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Samuel Arthur Jones papers

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Samuel Arthur Jones papers, 1833-1974 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Collection Overview

Title: Samuel Arthur Jones papers, 1833-1974Add to your cart.

ID: 01/MSS00028

Primary Creator: Jones, Samuel Arthur (1834-1912)

Extent: 10.8 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Arrangement of the collection is specified in box numbering and "folder set" numbering. The collection was previously organized according to format set types, however the quantity of material of each set needed to be consolidated and added to other sets to ensure space proficiency. Labels are recognized accordingly: UIUC RBML Samuel Arthur Jones Collection [Type of Material] [Folder Set/s] UIUXXXXX [Box #]

Date Acquired: 00/00/2004

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Samuel Arthur Jones papers contain materials created and/or collected by Samuel Arthur Jones (1834-1912), an American homeopathic physician and scholar of Transcendentalism. The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts and proofs, diaries, research materials concerning homeopathy and Transcendentalism, photos, and realia.

Biographical Note

Samuel Arthur Jones was born in Manchester, England, on June 11, 1834, to Margaret Edwards and John Edwin Jones. Of Welsh heritage, the Joneses immigrated to the United States in 1842.

In 1860, Jones received his M.D. from the Homeopathic Medical College of Missouri and in 1861, from the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania. He served as Assistant Surgeon in the Union Army during the American Civil War, first for the 22nd New Jersey Infantry (1862-1863), and later for the 22nd Regiment of the New York National Guard.

Jones  was appointed Professor of Histology at the New York Homeopathic Medical College in 1870, at which time he also served on the first New York Board of Medical Examiners (1872). In 1875, Jones helped to organize the Homeopathic Medical College at the University of Michigan, serving as Dean and Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics until 1880, when he resigned to practice medicine in Ann Arbor, MI.

In addition to his medical career, Jones also pursued a passion for 19th century literature and book collecting, with particular interest in those by Henry David Thoreau and Thomas Carlyle.

Jones married Maria Van Brunt (1845-1937) on November 26, 1863; the couple shared eleven children. He died on March 9, 1912 and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery.

Administrative Information

Repository: Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Access Restrictions: Open to researchers.

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[Series 1: Correspondence, 1862-1907],
[Series 2: Photos],
[Series 3: Professional materials, 1875-[1974]],
[Series 4: Personal materials, 1833-1974],
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Series 3: Professional materials, 1875-[1974]Add to your cart.
Collections of medical articles, treatises related to his profession, and records related to Sam Jones' MD degree. In addition, several notebooks with notes related to the "materia medica" are present in this series.
Box 1Add to your cart.
File 2: Medical articles, undatedAdd to your cart.
Box 7Add to your cart.
File 22: Catalogue of Dr. Samuel A. Jones' medical library, 1879Add to your cart.
Box 8Add to your cart.
File 26: Collected pamphlets, 1898, undatedAdd to your cart.
Includes 1) Historical Sketch of the University of Michigan by Charles Kendall Adams, 2) Die Pikrinsaure... by W. Erb, 3) The Psychological Action of Picric Acid by Louis B. Couch M.D., 4) Anti-Imperialism, from Professor C. E. Norton, acknowledged Aug. 20, 1898.
Extent: 4 pamphlets
Box 10Add to your cart.
File 35: "The Memory of Hahnemann", undatedAdd to your cart.
poem by S. A. Jones
Extent: 3 pages
File 39: Items relating to Jones' M.D. Degree, 1860-1875Add to your cart.
Includes a certificate of examination, a telegram announcing Jones' appointment at the University of Michigan, letters, an essay by Jones, and two articles by other writers.
Extent: 7 items
Box 13Add to your cart.
File 49: Notebooks and loose pages dealing with materia medica, undatedAdd to your cart.

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