Angle, Edward H. (Edward Hartley), 1855-1930 Search this
Former owner:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences Search this
Extent:
3.16 Cubic feet (9 boxes
)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Radiographs
Programs
Photographs
Minutes
Letters (correspondence)
Drawings
Date:
1893-1940.
Scope and Contents note:
Business and professional papers of Dr. Edward H. Angle, relating to his pioneering work in orthodontics. The papers include letters to and from Dr. Angle; photographs, subjects including Angle, his patients, equipment, skulls and jawbones and other demonstration photographs of orthodontic subjects, including some x-ray photographs (radiographs); notes and writings, including a book manuscript with photographs; drawings; printed material including meeting minutes and programs from the Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontics; and several items appearing to have no relation to dentistry or orthodontics.
Arrangement:
Divided into 5 series: 1. Biographical, 1893-1940; 2. Correspondence, 1893-1939; 3. Photographs, 1915-1917; 4. Case Studies, 1906-1933; 5. Publications, 1889-1940.
Biographical/Historical note:
Dr. Angle was an early practitioner and innovator in the field of orthodontics. He is considered the founder of Orthodontics as the first specialization in dentistry.
Provenance:
Collection donated by Dr. Allan G. Brodie, Head of the Department of Orthodontics, University of Illinois, 1962.
Restrictions:
Unrestricted research access on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
The surgeon dentist or, Treatise on the teeth. In which is seen the means used to keep them clean and healthy, of beautyfying them, of repairing their loss, and remedies for their diseases and those of the gums and for accidents which may befall the other parts in their vicinity; with observations and reflections on several special cases
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 Search this
Former owner:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Science, Medicine, and Society Search this
Extent:
0.5 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 oversized folder)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Patents
Financial records
Letters (correspondence)
Writings
Sermons
Articles
Date:
1860-1957
Summary:
The collection documents inventor and dentist Charles H. Land and consists of correspondence, financial records, patent records, articles, printed material, writings, sermons and photographs.
Scope and Contents:
The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, patent records, articles, printed material, writings, sermons and photographs documenting the inventor and dentist Charles H. Land. The correspondence includes one letter written to Dr. Land, but the majority were written after Dr. Land's death and deal primarily with honors bestowed upon him and the Charles H. Land Museum. Two letters are in German. The financial materials consist of dental fees information and invoices from Baker & Company Gold, Silver and Platinum Refiners and Buffalo Dental Manufacturing Company. The patent records contain United States, Canadian, and French patents issued to Dr. Land. The writings deal exclusively with notes and letters written by Charles H. Land, Jr. in 1957. The notes describe issues surrounding the dental field. The sermons, 1860-1863, have no identified author, but three of the six sermons have titles:A.U. The Memory of a Christian Departed , P.U. Godly Sorrow , andNational Thanksgiving . There are four photographs, two of which show Dr. Land working.
Arrangement:
The collection is divided into eight series.
Series 1, Biographical Materials, 1909-1915
Series 2, Correspondence, 1898-1956
Series 3, Financial Materials, 1872-1891
Series 4, Patent Records, 1877-1914
Subseries 4.1, United States Patents, 1877-1914
Subseries 4.2, Canadian and French Patents, 1887-1894
Series 5, Articles and Printed Materials, 1905-1956
Series 6, Writing of C.H. Land, Jr., 1957
Series 7, Sermons, 1860-1863
Series 8, Photographs, undated
Biographical / Historical:
Charles H. Land (1847-1922) was born in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. Educated in New York, Land studied dentistry under J.B. Meacham of Canada and from 1864-1866 joined the offices of Drs. Sherwood, Haskell and Allport in Chicago, Illinois. From 1871 until his death in 1922, Land practiced dentistry in Detroit, Michigan. In 1875, he married Evangeline Lodge of Detroit and had two children, Charles H., Jr., and Evangeline. Land originated the "Land System of Dentistry" which included many of his patented processes, especially the adaptation of porcelain to dental restorations. Many of his patents deal with devices to aid porcelain work.
Provenance:
Gift of Charles A. Lindbergh, 1965.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
Physical Access: Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audiovisual materials.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
The Division of Science, Medicine and Society transferred the collection to the Archives Center in 2003.
Tatham Mound and the bioarchaeology of European contact : disease and depopulation in central Gulf Coast Florida / Dale L. Hutchinson ; foreword by Jerald T. Milanich
A sourcebook of dental medicine : being a documentary history of dentistry and stomatology from the earliest times to the middle of the twentieth century / Gerald Shklar, David Chernin
Patterns through time : interactions between changes in subsistence and human dentition at Illinois Bluff, Jersey County, Illinois, and Spiro Mounds, Oklahoma / by Arion Theresse Mayes
Instrumentenmacher Dentalfabriken und Dentaldepots : systematisches Verzeichnis von Firmen der Dentalindustrie und des Dentalhandels in Deutschland bis 1938 / von Ulrich Lohse
Eighteenth century dentistry in America : data secured from Eighteenth century newspapers in the Rare Book Room, Library of Congress : duration of full time intensive research, February 1939 to November 1939 / under direction of J. Ben Robinson
The American dentist : a pictorial history with a presentation of early dental photography in America / by Richard A. Glenner, Audrey B. Davis, Stanley B. Burns
The American Association of Orthodontists; the biography of a specialty organization. By Wilbur Morse Shankland. With the advice and assistance of Harvey Carlyle Pollock