Forbes Barclay (1812-1873) was a physician with the Hudson’s Bay Company at Fort Vancouver and later mayor of Oregon City, Oregon. The collection consists of family correspondence and letters regarding land claims in Oregon City.

Call number: A 008

Guide to the Forbes Barclay correspondence

Rolla Edwards Hoffman (1887-1974) was a medical missionary in Iran in Tehran and Meshed (Masshad) from 1916-1947. The collection includes correspondence, reports, manuscripts and tear sheets that reflect his work as a medical missionary.

Call number: Ax 703

Guide to the Rolla Hoffman Papers

Grace Guile Purse was a physician in Washington, D.C. early in the twentieth century. In 1920 Purse pursued genealogical research in an effort to join the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Call number: Coll 033

Guide to the Grace Guile Purse Papers

Alvane Cary Seely, MD (1870-1959) was an eye, ear, nose and throat doctor in Roseburg, OR, beginning in 1905. The collection contains diaries, scrapbooks, and manuscripts.

Call number: Ax 266

Guide to the Alvane Cary Seely Papers

Madison Canaday was a physician in Eugene, Oregon. The account book lists names, dates, type of service rendered, and records payment in cash or goods.

Call number: A 015

Guide to the Madison Canaday Account Book

Charles Henry Lerrigo (1875-1955) was a doctor and writer who practiced medicine in Topeka, Kansas, commanded an ambulance company in France during WWI, and wrote novels, health articles and columns, and served on many medical boards. The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, published work, diaries, publication records, scrapbooks, and memorabilia.

Call number: Ax 560

Guide to the Charles Henry Lerrigo Papers

Author was a psychiatrist. Major files deal with the Central Inspection Board, American Psychiatric Association (1954-1957); Morningside Hospital, Portland, Oregon (minutes of staff meetings, 1955-1958); North Pacific Society of Neurology and Psychiatry (1940-1950); Portland Psychiatrists in Private Practice (organization papers, 1955-1957). There is also correspondence about the beginnings of the Portland Chamber Orchestra Association (1947-1949).

Call number: Ax 106

Guide to the DeWitt C. Burkes Papers

Murray Scott Frame (d.1918) was a Congregational missionary and teacher in Lahore, India and Beijing, China, where he witnessed the 1911 Republican Revolution. His brother, John Davidson Frame (b. 1880), was a medical missionary for the Presbyterian Church in Persia. The collection consists of correspondence from the brothers to the family, including Alice Seymour Brown Frame, Murray’s wife.

Call number: Ax 421

Guide to the Murray Scott Frame and Alice Seymore Brown Frame Papers

Dr. Charles F. Johnson (b. 1857) was a Presbyterian educator and medical missionary in China during the Boxer Rebellion and the Japanese invasion. He directed the new Union Medical College in Tsinan and led the Chinese Medical Missionaries’ Association. The collection consists primarily of his outgoing correspondence in letterpress copy books, along with some published information related to Union Medical College, and minor writings by Dr. Johnson.

Call number: Ax 268

Guide to the Dr. Charles F. Johnson Papers