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Samuel Brooks Anderson papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS G44

Overview

This collection consists of account books, correspondence, lecture notes, and a painting that belonged to physician Samuel Brooks Anderson, who moved to Lawrence, Kansas soon after Kansas became a state.

Dates

  • Creation: 1825 - 1907

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Biography of Samuel Brooks Anderson (1825-1907)

Dr. S.B. Anderson was born in Greenfield, Ohio in 1825. He attended Eclectic Medical Institute in Cincinnati and practiced in Greenfield, Ohio before coming to Lawrence, Kansas in 1868. Dr. Anderson continued to practice in Lawrence until 1900. He died in Denver, Colorado in March 1907.

Extent

12 Volumes (12 volumes + 2 folders (94 items), 1 framed painting)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

RH MS G44

Physical Location

RH MS P284

Physical Location

RH MS B53

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gifts, Holmes, Peck, and Brown, 1955, 1956.

Related Materials

See also Arthur J. Anderson Notebook on Professor Hall Surgery at RH MS AK4, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.

Title
Guide to the Samuel Brooks Anderson Collection
Subtitle
Samuel Brooks Anderson papers
Author
Finding aid prepared by pg, 1976. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2006. Finding aid revised by mrm, 2009; mwh, 2021.
Date
2006
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in English.
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/3822525617
Preferred citation
Samuel Brooks Anderson papers, Kansas Collection, RH MS G44, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

Contact:
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