William L. Sutton and A. L. Fisher papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- William L. Sutton and A. L. Fisher papers
- Date
- 1810-1967 (inclusive)
- Creator
- Sutton, William L., Dr.
- Extent
- 1.81 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Families -- Photographs.
- Medicine -- Kentucky.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by subject.
- Preferred Citation
- 2010ms064: [identification of item], William L. Sutton and A. L. Fisher papers, 1810-1967, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Dr. William Loftus Sutton was born May 21, 1797, and received his medical education at Transylvania University and the Maryland Medical College. In 1833, after living in Catlettsburg and Morganfield, Kentucky, he returned to his native Scott County where he practiced medicine for the remainder of his life. In 1851, William L. Sutton and a number of his colleagues founded the State Medical Society (now the Kentucky Medical Association). Sutton served as the first president and as chairman of the committee on epidemics. He married three times. He and his first wife, Mary Belle Catlett, had four children; George Catlett, John, and William (all of whom became physicians) and Mary Belle. He and his second wife, Nancy Cooper, had a son William Henry. Sutton and his third wife, Ann Tibbs Webb, had three children; Annie Temperance, Caroline, and Henry Craig. Sutton died July 20, 1862, in Georgetown, Kentucky; he and is buried in Georgetown Cemetery.
- Scope and Content
- The William L. Sutton and A. L. Fisher papers (dated 1810-1967; 1.81 cubic feet; 8 boxes) contain the personal and professional documents of Dr. William L. Sutton; documents and photographs of the Sutton family; and documents and photographs concerning the Tarlton, Swetnam, Hulett, Thomasson, Belles, Yates, and Crenshaw/Moffett families. Also included are notes by A.L. Fisher, letters, a report card from the Scott Female Institute, funeral notices and other cards, and several unidentified photographs of various formats and other documents.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
General, 1824-1967
General, 1870-1967
- Box 3, folder 10
Scope and Contents
Bill/receipt from June 2, 1870 for a "Serpt table" and a July 7, 1967 bulletin from Decatur Presbyterian.
Belles family
Bellewood Seminary
Bookplate and letter; University of Maryland, Library of the School of Medicine, 1942 July 21
Crenshaw/Moffett family genealogy
Deed between John W. Thomas of Fayette County Kentucky and W.O. Crenshaw of Georgetown, Kentucky, 1866 October 30
Fisher, Mrs. A.L.; Notes on W.L Sutton
Miss Martha C. Lightburn funeral notice, Scott County, Kentucky, 1855 August 27
Charles T. Muir funeral notice, Donerail, Fayette County, Kentucky, 1884 April 23
Invitation to Mrs. Ann Webb from Mr. Edward Beales, 1835 July 11
Letters; to Mrs. A.L. Fisher, 1939-1957
Letters; to Goldsborough's, 1939-1966
Letter; to Sara L. Davis from sister Millecent Coghill, 1833 January 30
Letter; to Sarah Ellett, 1873 July 1
- Box 2, folder 10
Scope and Contents
Letter written by Nancy Ellett, wife of Richard Braddock Gilmam, to Sarah Ellett, wife of Nathnaiel Hardin Davis.
Medicines and Methods manuscript; by A.L. Fisher
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Buck, U.S. Legation, Lima, Peru, New Years card, 1889
Notes; "History of Randolph & Macon Counties"
"Ode to my Bonnie Mary", 1886 January 1
Report card; Scott Female Institute (blank), 1860s
Resolution; 1824 presidential election to appoint delegates "to meet from other sections at Frankfort on the 17th December to form electoral tickets for the state", 1824
Swetnam family correspondence and history, 1940-1967
Thomasson family, 1905-1925
Webb,T.; certificate from the Confederate Veteran Association, 1891 August 1
Yates family; Grapevine, Texas
Photographs, 1887-1957
General, 1876-1905, undated
Brock, Charlie; cased ambrotype, undated
Brown, Katherine, 1876 November 28
- Box 5, folder 5, item 1
Scope and Contents
"Katherine Amanda Brown. Dau. of Rev. Miles Brown. Married Henry Craig Sutton November 28, 1876. Reside in Joplin, MO."
Buck, Charlie and Mamie, 1887
- Box 5, folder 5, item 10
Scope and Contents
"Son and daughter of Charles William and Elizabeth Bullett Buck." "For Carrie from Mamie with much love 1887."
Chambers, Mrs. Harvey cabinet card, gaslight DOP, undated
- Box 5, folder 2, item 6
Scope and Contents
Caption on verso; "Mother of Stella Chambers. Chambers Ave. Georgetown was named for this family."
Chambers, Stella, undated
Cumberland Falls; near Corbin, Kentucky, undated
Fleming, Isabel, undated
- Box 5, folder 5, item 11
Scope and Contents
"A schoolmate and friend. An unusually bright girl. Her parents were Scotch Presbyterians. Her father was at head of the Cordage Factory when it was in Georgetown."
Goldsbrough, Bruce M.; Store in LaGrange, Kentucky, 1905
Goldsborough, Bruce and Martin; with the Lamar brothers, 1900
Goldsborough, Willie T. Lagrange and Louisville, Kentucky, albumen cabinet card, undated
Hanks, Nancy; Grave stereo-view silver print, undated
Head, Susie Duncan albumen cabinet card, undated
- Box 5, folder 2, item 1
Scope and Contents
Caption on verso; "Wife of Woodford Head, Oldham Co. They were the parents of Alex, Margaret, Minnie and Susie Head".
Hobson, Dr. Bowling, undated
Hobson, Mrs. Florence Kemp, undated
- Box 5, folder 5, item 5
Scope and Contents
"Wife of Dr. Bowling Hobson, dentist. Later minister serving churches in VA."
Hobson, Dr. and Mrs. Bowling, undated
Jesus and Mary in the Garden; Webb City, Missouri, undated
Johnson, T.; Gravestone, undated
Lake in park at St. Louis, Missouri, undated
Lewis, John A. M.D.; (from a magazine), undated
Lord's Supper Scene, The; Webb City, Missouri, undated
Man 'o War; with attendant, undated
Offutt, Kate cabinet card silver print, undated
Presbyterian Church; Georgetown, Kentucky, undated
Pres[3 letters illegible], Dr. Lubbin half cased daguerreotype, undated
Young, Bennett carte-de-visites, Toronto, undated
- Box 5, folder 3, item 1
Scope and Contents
Caption on verso; "Yours truly, Bennett H. Young, 8th KY Cavalry, Morgan's Div. U.S.A."
Sander, Margo albumen cabinet card, undated
Tanner, Mary Davis cabinet card, undated
- Box 5, folder 3, item 5
Scope and Contents
Caption on verso; "Mary David Tanner, 1889-1962, Eminence, KY."
Thomasson, Laura Helen, undated
- Box 5, folder 6, item 9
Scope and Contents
"b. 1834 d. 1898 m. James Richard Goldsborough mother of Brice Martin Goldsborough."
Thomasson, W.P., undated
- Box 5, folder 10
Scope and Contents
Image is a photograph of the original. Includes negatives.
Webb, W.R., undated
Williams, Lizzle, Louisville, Kentucky, albumen cabinet card, undated
Stereoscope cards, 1921-1935, undated
General, undated
Scope and Contents
One stereoview from the Metropolitan Series collection, two stereoviews by J.T. Jarvis' Stereoscopic Views collection, two stereoviews by The London Stereoscopic Company, thirteen mounted stereoviews from an unidentified collection, and seven stereoviews not mounted also from an unidentified collection. Images include landscapes and interior/exterior views of buildings.
J.T. Jarvis' Stereoscopic Views collection; "East Room in President's Mansion", undated
J.T.Jarvis' Stereoscopic Views collection; "Red Room in President's Mansion", undated
London Stereoscopic Company collection; "Paddington Railway Station", undated
London Stereoscopic Company collection; "Sunnyside, The Residence of Washington Irving", undated
Metroploitan Series collection; "Schliersea Highlands, Bavaria", undated
Unidentified collection, 1921-1935
"A dam site on the Elk River, which furnishes Noel, MO with its electric lights", 1921
"A pretty road near Caverna, Ark.", undated
"A tobacco field, on the Goldsborough farm, Scott Co., KY about 1935", circa 1935
"Budlong's Mill, Jasper Co., MO", undated
"Clifty Falls, Ind. No.35", undated
"Eleven Point Float", 1923 September
- Box 5, folder 9, item 15
Scope and Contents
"Shows the Club House where we camped at the end of a rainy day on the Eleven Point River. We liked the place so well we spent two nights and one day there. September, 1923."
"Henry Clay's Monument in the Lexington, KY cemetery. No. 14", undated
"Junction of the Dix and Kentucky Rivers near the Kentucky Utilities Co. Hydro Electric Plant. No. 7", undated
"McClellan Park, Jasper Co., MO", undated
"Monument of Daniel Boone, in the Frankfort, KY cemetery. No. 23", undated
"Ohio River Bridge near Madison, Ind. No. 34", undated
"Our Breakfast Room", 1921 September 30
- Box 5, folder 9, item 14
Scope and Contents
"This is a little corner in our pantry and is a very convenient and necessary part of our house. This morning we are having Post-Toasties with cream, coffee and toast. Will you join us? f/16--10 minutes; electric light; 9:00 pm Sep. 30th, 1921"
"River Scene on North Fork", 1921 September 9
- Box 5, folder 9, item 16
Scope and Contents
"Shows a little of the river at Ball's Cabin. B.F. Ball in the foreground. Sep.9th 1921. f-16--3 sec. P-filter, br sun 3:30 pm."
"RR Station and tunnel on the Southern Ky Co., near Kentucky Natural Bridge. No. 20", undated
"Shoal Creek", undated
- Box 5, folder 9, item 20
Scope and Contents
"From the Bluff in McClelland Park, south of Joplin. Aug 18th 1926 f-22 4" 50/1 filter."
"Source of the Roaring River Spring", undated
- Box 5, folder 9, item 17
Scope and Contents
"Flows 18,000,000 gals. water each 24 hours. Nine miles south of Cassville, Missouri."
"Start of our White River Float, Eureka Springs, Seligman Road", undated
Unidentified landscape; 281, undated
Unidentified landscape; 284, undated
World Series collection, undated
- Box 5, folder 8
Scope and Contents
Thrity-seven stereoviews from the World Series collection. Of these thirty-seven; seven stereoviews of scenes with people, ten stereoviews of scenes from around the United States, and twenty stereoviews of scenes from various countries including Germany, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and France.
Hulett family, 1921-1940
"Fun with the Ducklings. Henry Sutton Hulett. Near Noel, Missouri", undated
Hulett children and friends, undated
- Box 5, folder 4, item 10
Scope and Contents
"Alfred and Harry Hulett [with] Velma and Glenn Johnston at Hulett home, Webb City, Missouri."
Hulett family stereo-card silver print, 1921 September 17
- Box 5, folder 4, item 2
Scope and Contents
"Carrie, Alfred, and Harry B. Hulett. In the front yard. Webb City, MO. September 17, 1921. f--7.7, 1/25; shadow, 5:00 pm."
Hulett family, undated
- Box 5, folder 4, item 3
Scope and Contents
"Picture made by Harry Hulett, Webb City, MO. Person at left unknown. Second from left: Alfred Hulett, adopted son of Harry and Carrie Hulett. Next from left: Henry Sutton Hulett, Harry and Carrie Hulett. At right: Harry Hulett."
Hulett, Harry B. silver print stereo-card, undated
- Box 5, folder 4, item 1
Scope and Contents
"A birth-day picture of HBH. Harry B. Hulett, Webb City, MO""
Hulett family; Christmas card, undated
Hulett home, 1934 December 25
- Box 5, folder 4, item 7
Scope and Contents
"Home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Hulett. 510 S. Madison St., Webb City, MO. December 25th, 1934"
Hulett home; Christmas decorations, 1934 December 25
- Box 5, folder 4, item 6
Scope and Contents
"Christmas Decorations at the Hulett Home, Dec. 25th, 1934. Webb City, Missouri."
Hulett home; Interior, undated
- Box 5, folder 4, item 8
Scope and Contents
"Interior Hulett's home. Alfred and Harry. Webb City, MO."
Hulett home, Interior, undated
- Box 5, folder 4, item 9
Scope and Contents
"Alfred Hulett, adopted son of Harry and Carrie (Sutton) Hulett and Harry Sutton Hulett (their own son)."
Hulett home; Webb City, Missouri, undated
- Box 5, folder 4, item 4
Scope and Contents
Harry and Carrie Sutton Hulett home, Webb City, Missouri.
Photograph postcard, 1940 April 2
- Box 5, folder 4, item 11
Scope and Contents
Addressed to "Mrs. Carrie Goldsborough, Georgetown, KY." Note states "The principle reason why our Easter Sunrise Service was NOT given. Lots of disappointed folks. HBH, Webb City, MO."
Sutton family, 1933, undated
Sutton, Annie, undated
- Box 5, folder 5, item 8
Scope and Contents
"Daughter of Henry and Kate Sutton, Joplin, Missouri."
Sutton, Miss Carrie stereoview silver print, undated
- Box 5, folder 3, item 7
Scope and Contents
Caption on verso; "Georgetown, Kentucky a daughter of W.L. Sutton, seated in the writing chair designed and used by Dr. Sutton."
Sutton, Ellen Lamb, undated
- Box 5, folder 5, item 3
Scope and Contents
"Ellen Lamb Sutton wife of Dr. John Sutton, Midway, KY."
Sutton, Mrs.; Charcoal drawing, undated
Sutton, Mrs. H.C. silver print, snapshot, 1933 March 1
- Box 5, folder 3, item 4
Scope and Contents
Caption on verso; "Mrs. H.C. Sutton, 510 S. Madison St. Webb City, MO. This is Grandmother's 80th birthday, March 1, 1933."
Sutton, John; Charcoal drawing, undated
Sutton, Dr. John, undated
- Box 5, folder 5, item 2
Scope and Contents
"John Sutton, M.D. b. Sept. 10, 1825, d. Sept. 21, 1895. Practiced in Midway, KY. Married Mrs. Ellen (Lamb) Richmond an English woman."
Sutton, Mrs. Kate silver print, snapshot, undated
- Box 5, folder 3, item 3
Scope and Contents
Caption on verso; "Holding Carolyn Ann Ball , Webb City, MO."
Sutton, William Loftus; monument in Georgetown, Kentucky, undated
Tarlton family, 1957, undated
St. Francis Mission Cemetery, headstones of Jeremiah and Eleanor Tarlton, 1957 August
Tarlton, Sallie; R.N. cabinet card silver print., undated
Ware, Ras albumen cabinet card, undated
- Box 5, folder 2, item 7
Scope and Contents
Caption on verso; "Son of Ras Ware and Mary (Tarlton) Ware."
Unidentified photographs, undated
Floral decorations, undated
Four unidentified children, undated
Three unidentified men, undated
Two unidentified Japanese women, undated
Unidentified child, undated
Unidentified child, undated
Unidentified child, undated
Unidentified child, undated
Unidentified man, half cased daguerreotype, undated
Unidentified man, undated
Unidentified man, undated
Unidentified man, undated
Unidentified young man, undated
Unidentified woman half cased ambrotype, undated
Unidentified woman cased daguerreotype, undated
Unidentified woman, undated
Unidentified woman, undated
Unidentified woman, undated
Unidentified woman, undated
Unidentified woman, undated
Unidentified woman, undated
Publications, 1844-1967
Advertisement; "New Colt Breech Loaders"
Grove Park Inn, Ashville, North Carolina and Biltmore Industries booklet, 1919
"The History of Garrard County Memorial Hospital" booklet, 1950
Colonel Bennett H. Young, lecture and The Confederate Quartet of Louisville in Layson Hall, Louisville, Kentucky broadside, 1892 October 21
The Chronicle of the Aaron Burr Association, 1953-1967
Manuscript; "Father of the Kentucky State Medical Association" (carbon typescript)
Newsletter; The Great Awakening (6) issues, 1893 October 11-19
Newspaper clipping; John Milton Hay
The Last Supper, Our Savior and His Apostles pamphlet, printed by Portland: Thurston, Ilsley and Company, 1844
Testimonial dinner program; for J.H. Wallace, 1951
Sutton family papers, 1810-1900
Case Histories; W.L. Sutton (typescript transcriptions), 1838
Family record; Copy
Funeral notices, 1842-1893
- Box 1, folder 7
Scope and Contents
Three funeral notices: Nancy Sutton, Dr. William L. Sutton's wife in 1842, Dr. William L. Sutton in 1862, and Guy Brown Sutton in 1893.
Letter/announcement; William L. Sutton, superintendent, Presbyterian Sabbath School, Georgetown, Kentucky
- Box 1, folder 4
Scope and Contents
Letter/announcement written by superindendent W.L. Sutton titled "To Parents Whose Children attend the Sabbath School" of Presbyterian Sabbath School in Georgetown, Kentucky.
Letters; to Annie L. Sutton, 1867
Letter; to Ellen Sutton from husband John Sutton M.D., 1857
Letter; to Mary Sanders Sutton from her sister Theria Coghill, 1810 October 26
Letter; to Mr. John Sutton (father of W.L. Sutton) from David Rannalls, 1813 April 11
Letters; to John Sutton M.D. of Paris, Kentucky from his father, William L. Sutton, M.D. of Georgetown, Kentucky, 1848-1849
Letter; to Provost Marshall from John Sutton, 1862 August 15
- Box 1, folder 14
Scope and Contents
Letter of assessment for "damage done by Morgan’s guerrillas" to J.W. Combs, Provost Marshall, Woodford, County.
Letters; William L. Sutton, 1814-1817
Letters; William L. Sutton, 1845-1858
Manuscript; Notes on Midwifery and Diseases of Women By W.L. Sutton Student of Medicine in the Transylvania University Lexington, Kentucky December 12, 1817 (typescript handwritten transcripts), 1817 December 12
Manuscript; Report on the Medical Topography and Epidemic Diseases of Kentucky (typescript) by W.L. Sutton
Manuscript; on W.L. Sutton written by "D.P.Y."
Marriage license; John Sutton and Ellen Richmond., 1851 August 18
Tongue depressor and Kentucky State Medical Society commemorative button; W.L. Sutton, Georgetown, Kentucky, 1900 May
Receipts, 1833
Record book on case histories; W.L. Sutton, Georgetown, Kentucky, 1838-1847
Sutton, John; Advertising card and leather case, 1852 April
- Box 1, folder 16
Scope and Contents
Advertising card; Dr. John Sutton professional services located at Taylor’s Cross Roads. Also included, a leather case monogrammed "JNO. Sutton, M.D. Midway, KY".
Sutton, Dr. William L.; Account book, 1818-1820
Sutton, Dr. William L.; Account book, 1849-1854
Will; John Sutton, 1895 July 29
Will; William L. Sutton, 1850 July 4
Tarlton family papers, 1836-1878
General, 1826-1946
- Box 3, folder 4
Scope and Contents
Contains notes regarding sale of slaves, bill of sale for slaves, deed of land purchases, receipt for a child coffin box, family correspondence, general receipts and store accounts, reports of commissioners, receipt for Caleb Tarlton grave stone, deed of January 4, 1878 for sale of land from special commission of the Fayette Church to Caleb Tarlton, and correspondence regarding Tarlton family history.
General, undated
- Box 3, folder 6
Scope and Contents
Contains funeral notice of Mrs. C.B. Tarlton, will of J. Caleb Tarlton, land indenture, records of estate sale, and advertisement for executor's sale of Caleb Tarleton property.
Bank materials, 1842-1878
- Box 3, folder 7
Scope and Contents
Cancelled checks and account books belonging to Caleb Tarlton, W.H. Tarlton, and J.C. Tarlton.
Letter; to William Tarlton, 1841 March 4
Notes; on Tarlton family history
Papers; of Caleb Tarlton, 1871, undated
- Box 3, folder 2
Scope and Contents
Includes income tax forms from 1871, tax receipts, and letters.
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