Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Anita Newcomb McGee papers, 1688-1932 |
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| Span Dates | 1688-1932 |
| Bulk Dates | (bulk 1869-1932) |
| ID No. | MSS32110 |
| Creator | McGee, Anita Newcomb, 1864-1940 |
| Extent | 3,000 items |
| Extent | 12 containers plus 1 oversize |
| Extent | 5.1 linear feet |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012124 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79032110 |
| Summary | Anthropologist and physician. Correspondence, diaries, family papers, writings, scientific and medical data, and miscellaneous material pertaining to McGee's studies of communistic societies in the United States such as the Shakers and the Bethel and Oneida communities, to her duties as acting assistant surgeon, U.S. Army in the Spanish-American War; and to the formation of the Women's Anthropological Society of America. Contains family correspondence of McGee's grandfather, Charles A. Hassler, which includes a letter from James Madison, 1832. |