Drs. C. L. and Pauline Stocks papers

Creator: Stocks, Chester L., 1867-1934

Date: 1902-1943 (bulk 1925-1943)

Level of Description: Coll./Record Group

Material Type: Manuscripts

Call Number: Manuscripts Collection 118

Unit ID: 40118

Restrictions: Access partially restricted: Records with information on individuals' medical conditions may be restricted.

Biographical sketch: Father and daughter physicians; of Bushong, Kan.

Abstract: Correspondence, medical & financial records, and prescription slips. There is a relatively small amount of C. L. Stocks’ correspondence, 1916-1932. Pauline Stocks’ letters are more numerous. Medical records include patient records and prescription slips. Financial records include sections on investments, taxes, and accounts receivable. Printed material includes drug catalogs, 1926-1933, and medical pamphlets, 1920-1940.

Space Required/Quantity: 3 ft. (8 boxes)

Title (Main title): Drs. C. L. and Pauline Stocks papers

Titles (Other):

C. L. and Pauline Stocks papers
Pauline Stocks papers
Drs. C. L. & Pauline Stocks collection
Chester L. Stocks and Pauline V. Stocks papers
Doctors C. L. and Pauline Stocks papers
Drs. C. L. and Pauline V. Stocks papers
Papers of Drs. C. L. and Pauline V. Stocks

Biography

Biog. Sketch (Full): Chester L. Stocks was born in Nashua, Iowa, on December 8, 1867, the son of George W. and Celia I. Wells Stocks. His father was a native of Pennsylvania who had been severely wounded in the Civil War. His mother was originally from New York. Chester was the second of four sons. C. L. Stocks received a high school education in Nashua and became a registered pharmacist for Nashua and nearby Denison, Iowa. In 1896, he graduated from the University Medical College in Kansas City, Missouri, and settled in Bushong, Kansas. On March 22, 1897, he married Lena M. Wieland, a German immigrant from Denison, Iowa.

In 1896, Dr. C. L. Stocks began his long career as a doctor in Bushong and such surrounding communities as Allen and Americus. He also owned a drug store for many years, was vice president of the Bushong State Bank, and was postmaster of the town from 1900 to 1910. He died in Emporia on August 3, 1934, and his wife died in 1937. Their daughter Pauline practiced medicine, also.

Biog. Sketch (Full): Pauline V. Stocks was born on December 3, 1907, and was the only child to survive infancy. She attended primary school at Bethany College of Topeka from approximately 1919-1920. She graduated from Kansas University Medical School in 1930 and practiced medicine in Bushong until 1943, when she left Kansas for Pennsylvania. She continued her work as a physician in Philadelphia until her death on October 17, 1976.

Scope and Content

Scope and content: The collection consists of 8 boxes and includes correspondence, medical and financial records, and prescription slips of Chester L. and Pauline V. Stocks, physicians in Bushong, Kansas. The collection dates from 1902 to 1943. There is a relatively small amount of C. L. Stocks’ correspondence, dating primarily from 1916 to 1932. Pauline Stocks’ letters are more numerous and are divided into personal (with a division for family letters) and professional, the latter covering the period from 1933 to 1943. The medical records include patient records and the prescription slips. The prescription records, most of which are found on 4x6 inch pads, are in chronological order and are particularly complete for the years 1932 to 1943. There is only a small amount of material that relates to the period prior to 1925. The same concentration of material is true for the medical records in the collection which include records of pregnancies and births and other medical charts. The financial records include sections on investments, taxes, and accounts receivable. Material from the year 1935 serves as a sample year for records of the Stocks’ drug store and other financial activities. Printed material in the collection includes drug catalogs dating from 1926 through 1933 and medical pamphlets from 1920 through 1940.

Contents: Box 1. Correspondence : C. L. Stocks, 1905-1932 ; correspondence : Pauline V. Stocks : family (1916-1932), personal (1935-1943), professional (1933-1943) ; C. L. Stocks : memberships in lodges, 1902-1936 -- box 2. Incomplete prescription records, 1924, 1936 ; shorthand prescription records, 1934-1939 ; diet information and plans ; C. L. Stocks’ medical and pharmaceutical certificates, 1902-1934 ; drug tax papers, 1919-1940 ; medical charts ; scattered prescription records and patient condition records ; general case records, 1930-1940 ; records of pregnancies and births, 1930-1940 -- box 3. Prescription records, 1912-1936 -- box 4. Prescription records, 1936-1939 -- box 5. Prescription records, 1939-1943 ; shorthand prescription records, 1941-1943 -- box 6. Financial investments and other assets, 1906-1938 ; deposits and bank assets, 1905-1934 ; accounts receivable, etc., 1914-1940 ; checks paid, 1911-1943 ; taxes and other expenses, 1916-1943 ; drug receipts, etc., 1935 ; 1930 insurance cases : correspondence and other materials ; miscellaneous materials -- box 7. Financial books (misc.), 1902-1937 ; bank deposit records, 1918-1939 -- box 8. Printed materials ; miscellaneous books ; advertisements and catalogs, 1926-1934 ; books and directories, 1911-1943 ; stationary, etc., 1910-1934 ; government material, 1930-1935 ; pamphlets, etc., 1909-1921.

Locators:

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005-03-02-07 to 005-03-03-07

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Other Finding Aid/Index: Finding aid available in the repository and on its website, http://www.kshs.org/p/drs-c-l-and-pauline-v-stocks-papers/14122

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Additional Information for Researchers

Restrictions: Access partially restricted: Records with information on individuals' medical conditions may be restricted.

Use and reproduction: Information on literary rights available from the Kansas Historical Society (Topeka).

Add'l physical form: Selected items: Also available via Kansas Memory, Electronic resource. Topeka, Kan. : Kansas State Historical Society, 2007. http://www.kansasmemory.org//locate.php?categories=4905-7138&

Action note: Finding aid prepared by Gene Mahan, intern.