Guide to the G.V. Black Manuscripts, Correspondence and Photographs in the Galter Health Sciences Library Northwestern University
Descriptive Summary
Collection Title: G.V. Black Manuscripts, Correspondence and Photographs in the Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University 1867-1915
Origination: Greene Vardiman Black
Extent: 6 boxes (2 linear feet) Manuscripts Correspondence Photographs (black and white) Memorabilia
Repository:: Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University , Chicago, Ill.
Physical location: Special Collections
Abstract: The Collection includes: manuscripts on general subjects; correspondence between G.V. Black and Dr. Frederick S. McKay on mottled teeth; photographs; correspondence and other memorabilia from the 1893 World Dental Congress held in conjunction with the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.
Subjects
Persons
Black, G. V. (Greene Vardiman), 1836-1915
McKay, Frederick S.
Organizations
Literary Union (Jacksonville, Ill.)
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
World Dental Congress (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Places
Colorado
Jacksonville (Ill.)
Topical Subjects
Biochemistry
Chemistry
Fluorosis, Dental--epidemiology
Tooth Abnormalities
Zoology
Access
Onsite access to the original collection is open to researchers during Library hours, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Contact the Special Collections Librarian, Ron Sims at (312) 503-1913, email: rnsms@northwestern.edu
Abstract: The Collection includes: manuscripts on general subjects; correspondence between G.V. Black and Dr. Frederick S. McKay on mottled teeth; photographs; correspondence and other memorabilia from the 1893 World Dental Congress held in conjunction with the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Greene Vardiman Black (1836-1915), the acknowledged father of modern dentistry, was born in Winchester, Illinois. His work and contributions to dentistry were all based in Illinois. His career included dental practices in Winchester and Jacksonville, Illinois. Dr. Black taught at several dental schools in the area, and served as the second dean of the Northwestern University Dental School, which became know as the largest and most outstanding institution of its kind under his administration.
Dr. Black contributed to the advancement of dental science by standardizing operative procedures and providing uniformity in the manufacture of amalgam, cavity preparation and dental terminology. His development of dental amalgams, over 150 years ago, set the standards for formulae, clinical use and techniques. He provided the first dental identification and categorization of dental procedures to restore diseased or injured teeth. Among his dental inventions were the foot-powered drill engine and the gnathodynamometer for measuring bite force.
Scope and Content of the Collection
The Northwestern University G.V. Black collection contains 43 manuscripts, 100 letters and several photographs covering the period between 1867 and 1915. Some of the more important items in the collection are: correspondence between Dr. Black and Dr. Frederick S. McKay from the turn of the century that focus on mottled enamel of teeth and early hypotheses on water and fluoridation; correspondence, program announcements and other memorabilia from the World Dental Congress held in conjunction with the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893; a manuscript on zoo chemistry.
The collection is organized into four series: (I) Manuscripts on general subjects; (II) Correspondence between G.V. Black and F.S. McKay on mottled enamel of teeth; (III) Documents, correspondence, memorabilia, and a photograph relating to the World's Columbian Dental Congress, Chicago, Illinois, 1893; (IV) Photographs.
List of contents
Series I: Manuscripts on general subjects
Dates:
1867-1900.
Note:
These manuscripts are kept in Boxes 1-3. See descriptions of
individual manuscripts below for location of the manuscript. The descriptions
are arranged alphabetically by the title of the manuscript.
Title:
Antiseptics.
[ Box 3 ]
Date:
1889
Extent:
46 p.
Note:
Published in Dental review.
Accession No.:
615.778-2
Digital Images
Subjects
Anti-Infective
Agents, Local
Title:
Balance of
reason.
[ Box 2 ]
Date:
1885
20 p.
Note:
Title on manuscript: Ballance of reason.
Note:
Given as a toast at a joint meeting of the four Jacksonville,
Ill. clubs (Literary Union, Sorosis, Club, and Round Table) on February 13,
1885.
Note:
Includes membership rosters.
Accession No.:
600-15
Digital Images
Organizations
Literary Union
(Jacksonville, Ill.)
Sorosis
(Jacksonville, Ill.)
Club (Jacksonville,
Ill.)
Round Table
(Jacksonville, Ill.)
Subjects
Thinking
Problem
Solving
Title:
Basis of
morality.
[ Box 2 ]
Date:
1880
Extent:
6
p.
Note:
Read before the Literary Union of Jacksonville, Ill.
Accession No.:
600-5
Digital Images
Organizations
Literary Union
(Jacksonville, Ill.)
Subjects
Morals
Title:
Calender log of cruise of the Microbe,
July-August 1891.
[ Box 2 ]
Date:
1891
Extent:
7
p.
Note:
By the Crew, G.V. Black and W.N. Filson.
Digital Images
Persons
Filson, W.
N.
Subjects
Sailboats
Microbe
(Sailboat)
Recreation
Title:
City water works of
Jacksonville, Illinois.
[ Box 3 ]
Date:
1884
Extent:
29
p.
Note:
Presented to the Literary Union of Jacksonville, Ill.,
1884.
Accession No.:
614-1
Digital Images
Organizations
Literary Union
(Jacksonville, Ill.)
Places
Jacksonville
(Ill.)
Subjects
Water
Supply
Title:
Contribution to the theory of
sight.
[ Box 3 ]
Date:
1882
Extent:
20
p.
Note:
Translated from the German, additional remarks added by Dr.
Black.
Accession No.:
D612-33
Digital Images
Subjects
Vision
Note:
Development of the
arts.
[ Box 1 ]
Date:
1879
Extent:
75
p.
Note:
Presented to the Literary Union of Jacksonville, Ill.
Accession No.:
600-4
Digital Images
Organizations
Literary Union
(Jacksonville, Ill.)
Subjects
Art
Title:
Drawings on the
Cicada, the seventeen year locust.
[ Box 1 ]
Date:
1876
Extent:
8
p.
Note:
Pencil drawings presented to the Jacksonville, Illinois
Microscopical Society.
Accession No.:
590-2
Digital Images
Organizations
Microscopical Society
(Jacksonville, Ill.)
Subjects
Hemiptera
Periodical
cicada
Title:
Early diagnosis of
disease of the kidneys, especially Bright's disease.
[ Box 3 ]
Date:
1883
Extent:
16
p.
Accession No.:
616-5
Digital Images
Subjects
Kidney
Diseases--diagnosis
Glomerulonephritis--diagnosis
Title:
Earth
worm.
[ Box 1 ]
Date:
1875
Extent:
73
p.
Accession No.:
590-1
Digital Images
Subjects
Oligochaeta
Experiences with anesthetic spray
producers in mouth operations.
[ Box 3 ]
Date:
1867
Extent:
15
p.
Note:
Read before the Morgan County Medical Society.
Digital image not avaialble
Accession No.:
615.781-1
Organizations
Morgan County Medical
Society (Ill.)
Subjects
Anesthetics
Surgery,
Oral
Title:
Few words about
salicylic acid.
[ Box 2 ]
Date:
1882
Extent:
6 p.
Note:
Translation of an article that appeared in the
Vierteljahrsschrift fur Zahnheilkunde.
Digital Images
Subjects
Salicyclic
Acid
Title:
From Quebec to the
Saguenay River and Chicontimi.
[ Box 2 ]
Date:
1887
52
p.
Accession No.:
600-18
Digital Images
Places
Quebec
(Province)
Chicontimi
(Quebec)
Subjects
Travel
Saguenay River
(Quebec)
Title:
Histopathology of
scarlet fever.
[ Box 3 ]
Date:
1878
Extent:
86
p.
Note:
Read before the Morgan County Medical Society.
Accession No.:
616-2
Digital Images
Organizations
Morgan County Medical
Society (Ill.)
Subjects
Scarlet
Fever
Title:
How to rest, or modes
of recreation.
[ Box 2 ]
Date:
1891
Extent:
14
p.
Note:
Presented to the Literary Union of Jacksonville, Ill.,
1884.
Accession No.:
600-21
Digital Images
Organizations
Literary Union
(Jacksonville, Ill.)
Subjects
Rest
Recreation
Title:
Industrial
picture.
[ Box 2 ]
Date:
1885
Extent:
23
p.
Note:
Presented to the Literary Union of Jacksonville, Ill.
Accession no.:
600-12
Digital Images
Organizations
Literary Union
(Jacksonville, Ill.)
Subjects>
Industry
Title:
Inflammation.
[ Box 3 ]
Date:
1882
31
p.
Note:
Read before the Morgan County Medical Society.
Accession No.:
616-3
Digital Images
Organizations
Morgan County Medical
Society (Ill.)
Subjects
Inflammation
Title:
Influence of the
middle man in the formation of social castes in the United States.
[ Box 2 ]
Date:
1886
Extent:
6
p.
Note:
Presented to the Literary Union of Jacksonville, Ill.
Accession No.:
600-14
Digital Images
Organizations
Literary Union
(Jacksonville, Ill.)
Places
United
States
Subjects
Social
stratification
Social
Class
Middle
Class
Title:
Lee County Texas
fossil woods.
[ Box 1 ]
Date:
1881
Extent:
6 p.; 12
drawings
Abstract:
Multigraph
reproductions of fossil woods from Lee County, Texas. A camera lucida was used
to draw the images.
Accession No.:
600-7
Digital Images
Places
Lee County
(Tex.)
Subjects
Fossils
Wood
Title:
Man, a representative
of the universe.
[ Box 1 ]
Date:
1885
Extent:
36
p.
Note:
Read before the Literary Union of Jacksonville, Illinois.
Accession No.:
575-1
Digital Images
Organizations
Literary Union
(Jacksonville, Ill.)
Subjects
Hominidae
Human
Activities
Title:
Man eater, a
story.
[ Box 2 ]
Date:
1887
9 p.
Accession No.:
600-19
Digital Images
Subjects
Dreams
Fictional
Works
Title:
Manual training as an
element in education.
[ Box 2 ]
1886
Extent:
40 p.
Note:
Presented before the Literary Union of Jacksonville,
Illinois.
Accession No.:
600-16
Digital Images
Organizations
Literary Union
(Jacksonville, Ill.)
Subjects
Vocational
Education
Education
Title:
Mechanic arts of 1776
and 1876.
[ Box 1 ]
Date:
1876
Extent:
10
p.
Note:
A toast to the Literary Union.
Accession No.:
600-1
Digital Images
Organizations
Literary Union
(Jacksonville, Ill.)
Subjects
Technology--history
Title:
New
Orleans.
[ Box 3 ]
Date:
1889
Extent:
21
p.
Accession No.:
600-23
Digital Images
Places
New Orleans
(La.)
Title:
Oil of
cassia.
[ Box 3 ]
Date:
1881
Extent:
11
p.
Abstract:
History of the use
of oil of cassia followed by 4 case reports.
Note:
Published in Dental review.
Accession No.:
615.778-5
Digital Images
Subjects
Cassia
Title:
Originality.
[ Box 3 ]
Date:
1878
Extent:
16
p.
Note:
An extract from Wilhelm Jordan's epic letter. Translated from
the German with Dr. Black's reflections. Presented to the Literary Union of
Jacksonville, Ill.
Accession no.:
600-2
Digital Images
Persons
Jordan, Wilhelm,
1819-1904
Organizations
Literary Union
(Jacksonville, Ill.)
Subjects
Originality
Creativeness
Title:
Our police
system.
[ Box 2 ]
Date:
1890
Extent:
11
p.
Note:
Presented before the Literary Union of Jacksonville,
Illinois.
Digital Images
Organizations
Literary Union
(Jacksonville, Ill.)
Subjects
Police
Title:
Out sailing.
[ Box 2 ]
Date:
1886
Extent:
46 p.; 3
drawings
Note:
Includes drawings of the Microbe, designed by Dr. Black.
Accession no.:
600-17
Digital Images
Subjects
Sailing
Microbe
(Sailboat)
Recreation
Title:
Practical relations
of observation and thought.
[ Box 2 ]
Date:
1883
Extent:
8
p.
Note:
Presented before the Literary Union of Jacksonville,
Illinois.
Accession No.:
600-10
Digital Images
Organizations
Literary Union
(Jacksonville, Ill.)
Subjects
Observation
Science--methods
Progress of civilization.
[ Box 2 ]
Date:
1882
Extent:
34
p.
Note:
Presented before the Literary Union of Jacksonville,
Illinois.
Accession No.:
600-8
Digital Images
Organizations
Literary Union
(Jacksonville, Ill.)
Subjects
Civilization
Title:
Pus
formation.
[ Box 3 ]
Date:
1887
Extent:
45
p.
Abstract:
Recent theories of
the formation of pus, considered with reference to dental
operations.
Accession No.:
616-6
Digital Images
Subjects
Suppuration
Abcess
Oral Surgical
Procedures
Title:
Report of a post
mortem examination in case of Wm. Patterson.
[ Box 3 ]
Date:
1883
Extent:
5
p.
Abstract:
Gastric ulcer with
pathological specimen.
Note:
Read before the Morgan County Medical Society.
Accession No.:
616-4
Digital Images
Persons
Patterson, William,
d. 1883
Organizations
Morgan County Medical
Society (Ill.)
Subjects
Autopsy
Peptic
Ulcer--pathology
Title:
Salicylic acid as an
antispetic.
[ Box 3 ]
Date:
1881
Extent:
59
p.
Note:
Translation from the German of an article by H. Humm that
originally appeared in the Vierteljahrsschrift fur Zahnheilkunde.
Accession No.:
615.778-1
Digital Images
Persons
Humm, H.
Subjects
Salicylic
Acid
Anti-Infective
Agents, Local
Title:
Sam Marsden's race
for life.
[ Box 2 ]
Date:
1885
Extent:
22
p.
Abstract:
An Indian story of
the pioneer days on the Illinois prairies.
Accession No.:
600-13
Digital Images
Subjects
Marsden, Sam
(Fictitious character)
Illinois--history
Fictional
Works
Title:
Some experiments with
acids.
[ Box 1 ]
Date:
1885
Extent:
24
p.
Note:
The quality of the orginal manuscript is very poor and in some
places illegible. No digital images were created for this manuscript.
Accession No.:
540-3
Subjects
Acids
Title:
Students I have
known.
[ Box 2 ]
Date:
[ca. 1900]
Extent:
45
p.
Contents:
Frazzels of the
moral sense -- Incentive and initiative -- A group of four -- 12th inch lense
incident -- Elbert -- Hit -- F --John -- Russell.
Digital Images
Subjects>
Students,
Dental
Title:
Studies of
saprophitic moulds.
[ Box 3 ]
Date:
1892
Extent:
67
p.
Accession No.:
D6a-95
Digital Images
Subjects
Molds (Fungi)
Food Chain
Fungi
Title:
Typhoid
fever.
[ Box 3 ]
Date:
1875
Extent:
49
p.
Note:
Read before the Morgan County Medical Society.
Accession No.:
616-1
Digital Images
Organizations
Morgan County Medical
Society (Ill.)
Subjects
Typhoid
Fever
Title:
Walk under the
lindens.
[ Box 3 ]
Date:
1878
Extent:
29
p.
Note:
Translated from the German. Orginal author, Friedrich
Schiller.
Accession No.:
600-3
Digital Images
Persons
Schiller, Friedrich,
1759-1805
Subjects
Lindens
Trees
Title:
Waste products of
thought.
[ Box 2 ]
Date:
1884
Extent:
12
p.
Note:
An inaugural address before the Literary Union of
Jacksonville, Illinois.
Accession No.:
600-11
Digital Images
Organizations
Literary Union
(Jacksonville, Ill.)
Subjects
Thinking
Title:
What is solution,
letter to Dr. George H. Cushing replying to a question.
[ Box 1 ]
Date:
1883
Extent:
10
p.
Accession No.:
540-2
Digital Images
Persons
Cushing, George
H.
Subjects
Solutions
Title:
Wind and
storm.
[ Box 2 ]
Date:
1882
Extent:
97
p.
Note:
First, second and third lectures presented before the
Jacksonville, Illinois Y.M.C.A.
Accession No.:
600-9
Digital Images
Organizations
Young Men's Christian
Association (Jacksonville, Ill.)
Subjects
Weather
Wind
Rain
Title:
Zoo
chemistry.
[ Box 1 ]
Date:
1867
Extent:
148
p.
Note:
Lectures presented to a class in chemistry.
Accession No.:
540-1
Digital Images
Subjects
Biochemistry
Series II: Correspondence between G.V. Black and F.S. McKay on mottled enamel of teeth. [ Box 4 ]
Dates:
1907-1915.
Summary:
Between 1908 and 1915
Dr. Black and Dr. McKay, a practicing dentist in Colorado, had a running
discussion concerning mottled teeth, or Colorado Brown Stain. Dr. Black spent
the summer of 1909 in Colorado Springs to gather information and make
observations. Their work culminated in the publication of Mottled teeth: an
endemic developmental imperfection of the enamel of the teeth heretofore
unknown in the literature of dentistry. (See:
Dental cosmos, 1916; vol. 58, pp. 129-153,
477-484, 627-644, 781-792, 894-904
)
After Dr. Black's death, McKay continued their studies and
discovered that fluoride in drinking water was the causal agent of the
imperfection, noting the effect on enamel, but the lack of dental caries in
those who had the condition. This was a critical breakthrough in understanding
the etiology and prevention of dental caries. This discovery is the foundation
for water fluoridation, which is the single most effective public health
measure to inhibit tooth decay.
Persons
Black, G. V. (Greene
Vardiman), 1836-1915
McKay, Frederick
S.
Black, Arthur
Davenport, 1870-1937
Places
Colorado
Subjects
Fluorosis,
Dental--epidemiology
Tooth
Abnormalities
The correspondence is arranged in chronological order
G.V. Black to McKay
(Sept. 6, 1907)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Mar. 5?, 1908)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Mar. 5, 1908)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Nov. 17, 1908)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Dec. 7, 1908)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Dec. 19, 1908)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Dec. 24, 1908)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Jan. 27, 1909)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Jan. 29, 1909)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Feb. 17, 1909)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Feb. 23, 1909)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(May 14, 1909)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(May 19, 1909)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(May 20, 1909)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(May 24, 1909)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(May 26, 1909)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(May 28, 1909)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(May 29, 1909)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(June 17, 1909)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(July 3, 1909)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(July 8, 1909)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Aug. 20, 1909)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Aug. 26, 1909)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Sept. 2, 1909)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Sept. 3, 1909)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Sept. 4, 1909)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Sept. 10, 1909)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Sept. 14, 1909)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Sept. 20, 1909)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Oct. 26, 1909)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Oct. 29, 1909)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Nov. 1, 1909)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Dec. 23, 1909)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Dec. 26, 1909)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Dec. 31, 1909)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Jan. 17, 1910)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Feb. 6, 1910)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Feb. 9, 1910)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Mar. 4, 1910)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Mar. 25, 1910)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Mar. 31, 1910)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Apr. 17, 1910)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(May 5, 1910)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(July 14, 1910)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(July 31, 1910)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Oct. 19, 1910)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Nov. 3, 1910)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Jan. 8, 1911)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Jan. 21, 1911)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Sept. 21, 1911)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Sept. 22, 1911)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Sept. 27, 1911)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Oct. 10, 1911)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Oct. 14, 1911)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Oct. 22, 1911)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Nov. 16, 1911)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Jan. 14,
1912)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Jan. 18,
1912)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Feb. 27, 1912)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Feb. 27, 1912)
Note:
Typed transcription of the original.
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(June 6, 1912)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(June 24, 1912)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(June 25, 1912)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Aug. 30, 1912)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Oct. 7, 1912)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Dec. 12, 1912)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Feb. 23,
1913)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Feb. 25,
1913)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Feb. 28,
1913)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Mar. 18,
1913)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Mar. 18,
1913)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Oct. 7,
1913)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Dec. 4,
1913)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Dec. 28,
1913)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Jan. 30,
1914)
Digital Images
McKay to A.D. Black
(Oct. 23,
1914)
Digital Images
A.D. Black to McKay
(Nov. 14,
1914)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Nov. 14,
1914)
Digital Images
McKay to A.D. Black
(Jan. 22,
1915)
Digital Images
A.D. Black to McKay
(Jan. 23,
1915)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Feb. 19,
1915)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Feb. 23,
1915)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Mar. 3,
1915)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Apr. 9,
1915)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Apr. 12,
1915)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Apr. 20,
1915)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(Apr. 24,
1915)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Apr. 29,
1915)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(Apr. 29,
1915)
Note:
[Another version]
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(May 10,
1915)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(May 11,
1915)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(May 14,
1915)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(May 17,
1915)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(May 27,
1915)
Digital Images
McKay to G.V. Black
(May 30,
1915)
Digital Images
G.V. Black to McKay
(July 20,
1915)
Digital Images
A.D. Black to McKay
(July 24,
1915)
Digital Images
Series III: Documents, correspondence, ephemera, and a photograph relating to the World's Columbian Dental Congress, Chicago, Illinois, 1892-1893. [ Box 5 ]
Summary:
The World's Columbian
Dental Congress was held in Chicago, Illinois, August 1893, in conjunction with
the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. The transactions of the Congress were
published in a 2 volume set (cited below):
World's Columbian
Dental Congress (1893 : Chicago, Ill.).
Transactions of the World's
Columbian Dental Congress.
Chicago (Ill.)
:
Knight, Leonard & Co.,
1894.
The documents and
correspondence provide some insight into the planning for the Congress. Dr.
Black was the Chairman of the World's Columbian Dental Congress Committee on
Nomenclature.
Organizations
World's Columbian
Dental Congress (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
World's Columbian
Dental Congress (1893 : Chicago, Ill.). Committee on Nomenclature
World's Columbian
Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Places
Chicago
(Ill.)
Subjects
Dentistry
Documents related to the World's
Columbian Dental Congress.
Title:
Preliminary
communication from the Committee on Essays, World's Columbian Dental Congress
Date:
September 24, 1892
Extent:
2
p.
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Title:
General programme
of the World's Congresses of
1893.
Extent:
18 p.
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Title:
World's Congress
Auxiliary of the World's Columbian Exposition of
1893.
Extent:
3 p.
Description:
A brochure
that provides general information about the World Congresses held in
conjunction with the World's Columbian Exposition, including location of the
meetings, registration, publications, dates and hotels.
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Title:
World's Columbian
Dental Congress, Chicago, Illinois,
August 14-19, 1893.
Extent:
4 p.
Description:
A circular
addressed to dentists in the Western Hemisphere announcing the
Congress.
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Title:
World's Columbian
Dental Congress, Committee on Nomenclature
Date:
Feb. 20, 1893
Extent:
18
p.
Description:
A pamphlet
prepared by Dr. Black listing questions to be answered by the Committee, and
specifying its duties and responsibilities.
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Title:
World's Columbian
Dental Congress to be held in Chicago, August 14th to 19th inclusive, 1893
Date:
1893
Extent:
1
p.
Description:
A form letter
addressed to dentists in Illinois soliciting their support for the Congress.
Prepared by the Finance Committee for Illinois.
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Title:
Questions for the
state committees of the World's Columbian Dental meeting
Date:
1893
Extent:
1
p.
Description:
A survey
questionnaire for dentists in various states.
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Correspondence related to the
planning of the World's Columbian Dental Congress,
1892-1893 /
G.V. Black ...
[et al.].
The correspondence is arranged in chronological order.
A.O. Hunt to G.V. Black
(Sept. 10,
1892)
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A.O. Hunt to G.V. Black
(Sept. 30,
1892)
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G.V. Black to
A.O. Hunt
(Oct. 9,
1892)
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A.O. Hunt to G.V. Black
(Oct. 12,
1892)
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