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Box II Folder 26 and Box III, Folders 17-18 were restricted until 2022 and had been temporarily placed in Box XXIV. When the
restriction expired they were interfiled into their respective boxes and the temporary box was deleted from the inventory.
Preferred Citation:
Amos Koontz Papers II, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Gifts of James W. Koontz and the estates of Mae Link (1996.25), received between 1986 and 1996.
Addition 1986.35, 8 boxes; gift of James W. Koontz, 9/17/1986;
Addition 1986.40, 1 ms. vol.; gift of James W. Koontz, 10/17/1986;
Addition 1987.54; ten packages; gift of James W. Koontz, 12/05/1987;
Addition 1989.40, 1 box; gift of James W. Koontz, 9/14/1989;
Addition 1996.25, 2 record cartons (500 items); gift of the estate of Mae Link through James W. Koontz, 4/15/1996
Addition 2022.226, letter and correspondence gift from anonymous donor
Processing Information:
Processed by James A. Batule during 1991-1992.
Box II Folder 26 and Box III, Folders 17-18 were restricted until 2022 and had been temporarily placed in Box XXIV. When the
restriction expired they were interfiled into their respective boxes and the temporary box was deleted from the inventory.
William and Mary student (1906-1911) and faculty member (1907-1908; 1910-1914). He studied medicine at John Hopkins University
and served in both World War I and World War II. Koontz achieved international prominence for his work in hernia surgery,
was active against socialized medicine, and traveled extensively. Further information about this individual or organization
may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
Personal and professional papers of Amos Ralph Koontz, surgeon. The personal papers, 1865-1986, include the correspondence
of Koontz, his wife, Besse (Stocking) Koontz and their son, James William Koontz. Included are travel diaries, documents concerning
the College of William and Mary and Johns Hopkins and material relating to social clubs and societies. The professional papers
contain correspondence relating to Koontz' medical practice, political material, documents pertaining to military service,
memberships in professional organizations, and newspaper and magazine article reprints.
See Finding Aid/Inventory for description and folder lists of 1996.25 Addition.
Biographical material of the Craves, Koontz, and Stocking families
Scope and Contents
Biographical material of the Craves, Koontz, and Stocking families, including genealogy charts and family and individual histories.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id153474
Biographical material of the Craves, Koontz, and Stocking families
Scope and Contents
Biographical material of the Craves, Koontz, and Stocking families, including genealogy charts and family and individual histories.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id153475
Correspondence of Koontz and Craves family members
1865, 1871-1872, 1889
Scope and Contents
Original and photocopies of correspondence from Koontz and Craves family members.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id153476
Personal letters of Amos R. Koontz to his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James William Koontz
1904
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id153477
Professor C.P. Estes Papers
1907-1911
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id153478
Correspondence between Amos R. Koontz and his parents and grandparents
1910-1919, 1933
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id153479
Letters to Besse Erving Stocking from her brother David, Amos Koontz, and various friends and relatives
1911-1915
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id153480
Letters to Besse Erving Stocking from various friends and acquaintances
1911-1915
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id153481
Letters to Amos Ralph Koontz and Besse Stocking Koontz, including their marriage certificate
1911-1938
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id153482
Letters to Besse Erving Stocking from her parents and brother David
1916-1921
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id153483
Letters from Amos R. Koontz to Besse Erving Stocking during his service with the American Expeditionary Force in World War
I, France
1917
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id153676
Typed collection of letters from Amos R. Koontz to Besse Erving Stocking before their marriage and during his service in World
War I
1917-1918
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13 id153678
Letters of Amos R. Koontz to his parents and sister Pearl during his service in World War I
1917-1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14 id153681
Correspondence from Amos R. Koontz and Besse Erving Stocking during his service in World War I
1917-1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id153683
Correspondence between Amos R. Koontz and Besse E. Stocking during his service in World War I
1918-1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16 id153686
Letters from Ruth Stocking Lynch to sister Besse Irving Stocking and father Charles H. Stocking
1918-1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17 id153690
Letters from David Stocking, Besse Stocking's brother, and his wife Ada to Besse Stocking and Amos R. Koontz
1918-1920, 1939
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18 id153693
"The Embryological Evidence of Evolution," written by Amos R. Koontz
Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten rough draft.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 id153696
Box 2: Personal Correspondence, 1865-1986
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id153698
Correspondence between Ruth Stocking and Besse Stocking and their mother
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id153700
Correspondence between Amos R. Koontz and Besse E. Stocking
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id153703
Letters to Besse E. Stocking from various friends and relatives, including her sister Ruth Stocking and Amos R. Koontz
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id153706
Miscellaneous letters to Amos R. Koontz from his sister Edith Koontz and Mary C. Davis
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id153710
Letters to Amos R. Koontz from Besse Erving Stocking during his employment at Hebrew Hospital and Union Protestant Infirmary
1919-1920
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id153712
Letters to Amos R. Koontz from Besse Erving Stocking during his employment at Hebrew Hospital and Union Protestant Infirmary
1919-1920
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id153715
Letters to Besse and Ruth Stocking from their father Charles H. Stocking, A minister at a Methodist-Episcopal church in Wickliffe,
Ohio.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id153718
Letters to and from Amos R. Koontz and Besse Stocking Koontz
1920-1928
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id153721
Letters to Amos R. Koontz from Edith Johnson DeFord, who served as a nurse with Amos in the Johns Hopkins unit during World
War I
1920
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id153724
Personal letters to and from William Burton Guy, brother-in-law of Amos R. Koontz and husband of Virginia Pearl Koontz
1920-1965
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11 id153727
Letters of congratulations to Amos and Besse Koontz on the occasion of the birth of James William Koontz II, including a sample
of his hair at 1 1/2 years old
1929
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12 id153735
Personal letters to Besse Stocking Koontz, including letters from Belle Ferguson, Lilian Barker, and C. W. McCandless
1929-1949
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13 id153729
Personal letters from Besse Stocking Koontz, mostly to Amos R. Koontz
1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14 id153738
Letters from Besse S. Koontz to sisters-in-law Peal and Edith Koontz and sister Ruth and mother, including one letter from
brother David Stocking to Ruth and his mother
1937-1938
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15 id153741
Letters from Besse S. Koontz to Amos R. Koontz from Singapore
1938-1939
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16 id153743
Letters from Besse Stocking Koontz to Amos R. Koontz from Singapore
1939
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17 id153746
Postcards to James William Koontz II from father Amos R. Koontz and Aunt Ruth Stocking; and letters from James William Koontz
to Aunts Pearl Koontz and Ruth Stocking
1934, 1937-1939
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 18 id153747
Letters to Ruth Stocking Lynch
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 19 id153748
Brochures, maps, travel plans and programs from Besse Koontz and James William Koontz's stay on the island of Barbados
1936-1938
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 20 id154097
Letters to and from James William Koontz II while on Barbados, including drawings and handwriting exercises
1936-1938
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 21 id154098
Letters to Edith and Pearl Koontz from Besse Koontz
1936-1938
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 22 id154099
Letters from Besse S. Koontz to her mother and her sister Ruth Stocking Lynch
1936-1938
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 23 id154100
Letters from Besse S. Koontz to Amos R. Koontz while on Barbados
1936-1938
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 24 id154105
Letters from Besse S. Koontz to husband Amos. R. Koontz, sister Ruth Stocking Lynch, and mother, mostly from the island of
Barbados
1936-1939
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 25 id154108
Miscellaneous letters to Besse S. Koontz during her stay on Barbados.
1937-1938
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 26 id154110
Correspondence to Amos R. Koontz from a woman named Marjorie of Williamsburg, Virginia. (Closed until 2022, Box XXIV)
1937-1938
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 27 id154112
Typed letters from Besse S. Koontz to assorted friends and relatives, including her husband Amos R. Koontz while on Barbados
1937-1939
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 28 id154114
Correspondence between Besse S. Koontz and Amos R. Koontz and their son James William Koontz II
1937-1940
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 29 id154116
Letters to James William Koontz II from various friends and relatives
1937-1986
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 30 id154119
Letters from Besse S. Koontz and son James William Koontz II to Amos R. Koontz, sister Ruth Stocking Lynch and mother while
in the British West Indies
1938-1939
Mixed Materials Box: 3 id154121
Box 3: Personal Correspondence
1865-1986
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id154123
Typed letters and diary accounts from Besse S. Koontz and son James William Koontz II from Singapore and the Far East
1939
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id154125
Letters from Besse S. Koontz to husband Amos R. Koontz, sister Ruth, and mother from Mexico, Arizona, California, and Oregon
1940-1941
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3 id154128
Letters from Besse S. Koontz to Amos R. Koontz during her travels through Mexico, Arizona, and Louisiana
1940
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id154129
Letters from James William Koontz II to his parents Amos and Besse Koontz; and correspondence from Cooperstown Academy to
Besse Koontz
1941-1942
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id154130
Holiday cards to Besse S. Koontz from Susan Ricker Knox, artist
1942
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id154135
Letters from Amos R. Koontz to Besse Koontz during his service in World War II
1942
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id154141
Letters from Amos R. Koontz to his friends and colleages during World War II
1942-1943
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id154145
Correspondence between James William Koontz and his parents Amos R. and Besse S. Koontz
1942-1945
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9 id154149
Letters from Colonel Thomas J. Shryock to Amos and Besse Koontz, including clippings of Colonel Shyrock's war-time service
1942-1943, 1945
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10 id154150
Letters from Amos R. Koontz to his wife Besse S. Koontz during his service in World War II
1943
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11 id154152
Letters from Amos R. Koontz to his wife Besse S. Koontz during his service in World War II
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 12 id154159
Letters from Amos R. Koontz to his wife Besse S. Koontz during his service in World War II
1944
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 13 id154164
Letters from Amos R. Koontz to his wife Besse S. Koontz during his service in World War II
1945
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 14 id154165
Letters to and from Amos R. Koontz with various friends and relatives
1945-1965
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 15 id154189
Correspondence and accounts relating to James William Koontz II's summer in Mexico and California
1946
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 16 id154191
Correspondence and accounts relating to James William Koontz's summer in Mexico and California
1946
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 17 id154193
Correspondence relating to the hospitalization of Besse S. Koontz for depression (Closed until 2022. Box XXIV)
1946-1947
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 18 id154196
Correspondence relating to the hospitalization of Besse S. Koontz for depression (Closed until 2022. Box XXIV)
1946-1947
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 19 id154198
Correspondence between Amos R. Koontz and his sister-in-law Ruth Stocking Lynch, mostly concerning James William Koontz II
1946-1949
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 20 id154200
Memoranda, messages, and personal correspondence of Amos R. Koontz
1946-1950
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 21 id154203
Letters from Amos R. Koontz to his wife Besse S. Koontz and sister in law Ruth Stocking Lynch
1947
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 22 id154206
Letters from Amos R. Koontz to his son James William Koontz II and sister-in-law Ruth Stocking Lynch
1947-1948
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 23 id154209
Correspondence between Besse S. Koontz and her sister Ruth S. Lynch
1947-1965
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 24 id154211
Letters to Ruth Stocking Lynch from various friends and relatives, including Amos R. Koontz and Mae Link
1947-1977
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 25 id154213
Correspondence between Amos R. Koontz and his sister-in-law Ruth Stocking Lynch
1948-1949
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 26 id154215
Correspondence between Bessie S. Koontz and her sister Ruth Stocking Lynch
1949-1957
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 27 id154216
Correspondence between Amos R. Koontz and his sister-in-law Ruth S. Lynch
1949-1957
Mixed Materials Box: 4 id154217
Box 4: Personal Correspondence
1865-1986
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id154219
Letters to Ruth Stocking Lynch from Amos R. Koontz. Besse S. Koontz, and James W. Koontz II
1950-1956
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2 id154221
Correspondence between Ruth Stocking Lynch and Amos R. Koontz, Besse S. Koontz, and James W. Koontz II
1950-1956
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id154223
Correspondence between James William Koontz II and his aunt Ruth Stocking Lynch
1950-1954, 1957
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4 id154225
Letters to Bessie S. Koontz from various friends and relatives, including husband Amos R. Koontz and son James William Koontz
II
1951-1965
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5 id154226
Letters from James William Koontz II to his parents Amos R. Koontz and Besse Koontz
1952-1953
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6 id154228
Letters from James William Koontz II to his parents Amos R. Koontz and Besse Koontz
1952-1953
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7 id155293
Letters to and from James William Koontz II, mostly with his parents
1952-1966
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8 id155294
Correspondence between Amos R. Koontz and Besse S. Koontz
1953-1959
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id155295
Correspondence between Amos R. Koontz and Besse S. Koontz
1955
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 10 id155296
Letters from Amos R. Koontz to his son James William Koontz II during his travels to Hawaii and the Far East
1955
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 11 id155297
Guest list for the bachelor party and wedding of James William Koontz II
1957
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 12 id155298
Letters and papers of Cary Lee Keen Koontz, first wife of James William Koontz II
1957-1960
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 13 id155299
Letters to Besse S. Koontz from husband Amos R. Koontz, sister Ruth Stocking Lynch, and friends
1960-1965
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 14 id155300
Letters to Amos and Besse Koontz from friends and relatives, including letters from Miss Elizabeth Shortt, James William Koontz
II's fiancee
1962-1965
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 15 id155301
Letters to James William Koontz II from his father Amos R. Koontz, uncle-in-law William Burton Guy, and fiancee Elizabeth
Short
1961-1962, 1965
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 16 id155302
Letters to Mae Link, biographer of Amos R. Koontz
1965
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 17 id155303
Notes of sympathy and condolence on the occasion of the deaths of Amos R. Koontz and Besse S. Koontz; also contains pamphlets
on cemetery plots and obituaries
1965
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 18 id155304
Notes of sympathy and condolence on the occasion of the deaths of Amos R. Koontz and Besse S. Koontz
1965
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 19 id155305
Notes of sympathy and condolence on the occasion of the deaths of Amos R. Koontz and Besse S. Koontz
1965
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 20 id155306
Notes of sympathy and condolence on the occasion of the death of Amos R. Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 21 id155307
Notes of sympathy and condolence on the occasion of the death of Amos R. Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 22 id155308
Notes of sympathy and condolence on the occasion of the death of Amos R. Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 23 id155309
Letters from James William Koontz, William Burton Guy, and Amos R. Koontz's secretary in response to Amos' mail following
his death
Mixed Materials Box: 5 id155310
Box 5: Personal Correspondence, 1865-1986
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id155311
Newspaper clipping, press releases and speeches relating to Generals Robert E. Lee, Douglas MacArthur, and John Pershing
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id155312
Assorted maps, travel guides, brochures, and souvenirs
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3 id155313
Assorted pieces of poetry and humor
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4 id155314
Catalogs of the Garrison Forest School of Garrison, Maryland
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id155315
Assorted hotel and restaurant menus
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6 id155316
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Confederate Historical Society
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7 id155317
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz membership in the Jamestown Society
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 8 id155318
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz membership in the Jamestown Society
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 9 id155319
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Maryland Club
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10 id155320
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 11 id155321
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Mount Vernon Area Neighborhood Council
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 12 id155322
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in Phi Beta Kappa
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 13 id155323
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Saint George's Society
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 14 id155324
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Maryland
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 15 id155325
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Society of Cincinnati
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 16 id155326
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Society of the War of 1812
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 17 id155327
Papers relating to Amos R. and James W. Koontz's memberships in the Theta Delta Chi fraternity
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 18 id155328
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the University Club
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 19 id155329
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Virginians of Maryland, Inc.
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 20 id155330
Miscellaneous papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's Association with various social clubs and organizations
Mixed Materials Box: 6 id155331
Box 6: William & Mary and Johns Hopkins materials
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1 id155332
Catalogs, programs, and magazines relating to Amos and Besse Koontz's Association with Johns Hopkins University
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2 id155333
Catalogs, programs, and magazines relating to Amos and Besse Koontz's Association with Johns Hopkins University
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3 id155334
Catalogs, programs, and magazines relating to Amos R. Koontz's life-long association with the College of William and Mary
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4 id155335
Catalogs, programs, and magazines relating to Amos R. Koontz's life-long association with the College of William and Mary
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5 id155336
Miscellaneous papers and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's life-long association with the College of William and Mary
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 6 id155337
Miscellaneous papers and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's life-long association with the College of William and Mary
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 7 id155338
Miscellaneous papers and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's life-long association with the College of William and Mary
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 8 id155339
Papers relating to student-alumni relations at the College of William and Mary
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 9 id155340
Papers relating to the Honor Code systems of the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 10 id155341
Papers relating to the Society of the Alumni of the College of William and Mary
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 11 id155342
Papers relating to the College of William and Mary Alumni Chapter of Baltimore, Maryland
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 12 id155344
Papers relating to the University of Virginia, alma mater of James W. Koontz, II
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 13 id155346
Programs and magazines relating to Goucher College, alma mater of Besse S. Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 7 id155347
Box 7: Travel logs and itineraries
1938-1963
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1 id155348
Notes of Amos R. Koontz's trip through the American Midwest and Far West
1938
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2 id155349
Itinerary of Besse and James W. Koontz's trip to Mexico, Arizona, California, Washington, Alaska and Canada
1940
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3 id155351
Notes and itineraries of Dr. Amos R. Koontz's trip to the Far East
1948
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4 id155352
Notes and itinerary of Dr. Amos R. Koontz's trip to Europe and Egypt
1951
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 5 id155354
Notes and itinerary of Amos R. Koontz's trip to South America
1952
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 6 id155356
Notes and itinerary of Amos R. Koontz's trip to Mexico and California
1953
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 7 id155357
Notes and itinerary of Amos R. Koontz's trip to Mexico and California
1953
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 8 id155358
Notes and itinerary of Amos R. Koontz's trip around the world
1955
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 9 id155359
Notes and itinerary of Dr. Amos R. Koontz's trip to the Far East as Surgical Consultant to the U.S. Army
1955
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 10 id155360
Notes and itinerary of Amos R. Koontz's trip to the Black Hills
1956
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 11 id155361
Notes and itinerary of Amos R. Koontz's trip to the West Indies and Central and South America
1957
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 12 id155363
Notes and itinerary of Amos R. Koontz's trip to Russia, Poland, Bohemia, Scandinavia and the British Isles
1958
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 13 id155365
Notes and itinerary of Amos R. Koontz's trip around the world
1959
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 14 id155366
Notes and itinerary of Amos R. Koontz's trip around the world
1960
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 15 id155367
Notes and itinerary of Amos R. Koontz's trip to Europe
1961
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 16 id155368
Notes and itinerary of Amos R. Koontz's trip around the world
1961
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 17 id155369
Itinerary of Dr. and Mrs. Amos R. Koontz's trip to Hawaii and return cruise to San Francisco, California
1963
Mixed Materials Box: 8 id155372
Box 8: Professional Correspondence, 1915-1972
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id155373
Letters of Mae Link, biographer of Amos R. Koontz
1915-1966
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 2 id155375
Documents and letters relating to Besse E. Stocking's employment with the federal government as a technician artist
1917-1919
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 3 id155376
Professional medical papers and correspondence of Amos R. Koontz
1919-1965
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 4 id155378
Certificates, commissions, diplomas, and citations belonging to Amos R. Koontz, Besse S. Koontz, James W. Koontz II, and Mae
Link, among others
1919-1965
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 5 id155380
Receipts, bank statements, and account books of Amos and Besse Koontz and son of James William
1919-1972
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 6 id155382
Compilations of the published works of Amos R. Koontz
1924-1964
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 7 id155383
Papers relating to the personal medical history of Amos R. Koontz, including x-rays and examination results
1930-1964
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 8 id155385
Records of employees of Dr. Amos R. Koontz, including social security and Maryland state unemployment forms
1939-1955
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 9 id155387
Documents and correspondence relating to Amos R. Koontz's service as Medical Director and Advisor to Maryland Selective Service
1941-1956
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 10 id155388
Drafts of speeches and addresses written and delivered by Amos R. Koontz
1941-1965
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 11 id155390
Letters to and from Besse S. Koontz, including letters from the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences of the University
of Virginia
1943-1965
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 12 id155392
Documents and correspondence relating to the medical practice of Amos R. Kootnz
1945, 1963-1964
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 13 id155394
Assorted correspondence, biographical material, letters to the editor, and membership applications of James William Koontz
II
1948-1958
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 14 id155398
Papers relating to the Veterans Administration belonging to Amos R. Koontz
1946-1949
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 15 id156084
Correspondence, memoranda, and documents relating to Amos R. Koontz's service as consultant to the Surgeon General of the
United States Army
1946-1964
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 16 id156085
Narcotics inventory records of Amos R. Koontz
1947-1964
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 17 id156086
Miscellaneous letters of Amos R. Koontz
1948-1965
Mixed Materials Box: 9 id156087
Box 9: Professional Correspondence
1915-1972
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1 id156088
Papers of Amos R. Koontz relating to his service on the Committee on Veterans' Medical Care
1953-1962
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 2 id156089
Papers of Amos R. Koontz relating to his service on the Committee on Veterans' Medical Care
1953-1962
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 3 id156090
Documents of Amos R. Koontz relating to his testimony on Senate rule changes
1957
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 4 id156091
Speeches and correspondence of Amos R. Koontz relating to the Daughters of the American Revolution
1958
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 5 id156092
Documents, speeches, and correspondence of Amos R. Koontz relating to his work on health care for the aging
1960-1961
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 6 id156093
Drafts, notes and correspondence relating to "The Uncommon Man," Mae Link's biography of Amos R. Koontz
1962-1965
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 7 id156094
Drafts, notes, and correspondence relating to "The Uncommon Man," Mae Link's biography of Amos R. Koontz
1962-1965
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8 id156095
Letters between Amos R. Koontz and Brigadier General Frank Wilson of the Association of Military Surgeons
1963-1964
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9 id156096
Letters from friends and colleagues to Amos R. Koontz after his death
1965
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 10 id156097
Editorials of Amos R. Koontz for "Military Medicine"
1965
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11 id156098
Papers relating to the Amos R. Koontz Memorial Foundation and Lectureship
1965, 1970
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 12 id156099
Various personal and professional letters to and from Besse S. Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 13 id156100
Miscellaneous personal and professional papers, including notes on books, music and quotations
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 14 id156101
Miscellaneous personal and professional papers, including magazines, programs, and correspondence
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 15 id156102
Miscellaneous personal and professional papers, including magazines, programs, and correspondence
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 16 id156103
Assorted book reviews on medical and political subjects, belonging mostly to Amos R. Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 17 id156104
Medical drawings by Besse S. Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 10 id156105
Box 10: Military Service
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 1 id156107
Memoranda and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's military service in Base Hospital 18 during World War I
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 2 id156108
Various orders and documents relating to Amos R. Koontz's military service during World War II
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 3 id156110
Various orders and documents relating to Amos R. Koontz's military service during World War II
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 4 id156113
Letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's views on the organization of the Armed Forces medical establishment
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 5 id156141
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's military service with the 20th Station Hospital during World War II
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 6 id156142
Memoranda and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's military service with the 39th General Hospital during World War II
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 7 id156143
Memoranda and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's military service in the 18th General Hospital during World War II
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 8 id156144
Memoranda relating to Amos R. Koontz's military service with the 39th General Hospital during World War II
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 9 id156151
Memoranda relating to Amos R. Koontz's military service in the Pacific during World War II
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 10 id156154
Memoranda and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's military service in New Zealand and New Caledonia during World War II
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 11 id156156
Memoranda and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's service in the Maryland National Guard
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 12 id156158
Memoranda and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's service in the Reserve Officers Association of Maryland
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 13 id156159
Letters of Amos R. Koontz relating to medical care for United States Army dependents
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 14 id156160
Maps of New Zealand
Mixed Materials Box: 11 id156163
Box 11: Political Activity
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 1 id156164
Miscellaneous letters and publications relating to the political activity of Amos R. Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 2 id156179
Miscellaneous letters and publications relating to the political activity of Amos R. Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 3 id156183
Various articles, speeches, and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's involvement in fight against socialized medicine
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 4 id156187
Various articles, speeches, and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's involvement in fight against socialized medicine
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 5 id156215
Letters, articles, speeches, and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's involvement in fight against socialized medicine
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 6 id156221
Articles relating to Amos R. Koontz's interest in the quality of American education
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 7 id156222
Papers and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's work with the Maryland Medical Political Action Committee
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 8 id156226
Letters to the editor of The Baltimore Evening Sun and various politicians from Amos R. Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 9 id156263
Letters to the editor of The Baltimore Evening Sun and various politcians from Amos R. Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 10 id156264
Letters to the editor of The Baltimore Evening Sun and various politicians from Amos R. Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 11 id156267
Letters to the editor of The Baltimore Evening Sun and various politicians from Amos R. Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 12 id156268
Letters to the editor of The Baltimore Evening Sun and various politicians from Amos R. Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 12 id156318
Box 12: Professional Societies and Organizations
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 1 id156319
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the American College of Surgeons
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id156320
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the American Medical Association
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3 id156321
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's work with the American Medical Writer's Association
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 4 id156392
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the American Surgical Association
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 5 id156393
Papers relating Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 6 id156394
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Baltimore City Medical Society
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 7 id156395
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Clinical Club
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 8 id156396
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's editorship of the Current Medical Digest
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 9 id156397
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's Association with Excepta Medica
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 10 id156398
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the International Soceity of Surgery
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 11 id156399
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Maryland Retired Officers Association
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 12 id156400
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Maryland Retired Officers Association
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 13 id156401
Papers relating to his editorship of Military Medicine
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 14 id156402
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Military Order of Foreign Wars
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 15 id156403
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's work with the People's Union
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 16 id156404
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's work with the Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 17 id156405
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's work with the Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 18 id156406
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Southern Surgical Association
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 19 id156407
Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the World Medical Association
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 20 id156416
Miscellaneous papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's association with various professional societies
Mixed Materials Box: 13 id156417
Box 13: Newspaper, magazine clippings, and article reprints
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 1 id156418
Various newspaper clippings about Amos R. Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 2 id156419
Newspaper clippings to the College of William and Mary and Johns Hopkins University
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 3 id157305
Various newspaper clippings sent to James W. Koontz II from his aunt Ruth S. Lynch
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 4 id157307
Letters to the editor of The Baltimore Evening Sun by and about Amos R. Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 5 id157308
Newspaper clippings on various political matters, especially socialized medicine
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 6 id157309
Newspaper clippings relating to Amos and Besse Koontz's interest in polo playing
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 7 id157311
Newspaper clippings of events of World War I and World War II
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 8 id157312
Newspaper clippings of various wedding announcements, death notices, and society happenings
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 9 id157314
Essays and articles on travel and politics written by Amos R. Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 10 id157315
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 11 id157316
Reprints of letters to the editor on medical topics by Amos R. Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 12 id157318
Reprints of articles written by Amos R. Koontz on medical topics, especially hernia surgery
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 13 id157319
Reprints of articles written by Amos R. Koontz on medical topics, especially hernia surgery
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 14 id157320
Reprints of articles written by Amos R. Koontz on medical topics, especially hernia surgery
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 15 id157321
Reprints of articles written by Amos R. Koontz on medical topics, especially hernia surgery
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 16 id157322
Reprints of articles written by Amos R. Koontz on medical topics, especially hernia surgery
Mixed Materials Box: 14 id157323
Box 14: Photographs, Newspaper Clippings, and Scrapbooks (Boxes XIV-XVII)
Mixed Materials Box: 14 id157325
Scrapbook 1: Newspaper clippings from Luray, Virginia
1911-1941
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings from Luray, Virginia, and of obituaries, promotions, weddings, and social events in both the military
and medical fields.
Mixed Materials Box: 14 id157326
Scrapbook 2: Newspaper Clippings
1928-1941
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings relating to Amos R. Koontz's interest in polo playing.
Mixed Materials Box: 14 id157327
Scrapbook 3: Photographs of James William Koontz II as an infant and young child
1929-1938
Scope and Contents
Photographs of James William Koontz II as an infant and young child, including his stay with his mother on Barbados, British
West Indies.
Mixed Materials Box: 14 id157328
Scrapbook 4: Newspaper Clippings
1938-1959
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings of Baltimore society happenings, including weddings, promotions, death notices, and Theta Delta Chi fraternity
events.
Mixed Materials Box: 14 id157329
Scrapbook 5: Newspaper Clippings
1941-1942
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings and photos relating to the military draft of World War II.
Mixed Materials Box: 14 id157330
Scrapbook 6: Newspaper Clippings
1941-1942
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings relating to Dr. Amos R. Koontz's medical practice, the College of William and Mary, Theta Delta Chi fraternity,
and obituaries and wedding announcements.
Mixed Materials Box: 14 id157331
Scrapbook 7: Newspaper Clippings
1942-1943, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings of obituaries, society announcements, professional promotions, and College of William and Mary alumni
news.
Mixed Materials Box: 14 id157332
Scrapbook 8. World War II photographs and postcards
Mixed Materials Box: 14 id157333
Scrapbook 9: World War II Newspaper Clippings
1943-1944
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings relating to Amos R. Koontz's military service in World War II, including commendations and promotions
announcements.
Mixed Materials Box: 15 id157334
Box 15: Photographs, Newspaper Clippings, and Scrapbooks (Boxes XIV-XVII)
Mixed Materials Box: 15 id157336
Scrapbook 10: Newspaper clippings
1944-1947
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings relating to World War II, College of William and Mary, and the University of Virginia.
Mixed Materials Box: 15 id157338
Scrapbook 11: Amos R. Koontz's World War II Military Service
Scope and Contents
Photographs of Amos R. Koontz's military service during World War II. Also photographs of James William Koontz at the University
of Virginia.
Mixed Materials Box: 15 id157339
Scrapbook 12: Travels through Europe, Asia, and Africa
1946-1951
Scope and Contents
Assorted photographs and postcards relating to the Koontz family's travels through Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Mixed Materials Box: 15 id157340
Scrapbook 13: News Clippings
1947-1949
Scope and Contents
News clippings of military and medical announcements, promotions.
Mixed Materials Box: 15 id157341
Scrapbook 14: Newspaper clippings relating to Dr. Amos R. Koontz's association with the College of William and Mary and Johns
Hopkins University
1948-1950
Mixed Materials Box: 15 id157342
Scrapbook 15: Newspaper clippings of professional and society announcements of Amos R. Koontz
1951-1953
Mixed Materials Box: 15 id157343
Scrapbook 16: Photographs of Amos R. Koontz's trip to South America
1952
Mixed Materials Box: 15 id157344
Scrapbook 17: Military services, social activities, and professional medical work
1952-1958
Scope and Contents
Clippings, photographs, and programs relating to Amos R. Koontz's military service, social activities, college fraternity
reunions, and professional medical work.
Mixed Materials Box: 15 id157345
Scrapbook 18: Postcards from Mexico and California
1953
Scope and Contents
Postcards from Amos R. Koontz's trip to Mexico and California.
Mixed Materials Box: 16 id157350
Box 16: Photographs, Newspaper Clippings, and Scrapbooks (Boxes XIV-XVII)
Mixed Materials Box: 16 id157351
Scrapbook 19: Postcards from Europe
1953
Scope and Contents
Postcards from Amos R. Koontz's travels throughout Europe.
Mixed Materials Box: 16 id157352
Scrapbook 20: Postcards from Europe
1953
Scope and Contents
Postcards from Amos R. Koontz's trip throughout Europe.
Mixed Materials Box: 16 id157354
Scrapbook 21: Travels and conferences
1954-1957
Scope and Contents
Photographs of Amos R. Koontz's travels and national and international professional conferences.
Mixed Materials Box: 16 id157355
Scrapbook 22: Postcards
1955
Scope and Contents
Postcards from Amos R. Koontz's trip around the world.
Mixed Materials Box: 16 id157356
Scrapbook 23: Clippings and Photographs of Cary Lee Keen and Elizabeth Shortt
1957, 1961
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings and photographs of Cary Lee Keen and Elizabeth Shortt, the first and second wives of James William Koontz.
Mixed Materials Box: 16 id157357
Scrapbook 24: Postcards of travels through Europe, Russia, and Southeast Asia
1958-1959
Scope and Contents
Postcards relating to Amos R. Koontz's travels through Europe, Russia, and Southeast Asia.
Mixed Materials Box: 16 id157358
Scrapbook 25: Clippings and papers
1959-1961
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings of death notices, weddings, society events, letters to the editor, and political matters.
Mixed Materials Box: 16 id157360
Scrapbook 26: Photographs of African natives and animals and professional medical conferences
1960-1962
Scope and Contents
Photographs of African natives and animals and of various professional medical conferences attended by Amos R. Koontz.
Mixed Materials Box: 16 id157363
Scrapbook 27: Clippings
1961-1962
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings of weddings, obituaries and professional promotions.
Mixed Materials Box: 17 id157364
Box 17: Photographs, Newspaper Clippings, and Scrapbooks (Boxes XIV-XVII)
Mixed Materials Box: 17 id157365
Scrapbook 28: Clippings
1962-1964
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings of obituaries, weddings, society happenings, and medical news.
Mixed Materials Box: 17 id157366
Scrapbook 29: World War 1-Era
1964-1965
Scope and Contents
World War I- era photograph and last written correspondence of Amos R. Koontz. Also included is an unfinished draft of Amos
R. Koontz's biography by Mae Link.
Mixed Materials Box: 17 id157367
Scrapbook 30: Clippings
1964-1965
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings of weddings, obituaries, and programs.
Mixed Materials Box: 17 id157368
Scrapbook 31: Poems and Questions
Scope and Contents
Assorted poems and questions collected by Amos R. Koontz.
Mixed Materials Box: 17 id157369
Audiotape of a lecture on hernia surgery
1961 February
Scope and Contents
Audiotape 1-10. Audiotape of a lecture on hernia surgery in which Dr. Amos R. Koontz participated.
Mixed Materials Box: 17 id157370
Black buttons, probably belonging to a tuxedo or dress uniform of Amos Koontz (A1)
Mixed Materials Box: 17 id157371
Military insignia belonging to Amos Koontz (A2)
Mixed Materials Box: 18 id157372
Box 18: Photographs
Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 1 id157373
Photographs and xerox copies of photographs of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stocking, parents of Besse Stocking Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 2 id157374
Photographs of professors who taught Amos R. Koontz at Johns Hopkins Medical School
Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 3 id157375
Photographs of Besse Stocking Koontz during her days at Goucher College
Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 4 id157376
Courtship photographs of Amos R. Koontz and Besse Pearl Stocking
1917
Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 5 id157377
Various photographs of Dr. Amos R. Koontz, in formal and informal settings with friends, relatives, and professional colleagues
Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 6 id157378
Military photographs of Amos R. Koontz during the First and Second World Wars
Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 7 id157379
Photographs of Besse Stocking Koontz, informal and formal settings with friends and relatives
Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 8 id157380
Medical/Surgical photographs belonging to Dr. Amos R. Koontz and medical sketches belonging to Besse Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 9 id157381
Photographs, formal and informal, of James William Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 10 id157382
Photographs of Ruth Stocking Lynch, sister of Besse Stocking Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 11 id157383
Postcards and photographs of the Maori population of New Zealand and the Grand Canyon
Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 12 id157384
Miscellaneous and unidentified photographs of relatives and friends of Dr. and Mrs. Amos R. Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 13 id157385
Miscellaneous and unidentified photographs
Mixed Materials Box: 19 id157386
Box 19: Diaries
1930, 1933-1935, 1943-1965
Scope and Contents
Yearly diaries of Dr. Amos R. Koontz. 26 volumes.
Mixed Materials Box: 20 id157387
Box 20: Medical textbooks, notebooks, and journals
Scope and Contents
Records of the Maryland Selective Service; and ancestry records of the Stocking family. 51 volumes.
Mixed Materials Box: 21 id157388
Box 21: Article reprints and other materials
Scope and Contents
Bound copies of article reprints, passports, notebooks, and telephone and address directories belonging to Amos R. Koontz.
41 volumes
Mixed Materials Box: 22 id157389
Box 22: Medical school filing system of Amos R. Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 23 id157390
Box 23: Medical article reprints of Amos R. Koontz
Scope and Contents
Alphabetical filing of medical article reprints belonging to Dr. Amos Koontz. Also includes an index by subject matter. Compiled
by Dr. Koontz
Mixed Materials box: 24 id157392
Box 24 and oversize folder: Certificates
Mixed Materials box: 24 Folder: 1 id157393
Portrait of William H. Welch, Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Mixed Materials box: 24 Folder: 2 id157394
Amos R. Koontz certificate of commissioning in the Medical Section of the Army Officers Reserve Corps
1918
Mixed Materials Folder: 3 (oversize) id157395
Charles H. Stocking certificate of honorable discharge from the Union Army (father of Besse Stocking Koontz)
This folder contains A Tale of Two Wars, a story written by Amos R. Koontz.
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 4 id68021
Koontz, Samples
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 5 id68022
Printed Material
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 6 id68023
Fillers
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 7 id68024
Military Medicine, editor, Amos R. Koontz
1956-1963
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 8 id68025
Contents of Issues of Military Medicine
1963-1965
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 9 id68026
William and Mary Class of 1910
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 10 id68027
Acceptance Speech for Presidency of the Real Estate Board of Greater Baltimore, by William B. Gary Jr.
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 11 id68028
Miscellaneous
Mixed Materials box: 24 Folder: 4 id68205
Societies, Southeastern Surgical Congress
1963-1965
Mixed Materials box: 24 Folder: 5 id68204
Clippings
1965
Scope and Contents
This folder contains newspaper clippings pertaining to the death of Amos R. Koontz.
id68013
Subseries 2: Photographs and artifacts
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 12 id68029
Photographs (with envelopes and correspondence they match up with)
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 13 id68030
Photographs for the Amos R. Koontz Biography
Mixed Materials box: 24 Folder: 6 id68202
Photographs and artifacts
1919-1963 and unknown
Scope and Contents
In addition to photographs, this folder includes military memorabilia (dog tags, pins, army hospital tag) which were moved
to the Mss. Artifact collection for approproate housing.
id68014
Subseries 3: Correspondence
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 14 id68031
Correspondence
1962-1966
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 15 id68032
Letter to Amos Koontz from James H. Forsee Pertaining to the Second Auxiliary Surgical Group
1957 March
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 16 id68033
Letters from Amos R. Koontz to his Wife Besse Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 17 id68034
Typescripts of WWI Letters from Dr. Koontz to Mrs. Koontz, pages 1-54
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 18 id68035
Typescripts of WWI Letters from Dr. Koontz to Mrs. Koontz, pages 55-102
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 19 id68036
Typescripts of WWI Letters from Dr. Koontz to Mrs. Koontz pages 103-157
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 20 id68037
Typescripts of WWI Letters from Dr. Koontz to Mrs. Koontz, pages 158-220
id68015
Subseries 4: Research Material
Scope and Contents
This sub-series contains research material used to write the Amos R. Koontz biography.
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 21 id68038
Genealogical Material
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 22 id68039
Biographical Data of Amos R. Koontz
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 23 id68040
Theta Delta Chi, The Shield, Article on Dr. Amos R. Koontz
January 1960
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 24 id68041
American Medical Writers' Association Roster of Members
1963
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 25 id68042
Koontz, Photographs, Correspondence, Clippings, and Literature
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 26 id68043
Expenses and Notes
id68016
Subseries 5: Drafts of the Amos R. Koontz Biography
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 27 id68044
Drafts, The Uncommon Man or St. George and the Dragon, A Biography of Amos R. Koontz, Tables of Content
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 28 id68045
Drafts, Table of Contents of the Amos R. Koontz Biography and the Prologue
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 29 id68046
Drafts, Table of Contents, Inserts, and Chapter Two of the Amos R. Koontz Biography
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 30 id68047
Drafts, Prologue, Typed Sections
1966
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 31 id68048
Drafts, Marked Up Prologue and Chapters One and Two of the Amos R. Koontz Biography
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 32 id68049
Drafts, Prologue and Chapter One Drafts with Mark Ups
1966 February 3-4
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 33 id68050
Drafts, Chapters One and Two (typed and handwritten)
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 34 id68051
Chapter Four Drafts, Typed with Mark Ups
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 35 id68052
Drafts, Various Pages and Chapter Four of the Amos R. Koontz Biography
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 36 id68053
Chapter Six Draft, Typed with Mark Ups
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 37 id68054
Drafts of the Amos R. Koontz Biography Printed and in Notebook
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 38 id68055
Drafts of The Uncommon Man, the Amos R. Koontz Biography
Mixed Materials box: 24 Folder: 7 id68207
Handwritten Draft of the Amos R. Koontz Biography
id68017
Subseries 6: Dr. Mae Link
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 39 id68056
American Medical Writer's Association, Dr. Mae Link's Folder
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 40 id68057
Clippings Sent to Dr. Mae Link
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 41 id68058
Correspondence With Dr. Mae M. Link
1958-1966
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 42 id68059
Draft of Prologue of Koontz Biography, Margaret Cook to Dr. Mae Link
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 43 id68060
Martha, a Novel by Mae Link
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 44 id68061
Martha, a novel by Mae Link, pages 2-201 with pages cut or missing
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 45 id68062
Martha, a novel by Mae Link, pages 435-499
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 46 id68063
Martha, a novel by Mae Link, pages 500-599
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 47 id68064
Martha, a novel by Mae Link, pages 600-621
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 48 id68065
Martha, a novel by Mae Link, cut out pages
Mixed Materials box: 24 Folder: 8 id68209
The Uncommon Man, draft sent to Dr. Mae Link
1988
id68211
Subseries 7: Diaries
1917-1939
Scope and Contents
This sub-series contains diaries kept by Amos R. Koontz. They begin in the year 1917 with his time spent as a doctor in World
War I and end in 1939. An entry dated September 3rd in the 1939 diary describes Amos Koontz waking up to find that World War
II had begun.
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