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Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Collection Summary
Index Terms
Administrative Information
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Series Descriptions
Personal and Biographical, 1870-1938
Correspondence, 1887-1947
Subject Files
Publications, Lectures and Notes
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Archives and Modern Manuscripts Program, History of Medicine Division
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| Collection Number: | MS C 315 |
| Creator | Kober, George Martin, 1850-1931 |
| Title | George M. Kober Papers
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| Dates: | 1866-1938 |
| Quantity: | 25 ms boxes and 6 volumes |
| Abstract: | Dr. George M. Kober was acting Assistant Surgeon in the U. S. Army from 1874-86, and in 1890 became Professor of Hygiene at the Georgetown Medical School. An active member of civic and professional organizations, Kober was particularly interested in local health reform. He was Dean of the Georgetown Medical School from 1901-28. Correspondence includes family, general, and business files as well as anniversary volumes of letters. Collection contains material on a variety of medical and public health issues, as well as autobiographical data. |
Dr. George M. Kober, a pioneer in public health reform during the last quarter of the nineteenth and the first quarter of the twentieth centuries, was the author of about 200 articles dealing with the subjects of hygiene, disease prevention, surgery, anthropology and philanthropy. He was particularly concerned with the problems of infant mortality, milk pasteurization, water purification and pollution control, tuberculosis, social hygiene and venereal disease, and housing reform. An active member of several local and national civic and professional organizations, Dr. Kober was highly respected by his colleagues and leaders of the community. On the occasion of his eightieth birthday, Georgetown University presented him with a bronze plaque bearing the inscription: "George Martin Kober, Physician, Patriot, philanthropist."
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| 1850 | Born (March 28) in Alsfeld, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany |
| 1867 | Emigrated to the United States |
| 1870 | Appointed Hospital Steward, U.S. Army |
| 1873 | Received M.D. degree from Georgetown University |
| 1874 | Urinology and Its Practical Application published. |
| 1874-86 | Acting Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Army |
| 1886 | Resigned from the U.S. Army |
| 1889 | President, National Housing Association |
| 1890 | Professor of Hygiene, Georgetown Medical School |
| 1898 | President, Medical and Surgical Society of the District of Columbia |
| 1901-28 | Dean, Georgetown Medical School |
| 1902 | Milk in Relation to Public Health published |
| 1903 | President, Medical Society of the District of Columbia |
| 1906 | President, Association of American Medical Colleges |
| 1906 | Member, Board of Charities of the District of Columbia |
| 1908 | Member, The President's Homes Commission |
| 1908 | Industrial Hygiene and Social Betterment published |
| 1909-16 | Secretary, Association of American Physicians |
| 1912 | President, Section IV, Industrial and Occupational Hygiene, 15th International Congress on Hygiene and Demography |
| 1915 | President, National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis |
| 1916 | Diseases of Occupation and Vocational Hygiene published |
| 1916 | Chairman, Sub-section C, Sociological Medicine of the Pan-American Scientific Congress |
| 1921 | Tuberculosis Among North American Indians published |
| 1927 | Development of Charitable and Reformatory Institutions in the District of Columbia published |
| 1928 | Resigned as Dean, Georgetown Medical School |
| 1930 | Publication of Reminiscences, v.1 |
| 1931 | Died (April 24) of coronary occlusion |
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The collection contains correspondence, drafts, notes, photographs, account books, reprints, certificates and diplomas, clippings, and reprints. The correspondence includes family, general, and business files as well as anniversary volumes of letters. There is also material on a variety of medical and public health issues, as well as autobiographical data. Among the correspondents are Bailey K. Ashford, John S. Billings, Irving Fisher, Simon Flexner, Fielding H. Garrison, Alice Hamilton, Jefferson R. Kean, S. Adolphus Knopf, M. J. Rosenau, and William H. Welch.
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Restrictions
Restrictions
Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access. For online customer service, please visit http://www.nlm.nih.gov/contacts/custserv-email.html.
Copyright
Copyright to the collection was transferred to the public domain. See the Reference Staff for details regarding rights. For online customer service, please visit http://www.nlm.nih.gov/contacts/custserv-email.html.
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| MeSH Subjects |
| | Health Care Reform |
| | Military Medicine |
| | Public Health |
| | Social Welfare |
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Kober, George Martin. George M. Kober Papers. 1866-1938. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.; MS C 315.
Donated to the National Library of Medicine by Harry Zehner, Jr. in 1976.
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Personal and Biographical, 1870-1938
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| 1 | | Biographical Data |
| 1 | | Dr. Kober's 50th Anniversary - (M.D. Degree), 1923 |
| 1 | | Kober Medal to William H. Welch, 1927 |
| 1 | | Certificates, Diplomas, Appointments |
| 1 | | Estate, 1929-1945 |
| 1 | | Bibliographies |
| 1 | | Kober Anniversary Volume, 1920 |
| 2 | | Early Correspondence, 1870-1888 |
| 2 | | Family Correspondence, 1890-1931 |
| 2 | | Letters - 70th Birthday |
| 21 | | Kober Prescription Book |
| 21 | | Diary, 1866 |
| 21 | | Physician's Handbook, 1886 |
| 21 | | Account Book, 1913-1920 |
| 21 | | Account Book, 1882-1895 |
| 21 | | Clippings and Biographical Data |
| 21 | | Clippings |
| 21 | | Photographs |
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Correspondence, 1887-1947
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| 3 | | Abel, John J., 1919-1930 |
| 3 | | American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1910-1931 |
| 3 | | American Medical Association, 1908-1930 |
| 3 | | American Red-Cross, 1912-1928 |
| 3 | | Anderson, Viola Russell, 1929-1930 |
| 3 | | Andrews, John B., 1910-1930 |
| 3 | | Ashford, Bailey K., 1913-1930 |
| 3 | | Associated Charities, 1924-1931 |
| 3 | | Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, 1910-1931 |
| 3 | | Association of American Physicians, 1907-1931 |
| 3 | | Baker, R.R., 1912-1931 |
| 3 | | Baldwin, William H., 1907-1922 |
| 3 | | Berliner, Emile, 1907-1930 |
| 3 | | Billings, John S., 1890-1909 |
| 3 | | Blakiston's, Son & Company, 1914-1923 |
| 3 | | Bliss, William H., 1923 |
| 3 | | Boardman, Mabel T., 1910-1927 |
| 3 | | Brown, W.C., 1929-1931 |
| 3 | | Busey, Samuel C., 1914-1930 |
| 3 | | Children's Hospital |
| 3 | | Calwell, N.P., 1920-1930 |
| 3 | | Community Chest, 1928-1930 |
| 3 | | Concordia Church, 1913-1931 |
| 3 | | Conklin, Coursen B., 1924-1931 |
| 3 | | Craig, Alex R., 1912-1917 |
| 3 | | Creeden, John B., 1914-1924 |
| 3 | | District of Columbia Workhouse at Occoquan |
| 3 | | Farrand, Livingston, 1909-1920 |
| 3 | | Fisher, Irving, 1912-1927 |
| 3 | | Flexner, Simon, 1914-1931 |
| 3 | | Fulton, John S., 1912-1925 |
| 3 | | Gallinger, Jacob H., 1897-1917 |
| 3 | | Garrison, Fielding H., 1914-1920 |
| 3 | | George Washington Memorial Association, 1909-1931 |
| 3 | | Goldsmith, Mrs. Charles, 1926-1929 |
| 4 | | Hamilton, Alice, 1914-1925 |
| 4 | | Harrison, B.D., 1903-1924 |
| 4 | | Hayhurst, Emery R., 1912-1930 |
| 4 | | Holmes, Rexford, 1923-1924 |
| 4 | | Holton, Henry D., 1910-1912 |
| 4 | | Howard, L.O., 1908-1923 |
| 4 | | Ihdler, John, 1909-1930 |
| 4 | | Jacobs, Philip |
| 4 | | Kean, Jefferson R., 1902-1930 |
| 4 | | Keen, W.W., 1913-1921 |
| 4 | | Knopf, S. Adolphus, 1911-1930 |
| 4 | | Lyons, Charles W., 1926-1928 |
| 4 | | McCrae,Thomas, 1913-1931 |
| 4 | | Medical Society of the District of Columbia, 1898-1931 |
| 4 | | Meltzer, S.J., 1911-1920 |
| 4 | | Modern Health Crusade |
| 4 | | Monday Evening Club, 1911-1928 |
| 4 | | Morgan, William Gerry, 1923-1931 |
| 4 | | National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, 1910-1913 |
| 4 | | National Tuberculosis Association, 1920-1931 |
| 4 | | Nevils, W. Coleman, 1920-1932 |
| 4 | | Nordhoff-Jung, Sofie A., 1916-1929 |
| 4 | | Raker, John E., 1910-1925 |
| 4 | | Richards, J. Havens, 1895-1898 |
| 4 | | Robidoux, Carrie, 1913-1930 |
| 4 | | Rosenau, M.J., 1907-1929 |
| 4 | | Schroeder, E.C., 1919-1928 |
| 4 | | Sewall, Henry, 1913-1931 |
| 4 | | Simmons, George H., 1909-1924 |
| 4 | | Social Hygiene Society of the District of Columbia, 1926-1931 |
| 4 | | Sternberg, George M. |
| 4 | | Straus, Nathan, 1907-1915 |
| 4 | | Strong, Richard P., 1913-1929 |
| 4 | | Swanton, John R., 1913-1930 |
| 4 | | Tindall, William, 1895-1924 |
| 4 | | Tondorf, Francis |
| 4 | | Ufford, Walter S., 1911-1931 |
| 5 | | Wagner, Louise, 1911-1929 |
| 5 | | Walker - Gordon Laboratory |
| 5 | | Washington Academy of Sciences |
| 5 | | Washington Sanitary Improvement Company, 1897-1932 |
| 5 | | Welch, William H., 1900-1930 |
| 5 | | Whitmore, Eugene R., 1925-1931 |
| 5 | | Wiley, Harvey W., 1907-1927 |
| 5 | | Williams, Linsly R., 1914-1928 |
| 5 | | Wilmer, William H., 1920-1929 |
| 5 | | Wilson, George S., 1913-1930 |
| 5 | | Wollenberg, Robert A.C., 1911-1930 |
| 5 | | Woodward, William C., 1901-1928 |
| 5 | | Zaffe, Fred C., 1923-1932 |
| 5 | | Correspondence (unidentified) |
| 5 | | Organizations (meetings) |
| 6 | | General Correspondence: A - F |
| 7 | | General Correspondence: G - M |
| 8 | | General Correspondence: N - Z |
| 9 | | Books Correspondence - 1929-1947 |
| 9 | | Financial Transactions, 1890-1931 |
| 9 | | Lake Shore Cattle Co., 1890-1931 |
| 9 | | Receipt Book |
| 9 | | Subscribers to Reminiscences |
| 9 | | Warner Valley Stock Co., 1900-1931 |
| 10 | | Illustrations to Reminscences, |
| 10 | | Photographs: Family, friends, physicians, military, buildings and landscapes |
| 10 | | Formal Invitations - , 1874-1931 |
| 10 | | White House Invitation |
| 10 | | Dinner Menus, 1887-1930 |
| 11 | | Georgetown University Materials |
| 11 | | Federal Legislation Data |
| 12 | | Arthur L. Bryant Correspondence, 1891-1909, undated |
| 12 | | Advertisements, 1911-1931, undated |
| 13 | | Articles, Talks and Lectures |
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Subject Files
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| 14 | | Survey - Employees making under $720 per Annum, 1908 |
| 14 | | Habitation - Sanitation |
| 14 | | Habituates and Drugs |
| 14 | | The Etiology and Prevention of Tuberculosis |
| 14 | | Gunshot Wound of right ankle joint - treated by conservation and subsequent amputation |
| 14 | | Poverty and Income study |
| 14 | | Sabre and Bayonet Wounds |
| 14 | | Typhoid Fever |
| 14 | | The Use and Importance of Fat in the Human Body |
| 14 | | Water in Relation to Health and Disease |
| 14 | | Occupational Diseases: With Special Reference to the Stone-cutting industry |
| 14 | | Indian Affairs, 1880 |
| 15 | | Kober Items - Unidentified |
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Publications, Lectures and Notes
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| 15 | | Kober reprints |
| 16 | | Kober Reprints, 1902-1927 |
| 16 | | Kober Reprints, Undated |
| 17 | | Material relating to Reminiscences, Vols. I and II, |
| 18 | | Material relating to Reminscences, Vol. II |
| 19 | | Material relating to Reminiscences, Vol. II |
| 20 | | Miscellaneous notes and Printed Matter |
| 20 | | Kober Medal Lectures |
| 20 | | Kober Foundation Lecture, 1935, by L.S. Otell |
| 20 | | Reference Handbook of the Medical Sciences |
| 20 | | Reprints of Articles by various authors |
| 23 | | Publications |
| 23 | | Medical Lecture Notes by Harry Zehner 1938 |
| 24 | | Kober Collected Reprints (Bound) |
| 25 | | Kober Collected Reprints (Bound) |
| 25 | | Related Monographs and Printed Matter |
| Volumes | | Reminiscences, Vol. I, and other Works |
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