Temple University. School of Medicine

Scope and Contents The collection consists of materials by or about Dr. Chevalier Jackson and his family from 1884-1959. The materials include addresses (1902-1949) many to the American Laryngological Association; publications (1905-1950) mainly pertaining to Jackson's work in laryngology, foreign body extractions, and the bronchoscope; legal records (1887-1889); a scrapbook (1884-1886) about Jefferson Medical College; correspondence (1884-1954); and photographs of foreign body extractions (n.d.). The...

Scope and Contents The bulk of the collection consists of a 299-page typescript of Dr. Montgomery's memoir, "Living Through the Twentieth: A Story of One Man's Journey Through a Century of American Life." The memoir contains descriptions of growing up in Decatur, Illinois and southeastern Missouri, pre-medical education at the University of Illinois, twentieth century progress, medical education at Jefferson Medical College and other observations on everyday life. Complementing this text is an audiotape recording...