Guide to the Charles Barbour Research Records on the Medical School of Maine, 1921-1988
Barbour Research Records on the Medical School of Maine, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library.
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In 1987, Charles M. Barbour (Bowdoin Class of 1933 and Overseer Emeritus) set out to write a history of the Medical School of Maine, an integral part of Bowdoin College from 1820 until it closed in 1921. Under the guidance of Bowdoin's President, LeRoy Greason, Barbour began collecting materials relating to the Medical School and its graduates. Barbour gathered most of the materials for the history through correspondence with alumni and the family of graduates, and through his network of College contacts. In addition, there was a significant response to his newspaper and magazine postings requesting information on the medical school, its faculty, and graduates. Barbour planned to complete the history in time for the College's bicentennial anniversary in 1994, but he never reached this goal due to illness.
The bulk of the collection is biographical information collected by Barbour on more than 30 graduates and faculty of the Medical School of Maine, including articles in journals and magazines, photographs, memorial tributes, and newspaper clippings. Also included are articles concerning the practice of medicine in Maine and other Maine institutions, such as the Eastern Maine Medical Center. Most of the material consists of paper and photographic copies.
For further information on the Medical School of Maine in Special Collections & Archives, see: Medical School of Maine: historical records and files, 1820-1921.
Contains biographical materials on graduates and faculty of the Medical School of Maine at Bowdoin College. Materials include obituaries, photographs, newsclippings, magazine and journal articles, memorial tributes, and personal reminiscences. Also included are two essays by Lawrence Sargent Hall on Dr. Fred Fernald. Most of the materials consists of paper and photographic copies.
Arramged alphabetically.
Dr. Fred Albee--articles and obituary (copies)
Dr. Fred H. Albee--"Farewell Tribute to Dr. Fred H. Albee," by Dr. Francis Green, 1945 (copy)
Dr. Abraham Anderson--biographical information (copies) (from Wendell White)
Dr. Nathaniel Barker--clipping (from Grace Ober)
Dr. Charles Thomas Bean--obituary
Dr. Elmer Ellsworth Brown--biographical information, also including Dr. Arthur A. Shaw and Dr. Charles Howard Newcomb (copies) (from Joyce McDonongh)
Dr. Parker Cleaveland (faculty) - Letter
Dr. Ansel S. Davis--4 photographs (copies); newspaper clippings and obituaries (copies) (from Ansel S. Davis)
Dr. Oscar R. Emerson--4 photographs
Dr. Fred Fernald--3 photographs (copies); 1 magazine article, 1955; 4 newspaper clippings (copies); (from Lawrence Sargent Hall)
Dr. Fred Fernald--"Country Doctor" by Lawrence Sargent Hall (from Lawrence Sargent Hall)
Dr. Fred Fernald--"Horse and Buggy Doctor" by Lawrence Sargent Hall (from Lawrence Sargent Hall)
Dr. Abraham Flexner--entries regarding Flexner from Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, 1919, and New York Times Index, 1912 (copies)
Dr. Geroge C. Freeport--obituary
General Files and Clippings
Dr. Frederic Henry Gerrish--biographical information, obituaries (copies)
Dr. John Van de Grasse--biographical information, with additional information on Dr. Thomas White (copies)
Dr. Everett Higgins--obituary and memorial (copies) (from Joyce McDonongh)
Dr. George Higgins--2 newsclippings (copies) (from Joyce McDonongh)
Dr. Eugene Holt--biographical information from "Maine: A History," 1919 (from Martha Giles)
Osceolla Jackson--letter
Dr. Edward Jarvis--"Memorial of Edward Jarvis," by Robert W. Wood, 1885 (copy)
Dr. Theodore Herman Jewett--1 photograph (copy) (from Marie Donahue)
Dr. Charles J. Lincoln--obituary
Dr. Phineas Leland--Letters
Dr. John J. Linscott--obituary
Dr. and Mrs. James G. Littlefield--news articles
Dr. Ivory Lowe--2 news clippings
Dr. James W. Lowell--obituary
Dr. Lyman Horace Luce--obituary
Dr. William H. Luce--obituary
Dr. James O. MacCorison--obituary
Dr. John B. MacDonald--obituary
Dr. Martin Crowell Maddan--2 clippings (copies) (from Lawrence Maddan)
Dr. M. H. Manson--Letters
Dr. Martin Meyer H. Marke--Letters
Dr. Homer Hopkinson Marks--article and obituary
Dr. Myron Lawrence Marr--obituary
Dr. Nathaniel M. Marshall--article and obituary
Dr. Daniel W. Marston--obituary
Dr. G. W. Martin--obituary
Dr. Maxim--letter from wife
Dr. Eugene M. McCarty--2 obituaries
Alexander McCollum--letter (non-graduate)
Dr. David McLellan--record and letter
Dr. T. C. McLellan--obituaries and news clippings
Dr. Harry D. McNeil--obituary from the Bangor Daily News, 1963 and 12 clippings
Dr. Wm. Meigs--obituary
Col. Samuel Henry Melcher--obituary and news clippings
Dr. J. N. Merill--obituary
Dr. William T. Merill--obituary
Dr. Samuel Merritt--articles (copies)
Dr. Albion Keith Meserve--obituary
Miscellaneous lists of graduates (from Cloyd Small)
Miscellaneous Students--3 photographs (copies) (from Charles Gamache)
Dr. James W. Mitchell--obituary and letter
Dr. John Wesley Mitchell--Letters
Dr. William J. Nickerson--obituary
Noyes Family--biographical information; photographs (copies) of Bowdoin Campus (from Victor Welcome), and 17 clippings
Dr. Charles F. Nutter--obituary
Dr. Dennis J. O'Brien--obituary, news clippings
Dr. Charles A. Palmer--obituary
Dr. Nathaniel T. Palmer--news article
Dr. John Selden Parker--obituary
Dr. David Elkins Parsons--"In Memorium"
Dr. Andrew M. Peables--obituary, news article
Pendexter Family--"Chronicles of a Huguenot Family"
Dr. Nahum Pillsbury--obituary
Dr. Peter Pineo--"Cape Cod Surgeon" (short biography)
Dr. Harold Pingree--letter, obituary, news article
Dr. Albert W. Plummer--news article
Dr. Bryon Porter--obituary, news articles
Dr. Charles W. Price--obituary
Dr. Fred J. Pritham--selected excerpts from "North Country Doctor," pamphlet from "Dr. Fred J. Pritham Recognition Day"
Dr. George Randall--biographical information
Dr. William P. Randel--biographical information (from William Peirce Randel)
Dr. Charles A. Ring--obituary
Dr. Edward R. Roberts--correspondences about college during WWII
Dr. Walter J. Roberts--obituary and biographical information
Dr. Daniel Arthur Robinson--biography by daughter Fannie Harlow Robinson, 1968 (from Harrison Bell)
Dr. Frank J. Robinson--obituary
Dr. Olivier Robitaille--obituary (in English), biographical information (in French)
Dr. Frank Ross--obituary clipping (copy) (from Marie Donahue)
Dr. Harold Danforth Ross--poem, information from "Community Appreciation Day"
Dr. Isaac Rowell--biographical letter
Dr. Daniel Russell--biographical article, 1975 (copy) (from Marguerite Kenney), and one clipping
Dr. Ernest Wesley Russell--obituary
Dr. Victor Safford--"Military Effectivenss," biography
Dr. Bigelow T. Sanborn--journal concerning the Class of 1866 (from Margaret Hodgon), and one newspaper clipping
Dr. David B. Sawyer--news clipping, obituary
Dr. Samuel G. Sawyer--news clipping
Dr. Alfred H. Schriver--2 obituaries
Dr. R. A. Severance--obituary
Dr. Edward E. Shapleigh--obituary
Dr. Edward B. Silsby--2 obituaries
Dr. Ralph D. Simons--obituary
Dr. Simonton--obituary
Dr. William Langdon Simpson--4 obituaries, news articles
Dr. Henry A. Small--Letter, death certificate
Dr. Harry A. Small--Bowdoin Orient article, obituary
Dr. Charles M. Sleeper--news clipping
Dr. Frank C. Sleeper--news clipping
Dr. John Sloan--obituary
Dr. Edwin P. Snow--obituary
Dr. F. N. Staples--news articles
Dr. Delbert M. Stewart--photo/news clipping
Dr. Alexander Stone (non-graduate)--obituary and letter
Sturgis Family--2 newspaper clippings (copies), 3 obituaries (copies), and 2 photographs (from Margaret White)
Dr. John A. Sweat--news article
Dr. Charles Sylvester--biographical information (from Lawrence Sargent Hall)
Dr. Thomas Henry Taber--Letter
Dr. Charles Wesley Taggart--news articles
Dr. Eugene D. Tapley--obituary
Dr. Addison S. Thayer--obituary, news articles
Dr. Augustus S. Thayer--obituary
Dr. Thayer--news clipping
Dr. John F. Thompson--obituary (copy); 5 newspaper clipping (copy) (from Ann Monahan)
Dr. John B. Thompson
Dr. Philip P. Thompson--obituary
Dr. Johnathon Thorne--letters
Dr. George B. Tibbetts--news clipping, obituary
Dr. Christopher Columbus Tobie--Letter
Dr. Elmer M. Tower--letters
Dr. Leander Smith Tripp--Document
Dr. Joseph B. Twaddelle--news clippings and articles
Dr. Gard W. Twaddle--news clipping, obituary
Dr. Almon Twitchell--obituary
Dr. Herbert F. Twitchell--news articles
Dr. James Utley--obituary
Dr. John Carlos Wheet--biographical information
Dr. Horace Carr White--obituaries
Dr. Elisha M. Whitten--obituary
Dr. Frank Whittier--journal article, 1955 (copy) (from Lawrence Sargent Hall)
Dr. Frank Whittier--biography by Eugene H. Drake; newspaper clipping (copy); brouchures concerning the Skofield- Whitter House (from the Pejepscot Historical Society)
Dr. Nahum Wight--biographical information
Dr. R. G. Wiley--biographical information
Dr. Charles E. Wilson--news article
Dr. Allen Woodcock--obituary from the Bangor Daily News, 1974
Dr. George Woodman--1 photograph [ca. 1917] (from Mrs. E. Barton Chapin)
Dr. Frank Bertelle Worthing--news article
Dr. Charles Arnold Wyndham--obituary
Contains all materials in the collection not directly relating to an individual graduate or faculty member of the Medical School of Maine. Most of the materials pertain to the practice of medicine in Maine. Also included are excerpts from the Maine State Senate legislative record from 1921 regarding the closing of the Medical School.
Arranged chronologically.
Excerpts from the Maine Senate Records regarding the closing of the Medical School of Maine, 1921 (copies) (from Cloyd Small)
Maine Medical Center--articles on its founding, 1975 (from Peter Barnard)
Eastern Maine Medical Center--"Annals of Medical Education at Eastern Maine Medical Center, 1892-1980," 1984 (from Eastern Maine Healthcare)
Miscellaneous articles regarding general practices, 1984-1987
"Fifty Years of Portland Medicine," by Richard J. Kahn, 1986
Biographical Notecards on Graduates