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Size | 38.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 30,000 items) |
Abstract | James King Hall (1875-1948) of Iredell County, N.C., was a psychiatrist who specialized in mental illness and co-founder and director of the Westbrook Sanitorium in Richmond, Va., 1911-1948. The collection contains the professional correspondence and medical writings, chiefly 1920-1948, of James King Hall and include correspondence with friends and colleagues in the medical profession, mainly in North Carolina and Virginia; items related to psychiatry and its institutions and organizations, including the Tri-State Medical Association of the Carolinas and Virginia and the American Psychiatric Association; letters from political leaders of North Carolina and Virginia concerning state mental institutions; correspondence with doctors and others, including Judge Horace W. Fitch, concerning Hall's interst in the relation of crime and mental illness; and papers regarding genealogy and the history of Iredell County, N.C. Early papers are of Hall and Nisbet ancestors in Iredell County, including correspondence, financial, and legal documents of Hugh Roddy Hall (1800-1856); records of the Bethany congregation (Presbyterian), 1775-1872; a physician's day book, 1867-1871; and records of the Ebenezer Academy, an Iredell County school operated by Hugh Roddy Hall. Also included are clippings pictures, scrapbooks, notebooks, and an inspection report of a Confederate medical purveyor's depot, 1864. |
Creator | Hall, James King, d. 1948. |
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: Adam Fielding and Jodi Berkowitz, April 2011.
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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James King Hall (1875-1948) of Iredell County, N.C., was a psychiatrist who specialized in mental illness and co-founder and director of the Westbrook Sanitorium in Richmond, Va., 1911-1948. Hall was also a member of several medical associations and societies; author and editor for medical journals, including Southern Medicine and Surgery; consulting psychiatrist of the Virginia State Department of Public Welfare; chairman of the Governor's Advisory Board on Mental Hygiene (Virginia); and member of the General Board of Directors of the State Hospitals of Virginia, 1923-1935.
Back to TopThe collection includes the professional correspondence and medical writings, chiefly 1920-1948, of James King Hall (1875-1948). The papers include correspondence with friends and colleagues in the medical profession, mainly in North Carolina and Virginia; items related to psychiatry and its institutions and organizations, including the Tri-State Medical Association of the Carolinas and Virginia and the American Psychiatric Association; letters from political leaders of North Carolina and Virginia concerning state mental institutions; correspondence with doctors and others, including Judge Horace W. Fitch, concerning Hall's interst in the relation of crime and mental illness; and papers regarding genealogy and the history of Iredell County, N.C. Early papers are of Hall and Nisbet ancestors in Iredell County, including correspondence, financial, and legal documents of Hugh Roddy Hall (1800-1856); records of the Bethany congregation (Presbyterian), 1775-1872; a physician's day book, 1867-1871; and records of the Ebenezer Academy, an Iredell County school operated by Hugh Roddy Hall. Also included are clippings pictures, scrapbooks, notebooks, and an inspection report of a Confederate medical purveyor's depot, 1864.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Use Restriction: Volumes 2, 4, 6-7, 9, 11-15 may not be photocopied.
The series includes the professional correspondence and medical writings, chiefly 1920-1948, of James King Hall. The papers include correspondence with friends and colleagues in the medical profession, mainly in North Carolina and Virginia; items related to psychiatry and its institutions and organizations, including the Tri-State Medical Association of the Carolinas and Virginia and the American Psychiatric Association; letters from political leaders of North Carolina and Virginia concerning state mental institutions; correspondence with doctors and others, including Judge Horace W. Fitch, concerning Hall's interst in the relation of crime and mental illness; and papers regarding genealogy and the history of Iredell County, N.C. A significant portion of this correspondence is with Mary E. Lazenby of Statesville, N.C., in the 1940's. Early papers are of Hall and Nisbet ancestors in Iredell County, including correspondence, financial, and legal documents of Hugh Roddy Hall; records of the Bethany congregation (Presbyterian), 1775-1872; a physician's day book, 1867-1871; and records of the Ebenezer Academy, an Iredell County school operated by Hugh Roddy Hall. Also included are clippings, pictures, scrapbooks, notebooks, and an inspection report of a Confederate medical purveyor's depot, 1864.
Folder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1751-1820 |
Folder 2 |
1821-1826 |
Folder 3 |
1827-1830 |
Folder 4 |
1831-1840 |
Folder 5 |
1841-1846 |
Folder 6 |
1847-1851 |
Folder 7 |
1852-1855 |
Folder 8 |
1856-1857 |
Folder 9 |
1858-1862 |
Folder 10 |
1863-1886 |
Folder 11 |
1887-1892 |
Folder 12 |
1893-1895 |
Folder 13 |
1896-1899 |
Folder 14 |
Undated material prior to 1900 |
Folder 15 |
1900-1904 |
Folder 16 |
1905-1909 |
Folder 17 |
1910-1912 |
Folder 18 |
1913 |
Folder 19 |
1914 |
Folder 20 |
1915 |
Folder 21 |
1916 |
Folder 22 |
1917 |
Folder 23 |
1918 |
Folder 24-26
Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26 |
1919 |
Folder 27-31
Folder 27Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30Folder 31 |
1920 |
Folder 32-45
Folder 32Folder 33Folder 34Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37Folder 38Folder 39Folder 40Folder 41Folder 42Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45 |
1921 |
Folder 46-65
Folder 46Folder 47Folder 48Folder 49Folder 50Folder 51Folder 52Folder 53Folder 54Folder 55Folder 56Folder 57Folder 58Folder 59Folder 60Folder 61Folder 62Folder 63Folder 64Folder 65 |
1922 |
Folder 66-97b |
1923 |
Folder 98a-98s |
1924 |
Folder 99-116
Folder 99Folder 100Folder 101Folder 102Folder 103Folder 104Folder 105Folder 106Folder 107Folder 108Folder 109Folder 110Folder 111Folder 112Folder 113Folder 114Folder 115Folder 116 |
1925 |
Folder 117 |
Undated material and clippings, 1925 |
Folder 118 |
Clippings and menus, 1926 |
Folder 119-139
Folder 119Folder 120Folder 121Folder 122Folder 123Folder 124Folder 125Folder 126Folder 127Folder 128Folder 129Folder 130Folder 131Folder 132Folder 133Folder 134Folder 135Folder 136Folder 137Folder 138Folder 139 |
1926 |
Folder 140 |
Undated material and clippings, 1927 |
Folder 141-162
Folder 141Folder 142Folder 143Folder 144Folder 145Folder 146Folder 147Folder 148Folder 149Folder 150Folder 151Folder 152Folder 153Folder 154Folder 155Folder 156Folder 157Folder 158Folder 159Folder 160Folder 161Folder 162 |
1927 |
Folder 163-164
Folder 163Folder 164 |
Undated material and clippings, 1928 |
Folder 165-188
Folder 165Folder 166Folder 167Folder 168Folder 169Folder 170Folder 171Folder 172Folder 173Folder 174Folder 175Folder 176Folder 177Folder 178Folder 179Folder 180Folder 181Folder 182Folder 183Folder 184Folder 185Folder 186Folder 187Folder 188 |
1928 |
Folder 189 |
Undated material and clippings, 1929 |
Folder 190-219
Folder 190Folder 191Folder 192Folder 193Folder 194Folder 195Folder 196Folder 197Folder 198Folder 199Folder 200Folder 201Folder 202Folder 203Folder 204Folder 205Folder 206Folder 207Folder 208Folder 209Folder 210Folder 211Folder 212Folder 213Folder 214Folder 215Folder 216Folder 217Folder 218Folder 219 |
1929 |
Folder 220 |
Uundated material and clippings, 1930 |
Folder 221-235
Folder 221Folder 222Folder 223Folder 224Folder 225Folder 226Folder 227Folder 228Folder 229Folder 230Folder 231Folder 232Folder 233Folder 234Folder 235 |
1930 |
Folder 236 |
Undated material and clippings, 1931 |
Folder 237-248
Folder 237Folder 238Folder 239Folder 240Folder 241Folder 242Folder 243Folder 244Folder 245Folder 246Folder 247Folder 248 |
1931 |
Folder 249 |
Undated material and clippings, 1932 |
Folder 250-263
Folder 250Folder 251Folder 252Folder 253Folder 254Folder 255Folder 256Folder 257Folder 258Folder 259Folder 260Folder 261Folder 262Folder 263 |
1932 |
Folder 264-265
Folder 264Folder 265 |
Report of receiving system, 1933 |
Folder 266 |
Undated material and clippings, 1933 |
Folder 267-287
Folder 267Folder 268Folder 269Folder 270Folder 271Folder 272Folder 273Folder 274Folder 275Folder 276Folder 277Folder 278Folder 279Folder 280Folder 281Folder 282Folder 283Folder 284Folder 285Folder 286Folder 287 |
1933 |
Folder 288-289
Folder 288Folder 289 |
Undated material and clippings, 1934 |
Folder 290-319
Folder 290Folder 291Folder 292Folder 293Folder 294Folder 295Folder 296Folder 297Folder 298Folder 299Folder 300Folder 301Folder 302Folder 303Folder 304Folder 305Folder 306Folder 307Folder 308Folder 309Folder 310Folder 311Folder 312Folder 313Folder 314Folder 315Folder 316Folder 317Folder 318Folder 319 |
1934 |
Folder 320 |
Undated material and clippings, 1935 |
Folder 321-348
Folder 321Folder 322Folder 323Folder 324Folder 325Folder 326Folder 327Folder 328Folder 329Folder 330Folder 331Folder 332Folder 333Folder 334Folder 335Folder 336Folder 337Folder 338Folder 339Folder 340Folder 341Folder 342Folder 343Folder 344Folder 345Folder 346Folder 347Folder 348 |
1935 |
Folder 349 |
Undated material and clippings, 1936 |
Folder 350-377
Folder 350Folder 351Folder 352Folder 353Folder 354Folder 355Folder 356Folder 357Folder 358Folder 359Folder 360Folder 361Folder 362Folder 363Folder 364Folder 365Folder 366Folder 367Folder 368Folder 369Folder 370Folder 371Folder 372Folder 373Folder 374Folder 375Folder 376Folder 377 |
1936 |
Folder 378 |
Undated material and clippings, 1937 |
Folder 379-414
Folder 379Folder 380Folder 381Folder 382Folder 383Folder 384Folder 385Folder 386Folder 387Folder 388Folder 389Folder 390Folder 391Folder 392Folder 393Folder 394Folder 395Folder 396Folder 397Folder 398Folder 399Folder 400Folder 401Folder 402Folder 403Folder 404Folder 405Folder 406Folder 407Folder 408Folder 409Folder 410Folder 411Folder 412Folder 413Folder 414 |
1937 |
Folder 415 |
Undated material and clippings, 1938 |
Folder 416-453
Folder 416Folder 417Folder 418Folder 419Folder 420Folder 421Folder 422Folder 423Folder 424Folder 425Folder 426Folder 427Folder 428Folder 429Folder 430Folder 431Folder 432Folder 433Folder 434Folder 435Folder 436Folder 437Folder 438Folder 439Folder 440Folder 441Folder 442Folder 443Folder 444Folder 445Folder 446Folder 447Folder 448Folder 449Folder 450Folder 451Folder 452Folder 453 |
1938 |
Folder 454 |
Undated material and clippings, 1939 |
Folder 455-491
Folder 455Folder 456Folder 457Folder 458Folder 459Folder 460Folder 461Folder 462Folder 463Folder 464Folder 465Folder 466Folder 467Folder 468Folder 469Folder 470Folder 471Folder 472Folder 473Folder 474Folder 475Folder 476Folder 477Folder 478Folder 479Folder 480Folder 481Folder 482Folder 483Folder 484Folder 485Folder 486Folder 487Folder 488Folder 489Folder 490Folder 491 |
1939 |
Folder 492 |
Undated material and clippings, 1940 |
Folder 493-531
Folder 493Folder 494Folder 495Folder 496Folder 497Folder 498Folder 499Folder 500Folder 501Folder 502Folder 503Folder 504Folder 505Folder 506Folder 507Folder 508Folder 509Folder 510Folder 511Folder 512Folder 513Folder 514Folder 515Folder 516Folder 517Folder 518Folder 519Folder 520Folder 521Folder 522Folder 523Folder 524Folder 525Folder 526Folder 527Folder 528Folder 529Folder 530Folder 531 |
1940 |
Folder 532 |
Undated matrial and clippings, 1941 |
Folder 533-587b |
1941 |
Folder 588a |
Undated material and clippings, 1942 |
Folder 589-641
Folder 589Folder 590Folder 591Folder 592Folder 593Folder 594Folder 595Folder 596Folder 597Folder 598Folder 599Folder 600Folder 601Folder 602Folder 603Folder 604Folder 605Folder 606Folder 607Folder 608Folder 609Folder 610Folder 611Folder 612Folder 613Folder 614Folder 615Folder 616Folder 617Folder 618Folder 619Folder 620Folder 621Folder 622Folder 623Folder 624Folder 625Folder 626Folder 627Folder 628Folder 629Folder 630Folder 631Folder 632Folder 633Folder 634Folder 635Folder 636Folder 637Folder 638Folder 639Folder 640Folder 641 |
1942 |
Folder 642-643
Folder 642Folder 643 |
Undated material and clippings, 1943 |
Folder 644-694
Folder 644Folder 645Folder 646Folder 647Folder 648Folder 649Folder 650Folder 651Folder 652Folder 653Folder 654Folder 655Folder 656Folder 657Folder 658Folder 659Folder 660Folder 661Folder 662Folder 663Folder 664Folder 665Folder 666Folder 667Folder 668Folder 669Folder 670Folder 671Folder 672Folder 673Folder 674Folder 675Folder 676Folder 677Folder 678Folder 679Folder 680Folder 681Folder 682Folder 683Folder 684Folder 685Folder 686Folder 687Folder 688Folder 689Folder 690Folder 691Folder 692Folder 693Folder 694 |
1943 |
Folder 695 |
Undated material and clippings, 1944 |
Folder 696-730
Folder 696Folder 697Folder 698Folder 699Folder 700Folder 701Folder 702Folder 703Folder 704Folder 705Folder 706Folder 707Folder 708Folder 709Folder 710Folder 711Folder 712Folder 713Folder 714Folder 715Folder 716Folder 717Folder 718Folder 719Folder 720Folder 721Folder 722Folder 723Folder 724Folder 725Folder 726Folder 727Folder 728Folder 729Folder 730 |
1944 |
Folder 731 |
Undated material and clippings, 1945 |
Folder 732-766
Folder 732Folder 733Folder 734Folder 735Folder 736Folder 737Folder 738Folder 739Folder 740Folder 741Folder 742Folder 743Folder 744Folder 745Folder 746Folder 747Folder 748Folder 749Folder 750Folder 751Folder 752Folder 753Folder 754Folder 755Folder 756Folder 757Folder 758Folder 759Folder 760Folder 761Folder 762Folder 763Folder 764Folder 765Folder 766 |
1945 |
Folder 767-768
Folder 767Folder 768 |
Undated material and clippings, 1946 |
Folder 769-807
Folder 769Folder 770Folder 771Folder 772Folder 773Folder 774Folder 775Folder 776Folder 777Folder 778Folder 779Folder 780Folder 781Folder 782Folder 783Folder 784Folder 785Folder 786Folder 787Folder 788Folder 789Folder 790Folder 791Folder 792Folder 793Folder 794Folder 795Folder 796Folder 797Folder 798Folder 799Folder 800Folder 801Folder 802Folder 803Folder 804Folder 805Folder 806Folder 807 |
1946 |
Folder 808-809
Folder 808Folder 809 |
Undated material and clippings, 1947 |
Folder 810-846
Folder 810Folder 811Folder 812Folder 813Folder 814Folder 815Folder 816Folder 817Folder 818Folder 819Folder 820Folder 821Folder 822Folder 823Folder 824Folder 825Folder 826Folder 827Folder 828Folder 829Folder 830Folder 831Folder 832Folder 833Folder 834Folder 835Folder 836Folder 837Folder 838Folder 839Folder 840Folder 841Folder 842Folder 843Folder 844Folder 845Folder 846 |
1947 |
Folder 847-848
Folder 847Folder 848 |
Undated materials and clippings, 1948 |
Folder 849-878
Folder 849Folder 850Folder 851Folder 852Folder 853Folder 854Folder 855Folder 856Folder 857Folder 858Folder 859Folder 860Folder 861Folder 862Folder 863Folder 864Folder 865Folder 866Folder 867Folder 868Folder 869Folder 870Folder 871Folder 872Folder 873Folder 874Folder 875Folder 876Folder 877Folder 878 |
1948 |
Folder 879 |
1949 |
Folder 880-881
Folder 880Folder 881 |
Material on James K. Hall and the Hall family |
Folder 882-895
Folder 882Folder 883Folder 884Folder 885Folder 886Folder 887Folder 888Folder 889Folder 890Folder 891Folder 892Folder 893Folder 894Folder 895 |
Correspondence, undated |
Folder 896-915
Folder 896Folder 897Folder 898Folder 899Folder 900Folder 901Folder 902Folder 903Folder 904Folder 905Folder 906Folder 907Folder 908Folder 909Folder 910Folder 911Folder 912Folder 913Folder 914Folder 915 |
Medical writings and reports, undated |
Folder 916-921
Folder 916Folder 917Folder 918Folder 919Folder 920Folder 921 |
Biographical and historical materials, undated |
Folder 922-927
Folder 922Folder 923Folder 924Folder 925Folder 926Folder 927 |
Poetry and other writings, undated |
Folder 928a-929 |
Printed materials, undated |
Folder 930 |
Other papers, undated |
Folder 931 |
Fragments, undated |
Folder 931a |
Volume 1: "Session Book of the Church of Bethany, Iredell County, North Carolina, 1775-1872" |
Folder 932 |
Volume 2: Ledger, 1824-1836Ledger of blacksmith jobs, saddle and bridle repairs, and other items. Names include Alvin Howard and B. Smith. |
Folder 933 |
Volume 3: Notebook, 1827Notebook contains a record of sums owed H[ugh] R. Hall for tuition of children attending his school. |
Volume 4: Account book fragment, 1837-1841Account book, probably of Hugh R. Hall, containing records of tuition owed by students, other school related matters, financial deals with James K. Hall, and notes on farming activities. |
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Folder 934 |
Volume 5: Librarian's book, Bethany congregation, 1837-1849 |
Folder 935 |
Volume 6: Treasurer's book, Bethany congregation, 1852-1856 |
Volume 7: Official report of inspection of the Medical Purveyor's Depot, Demopolis, Ala., 1864 |
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Reel R-2 |
Microfilm copy of Volume 7 |
Oversize Volume SV-1563/8 |
Volume 8: Physician's day book of Dr. E. A. Hall of Iredell County, N.C., 1867-1871 |
Folder 936 |
Volume 9: Scrapbook, 1876Scrapbook contains poetry and other writings from periodicals. |
Folder 937 |
Volume 10: Typed copies of autographed poems by Michael Long, 1916-1946 |
Folder 938 |
Volume 11: Notebook, 1920Notes on the physical and mental conditions of persons in prison examined by James K. Hall. |
Volume 12: Notebook, 1927Notes on trip by automobile to Cincinnati, Ohio. |
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Volume 13: Notebook, 1945Notes by James K. Hall on a special meeting of the Council of the American Psychiatric Association, 26-27 February 1945. |
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Folder 939 |
Volume 14: Notebook, undatedGenealogical material on the King family of Rowan and Iredell counties, N.C. |
Reel R-1 |
Microfilm copy of Volume 14 |
Folder 940 |
Volume 15: Notebook of sermons, undated |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder X-OPF-1563/1 |
Hall family tree; copy of map of Rowan and Iredell counties, N.C., circa 1798 |
Image Folder PF-1563/1-2
PF-1563/1PF-1563/2 |
PhotographsPhotographs include images of or relating to James K. Hall, doctors, historic sites and objects, and other individuals. |
Special Format Image SF-P-1563/1 |
Special format photograph |
Arrangement: chronological.
Restriction: Papers, 1940-1949 and undated, are closed.
This series contains personal and professional correspondence, including letters with colleagues and patients.
Folder 2:1 |
1919-1925 |
Folder 2:2 |
1926-1927 |
Folder 2:3-2:4 |
1929 |
Folder 2:5 |
1930 |
Folder 2:6-2:8 |
1931-1932 |
Folder 2:9-2:10 |
1933 |
Folder 2:11-2:12 |
1934 |
Folder 2:13-2:15 |
1935 |
Folder 2:16-2:17 |
1936 |
Folder 2:18-2:20 |
1937 |
Folder 2:21-2:22 |
1938 |
Folder 2:23-2:24 |
1939 |
Folder 2:25-2:41 |
1940-1949 and undated |