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These papers include two handwritten and undated poems (by Silas Weir Mitchell) "Evening" and "Good Night," as well as miscellaneous correspondence. The correspondence is largely undated and is both handwritten and typed. Correspondents include Cassy Meredith (regarding Mitchell's future wife, Mary Cadwalader) and various others. Mitchell was an American physician specializing in neurology, and he was the author of many short stories, scholarly articles, and novels. The collection also includes a picture postcard of "The late Dr. S. Wier Mitchell at Bar Harbor, Maine." These papers are part of the historic psychiatry material in the Menninger Archives.
Creator: Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914
Date: undated, circa 1875-1911
Item Number: 223274
Call Number: Menninger Historic Psychiatry Coll., Mitchell, Box 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 223274
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Authors
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Physicians
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Writers
Collections - Manuscript - Menninger Archives
Collections - Manuscript - Menninger Archives - Historic Psychiatry
Date - 1890s
Date - 1900s
Date - 1910s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Poem
Places - Other States - Maine
Places - Other States - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Type of Material - Postcards
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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