Call Number:

C0724

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 5 boxes
• 2.1 linear feet

Language:

English and German

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); A. Jacobi Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1794-1936 (inclusive) and 1880-1919 (bulk)

Creator:

Jacobi, A. (Abraham), 1830-1919

Form:

Correspondence. and Festschriften.

Abstract:

The A. Jacobi Papers consists of offprints of writings and lectures, correspondence, memorials, and other miscellanea of the German physician, pediatrician, author, and first professor of children's diseases in the United States Abraham Jacobi (1830-1919).

Jacobi, a specialist in diseases of infants and children, was a professor (1865-1902) in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University.

The collection consists of selected papers of Jacobi, a professor (1865-1902) of children's diseases at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in New York. Included are many offprints (1884-1916) of his writings and lectures on childhood diseases; a copy of A Treatise on Diphtheria (1880) with many annotations; correspondence, memorials, and a copy of "Festschrift" in Honor of Abraham Jacobi (1900) for his 70th birthday; correspondence, speeches, and memorials on the occasion of his 80th birthday; and a few documents and newspaper clippings. Also present are correspondence and documents (1906-1920) of his daughter, Laura Jacobi, and a memorial volume (1917) for his wife, Mary Putnam Jacobi, who was also a physician.

The following standard abbreviations, or their variations, are used to identify materials in this collection: AMs = autograph manuscript, and TMs = typed manuscript.

The collection has been arranged in chronological order, with Papers of Others at the end.