dr. Percy's publications.
Indexing Terms
Personal Names
Percy, James F., 1864-1946
Corporate Names
Los Angeles County Medical Association, depositor
Subjects
Cancer -- Treatment
Cautery
Medicine -- Periodicals
Physicians -- California
Surgery -- Periodicals
Genre
Dauguerreotypes
Illustrations
Letters (correspondence)
Notes
Offprints
Obituaries
Photographs