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{"value"=>"1855-1929", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1855/1929"}
{"value"=>"1887-1920", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1887/1920"}
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1855
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1929
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1855
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1855
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1929
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{"value"=>"Gustav Scholer papers"}
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
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{"value"=>"Gustav Scholer (1851-1928) was a German-American physician who served as coroner of New York City. He worked for various hospitals, held public health positions, served as a contract surgeon in the U.S. Army in World War I, was examining surgeon for the U.S. Bureau of Pensions, and was active in German-American and civic organizations. Collection consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, medical records, writings, photographs, and printed matter documenting Scholer's work as a physician and his participation in German-American societies. Correspondence includes letters written to and by Scholer in his capacity as coroner and as manager of Manhattan State Hospital (Manhattan Psychiatric Center on Ward's Island); others relate to his organizational activities and his efforts to aid Germans and Austrians during World War I. Medical records are from the New York Coroner's Office, Manhattan State Hospital, and U.S. Bureau of Pensions. Other medical records and papers contain birth and death certificates, Scholer's teaching notes and prescription records. His membership papers include correspondence and materials pertaining to New York Turn Verein, Arion Society and other organizations. Also, writings of Scholer and Dr. Joseph B. Mauch; photographs of disasters, such as the General Slocum Steamship disaster, that Scholer attended as coroner; and printed ephemera."}
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{"value"=>"Materials in German and English with a few documents in Eastern European languages"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Gustav Scholer papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
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{"value"=>"Scholer, Gustav, 1851-1928", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Gustav Scholer (1851-1928) was a German-American physician who served as coroner of the City of New York. He was born in Germany, the son of Jacob Scholer, June 25, 1851. Jacob, who had been imprisoned for his revolutionary activities in 1848 and 1849, immigrated to the United States in 1853, attaining U. S. citizenship in 1860. Gustav, however, was not allowed to accompany him, as he suffered in 1853 from measles. He remained, instead, in Baden, until 1865, when he then immigrated to the United States. He was naturalized in 1872, when he turned 21 years of age.</p> <p>Soon after his arrival in America, Gustav began work at his father's printing shop at 8 Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side of New York. He attended the Wilson and Kellogg Mathematical and Classical School and became a master of physical culture at the New York Turn Verein, a German-American organization with which he maintained a lifelong association. He may also have worked for a period in the millinery business. Eventually, he attended Columbia College and the Medical College of New York University, from which he graduated in 1885.</p> <p>Sometime after receiving his medical degree, he began a private practice, which he operated out of his home, first at 311 West 48th Street and after 1906 at 10 Jumel Terrace. He also worked for various hospitals and held public health positions. From 1887 to 1901, he was an examining surgeon for the U. S. Bureau of Pensions. He was appointed a deputy coroner in 1886 and in 1902 was chosen coroner, a post he held until 1905. As coroner, he supervised the temporary morgue that accommodated the more than 1,000 victims of the General Slocum Steamboat Disaster in June 1904.</p> <p>Scholer was also the director of the Washington Heights Hospital and served as an ambulance surgeon for that institution as well as for Bellevue Hospital. He specialized in the treatment of nervous diseases and insanity and served as a member of the Board of Managers of Manhattan State Hospital (now Manhattan Psychiatric Center), Ward's Island, from 1908 until his death. He was secretary of the Board of Managers for the last 17 years of his service. He traveled extensively in Europe and the United States, visiting institutions for the insane.</p> <p>He was active in many German-American and civic organizations. Some of these were: the New York Turn Verein; the Arion Society of New York, of which he was president; the Verein der Deutschen Patrioten von 1848-1849; the Carl Schurz Monument Unveiling. Committee, of which he was chairman; the German Republican County Committee, of which he was president; the West-Side Taxpayers' Association; and the National Liberal Immigration League. He also participated in relief efforts on behalf of German and Austrian civilians at the beginning of World War I, although he served as a contract surgeon in the U. S. Army once the United States entered the war.</p> <p>Because of the anti-German sentiment engendered by the war and his own advanced age and ill health, Scholer was less influential in New York City affairs in the 1920s. He remained, however, revered in the German-American community. He died at his Jumel Terrace home at the age of 77, December 1, 1928.</p> <p>SOURCES: The collection; <em render=\"italic\">New Yorker Staats-Zeitung</em> (December 2, 1928); <em render=\"italic\">New Yorker Herald</em> (December 3 and 4, 1928<em render=\"italic\">); Trow's New York City Directory</em> (1879)</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The papers of Gustav Scholer span the years 1855 to 1929, with gaps, the bulk being from 1887 to 1920. They consist of handwritten, typewritten, and printed documents, including correspondence, minutes, reports, certificates, medical records, notebooks, leaflets, newspaper clippings, writings, photographs, and artifacts. Most of the papers are Gustav's professional and social papers, which document his work as a physician and his participation in German-American societies. There are also a very few of Jacob Scholer's papers, which are among the earliest documents in the collection, and organizational records of the Verein der Deutschen Patrioten von 1848-1849. Much of the collection is in German, some of it in German script. The rest is mainly in English. There are a few odd documents in Eastern European languages.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Gustav Scholer papers are arranged in fourteen series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2695#c1068570'>Series I. Letters</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>These are letters received by Scholer and some replies, arranged chronologically. Many are written to and by Scholer in his capacity as coroner and as a manager of Manhattan State Hospital. Others relate to his organizational activities, in particular, the Carl Schurz Monument Unveiling Committee, the National Liberal Immigration League, and efforts to aid Germans and Austrians during World War I. A signed typed letter from William McKinley dated July 17, 1896, prior to his election to the presidency, thanks Scholer for the support of the German Republican County Committee. There is one lengthy letter in German script that postdates Gustav's death.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2695#c1068573'>Series II. Coroner Records</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>These are records kept by Scholer while he served as deputy coroner and coroner of the City of New York. There are autopsy reports, clippings, letters, and unclaimed effects of diseased individuals.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2695#c1068576'>Series III. Manhattan State Hospital Records</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2695#c1068581'>Series IV. U. S. Bureau of Pensions Records</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>These are manuscript books of statistics on U. S. servicemen compiled by Scholer from physical examinations. They include the serviceman's name, company, regiment, residence, pension status, vital information, and comments. There is a name guide to some of the books.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2695#c1068582'>Series V. Vital Records</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>These stub booklets are Scholer's records of certificates issued as attending physician.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2695#c1068585'>Series VI. Other Medical Records & Papers</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2695#c1068589'>Series VII. New York Turn Verein Papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>These include Scholer's correspondence and papers as a member of the organization. There are also pages of a scrapbook regarding Franz Sigel and the founding and history of the Turn Verein. The latter includes a draft charter, letters, clippings, and photographs.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2695#c1068590'>Series VIII. Societies & Clubs, 1870-1918, and Jacob Scholer's Papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>These are papers related to Gustav's membership in various organizations. Included are papers pertaining to the Erste Cameval Sitzung of the Arion Society in 1914. Jacob s few papers relate mainly to German- American societies.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2695#c1068591'>Series IX. Verein der Deutschen Patrioten von 1848-1849</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2695#c1068597'>Series X. Writings & Transcripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2695#c1068602'>Series XI. Photographs</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>There are photographs of disasters Scholer attended as coroner, including the General Slocum Steamship Disaster, as well as ones of the Washington Heights Ambulance Service, New York Turn Verein members, nurses at Staten Island, Manhattan State Hospital, Scholer at the morgue, and Franz Sigel's birthplace in Germany.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2695#c1068603'>Series XII. Printed Matter</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This includes handbills, concert programs, public health literature, newspaper clippings, and other printed ephemera.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2695#c1068604'>Series XIII. Photographs</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2695#c1068605'>Closed Papers removed from series I, III, and VI</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Twelve series: I. Letters, 1870-1929; II. Coroner Records, 1886-1905; III. Manhattan State Hospital Records, 1908-1923; IV. U.S. Bureau of Pensions Records, 1887-1901; V. Vital Records, 1890-1923; VI. Other Medical Records & Papers, ca. 1883, 1920-1928; VII. New York Turn Verein Papers, 1855-1924; VIII. Societies & Clubs, 1870-1918, and Jacob Scholer's Papers, 1858, 1860; IX. Verein der Deutschen Patrioten von 1848-1849, 1882-1914; X. Writings & Transcripts, 1886, 1910; XI. Photographs, ca. 1904-1916; XII. Printed Matter</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
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{"value"=>"<p>December 1929; 1935, Received from Emma Scholer (Mrs. Gustav Scholer) via Richard Helbig</p>"}
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Accessioned by CF, March 28, 1989</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Patient records/correspondence less than 75 years old are closed.</p>"}
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3 linear feet (8 boxes, 1 package)
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1887
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1920