Manuscript Group 365
Records, 1934-1988
7.0 cubic feet
The papers of pediatric neurologist Dr. Joshua Harlan Carey were donated to the University of Idaho Library by his sister, Mrs. Frances Russell, in July 1993. They were processed by Judith Nielsen between September and November 1993.
Joshua Harlan Carey was born May 5, 1916, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, the only child of Joshua Harlan and Margaret (Smith) Carey. He died in that city May 6, 1993. Between these dates he travelled and worked in the midwestern, eastern, and southeastern parts of the United States.
Carey received his primary and secondary education in Coeur d'Alene, graduating from Coeur d'Alene High School in 1934. while there he developed a keen interest in nature and especially in biology. He attended Coeur d'Alene Junior College for two year, then transferred to the University of Idaho where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1939; he received his medical degree from the University of Chicago in 1944. Following two years in the Philippines and Korea as a member of the U.S. Army Medical Corp., he returned to Chicago where he served consecutive residencies in ophthalmology, pediatrics, and neurology. In 1951 he went to the University of Michigan where, in addition to serving on the neurology faculty he successfully pursued a Ph.D., receiving his degree in 1956, in neuroanatomy, and began a long association with Dr. Elizabeth Crosby.
From 1956 to 1966 he served on the neurology and pediatric faculty at the University of Buffalo, and also set up a private practice in pediatric neurology in nearby Hamburg, New York.
In order to be closer to a research group in comparative neurology formed by Dr. Crosby he moved to Birmingham, Alabama, in 1966, where he joined the University of Alabama School of Medicine in anatomy, pediatrics, and neurology.
The year 1972 saw another move, this time to New Orleans, where he purchased a home on Bourbon St. in the Vieux Carre district, and befriended a wide variety of people, poets and peasants, bankers and bums. He loved the history and art of New Orleans, both sacred and profane.
As he grew older and his energy waned, he spent more time at his cabin on the shores of Priest Lake in Northern Idaho, finally retiring there about 1988. He died quietly in 1993 in a convalescent home in Coeur d'Alene one day after his 77th birthday.
Earl Hamel and Norman Schnitzlein, colleagues at the University of Alabama wrote in a biography of Dr. Carey which they prepared for Anatomical Record, "Joshua Carey did not leave a mark as a great scholar or as a wealthy entrepreneur. The mark that he left is in the hearts of the people he met. As a pediatric neurologist he treated many children with neurologic deficits and helped both them and their parents deal with conditions that otherwise would have been very frustrating. This behavior led him to personal relationships with many families wherein he became known as 'Uncle Josh.' Though he never married he had many children in many families who remember him as being generous to a fault. The care that he gave his patients will be missed but the absence of the sound of the drummer to which he marched will be a great silence to all who knew Josh."
The papers of Dr. Joshua Harlan Carey span the years 1934 to 1988, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1950 to 1975.
The papers include correspondence, both personal and professional; papers relating to his personal interests; items concerning his professional life as a pediatric neurologist; financial records, both personal and professional; and a collection of 16 mm. movie film documenting Dr. Elizabeth Crosby's neurological research using monkeys.
There are many gaps in each of the series, probably due to Dr. Carey's many moves, and his lack of proper storage facilities.
The material in this manuscript group was in no apparent order when received, therefore, a series order was imposed during processing. Some material was loose, other items were in large labeled envelopes or file folders. Dr. Carey's identifications were retained for processing purposes.
The first series contains Joshua Carey's correspondence from 1934 to 1988. It is both personal and professional, and is arranged in one chronological sequence. The personal correspondence is from family and friends, it also has his orders for books and plants. The professional correspondence includes applications for positions, letters to and from colleagues, orders for equipment and supplies and some correspondence concerning patients he was seeing at the request of other doctors.
The second series consists of material relating to Dr. Carey's personal interests, and includes extensive notes on bird watching. Other subjects covered are automobile accidents involving Dr. Carey or his cars, crime reports which also include court transcripts of questions relating to an armed robbery at Dr. Carey's office/home in New Orleans, a journal of his trip to Europe in 1962, information on cities and the homes in which he lived, and his military experiences during the Second World War. He was executor for the estate of artist Mark Martin and these papers include a small amount of Martin's correspondence, his bank statements with paid checks, and samples of his printing.
Professional activities are contained in the third series. Among the items are applications for appointments to hospital medical staffs, memberships in professional organizations, federal controlled substances certificates and state medical licenses, and information on schools for the handicapped and Dr. Carey's work with them. Also included are several books authored by Dr. Elizabeth Crosby which are inscribed to Joshua Carey.
Financial records, both personal and professional, comprise the fourth series. Included are bank statements and paid checks, check registers, loan information, insurance policies, expenses for trips taken, office accounts, and income and property tax forms.
The fifth and final series contains films of Dr. Elizabeth Crosby's neurological experiments on monkeys during the period 1955-1965.
Several types of items were removed from the collection. These include greeting cards without messages, circular letters and announcements of meetings, duplicate articles by Dr. Carey, and articles clipped from magazines--usually the National Geographic.
Also discarded were financial receipts for everyday expenses such as groceries, utilities, supplies, and gas, but receipts for professional/business trips were retained. Paid checks and bank statements were discarded only if the check register covering those checks was available. In all the collection was reduced by seven cubic feet.
I. Correspondence, 1934-1988 Box 1
II. Personal, 1934-1988 Box 1-2
III. Professional, 1941-1988 Box 2-3 & os.
IV. Financial, 1940-1988 Box 3-6 & os
V. Films, 1955-1965 Box 7.
Box Folder Description Items
Box 1 1. Correspondence, 1934-1948. 42 items.
2. Correspondence, 1952-1957. 69 items.
3. Correspondence, 1958-1959. 83 items.
4. Correspondence, 1960. 75 items.
5. Correspondence, 1961. 79 items.
6. Correspondence, 1962. 59 items.
7. Correspondence, 1963. 104 items.
8. Correspondence, 1964. 140 items.
9. Correspondence, 1965-1968. 39 items.
10. Correspondence, 1970-1979. 16 items.
11. Correspondence, 1980-1988. 39 items.
12. Accession book for books purchased, 1937-1939. 1 items.
13. Article: Microscope Collection of the Medical Museum Armed Forces Institute of .Pathology, n.d. 1 items.
14. Automobile accidents, 1983-1985. 4 items.
15. December 31, 1977. 16 items.
16. July 5, 1984. 16 items.
17. Automobile registrations, 1971-1987. 11 items.
18. Birds, 1967. 2 items.
19. Bird collecting permits, 1938-1964. 18 items.
20. Bird lists, n.d. 3 items.
21. Granite Creek, Priest Lake, Idaho, 1967-1968. 1 items.
22. Bird watching checklists: Birds of north central U.S. 1954,1957. 7 items.
23. Bird watching journal, 1933-1936. 1 items.
24. Moscow, Idaho, 1937-1938. 2 items.
25. 1939-1944. 1 items.
26. Rochester, Minnesota, March-April 1945. 47 items.
27. Camp Callan, California, May 1945. 15 items.
28-29. 1947-1948. 49 items.
30. Bird watching notes, Kelso Lake, Bonner Co, Idaho, 1948, 1961. 2 items.
31. Bird watching journal, 1948-1951. 44 items.
32. Bird watching notes, 1953-1961. 4 items.
33. Birds: Hummingbird prints, ca.1970. 2 items.
34. Pacific Northwest Bird & Mammal Society, 1948-1971. 4 items.
35. Pet book no.1, 1934. 1 items.
36. Skinning and preparation (booklets), 1949. 2 items.
37. Birds in other collections, n.d. 3 items.
38. Birds of Greenland, prospectus, 1949. 1 items.
39. Books: Alphabetical listing of Dr. Carey's books, ca.1945. 1 items.
40. Book lists, ca.1962. 3 items.
41. Book lists and receipts - Henry Rust's library, 1957-1962. 6 items.
42. Periodicals shipped from home, 1960-1961. 1 items.
43. Purchases, 1947-1964. 9 items.
44. Boston, New York, 1958-1975. 7 items.
45. Camping equipment and trip checklists, ca.1945. 2 items.
46. Ceramics class, Summer 1967. 1 items.
47. Clean lakes act, 1988. 7 items.
48. Clippings about J.H. Carey, ca.1963-1970. 3 items.
49. Crime file, 1975-1985. 15 items.
50. Armed robbery, April 1984. 3 items.
51. Special agent permit, 1981-1984. 27 items.
52. Curriculum vitae, ca.1956-1976. 14 items.
53. Custer massacre, n.d. 2 items.
54. Dancing certificates, 1962-1975. 6 items.
55. Dixie vintage auto club, 1968. 3 items.
56. European trip, journal, 1962. 1 items.
57. Garden plans, Hamburg, New York, 1958-1961. 30 items.
58. Hamburg, New York, sesquicentennial, 1962. 6 items.
59. Journal, 1946-1947. 1 items.
60-62. Martin, Mark: Papers, 1970-1985. 28 items.
63. Printing samples, n.d. 7 items.
Box 2 64. Medical, 1969-1984. 3 items.
65. Membership cards, licenses, etc, 1936-1988. 33 items.
66. Menus, 1970-1983. 7 items.
67. Military: Certificates, 1940-1947. 10 items.
68. Correspondence, 1940-1953. 30 items.
69. 6th Service Command, Carlisle Barracks, Pa., Mayo Clinic, November 1944-May .1945 10 items.
70. Camp Callan, California, May - July 1945. 11 items.
71. Camp Beale & Stoneman, California, July - August 1945. 5 items.
72. Philippines, September 1945 - January 1946. 9 items.
73. Korea, February - October 1946. 19 items.
74. Veterans Administration, 1947-1950. 13 items.
75. Miscellaneous, 1933-1986. 5 items.
76. New Orleans, 1984. 4 items.
77. New York to Alabama move, 1966. 5 items.
78. Photographs, ca.1900-1988. 40 items.
79. Rental property: 611 Desire, 1975-1991. 5 items.
80-81. 1018-20 St. Philip, 1975-1984. 37 items.
82. Residence: 1155 E. 56th St., Chicago, 1948-1952. 10 items.
83. 6 Melbourne Court, Buffalo, N.Y., 1957. 1 items.
84. 2206 Tal-Heim Dr., Birmingham, Alabama, 1966. 3 items.
85. 1218 Bourbon St., New Orleans, 1973-1977. 6 items.
86. Sigma Xi, 1955-1982. 3 items.
87. Theater and concert programs, 1949-1957. 8 items.
88. Tom Malone cabin affair, 1984. 6 items.
89. Travel brochures, 1942-1950. 15 items.
90. Trip to Priest Lake, March-April, 1986. 4 items.
91. Voter registration certificate, 1967. 1 items.
92. Weston, Jean Kendrick, 1983-1986. 21 items.
93. Wine: American Wine Society, 1968-1972. 18 items.
94. Meeting of American Wine Society, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1970. 7 items.
95. General, 1967-1983. 36 items.
96. American Board of Pediatrics, 1946-1947. 3 items.
97. Articles by Joshua H. Carey, 1955-1961. 3 items.
98. Class laboratory instructions: Anatomy, n.d. 7 items.
99. Neuroanatomy, 1953-1954. 17 items.
100. Class laboratory outline: Neuroanatomy, 1941. 3 items.
101-102. Class lecture notes: Anatomy, 1951-1955. 43 items.
103. EEG, 1951. 1 items.
104-107. Neuroanatomy, 1950-1952. 34 items.
108. Comparative neuroanatomy, 1953-1954. 17 items.
109. Pain, n.d. 1 items.
110. Comparative neuroanatomy roundtable, ca.1970. 1 items.
111. Crosby, Dr. Elizabeth, ca.1970. 3 items.
112. Eastern box turtle drawings - tuberculum, 1967. 2 items.
113. Government Printing Office orders, 1963-1964. 26 items.
114. Grant, National Institutes of Health, 1970-1973. 13 items.
115. Hamburg, New York: Office plan and audits, 1962-1969. 8 items.
116. Hospitals: Buffalo, New York, 1958-1961. 3 items.
117. Bonnabel, Metairie, Louisiana, 1982-1985. 10 items.
118. Chalmette General, Chalmette, Louisiana, 1977-1978. 2 items.
119. East Jefferson, Metairie, La., 1973-1984. 23 items.
120. Mercy, New Orleans, 1973-1985. 40 items.
121. Montelepre, New Orleans, 1977-1987. 12 items.
122. Slidell Memorial, Slidell, La., 1973-1985. items.
123. St. Claude General, New Orleans, 1976-1978. 16 items.
124. West Jefferson, Marrero, La., 1972-1980. 17 items.
125. Lectures and talks by Joshua Carey, ca.1958-1965. 7 items.
126. Louisiana State Medical Society, 1986. 2 items.
127. Macmillan Co., Galley proof for Joshua Carey's article in Comparative Correlative .Neuroanatomy of the Vertebrate Telencephalon, 1982 16 items.
128. Macmillan Co., Vertebrate Neuroanatomy, 1972. 5 items.
Box 3 129. Miscellaneous, 1957-1976. 5 items.
130. Monkey experiments, 1947-1960. 14 items.
131. Notes on neurophysiology, n.d. 1 items.
132. Newspaper clippings, ca.1954. 2 items.
133. Patient profiles: Children's Hospital, Buffalo, 1966. 12 items.
134-135. General, 1962-1977. 13 items.
136. Diane Daniels, 1982-1986. 16 items.
137. Mark, Matthew & Mitchell Daniels, 1982-1985. 25 items.
138. Photographs, 1955-1958. 5 items.
139. Professional licenses, 1960-1985. 34 items.
140. Professional memberships, 1950-1988. 25 items.
141. Retrolental fibroplasia (RLF), 1953-1979. 8 items.
142. Residency applications, 1947-1951. 10 items.
143. Schools: Children's class work, 1977-1978. 28 items.
144. Iroquois Central, 1962-1968. 28 items.
145. League for the Handicapped, 1962-1964. 3 items.
146. Milwaukee Vocational & Adult, 1960-1965. 8 items.
147. New York, 1965-1967. 6 items.
148. Reading project, 1962-1965. 12 items.
149. Schools for problem children, 1963-1966. 8 items.
150. State medical boards, 1944-1952. 25 items.
151. Stationery, prescription pads, etc., n.d. 26 items.
152. Taxoplasmosis, n.d. 17 items.
153. Therapy, n.d. 4 items.
154. University of Alabama: Fire in Dr. Carey's laboratory, 1968. 4 items.
155. University of Buffalo, 1953-1957. 8 items.
156. University of Chicago, 1947-1956. 12 items.
157. University of Michigan, 1951. 4 items.
158. Workshop: Clinical EEG course, 1972. 15 items.
159. Geriatric drug use, 1984. 2 items.
o.s. 160. Appointment book, 1976. 1 items.
161. Crosby, Elizabeth Caroline, et al. Correlative neurosurgery. Springfield, Ill., Charles .C. Thomas, 1955 1 items.
162. Crosby, Elizabeth C., et al. Correlative anatomy of the nervous system. New York, .Macmillan, 1962 1 items.
163. Crosby, Elizabeth C. Comparative correlative neuroanatomy of the vertebrate .telencephalon. New York, Macmillan, 1982 1 items.
164. Original illustrations for chapter three of the above book, 1982. 14 items.
IV. Financial, 1940-1988
Box 3 165-166. Check registers, Marine Trust Co., Hamburg N.Y., June .1961-December 1967 7 items.
167-168. Check stubs: Central Bank & Trust Co., Birmingham, Ala., October 1968-August .1971 3 items.
169. International City Bank & Trust, New Orleans, January 1975-March 1976. 1 items.
170. Check register, Whitney National Bank, New Orleans: Personal account, July 1976-.December 1979 2 items.
171-172. Office account, July 1977-December 1982. 3 items.
173. Bank statements and paid checks: Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co., Buffalo, .N.Y., 1957-1965 3 items.
174. Idaho First National Bank, Priest River, 1965. 7 items.
175. Idaho First National Bank, Priest River, 1986-1988. 29 items.
176-178. Hibernia National Bank, New Orleans, Real estate account, 1980-1982. 36 items.
179-181. Whitney National Bank, New Orleans, Personal account, 1974-1977; 1981; .1986-1988 50 items.
Box 4 182-185. Whitney National Bank, New Orleans, Office account, .1982; 1986; 1988 33 items.
186. Whitney National Bank, New Orleans, Real estate account, 1982. 13 items.
187. Banks, Correspondence: Seafirst Bank, Chewela, WA, 1988. 1 items.
188. Whitney National Bank, 1986-1988. 6 items.
189. Banks, Safety deposit box, Ann Arbor Bank, 1959-1963. 3 items.
190. Banks, Savings account: First National Bank of Commerce, New Orleans, 1976. 1 items.
191. Idaho First National Bank, Priest River, 1975-1986. 5 items.
192. University Hospital Employees Credit Union, Buffalo, N.Y., 1958-1965. 3 items.
193. Collection agency, New Orleans, 1983. 3 items.
194. Credit card applications, 1984-1985. 8 items.
195. Expenses: Book on comparative anatomy of the brains of vertebrate - Dr. Crosby, .1975-1976 16 items.
196. Computer tomography course, 1977. 11 items.
197. European trip, 1962. 16 items.
198. Lodging in Great Britain, 1959. 17 items.
199-200. Professional travel, 1961-1966; 1978. 178 items.
201. Trip to Buffalo, October-November 1971. 7 items.
202. Trip to Long Island, 1978. 1 items.
203-204. Trips to New Orleans from Priest Lake, 1986. 177 items.
205. Trip to New Orleans from Priest Lake, 1988. 1 items.
206. Trip to Priest Lake at the time of father's death, October 1968. 9 items.
207. Trip to Spokane, October 1971. 2 items.
208. Income: TIAA-CREF, 1984-1988. 26 items.
209. Other, 1987. 2 items.
210. Insurance: Automobile, 1956-1988. 40 items.
211. Flood, 1981-1984. 3 items.
212. Health & Accident, 1961-1988. 17 items.
213. Homeowners, 1958-1988. 28 items.
214. Life (National Service Life Insurance Co.), 1943-1976. 68 items.
215. Life (New York Life), 1940-1981. 10 items.
216. Professional liability, Workmens Comp., 1957-1982. 5 items.
217. Legal, 1981-1985. 2 items.
218. Loans: Ann Arbor Bank, 1953-1956. 6 items.
219. Central Bank and Trust, Birmingham, Ala. 1967. 7 items.
220. Greater New Orleans Homestead Association, 1976-1985. 72 items.
221. Hudson State Savings Bank, Hudson, MI, 1953-1956. 2 items.
222. Idaho First National Bank, Coeur d'Alene, 1950-1952. 16 items.
223. Marine Trust Co., Hamburg, N.Y., 1962-1967. 12 items.
224. Promissory notes, Drs. Crosby and Humphrey, Stanly Easton, et al., 1940-1972. 6 items.
225. Security Homestead Association, New Orleans, 1972-1988. 54 items.
226. University of Chicago, 1942-1954. 33 items.
227. Pediatrics Anonymous Fund, 1951-1967. 17 items.
228. Whitney National Bank of New Orleans, 1972-1988. 36 items.
229. Medical, 1977-1988. 25 items.
230. New York State Department of Labor, 1966. 3 items.
231-233. Office Accounts: Daily log sheets, 1956-1963. 3 items.
234. Expense ledger, 1962-1966. 1 items.
o.s. 235. Accounts payable, Hamburg, N.Y. office, 1961-1966. 1 items.
Box 4 236. Office ledger, 1974-1977. 1 items.
237. Bookkeeping resume, 1976. 10 items.
238. Accounts receivable, 1981-1982. 4 items.
239-242. Office bills paid, 1981. 102 items.
243. Property: Priest Lake, 1963-1964. 29 items.
244. Priest Lake, work on cabin, 1986-1988. 26 items.
245. Purchase and sale of North Boston house, 1957-1966. 47 items.
246. Sale of 1216-1218 Bourbon St., 1985-1990. 12 items.
Box 5 247. Rentals, 1979-1988. 9 items.
248. Rent receipts, 1977-1985. 1 items.
249. Social Security, 1942-1965. 5 items.
250. Taxes: Employers Quarterly Federal Tax Return (form 941), 1980-1982. 31 items.
251-252. Income, 1958-1968. 13 items.
253-256. Income, 1969-1973. 16 items.
257-258. Income, 1974-1976. 25 items.
Box 6 259-264. Income, 1977-1986. 64 items.
265. Property, Bonner County, Idaho, 1963-1987. 12 items.
266. Property and school, Hamburg & Boston, N.Y., 1959-1965. 14 items.
267. Property, New Orleans, 1981-1988. 8 items.
268. Unemployment, 1980-1983. 25 items.
269. Volkswagen, 1963. 2 items.
Box 7 270-298. Dr. Elizabeth Crosby's 16 mm movie films documenting .experiments on monkeys, 1955-1965 29 items.
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