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The collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], John Uri Lloyd Letter, Ms1988-092, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The John Uri Lloyd Letter was acquired by Special Collections and University Archives prior to 1989. The letter was found in Rev. Calvin Dill Wilson's copy of  Our Willie of Stringtown on the Pike (1934) by John Uri Lloyd.

Processing Information

The processing and description of the John Uri Lloyd Letter commenced and was completed in May, 2021.

Biographical Note

John Uri Lloyd, son of Nelson M. and Sophia Webster Lloyd, was born in New York on April 19, 1849. In 1853, the family moved to northern Kentucky, where the young Lloyd would be apprenticed to a local chemist. In 1886, Lloyd with his two brothers purchased Merrell and Thorpe Company and renamed it Lloyd Brothers Pharmacists. The Lloyds were influential in the eclectic medicine movement, which relied on botanical remedies and physical therapy; in 1919, the brothers established the Lloyd Library and Museum, to chronicle the story of eclectic medicine. In addition to his work in pharmaceuticals, Lloyd wrote several books: Etidorhpa, or, the end of the earth: the strange history of a mysterious being and the account of a remarkable journey (1895), The End of the Earth  (1896),  Scroggins  (1904), and many books on pharmacy and medicine. John Uri Lloyd died April 9, 1936.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of a single typed letter written and signed by author and pharmacist John Uri Lloyd of Cincinnati, Ohio. Writing to Rev. Calvin Dill Wilson of Glendale, Ohio, on December 3, 1934, Lloyd thanks him for his comments on his 1934 book, Our Willie of Stringtown on the Pike . Lloyd also provides his own thoughts on the book, noting the necessity of including passages on ghosts and science. "Other parts of the book would not be natural with me as an author," Lloyd writes, "were I not to intrude subjects and problems outside of present philosophy."

Related Material

Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives and Virginia Tech University Libraries both have copies of John Uri Lloyd's books, including Our Willie : a folklore story of the Gunpowder creek and hills, Boone county, Kentucky (1934).

The Lloyd Library and Museum ( lloydlibrary.org ) maintains the John Uri Lloyd Papers, 1849-1936, MSS #1 (LL Archives Coll. 1) .

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the John Uri Lloyd Letter by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).