Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Bigelow, William Sturgis, 1850-1926
| title | Papers of Henry Jacob Bigelow, 1840-1889 (inclusive), 1881-1889 (bulk). |
| repository | Center for the History of Medicine |
| description | Contains chiefly incoming letters to Bigelow from colleagues, from staff at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and from his son William S. Bigelow. Also includes some drafts of Bigelow’s outgoing correspondence to George C. Shattuck, William Bigelow, and others, expressing Bigelow’s disagreement over various MGH appointment and financial policies and related matters, and concerning his instrument collection - especially surgical apparatus sent to the University of Tokyo. Incoming correspondence pertains to the work of Sir Henry Thompson and instruments used in Bigelow’s lithotrity operations; to his appointments; to a request for his support in the vivisection controversy; and to domestic matters, such as dog breeding and ordering harnesses for horses. Other papers include a galley proof of Bigelow’s address to MGH trustees, document for a subscription to raise money for the physically handicapped, love poem and other personal manuscripts, and passports of Bigelow family, 1849-1869. Also contains a few letters belonging to William S. Bigelow. Location : Countway Medicine Rare Books B MS c33 Biographical and Historical Note Bigelow (Harvard, M.D. 1841) taught surgery at Harvard Medical School from 1849 until 1882, and was appointed visiting surgeon to the Massachusetts General Hospital in 1846 from which he resigned in 1886. Bigelow was the leading surgeon in New England during his lifetime, the first in the U.S. to excise the hip joint, and known also for popularizing and making workable the operation of litholapaxy. |
| extent | 1 box |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Access is extended to holders of Harvard officer, student and staff cards, Widener special borrowers, Countway Library cards, Boston Medical Library fellows and Massachusetts Medical Society members, and to affiliated hospital employees. Other medical researchers are welcome, but those who are not directly affiliated with the Harvard or Boston Medical Library pay a 35.00 fee to use the library. |
| record source | http://hollis.harvard.edu/ |
| finding aid | Card catalog. |
| acquisition information | Provenance: Boston Medical Library. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:29 |
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| title | Papers of William Sturgis Bigelow, ca. 1870. |
| repository | Center for the History of Medicine |
| description | Consists of medical manuscript notes, and notes for an address before the Hasty Pudding Club, and other addresses. Location : Countway Medicine Rare Books GA 8.20 Bigelow (Harvard, M.D. 1874) was briefly an instructor in surgery at the Harvard Medical School. From 1881 to 1888 he studied art in Japan, and later donated his collections of Oriental art to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. |
| extent | 1 box. |
| formats | Manuscript Notes |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| bibliography | The selected letters of Dr. William Sturgis Bigelow / [edited] by Akiko Murakata. Harvard University, 1971. Notes: The editor’s thesis (Ph. D.)--George Washington University, 1971. Includes bibliographical references. |
| record source | http://hollis.harvard.edu/ |
| finding aid | Card catalog. |
| acquisition information | Harvard Medical School Archives. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:29 |
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| title | Buddhist notes : typescript, 1922 January-February. |
| repository | Houghton Library |
| description | Typescript notes taken by Bigelow’s secretary, Miss Hudson, on a lectures given by Bigelow. Includes his autograph manuscript corrections. Also includes Bigelow’s answers to questions and his comments on lectures by Sakurai Ajari and a note from the donor, Mrs. Frederick Winslow, about the event. Location : Houghton MS Am 2536 Biographical and Historical Note Bigelow (Harvard M.D. 1874) was briefly an instructor in surgery at the Harvard Medical School. From 1881 to 1888 he studied art in Japan, and later donated his collections of Oriental art to the Boston Museum of Fine Art. |
| extent | 1 v. (.1 linear ft.) |
| formats | Interview Notes Transcript |
| access | Collection materials are open for research. |
| record source | http://hollis.harvard.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Gift of Mrs. Frederick Winslow, 1948. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:29 |
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| title | Papers of William Fiske Whitney, ca.1870-1921 (inclusive). |
| repository | Center for the History of Medicine |
| description | Primarily contains incoming correspondence concerning autopsies; obtaining specimens; anatomy museums, especially the Warren Anatomical Museum; the National Board of Health; condolences upon Whitney’s death; and other subjects. Correspondents include Oliver Wendell Holmes and William Sturgis Bigelow. Other material includes documents about Whitney’s Harvard appointments, professional societies and club activities (especially his interest in yachting); Harvard class memorabilia and examinations; a legal document requesting testimony by Whitney; receipts; and clippings. Location : Countway Medicine Rare Books GA 94.20 Biographical and Historical Note Whitney (Harvard, M.D. 1875) was curator of the Warren Anatomical Museum at Harvard from 1879 to 1921; secretary of the Harvard Medical School, 1883 to 1890; and taught parasitic diseases in the Harvard Veterinary School from 1891 to 1901. He was a noted anatomist and often served as a forensic expert in murder cases when testimony regarding vital organs was needed. |
| extent | 1 box |
| formats | Correspondence Ephemera Business Papers |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://hollis.harvard.edu/ |
| finding aid | Card catalog. |
| acquisition information | Provenance: Harvard Medical School Archives. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:29 |
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| title | Theodore Roosevelt papers, 1759-1993 |
| repository | Library of Congress |
| description | Correspondence, diaries, speeches, articles, executive orders, family papers, press releases and proclamations, scrapbooks, and other material relating to the political, social, and cultural history of Roosevelt's life and presidency. Documents Roosevelt's service as U.S. civil service commissioner, New York City police commissioner, governor of New York, and vice president and president of the United States as well as his career after leaving the White House. Among the family papers are letters and memorabilia of his sons, Archibald B. Roosevelt and Quentin Roosevelt, and other family members. Correspondents include Lyman Abbott, Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, William Sturgis Bigelow, Joseph Bucklin Bishop, Charles J. Bonaparte, Robert Bridges, Viscount James Bryce, John Burroughs, Nicholas Murray Butler, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clark Corbin, George B. Cortelyou, William Dudley Foulke, James Rudolph Garfield, Hamlin Garland, Richard Watson Gilder, Marcus Alonzo Hanna, John Hay, J. J. Jusserand, Philander C. Knox, Christopher La Farge, Henry Cabot Lodge, Seth Low, A. T. Mahan, Medill McCormick, William McKinley, William H. Moody, Benjamin B. Odell, John Callan O'Laughlin, Endicott Peabody, George W. Perkins, Gifford Pinchot, Thomas Collier Platt, Whitelaw Reid, Jacob A. Riis, Elihu Root, William W. Sewell, Albert Shaw, Sir Cecil Spring Rice, Baron Hermann Speck von Sternburg, William H. Taft, Sir George Otto Trevelyan, George Sylvester Viereck, Booker T. Washington, Benjamin Ide Wheeler, William Allen White, John Willis, Owen Wister, and Leonard Wood. Bio/History: President and vice president of the United States, U.S. civil service commissioner, governor of New York, author, and conservationist. |
| extent | 276,000 items. 952 containers plus 7 oversize. 485 microfilm reels. 282 linear feet. |
| formats | Correspondence Photographs Writings Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009253 |
| record source | https://lccn.loc.gov/mm73038299 |
| finding aid | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc//rr/mss/text/roosvltt.html |
| acquisition information | material received by the Library of Congress from 1964 to 1997 through gift and purchase from various sources, including Archibald B. Roosevelt, Jr., a grandson of the president, and his wife Selwa Roosevelt. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:29 |
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| title | Sturgis Library records, 1803-1991 1862-1991. |
| repository | Sturgis Library Archives |
| description | Includes administrative files, correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, legal documents, plan, financial records, visitor logs, minutes of trustee meetings, accession books, bound catalogs, and circulation record books. History: Located near Barnstable Village, Sturgis Library opened in 1867. Land and property, along with books and money, were the bequest of William Sturgis given for the purpose of establishing a library. Original house built in 1644 for Reverend John Lothrop was the site of religious services held until the meeting house was built in 1646. Named Person: Sturgis, William, 1782-1863. Bigelow, William Sturgis, 1850-1926. |
| extent | 20 boxes. |
| formats | Administrative Records Correspondence Scrapbooks Photographs Ephemera |
| access | Restricted; all requests for information from these records are at the discretion of the library director. |
| record source | http://www.sturgislibrary.org/resources/special/archives/index.php |
| finding aid | http://www.sturgislibrary.org/resources/special/archives/index.php |
| acquisition information | Transferred from staff office files and the vault, Accession # 05-08. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:29 |
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