William F. Matson and Joseph Shields Family Papers
1874-1877, 1899, 1920
The Country Doctor Museum Manuscript Collection, CD 01.76- Creator(s)
- Matson and Shields Family
- Physical description
- 0.06 Cubic Feet
- Preferred Citation
- William F. Matson and Joseph Shields Family Papers (CD 01.76), 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 restictions
Collection contains schedules of lectures from Cleveland Medical College, photographs of Dr. J. Shields and his office in Pittsburgh, PA, and obituary.
Biographical/historical information
Joseph Shields was born 1827 December 15 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania and died 1899 August 11 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. At an early age he entered the office of Dr. S.G. Berryhill, at Plumville, as a student of medicine. He attended Cleveland Medical College in the 1850s and graduated in 1855. Shields first practiced medicine in Perrysville, remaining there nine years and then in 1864, moved to Punxsutawney. He married Margaret Lewis and had two children: Floranna "Fannie," who married Dr. W.F. Matson, and Joseph, who became the proprietor of the drug store his father formerly owned.
William Ferguson Matson was born 1855 September 15 to James and Harriet (Potter) Matson. He married Floranna Shields, daughter of Dr. Joseph and Margaret (Lewis) Shields, in 1886 and they had Ethel (Steim) and Joseph Shields Matson. He attended Cleveland Medical College in the 1870s. Matson died 1914 March 8 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Scope and arrangement
Collection contains schedules of lectures from Cleveland Medical College, photographs of Dr. J. Shields and his office in Pittsburgh, PA, and obituary.
Administrative information
Custodial History
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Processing information
Processing revised by Ashley Williams, 2015
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Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
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Language of material
English