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West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Primary Collecting Areas:
West Virginia and Appalachia History and Culture
Description:
The West Virginia & Regional History Center preserves and provides access to the records that document the history and culture of the state and the central Appalachian region. The Center is part of West Virginia University Libraries.
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Start Over Repository West Virginia and Regional History Center Subjects Medicine Level Collection

Arthur B. Stewart, President, Davis Coal and Coke Company, Correspondence Regarding Medical Treatment for Coal Miners, 1934/1940 0.01 Linear Feet 1/4 in. (1 folder)

Miller, Joseph L.

Photocopies of correspondence of Arthur B. Stewart, President of the Davis Coal and Coke Company of Baltimore, Maryland, regarding medical treatment of coal miners. Formats include correspondence (mainly carbon copies), memoranda, and questionaires. The majority of the correspondence is between Stewart and medical doctors; the most frequent correspondent is Dr. Joseph Miller of Thomas, West Virginia. Subjects include health concerns of miners and laborers and treatment for common ailments, as well as unionization.

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Charles N. Brown Medical Journal, 1894/1905 0.15 Linear Feet 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Brown, Charles N.
Medical journal of Dr. Charles N. Brown, a Preston County doctor and son of Dr. Ashford Brown. Entries include date of visit, patient's name, services rendered, and payment received. Some entries include case notes. There are also notes on how to cultivate ginseng.
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Circular Regarding Creation of a Professional Medical Organization in West Virginia (Facsimile), 1867 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1 page (1 folder)

Facsimile copy of a circular regarding the establishment of an organization for medical professionals in the state of West Virginia signed by representatives, some identified as "M.D.", from communities in the state, including Fairmont, Grafton, Morgantown, and Wheeling, among a few other locations. Signatures include H. W. Brock, John C. Hupp, and Thomas Kennedy, among others.
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Daniel Hale, Physician and Conservationist, Papers, 1953/1975 2.1 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 1 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each)

Hale, Daniel, 1912-1975
The correspondence, scrapbooks, articles and speeches of the collection document the later portion of the life of Daniel Hale (1912-1975), a Princeton physician and conservationist, who was a creator of the board of the Southern Soil Conservation District, and a founder of the Mountain Resource Conservation and Development Area. Correspondents include Robert C. Byrd, James Kee, Arch A. Moore, Jr., and Jennings Randolph.
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George S. Goldstein, Health Care Administrator, Records regarding United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds, 1950/1996 28.13 Linear Feet 28 ft. 1.5 in. (22 records cartons, 15 in. each); (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 document case, 2.5 in.)

Goldstein, George S.
Records of Dr. George S. Goldstein, a health care administrator who worked in the Ohio and Pennsylvania coal fields. Dr. Goldstein's work concerned the Appalachian coalfield medical care system, especially in terms of the role played by the United Mine Workers of America and its health and retirement fund.
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J. H. Kelley, Physicians' Accounts, 1886/1906 0 Linear Feet Summary: 4 items

Kelley, J. H.
Four volumes titled "Physician's Visiting List," dated 1886, 1891, 1905, and 1906, for the Parkersburg, West Virginia, area. The 1891 copy contains a prescription written by J.H. Kelley, M.D. of Parkersburg, suggesting that all volumes were Kelley's. They contain numerous names, addresses, charges, and treatments, as well as other miscellaneous notes.
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Mason County Medical Doctors Index 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in.

A list of Mason County medical practitioners alphabetically arranged, and including life span dates, parents' names, spouses' name, dates of practice, region of practice, and titles of books where more information can be found. Mention is made of early frontier doctors, James Craik and William Fleming. Craik was the doctor accompanying George Washington's surveying party to Pt. Pleasant, and Fleming was the attending physician to the wounded at the Battle of Pt. Pleasant. Material covers the years 1770-1950.
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Robinson Family Manuscripts, 1847/1883 0.75 Linear Feet Summary: 9 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.)

Robinson family
Most of the letters are to Helen M. Robinson of Fetterman, Taylor County, West Virginia, from relatives and friends. Subjects discussed include housekeeping, fashions, farming, schools, religion, and the Civil War from both the Confederate and Union perspectives. There are frequent, specific references to the political and military state-of-affairs in the upper Ohio Valley region.
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Salt Sulphur Springs Records, 1825/1883 5.1 Linear Feet Summary: 5 1/2 in. (3 wrapped ledgers)

Salt Sulphur Springs Company

List of guests at the Salt Sulphur Springs, including place of residence, and numbers of horses and servants. No data is given for the years 1831-1833. Pasted in the back of the last volume are doctors' prescriptions for medicine at Union, West Virginia, in 1883.

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Squire Bosworth, Physician, Papers, 1786/1964 1.5 Linear Feet 1 ft. 6 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in. each)

Bosworth, Squire.
The day book and papers of Dr. Squire Bosworth and family. Squire Bosworth was one of the earliest physicians of Randolph County, and his day book records details of his medical practice indicating common procedures and remedies as well as charges and costs during the early nineteenth century. Bosworth was also a deputy and county clerk of Randolph County, and included among the papers are court documents. Along with his son, Squire Newton Bosworth, the family acquired interests in landholding which is reflected in deeds, surveys, correspondence and tax receipts from Texas and West Virginia. Among the correspondence is an 1885 letter from William L. Wilson surveying his Congressional re-election possibilities.
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