Collection: Israel Parsons daybooks | ArchivesSpace Public Interface

Scope and Contents

The collection contains eight daybooks, 1855-1894, and one ledger, 1872-1904, documenting the medical practice of Israel Parsons in Marcellus, New York, and surrounding Onondaga County. The daybooks list patients, services or prescriptions, and amount charged; occasional descriptions of cases are included. The final three volumes in the series have occasional marginal notes in shorthand. The ledger, organized by name of patient with references to pages in the corresponding daybooks, is primarily concerned with account reconcilation and settlement.

Dates

1855 - 1904

Creator

Parsons, Israel (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Israel Parsons, Marcellus, N.Y., physician, was born in 1821. He received an M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, in 1848, and was a member of the New York State Medical Society, Onondaga County Medical Society, and Syracuse Academy of Medicine. Israel Parsons died on 20 or 24 March 1904.

Extent

9 Volumes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Custodial History

The Israel Parsons daybooks and ledger were purchased through a gift of the Samuel Lewis Circle by the Historical Collections of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia from Carmen D. Valentino in 1993.

The collection was processed and catalogued in 1993.