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Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1829-02-15 - 1914-01-04

Biography

S. Weir Mitchell (1829-1914), American physician, scientist, novelist, and poet.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Paul Leicester Ford papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 488
Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence, writings, and personal papers of the American historian and author Paul Leicester Ford. The correspondence is largely professional and documents Ford's work as an editor, historian, bibliographer, novelist and playwright. Ford's correspondents include John Kendrick Bangs, Samuel L. Clemens, Edward Everett Hale, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Rudyard Kipling, and S. Weir Mitchell; earlier letters written to others by James Fennimore Cooper and Jared...
Dates: 1736-1902, bulk 1885-1902

Clements Collard Fry papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1290
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, financial material, book orders, memorabilia, writings, and printed matter of Clements Collard Fry. Also included is a collection of S. Weir Mitchell material, 1771-1929, including writings, notebooks, photographs, correspondence, announcements, appointments, clippings, and printed matter.

Dates: 1771-1969, bulk 1920-1955

Miscellaneous letters collection

 Collection
Call Number: Ms Coll 49
Abstract:

Miscellaneous Letters Collection is a collection of hundreds of individual letters or small groups of letters, mostly by physicians and scientists, either donated to the Historical Library or purchased.

Dates: 1649-1961

Edith Wharton collection

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 42
Abstract:

The Edith Wharton Collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and personal papers relating to the life and career of American author Edith Wharton, as well as letters and research material gathered by Gaillard Lapsley, Percy Lubbock, Oscar Lichtenberg, Georges Markow-Totevy, and Louis Auchincloss.

Dates: 1868-1981 (inclusive)