McGee, Anita Newcomb 1864-1940 creator mixed material monographic eng 3,000 12 1 5.1 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. Open to research. 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 Davenport, Charles Benedict 1866-1944 Correspondence Hassler, Charles A. (Charles Augustus) 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 mm 79032110 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012124 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012124.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012124 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012124.3 Open to research. DLC 790515 20260227111656.0 mm 79032110