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Collection JacHB : Henry Barton Jacobs Collection

Description

Key

103830

Reference Code Element

JacHB

Dates

1887-1939, inclusive

Extent

13 linear feet

Creator

Personal name, Jacobs, Henry Barton

Administrative/Biographical History

Henry B. Jacobs
2 Jun 1858-18 Dec 1939
Henry Barton Jacobs was born in Hingham, Massachusetts. He received his A.B. in 1883 and his M.D. in 1887, both from Harvard University. Jacobs came to Baltimore to become the private physician for Robert Garrett, then president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. After Garrett's death in 1896, he joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, retiring in 1905. He maintained an interest in tuberculosis and took an active role in the anti-tuberculosis campaign. In 1911, he was elected a trustee of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, a position he held until his death. Jacobs married Mary Frick Garrett, Robert Garrett's widow, in 1902. In the latter part of his career Jacobs cultivated interests in the fine arts and the history of medicine. In 1932, he donated his collection of medical books, medallions, and engravings, and a room to house the collection, to the Johns Hopkins University's Institute of the History of Medicine.

Chronology

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1897-1905

Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1911-1939

Scope and Content

The Henry Barton Jacobs Collection spans his entire career. It consists of correspondence with individuals and organizations (1887-1939), scrapbooks (1893-1930s), papers regarding the Osler Anniversary Volume (1919-1921), and two boxes of "tuberculosis clippings" (1904-1916). Key correspondents include Harvey Cushing, William Halsted, and Thomas Futcher. Additional Jacobs' correspondence may be found in the personal paper collections of John Jacob Abel, Thomas B. Cullen, William S. Halsted, Adolf Meyer, William Osler, and William H. Welch.

Subjects - Name

Personal name, Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919

Subjects

Topic, Tuberculosis

Language

English

Administration

Date(s) of Descriptions

1994, 2012

Processing Information

Preliminary processing of the Henry Barton Jacobs Collection Correspondence Series was completed by William R. Day, Jr. on May 24, 1994. In 2012, Chesney Medical Archives student assistant Steven Pope did additional work to arrange and inventory the correspondence, under the direction of Phoebe Evans Letocha. Preliminary description of the scrapbooks was completed by Phoebe Evans Letocha. Chesney Medical Archives volunteer Dr. Francis Milligan processed the box related to the Osler Memorial volume and further described the scrapbooks.

Archivist's Note

Preliminary processing of the Correspondence Series was completed by William R. Day, Jr. on May 24, 1994. In 2012, Medical Archives student assistant Steven Pope did additional work to arrange and inventory the correspondence, under the direction of Phoebe Evans Letocha. Preliminary description of the scrapbooks was completed by Phoebe Evans Letocha. Dr. Francis Milligan processed the box related to the Osler Memorial volume and is further describing the scrapbooks.

Accession

1996-007

1992-013

1989-012

1986-036

1984-066

1983-006

Composed Of

Found 3 record(s)

Reference Code and Titlesort by Reference Code and Title ascending	Key (Collection)sort by Key (Collection) ascending	Dates	Record Levelsort by Record Level ascending	Hierarchysort by Hierarchy ascending
1- Correspondence	186959	1887-1939	Series	CollectionJacHB- Henry Barton Jacobs Collection
2- Scrapbooks	187004		Series	CollectionJacHB- Henry Barton Jacobs Collection
3- Records Related to the William Osler Memorial Volume	187035	1919-1921	Series	CollectionJacHB- Henry Barton Jacobs Collection

Related Artifacts

Found 2 record(s)

Available Actions	Artifact Numbersort by Artifact Number ascending	Titlesort by Title ascending
	472A	Dr. H. B. Jacobs
	972A	H. B. Jacobs

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