Robert Fletcher Papers
Robert Fletcher Papers
Contains correspondence, testimonial volume of letters and photos, documents, diplomas and certificates, drafts of published works, lectures, clippings, genealogical data, and miscellaneous printed matter. The testimonial volume (1906) contains an index. Correspondents include James Bryce, Raymond Crawford, S.D. Gallaudet, R. Garofalo, Adolphus W. Greely, Henry M. Hurd, S.P. Langley, Edward S. Morse, William M. Ord, Sir William Osler, George A. Otis, Charles Rice, Joseph T. Rothrock, George H. Thomas, and Robert S. Woodward. Signatures on documents include names of Rutherford B. Hayes, Andrew Johnson, Abraham Lincoln, and Edwin Stanton.
- Restrictions
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Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access.
- Dates
- Creation: 1830-1912
- Extent
- 1.68 Linear Feet (4 boxes + oversize)
- Related Names
- Fletcher, Robert, 1823-1912
- Library of the Surgeon-General's Office (U.S.)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Language of Materials
- English
- Dates
- Creation: 1841-1912
Biographical sketch
Ashley Green, 1842-1843
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- Creation: 1842-1843
Military appointment, 1861
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- Creation: 1861
Miscellaneous invitations, 1896-1905
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- Creation: 1896-1905
- Dates
- Creation: January 11, 1906
"United States branch of the Chester-Liverpool-Bristol Fletcher family" by Robert Howe Fletcher, Jr., 1941
- Dates
- Creation: 1941
Clippings, 1894-1912
- Dates
- Creation: 1894-1912
Certificates and diplomas, 1841-1910
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- Creation: 1841-1910
- Dates
- Creation: 1868-1912
B-C, 1893-1912
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- Creation: 1893-1912
G, 1891-1892
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- Creation: 1891-1892
Hurd, Henry M, 1904-1909
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- Creation: 1904-1909
K-O, 1876-1906
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- Creation: 1876-1906
Osler, 1881-1910
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- Creation: 1881-1910
Rice, Charles, 1881-1888
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- Creation: 1881-1888
R-W, 1868-1912
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- Creation: 1868-1912
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- Creation: 1830-1897
"Myths of the robin redbreast" - Robert Fletcher
"Poets' birds" - Robert Fletcher
"The vigor and expressiveness of older English" - Robert Fletcher, 1891
- Dates
- Creation: 1891
Lecture at post-graduate class, Army Medical School - Robert Fletcher, 1897
- Dates
- Creation: 1897
"The poetical cabinet for youth", 1830
- Dates
- Creation: 1830
"A tale of a tiger" - J. S. Cotton, 1842
- Dates
- Creation: 1842
"A practical system of classification for medical libraries, large or small" - Albert T. Huntington, 1903
- Dates
- Creation: 1903
"Pigs' meat. Professor Porson's catechism for the swinish multitude"
Series 4: Notes, 1888-1901
- Dates
- Creation: 1888-1901
"Myths of the robin redbreast"
"Oaths"
"Saints in medicine"
"The tempest"
Commonplace book
"Bird lore," "Poetry relating to children," "Myths of the robin...", 1888; undated
- Dates
- Creation: 1888; undated
Miscellaneous, 1890; undated
- Dates
- Creation: 1890; undated
Miscellaneous, 1890-1901
- Dates
- Creation: 1890-1901
Citation
Cite Item
Fletcher, Robert. Robert Fletcher Papers. 1830-1912. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 49.
Cite Item Description
Fletcher, Robert. Robert Fletcher Papers. 1830-1912. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 49. https://findingaids.nlm.nih.gov/repositories/4/resources/568 Accessed July 27, 2025.