Pliny Earle, MD Papers
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Scope and Contents
The Pliny Earle Papers contains correspondence, 1840-1880, to Dr. Earle from heads of other insane asylums regarding retaining copies of annual reports and by laws, advice on patient cases, hospital design and treatments and recommendations for hiring of personnel. The collection also includes a description of Dr. Earle's visit to Lafayette's grave in France and an estate inventory of Isaac Oakley's estate dated 1789.
Dates
- 1789 - 1880
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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 NewYork-Presbyterian/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.
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Biographical / Historical
Dr. Pliny Earle was born on December 31, 1809 in Leicester, MA. He received a MD degree at University of Pennsylvania in 1837. He was the Superintendent of several insane asylums including Friend's Hospital for the Insane in Frankford, PA, 1840-1844, Bloomingdale Asylum, 1844-1849, and the State Lunatic Hospital in Northampton, MA, 1864-1885. He lectured at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, NYC from 1853-1855.
He was also active in many professional associations. He was a Founder and President of A.M.A., and first President for the New York Psychological Association.
He wrote several books including A Visit to Thirteen Asylums for the Insane in Europe, 1841; Marathon and Other Poems, 1841; The Curability of Insanity, 1887 and Institutions for the Insane in Prussia, Germany and Austria, 1853.
He died on May 17, 1892.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The material was donated to New York Hospital by his niece, Jeanne Southwick in December 1921.
Processing Information
This collection was processed and finding aid was written by Elizabeth Shepard in 2001. Minor modifications to the finding aid were made during migration to ArchivesSpace in 2024.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine Repository