Roger Throop Vaughan papers, 1899-1905

Descriptive Inventory for the Collection at Chicago History Museum, Research Center

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Title: Roger Throop Vaughan papers, 1899-1905.

Main entry: Vaughan, Roger Throop, 1878-1950

Inclusive dates: 1868-1905.

Size: 3 folders

Call #: 2000.0160 MSM-15,048

This descriptive inventory contains:

Brief biography,

Description of the collection,

Provenance statement,

Storage designation,

Description of some related materials,

List of online catalog headings,

Container list of items.

Brief biography:

Roger Throop Vaughan was born 1878 May 1 to Martha Throop Vaughan and John Charles Vaughan of Chicago, who was the founder of Vaughan's Seed Company (later based in Downers Grove, Illinois). Roger attended Chicago Manual Training School and University of Chicago's Academic College in 1890s; a five-month course of study in Berlin in 1899; enrolled in Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in fall 1900; attended summer session 1901 of Harvard Medical School; entered Rush Medical College in fall 1901 and received M.D. degree from Rush, 1903 Dec. 18. He completed internship at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Chicago; traveled to Vienna (1905) for postgraduate study; returned to Chicago to serve as attending surgeon and assistant warden at Cook County Hospital. In 1922, he was named Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery at University of Chicago. He died Nov. 13, 1950.

Description of the collection:

Letters (74) by Dr. Roger Throop Vaughan, mostly addressed to his mother and written while away from his Chicago home, including Austrian travel letters in 1899 and 1905; letters while studying at Johns Hopkins University and at Harvard University medical schools; and letters written during short trips to visit family and his father's business associates in Pennsylvania and New York state. The letters Vaughan sent from New York City are written on stationary of the Vaughan Seed Company Store in that city. Letters detail the weather, his study schedule, his finances, activities of his friends in Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, and daily life, thus providing a detailed description of American medical education. Vaughan's letters also often discuss family affairs and specifics of his father's business, thus providing description of the prosperous family's social and economic activities.

Provenance statement:

Gift of Mr. William K. Beatty (2000.0160).

Storage designation:

2000.0160 MSM-15,048

Description of the some related materials:

Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Throop-Vaughan family papers, 1838-1928, and portrait photographs of Vaughan in the William K. Beatty collection of portraits of Chicago physicians (2000.0160). Materials at California Institute of Technology are described in the guide to the microfiche edition of the Throop-Vaughan family papers.

The Web-site of Chicago History Museum is

http://www.chicagohistory.org

List of online catalog headings:

The following headings were placed in the online catalog for this collection:

Vaughan, Roger Throop, 1878-1950

Vaughan, John Charles, Mrs. (Martha Throop), 1843-1928

Vaughan, John Charles, 1851-1924

Throop family.

Vaughan family.

Alpha Delta Phi

Rush Medical College

Harvard University. School of Medicine.

Johns Hopkins University. School of Medicine.

Vaughan's Seed Store (New York, N.Y.)

Vaughan's Seed Store (Chicago, Ill.)

Family--Illinois--Chicago.

Flowers--Seeds.

Physicians--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.

Austria--Social life and customs--20th century.

Chicago (Ill.)--Commerce--19th century.

Chicago (Ill.)--Social life and customs--19th century.

Chicago (Ill.)--Social life and customs--20th century.

New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--20th century

Letterheads.

United States--Illinois.

Austria--Vienna.

United States--New York--New York.

Added entries:

Vaughan, John Charles, Mrs. (Martha Throop), 1843-1928, recipient.

Vaughan, John Charles, 1851-1924, recipient.

Container list of items:

74 letters authored by Vaughan (date, location, addressed to):

Undated, Pullman car, to Mama

Undated, Baltimore, Md., to Papa

29 October (no year), to Mama

4 May 1899, Berlin, Germany, to Mama

15 Aug 1899, Germany, to Mama

27 September 1900, Pittsburgh, Penn., to Mama

29 September 1900, Baltimore, Md., to Gussie

29 September 1900, Baltimore, to Mama

29 September 1900, Baltimore, to Pa

2 October 1900, Baltimore, to Mama

8 October 1900, Baltimore, to Mama

11 October 1900, Baltimore, to Mama

12 October 1900, Baltimore, to Papa

16 October 1900, Baltimore, to Mama

24 October 1900, Baltimore, to Mama

26 October 1900, Baltimore, to Mama

30 October 1900, Baltimore, to Mama

5 November 1900, Baltimore, to Mama

14 November 1900, Baltimore, to Mama

29 November 1900, Philadelphia, to Mama

10 December 1900, Baltimore, to Mama

16 December 1900, Baltimore, to Mama

16 December 1900, Baltimore, to Pa

4 January 1901, Baltimore, to Mama

7 January 1901, Baltimore, to Mama

13 January 1901, Baltimore, to Pa

13 January 1901, Baltimore, to Mama

28 January 1901, Baltimore, to Mama

10 February 1901, Baltimore, to Mama

11 February 1901, Baltimore, to Mama

14 February 1901, Baltimore, to Mommie

15 February 1901, Baltimore, to Mama

16 February 1901, Baltimore, to Gussie

25 February 1901, Baltimore, to Mama

26 February 1901, Baltimore, to Mama

28 April (1901?), Baltimore, to Mama

28 April 1901, Baltimore, to Mama

5 May 1901, Baltimore, to Mama

10 May 1901, Pittsburgh, to Mama

13 May 1901, Baltimore, to Mama

14 May 1901, Baltimore, to Mama

19 May 1901, Baltimore, to Mama

20 May 1901, Baltimore, to Mama

22 May (1901?), Baltimore, to Mama

26 May 1901, Baltimore, to Mama

27 May 1901, Baltimore, to Papa

1 June 1901, Ithaca, New York, to Mama

1 June 1901, Ithaca, to Papa

2 June 1901, Buffalo, New York, to Mama

(1901?), Boston, Mass., to Mama

(1901?), Boston, to Mama

30 June 1901, Boston, to Mama

9 July 1901, Boston, to Papa

15 July 1901, Boston, to Mama

19 July 1901, Boston, to Mama

10 May 1902, Washington, DC, no greeting

1904, New York, to Mommie

2 May 1904, New York, to Mommie

14 May 1904, Philadelphia, Penn., to Mommie

17 May 1904, Philadelphia, to Pa

18 May 1904, New York, to Mommie

20 May 1904, New York, to Pa

21 May 1904, New York, to Pa

28 August 1905, Vienna, Austria, to Pa

8 September 1905, Vienna, to Mama

18 September (1905), Vienna, to Mommie

30 September 1905, Vienna, to Mommie

(1905?), Vienna, to Mommie