Anita Newcomb McGee papers,
McGee, Anita Newcomb, 1864-1940.
Anita Newcomb McGee papers, 1688-1932 (bulk 1869-1932). - 3,000 items. 12 1 containers plus oversize. 5.1 linear feet.
Open to research.
Correspondence, diaries, writings, scientific and medical data, family papers, photographs, and other papers pertaining chiefly to McGee's studies of communistic societies in the United States such as the Shakers and the Bethel and Oneida communities, to her duties as acting assistant surgeon in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War, and to the formation of the Women's Anthropological Society of America. Subjects include hygiene and medical matters. Family correspondents include her father, Simon Newcomb; her son, Eric McGee Newcomb; and her grandfather, Charles A. Hassler. Hassler's correspondence includes a letter from James Madison, 1832. Other correspondents include Charles Benedict Davenport, Edward Singleton Holden, Alcander Longley, and Gifford Pinchot.
Anthropologist and physician.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012124
mm 79032110
Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944 --Correspondence.
Hassler, Charles A. 1810-1846 --Correspondence.
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 --Correspondence.
Longley, Alcander, 1832-1918--Correspondence.
Madison, James, 1751-1836 --Correspondence.
Newcomb, Eric McGee, 1902-1930 --Correspondence.
Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909 --Correspondence.
Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946 --Correspondence.
McGee family.
Newcomb family.
United States. Army --Medical care.
Bethel Community.
Oneida Community.
Women's Anthropological Society of America.
Anthropology.
Anthropology--Societies, etc.
Collective settlements.
Communal living.
Hygiene.
Medicine.
Shakers.
Spanish-American War, 1898--Medical care.
Anthropologists.
Physicians.
Anita Newcomb McGee papers, 1688-1932 (bulk 1869-1932). - 3,000 items. 12 1 containers plus oversize. 5.1 linear feet.
Open to research.
Correspondence, diaries, writings, scientific and medical data, family papers, photographs, and other papers pertaining chiefly to McGee's studies of communistic societies in the United States such as the Shakers and the Bethel and Oneida communities, to her duties as acting assistant surgeon in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War, and to the formation of the Women's Anthropological Society of America. Subjects include hygiene and medical matters. Family correspondents include her father, Simon Newcomb; her son, Eric McGee Newcomb; and her grandfather, Charles A. Hassler. Hassler's correspondence includes a letter from James Madison, 1832. Other correspondents include Charles Benedict Davenport, Edward Singleton Holden, Alcander Longley, and Gifford Pinchot.
Anthropologist and physician.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012124
mm 79032110
Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944 --Correspondence.
Hassler, Charles A. 1810-1846 --Correspondence.
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 --Correspondence.
Longley, Alcander, 1832-1918--Correspondence.
Madison, James, 1751-1836 --Correspondence.
Newcomb, Eric McGee, 1902-1930 --Correspondence.
Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909 --Correspondence.
Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946 --Correspondence.
McGee family.
Newcomb family.
United States. Army --Medical care.
Bethel Community.
Oneida Community.
Women's Anthropological Society of America.
Anthropology.
Anthropology--Societies, etc.
Collective settlements.
Communal living.
Hygiene.
Medicine.
Shakers.
Spanish-American War, 1898--Medical care.
Anthropologists.
Physicians.