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Author/Creator:Lauderdale, John Vance, 1832-1931.
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Title:John Vance Lauderdale papers, 1838-1931.
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Physical Description:10.5 linear ft. (19 boxes + 5 broadsides)
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Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
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Yale Holdings
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Notes:Gift of Gerald and John Vance Lauderdale, 1974. Lantern slides, gift of John Vance Lauderdale, 1988.
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Organization:Four series: I. Scrapbooks, 1850-1917. II. Family Papers, 1913-1931. III. Lantern Slides, 1852-1904. IV. Oversize, 1838-1908
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Biographical / Historical note:John Vance Lauderdale (1838-1931), physician and army officer, was raised in Geneseo, New York and received his medical degree from New York University in 1862. He contracted as a surgeon during the Civil War, returning to Bellevue Hospital to teach after a five month term. He served as assistant surgeon and surgeon in the U.S. Army 1866-96, retiring with the rank of major after serving at numerous western military posts. Lauderdale married Josephine Lane of Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1880 and the couple had two children.
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Summary:The papers include correspondence, journal entries, photographs, sketches, and printed ephemera that document the life and military career of John Vance Lauderdale. Originally bound in thirteen indexed scrapbooks. Subjects discussed include family life, military life, treatment of Indians and blacks, and the practice of medicine. Two boxes of lantern slides accompany papers.
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Other formats:Available on microfilm from Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid available.
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Cite as:John Vance Lauderdale Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Subjects:Lauderdale, John Vance, 1832-1931.
Moore, David Crockett.
Stewart, Antoinette Williams, d. 1884.
United States. Army--Military life.
United States. Army--Surgeons.
Bellevue Hospital.
Fort Bennett (S.D.)
Fort Yuma (Ariz.)
McPherson Barracks (Ga.)
Mount Vernon Barracks (Ala.)
African Americans--Social conditions.
Alcoholism.
Army spouses.
Pullman Strike, 1894.
Dakota Indians.
Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863.
Families.
Indians of North America--Government relations.
Indians of North America--Missions.
Indians of North America--Arizona.
Indians of North America--New Mexico.
Indians of North America--South Dakota.
Indians of North America--Wyoming.
Medicine, Military.
Mormons--Utah.
Navajo Indians.
Presbyterians--United States.
Women.
Zuni Indians.
Fort Davis (Tex.)
Fort Lowell (Ariz.)
Fort Omaha (Neb.)
Fort Ontario (N.Y.)
Fort Sully (S.D.)
Fort Wingate (N.M.)
Alabama--Description and travel.
Arizona--Description and travel.
Atlanta (Ga.)--Description and travel.
Fort Bridger (Wyo.)
Fort Clark (Tex.)
Fort Concho (Tex.)
Geneseo (N.Y.)--History.
New Mexico--History.
New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
Omaha (Neb.)--Social life and customs.
Oswego (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)
Presidio of San Francisco (Calif.)
Saint Louis (Mo.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
San Francisco (Calif.)--Description and travel.
South Dakota--History.
Texas--History--1846-1950.
Tucson (Ariz.)--Description and travel.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care.
Utah--History.
Yuma (Ariz.)--Description and travel.
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Genre/Form:Drawings--United States.
Lantern slides--United States.
Photographs--United States.
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Occupation:Photographers United States.
Physicians United States.
Soldiers United States.
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