Benjamin W. Austin autograph collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/268
Scope and Contents
This small collection of letters was assembled by Benjamin W.
Austin, often functioning as secretary of the Trinity Historical
Society in Dallas, Texas, 1885-1894. The letters are from physicians,
several of them eclectic or homeopathic, accepting honorary
or non resident membership in the society and responding to
Austin's request for autographs, photographs, and pamphlets.
Some biographical data is included.
Responding physicians are: J. R. Black, Delavan Bloodgood, H. I. Bowditch, Gustav Bruhl, William B. Davis, A. J. De Rosset, W. R. Dunham, George J. Engelmann, A. M. Fauntleroy, Thomas Macomb Flandrau, Corydon L. Ford, Lucius C. Herrick, Henry C. Houghton, Edward W. Jenks, Joseph Jones, Peter Dirck Keyser, Alfred L. Loomis, E. E. Marcy, William F. Norris, F. E. Oliver, Isaac Ott, William Paine, S. Pancoast, Joseph Parrish, C. B. Purvis, C. G. Raue, W. S. W. Ruschenberger, Charles E. de M. Sajous, Edward Shippen, Alexander J. C. Skene, D. D. Slade, Alfred Stille, Joseph M. Toner, Tullio Suzzara Verdi, Alexander Wilder, Leroy Milton Yale, and H. C. Yarrow.
Responding physicians are: J. R. Black, Delavan Bloodgood, H. I. Bowditch, Gustav Bruhl, William B. Davis, A. J. De Rosset, W. R. Dunham, George J. Engelmann, A. M. Fauntleroy, Thomas Macomb Flandrau, Corydon L. Ford, Lucius C. Herrick, Henry C. Houghton, Edward W. Jenks, Joseph Jones, Peter Dirck Keyser, Alfred L. Loomis, E. E. Marcy, William F. Norris, F. E. Oliver, Isaac Ott, William Paine, S. Pancoast, Joseph Parrish, C. B. Purvis, C. G. Raue, W. S. W. Ruschenberger, Charles E. de M. Sajous, Edward Shippen, Alexander J. C. Skene, D. D. Slade, Alfred Stille, Joseph M. Toner, Tullio Suzzara Verdi, Alexander Wilder, Leroy Milton Yale, and H. C. Yarrow.
Dates
- 1885 - 1894
Creator
- Austin, Benjamin W. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Benjamin W. Austin was Secretary of the Northwestern Literary and Historical Society of Sioux City, Iowa, and later of the Trinity Historical Society of Oak Cliff and Dallas, Texas. Note taken from Benjamin W. Austin papers, 1866-1902 and undated., David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Small collections
Custodial History
The Benjamin W. Austin autograph collection was purchased for
the Historical Collections of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
from David J. Holmes Autographs, of Philadelphia, Pa., on 22
April 1986.
The individual letters were originally catalogued in the Autograph Collection. The collection was reassembled and recatalogued in 1992.
The individual letters were originally catalogued in the Autograph Collection. The collection was reassembled and recatalogued in 1992.
Creator
- Austin, Benjamin W. (Person)
- Title
- Benjamin W. Austin autograph collection
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
Contact:
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
