Galt Papers (II) Guide to the Galt Papers (II) Mss. 78 G13 (II)

Guide to the Galt Papers (II) Mss. 78 G13 (II)

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Repository

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Identification

Mss. 78 G13 (II)

Title

Galt Papers (II) 1840-1862

Quantity

12.00 Linear Feet

Creator

Galt, John Minson, 1819-1862

Creator

Galt family

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Conditions Governing Access:

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Preferred Citation:

Galt Papers (II), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Biographical / Historical

Dr. John Minson Galt was the superintendant of Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Papers, 1840-1862, of John M. Galt II concerning his work at the Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia. Includes correspondence, reports, clinical notes, medical diaries, financial papers, and printed material.

Two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings were added to the collection in 2011 and are in Box 17. The subject matter is mental health with topics such as insanity, murder, suicide and criminal behavior. Some clippings are about Eastern State Hospital (Virginia Lunatic Asylum) and other asylums. Headlines include "The Maniac and the Infant" and "Unfortunate and Melancholy Occurances." Loose papers include Doc. No. 30 "General Table of Patients in the Eastern Asylum...1844;" circular about "Virginia Lunatic Asylum at Williamsburg, Va.;" a 1860 permission slip to visit the Eastern Lunatic Asylum; 1858 letter from Butler Hospital about a lecture; book plates of mammals, fish and insects; hand drawn horse's head; a page with attached items: newspaper article on women, a bird, a hand painted drawing of a woman and a handpainted drawing of Eastern State Hospital; two pencil rubbings of plants; a note naming the publications by Galt and a partial letter with questions and answers about the activities of the insane.

For a detailed box and folder inventory of this collection, plus digitalized images from the collection, please see the On-line Images/Records section below.

Related Material

See also Galt Papers (I), (III), and (V), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, and the Galt Family Papers (MS 78.3), Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

African Americans--Medical care--Virginia
African Americans--Medical care--Virginia--Williamsburg
African Americans--Virginia--Williamsburg
Correspondence
Diaries
Eastern Lunatic Asylum (Va.)
Eastern State Hospital (Va.)
Eastern State Hospital (Va.)--History
Financial records
Laboratory notebooks
Mental illness--Treatment--History
Publications
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Galt, John Minson, 1819-1862

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century

Container List

Mixed Materials Box: 1 id90878

Box 1

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id90879
John Minson Galt II, personal papers
1840-1859
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous: receipts, notes, correspondence, stock certificates, including material relating to John Minson Galt II's administration of his father's estate
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1A id90880
Letter to Andrew McFarland
1846 February 20
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id90881
Personal papers
undated
Scope and Contents
Financial, Education, Poetry
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id90882
Personal papers
undated
Scope and Contents
Letters
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id90883
Medical papers
1841 June 1
Scope and Contents
John M. Galt II letter accepting appointment as Supt. Eastern Lunatic Asylum
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id90884
Medical papers
1840-1842
Scope and Contents
Medical notes, papers
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id90885
Medical papers
1843-1844
Scope and Contents
Medical notes, papers
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id90886
Medical papers
1845
Scope and Contents
Medical notes, papers
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id90887
Medical papers
1846-1849
Scope and Contents
Medical notes, papers
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id90888
Medical papers
1850-1861
Scope and Contents
Medical notes, papers

Mixed Materials Box: 2 id90889

Box 2

Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id90890
John Minson Galt II, medical papers
undated
Scope and Contents
Medical notes, papers
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11 id90891
Medical papers
undated
Scope and Contents
Medical notes, papers
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12 id90892
Medical papers
undated
Scope and Contents
Medical notes, papers
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13 id90893
Medical papers
undated
Scope and Contents
Medical notes, papers, regarding Eastern Asylum
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14 id90894
Medical papers
undated
Scope and Contents
Temperance Pledges
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15 id90895
Medical papers
1843
Scope and Contents
Administration
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16 id90896
Medical papers
1843-1844, undated
Scope and Contents
Legislature
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17 id90897
Medical papers
1855
Scope and Contents
Article, American Journal of Insanity
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 18 id90898
Medical papers
undated
Scope and Contents
Statistical information regarding patients
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 19 id90899
Medical papers
1854
Scope and Contents
Medical diary
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 20 id90900
Medical papers
1856
Scope and Contents
Medical diary
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 21 id90901
Medical papers
1857
Scope and Contents
Medical diary
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 22 id90902
Medical papers
1858
Scope and Contents
Medical diary

Mixed Materials Box: 3 id90903

Box 3

Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 23 id90904
John Minson Galt II, medical papers
1859
Scope and Contents
Medical diary
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 24 id90905
Medical papers
1860
Scope and Contents
Medical diary
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 25 id90906
Medical papers
1861
Scope and Contents
Medical diary
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 26 id90907
Medical papers
1862
Scope and Contents
Medical diary
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 27 id90908
Medical papers
1843 January-1850
Scope and Contents
Clinical notes
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 28 id90909
Medical papers
1842 February-1850
Scope and Contents
Clinical notes
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 29 id90910
Medical papers
1842 March-1850
Scope and Contents
Clinical notes
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 30 id90911
Medical papers
1850 April
Scope and Contents
Clinical notes
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 31 id90912
Medical papers
1842 June-1849
Scope and Contents
Clinical notes
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 32 id90913
Medical papers
1842 July-1848
Scope and Contents
Clinical notes
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 33 id90914
Medical papers
1842 August-1849
Scope and Contents
Clinical notes
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 34 id90915
Medical papers
1841 September-1849
Scope and Contents
Clinical notes
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 35 id90917
Medical papers
1842 October-1848
Scope and Contents
Clinical notes
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 36 id90918
Medical papers
1849 November
Scope and Contents
Clinical notes
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 37 id90919
Medical papers
1841 December-1847, undated
Scope and Contents
Clinical notes
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 38 id90920
Medical papers
circa 1841
Scope and Contents
Notes from Record Book of the hospital, 1771-1841

Mixed Materials Box: 4 id90921

Box 4

Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 39 id90922
John Minson Galt II, medical papers
1842
Scope and Contents
Eastern Asylum draft of report
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 40 id90923
Medical papers
1843
Scope and Contents
Eastern Asylum Report
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 41 id90924
Medical papers
1844
Scope and Contents
Eastern Asylum Notes for Report
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 42 id90925
Medical papers
1845
Scope and Contents
Eastern Asylum Report
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 43 id90926
Medical papers
1846
Scope and Contents
Eastern Asylum Report
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 44 id90927
Medical papers
1847
Scope and Contents
Eastern Asylum Reports
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 45 id90928
Medical papers
1847-1848
Scope and Contents
Eastern Asylum Report
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 46 id90929
Medical papers
1847-1848
Scope and Contents
Eastern Asylum Report
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 47 id90930
Medical papers
1848-1849
Scope and Contents
Eastern Asylum Report
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 48 id90931
Medical papers
1850-1851
Scope and Contents
Eastern Asylum Report
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 49 id90932
Medical papers
1854
Scope and Contents
Eastern Asylum Report
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 50 id90933
Medical papers
1857
Scope and Contents
Eastern Asylum Report
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 51 id90934
Medical papers
undated
Scope and Contents
Reports
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 52 id90935
Medical papers
1855 October
Scope and Contents
Papers regarding Case of Commonwealth v. James A. Graham
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 53 id90936
Medical papers
1855 October
Scope and Contents
Papers regarding Case of Commonwealth v. James A. Graham
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 54 id90937
Medical papers
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 55 id90938
Medical papers
1846-1852
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 56 id90939
Medical papers
1849-1861
Scope and Contents
Legal Documents; Writs and Summonses

Mixed Materials Box: 5 id90940

Box 5

Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 57 id90941
John Minson Galt II, medical papers
1842-1861
Scope and Contents
Ideas on Insanity and Medicine
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 58 id90942
Medical papers
1842-1850
Scope and Contents
Lists of Male and Female Patients from the Origin of the Institution; Notes Concerning administration of Eastern Lunatic Asylum.

Mixed Materials Box: 6 id90943

Box 6

Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 59 id90944
John Minson Galt II, medical papers
1840-1849
Scope and Contents
Drafts of Letters from J.M. Galt II
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 60 id90945
Medical papers
1850-1862
Scope and Contents
Drafts of Letters from J.M. Galt II
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 61 id90947
Medical papers
undated
Scope and Contents
Drafts of Letters from J.M. Galt II
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 62 id90948
Medical papers
1843-1849
Scope and Contents
Barziza, Philip J. Correspondence
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 63 id90950
Medical papers
undated
Scope and Contents
Dix, Dorothea L. Letters to John Minson Galt II
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 64 id90952
Medical papers
1856 April 30
Scope and Contents
Ewell, Benjamin S. letter
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 65 id90953
Medical papers
1856 April 9
Scope and Contents
Gibson, Churchill Jones letter
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 66 id90954
Medical papers
1857 August 4
Scope and Contents
Goode, John Branch letter
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 67 id90955
Medical papers
1850 July 22
Scope and Contents
Preston, William Ballard letter
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 68 id90956
Medical papers
undated
Scope and Contents
Saunders, Robert Correspondence
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 69 id90957
Medical papers
1843-1858
Scope and Contents
Letters to John Minson Galt II to Stribling, Francis T.
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 70 id90958
Medical papers
undated
Scope and Contents
Sweeny, Talbot
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 71 id90959
Medical papers
1846 October 18
Scope and Contents
Tyler, John letter

Mixed Materials Box: 7 id90960

Box 7

Scope and Contents

Letters to John Minson Galt II

Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 72 id90961
John Minson Galt II, medical papers
1841 January-June
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 73 id90962
Medical papers
1841 July-August
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 74 id90963
Medical papers
1841 September-December
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 75 id90964
Medical papers
1842 January- March
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 76 id90965
Medical papers
1842 April-June
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 77 id90966
Medical papers
1842 July-December
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 78 id90967
Medical papers
1843 January-April
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 79 id90968
Medical papers
1843 May-June
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 80 id90969
Medical papers
1843 July
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 81 id90970
Medical papers
1843 August-December
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 82 id90971
Medical papers
1844 January-February
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 83 id90972
Medical papers
1844 March
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 84 id90973
Medical papers
1844 April-May
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 85 id90974
Medical papers
1844 June

Mixed Materials Box: 8 id90975

Box 8

Scope and Contents