Summary Information
John E. Schein Papers
1905-1949
- Schein, John E., 1872-1955
Wis Mss 50PB
1.4 c.f. (4 archives boxes)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Professional records of an Oshkosh physician and surgeon who also operated a small hospital from 1918 to 1921. Hospital records include accounts of purchases, wages paid to employees, charges made to patients, and some case histories, including prescriptions which show the type of medicine ordered for specific cases. Office records include accounts, 1920-1949; vital statistics, which are duplicates of the doctor's records on births, deaths, and the use of opium; prescription records, 1929-1931; accident records, 1929-1949; and records concerning insurance cases. The collection also contains brief genealogical information on the Schein and Streich families.
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Biography/History
Dr. John E. Schein was a physician and surgeon who practiced in Oshkosh, Wisconsin most of the first half of the twentieth century.
John E. Schein was born in Spring Prairie, Walworth County, Nov. 19, 1872. The family later moved to Oshkosh, where he attended elementary and high school. He worked for a time as a car accountant for the Wisconsin Central Railroad Company, and spent nine years as a train dispatcher and telegraph operator before entering Marquette University's medical school in 1900. In 1904 he received his M.D. and in that year also he married Laura Phillipson of Oshkosh. To them two sons were born, Norman C. and John E. Jr..
Scope and Content Note
The Schein Papers contain no letters, and very little personal data aside from fragmentary information that appears in the doctor's office and hospital records. His records show that he was practicing in Oshkosh by 1905, continuing there as a physician and surgeon at least until 1949, the last date on which there is a charge for medical services. Between 1918 and 1921 he operated a small, almost one-doctor, hospital in oshkosh called South Side Hospital. His ledgers kept during the brief operation of this hospital show purchases for the kitchen, the cost of help, and case histories of patients. The physician's records of prescriptions given between 1929 and 1931 indicate the types of medicines prescribed for specific cases. Dr. Schein kept his most detailed records on illness and accident cases involving insurance company claims; this seems to have been a large part of his practice.
The Schein papers consist almost entirely of office and hospital account books, ledgers, and 37 small volumes of vital statistics. The vital statistics records in 1 are duplicates of information the doctor kept concerning accidents, births, deaths, and the use of opium. In addition, there are medical drawings and outlines, and mimeographed medical courses. A small folder contains brief genealogical information on three members of the Schein family, and members of a Streich family. No connection between the two families is discernible as far as the papers are concerned. Information obtained elsewhere indicates that the Henry Schein in these papers refers to John E. Schein's brother who died as a child, and the Dorothea E. Seamon and John Schein mentioned refers to the doctor's paternal grandparents.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by Mrs. John E. Schein, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 1 April 1957.
Contents List
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Box
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Vital statistics
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Box
1
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Medical drawings and outlines
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Box
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Medical course papers
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Box
1
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Genealogical information
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Box
2
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South Side Hospital Day Book, 1921
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Box
2
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Day Book, 1921
: Seems to represent profit and loss on a store of some kind.
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Box
2
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Physician's Record of Prescriptions, 1929-1931
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Box
2
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Accident Case Record Book, 1929-1949
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Office Record of Accounts
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Box
2
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1920-1934
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Box
3
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1935-1949
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Box
3
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Record Book Concerning Metropolitan Life Insurance Cases, 1937-1939 and 1939-1940
(2 volumes)
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Box
4
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South Side Hospital Ledger, 1918-1921
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