Henry Bascom Shields Papers
1882-1898
The Country Doctor Museum Manuscript Collection, CD 01.61- Creator(s)
- Shields, Henry Bascom, 1853-1938
- Physical description
- 0.24 Cubic Feet
- Preferred Citation
- Henry Bascom Shields Papers (CD 01.61),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 includes account books, handwritten notes from lecture series, a typescript of the notes, and photographs of Shields later in life.
Biographical/historical information
Henry Bascom Shields was born 1853 March 25 to John Wesley and Martha A. (Stutts) Shields. He attended Atlanta Medical College (now Emory University) in the 1870s, earning his medical degree. Shields practiced medicine in Moore County, North Carolina, for 45 years. He performed the first appendicitis operation in the county and was known for his work with typhoid fever. At the age of 73, he retired from practice, but acquired a controlling interest in the Shields Drug Company in Carthage. Shields married Flora Hartsell and they had a daughter, Katharine (Shields) Melvin. He died 1938 April 15.
Scope and arrangement
Collection includes account books, handwritten notes from lecture series, a typescript of the notes, and photographs of Shields later in life.
Administrative information
Custodial History
1993 May 16: Gift of John S. Melvin.
1992 July 27: Gift of Katharine (Shields) Melvin.
1998 July 9: Collection contains a 1,000 pound, 5 place combination safe. Gift of Richard Landes
Source of acquisition
Gift of John S. Melvin
Gift of Katharine (Shields) Melvin
Gift of Richard Landes
Processing information
Processing revised by Ashley Williams, 2015
Copyright notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Metadata Rights Declaration
Language of material
English