DeWitt Clinton Rodenhurst papers, 1880-1946.
Collection Number: 1994

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
DeWitt Clinton Rodenhurst papers, 1880-1946.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
1994
Abstract:
Record of births and deaths of patients; scrapbook of newspaper clippings, snapshots and photographs, letters, programs, and other items; printed items pertaining to the medical profession.
Creator:
Rodenhurst, DeWitt Clinton, 1855-1946.
Quanitities:
.1 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Dewitt Clinton Rodenhurst, January 26, 1855-May 5, 1946, was born in Westmoreland, NY and practiced medicine as a physician in Philadelphia, Jefferson County, NY.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Record of births and deaths of patients (1 v., 1880-1944); scrapbook of newspaper clippings, snapshots and photographs, letters, programs, and other otems (1 v., 1911-1945) of articles appearing in THE NORTH COUNTRY ADVANCE (1944-1945) and containing Dr. Rodenhurst's recollections of Philadelphia, New York, around 1880; printed items pertaining to the medical profession.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

DeWitt Clinton Rodenhurst papers, #1994. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Places:
Jefferson County (N.Y.) -- History, Local.
Philadelphia (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
Subjects:
Medicine -- Practice.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Scope and Contents
All the material in the collection may not be covered by this guide.
Box 1
Record of births and deaths of patients
1880-1994
Scope and Contents
1 volume
Box 1
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings (marriage notices, obituaries, articles on medicine, etc.), snapshots and photographs, some unidentified, letters, programs, and other items
1911-1945
Scope and Contents
1 volume
Box 1
7 unmounted photographs, including several of Dr. and Mrs. Rodenhurst
Undated
Box 1
Loose newspaper clippings
1946-1959
Scope and Contents
Presumably collected by Mrs. Rodenhurst
Microfilm Reel 1922
The North Country Advance
1944-1945
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings of 18 articles written anonymously by the doctor for The North Country Advance, 1944-1945, and containing his recollections of Philadelphia as it was around 1880
Box 1
Samuel Hopkins Adams – "The Great American Fraud" (Press of the American Medical Association: Chicago, 1907)
1907
Box 1
Annual reports of the New York and New England Railway Surgeons
1917-1919
Scope and Contents
2 volumes