1871-1972
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Abstract
This collection consists of the personal papers of George Cheever Shattuck, Boston, Mass. physician and pioneer in the field of tropical medicine.
Acquisition Information
Donor unknown.
Restrictions on Access
The George Cheever Shattuck papers are stored offsite and must be requested at least two business days in advance via Portal1791. Researchers needing more than six items from offsite storage should provide additional advance notice. If you have questions about requesting materials from offsite storage, please contact the reference desk at 617-646-0532 or reference@masshist.org.
Note: This collection is UNPROCESSED and closed to researchers pending processing.
Collection Description
The collection consists of personal papers of Boston physician George Cheever Shattuck, a professor of tropical medicine at Harvard Medical School and a pioneer in the field of tropical medicine. The collection includes correspondence with family and friends, diaries, calendars, financial records, subject files, and printed material reflecting Shattuck's personal interests and involvement with political and professional organizations, conservative political organizations, conservation, travel, and medical care during World War I.
Arrangement
The papers are loosely organized by subject in alphabetical order, though the alphabetical order repeats itself at various intervals.
Summary Description of the Collection
The following is a list of the folder titles in each carton.
Carton 1
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Carton 1
Brookline Church
Carton 1
Brookline Garden
Carton 1
Brookline (town of)
Carton 1
Clubs: Tavern Club
Carton 1
Gifts, papers, etc. to family friends
Carton 1
Harvard, reports and policies
Carton 1
Harvard Surgical Unit
Carton 1
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Carton 1
Melcher, John and Pamela
Carton 1
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Carton 1
Old Sturbridge Village
Carton 1
Publications sent, 1969-1970
Carton 1
Pan-American Society
Carton 1
R-General
Carton 1
Reader's Digest, 1968-1970
Carton 1
Ropes and Gray
Carton 1
Ryan of the Red Cross
Carton 2
Senior citizens
Carton 2
Shattuck, Henry Lee, estate papers
Carton 2
Smith, Carleton
Carton 2
Stationary
Carton 2
Tax and tax information
Carton 2
Terrell correspondence
Carton 2
Traps
Carton 2
United States government
Carton 2
Wald, George
Carton 2
Welch, Robert
Carton 2
Whittemore, George
Carton 2
Dorchester Heights
Carton 2
Farm Bureau of Massachusetts
Carton 2
Legislative bulletins
Carton 2
Massachusetts conservation
Carton 2
Natural area parks
Carton 2
Nature Conservatory
Carton 2
New England Wild Flower Preservation Society
Carton 2
Oil pollution
Carton 2
Parks and division
Carton 2
Sierra Club
Carton 2
Soil
Carton 2
Westfield River Wilderness
Carton 2
Zoos, Boston
Carton 3
Goodwin, Richard - correspondence
Carton 3
Pough papers
Carton 3
Redfield correspondence
Carton 3
Letters to press, 1971
Carton 3
Selected personal letters
Carton 3
Letters to the editor, 1963-1964
Carton 3
Correspondence with editors, 1961
Carton 3
Blessings
Carton 3
Choate papers
Carton 3
Bigelow-Brenner-Soutter family - various
Carton 3
Higginson
Carton 3
Richardson, Elliot
Carton 3
Richardson, George S., Dr.
Carton 3
Richardson-Pierson and Wyman
Carton 3
Memorial service
Carton 3
Printed material about George Cheever Shattuck
Carton 3
Gardening appliances
Carton 3
Gardening camellias
Carton 3
Gardening lilies
Carton 3
Gardens, miscellaneous
Carton 3
Poisonous plants and mushrooms
Carton 3
Unclassified wild flowers
Carton 3
Massachusetts, government of
Carton 3
Morality
Carton 3
Monroe Doctrine
Carton 4
National Laymen's Digest
Carton 4
National parks
Carton 4
"Negro problem"
Carton 4
New Left
Carton 4
Obscenity
Carton 4
Otepka
Carton 4
Panama Canal
Carton 4
Pink Sheet on New Left
Carton 4
Police, local
Carton 4
Politics, national
Carton 4
Press
Carton 4
Proposed 23rd Amendment
Carton 4
Recreation
Carton 4
Right to Work Committee
Carton 4
Scale
Carton 4
Sea turtle poisoning
Carton 4
Shattuck School
Carton 4
State Department
Carton 4
Strategic Arms Limitation talks
Carton 4
Taxation, federal
Carton 4
Television
Carton 5
Trustees of Conservatism
Carton 5
United Nations
Carton 5
UNICEF
Carton 5
Vietnam
Carton 5
Welfare
Carton 5
Wildlife Federation
Carton 5
World Council of Churches
Carton 5
Young Americans for Freedom
Carton 5
John Birch Society, 1961-1972
Carton 5
Brzezinski
Carton 5
Captive nations
Carton 5
Christopher, Paul, etc.
Carton 5
Committee of One Million
Carton 5
Constitution and law
Carton 5
Cooperatives
Carton 6
Crime Commission
Carton 6
Federal Communications Commission
Carton 6
Goldwater
Carton 6
Hiss
Carton 6
Jewish Society of Americanists
Carton 6
Lattimore
Carton 6
Lodge
Carton 6
Massachusetts Bulletin
Carton 6
Nitze, Paul
Carton 6
Oppenheimer
Carton 6
Putnam letters
Carton 6
Roosevelt, Archibald B.
Carton 6
Supreme Court Amendment League
Carton 6
UNESCO
Carton 6
Walker, Gen.
Carton 6
Wedemeyer Reports
Carton 6
World Affairs Council
Carton 6
A-General
Carton 6
Bookbinding
Carton 6
Clubs, general
Carton 6
Deceased
Carton 6
E-General
Carton 6
Foreign correspondence
Carton 6
H-General
Carton 7
Health
Carton 7
Household dispersements
Carton 7
J-General
Carton 7
L-General
Carton 7
Letters to Washington senators
Carton 7
Letters to Massachusetts senators
Carton 7
Letters to elected officials, 1972
Carton 7
Liquor
Carton 7
Manion Forum
Carton 7
Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation
Carton 7
Mimeographing, 1969-1970
Carton 7
Museum of Science
Carton 7
National Education Program
Carton 8
George Cheever Shattuck correspondence, 1897-1912
Carton 8
George Cheever Shattuck letters to parents, 1895-1905
Carton 8
George Cheever Shattuck letters kept while traveling around the world, 1906-1907
Carton 8
George Cheever Shattuck correspondence, 1913-1915
Carton 8
George Cheever Shattuck letters from London and France, 1916
Carton 8
George Cheever Shattuck letters from France, 1918
Carton 8
George Cheever Shattuck letters from around the world, 1900-1908
Carton 8
George Cheever Shattuck personal letters, 1906-1907
Carton 8
Shattuck family correspondence, 1897-1902
Carton 9
Shattuck family correspondence, 1903-1908
Carton 9
Shattuck family correspondence during the war, 1917-1919
Carton 9
George Cheever Shattuck letters received, 1924-1925
Carton 9
George Cheever Shattuck letters received abroad from family, 1905-1908
Carton 10
George Cheever Shattuck letters received abroad from family, 1908
Carton 10
Letters to E. P. Shattuck, 1880-1889
Carton 10
George Cheever Shattuck letters, 1909-1919
Carton 10
George Cheever Shattuck letters received from mother, 1930-1937
Carton 10
George Cheever Shattuck letters, undated
Carton 10
Letters from E. P. Shattuck to George Cheever Shattuck, 1920-1921
Carton 10
F. C. Shattuck and E. P. Shattuck golden wedding anniversary, 1926
Carton 10
Letters received after Achilles tendon operation, 1951
Carton 10
Family memoirs
Carton 10
Shattuck papers: inquires and correspondence
Carton 10
American Coalition of Patriotic Societies
Carton 10
Anti-Communist Book Club
Carton 10
Armament
Carton 10
American Institute of Parks
Carton 10
Audubon Society
Carton 10
Book dealers
Carton 10
Black Panthers
Carton 11
Cambodia and Laos
Carton 11
China
Carton 11
Children
Carton 11
Citizen's Committee on Natural Resources
Carton 11
Committee to Restore the Constitution
Carton 11
Communism, 1964-1968
Carton 11
Conservation
Carton 11
Constitution, Massachusetts
Carton 11
Crime
Carton 11
Cuba
Carton 11
Defenders of Wildlife
Carton 11
Department of the Interior
Carton 11
Drug addiction
Carton 11
Domestic policy
Carton 11
Farm policy
Carton 11
Fire ants
Carton 11
Foreign aid
Carton 11
Foreign policy, 1969-1970
Carton 11
Freedom Foundation
Carton 11
Genocide
Carton 12
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
Carton 12
Humane trapping
Carton 12
Indian School, Maine
Carton 12
"Indians"
Carton 12
International Committee for Bird Preservation
Carton 12
Journalism
Carton 12
Katanga
Carton 12
Labor
Carton 12
Latin America
Carton 12
Letters, selected
Carton 12
Distinguished Service Order of Great Britain, 5 Apr. 1919
Carton 12
Serbian Order of St. Sava of 3rd Class, 9 May 1918-14 Aug. 1924
Carton 12
List of museum items, medals and badges of George Cheever Shattuck, 1905-1968
Carton 12
Notes regarding World War I, 1914-1920
Carton 12
War appointments, 1940-1945
Carton 12
Medical appointments, 1909-1947
Carton 12
Nature Conservatory, Inc., 1956-1968
Carton 12
Lee-Jackson
Carton 12
Perkins-Cabot-Bradlee
Carton 12
Letters to Bessie Lee, 1871-1874
Carton 12
Greeley, Rev. Dana McLean, 1962-1964
Carton 12
Letters to editors, 1969-1970
Carton 12
Letters to Elliot L. Richardson, 1955-1971
Carton 12
Medicare, 1968-1972
Carton 12
George Cheever Shattuck and Henry Lee Shattuck joint account, 1950-1958
Carton 12
George Cheever Shattuck medical note
Carton 12
List of contributions, 1955-1969
Carton 13
Honors, appointments, letters, 1915-1939
Carton 13
Letters, 1941-1948
Carton 13
List of publications, 1955
Carton 13
Letters, awards, appointments, 1950-1958
Carton 13
Christmas prayers, 1951-1965
Carton 13
Appointments, manuscripts, 1970-1972
Carton 13
Condolences, 1972
Carton 13
Barnes correspondence, 1961-1971
Carton 13
John Birch Society, 1970-1971
Carton 13
Birschoff, Mrs. Donald C., 1967-1970
Carton 13
Personal correspondence, 1964-1971
Carton 13
Brooks, Edwin D., 1965-1971
Carton 13
Coolidge, Harold J., 1960-1971
Carton 13
George Cheever Shattuck journal [typescript], Oct.-Nov. 1906
Carton 13
George Cheever Shattuck journal [typescript], 1907
Carton 13
George Cheever Shattuck journal [typescript], May-July 1907
Carton 13
Letters about Serbia
Carton 14
Photographs and miscellaneous papers
Carton 14
Country correspondence (Hayden Pearson)
Carton 14
Letters to George Cheever Shattuck, A-Z
Carton 14
Yucatan report
Carton 14
Henry Lee Shattuck letter from V. C. Shattuck and George Cheever Shattuck
Carton 14
Pocket diaries kept by Frederick Cheever Shattuck and George Cheever Shattuck, 1857-1972
Carton 15
George Cheever Shattuck diary, 1906-1907
Carton 15
George Cheever Shattuck diary, May-July 1907
Carton 15
George Cheever Shattuck garden book, 1961
Carton 15
George Cheever Shattuck calendar, 1972
Carton 15
George Cheever Shattuck nursing records, 1972
Carton 15
Acheson
Carton 15
American Civil Liberties Union
Carton 15
American Conservative League
Carton 15
Art
Carton 15
Acadia National Park
Carton 15
American history
Carton 15
Appalachian Mountain Club
Carton 15
Bluebird
Carton 15
Brookline and Anderson Park
Carton 15
Brookline parks, 1965-1967
Carton 15
Conservation
Carton 15
Massachusetts Historical Society
Carton 15
Religious papers
Carton 15
Photographs and miscellaneous papers
Carton 16
Shattuck family genealogy
Carton 16
George Cheever Shattuck biographies
Carton 16
"A Memorial Minute," 8-14 Dec. 1972
Carton 16
"A Memorial Minute," Harvard Gazette, 1973
Carton 16
Biography
Carton 16
Common Cause
Carton 16
Contributions
Carton 16
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Carton 16
E. C. Shattuck death
Carton 16
Mr. and Mrs. George Shattuck
Carton 16
Memorabilia
Carton 17
Harvard University
Carton 17
Hugh Moore Fund
Carton 17
John Birch Society
Carton 17
Massachusetts Republican Finance Committee
Carton 17
Noble and Greenough School
Carton 17
Pusey, Nathan M.
Carton 17
Contributions
Carton 17
Opera
Carton 17
Operation Youth Center
Carton 18
Plimouth Plantation
Carton 18
Political contributions
Carton 18
Roxbury Medical Technical Institute
Carton 18
South Shore Train Committee
Carton 18
"T.R.I.B.E."
Carton 18
United States Freedom Fighters
Carton 18
World Affairs Council
Carton 18
YAF and special drives
Carton 18
Sympathy cards, 1972
Carton 19
Sympathy cards, 1972
Carton 19
Card files
Carton 20
Harvard Surgical Unit citations, 1920
Carton 20
George Cheever Shattuck citation from King George V
Carton 20
Biographical information
Carton 20
Citations and diplomas
Carton 20
Letter from Hermann Schlesinger, 3 Apr. 1908
Carton 20
Unidentified (possibly Hyde Cabot) photograph
Carton 20
Arthur T. [Cabot] photograph
Carton 20
George Cheever Shattuck writings
Carton 20
J. E. Cabot essay
Carton 20
Misc. writings
Carton 20
Extracts from "Memories of Fifty Years in the Last Century," by Caroline G. Curtis
Carton 20
"Reminiscences of Eliza Perkins"
Carton 20
"Reminiscences of Sarah Cabot Wheelwright"
Carton 20
John Birch Society
Carton 20
George Lee
Carton 20
George Cheever Shattuck personal accounts, 1947-1966
Carton 20
Notes, addresses, research in card files
Carton 21
Carlos Sanchez
Carton 21
Photographs
Carton 21
Miscellaneous correspondence and writings
Carton 21
Malvine Hauser
Carton 21
Ralph W. Gray
Carton 21
Thomas Boylston Adams
Carton 21
Col. Francis T. Colby
Carton 21
George Cheever Shattuck medical discharge, 1918
Carton 21
"Nature Conservatory," by George Cheever Shattuck
Carton 21
George Cheever Shattuck diary [typescript], 26 Oct.-9 Nov. 1906
Carton 21
Clippings
Carton 21
Harvard Public Health Alumni Bulletin, Nov. 1947
Carton 21
Writings
Carton 21
Printed material
Carton 22
Printed material
Carton 23
Printed material
Carton 24
Printed material
Carton 25
Oversize diplomas and certificates (oversize carton)
Preferred Citation
George Cheever Shattuck papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.
Subjects:
Physicians--Massachusetts--Boston.
Tropical medicine.
Materials Removed from the Collection
Photographs from this collection have been removed to the George Cheever Shattuck photographs (Photo. Coll. 350).