Anne Tjomsland papers

Collection — mapcase folder: 1

Identifier: 2924

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes correspondence, photographs, publication reprints, patient record notes, schoolwork, and manuscripts. Materials relating to her service in WWI, such as her application, contract, and petitions for veteran benefits, are also included. Tjomsland's correspondence covers both her daily and professional life, including her work as a translator and writer. Also includes her correspondence with Morris Bishop, author of "A History of Cornell," about her experience as a student in Burt Green Wilder's class.

Dates

[ca. 1838-1966]

Creator

Tjomsland, Anne, 1880-1968. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Dr. Anne Tjomsland (Cornell University B.A. 1911, M.D. 1914) worked at Bellevue Hospital in New York City before serving as a contract surgeon for the U.S. Army in Vichy, France during World War I. She wrote about her experiences with the Bellevue Hospital medical unit in her book "Bellevue in France: Anecdotal History of Base Hospital No. 1." When she returned to the U.S. Tjomsland continued to practice medicine as a general practitioner and anesthesiologist. She also began pursuing a Ph. D. in history at Columbia University, stopping a few credits short. Tjomsland continued writing, both fiction and non-fiction, as well translating Norwegian medical histories and Icelandic mythology. In 1951, Cornell University Library issued her translation of "The Saga of Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson: The Life of an Icelandic Physician of the Thirteenth Century" as Islandica Volume 35.

Extent

5.2 cubic feet. (5.2 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

SERIES LIST

Series I. Correspondence, 1838-1966 Boxes 1-2

Series II. World War I Related Materials, 1914-1963 Box 3

Series III. Writing and Translations, 1910-1963 Box 3

Series IV. Schooling Materials, 1891-1949 Box 3

Series V. Research Materials, 1935-1959 Boxes 4-6

Series VI. Photographs, 1904-1956 Box 4

Series VII. Assorted Materials, 1904-1961 Box 4

RELATED MATERIALS

Related collections: Mary Merritt Crawford and Family Papers, #41-5-619

Physical Description

Correspondence, photographs, publication reprints, patient record notes, schoolwork, and manuscripts.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: RMC Staff
Date completed:: May 2018
EAD encoding:: RMC Staff, May 2018
Date modified:: Fredrika Loew, November 2018