Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Mauch, Joseph B
2. Scholer, Jacob
3. Verein der Deutschen Patrioten von 1848-1849
4. New York (N.Y.). Coroner's Office

Description

1. 3 linear feet (8 boxes, 1 package).

Summary

1. Collection consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, medical records, writings, photographs, and printed matter documenting Scholer's work as a physician and his participation in German-American societies.

Subject

1. Scholer, Gustav, 1851-1928
2. Manhattan Psychiatric Center
3. United States. Pension Bureau
4. Arion Society of New York
5. General Slocum (Steamboat)
6. New York Turn Verein
7. West Side Tax Payers' Association (New York, N.Y.)
8. National Liberal Immigration League
9. Republican Party (N.Y.)
10. German Americans -- Societies, etc
11. Medicine -- Study and teaching
12. Central nervous system -- Diseases
13. Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York
14. Medicine, Military -- United States
15. Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
16. World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care
17. World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
18. Citizens' associations -- New York (State) -- New York
19. Emigration and immigration law -- United States
20. Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 1909
21. Germany -- History -- Societies, etc. -- Revolution, 1848-1849
22. New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs

Genre/Form

1. Account books.
2. Photographs.

Call number

1. MssCol 2695

Language

1. German

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;
2. restricted for 75 years from date of issue.

Source (note)

1. Scholer, Emma (via Richard Helbig)

Biography (note)

1. Gustav Scholer (1851-1928) was a German-American physician who served as coroner of New York City.

Language (note)

1. Materials in German and English with a few documents in Eastern European languages.

Processing action (note)

1. Surveyed
2. Cataloging updated

Author

1. Scholer, Gustav, 1851-1928.

Title

1. Gustav Scholer papers, 1855-1929, bulk (1887-1920).

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Access

1. Patient records/correspondence restricted for 75 years from date of issue.

Biography

1. Gustav Scholer (1851-1928) was a German-American physician who served as coroner of New York City. He worked for various hospitals, held public health positions, served as a contract surgeon in the U.S. Army in World War I, was examining surgeon for the U.S. Bureau of Pensions, and was active in German-American and civic organizations.

Finding aids

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Physicians.
2. Coroners.

Added author

1. Mauch, Joseph B.
2. Scholer, Jacob.
3. Verein der Deutschen Patrioten von 1848-1849.
4. New York (N.Y.). Coroner's Office.

LCCN

1. ms 74000535

Research call number

1. MssCol 2695