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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79032110
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Anita Newcomb McGee, anthropologist and physician were given to the Library of Congress by McGee between 1915 and 1950.
The papers of Anita Newcomb McGee were arranged and described circa 1980. The finding aid was revised in 2012.
Related collections in the Manuscript Division include the papers of Simon Newcomb, Anita Newcomb McGee's father.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Anita Newcomb McGee is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Anita Newcomb McGee are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Anita Newcomb McGee Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Anita Newcomb McGee (1864-1932) span the years 1688-1932, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1869-1932. They consist of correspondence, drafts of articles, diaries, notebooks, scientific and medical notes, news clippings, photographs and memorabilia, with some photostatic material. The collection is organized by type of material.
An “Idea Book” contains McGee's writings on subjects such as “Happiness” and “Use of imagination in science.” A considerable amount of the correspondence is with family, especially her father, Simon Newcomb, mathematician and astronomer, and her son, Eric Newcomb McGee, who changed his name to Eric McGee Newcomb. Included are holograph copies of lectures and articles on hygiene and medical matters. There are also articles derived from McGee's studies of communist societies in the United States such as the Shakers, and the Bethel and Oneida communities. A segment of the collection relates to the formation of the Women's Anthropological Society of America, and there are letters written while McGee was acting assistant surgeon, United States Army, in the Spanish-American War.
Principal correspondents in addition to those mentioned include Gifford Pinchot, Charles Benedict Davenport, Alcander Longley, and Edward Singleton Holden.
Included in the collection is the family correspondence, 1836-1846, of McGee's grandfather, Charles A. Hassler, a surgeon in the United States Navy, containing a letter from James Madison, 1832.
This collection is arranged by type of material or subject.
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79032110