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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 Joel Thompson Boone, physician and naval officer, were deposited at the Library of Congress by Boone in 1966-1970. An addition comprising the bulk of the collection was received as a deposit from Boone in 1971. The deposit was converted to a gift by his daughter, Suzanne Boone Heller, in 1983.
The papers were organized and described in 1979. At this time the entire collection was restricted. In 1983, the restriction was lifted from the material concerning the bituminous coal study and that material was separated and placed in additional boxes at the end of the collection. All restrictions were lifted from the papers in 1994. The finding aid was revised by Karen Linn Femia with the assistance of Brian McGuire in 2014 and at this time the bituminous coal study material was reunited with the collection. The finding aid was updated in 2023 by Maria Farmer as part of a division-wide remediation project by the Inclusive Description Working Group.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Joel Thompson Boone is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Joel Thompson Boone 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.
"Chapter on President Coolidge from the Memoirs of His Physician, Joel T. Boone," and a photograph from the Joel Thompson Boone Papers are available on the Library of Congress website at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms014038.001.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Joel Thompson Boone Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Joel Thompson Boone (1889-1974) span the years 1759-1971, with the bulk of the material dating from 1905 to 1971. The papers are organized into the following series: Alphabetical File , White House File , Personal File , Hoover Commission File , Memoir , Speech File , Clippings File , Miscellany , and Oversize . The papers remain primarily organized as received and as a result, some sections are unarranged and some topics are found in several different locations in the papers. Boone's unpublished memoir covers all aspects of his varied career as a navy medical officer and as such offers additional material on subjects that appear in other parts of the papers.
The Alphabetical File combines subject files and personal names into an alphabetical listing. Topics of special interest in the Alphabetical File are closely related to files in other series. Material on coal mines and the coal industry appears in both the Alphabetical File and in Miscellany and relates to Boone's work on
The White House File features Boone's service as personal physician to Presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover, and their family members. The series also treats his work with the Commission on the Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government, commonly called the Hoover Commission. Additionally, the file includes collected material about other presidential administrations, government officials, and Rapidan Camp, or "Camp Hoover," in Shenandoah National Park.
The Personal File includes family papers, biographical material, and personal correspondence. Of special interest are typed transcripts of Boone's diaries covering his White House years from 1922 to 1929 and his personal correspondence while serving in both World Wars I and II.
Boone worked on his memoir from 1961 to 1970, but was unable to complete the work because of health concerns. The Boone papers were largely gathered in support of his research for the memoir.
The Speech File contains only speeches from his time as chief medical director at the Veterans Administration.
The Clippings File is composed of news clipppings gathered and organized by Boone.
The Miscellany series has a variety of printed matter, photographs, oral histories, and interviews with Boone as well as additional material on coal mining, the Hoover Commission, and World War I.
This collection is arranged in nine series:
Primarily correspondence; also includes printed and near-printed material, clippings, and photographs.
Arranged alphabetically.
Correspondence, notes, speeches, medical papers, and printed matter dealing primarily with Boone's years in the White House.
Arranged in chronological groups by presidential administration followed by miscellaneous material.
Correspondence, diaries, photographs, family papers, biographical and genealogical material, and other papers.
Unarranged.
Reports and correspondence relating to the work of the first Hoover Commission.
Arranged chronologically.
Drafts and research material used by Boone for writing his memoir.
Arranged sequentially by chapter.
Speeches as chief medical director, Veterans Administration.
Arranged chronologically.
News clippings collected by Boone.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Printed, near-printed and carbon-copied material, photographs, maps, an oral history interview, some additional coal mining items and Hoover Commission material, and early family material.
Unarranged
Oversize material including eighteenth century works on surveying, mathematics, and bookkeeping by Boone family ancestors, as well as diplomas, certificates, maps and photographs.
Unarranged.