Ephemera Collection

1872-1891, undated
The Country Doctor Museum Manuscript Collection, CD 01.08
Creator(s)
Country Doctor Museum (Bailey, Nash County, N.C.)
Physical description
0.06 Cubic Feet
Preferred Citation
Ephemera Collection (CD 01.08), The Country Doctor Museum, at The William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Repository
Laupus Library History Collections
Access
No restrictions

Collection of paper items including a stereoscope card, prescription, receipts for medical school term, laundry items, and invitation to medical school graduation.


Scope and arrangement

The items in this collection have not been identified to a specific collection or donor. The collection includes an 1872 stereoscope card depicting a boy and girl playing doctor and patient, published by F. G. Weller, Littleton, New Hampshire. Also included are an invitation to a graduation from the Jefferson Medical College along with the envelope addressed to J. S. Carson; a receipt for "Medical Fee for school term ending June 4, 1891" to O. H. Kenan; a receipt from "Wilmington Steam Laundry Co." for shirts, collars and cuffs for O. H. Kenan; and a handwritten prescription by R. E. Cox, M.D.


Administrative information
Custodial History

Donor information unknown

Source of acquisition

Donor information unknown

Processing information

Processed by Janet Heath, 2015

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.


Language of material

English

Key terms
Topical
Education, Medical
Prescriptions

Container list
Box 1 Folder 1 Stereoscope Card depicting a boy and girl playing at being doctor and patient, 1872
Box 1 Folder 2 Invitation to a graduation from the Jefferson Medical College along with the envelope addressed to J. S. Carson; receipt for "Medical Fee for school term ending June 4, 1891" to O. H. Kenan; receipt from "Wilmington Steam Laundry Co." for shirts, collars and cuffs for O. H. Kenan; Handwritten Prescription by R. E. Cox, M.D., 1883-1891, undated, undated