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Jonathan Knight account books and daybooks

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1855

Scope and Contents

Manuscript account books and daybooks of Jonathan Knight listing patients of his medical practice in New Haven, Connecticut, 1813-1864.

Dates

  • 1813-1864

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Jonathan Knight Account Books and Daybooks is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Roger S. White, 2nd, 1913.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by format and chronologically thereunder.

Extent

1.21 Linear Feet (7 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.jknight

Additional Description

Overview

Manuscript account books and daybooks of Jonathan Knight listing patients of his medical practice in New Haven, Connecticut, 1813-1864.

Biographical / Historical

Jonathan Knight (1789-1864) (Yale 1808, M.D. 1818) was appointed Professor of Anatomy and Physiology following the organization of the Medical Institution of Yale College in 1813. He was in the post for 25 years before being transferred to the Chair of Surgery. He resigned from Yale in 1864 May.

Throughout his residence in New Haven, Connecticut, Knight engaged in medical practice. From 1846 to 1847, he was President of the Convention which formed the American Medical Association--in 1853, he was President of the Association. At the time of his death in 1864 August, Knight was President of the American Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Processing Information

Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.

These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards. For more information, please refer to the Beinecke Manuscript Unit Processing Manual.

Former call numbers: Z117 068d, Z117 068e.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Jonathan Knight Account Books and Daybooks
Status
Completed
Author
Sarah Lerner
Date
November 2021
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository

http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/
Contact:
P. O. Box 208330
New Haven CT 06520-8330 US
(203) 432-2977

Location

121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Opening Hours

Access Information

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