Hassell Brantley Papers
1887-1888, undated
The Country Doctor Museum Manuscript Collection, CD 01.10
- Creator(s)
- Brantley, Hassell
- Physical description
- 0.625 Cubic Feet
- Preferred Citation
- Hassell Brantley Papers (CD 01.10), 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
Papers of physician Hassell Brantley consisting mainly of personal class notes, list of medical school graduates, and transcriptions of some of the notes.
Biographical/historical information
Hassell Brantley was born 1867 July 8 to Green and Rebecca (Ballentine) Brantley. In 1888, he graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He practiced medicine in Spring Hope, North Carolina, from 1893 to 1943. Brantley married Ida Westray in 1894. His son, Julian C. Brantley, graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1916 and joined his father in medical practice circa 1919.
Scope and arrangement
The Hassell Brantley Papers consist mainly of his personal class notes while at Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, which include four notebooks from 1887 and an undated notebook, as well as transcriptions of some of these notes. Also included is a list of the 1888 graduates from Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia and a photograph of individuals dissecting a cadaver.
Administrative information
Custodial History
October 1968: Various instruments, which belonged to Dr. Hassell Brantley. Gift from Dr. J. C. Brantley.
2009 September 2: Photograph. Gift of Alan Brantley.
Other material: Donor information unknown
Source of acquisition
Gift of Alan Brantley of Boone, North Carolina.
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
Medicine--Study and teaching
Container list
Box 1 Folder 1
Two notebooks of handwritten notes on a lecture by Dr. DaCosta, 1887
Box 1 Folder 2
Notebook of handwritten notes on a lecture by Prof. Bartholow, 1887
Box 1 Folder 3
Notebook of handwritten notes on "Chemical Tests" by Prof. Holland, 1887
Box 1 Folder 4
Transcription of some of Dr. Hassell Brantley's medical school notes, transcribed by Dr. Josephine Newell, 1887-1888
Box 1 Folder 5
Document and photocopy listing the 1888 graduates (which includes Hassell Brantley) from Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, 1888
Box 1 Folder 6
Notebook of handwritten notes by Hassell Brantley at Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, undated
Box 2 Folder 1
Dissecting a Cadaver photo, undated
Box 2 Folder 2
Copy of Dissecting a Cadaver photo, undated