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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 150 items) |
Abstract | Papers of white surgeon and gynecologist J. Marion Sims (1813-1883) include correspondence, clippings, certificates, and other items pertaining to his life and medical career. In letters of 1835-1836, Sims wrote from Mount Meigs, Ala., to his fiancée Eliza Theresa Jones (1816-1890) in South Carolina, describing the establishment of his medical practice in a new community. Sims also discussed the sale of enslaved persons, but the papers do not include any documentation of the experimental gynecological and cancer surgeries he conducted on enslaved women. In letters of 1854-1856, Sims sought support for a woman's hospital in New York City. Also included are photographs of Sims and several of his family members. Scattered items, 1861-1876, relate to his career in New York City and in France, and those of 1883-1884 are letters of condolence and memorial resolutions on his death. |
Creator | Sims, J. Marion (James Marion), 1813-1883. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, March 2011
Updated: June 2019
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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James Marion Sims (1813-1883) was a surgeon and gynecologist who conducted experimental surgical procedures on enslaved women during the 1840s in Alabama. He later played a role in founding the Woman's Hospital (now a division of St. Luke's Hospital) in New York, N.Y.
Back to TopPapers include correspondence, clippings, certificates, and other items pertaining to the life and medical career of surgeon and gynecologist, J. Marion Sims (1813-1883) of Alabama and New York. In letters of 1835-1836, Sims wrote from Mount Meigs, Ala., to his fiancée Eliza Theresa Jones (1816-1890) in South Carolina, describing the establishment of his medical practice in a new community. Sims also discussed the sale of enslaved persons, but the papers do not include any documentation of the experimental gynecological and cancer surgeries he conducted on enslaved women. In letters of 1854-1856, Sims sought support for a woman's hospital in New York City. Also included are photographs of Sims and several of his family members. Scattered items, 1861-1876, relate to his career in New York City and in France, and those of 1883-1884 are letters of condolence and memorial resolutions on his death.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Biographical data; 1835-1836 |
Folder 2 |
1854-1856 |
Folder 3 |
1861-1868 |
Folder 4 |
1869-1876 |
Folder 5 |
1883-1884; undated; genealogical materials |
Folder 6 |
Clippings |
Image Folder PF-666/1 |
Photographs of James Marion Sims and other family members |
Reel M-666/1 |
Microfilm |