Guide to the Thomas Alexander McNamara Papers,
1881-1933

Collection Number: 3918

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
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http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
M. Warren
Date completed:
November 1981
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, February 2004
Date modified:
RMC Staff, June 2012

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Thomas Alexander McNamara papers, 1881-1933.
Collection Number:
3918
Creator:
Thomas Alexander McNamara, 1856-1927.
Quantity:
1 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Medical files and ledgers, diplomas and certificates, and other papers.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Includes medical files and ledgers, diplomas and certificates, Corning Common Council materials, and various other papers of Thomas A. McNamara, a physician and a mayor of Corning, New York.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Thomas A. McNamara was a physician and a mayor of Corning, New York.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes medical files and ledgers, diplomas and certificates, Corning Common Council materials, and various other papers of Thomas A. McNamara.
SUBJECTS

Names:
McNamara, Thomas Alexander, 1856-1927.
Corning (N.Y.). Common Council.

Subjects:
Physicians--New York (State)--Corning.

Places:
Corning (N.Y.)--Officials and employees.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Thomas Alexander McNamara papers, #3918. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Autobiography
 Box 1 Folder 1
1913, n.d.
Two poems
 Box 1 Folder 2
1917, 1919, 1924
Steuben County Draft Board
 Box 1 Folder 3
1919-1920
Family Automobile Trips
 Box 1 Folder 4
1925
"Whither are we drifting?"
 Box 1 Folder 5
n.d.
Eugenics
 Box 1 Folder 6
n.d.
History of Medicine
 Box 1 Folder 7
n.d.
Mortality in Childbirth
 Box 1 Folder 8
n.d.
"Rambles in the Obstetric Field"
 Box 1 Folder 9
n.d.
Science of Medicine (or Medical Culture)
 Box 1 Folder 10
n.d.
Student Nursing Lectures (?)
 Box 1 Folder 11
n.d.
Why I am a Catholic
 Box 1 Folder 12
1927-1933
Estate of Thomas A. McNamara, MD
 Box 2 Folder 1-7
1911-1916
Medical Office Ledger
 Box 3
1917-1920
Medical Office Ledger
 Box 3
1923-1927
Medical Office Ledger
 Box 3
1901-1912
Real Estate Ledger
 Box 4
Corning Common Council Procedures
 Box 4
1908-1909, 1921-1922
Scrapbook of newspaper articles including Mayor McNamara and the Common Council; also, articles by McNamara
Box 4
1916-1922
The Evening Leader (photocopy)
Box 4
1916-1922
Ledger of expenses
 Box 4
1882
University of New York Medical Diploma
 Mapcase
1881
Certificate for course in microscopy
 Mapcase
1887
Medical Society of Steuben County
 Mapcase
n.d.
Certificate: Practical Chemical Lab., NYU
 Mapcase
1932
Harvard diploma (of Robert F. McNamara)
 Mapcase
1933
Harvard diploma (of Robert F. McNamara)
 Mapcase