Joseph Jones papers, 1820-1900 | Louisiana Research Collection
By Eira Tansey
Collection Overview
Title: Joseph Jones papers, 1820-1900
Predominant Dates:1849-1900
ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 172
Primary Creator: Jones, Joseph, 1833-1896.
Extent: 56.0 Boxes. More info below.
Arrangement: The collection is arranged chronologically by topic. It consists of 38 manuscripts boxes, 79 bound manuscripts volumes, and 8 oversized folders. There are additional printed pamphlets and monographs in the collection representing the work and life of Joseph Jones. For access to printed material, please contact a LaRC staff member. The collection is 45 linear feet.
Date Acquired: 06/00/1966
Subjects: Andersonville Prison., Confederate States of America -- Armed Forces -- Medical care., Jones, Joseph, 1833-1896., Jones family., Medical education -- Louisiana -- New Orleans., Medicine -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century., Physicians -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century., Tulane University. School of Medicine., United Confederate Veterans., United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate., United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865., University of Nashville. Medical Dept.
Forms of Material: Articles., Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence., Lectures., Lists (document genre), Medical records., Muster rolls., Notebooks., Pamphlets., Photographs., Publications., Reports., Rosters.
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Biographical Note
Joseph Jones was born September 6, 1833, the second son of Charles Colcock Jones, Sr., a Presbyterian minister from Liberty County, Georgia. He attended the College of New Jersey at Princeton, and the University of Pennsylvania. Jones began teaching in 1856 at Savannah Medical College, and later at the University of Georgia as well as the Medical College of Georgia. In 1858 he married Caroline Smelt Davis of Augusta, Georgia. Jones served in the Confederate military forces as Surgeon Major throughout most of the war. He conducted studies of the diseases and injuries in Confederate hospitals and prisons, particularly Andersonville. Because of his activities at Andersonville, Jones was summoned as a witness at the trial of Henry Wirz.
After the Civil War, Jones joined the faculty of the University of Nashville Medical School. Two years later, he accepted a position at the University of Louisiana (later Tulane University). His wife died in 1868, and in 1870, he married Susan Raynor Polk, daughter of the Episcopal bishop of Louisiana. Joseph Jones' children were: Mary Cuthbert (from his first marriage), Frances Devereaux, Hamilton Polk, and Laura Maxwell. In 1872 Jones was appointed to the Chair of Chemistry and Clinical Medicine at the University of Louisiana, which he held until 1893 when he resigned due to ill health. He died in New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 17, 1896.
Subject/Index Terms
Andersonville Prison.
Confederate States of America -- Armed Forces -- Medical care.
Jones, Joseph, 1833-1896.
Jones family.
Medical education -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Medicine -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Physicians -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Tulane University. School of Medicine.
United Confederate Veterans.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
University of Nashville. Medical Dept.
Administrative Information
Repository: Louisiana Research Collection
Alternate Extent Statement: 45 linear feet
Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.
Use Restrictions: Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
Acquisition Source: Stanhope Bayne-Jones.
Acquisition Method: Gift.
Preferred Citation: Joseph Jones papers, Manuscripts Collection 172, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.
Finding Aid Revision History: Added subject headings 4/16/2010. Finding aid information entered in Archon by LAC Group in 2011. Revised by LAC Group 9/26/11.
Other Note:
To access the collection's correspondence index, please click on the "Digital Content" link for a PDF copy.
OCLC Number: 567805901
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
[Box 1: Correspondence, 1849 July-1858 February],
[Box 2: Correspondence, 1858 March-1859 July],
[Box 3: Correspondence, 1859 August-1861 June],
[Box 4: Correspondence, 1861 July-1862 November],
[Box 5: Correspondence, 1862 December-1864 August],
[Box 6: Correspondence, 1864 September-1866 April],
[Box 7: Correspondence, 1866 May-December],
[Box 8: Correspondence, 1867 January-1868 May],
[Box 9: Correspondence, 1868 June-October],
[Box 10: Correspondence, 1868 November-December],
[Box 11: Correspondence, 1869-1870],
[Box 12: Correspondence, 1871-1876 May],
[Box 13: Correspondence, 1876 June-1880],
[Box 14: Correspondence, 1881-1889],
[Box 15: Correspondence, 1890],
[Box 16: Correspondence, 1891-1893],
[Box 17: Correspondence, 1894-1895],
[Box 18: Correspondence, 1896-1899],
[Box 19: Correspondence, 1900 and undated],
[Box 20: Civil War military reports and rosters],
[Box 21: Civil War medical reports and rosters],
[Box 22: Civil War medical observations and articles by Joseph Jones and others and scrapbooks],
[Box 23: Civil War Andersonville Prison],
[Box 24: Civil War accounts of battles, armies, et cetera],
[Box 25: Articles by Joseph Jones and others; University of Nashville Medical Department; and Tulane University Medical Department],
[Box 26: Slavery and general medical materials],
[Box 27: United Confederate Veterans (UCV) and other papers],
[Box 28: Printed articles, and other materials about Joseph Jones],
[Box 29: Printed articles written by Joseph Jones],
[Box 30: Printed Civil War military reports],
[Box 31: Printed Civil War personal accounts, reminiscences, and biographical sketches, and Civil War medical material],
[Box 32: Printed Civil war articles and pamphlets, United Confederate Veterans articles and pamphlets],
[Box 33: Printed medical articles and pamphlets; pamphlets pertaining to medical colleges, education, et cetera; issues of medical journals],
[Box 34: Printed non-Joseph Jones, non-medical, and non-Civil War material],
[Box 35: Civil War newspaper clippings],
[Box 36: Newspaper clippings: other],
[Box 37: Other materials: Maps, photographs, and other items],
[Box 38: Printed blank forms],
[Box 39: Bound volumes, volumes 1-6],
[Box 40: Bound volumes, volumes 7-9],
[Box 41: Bound volumes, volumes 10-12],
[Box 42: Bound volumes, volumes 13-17],
[Box 43: Bound volumes, volumes 18, 19, and 21],
[Box 44: Bound volumes, volume 20],
[Box 45: Bound volumes, volumes 22-24],
[Box 46: Bound volumes, volume 25-28],
[Volume 29: General outline of the history of yellow fever / by Joseph Jones, undated],
[Volume 30: Comparative pathology of malarial and yellow fevers / by Joseph Jones, undated],
[Volume 31: Historical essays on yellow fever / by Joseph Jones, undated],
[Box 46A: Bound volumes, volumes 32A-33],
[Volume 34: Notebook / Joseph Jones, undated],
[Box 46B: Bound volumes, volumes 35 and 38],
[Volume 36: Essays on components of the universe, state of the solar system, conservation of force, origin of life, relations of muscular and nervous forces, observations on albinism in the Negro / compiled by Joseph Jones, undated],
[Box 47: Bound volumes, volumes 37, 39 and 40],
[Box 47A: Bound volumes, volumes 41-43],
[Box 48: Bound volumes, volumes 44-46],
[Volume 47: Reports on typhoid fever in the Confederate States Army / compiled by Joseph Jones, circa 1860-1863],
[Box 49: Bound volumes, volumes 48-49],
[[information restricted]],
[Box 50: Bound volumes, volumes 51 and 53],
[Volume 52: Investigations of diseases / compiled by Joseph Jones, 1891],
[Box 50A: Bound volumes, volume 54 and 60],
[Volume 55: Investigations upon the nature, causes, and treatment of hospital gangrene as it prevailed in the Confederate Armies / compiled by Joseph Jones, 1861-1865],
[Box 51: Bound volumes, volumes 56-59],
[Volume 61: Investigations on the geographical distribution, causes, nature, relations, and treatment of various diseases, 1855-1875 / by Joseph Jones, Volume II, undated],
[Box 52: Bound volumes, volumes 62, 64-65],
[Volume 63: Investigations and explorations among the military, monumental and organic remains of the ancient [Chaovanons] / by Joseph Jones, 1873],
[Box 53: Bound volumes, volumes 66-68],
[Volume 69: Other clippings / collected by Joseph Jones, undated],
[Box 54: Bound volumes, volumes 70-71],
[Box 55: Bound volumes, volumes 72-73],
[Box 56: Bound volumes, volumes 74-77 and 79],
[Volume 78: Birds / Spencer F. Baird, Assistant Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1858],
[Oversize folder 1: Diploma],
[Oversize folder 2: Medical and Surgical Memoirs manuscript notes],
[Oversize folder 3: "The conduct of the enemy"],
[Oversize folder 4: Meningitis reports],
[Oversize folder 5: Poisons on the Nervous System],
[Oversize folder 6: Observations upon the causes],
[Oversize folder 7: Experiment illustrations],
[Oversize folder 8: Clippings],
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- Box 27: United Confederate Veterans (UCV) and other papers
- Folder 1: Official report of Joseph Jones, 1892 April 9-1893 July
- Folder 2: Address on the occasion of the reception of the flag of the Tensas Cavalry by Joseph Jones in behalf of President and comrades of the Veterans Confederate Cavalry, 1893
- Folder 3: Special orders relating to the Medical Corps of the United Confederate Veterans, appointment of officers, 1893
- Folder 4: Circular Number 3 reporting information on various United Confederate Veterans camp personnel sent by Joseph Jones, Surgeon General, United Confederate Veterans
- Folder 5: Seal of the United Confederate Veterans proposed by Joseph Jones, 1891 September 30
- Folder 6: Official Annual Report of Joseph Jones to the United Confederate Veterans, 1896
- Incomplete.
- Folder 7: Statistics of various natural phenomena occurring in South Carolina and Georgia compiled by Joseph Jones, 1752-1854
- Folder 8: The New and Universal Gazetteer or Modern Geographical Dictionary by Joseph Scott, Volume II, 1799
- Folder 9: Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide, 1808
- List of plates in book.
- Folder 10: An account of the early days of the University of Leyden copied from Sir William Hamilton's "On the Patronage and Superintendence of Universities", 1834
- Folder 11: Writings of Thomas Jefferson, transcript by Joseph Jones, 1854
- Folder 12: The writings of Thomas Jefferson, transcript by Joseph Jones, Volume VI, 1895
- Folder 13: Catalogue and geographical distribution of the forest trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia copied by Joseph Jones, 1861
- Folder 14: Remarks at the funeral of Caroline S.D. Jones, 1868 December 5
- Folder 15: Reception of the Tensas Flag by Joseph Jones of New Orleans, 1887-1892
- Folder 16: Report of Surveys of River and Levees under direction of the Senate Committee, Honorable Samuel Ricker of Jefferson Parish Chairman, 1850-1851
- Published by order of the Senate of 1853. Reports of Committee...Grant Engineers. Copied by Joseph Jones. 1892-1895.
- Folder 17: "Remarks on the Rice Progress and Geographical Advantages of New Orleans: Progress of Exploration and Discovery in the Mississippi Valley", 1892-1895
- Copied by Joseph Jones.
- Folder 18: Print of "Engraved stone from Rock Creek, Summer County, Tennessee", 1895-1896
- Attached are notes by Joseph Jones on archaeology.
- Folder 19: Other manuscripts
- Folder 20: Other manuscripts
- Fragments.
- Folder 1: Official report of Joseph Jones, 1892 April 9-1893 July
Browse by Box:
[Box 1: Correspondence, 1849 July-1858 February],
[Box 2: Correspondence, 1858 March-1859 July],
[Box 3: Correspondence, 1859 August-1861 June],
[Box 4: Correspondence, 1861 July-1862 November],
[Box 5: Correspondence, 1862 December-1864 August],
[Box 6: Correspondence, 1864 September-1866 April],
[Box 7: Correspondence, 1866 May-December],
[Box 8: Correspondence, 1867 January-1868 May],
[Box 9: Correspondence, 1868 June-October],
[Box 10: Correspondence, 1868 November-December],
[Box 11: Correspondence, 1869-1870],
[Box 12: Correspondence, 1871-1876 May],
[Box 13: Correspondence, 1876 June-1880],
[Box 14: Correspondence, 1881-1889],
[Box 15: Correspondence, 1890],
[Box 16: Correspondence, 1891-1893],
[Box 17: Correspondence, 1894-1895],
[Box 18: Correspondence, 1896-1899],
[Box 19: Correspondence, 1900 and undated],
[Box 20: Civil War military reports and rosters],
[Box 21: Civil War medical reports and rosters],
[Box 22: Civil War medical observations and articles by Joseph Jones and others and scrapbooks],
[Box 23: Civil War Andersonville Prison],
[Box 24: Civil War accounts of battles, armies, et cetera],
[Box 25: Articles by Joseph Jones and others; University of Nashville Medical Department; and Tulane University Medical Department],
[Box 26: Slavery and general medical materials],
[Box 27: United Confederate Veterans (UCV) and other papers],
[Box 28: Printed articles, and other materials about Joseph Jones],
[Box 29: Printed articles written by Joseph Jones],
[Box 30: Printed Civil War military reports],
[Box 31: Printed Civil War personal accounts, reminiscences, and biographical sketches, and Civil War medical material],
[Box 32: Printed Civil war articles and pamphlets, United Confederate Veterans articles and pamphlets],
[Box 33: Printed medical articles and pamphlets; pamphlets pertaining to medical colleges, education, et cetera; issues of medical journals],
[Box 34: Printed non-Joseph Jones, non-medical, and non-Civil War material],
[Box 35: Civil War newspaper clippings],
[Box 36: Newspaper clippings: other],
[Box 37: Other materials: Maps, photographs, and other items],
[Box 38: Printed blank forms],
[Box 39: Bound volumes, volumes 1-6],
[Box 40: Bound volumes, volumes 7-9],
[Box 41: Bound volumes, volumes 10-12],
[Box 42: Bound volumes, volumes 13-17],
[Box 43: Bound volumes, volumes 18, 19, and 21],
[Box 44: Bound volumes, volume 20],
[Box 45: Bound volumes, volumes 22-24],
[Box 46: Bound volumes, volume 25-28],
[Volume 29: General outline of the history of yellow fever / by Joseph Jones, undated],
[Volume 30: Comparative pathology of malarial and yellow fevers / by Joseph Jones, undated],
[Volume 31: Historical essays on yellow fever / by Joseph Jones, undated],
[Box 46A: Bound volumes, volumes 32A-33],
[Volume 34: Notebook / Joseph Jones, undated],
[Box 46B: Bound volumes, volumes 35 and 38],
[Volume 36: Essays on components of the universe, state of the solar system, conservation of force, origin of life, relations of muscular and nervous forces, observations on albinism in the Negro / compiled by Joseph Jones, undated],
[Box 47: Bound volumes, volumes 37, 39 and 40],
[Box 47A: Bound volumes, volumes 41-43],
[Box 48: Bound volumes, volumes 44-46],
[Volume 47: Reports on typhoid fever in the Confederate States Army / compiled by Joseph Jones, circa 1860-1863],
[Box 49: Bound volumes, volumes 48-49],
[[information restricted]],
[Box 50: Bound volumes, volumes 51 and 53],
[Volume 52: Investigations of diseases / compiled by Joseph Jones, 1891],
[Box 50A: Bound volumes, volume 54 and 60],
[Volume 55: Investigations upon the nature, causes, and treatment of hospital gangrene as it prevailed in the Confederate Armies / compiled by Joseph Jones, 1861-1865],
[Box 51: Bound volumes, volumes 56-59],
[Volume 61: Investigations on the geographical distribution, causes, nature, relations, and treatment of various diseases, 1855-1875 / by Joseph Jones, Volume II, undated],
[Box 52: Bound volumes, volumes 62, 64-65],
[Volume 63: Investigations and explorations among the military, monumental and organic remains of the ancient [Chaovanons] / by Joseph Jones, 1873],
[Box 53: Bound volumes, volumes 66-68],
[Volume 69: Other clippings / collected by Joseph Jones, undated],
[Box 54: Bound volumes, volumes 70-71],
[Box 55: Bound volumes, volumes 72-73],
[Box 56: Bound volumes, volumes 74-77 and 79],
[Volume 78: Birds / Spencer F. Baird, Assistant Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1858],
[Oversize folder 1: Diploma],
[Oversize folder 2: Medical and Surgical Memoirs manuscript notes],
[Oversize folder 3: "The conduct of the enemy"],
[Oversize folder 4: Meningitis reports],
[Oversize folder 5: Poisons on the Nervous System],
[Oversize folder 6: Observations upon the causes],
[Oversize folder 7: Experiment illustrations],
[Oversize folder 8: Clippings],
[All]
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