American Institute of the History of Pharmacy Collected Records, 1855-1923

Summary Information

Title: American Institute of the History of Pharmacy Collected Records
Inclusive Dates: 1855-1923

Creator:
  • American Institute of the History of Pharmacy
Call Number: Mss 726; Micro 1124

Quantity: 48.2 c.f. (7 archives boxes and 48 flat boxes) and 18 reels of microfilm (35 mm)

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Records of retail pharmaceutical businesses in Wisconsin, Indiana, New York, and South Carolina, consisting of prescription registers and financial records. Prescription registers, which primarily document firms in Madison, Wisconsin (1859-1907); Charleston, South Carolina (1868-1882); New York City (1859-1923); and Indianapolis, Indiana (1870-1905) consist of microfilmed scrapbooks of physicians' handwritten prescription slips. Most extensively documented are the New York City pharmacy Ewen McIntyre & Son and the Madison firm Dunning & Sumner. Records of the latter firm also include daybooks, ledgers, and other miscellaneous financial records covering the period 1859-1914.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00726
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