Hodge A. Newell Papers
1906-1930
The Country Doctor Museum Manuscript Collection, CD 01.91- Creator(s)
- Newell, Hodge A.
- Physical description
- 0.185 Cubic Feet
- Preferred Citation
- Hodge Newell Collection (CD 01.91), 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
1 medical school diploma, 1 medical license, and 1 membership certificate to the Sons of the American Revolution, all issued to Hodge Newell.
Biographical/historical information
Hodge Albert Newell was born 1883 August 22 to George W. and Sarah (Coppedge) Newell. He graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore in 1906. In 1909, he married Janet E. Hayes, but she died the following year. In 1915, Newell married his first wife's sister, Mary Hayes, and they would have Hodge Albert Jr., Mary Sue (Clark), Jane Elizabeth (Zodum), and Josephine Evelyn. Newell served in both World War I and World War II as a colonel and surgeon. He died 1956 November 2.
Scope and arrangement
A medical school diploma, a medical license, and a membership certificate to the Sons of the American Revolution, all issued to Hodge Newell.
Administrative information
Custodial History
1995 May 10: Collection contains 1 book. Gift of Josephine Newell.
1997 February 25: Collection contains an American National Red Cross Battle Helmet from WWII belonging to Hodge Albert Newell. Gift of Josephine Newell.
Source of acquisition
Gift of Josephine Newell.
Processing information
Processed by Marlena Barber, 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
Related material
Josephine E. Newell Papers (CD 01.42), The Country Doctor Museum, at The William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Hodge A. Newell Collection WWI 65, WWI Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.