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Descriptive Summary

Biographical/Historical Note

Collection Summary

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Restrictions

Series Descriptions

Series I: Diaries, n.d.

Series II: Photographs, 1890-1913

Series III: Correspondence, 1865-1961

Series IV: Notebooks, 1881-1882

Series V: Biographical & Genealogical, 1773-1966

Series VI: Newspaper Clippings, 1868-1958

Series VII: Memorandum Books, 1874-1895

Series VIII: General Correspondence, 1883-1918

Series IX: Consultation Correspondence, 1909-1918

Series X: Articles, 1881-1953

Series XI: Babies' Hospital, 1890-1945

Series XII: Conferences and Meetings, 1909

Series XVII: Notes, 1893-1916

Series XVIII: Ledgers, 1884-1917

Series XIX: Case Items, 1876-1916


Finding Aid to the Henry Leber Coit Papers, 1773-1966 (bulk 1870-1917)



Archives and Modern Manuscripts Program, History of Medicine Division

Processed by HMD Staff; Processing Completed 1984

Encoded by Jim Labosier


Descriptive Summary

Collection Number:MS C 35
Creator:Coit, Henry Leber, 1854-1917
Title:Henry Leber Coit Papers
Dates:1773-1966 (bulk 1870-1917)
Quantity:7.98 linear feet
Abstract:Henry Coit was a pediatrician and won recognition for his work on the care and feeding of infants. The collection contains correspondence, photos, genealogical data, certificates and diplomas, medical school lecture notes, day books, case reports, memorandum books, ledgers and accounts, reports, articles and speeches, notes, reprints, clippings, printed matter, graphs, charts and blueprints.

Biographical/Historical Note

Henry Leber Coit (1854-1917) was a pediatrician and won recognition for his work on the care and feeding of infants. He pioneered the certified milk movement, organized the Medical Milk Commission of Essex Co., N. J., established the Newark Babies' Hospital, and held office in the American Association of Medical Milk Commissions, pediatric and medical societies, and international congresses.

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Collection Summary

Correspondence, photos, genealogical data, certificates and diplomas, medical school lecture notes, day books, case reports, memorandum books, ledgers and accounts, reports, articles and speeches, notes, reprints, clippings, printed matter, graphs, charts and blueprints.

Correspondence consists of personal, general, and consultation letters. Names in general correspondence include I. A. Abt, Samuel S. Adams, Samuel Ambery, J. Finley Bell, William H. Buffum, Charles C. Carlin, Howard Childs Carpenter, JamesS. Chadwick, Henry Dwight Chapin, H. W. Conn, Walter Lester Conn, P. J. Eaton, Ogden M. Edwards, W. W. Ford, Rowland Godfrey Freeman, Alfred Friedlander, Otto P. Geier, Clifford Grulee, Samuel McClintock Hamill, Henry F. Helmholz, Charles Herrman, L. Emmett Holt, Philip Van Ingen, Collins H. Johnston, Edwin O. Jordan, J. W. Kerr, J. H. Mason Knox, Henry Koplik, Walter E. Kruesi, Linnaeus E. La Fétra, Janet Lane-Claypon, Theodore Le Boutillier, Walter D. Ludlum, Alexander McAlister, T. C. McCleave, Floy McEwen, Henry T. Machell, G. Lloyd Magruder, George Clark Mosher, Walter G. Murphy, William H. Murray, William A. Northridge, Maurice Ostheimer, R. A. Pearson, Godfrey R. Pisek, M. J. Rosenau, John Ruhräh, H. Merriman Smith, Daniel Strock, J. J. Thomas, Henry Enos Tuley, G.

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Restrictions

Restrictions

Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access. For online customer service, please visit custserv@nlm.nih.gov.

Copyright

Copyright was transferred to the public domain. Contact the Reference Staff for details regarding rights. For online customer service, please visit custserv@nlm.nih.gov.

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Index Terms

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MeSH Subjects
Child Welfare
Pediatrics
Corporate Names
Babies' Hospital-Coit Memorial.
Medical Milk Commission of Essex Co., N. J.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Coit, Henry Leber. Henry Leber Coit Papers. 1773-1966 (bulk 1870-1917). Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 35.

Provenance

Gift from Eleanor G., Jessie C., Edith N., and Henry G. Coit, 1962-1966.

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Series Descriptions

 

Series I: Diaries, n.d.

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1 1869-1870

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Series II: Photographs, 1890-1913

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12 Dr. Coit and friends, 1898, n.d.
13 Friends of Dr. Coit, 1879, n.d.
14 Family, 1890-1911
15 Family, 1897-1913
16 Dr. Coit and colleagues, 1907, n.d.

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Series III: Correspondence, 1865-1961

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17 Dr. Coit to family, 1875-1916
18 Dr. Coit to family, 1868-1907
19 Dr. Coit to Emma (wife), 1890-1892
110 Dr. Coit to Emma, 1909
111 Emma to Dr. Coit, 1916
112 To Carrie (plans for milk commission), 1893
113 Dr. Coit to his children (Edith, Eleanor, Jessie, Gwinnell), 1909-1915
114 Family to Dr. Coit, 1910-1916
115 Edith, Eleanor, Jessie, and Gwinnell to Dr. Coit, 1911
116 Edith, Eleanor, Jessie, and Gwinnell to Dr. Coit, 1907, 1909, 1913
117 Edith, Eleanor, Jessie, and Gwinnell to Dr. Coit, 1915-1916
118 Emma to Dr. Coit, 1911
119 Personal - family, 1865-1917
21 Dr. Coit to Emma, 1907
22 Dr. Coit to Emma, 1912-1916
23 "Report on the examination of the blood of...Dr. H. L. Coit", 1913
24 Dr. Coit to Morris H. Coue (photocopy), 1916
25 Memorial service, 1917
26 To Miss E. G. Coit, 1961

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Series IV: Notebooks, 1881-1882

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27 Materia medica, 1882
28 Practice of surgery, n.d.
29 Obstetrics and gynecology, 1882
210 Practice #2, n.d.
211 Principles of surgery, n.d.
212 Chemistry and practice, n.d.
213 Dr. Clarke on the practice of medicine, 1881

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Series V: Biographical & Genealogical, 1773-1966

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31 Letter to Rev. Olin B. Coit (genealogy), 1916
32 Commencement program, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1883
33 Personal data about Dr. Coit by his daughter, Edith N. Coit, 1966
34 Biographical data, 1902-1917
35 Bibliography, n.d.
36 Genealogical data, 1773-1911
37 Genealogical data, 1773-1911

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Series VI: Newspaper Clippings, 1868-1958

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38 1868-1914
39 1916
310 1893-1910
311 1907-1909
312 1908-1912
313 1905-1914
314 1916-1936
315 1917-1958
316 1892-1916
317 1894-1916
318 1912
319 1879-1916
320 1908-1916
321 1907-1913
322 Babies' hospital - Coit memorial, 1928
323 Babies' hospital, 1917-1958
324 Campaign for relief of infantile paralysis, 1916-1952

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Series VII: Memorandum Books, 1874-1895

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41 Plan and contract, 1893
42 Account book, 1883-1885
43 Records of practice, 1888-1889
44 Account book, 1887
45 Records of practice, 1887-1888
46 Directory and yearbook of the Halsey St. M.E. Church, 1884
47 The Christian Culture Club, Newark, N.J., 1881
48 Reprint mailing list, n.d.
49 Bible class teacher's roll book, n.d.
410 Cash account, 1874-1876
411 Bible class teacher's roll-book, n.d.
51 Newspaper cuttings, 1885-1892
52 Diagnoses and prescription, 1891, 1893

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Series VIII: General Correspondence, 1883-1918

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53 1883-1894
54 1895-1896
55 1897-1898
56 1899
57 1900
58 1901-1904
59 1905-1906
510 1907
511 1908
512 1909
513 January - May, 1910
514 June - September, 1910
515 October 1 - 10, 1910
516 October 11 - 31, 1910
517 November - December, 1910
518 January, 1911
519 February, 1911
520 March - April, 1911
521 May - July, 1911
522 August - December, 1911
61 January - June, 1912
62 July, 1912
63 August - December, 1912
64 January - March, 1913
65 April - June, 1913
66 July - August, 1913
67 September - December, 1913
68 January - March, 1914
69 April - May, 1914
610 June, 1914
611 July - December, 1914
612 January - March, 1915
613 April - December, 1915
614 January - February, 1916
615 March - April, 1916
616 May 1 - 25, 1916
617 May 26 - 31, 1916
618 June, 1916
619 July - December, 1916
620 n.d.
621 n.d.
622 Lists, n.d.
623 "Material for Dr. Coit's last paper", 1913-1916
624 Professional and business forms, 1901, 1909, n.d.

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Series IX: Consultation Correspondence, 1909-1918

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625 1909
626 January - February, 1910
627 March - April, 1910
628 June - July, 1910
629 August - December, 1910
630 January - June, 1911
631 July - December, 1911
632 January - September, 1912
633 October - November, 1912
634 December, 1912
71 January, 1913
72 February - March, 1913
73 April, 1913
74 May, 1913
75 June, 1913
76 July - August, 1913
77 September, 1913
78 October, 1913
79 November, 1913
710 December, 1913
711 January - March, 1914
712 April, 1914
713 May - June, 1914
714 July - August, 1914
715 September - October, 1914
716 November - December, 1914
717 Case reports, 1914
718 January - April, 1915
719 May - September, 1915
720 October - December, 1915
721 January - July, 1916
722 August - December, 1916
723 1917-1918
724 n.d.
725 Dr. Coit's patients, 1900-1916
8 Case reports: A - K, 1908-1917
9 Case reports: L - Z, 1908-1917
10 Financial accounts of patients, 1892-1898

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Series X: Articles, 1881-1953

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728 Mt. Tabor Board of Health, Newark Board of Health, Mt. Tabor Free Library, Joint Committee on the Better Care and Feeding of Babies, c.1893-1917
11 Article Drafts, n.d.
111 Milk reform - drafts, notes, instructions, n.d.
112 Milk reform - drafts, 1913, n.d.
113 Milk reform - drafts, speech, 1907, n.d.
114-5 Milk reform - drafts, n.d.
116 Milk reform - drafts, notes, 1915, n.d.
117-10 Milk reform - drafts, n.d.
1111 Milk reform - drafts, 1914, n.d.
1112 Milk reform - drafts, 1909, n.d.
1113 "An efficiency score card for the use of the Medical Milk Commission" - draft, n.d.
1114 Survey on milk, 1904, n.d
1115 Infantilism - draft, n.d.
1116 Roentgenograms, medical examinations of employees, tuberculosis - drafts, n.d.
1117 Notes and questionnaires on clean milk, 1911-1916, n.d
1118 Child care - drafts, 1910, n.d.
1119 Nutrition - drafts, 1917, n.d.
1120 Infantile paralysis - drafts, 1917, n.d.
11 Papers, Drafts, and Printed Matter Relating to:, n.d.
1121 Men's Guild of Halsey St. M.E. Church, 1884-1889
1122 Methodist Episcopal Church - a record of the historical events in the first hundred years ofÂ…Wesley ChapelÂ…M.E. Church in the city of Newark, NJ - draft, 1908
1123 The Herald of the Halsey Street Methodist Episcopal Church, 1908
1124 Medical milk commission - drafts, mailing list, n.d.
1125 Essex Co. Medical Society and Milk Commission - speech, agenda, report, history, forms, n.d.
1126 Essex Co. Medical Society and Milk Commission - reports, 1915-c.1916
1127 New Jersey State Pediatric Society - speeches, n.d.
1128 New Jersey State Pediatric Society - membership, annual meeting, programs, 1911-1916
1129 New Jersey State Pediatric Society - constitution, by-laws, committees, membership lists, notes, 1911-1918
1130 New Jersey State Pediatric Society - meetings, 1911
1131 New Jersey State Pediatric Society - meetings, 1910-1912
121 Medical Society of New Jersey, New Jersey Pharmaceutical Society - committee on ethical rules, 1895-1909
122 Medical Society of New Jersey - report of committee on cow's milk, 1892
123 Meetings - American Association for Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality, 1911-1916
124 Miscellaneous drafts - breast feeding, digestive fluids, n.d.
125 Miscellaneous drafts - fat, preventive medicine, normal growth & physical development, n.d.
126 Miscellaneous drafts - drugs, infant feeding problems, n.d.
127 Miscellaneous items - thermo-needle, directions for making cerreal porridge, agenda, 1908-1914
128 Miscellaneous items - minutes, itinerary, progressive food formulary, feeding schedule, statements by Dr. Coit, essential factors in modification of an infant's food, 1913-1915
129 American Association of Medical Milk Commissions - 11th annual meeting, memorial service to Dr. Coit, 1917
1210 Fairfield Dairy - printed material, 1893, n.d.
1211 Dairy score cards, n.d.
1212 American Association of Medical Milk Commissions - meeting programs, 1908-1926
1213 Medical Milk Commission of Essex County, New Jersey - statements, meetings, 1909-1914
1214 American Association of Medical Milk Commissions - 1st annual session, 1907, 1908
1215 Proceedings of the American Association of Medical Milk Commissions - 4th annual session, 1909, 1910
1216 A manual for the working methods and standards for the use of the Medical Milk Commission, 1909
1217 22nd report of the Medical Milk Commission of Essex County, New Jersey, 1911
1218 24th report of the Medical Milk Commission of Essex County, New Jersey, 1913
1219 25th report of the Medical Milk Commission of Essex County, New Jersey, 1914
1220 26th report of the Medical Milk Commission of Essex County, New Jersey, 1915
1221 27th report of the Medical Milk Commission of Essex County, New Jersey, 1917
131-2 Clean Milk, 1916-1926
133 Certified Milk, 1922-1953
726-27 Coit's reprints, 1876-1916, n.d.
13 Reprints of Articles by Various Authors, n.d.
134 n.d.
135 1881-1897
136 1907-1909
137 1910
141 1911-1916
14 Miscellaneous Printed Material, n.d.
142 n.d.
143 1892-1896
144 1901-1910
145 1911-1917
14 Articles, n.d.
146 1907, n.d.
147 1915, n.d.

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Series XI: Babies' Hospital, 1890-1945

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148-11 Publications, 1896-1945, n.d.
1412 Plans, n.d.
1413 Photographs, 1913-1916
1414 The babies' "Four Hundred", 1897-1898
1415 Constitution, by-laws, 1896
151 Forms, 1896-1897
152-3 Form letters, 1912-1915
154-7 Brochure drafts, brochures, 1896-1914, n.d.
158 "Historical sketch of the Babies' Hospital", 1914
159 1916 annual report, 1917
1510 Milk formulas, 1905
1511 Reports, revised constitution, 1903-1914
1512 Hospital statistics, May 1904 - May 1905, 1904-1905
1513 Reports, rules, 1913, n.d.
1514 Visiting nurses' fund, c.1917
1515 Newspaper clippings, 1896-1899
1516-18 Notes, 1890-1908, n.d.
1519 "Perpetuating honored names", 1928
161 1915 annual report, "Another phase of the solarium's usefulness"; Christian Culture Club certificate of incorporation; "The recent epidemic of diphtheria in Essex Co. N.J. and its supposed dependence upon the milk supply", 1883-1916
162 Depositions (1916); Infant feeding draft; Use of metric system for volumetric analysis of milk; The result of rests of herds under New York County Milk Commission, 1916, n.d.
163 Patient statistics 1900-1903, c.1903
164 Milk analyses; "Rules for making wax fruit molds"; Mitigating the hardships of the poor, 1911, n.d.
165 Tableaux phantasma - program, 1897
166-7 The Hospital Herald, 1914-1922
168 7th annual report - draft, 1903

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Series XII: Conferences and Meetings, 1909

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169 XVI International Medical Conference - Journal, 1909
1610 XVI International Medical Conference - Annexes to 1st, 3rd & 4th no. of Daily Gazette, 1909
1611 III International Congress for the Study and Prevention of Infantile Mortality - Invitation, program, 1911
1612 III International Congress for the Study and Prevention of Infantile Mortlaity - List of delegates, list of members, banquet menu, report, list of American Committee members, 1911
1613 XVII International Medical Conference - Invitations, tickets, map, identification cards, 1913
1614 National Association for the Prevention of Infant Mortality and for the Welfare of Infancy - Invitations, identification cards, receipts, tickets, agenda, 1913
1615 Fourth International Congress on Infant WelfarePreliminary program, suggested outline, 1915

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Series XVII: Notes, 1893-1916

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1616 re Medical Milk Commission, XVII International Congress, N.J. Council of Pediatric Workers, protein & indigestion, and miscellaneous, c.1913
1617 re Essex District Medical Society, N.J. State Pediatric Society, Panama-Pacific Exposition, dietary recommendations, infant diseases, personal accounting, daily schedule, and miscellaneous, 1905-1915
1618 re sleep, bedside medication (speech), Babies' Hospital, clean milk, and miscellaneous, 1896-1900
1619 re cream content of milk, nursery science, infant diets, and miscellaneous, c.1898
171 re diarrhea in infants, pasteurization, Mt. Saranac, milk certification, tubercular testing of cows, and miscellaneous, 1906-1916
172 re functional disorder of the liver, turmors of the intestine, hydropneumothorax, inflammation of the pleura, emphysema, bronchitis, pneumonia, and miscellaneous, n.d.
173 re infant feeding, milk certification, Halsey St. M.E. Church activities, and miscellaneous, 1894-1908
174 re safe milk, types of fathers, Babies' Hospital, infant nutrition, Coit genealogy, and miscellaneous, 1903-1911
175 re Babies' Hospital, milk certification, infant nutrition, Halsey St. M.E. Church activities, and miscellaneous, 1905-1916
176 re infant nutrition, prescriptions, Babies' Hospital training school lectures, and miscellaneous, 1893-1908
177 re daily schedule, and miscellaneous, 1893, 1915
178 re milk certification, and miscellaneous, 1916
179 re milk certification, cleanliness, disease symptoms, diagnoses, and miscellaneous, 1904-1909
1710 re Babies' Hospital, prescriptions, infant care & hygiene, care of dairy cows, "the spoiled child," roentgenograms & kinematography of stomach, and miscellaneous, 1890-1909
1711 re sterilization & pasteurization of milk, infant feeding & nutrition, and miscellaneous, 1894-1911
181 re milk dispensaries, "the nursery milk refiner - Dr. Coit's system," bible class, and miscellaneous, 1908-1910
182 re case reports, "etiology of recent cases of diphtheria in Montclair, N.J.," infant development, speeches on 'better babies,' and miscellaneous, 1916, n.d.
183 re milk distribution, Halsey St. M.E. Church bible class, Babies' Hospital, Milk Commission, and miscellaneous, 1903-1916
184 re symptoms & diagnoses, Halsey St. M.E. Church, and miscellaneous, 1912-1916

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Series XVIII: Ledgers, 1884-1917

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191 1884-1899
192 1904-1917
193 n.d.
194 1897-1900
195 1893-1906
196 1907-1917

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Series XIX: Case Items, 1876-1916

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Map Drawer 131 Blueprints - Babies' Hospital, Milwaukee Infants Home, 1915, n.d.
Map Drawer 132 Babies' Hospital - charts, graphs, and signs for a presentation, n.d.
Map Drawer 133 Certificates, diplomas, and photographs, 1876-1916

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Last updated: 02 November 2006
First published: 01 December 2001
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