Research Catalog

Title

Alexander E. MacDonald scrapbook, letters and documents.

Author

MacDonald, A. E. (Alexander E.)

Publication

1873-1902.

Supplementary Content

Finding aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Dodge, George E., 1849-1904

Description

.21 linear feet (1 box)

Summary

Alexander E. MacDonald, M.D. (1845-1906) was a prominent American physician and psychiatrist, and a leader in the development of New York City's public institutions for the treatment of mentally-ill persons. The collection consists of Dr. Alexander MacDonald's scrapbook of entertainments held for patients in New York City public hospitals on Blackwell's Island and Ward's Island, 1873-1875, and several letters and documents relating to his professional activities, 1897-1902. The scrapbook, dated 1873 August 30-1874 June 19 and 1875 June 9, contains pasted newspaper clippings and programs documenting part of a series of weekly entertainments initiated by MacDonald for patients of Charity Hospital on Blackwell's Island (now Roosevelt Island), 1873-1874, with an 1875 clipping for an entertainment at the New York City Asylum for the Insane on Ward's Island. Letters and documents chiefly pertain to MacDonald's attendance at professional conferences abroad, certifying his membership and credentials; there is also a personal letter from George E. Dodge to MacDonald, 1902 June 28, regarding MacDonald's work on Ward's Island. A civil service flyer and a half-tone photographic portrait of MacDonald are included.

Subjects

• Photographs
• MacDonald, A. E (Alexander E.)
• Certificates
• Scrapbooks
• Musicians
• N.Y. City Asylum for the Insane
• Programs (documents)
• Roosevelt Island (New York, N.Y.) > History
• Psychologists
• Physicians
• Entertainers
• Singers
• Charity Hospital (New York, N.Y.)
• Public welfare > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century
• Arts > Therapeutic use

Genre/Form

• Certificates.
• Photographs.
• Programs (documents)
• Scrapbooks.

Access (note)

• Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref

Source (note)

• Purchased from Glenn Horowitz, 2018.

Call Number

MssCol 24537

OCLC

1030305200

Author

MacDonald, A. E. (Alexander E.), creator.

Title

Alexander E. MacDonald scrapbook, letters and documents.

Production

1873-1902.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

sheet

Restricted Access

Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref

Source

Purchased from Glenn Horowitz, 2018.

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Finding aid

Occupation

Entertainers.

Musicians.

Physicians.

Psychologists.

Singers.

Added Author

Dodge, George E., 1849-1904, correspondent.

Research Call Number

MssCol 24537