Harry Isaac Johnston, MD Papers

Collection — Box: RGPPM.008.B001

Identifier: US.NNCORMA-RGPPM-008

Scope and Content Note

The Harry Isaac Johnston, MD Papers consists of a student handbook for the academic year 1900–1901 and a 1902 commencement program. The handbook is the Cornell University Medical College “Students’ Hand-Book of New York City (Boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx.) 1900–1901” (New York: Intercollegiate Young Men’s Christian Association of New York City, 1900); it includes Johnston’s signature and is hand-dated “1902,” the year of his graduation. The handbook further contains annotations marking specific sections and notes concerning Johnston’s schedule and medical observations, including some identifying patients by name. The handbook also includes a city directory, which was aimed at the needs of the medical students at the time, and includes a fold-out map of New York City. The commencement program is from Johnston’s graduation on June 4, 1902, which includes his name handwritten on the first page and printed in the list of MD recipients.

Dates

1900 - 1902

Creator

Johnston, Harry Isaac (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

The copyright holder of this collection is Weill Cornell Medicine or is unknown. Materials from this collection cannot be reproduced outside the guidelines of United States Fair Use (17 U.S.C., Section 107) without the advance permission of the Medical Center Archives of NewYorkPresbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine or the copyright holder. In the event that anything from the collection become a source for publication, a credit line indicating the Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine is required. Historical records in the Medical Center Archives are protected by HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) and internal policies which require protection and confidential handling of all protected health information (PHI). Materials containing PHI, personally identifiable information (PII), and/or student information (protected under FERPA) have been restricted and require additional permissions prior to reproduction and use.

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Administrative/Biographical Note

Harry Isaac Johnston, MD was a graduate of Cornell University Medical College (CUMC, Class of 1902) and worked as a general practitioner in New York. He was born in Ovid, New York, in 1876. Johnston took his first two years of medical coursework at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and his final two years at CUMC in New York City, graduating with an MD in 1902. He first found employment at St. Luke’s Hospital and then continued working as a general practitioner throughout his life.

He married Mary Helen Alexander, a nurse he’d met at CUMC, and had three daughters: Ruth, Helen, and Mary Louise. Johnston passed away in 1955.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Cornell University Medical College Announcement, 1900–1901. (Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY).

Cornell University Medical College Announcement 1904–1905. (Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY).

“Dr Harry Isaac Johnston (1876-1955) - Find a Grave...” Find a Grave. Accessed October 10, 2023. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57586080/harry-isaac-johnston.

Holmes, Frank R., and Williams, Lewis A., Jr. “Register.” In Cornell University: A History by Waterman Thomas Hewett, 4:63–611. New York: The University Publishing Society, 1905.

Morlin, Joyce P. Helen. Xlibris, 2014.

Extent

0.026 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Harry Isaac Johnston, MD was a graduate of Cornell University Medical College (Class of 1902) and worked as a general practitioner in New York. The Harry Isaac Johnston, MD Papers consists of a student handbook for the academic year 1900–1901 and a 1902 commencement program.

Arrangement

The items in this collection are arranged chronologically

Provenance

The Harry Isaac Johnston, MD Papers was donated to the Medical Center Archives of NewYorkPresbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine by an unknown donor at an unknown date. The items were found among other early Cornell University Medical College items, which may have been grouped together by archives staff at an unknown date.

Existence and Location of Copies

All materials were digitized in 2023 and digital reproductions are available online through the Medical Center Archives.

Processing Note

This collection was processed in 2023 by St John Karp, Medical Center Archives Intern. The finding aid was written by St John Karp with assistance from Amanda Garfunkel, Chiyong (Tali) Han, and Nicole Milano in 2023.