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Jones Family Papers

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The Jones Family Papers focus on four generations of country doctors from West Virginia. William Notly Jones was born in 1809 and died in 1887. He spent most, if not all, of his professional life in Hebron, West Virginia, where he began his practice in 1840.

Andersen Porter Jones (APJ) was born in 1854 and died in 1933. He studied medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, MD, but returned home due to lack of funds. He practiced with his father in Hebron, then tried his hand at school again, this time in St. Louis, but once again did not finish due to lack of funds. APJ moved his family and practice to Pennsboro, WV, in 1902.

Latimer Porter Jones (LPJ) was born in 1884 and died in 1956. Originally, he studied journalism at Marietta College but was expelled due to a prank. After being expelled, LPJ was sent to study medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore. He did his residency at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore. During this time, he met his wife, Mary Louise Reichert. They had one child, James Porter Jones. LPJ was drafted into the army during the First World War but missed the boat to Europe, so was stationed near New Orleans instead. He practiced medicine with his father before and after the war. After APJ's death, LPJ moved the medical practice to Masonic Ave, still in Pennsboro, WV.

James Porter Jones (JPJ) was born in 1910 and died in 1974. JPJ went to medical school at University of Maryland during the 1930s and had an opportunity to continue as a resident surgeon, but returned home because his father suffered from alcoholism. Much of JPJ's time as a doctor was spent doing house calls or traveling to the nearest hospital that was 40 miles away. Both LPJ and JPJ were B&O Railroad doctors, which meant that they were on call for the railroad in case anyone going through the town on the train was sick. It also meant that they had to care for any accident victims. James Porter suffered two heart attacks, one at age 46 and another at 56. After this, he closed down his practice because of his deteriorating health. He developed congestive heart failure after the second heart attack and died at 64 from an aortic aneurysm.

Sources:

Azelvandre, Mary Lee. "Dr's. Jones History." Personal Genealogy, undated. Whitaker, Jane Jones. "Recollections of Four Generations of Country Doctors." Personal Genealogy, undated.

The Jones Family Papers, spanning from 1881 to 1968, contains 45 rpm records, photographs, correspondence, financial records in the form of patient cards and ledgers, notebooks, patient records and personal records.

The collection is divided into six series. Series I. Audiovisual consists of a seven 45 rpm record series on cardiac auscultation and photographs of Anderson Porter's place of birth, the home where William Notly "lived once", a medical office, and a man who is possibly one of the four Jones men. Also included is a print of A. A. Robinson's "A student's dream."

Series II. Correspondence spans the years 1874 to 1938 and consists of general correspondence from members of the Jones family, and a subseries of letters from James Porter Jones to his wife, Elizabeth.

Series III. Financial Records, dates from 1881to 1968 sand is comprised of general financial records, ledgers and cards documenting what patients owed for each appointment and their overall balance. Some records are unbound. Series IV. Notebooks, 1927 to 1936, consists of notebooks with small amounts of notes, notes about clinical pathology, possibly from a lecture; and notes written on loose scrap paper.

Series V. Patient Records, covering the years 1921 to 1968, holds records that James Porter kept on babies he delivered, Anderson Porter Jones' patient record ledgers, and patient cards. The patient cards include information such as the patient's name, place of residence, diagnosis, and treatment.

Series VI. Personal Records, spanning from 1890 to 1940, includes Anderson Porter's and Latimer Porter's automobile licenses; some items documenting the tuition for the Delphian Society, of which Latimer Porter's wife, Mary Louise, was a member; materials related to the formal medical education of Anderson Porter and James Porter; a Masonic textbook; a medical directory that lists both Latimer Porter and James Porter on page 177; an obituary of AP Jones; a Selective Service Medal certificate for James Porter; American Red Cross bulletins; the Ritchie County Chapter of the American Red Cross graduation program; and general printed materials. Of note are several buttons and medals, including two from the American Red Cross and an Eastern Star Pin, and a ribbon with red crosses.

A hemoglobin pipette was included in the collection, but deaccessioned because it was not unique to the Jones Family Papers collection and the Mütter Museum has several of the same already in its possession. An empty doctors' bag was included in the collection as well, but was also deaccessioned because of its deteriorated condition. Photographs of the doctor's bag are available in the accession file

OS 1: flat file 1, drawer 3

Contents: 4 items

Publisher
Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Finding Aid Author
Morgan Rafel
Finding Aid Date
February 2020

Collection Inventory

#6 Review Session - 1, Undated.
Box 1 Folder 1
#7 Aortic Valve Lesions, Undated.
Box 1 Folder 2
#8 Congenial Heart Disease (Part 1), Undated.
Box 1 Folder 3
Auscultatory Phenomena in Other Diseases, Undated.
Box 1 Folder 4
Cardiac Arrhythmias, Undated.
Box 1 Folder 5
Congenial Heart Disease (Part 2), Undated.
Box 1 Folder 6
Review Session - 2, Undated.
Box 1 Folder 7
Family Photographs, Undated.
Box 1 Folder 8
"A student's dream" print, Undated.
Oversize 1
William Notly House, Undated.
Oversize 1
Andersen Porter House, Undated.
Oversize 1

1874-1902.
Box 1 Folder 9
1878-1902.
Box 1 Folder 10
1880-1933.
Box 1 Folder 11
1881-1926.
Box 1 Folder 12
1926-1933.
Box 1 Folder 13
1937.
Box 2 Folder 1
1937, undated.
Box 2 Folder 2
1937.
Box 2 Folder 3
1937-1938.
Box 2 Folder 4
1937-1938, undated.
Box 2 Folder 5
1938.
Box 2 Folder 6
1938, undated.
Box 2 Folder 7

Subseries a. General, 1878-1926.
Box 2 Folder 8
1906-1945 (3 volumes).
Box 2 Folder 9
1881.
Volume 1
1889-1890.
Volume 2
1890.
Volume 3
1893.
Volume 4
1896-1897.
Volume 5
1897.
Volume 6
1900.
Volume 7
1902-1904.
Volume 8
1904-1905.
Volume 9
1905-1906.
Volume 10
1907.
Volume 11
1907-1909.
Volume 12
1908.
Volume 13
1909.
Volume 14
1909, 1939-1940.
Volume 15
1909-1961.
Volume 16
1911-1913.
Volume 17
1912-1913.
Volume 18
1913-1915.
Volume 19
1916-1926.
Volume 20
4 September 1919-2 December 1919.
Volume 21
2 December 1919-23 February 1920.
Volume 22
24 February 1920-3 June 1920.
Volume 23
3 June 1920-2 October 1920.
Volume 24
3 October 1920-5 March 1920.
Volume 25
1 January 1920-1 January 1921.
Volume 26
5 March 1921-7 Aug 1921.
Volume 27
8 August 1921-12 February 1922.
Volume 28
12 February 1922-20 October 1922.
Volume 29
21 October 1922-9 July 1923.
Volume 30
9 July 1923-19 March 1924.
Volume 31
20 March 1924-June 1925.
Volume 32
June 1925-December 1925.
Volume 33
December 1925-May 1926.
Volume 34
May 1926-November 1926.
Volume 35
28 November 1926-May 1927.
Volume 36
June 1927-December 1927.
Volume 37
11 December 1927-23 June 1928.
Volume 38
24 June 1928-21 October 1928.
Volume 39
October 1928-February 1929.
Volume 40
23 February 1929-23 July 1929.
Volume 41
22 July 1929-30 November 1929.
Volume 42
1 December 1929-31 May 1930.
Volume 43
1 June 1930-14 November 1930.
Volume 44
15 November 1930-February 1932.
Volume 45
14 February 1932-September 1933.
Volume 46
9 September 1933-30 April 1936.
Volume 47
1938.
Volume 48
1939.
Volume 49
1940.
Volume 50
1941.
Volume 51
1942.
Volume 52
1943.
Volume 53
1944.
Volume 54
1945.
Volume 55
1946.
Volume 56
1947.
Volume 57
1948.
Volume 58
1949.
Volume 59
1950.
Volume 60
1950-1954.
Volume 61
1951.
Volume 62
1952.
Volume 63
1952-1957.
Volume 64
1953.
Volume 65
1954.
Volume 66
1955.
Volume 67
1956.
Volume 68
1957.
Volume 69
1958.
Volume 70
1959.
Volume 71
1960.
Volume 72
1961.
Volume 73
1962.
Volume 74
1963.
Volume 75
1964.
Volume 76
1965.
Volume 77
1966.
Volume 78
1967.
Volume 79
1968.
Volume 80
Undated.
Volume 81
1941-1961.
Box 3 Folder 1
1949-1966.
Box 3 Folder 2
1951-1968.
Box 3 Folder 3
1956-1966.
Box 3 Folder 4
Undated.
Box 3 Folder 5
1917-1930, undated.
Box 3 Folder 6
1917-1932.
Box 3 Folder 7
1917-1932, undated.
Box 3 Folder 8
1917-1932, undated.
Box 3 Folder 9
1919-1930, undated.
Box 4 Folder 1
1917-1932, undated.
Box 4 Folder 2
1917-1932, undated.
Box 4 Folder 3

Clinical Pathology Notes, 1936.
Box 4 Folder 4
Loose Notes, Undated.
Box 4 Folder 5
Undated (1 of 8).
Box 4 Folder 6
Undated (2 of 8).
Box 4 Folder 7
Undated (3 of 8).
Box 4 Folder 8
Undated (4 of 8).
Box 4 Folder 9
Undated (5 of 8).
Box 4 Folder 10
Undated (6 of 8).
Box 5 Folder 1
Undated (7 of 8).
Box 5 Folder 2
Undated (8 of 8).
Box 5 Folder 3
1927.
Box 5 Folder 4

1938-1941.
Box 5 Folder 5
1941-1942.
Box 5 Folder 6
1943-1947.
Box 5 Folder 7
1921-1923.
Box 5 Folder 8
1923-1926.
Box 5 Folder 9
A-B, 1959-1967.
Box 5 Folder 10
C, 1960-1967.
Box 6 Folder 1
D-E, 1959-1968.
Box 6 Folder 2
F-G, 1959-1967.
Box 6 Folder 3
H-J, 1958-1963.
Box 6 Folder 4
J-L, 1959-1968.
Box 6 Folder 5
Mc-O, 1959-1967.
Box 6 Folder 6
P-R, 1959-1967.
Box 7 Folder 1
S-T, 1959-1967.
Box 7 Folder 2
T-Z, 1958-1967.
Box 7 Folder 3

Subseries a. Automobile License, 1914-1917.
Box 7 Folder 4
Subseries b. Delphian Society, 1925.
Box 7 Folder 5
Subseries c. Education, 1890-1938.
Box 7 Folder 6
Subseries d. Masonic Text Book, 1911.
Box 7 Folder 7
Subseries e. Medical Directory, 1940.
Box 7 Folder 8
General, 1937.
Box 7 Folder 9
Obituary, Undated.
Box 7 Folder 10
The Electrocardio Guide, Undated.
Box 9
Bulletin (1 of 2), 1918-1919.
Box 7 Folder 11
Bulletin (2 of 2), 1918.
Box 8 Folder 1
General, 1927.
Box 8 Folder 2
Red Cross Ribbon, Undated.
Box 9 Case 1
Medals and Buttons, Undated.
Box 9 Case 2
Subseries h. United States Congress Selective Service Medal to James P. Jones, Undated.
Oversize 1

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