Finding Aid to the Henkel Family Correspondence, 1786-1940

MS C 291

Archives and Modern Manuscripts Program, History of Medicine Division

National Library of Medicine

Processed by Jim Labosier

Processing Completed 2005

Encoded by Jim Labosier

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service * National Institutes of Health

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Henkel family. Henkel Family correspondence.. 1786-1940. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 291.

Collection Summary

Correspondence of a Virginia family including letters from the grandfather (Solomon), the father (Samuel G.) and mother (Susan), the three sons (Abram M., Haller H., and Caspar C.), as well as the daughters and some cousins. The bulk of the letters concern the brothers. These contain data relating to their medical education at the Universities of Virginia and Pennsylvania, and Bellevue; their medical work during the Civil War; and their medical practice. There is also consultation correspondence with other physicians. The collection provides a social history of a family as well as reflecting changes in the practice of medicine during the 19th century.

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MeSH Subjects
Education, Medical
Medicine
Military Medicine
Geographic Names
United States

Container List

Series I: Correspondence, 1786-1940

Box / Folder
~, 1786-1853 / 1 / 1-8
March - October, 1854 / 1 / 9
November, 1854 / 1 / 10
December, 1854 / 1 / 11
January, 1855 / 1 / 12
February, 1855 / 1 / 13
April - December, 1855 / 1 / 14
March - November, 1856 / 1 / 15
November - December, 1856 / 1 / 16
January, 1857 / 1 / 17
February, 1857 / 1 / 18
March, 1857 / 1 / 19
April - August, 1857 / 1 / 20
~, 1858-1859 / 1 / 21-22
~, 186? / 2 / 1-2
January - March, 1860 / 2 / 3
April - December, 1860 / 2 / 4
January - April, 1861 / 2 / 5
May, 1861 / 2 / 6
July, 1861 / 2 / 7
August - September, 1861 / 2 / 8
October - November, 1861 / 2 / 9
December, 1861 / 2 / 10
January, 1862 / 2 / 11
February - March, 1862 / 2 / 12
April - July, 1862 / 2 / 13
August - September, 1862 / 2 / 14
October - December, 1862 / 2 / 15
January - February, 1863 / 2 / 16
March - May, 1863 / 2 / 17
July - August, 1863 / 2 / 18
September - October, 1863 / 2 / 19
November - December, 1863 / 2 / 20
January - March, 1864 / 2 / 21
April 1864 - July 1865, 1964-1865 / 2 / 22
August 1865 - March 1866, 1865-1866 / 2 / 23
April - July, 1866 / 2 / 24
August - September, 1866 / 2 / 25
October - November, 1866 / 2 / 26
December 1866 - February 1867, 1866-1867 / 3 / 1
March - May, 1867 / 3 / 2
June - December, 1867 / 3 / 3
January - March, 1868 / 3 / 4
April - October, 1868 / 3 / 5
November 1868 - December 1869, 1868-1869 / 3 / 6
March 1870 - June 1872, 1870-1872 / 3 / 7
August 1872 - October 1874, 1872-1874 / 3 / 8
July 1875 - February 1877, 1875-1877 / 3 / 9
March 1877 - April 1878, 1877-1878 / 3 / 10
May - December, 1878 / 3 / 11
January - April, 1879 / 3 / 12
May - September, 1879 / 3 / 13
October - November, 1879 / 3 / 14
January 1880 - September 1882, 1880-1882 / 3 / 15
October 1882 - January 1883, 1882-1883 / 3 / 16
February - October, 1883 / 3 / 17
November 1883 - July 1889, 1883-1889 / 4 / 1
~, 1893-1940 / 4 / 2
Undated, n.d. / 4 / 3-7
Cards (printed), 1868-1880 / 4 / 8
Miscellaneous notes, poem, photo, 1858-1859 / 4 / 9
[Typescripts of selected letters, 1802-1863], n.d. / 4 / 10