The correspondence of Anna S. Cope and Rachel and Jonathan Evans, in particular, often recount family health and well-being, particularly the illnesses of children.
Elizabeth C. Winston's letters includes accounts of the illness and death of her children.
Women
Our Homes
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American health primers no. 9
The American woman's home
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"or, Principles of domestic science: being a guide to the formation and maintenance of economical, healthful, beautiful, and Christian homes"
The household cyclopedia of general information
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By Dr. Henry Hartshorne, "containing over ten thousand receipts, in all the useful and domestic arts, constituting a complete and practical library." There are numerous entries on women's health.
Smith (1832-1911) lived in the Philadelphia area. Her letters cover a variety of topics including health and old age.
Native Americans
The seventh annual report of the Superintendent and agents of the Central Indian Superintendency
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1875 report, including a comparison of their education and wealth with 1868.
Special Collections also holds many accounts of travels to visit Native Americans. Some of these letters and diaries may include discussions of health.
The eighth annual report of the Superintendent and agents of the Central Indian Superintendency
Hoag was the superintendent of the Central Superintendency during Grant's presidency. That papers include correspondence and reports from agents at the various reservations.
African-Americans
An enquiry concerning the intellectual and moral faculties, and literature of negroes
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"Followed with an account of the life and words of fifteen negroes & mulattoes, distinguished in science, literature and the arts."
Annual report of the Home for Destitute Colored Children
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We hold the reports for 1861, 1866, 1869, and 1881.