James M. Oliver Papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: EBL-0057

Staff Only

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Personal papers of Vanderbilt graduate James M. Oliver. Materials include: ledgerbooks, prescription books; handwritten report on Davidson County Tuberculosis Hospital, 1914; photograph of Dr. Oliver and his wife Katherine.

Dates

1910 - 1926

Creator

Oliver, James Matthew (Person)

Notes about Access to this Collection

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Reproduction Rights

Copyright is retained by History of Medicine Collections, Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University or is retained by the authors of specific published items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Historical or Biographical Note

Born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on October 6, 1887, Dr. James Matthew Oliver was a physician who received his M.D. from Vanderbilt in 1911. He was Superintendent of the Davidson County Tuberculosis Hospital from 1913-1916. Her served as a Captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1917-1919. Following military service he had a private practice in Portland, Tennessee from 1919 until his death there on January 11, 1941.

Extent

1.28 Cubic Feet (One Paige box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Personal papers of Vanderbilt graduate James M. Oliver. Materials include: ledgerbooks, prescription books; handwritten report on Davidson County Tuberculosis Hospital, 1914; photographs.